Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1905 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT BVKBT (TEMIMO, EXCEPT ITBDAT, Bl LBW <a. ■ LLIIMGBMAM. lUBtCKIRTION * aIT E B 1 1 ea»» *r. per ’"I 'Oc BI carr »r. per y* «r Ba.oo By m*. per u< tab tie B» ■ • . _ »•*•!© copies. Two Cents BCvsniaing rates made »o «■> < n application St terr: ia tbr ... » ei-* st l*rcatur. ln*ll-::4-elas* »»: i mattst J. M. HELLER. MANAGES

•• Already the ditch the Govern tnent la digging on the I«thmns ot Panama ha* cost more in lives than it will be worth, important though it promisee to be to the commercial world. Panama it not a white man a country That fact oan not t>e made too emphatic. ” Mibb Aient A. Robinson of 40b Weet Fifty seventh street, matron in the hospital at Colon. Panama, who returned to New York on the steamehip Advance, which Iwought north the body of the secretarv to Governor Magoon was the speaker SOME SECRET INKS. Writing That Rennin* Invisible Inti I t:si»«.sr«l to Heat. Letters written with a solution of gold, silver, copper, tin or mercury dissolved in a*.ua fortis. or, simpler BtlU. of iron or, lead in vinegar, with water added until the Uqsor does not sta.n a wh.te paper, wdl remain invisible for two or three months if kept shut up tn the dark, but on exposure for some hours to the open air will gradually acquire rotor. or will, do so Instantly on being held before the fire. Each of those solutions gives its own peculiar color to the writing— gold. a deep violet: silver, slate: lead and copper. brown, Lnt all possess this comt: • . - •st away the paper, leaving the letters in the fora of perforations. There are a vast number of other sotations that become v.»ible on exposure to heat or on bavin? a heated ln>n pas* -1 over them, the explat-ativn I- ng that the matt- r is readily burned to a s rt of charcoal, s rt - h we may mention lemon juice or milk, but the one that produces the best result is made by •!>- iving a s. rupie of sa! ammoniac In two ounces of water. Wntiug with rice water, to be rendered visible by the application of Igdlue. was practiced saeeessfnlljr in the rorres-lenoe with JelAlabhd in the first Afghan war. Searing • Crists. Jackson • whose financial credit Is g>m«-._l tell yon. Witherbee, we are on the verge of a financial panic. Witherbee— Pshaw! What makes you th.nk that? Ja< k*on (confidentiallyt— We.l. sir. Bagley and Roi>ertS used to lend me small sums a year ago, but when I go to them nowadays for five or ten pound* they tell me frankly that they haven't got It Bagley and Roberts are two of our best business men. too I tell you. sir, we're going to have a panic.—Loudon Express.

tHEIHub DECATUR. IND. a.d-vehtisetis of facts We Have Just Received OUR EARLY Fall Styles IN HATS nnXTFx and to say they were swell would CF7 RPKAI'tP be putting it light. So come in / • tufe. <<***t\_ and see or yourself We also received and!her case of those 1 Mohair Shirts | Inns 50c Come in early before they are all I \ Tn —' gone. ' -a. _'• y * - «• co ° WE4RESOLEAGENTS THE HUB, — ——— - . ... - I ONE PRICE TO ALL. B. Kalver & Sons. Big Store Blk. - -—- I I Illi ■ ■■■■!■! ■ I

HORSES STOLEN Thieves Getting in Their Work Again ‘I 1 Jacob Omlor Minin a Horse Which was Taken I ut Night From the Pasture Field. Mrs. Whitnght who own* a little grocery store on Seventh street report* » horse stolen from her stable last nigh*. She a< 'used c jgtian j*artie» but an investigation proved this accuastion wrong. Jacob Omlor was in town this morning, t’ying to get a bead upon a horse that was stolen from his pasture field last night. The animal iB bay m color, twelve years old, | fourteen or fifteen hand* high and weighs fourteen hundred pounds He often twenty five dollars for the return of the prop rty and twenty five dollar* for the conviction of the thief This horse stealing business seem* to be getting good and :• another card for the Orusmzati n of a protective association with a fat list of members There seems to be no protection to the owners of hore*, for it is almost impcesibe to locate either j thief or prop ?rty after a few hours start. A good shot gun is the beet remedy we know of. provided the gun is aimed with accuracy and has some one |behmd it to pull the trigger Don't rise Rig Words, In promulgating y mt© esoteric cogita- i Sons and in articulating your superfl ( dal sentimentalities aaJ amicable pb!b ; OMpbical or psychotic cal obaerva- • ■ ■ -- ■ ‘ pci !■ -• oeity Let your conversational emmo- ' nicstions posses* a clarified concise- ; coalt-u-ent coßsSteney and a concatc nat-d • s< ut y. E- hew all conztomer ations of flatulent garrulity, jejune I babbit ment and asinine affections. Let } y nr extemporaneous decanting and I unpremeditated cxp.itiations hare In tedig t ility and veracious vivacity i without rhodomontade or thasonical bombi't Sedulously avoid all polysyL I labic profundity. pompous prolixity. ' psitt; ous vacuity, rentriloquial verbosity and ranilxpießt vapidity Shun | double ententes, prurient jocosity and | pestiferous pr.-'initv. obscurant or an-, parent In other words, talk plainly, i briefly, naturally. sensibly. pure’y and I truthfully Keep from slang: don't put | on ai-w; say whit yon mean, mean I what you say end •’ >'..’t use b’g words.

TO INVESTIGATE A Reform or. That Will Look Into Life Insurance Methods. •psclal Tsisgram To The Osmocrat Indianapolis Aug. —Il is under .derstood that State Auditor Sherrick will have a representation at [ the meeting of the Insurance Com mlsetonere of IHinoia Miaeoori and a number of other states to be held at Chicago next week to lay plans for a gigantic and wholesale inve* tigation of four big insurance oom pames namely the Prudential, Met ropolitan. New York Life and Mutual Life. It is practically certain that these companies will have to admit the investigation for if they refuse the public will suspect something wrong. It is understood that the auditor fees that Indiana should be in the reform wave on life insurance. NOTORIOUS Rebates Given to Indiana Shippers ——— The Bit Four Exposed in Testi mony Before the Railroad Commission. ■y United Presa News Association. IndianajK’lie. Aug. 4.—At the first formal hearing held by the railroad Commission this morn'ng. it was eetabiShed and admitted that the Big Four railway has Ivn notoriously and unlawfully granting rebates to Indiana sh:pj>er< A. A. Barnes, p-esident of the UdeL 'ironworks, and firmer president lot the Colambia National bank, testified on oath that his company almost every day this year and for years past have leeen p-.ying the Big Four *4 per car for switching ’ purposes, and getting il rebate making the switching charge* *3. An ice factory on the same switch adjacent to the Udell works pay |i and get a rebate of |2. so the pres ident of the ice company testified under oath. Small coal dealers on the same sw.tch pay |4 and get no rebate whatever It is thought the'c. mmisai n will make a flat rate of *2, and for any violation ■ then look out

i_ ■ pYou Need Pants... If the tropsers to your v’d tnit aie lefioc rg to icck shabby aud you are not ready for your fall suit. You Need a New Pair of Trousers t i Men’s Work Pants | Dress Trousers 50c to $1.25 J $1.50 to $6.50 i " A new pair of trousers for every pair of STAG trousers that nps. We still J have a few twu-pieve Summer Suits left. These a,l go at tost. Ccme in and see them while they last. ELZEY & VANCE, Corner East of Court House : : : : • : Decatur, Indiana.

State Line Fred Gephart was a DeCtutar on I business Saturday. W. M Geary, of Ohio City . was iranwacting business in our vicinity Friday J 8. Lichtenberger was attending tc business near Mag'ey Saturday Burl Gause went to Monroeville I Sunday to work for ibe interurban ; | company. Mra Simon Treatser and son. Jesse, were shopping at Deoatur Saturday. , David Manlier and wife spent Sunday wi>h friends and relatives near Wren. John J. Wolf and family were nMting with tneuis and relitives n»ar Ohio City Suuday. d Frank Johnson of route *.. was visiting with his father Joe J hn so and family. Sunday. Ernest Kr.ckenberger and family ’ were visting with friends and rela fives near Schnmm Sunday. Burl Gause was visiting with friends and relatives at Willshire for a few days returned home Sunday. John Myer, of the firm of Myers. 1 Cully & Company, ot Wren, was transacting business in our vicinity i Friday. George Hindenlang and wife were callers on Mr. Hindenlangs mother Mro Henrietta Hindenlang Sunday. • Mr. aud Mrs Dayton Gase. of near. Willshire, were visiting with Dennis Knek and family of route * Sunday Fred Krickenberger and family were visiting his brother. Charles Krickenberger and family, at Sehumm, Sunday James Filbe and wife, of near Willshire, who has been visiting with friends an relatives near D:x n. returned bums Sunday. Ben Gause of Willshire, who has teen visiting with friends and rela fives in this community f«>r a few days, returned to his home Friday Suh'lay evening while Miss Rosa Stevens and Miss Goldie Mannon weie taking a drive the herse became frightened and wh'le turning a corner! the buggy upset, throwing both ladies out, Miss Hannofi being throwc against the mail box, ftacunng her arm and lireaking one rib The horse, whfch belonged to I Dennis M ?ser, was caught by J. 8. ■ Lichtenberger about one mile from the scene of the accident and was unhurt. Fifty Dollars Reward. Stolen —Thursday nigbt, Aug. 3, from pa-tare of Jacob Omlor. dark bay mare. 12 yea-* old, about 14 or 15 hands high, weight 1,400 when in fle-h, but thin now; both hind feet white, one white front foot, ■ *tar in forehead and small white stripe on nose, bare footed, collar boil on right shoulder. |25 for return of property and tSS for conviction of thief. Wire and address I all inforamtion to Albert A Butler. SheiilT. Adams Co -nty, Indiana. For Sale- Eighty acre farm, locat ed cm the North Blue Creek macadam road, two and one-halfmilee from Wilshire. known as the James Maloney farm If sold at once a bargain can Ibe had. For particulars see or addreesßobert Maloney, rural route 3, i i Berne. 15-3 m • I

I; ■ • ■ * _ 5 How Nature Provides. OUR BEA LTV. HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. « ll— ... b It not possible. If ixM probable that . -. r ■ 'I. ar* contained in the ve«»-tAtJe r>«>tt I f..und in th*- earth. 4.nested in the plant labratory <rf tvitarv and made ready for | man or animal? The medicinal virtues of many Am*-r- --| lean plants and roots were known to lh» early Indians. Thus a root known to I modem phrsieians as Caulophyllum or • Blue Cohosh was known to the Indians ’ as 'S;uaw root.* An- tb* r. known to the ' Indians as * Rattle**”! r«*t,’ B used in ' m>•l*>rn medicine as 'Cimieifura." Prof. K ng's American Dispensatory, an authority in th*-*- matters, says: ’Our Indians set a high value on RatUeweed ‘ rodtßlackCoh eh) in diseases of women. It is surpassed by no other drug in con?«tive conditi ns of the parts where tl.er»- ar* dragging pains and tenderness." After many years of study and experiment Dr. Pier.-e. th* eminent specialist and medical dmvt.g of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo.! NY., put up a pre*r:pU‘n of his own i containing th* two above tnenuoned Ingrodients. UMr**th* r with (e*ld*n Seal and Lady’s slipper root. Thus, there is no 1 mystery in the make-up of this famous •Pr**-ripc>on.’ The use of alcohol la snureiy avoided in its manufacture. I

DON’T HPSITATE WRITE TO-DAY WE WILL LOAN YOU MONEY ON VOCR HOUSEHOLD GOODS. PIANOS !; A\S teams, fixtures, etc., without removal (|lO to 5100). You -r. bare from one to twelve months time to pay it back by small «•-»-■>.v or . monthly payments as you prefer. 51.20 is the weekly pv n> ■t co i a 550 ioan for fifty weeks. Oth«r amounts at the same pr ; rt: o. If you need money fill out the following blank, cut it out . •... t W us. our agent will be in Decatur every Tuesday. Date Tour name Wife’s Name Street and Number • City ’ Amount Wanted Security you nave Occupation All communications held strictly confidential. Call on or ad Ir-M Port Wavne Loan Co. * in 2. 2nd Floor Established 1876 7O> Ca h 'in Si Home Phone 833. (pj. WAYNE, IND.) Opp (.’--irt Hou* PETER GAFFER I House Painting, Paper Hanging and Frescoeirg I WORK DOME PROMPTLY AND WITH DISPATCH I 4L*ME FOBCE OF MEN in my EMPLOY IV MUIE QUICK *ORK I DECORATING A SPECIALTY I s« M« kbrt Cwtractiag f w ElwwittH. All Work Guarantetd I j

I Learn the Truth. L- t * u.an ! i peculiar weaknesaea and ailn • .u, the tngndienta of which ar* print-d r , •>,» wrapper of every hottl* leaving •> Laboratory In Buffalo. N. Y , »* • . made, is called Dm Pixbcl a Favoxnx pHKscnirnoM. ft Stands Alone r ' -y is , - n -p*< • in Ingredients, but also as th* on.y specifo advertised remedy for woman - which absolutely cuxtaixs xo alcosol It Stands Alone M ' n» I m«1 ■ r,.. j., women, th* maker* of which u... th, r paUents fully Mo th*wr < - j tell them exactly what they ar*- tax | This Dr. Pierce can afford to d . hit "FAvoemt Pubcbipti'>x * . of such ingredient* and after i» *, -. formula that has hundreds >f ttM ’isanS of cures to its credit placing its meria ' above criticism. It Stands Alone 1 * ' « — cur* ! .r (diseases of women because the earth I plies the Ingredient*, which ar as fj. lows: Lady's Slipper ICyprlptrMum P*?*«m«t Black Cohosh (Cfmtoi/uort Rm* * .c, Unicorn rootiCtoinerliri>.m Luicumt Blue C< hoeh<Coub*phyllum 7>i>! > :r ~!a | Golden Seal Hvdriutu Cni nrin With all ths recent talk ahr ut ratfflt medicines and the determined ••’ rt :a certain ouarurs to cast discredit tpoa all household remedies wh ! that bead, the fact remains that - - f these medicines ar* so firmly esu .hed in popular favor and contid* nee. L»v** so proved th*ir worth and value, that til the denunciations of bigot- can nut de stroy the people’s faith in th. m. Mrs. Miry J. Beard (Train**! Xurse.WiAingt.m H.*»p(*al>. of IMS Sth Street. N W. Washington. l». C. writes: •I felt badly for four years, had **r-'l« pains at time* and was often unO u t» about attending to my duties; «;• ’:» «u poor and sl.s p fltful Tried t- —r* stywlf tn various ways but without - — 4 finally my attention wa» calle*! • I« t.r Pierce'S lavortte Prescript), t: and I 1* -j Ito try it Am certainly glad that! !U rt began to Improve with the first i.-ttte. ia4 gradually became better until I wa- rctiivlr cured of the oM trouble An well and eta enjoy life ooce more." Dr. Pwrvc's Pellets Cure C**"tlpatioa