Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1907 — Page 3

rime .Table fcRtE railroad' .! Ismot Kov - i® ’o« I-y * Decrtsr. Ind ■MN MONO. *"' K 8, Chicago to New iotfc Kxpresa, daily 2:38a.m. ■ 10, Chicago to Buffalo ■hpress, daily .»». ■ 12, Chicago to New York ■ally s:4ia.sn. K 4, Chicago to New 1 ork End Boston, daily 3:47p m K 22, CMeago and Marion Ecco modat ion, daily exKept Sunday 1:48p.m. WEST BOUND. ■ 7, New York to Chicago Express, daily I:soam. K 9, Buffalo to Chicago Express, dally 3:22a.m K 11, Chicago, daily 6:05p.m. K. 3, New York to Chicago ■Limited, daily 12:66p.m. K 21, Marion and Chicago ■dally except Sunday 15:10a.m. O. L. ENOB, Traveling Passenger Agent JOHN FLEMING, Agt It: 14pm train, sleeper to Ctnolnnaa Kl night train, sleeping car to CiaoK? GOING SOUTH. | Daily lax. See.lra Saa.j ual> 1 I Dally I Daily | Beede? Ecatur 2:3lam| 7:l4atn|l:l«pm| 7:4«pm ■rive fcrtland|3:2opm( B:lsatnl2:l3pm| 3:45»pa Echm. |4:4sam| 9:42am)3:4opm’lo:lspm fccin. |4:ssam|l2:lopmis:ssptn| f GOING NORTH. I Dally IGr.Rap.iaa. can. Dave Ecatur |l:2oam| 7:5913:17pm Drive Lrt Wayne ...2:ooam| B:4oam|4:oopm hand Rapids . .|6:4sam| 2:ooptn|9:4opm ■averse City .|l:2spm| 7:6spm| Ltoskey |3:oopmi 9:3opm|s:ssam Echinaw City |4:2spm|lo:sspm|7 :20am |l -20am train sleeping car Cincinnati I Machlnaw City; 7:59 am train parlor l r Fort Wayne to Grand Rapids and kcklnaw City; 3:17 pm train parlor kr Cincinnati to Grand Rapids sieepig car Grand Rapids to Mackinaw ity. ORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. ecatur —North Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. , 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. T H B MODEL GET WEDDED TO FHE MODEL CIGAR STORE WITHOUT A MATE. JV. H.

Dee DeVinney made a business trip o Bluffton today. J. B. Kalver made a business trip o Monroe today. H. L. Conter made a business trip o Portland today. John Hey of Williams, was a bus. ness caller to our city today. Miss Marie Meyers went to Bluff, on today to make a short visit with elatives. Miss Kittie Stevenson went to Ft. Wayne today to make a short visit with friends. Mrs. Durbin returned today to Geneva. While here she was the guest of Mrs. Med Miller. J. D. Nidlinger. left today for Louis, ville, Ky„ where he will attend a big Duroc Jersey hog sale that will be held there Friday and Saturday. D. M.. Hensley is the proud possessor of a pony and cart which he purchased for the use of his children. The outfit is a daisy and the children are tickled to death over the same. A report that the creamery east of the city was on fire this morning was afloat on the streets, but proved to be a false alarm, the fire being along the Standard Oil line where a leak had been discovered. No damage was done.

WELCOME EAGLES Charlie Vodewede QThe Shoe Seller ,

J. C Mastick i —JOBBER OF— ! k J Cigars and Tobacco ■

WEATHER. Generally fair. Colder. Ed Rice of Berne, was a business caller to our city today. John Waggoner made a business trip to Monroe this morning. C. J. Lutz was attending to legal matters at Fort Wayne today. Caleb Andrews made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Clara Kintz went to Hoagland this morning to visit for a few days with relatives. Miss Carrie Cogswell returned last evening from Geneva where she was visiting with friends. Rev. Hessert left this morning for Huntington where he will deliver a | lecture this evening. Charles Cusac returned this morn. I ing from Detroit, where he was at. I tending to oil matters. W. G. Hoffer, editor of the Willshire Herald, arrived at noon tday to take I part in the Eagle festivities. The entertainment advertised to i have been given at the Beulah Chapel church this week, has been indefinite. |ly postponed. '■ The Elks are requested to be pres. ext at the lodge room tomorrow evening. Something doing in the way of two candidates and you cannot afford to miss this meeting. The Portland bowling team will not come to the city today owing to the fact that the mother of Mr. Carmony, one of the members of the team, died last evening. The contest will be held some time next week. Refreshments will be served in the lecture room of the Presbyterian Friday night at 6 o'clock for the men of the congregation and all others who wish to come. It is free. Mr. Yarnell will conduct a short service before the regular night service in the church. A Pennsylvania coroner's jury found that a certain boy came to his death through the laziness of his par. ents, who neglected to send tor a doc. tor, when the child was dying. Most men would prefer that any other sort of verdict than that should stand against their names, but there are queer people in Pennsylvania. A father sent his son to a drug store the other day to buy some antiseptic tablets. He wrote as follows: A small botttle of antiseptic tablets; no carbolic acid! no iodoform! possibly what the surgeons use when performing an operation to purify a bowl of water." The druggist wrote back: "Cannot sell what you want to a minor; the adult must in person and sign the poison register.” A colored man entered an office in Washington and asked for a job. ■ Where do you come f’cm?" the man was asked. ‘Tse from the first state in the union, boss, dat's where I’se from," the negro said, haughtily. “Oh, you're from New York, are you?” ■No, sah, I’se not. I’se from Alabama, sah.” "But Alabama is not the • first state in the union.” “Alphabetically speaking it is, boss, alphabetically speaking it is.

D. V. Morris of Monclova, O, was , a business caller to our city today. 1 Dr. Thain of Fort Wayne, was a I professional caller to our city today. ’ Mesdames Meibers, Ehinger, Ravey, ' and Smith went to Fort Wayne thia , morning to spend the day with friends. 1 All of the roadmasters of the Clo. > ver Leaf were called -here on Tues. I day, the officials sending out notices ’ for them to report here at a meeting i held at the general offices at 2 o’clock and the men responded, from all di. visions of the road. The officers here stated that the meeetilng was simply • for the purpose of goiug over the work mapped out by the company for the year, and was to get the men familiar with this. It is said that the Clover Leaf company contemplates do. , fng considerable work during the year in improving the roadway between Toledo and St. Louis. —Frankfort News. , A local attorney tells a story of a lawyer defending a man accused of housebreaking, who spoke like this: “Your Honor, I submit that my client did not break into the house at all. He found the parlor window open and merely inserted his right arm and removed a few trifling articles. Now, gentlemen, my client’s arm is not himself. and I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for offense committed only by one of his libs.” "That argument,” said the judge, “is very well put. Following it logically, I sentence the defendant’s arm to one year imprisonment. He can accompany it or not, as he choo.t. es." The defendant smiled and with his lawyer's assistanct unscrewed his cork arm and leaving it in the dock, walked out. The Hon. John Steele was a sheriff in Missouri. A new county judge was elected and Steele, thinkng to pay the judge a delicate compliment,.selected for his first panel of jurors every, fat mart in the county. The judge weighed nearly 300 pounds. The day was hot, and Steele, when he took the jurors out to dinner, fed them so heartily, that they all went to sleep during the afternoon. The judge was furious. “What do you mean,” he raor. ed at the sheriff, “by bringing those sleepyheads into court as a jury? They haven't heard any of this afternoon's evidence. I discharge the panel. Go out and get a panel of men who will stay awake. I want men with a single eye to justice, not dolts like these.” Steele went out and rode the county that night. When the judge appeared the next morning Steele had a panel of one-eyed men for him. o ” ’ DEATH BY A BOMB. ~ Imaginary Incident of the Crimean Wnr by Tolatoi. The following imaginary incident of the Crimean war is found in Count Tolstoi's “Sevastopol:” “The bomb, coming faster and faster and nearer and nearer, so that the sparks of its fuse were already visible, descended. ‘Lie down!’ some one shouted. They lay flat on the ground. I’raskouliin, closing his eyes, heard only the bomb crashing down ou the hard earth close by. A second passed, which seemed an hour. The bomb had not exploded. He open ed his eyes and at that moment caught a sight of the glowing fuse of the lioiub not a yard off. Terror, cold terror, excluding every other thought and feeling, seized his whole being. He covered his face with his Irauds. “Then he remembered the 12 rubles he owed, a debt in St. Petersburg that shoulu have been paid long ago and the gypsy song lie had sung that evening. The woman he loved rose in his imagination. wearing a cap with lilac ribbons, and yet. inseparable from all these and from thousands of other rec ollections, the present thought, the ex pectation of death, did not leave him for a moment. ‘Perhaps it won’t ex piO3e,’ and wlfli dwpoi'atG final decision he wished to open bis eyes, but at that llistant a red flame pierced through the still closed lids, and, with a terrible crash, something struck him In the middle of the chest. “He jumped up and began to run, but, stumbling over the saber that got between his legs, fell on bis side. ‘Thank God, I'm only bruised,’ was his first thought, and he wished to touch his chest with his hand, but bis arms seemed tied to his sides, and it felt as if a vise were squeezing his head. Soldiers flitted past him, and he counted them unconsciously. Then lightning flashed before his eyes, and he wondered whether the shot were fired, from a mortar or cannon. ‘Cannon, probably, and here are more soldiers—five, six, Seven Soldiers. They all pass by.' He Was suddenly filled with fear that they Would crush him. He wished to shout that he was hurt, but his mouth WAS so dry that his tongue clove to the roof of bis mouth. “He felt it wet about his ehest, and this sensation of being wet made him think of water. Fearing lest the soldiers might trample on him, tee tried to shout ‘Take care with yea.' but instead of /hat be uttered suri*.« terrible groan that be waa frigiiiearjd to Irwir it. Then Other red Oreo teegr.n dancing before his ogee, and It eeou ed to'him that the Midlers pnt stones cm total. He made •D effort 5e push off t be Slones, stretcheff himself, and saw and heard and felt ■Ptßinff more. He to. ad been killed oa *e «et ter • teemto s»V ntsr Id the stiff OS df tele eteeat.”

I IN 1815 J • » - 0 eoeoooeoooooooooeooooooeeo (Origin al.] “Curse these British hounds. They would have taken everything except our souls had we not forght them and beaten them, and now they want our bodies on the sea to sail their ships. Talk about the right of search, impressing British seamen and all that; they’re stronger on the water than we, and it’s here they continue to show their serpents’ fangs. Oh, for a Paul Jones to come down on this ship and treat It as be treated the Serapis! “I suppose it would have been more sensible for me to go to work instead of resisting. Then I wouldn’t be in this cubby hole, a man with a cutlass to watch me. Methinks he’s getting sleepy. Drop your bead again, old fellow, and catch it spasmodically. A few more nods and you’ll not count for much as a guard. But what if I could leave this hole? I can’t get out of the ship. One, two, three, four, flve, six—six bells. I wish the fellow would go to sleep. I'd just take a turn about the ship to stretch my legs. “Now for it. He doesn’t stir. Goodby, my hearty. I’m going to see what one of his majesty’s ships looks like at 3 In the morning. Everybody asleep. That’s a fine sniff of air even if it does come through a porthole. What’s in here? A canvas bag on a bunk, with a shot tied to oue end. Wonder when they’re going to toss him over. I wish they’d toss me over Instead. I’d rather make a dinner for sharks than work for British tyrants. Wonder if the watch on deck are all awake. Reckon they are. These Britishers are good at discipline. No, I can’t go up there. “Suppose—suppose I could get tossed overboard in place of this dead man. Where would I go to? To the bottom, of course. I couldn't get out of the bag, and the shot would sink me. I might find a knife to take with me. But I couldn’t swim ashore. We must be off the Massachusetts coast. Wonder if their lifeboats are fitted with cork side pieces. If I can get,enough cork to float me and a knife I'll try It It’s ettll dark or dusk. Helio, a knife!” “Who's there?”

“That fell.w nearly got me. If it hadn't been ter him I’d have been over in the water in another second. But I get the cork. I wish I could have dipped into the boat I might have secured a cork jacket instead. Now, I’ll ■teal back and try to summon nerve to get into the bag. “There, my man, or, rather, my dead mau, you stay under that bunk while I take your sleeping place. I’ll have a hard time relating the bag. All right; I reckon that'll do, though they may notice bad lacing. Now cornea the worst of it the waiting. “Eight bells. “Oue bell. “Seven bells. I must have dropped asleep. Strange that I could sleep in a dead man’s bag; but, now I think of it, I’ve not slept before for two days, not since these rascals took me from the Molly Boyd. » “They’re coming. Here they are. The leaviug off of that shot came pretty near betraying me. They’ve got it tight enough this time. Never mind the burial service. Oh, God, to listen to one’s owu burial service! That’s what it is, my burial service. I'll never get out of this alive. What a fool! I could have submitted and lived. “The Lord have mercy on my soul. Will I never get this cord cut? Down, down! What an awful down! If I don’t do it in another moment the water above will hold me under. Besides. I can’t hold my breath so long. Aha! Goodby. old shot; yon may go to the bottom. I'm going up. Whew T , that was a long breath stop! Oh, blessed air! Let me get rid of this bag and I’ll bjeathe easier. Thank heaven It isn’t night. “Odds fish! 1 didn’t think the ship wag so near. I got under the water jpst |n time to miss being seen. It wouldn’t have mattered. They’d have thought the shot had slipped off and the dead had arisen. “This Ig and I’m getting huflgty If I could only have come upon a few herring In the gaTfey before leaving the ship. Let me see, judging from the position of the sun it must be an hour or two past meridian. Not a ship yfet sighted. I’m near the coast and should at least see the sails of ftshera. What’s that on the horlzoh? It’s a sail, sure enough. "Yes, It’s getting larger all the while. It's coming straight for me. “'‘Ship ahoy!' "They hear me. They're luffing to the Vlqd. That** the pleasantest sound—that boat coming down from her davlts-'t'Ve heard in a long while. I'm in ln«*te. This way, you lubbers. What are you steering off two or three points lor? Can’t see me for the rollers? Well, I am bobbing up and down a good deal, but I’ve got used to it. There you are. Now keep that course till you- reach me. "Who am I? Never you mind till you get me aboard your ship. Did you bring any rum? Good, Here’s to the stars and stripes! Don’t they look fine after being imprisoned under that British rag? Anything to eat? No. Well, give way, hearty. I can think, but I can't talk—not till I’ve filled my bread basket I've done thinking enough for ft dozen years. All right! you’ll have, to hoist me aboard. “WeH, now I’ve eaten and drunk I’ll tell you that Ym an American seaman Impressed by Britishers and SDesped.* WWWNBIA C. ITT.ffAW.

Broken and Odd Lol Sale CONTINUED Our suit and Overcoat sales for Friday and Saturday were far beyond our fondest £xpff«f’ations/ A goodly number of level headed customers having availed themselves s.f buying good clothing at bargain prices. A look will convince you. 26 Men’s Suits ft qW* 53.50 to SIB.OO 7 Extra Size men’s suits OjShX $5 to $14.00 > 15 young men’s suits 53.00 t0 12.00 r— 24 Kuee pants suits ' $, - ootosso ° nmmw ii Overcoats 1 53.50 to $16.00 These suits and overcoats are from Jots of sizes where all are sold but one or tw o and if 3ou can be fitted from them you can save 25c ou every dollar. — 1 , n-mr r—— —— uj— mmuj. : The Myers-Daily Company

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John Thompson returned this morn, ing from a business trip to Fort Wayne. Mrs. Hessert went to Fort W yne this morning to visit with her parents, Rev. Ruf and wife. o 1 — DEMORCAT Want Ads Pay Bift-

FOR RENT—-50 acres of good land, to rent on the share. Inquire of Mrs. Wm. Fronefietd, R. R. 9. 45_<t Look at Lehne’s window for Eagle charms and buttons. 45-5