Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1905 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. KVKRV KVKNIXCI, EXCEPT SI’NIHV, hV U■ W <3. ILLINOHAM. • ÜBSCRIRTION RATES R< CArrhT, per wwk..... .. 10c ■jr carrier, per y<»r *4.00 By mall, per nionlb ... *•£ By mail, per year »J.»O PI ng le coplea. Two < vnla Advertlaluit ralca made known on application Rntered In the p ietofllne al liecttur. Indiana. »• aocoud-elaoa mall matter. J. M. HELLER. MANAGE R . THE SAD STORY Death of Mrs. Frank W. L*sll(—Tabv Will Live. Death hits closed ths earthly career of Mr*. Frank Leslie. Her spirit returned to Him who gave it, at eight o'clock this morning, while *he was surrounded by her husband and a few intimate . friends, who, hopeless and forlorn, | awaited until unconsciousness should merge into the sleep that knows no awakening. Mrs. Leslie | became the mother of a baby bovl one week a?> an I since that eve t sh- was very ill. her vitality grad-, nally ebbing away. The baby, I which will never have a child's knowledge of the many lovable • t ’aits of its mother, cooes in blissful i jnorance of the sad beginning ut. his life's voyage, while beiei tenderly oared for at the home otSupt. Sharkey, of the Public Schools, who is a neighbor of the bereaved father. Mrs. L»s|ie was a daughter of the late Uriah 8. " ise. a brothi r o’ex-County Commission! r Wise, and spent most of her life in this t>wn Sbe was an active member of the P esbyterian church, a graduate of Van Wert High Schoo', teing a member of the class of and was v idely known in literaly and social Circles. Tae immediate relatives who survive her are her hastiand and her chil I and her brother, Harry Wise, of the United States Army, now stationed at San Francisco. Her funeral will be held at two o'clock Monday astern xin from the family home, on Sonth Cherry street.—Van Wert B lletin. WORK CONTINUES Effor. to Stop BolldlnC of Wore Hoose Was L'asoecessfol. The Knebler & Multz company are buliding a sixty by fifty foot frame iron clad warercom on t' e lot re< eit ly purchased by th m d located at the rear of the b J. Terveer block. An effort was made this morning to stop the work, on the gronnds that the insurance rate would bo increased on surround! ig buildings. The matter was reported to the fire committee of the city council who after considering the matter deccided to allow the building to be finished. From March Ist to May 15th, the Erie railroad will sell tickets to the Pacific coast and interme-di-te points at very low rates Ask agents for particulars.

New Spring Trousers j Neckwear I Early shipments of SPRING TROUSERS and NECKWEAR are now on hands 1 at our store. If you are in need of either of these articles, B call and see us at once. B Watch for our Early Spring Announcement I Ekey & Vance, I Corner East Court House : : : : Decatur, Indiana,

THE GRAY WOLF. Hla <*nnnlna I* M«r»elo»«. sad H* la tlllScult tu Catch. The cunniug of ths gray w»lf Is mar ' velous, mid It to most difficult to cutch nnpplng. He somehow seem* to | know Hint Iron is atutwlstsd with man. A plwe of Iron anywhere will keep him nt n jtotnnce. if you shoot mi antelope, for instance, and Just put your spur an the cures** you may leave It ns long ns you like mid no wolf will touch it. A pocket huudkerebhJ will do a* vvei. Lobo, n great gray wolf who was | the king of the pack st Cnrrumpuw. n vast cattle' range lu New Mexico, wi* a thinker as well as a ruler. Ills pack , ate nothing but what they hud killed, themselves. r.nd thus potoon was no , Rood. At Inst a thousnud dollars was ; set upon his bead. This brought a ‘ noted wolf limiter from Texas, with ! his pack of great wolfhounds. But again there was failure. Then two ! other limiters came with subtly devised poisons to work his undoing. Then I cu:..e on the scene. First I tried . pot <u. nnd there was no combination of strychnine, arsenic mid prussic acid which I «ii*i not use. 1 put the poisons in cheese melted together with kidney fat. ami during the whole process 1 wore gloves steeped in hot blood. Ami I scattered the l»uit all over the ranch. The uext morning I went out mid found Lobo s tracks, with the baitl gone. I was delighted. I followed the i track and found another batt goue nnd yet another. Then I found the ■ three batts piled upon another one and covered with tilth. I ait hi had evidently , carried the first three in hla mouth | and had taken this menus of expo's* | ing his utter contempt for my device*. ; But Lobo's downfall came about i through a big white she wolf who was always with him. I managed to catch | tier in a trap. Then I knew we should ( soou have Lobo. Night after nlgni lie came around the homestead and rcouru-: ed his mate tu long, plaintive howls. I , knew he would try to find her body. I I set 130 strong steel wolf traps, and ’ in one of these I caught him—a mar- • tyr to constancy. And that was the ‘ end of I.olio. — Interview With Ernest I Thompson Seton. — POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The easier people make money the easier they want to make it. Among the many mysteries of child- i hood to why grown people cry when i they are glad. There are some people who think they have discharged their full duty to i you by praying for you. What <L» you use most during the day? Do you use the little white tie almost ns much as your shoes? When n man makes one mistake he usually follows It up with three or four before be recovers his balance. Don't be conceited: get any map of the United States, nnd do you find any murk ou it to show’ that you are on earth? Every one admits that rich people ore not happier than the poor, or as bapoy. yet every one to striving to become one i of th* miserable rich.—Atchison Globe. Two Ways of Doing Boniness. I have seen In London only one <> T -e where there is any real enthusiasm. Anti the employees seldom have any interest in tlie business beyond drawing their salaries. In most of the factories, and even in the offices, they are taught a certain round of duties, and they are allowed to do nothing else. They seldom suggest improvements for fear of losing their places, where in America they’d soon lose their places if they didn't make suggestions. Here it’s the firm in its private offices and everybody else doing as little as possible and never stepping out of the rut they're put in. and there it's everybody working together, coats off. nnd the bead of tlie concern glad to listen to the office boy and to do as he nays if it means reI suits.—Vanity Fair. *■ U. v ■<•♦* * Xils« Sbxrpe—l celebrate my twenty I fourth birthday tomorrow. Miss Oldage— indeed! And- isn't it singular?— so do I. Miss Sharpe-Ot, but 1 cel» I araie mine for the tint tin>»

How in Shoot n Hsttler. The writer once saw an Indian kill • rattlesnake tn a very peculiar manner. Tlie rattler was about ten feet from the Indian, who was resting the rifle on his knee, apparently taking elm. Whenever he moved the weapon a few Inches the suake would uiovs around nnd get exactly in line wltli It. Then, to show how the thing was dona the Indian molt'd about tlie snake in « circle, and the reptile moved as if its tall were a pivot, always keeping Its head mid laxly 111 line with tlie gun. Tlie Indian then agreed to bandage his eyes mid shoot the snake In the mouth. The writer Ixindaged the Indian's eyes. mid. bolding tlie gun by Ills side . at arm's length, the hitter pulled tin trigger, and the ball entered the snake’s mouth mid passed the whole length of Its body. "How did you take oiui?” was the , query. ••Tlie snake lie take alm,” was the | rqily. We have talked with nn old hunter on this proposition, nnd be claims that a rattlesnake will always range directly in line with u gun or stick pointed al IL—Exchange. Redeem Tour Failure*. You may sny that you have failed too often, that there Is no use in trying, j that it is Impossible for you to sue- j ceed mid that you have fallen too of | ten even to attempt to get on your feet : again. Nonsense! There is no failure for u man wliotie spirit is uncomiuere»l. ! No matter how late the hour or bow I many and repeated iito fatlures success Is still possible. The evolution of Scrooge, the miser, in the closing I year* of Lis life, from a lianl, narrow, | heartless money grublier. whose soul was imprisoned In bis shining heap | of boarded gold, to a generous, geniui ! lover of his kind, is no mere myth of Dickens’ brain. Time and again, in ■ the history of our daily live*, ebron-1 icled in our newspaper*, recorded iu , biographies or exhibited liefore our • eyes, we see men mid women redeem- I ing past failures, rising up out of the j stupor of discouragement and boldly j turning face forward once more.—O. 8. Marden in Success. A Restricted Kssar. The puxxle department of London Truth called for a competition in accounts of a round of golf containing no letter “a” or "u.” Here is a good specimen from the many replies re- , ceived: ”1 know nothing of golf. Some peo- j pie do. or pretend to. However. 1 visit i the links, for I like to look on. Slow work, jet good for th* liver. They bit some kind of sphere into boles ou the green, then seek for it. Some find it in , them, some do not. Men who wiu grin. ! Men who lose bless everybody, sotto vise, being too polite to do so before people. Women who lose despise the I she winners. Their venlict Is. ’ill dressed objects,’ ’wizened things.’ ’no ' chicken.’ Men do differently, for when i finished they driuk together iu good , fellowship, then mizzle—to dine, uot .■epine." The Reporter Bacereded. In New York on one occasion a reporter made several vain attempts to | see J. Pierpont Morgan, betb nt bis ofI flee mid bis residence. Finally his opportunity came. He was interviewing another financier and Incidentally came into posvsslon of the latter’s card. He kept it; then, going to Morgan’s residence. be sent in his own card in company with that of the financier. The ruse was soccessfui. mid he was shown ' into Morgan’s presence. When the reporter hud stated bis reason for the call the financier said: “Do you know, young man. that at least ten reporters have tried to see me today with reference to this question? I have declined to see any of them." The r* porter smiled and replied, “Yes. sir, I know that, for I was tlie whole ten " U« got bis interview. a r-nsstc. Miss Snowflake—What did Jim Jackson git married for? Miss Waslitub— Goodness only knows! He keeps right on workin’.—Puck. Rv Conataat Tse. ”Y“». she’s a woman of few words ” “And, mercy, how frayed she keeps them looking!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Hands Up! F*2 The day and the hour has come for the ambitious shoe customers to hold up his hands s and say to himself 1 WILL ’ jFI W Buy the Walk-Over for myself and E. P. Reed * 'fetf 1 # for wife ' are P re P ared to furnish tl,e I [Ft I greatest line of perfect fitting shoes on the ; market. Our fit devise gives a snugness at J I the ankle that ,jod dressers appreciate. CusE tomers are enthusiastic over our shoes and this Bl enthusiasm we want you to profit by and enjoy, which you get " At the Old Place R. B. TAGUE’S fe,HOE STORE.

DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. An En—*»tsn<** With T-lcky Monex , thaneeri. tn China. In th» grout li.utorlnnd of China, the region that lies noutli of Siberia end far to the west of Peking, there is a mixed ixipulatijn among which the chief commercial element is the Chinese. These “Kltat*," as they are •nlied. are continually on the lookout for some op|>ortunity to fleece 'he ignorant Tartars who stray in from the country. Fathers Hue and Gabet French priests, who in the course of their travels in 1843 had reached "Bin* | Town." were from their dress mistak I en for Tartar lamas, and when they sought to have a silver ingot changed to copper cash found the change short The weight showed by the scales was correct, but when the chief clerk took the swanpan. or counting frame, and added the amounts the result seemed J •mall. “This is an exchange office,” said the j travelers. ’’We are tlie sellers, you the buyers. You Lave made your calculatious; give us pencil und paper, and we will make onrs." ••Notb.’ig ccuid be more just. You have luid down a fundamcnt il principle of the law of comiuuect." replied the Chinese clerk, confident of their ignorance. ns Le gave them the articles. A very short calculation sufficed to show the Frenchmen that they were to be cliea tod of a thousand sapeks. "Superintendent of the bank.” they said, "your .-wanpan is in error by a j thousand snpeks.” "Impossible! Do you think that all of s a sudden I’ve forgotten bow to use my swaiqMin? Ixt me go over it again.” He proccetled with un ulr of great anxiety to do so and attained bis previous result “I knew I was right.” lie declared, ■ passing the frame to a colleague. "See, j brother.” The colleague calculated and j attained the same result. “You see." said the principal, “there to no error. How is It that our calcula-: tion does not agree with wbat you have written?" "It Is unimportant to Inquire why! your calculation does not agree with what to written." replied the Frenchman suavely. "This to certain—yours is | wrong and ours is right. These figures ' 1 that we have traced npon this paper j are very different from your swanpan. i It to imixissible for their, to lie wrong. 1 Were all the calculators in the world to work till their lives on this simple operation the result canid lie no different than to affirm that you are wrong by a thousand sapeka.” The money changers wore extremely ■ embarrassed and l>egan to turn very red when a bystander, seeing Low awk-' , ward was the situation, proposed him- I I seif as umpire. "I’ll reckon it up for you.” lie said. And his result agreed with that of the Frenclimen. Tlie superintendent of tlie bank made a profound Ikiw. "Sirs lamas," said he. “your mathematics ::re better than mine." "Oh. not at all." replied the French- ' men in the polite terms required by Chinese etiquette. "Your swanpan to excellent. but who ever heard of sae always free from error? People like you may well make mistakes once in j swiille. when poor ignorant folks like us make them tens of thousands of times. Oor swanpau. however, is infallible. being composed of the very I figures by which the royal astronomer of the most high emperor at Peking reckons the times and the pathways of the sun. moon nnd stars. Such figures could not be In error. Now. however, thanks to the pains you have taken, we have fortunately concurred in our reckoning." And so. with "malice toward none” and the fnl) value of tbeir Ingot, they I toft tlie shop.—Youth's Companion. A CsaAle at Tartalaa Shell. A curious relic of some historic interest is to be wen at Pau. iu the Basses . Pyrenees. Visitors are shown the bedroom of Jean d’Abret wife of Auttiony of Bourbon, king of Navarre. Here in the year 1553 her infant son was born, who was lu after years King Henry IV. of Navarre, and by the side of an ! antique bedstead of richly carved walI out .stands a most curious cradle of tortoise shell about two feet long nnd eighteen inches broad. In which the infant prince is said to have been laid at is birth.

BUSINESS MENTION New spring shirts, in all designs at ] Gus Rosenthal's. U For portraitsand portrait frames, call at Lyman Bros. -Hd’Jwks New Spring Hose. all late shades at Gus Rosenthal's. H For Sale—A good Jersey cow. cheap, inquire of W. E. Smith. Just arrived, New Top Coats, 16.0 J to 12.00, at Gus Rosenthal's. ts Lyman Bros, will sell two dozen eas •s at cost. Don't fail to get one of them. 44dw FOR SALE—Corn fodder for sale. Call on D E. Studabaker at the Democrat office. 42tf. New Spring ties, Ascots, String and fore in hand, al Gua Rosenthal b, ts Wanted—Co'tige by first of April; rental to not be more than $lO. Inquire of C. K. Hively, at Democrat office. All sizes of HARD COAL on hand at the Decatur Luoiber Co. | d4t For Sale—A good reed organ for sale. Almost new, |2O. Enquire at Democrat office. 29d6 We can save you 30 per cent on all mouldings and mats. Kindly soliciting your trade. Lyman Bros. 44d2wks We can sell a parcel of ground ox North Second street 82% feet front and 340 feet long at a remarkable low cash price. See us Merryman &2Sutton. 36d2wks Mexico nineteen honrs nearer Double daily through service. Iron Mountain route. Ask ticket agents |crG. A. A. Deane, Jr., T. P. A., 200 Sentinel Bldg., Indianapolis. For Sale—One three year-old driving colt, well bred and well fayoke to drive Good size and a dark Cleveland bay. If sold within the next ' two weeks, will be sold reasonable. Call on H’ J. Andrews at livery barn, or -I. A. Hendricks at depot, Monroe. Indiana. 35d12 Farmers are eeedirg| now in ■ North Dakota. We sold land to 23 land-seekers last week. We will have 28 land seekers, leaving Chii oigo Tuesday, March 7th. Fare for I round trip Chicago to Richton, N. D.. fl7. Better join us. See Dick Townsend, Decatur, for particulars. 2d Executor’s Sale. On Saturday, March 11, at one o'clock p. m. at the late residence of Matthias Miller, deceased, of this city, I will sell at public auo tion the household goods, together > with numerous other articles. A credit of nine months will be given. Michael Miller, Executor. 46d« Mortgage Exemption. Call on Ina M. Wyatt, notary | public, for your mortgage? exemp tion. Office oyer Holthouse, Schulte j & Co's.store, oorner’2nd and Monroe streets. 40dw4

P. J. HUANG CO. SANITARY PLUMBING GtA.*i FXTTINtI stearoyl. Hot Water Heating SAS AND COMBINATION FIXTURES 223 Monroe St, Phone 353

Notice. In the month of March and Apnl i« the time to tile mortgage exemptions. lam prepared to do this Kind of work, and at one half the former price. Harvey Hat ruff, rooms 1 ami 2, Studabaker block 4M7 Property for Sale ‘ I will sell my property, corner Twelfth and Madison streets. Decatur, Ind. Fiveroom hous«; modern conveniences, let well improv, ed. Also one vacant lot adjoining. Will sell cheap. Dr. E. H. Leßrun. 3 Id A Public Sale. Mrs. L. W. Johnson will offer for s ilo at public auction, at het residence throe miles southeast of De. caur, beginning st 10 o'clock a. m , on Fridav. March 10, two horses. Jersey <■•»«’, Durham mw, chicken*, harness, wagons, buggies, breaking plows, fur n implement*, grain and other arti les.

Ilf Iffl It IS OPEN AND We Want« Cell and See "US" We have a complete line of High Grade Pianos, Organs, Sheet Music And All Kinds Musical INSTRUMENTS and are agents for the famous WHEELER & WILSON Sewing Machines We are here to stay Ml# Studabaker Block. South of the Court House. Are You Wise? if youjare you>ill ceru ’ ee A. B. SMITH & BRO. about your PLUMBING Monroe St. Phone 447 JOSEPH V. PEASE, TRUSTEE KIRKLAND TOWNSHIP Orrict Day—Wednesday of each week. 44-6 m BOY AHOHBOLD, DENTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. 'Phon a—Office, 164; residence 215