Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sun 1 day, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates. Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier $5.00 Per month, by mail 25 cents Per ysar, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made Known on application. Entered at the postoffice In Decatur Indiana, as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER. Manager. EDITORIALS FROM COMMONER. Mayor Francis W. Brown, who for two years past has held the office of chief executive of Lincoln, has been re-elected. Mr. Brown is a democrat, and while Nebraska’s capital city is republican on a partisan vote, the democrats of the city are feeling quite jubilant over Mayor Brown’s re-elec-tion. While Mr. Brown’s victory is largely a personal one, still the vote shows a very material gain in democratic strength. It need scarcely be added that Mr. Bryan is enjoying the election returns. Mayor Brown was one of the leaders of the movement which took a Nebraska delegation to New’ York to meet Mr. and Mrs. Bryan on their return from abroad, and as the readers of The Commoner will remember, the mayor presided at the Lincoln reception. The Commoner proposes the health of Mayor Brown, Lincoln’s democratic erecutive. Speaker Cannon addressed the lllionis legislature recently, and in the course of his remarks said: ’‘You will recollect that in the session of congress that was lately adjourned, we appropriated for public service for the coming twelve months upward of $900,000,000. And this vast sum is gathered up by indirect taxation that most of us fail to realize we pay when we do pay it. Every time we smoke a cigar we pay the tax. On most articles that we get from abroad we pay the tax.” But heretofore Mr. Cannon and other republican leaders have told us that “the foreigner pays the tax.”

The Pennypacker libel law passed in 1903 by the Pennsylvania legislature has just been repealed. This ends the first attempt made in recent years to muzzle the press of a state. Another democratic principle has been vindicated. “Error is harmless where reason is left free to combat it." BOX INTACT, BUT SHOES GONE. Fred Tague Found Only Two Pair in Seven Dozen Boxes. Some time ago Fred Tague ordered seven dozen shoes from the E. P. Reed & Co shoe dealers of Rochester, N. Y.. and a few days ago the box that was supposed to contain the shoes was delivered to him and upon examining same, he ascertained that the shoe boxes inside the large box contained only two shoes in the entire number of boxes. The paper boxes, however, did not look’as though Jhey had been molested. It is thought that some smooth crooks opened the box and stole the shoes, placing the boxes neatly in the large box to keep it from being known that they were stolen until the box reached its destination. o >— STANDARD WILL BE THE FIRST. Washington. May 20.—Revelations by the interstate commerce commission made today indictae that the Standard Oil company will be the first corporation hauled into court for violating the new railroad rate law. o LITTLE GIRL HANGS HERSELF. Elwood, Ind.. May 20. —Mario, the three and a half year old daughter of William Isenminger. who lives three miles north of Elwood was found h/nging by the neck through a har-n-ss strap in the barn today. It is Supposed the child was trying to S'ving and falling t/rangled to death. LOST —A watch charm, Grand Army badge cn one side, while plain on the other; lost between Second street and central school building. Return to this office and receive reward. 123-3 t

BALL DOPE. Hartford City defeated Elwood (Sunday by a score of eight to nothing. After the game Manager Behringer, of Decatur, wanted to book the Shamrocks for the Fourth of July in Decatur. —Journal Gazette. Manager Behringer, of Decatur, witnessed the game, and after the battle wanted to sign second baseman O’Neal and catcher Brennan, of the Beach Parks. —Journal Gazette. The Dunkirk team have the honor of being the first team to defeat the strong Kokomo-Sharpsville team, they turning the trick by a score of five to nothing, with Romaine in the box. This was the seventeenth game played by the Kokomo-Sharpsville team and w’as their first loss. Dunkirk is certainly to be congratulated. Dutch Linderbeck, the big German outfielder, arrived this rooming from his home at Carey, 0., and is ready for duty. Dutch is in perfect playing condition, and it is an even money wager that he will play a much faster game than last season. Dutch is a terrific hitter, and is liable to break up many games before the season closes.

Pitcher Welden arrived yesterday from Cincinnati, 0., and states that he is ready and willing to go to work at once and fully expects to make good right off the reel. He is a fair sized young man, being a right handed pitcher, and is touted as having remarkable speed. We hope Welden proves to be the goods and are pulling for him from the start if that does any good. The Ft. Wayne Shamrocks defeated the Cleveland Beach Park team yesterday by a score of 6 to 1, this making their fourth straight victory this season. The Shamrocks are playing a nice game, and will be a tough proposition for any team to stack up against. Manager Cleary has seemed Oscar Way to fill the vacancy caused by Tom Railing and he has picked up a good man. Hartford City has come to the conclusion that unless Manager McCann can reduce his salary limit to S6OO per month, they will disband, and the season of 1907 will close. Hartford City has been paying $740 a month, and this has proven to be too big a bit to chew, and they have quietly informed their manager. As a result several men have been released and an effort will be made to maintain the team at the salary limit fixed. CLEANING UP DAY (Continued from page 1.) structive habits. A “tag” may prove effective in the “model town” of Ft. Branch, but it would hardly keep the Decatur dog out of mischief. It is said “every dog must have his day” and surely the Decatur dog has had his, and he should now be relegated to the country, where he might be of some use, or kept In a kennel in his owner’s back yard, or failing these, he could be sent to “the happy hunting grounds,” and as for chickens, the only fit place for them, if kept in town at all, is in a fine meshed wire enclosure, or in the frying pan. It is fearfully exasperating when you have expended your strength making a nice smooth onion bed and have planted your precious “sets” to get up in the morning and find them all scratched out by your neighbors’ chickens, and if, while viewing the remains, the owner of the fowls looks over the fence and suavely inquires if that is the way you raise onions, you feel that it is the “last straw,” and you ardently long for a “Balaam’s beast ’ to appear upon the scene to give expression to the thoughts you are too pious to utter. We wish the Ft. Branch method might be adopted in Decatur. All that is necessary is for every one to give a little thought to the rights of others, and all these things will adjust themselves. Let us all get busy tomorrow and make a supreme effort to so improve and beau tify our city that it too, may become famed as a “model city.” Memßer of League.

DISH OUT SALVE (Continued from Page 1.) immediately become active in the effort to effect unity and peace in the ranks that have been shattered through factional fights. Mr. Lockwood and Mr. Terhune practically spoke along the same lines as those taken up by Mr. Goodrich. Before the meeting adjourned, the editors accepted an invitation from James McCarty, of Eaton, to spend an outing with him at Riverside park, on Friday, June 14.—Muncie Star. —o "O“ SALE —Second-hand buggy and phaeton, good as new. Will sell I :heap. See R. K. Erwin. 109 ti

A TRAGIC SPEECH Delivered byJudge Landis of Chicago CONVICTS MEMBERS OF A TRUST / Fines from SSOO to SIO,OOO Are Administered, Together with a very Severe Lecture. Chicago, 111., Map 20.—Judge Landis, of the federal court, in a tragic speech today denounced the school furniture trusts and fined the constituent members various amounts and denounced the workings of the trust. His speech was the warmest ever delivered by a federal judge from the bench, in denouncing trusts. The limit under the law was givn the following firms: F. A. Holbrook company, Chicago, $lO,000; American Seating company, Chicago, $10,000; A. H. Andrews company, Chicago, $10,000; Superior company, of Michigan, $1,000; Owensboro Seating company, Owensboro, Ky.; Southern Seating company, Cincinnati, 0., $2,000; Friedman company, of New Richmond, Ohio. $500; H. C. Vogt, of Hartford City, Ind, $500; Illionis Refrigerator company, $1,700; Peabody School Furniture company, North Manchester, Ind., $1,000; Haney School company, $500; Minneapolis School company. $2,000; Hudson company, of Logan, West Virginia, SSOO. The case of E. H. Stafford was postponed until Saturday. The fines aggregate $41,200, which is against thirteen members of the trust. 0 COURTHOUSE NEWS (Continued from page 1.) Sunday to William Good, an oil pumper from Geneva, and Lola A. Mason, of Ceylon. The groom is twenty-two years old and the bride but sixteen. A license to wed has been granted to Frank L. Johnson, of Washington township and Emma Augusta Wolfe, ' of French township. — o A Battle of Butterflies. “A battle of butterflies,” said the Japanese viscount firmly. : “Lnpossible!” cried the lady on his I right. , “Oh,” the viscount insisted, “the thing is authenticated. It happened on Aug. 20. 1889. Tales and poems with- , out number have been written on it On the evening of Aug. 20 two opposing armies of the butterflies fought an aerial battle between Nojima and Kavasaki Mura. The fight continued till sunset, when the smaller army turned ■ and retreated, the victors pursuing It till all were lost in the rosy .sunset haze. The ground beneath the combat was thickly strewn with wounded and dead warriors. The battle drew a thou- ’ sand people. It occurred about thirty 1 feet up in the air. The spectators were amazed and horror stricken to see these gentle blue butterflies grappling i and struggling furiously and silently , in a blue blizzard above their heads.” The Bookplate. ' An ex libris, or bookplate, is a small 1 piece of paper whereon is printed the ■ owner’s name and pasted on the in- > side cover of a book—in other words, it ! Is a printed slip to denote the owner- . ship of books. A proper ex libris should I have, first of all, the name, boldly and , plainly printed, and a space left for the number of volumes contained in the library; then, to make it more In- * teresting and personal, some decora- ! tive device of the owner’s peculiar and 1 individual choice as well as some fa- > voritc motto, if desired. In Europe I those who have the right use family , crests or armorial bearings for their . ex libris. Every well regulated library should have some mark of ownership, and the ex libris takes the place of the ’ owner’s signature.

Moths and Butterflies. Some moths look very much like butterflies, but there are two ways in which you can always tell the one from the other. Each has little slender feelers growing from the head, but the butterfly's feelers, or antennae, as they are called, have knobs on the ends. The antennae of the moth sometimes hare tiny feathers on them and sometimes little spires, but thy are never knobbed. Then, too. In alighting the butterfly always holds her wings erect, while the moth's droop or are nearly flat. No Longer Worried. **l thought,” said the visitor, “I’d drop in aud tell you what your hair restorer did for a friend of mine. When he started to using your elixir there were only a few hairs on his head, but now it's completely covered.” “Indeed?” explained the patent medicine man. “Yes; by six feet of earth.”—Catholic Standard and Times. A Martyr. The Friend—ls your married life Is so unhappy, why don’t you get a divorce from your husband? Unhappy Wife—Because he would then marry some other woman and make her un-

CAREER OF A PICTURE. “Rock of Ages” Went Into Home* the World Round. “The Rock of Ages,” that world famous picture, was painted by the Rev. Johannes A. Oertel. The artist, a native of Bavaria, who came to America in 1848, settling in Newark, N. J., first sketched it in the album of a young girl living in Westerly, R. I. It impressed all who saw it, suggesting a small painting of the subject in oil, which he exhibited at the National Academy of Design, New York. Ibis caught the keen eye of a Broadway dealer, who, realizing its commercial value, induced Mr. Oertel to make a large painting, from which photographs were struck off. and one of these falling into the bauds of Mr. James of Providence, R. L, he purchased the right of publishing all subsequent copies. The painting was bought for SI,OOO by Augustus Storrs, a Brooklyn merchant, v hlle the run upon the unframed pictures, ten inches high, got out by Mr. James aqd selling for $5 apiece, was unprecedented in the history of photography, the operators being unable' to meet the demand and dealers losing sales from insufficient supply of copies. Mr. James’ next venture was a chromolithograph made under his own supervision in Paris. Passing through London on his way home, he sold three of these chromos for 9 guineas to Mr. Graves, the queen's bookseller. Lpon his arrival in Liverpool a telegraphic order awaited him from that gentleman for thirty additional copies, and on reaching New lork he was handed an application from him for the entire edition. Indeed, phenomenal as was the sale of this creation in America, it was greater abroad. An English nobleman hazards the assertion that In some one of Its varjed forms it is to be found In every palace and hovel in the island, and a traveler returning from a tour of the world exclaimed: “The picture haunts me. It follows me wherever I go. I have seen it in Chile. I have seen it also in the Pyrenees.” Two years after the appearance of the first photographs Mr. James had realized as his share of the profits $75,000. Mr. Oertel, too, was in receipt of a handsome income in royalties, and with this assured support (having pursued his theological studies without assistance and been ordained to the priesthood of the Protestant Episcopal church) he removed in 186/ to Lenoir, In North Carolina, and took charge of a congregation impoverished by the civil war. Two years later an unauthorized copy of the “Rock of Ages” was got out by a New York photographer. Mr. Oertel’s publisher sought protection from the law, and ths case was carried Into the lower and supreme courts of the state. Scarcely had it been decided in his however, when a Chicago artist made a similar design, evading the law by the introduction of a ship in the background and the reversal of the female figure. This threw the copyright open. The monopoly was wrested from its owner and the market flooded with pictures of every size and quality. Thus as a financial venture terminated the brilliant promise of the “Rock of Ages.” Some Predictions. The author of the “Vision of Piers Plowman,” a work written in the reign of Edward 111., predicted with great distinctness the fall of the religious houses in England. As every one knows, the event took place in the reign of Henry VIII., about 200 years later. Sir Walter Raleigh foresaw and predicted the spread of nonconformity in England. His weighty and memorable words were: “Time will even bring it to pass, if it be not resisted, that God will be turned out of churches Into barns and from thence again into the fields and mountains and under hedges. All order of discipline and church government will be left to newness of opinion and men's fancies and as many kinds of religion spring up as there are parish churches in England.” In a work written 500 years before the event took place Tacitus foresaw and predicted the evils and disorders which were so long to desolate Europe on the fall of the Roman empire. His words are worthy of repetition: “When the Romans shall be hunted out from these countries which they have con- | quered, what will then happen? The revolted people, freed from their master oppressor, will not be able to subsist without destroying their neighbors, and the most cruel wars will exist among all these nations.”

Tea Chewing Habit. ‘"I bad an odd case of tea chewing the other day,” said a physician. “The man was yellow and emaciated. He had been chewing China tea for seven years. He said that at first tea chewing had had a wonderfully stimulating. effect on him. “ ‘I drank in those days.' he admitted frankly, ‘and sometimes I would turn up at the shop after putting away twenty or twenty-five beers. with onlythree hours of sleep to my credit Naturally I’d feel seedy; but. sir. by chewing a few mouthfuls of tea I'd become almost as alert and fresh as ever again.’ “As the habit grew on the man, though, its stimulating effect died. It finally failed to stimulate him at all, but without it he was nervous, he got headaches, and he had no appetite. Os course I advised him to abandon tea chewing—to abandon it gradually. What interested me in his case was his claim that in tea shops—he worked In a tea shop—the chewing of the leaves was a fairly common thing.”— New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat

Weak Women To weak and afltoX women, there is at least on* Wto help. But with that way. two treatments, nrnlt be combined. One is local, one is constit tonal. but both are Important, both essen Dr. Sheep'S Nfcbt Cure is the Local. Dr Shoop’s Restorative. the Constituti«ia . The former—Dr. Shoop’s Night < -' ure ~ 1 p mucous membrane suppository Shoop’s Restorative is wholly an went. Ths Restorative reaches thronghout entire sysatm. seeking the repair of all nerve, all tissue, and all blood ailments. .. The "Night Cure”, as its name implies, .does .to work whils you sleep. It soothes sore and inflamed mucous surfaces, heals local weaknesses and discharges, while the Restorative, eases nervous excitement, gives renewed vigor and■ builds up wasted tissues, bringing about renewed strength, vigor, and energy. Take Dr. Shoop Restorative—Tablets or Liquid-as a general ton c to the system. For positive local help, use as well Dr. Shoop’s Night Cure w. H. NACHTRIEB l NOTICE. The Preble Township Insurance Company will hold their first annual meeting on the first Saturday in June at Friedheim, Preble township. Chris Hoemeyer, Secy. 123 ’ 3t — I Mr. Krimmel, the piano tuner, ot Ft. Wayne, is in the city. Parties wishing their piano tuned will please [leave word at the Murray Hotel, ■phone No. 57. 123-2 t Writing as a Fine Art. In a letter written by the late Lafcadio Hearn to his friend, the musical I critic, H. E. Krehbiel, the author says: ' “Let me dwell upon an art principle. Both you and I have a trade—journalism. We have also an art— authorship. I The same system of labor cannot be ! applied to the one as to the other withi out unfortunate results. Let the trade be performed as mechanically as is ■ consistent with preservation of one’s I reputation as a good workman. But when it comes to writing a durable ‘ thing—a book or a brochure—every line ’ ought to be written at least twice, if I possible, three times. In the very act of copying new ideas of grace, force and harmony will make themselves manifest. Without this, I will venture to say, fine literary execution is impossible.” The “Book of Sports.” The “Book of Sports” was a proclamation by James 1., who In this publication in 1618 signified to his people the royal pleasure with regard to what sports, games and amusements might be practiced on Sunday. The king intimated that “no lawful recreation should be barred on that day to his good people.” The sports forbidden on Sundays were bear and bull fighting, bowling and interludes. Those who did not attend church were not allowed to join in the sports, and no one could go out of his parish. The amusements allowed were dancing, archery, leaping, vaulting, May games, Whitsun ales and the setting up of May poles.

Striking a Fish. Tl:e secret of striking a fish, especially a trout, which bites quickly, whether in brook, river or lake, is to give a sharp upturn of the wrist This will move the rod or bait only two or three inches and will not jerk it from the water. If you miss the fish will follow the few inches, not being frightened, and in the majority of cases will be hooked at once. The quick jerking of the bait from the water almost in- ; variably scares a trout—result, a dark streak disappearing down the stream. If Glasses Get Stuck. When two glasses get stuck, one inside the other, an unfailing remedy for j separating them is to plunge them upright into some hot water for a quarter | of a minute or thereabouts. Care must be taken that no water gets Into either I glass. The explanation is that the heat expands the outer glass before it has time to penetrate and expand the one inside. Dropped. “Why does Miss Eider always drop her eyes when she meets you?” I “If you will never give it away I will tell you. She drops her eyes because I saw her drop her teeth one day.” LOST—A pocketbook containing a i small amount of money. Finder return to Frank Foor or this office and receive reward. ts

LOST—A bunch of papers enclosed in an orange-colored case, with Adams I Circuit Court printed on the face. ■ Between Decatur and the Pleasant l Valley church. Finder return to this I office and receive reward. ts i Kidney complaint Kills more people than any other disease. This -is due i to the disease being so insidious that it gets a good hold on the system 'before it is recognized. Foley's KidI ney Cure will prevent the development iof fatal disease if taken in time. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. O—NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. We are pleased to anounce that I Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs. | colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other i harmful drugs, and we recommend it ;as a safe remedy for children and i adults. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. FOR SALE—Refrigerator, good as new. Inquire at home of Mrs. Alva Nichols. 119-6 t

You Will Be Surprised vour favor there is betveen Tn learn the difference 1 T . : n t he old way and our system heating a house m tiiem . j of heating with a - 11 ' £ afe I '' Sap > Bnswl ■■ Decatur or Angola Hot Air Furnace These heaters contain so many valuable improvements that it is well worth your time to investigate their merits. We have sold 6 Decatur and Angola Heaters which will be installed this summer in homes and business houses in Decatur. If you are undecided as to the heating of your home or store room, telephone us and we will assist you. Does your old Furnace work as it should? We now have a Furnace Expert who can put your inproperly installed heating plant right. No doubt but what you are using too much fuel. SchaferHardwareCompany

HINDRANG , German coach stallion of the finest j type, seal black good bone and mus- ’ cle, weight 1400 pounds. Will make the season of 1907, at the Hoosier barn ‘North Second street, Decatur, Ind. ; See him. Your patronage solicited. IESSE BUTLER Owner Mrs. S. Joyce, 180 Sullivan St-Clare-mont, N. H., writes: “About a year I ago 1 bought two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure. It cured me of a severe case of Kidney trouble of several years’ standing. It certainly is a grand, good medicine, and I heartily recommend it” THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. NOTICE. Dr. J. S. Boyers has gone to New York to attend medical lectures, and will return about June 18. 121-3 t

Plain Figures on Paint and Painting WHEN you paint, it is not the first cost of paint, but the final cost of paint and painting that really counts. Divide this “sum total” by the number of years of wear, and also consider the extra cost of getting the surface ready for repainting when paints wear unevenly. These things determine real saving. t Figure it this way: The average house takes about 10 gallons of Lead and Oil or “cheap paint,” and about 7 gallons of Lowe Brothers “High Standard” Paint STAXt?ST* * bont the lowest price (11.25 per gallon). and “HIGH STANDARD would cost about $12.25 at the highest price ($1.75 per gallon). $4 17 nevi's. ■ II 1 )? J} 10 wear—the cheap paint costs yon -Therat/fi-tsulh 11 STANDARD" only $2.45 per year! fading cbaFkbt, > st . l i Cldds l'’ M ! nt you risk cracking, peeling. The" Little “ d a bad SQrtace for repainting. BlutFlaf none of these P ? lnt ’ P ro PerlV applied, you have and f-’Ls keeDS lts beauty and protecting Qualities K ana r„>is gradually leavmg a smooth, clean surface. W and PaintXS->—2n<? alnt l or consn lt your painter, send for “Paint Ushed. Ma i fed/^^VaSe%^ur 1 :^t t d:al^^dd r^ PUt THE LOWE BROTHERS COMPANY, ♦SO-450 Third SuDayton.o. .. rauumakera Varniahmakera I — Yovr Turk Chicago Kansas City / Prcgcctw" • Holthouse Drug CornpanV Decatur, Indiana

FOR RENT —A four-room house, stable, etc. One acre of ground. Snow agency. 120-3 t One good sized Durham cow with calf by her side, calf three weeks old good milker, for sale reasonable; will take 135.00 for both, or will sell cow without the calf for less money. Come and see her. 122-4 t J. A. Henlricks, Monroe, Ind. HOLLIS! E. Rocky Mountaip Tec nuggets A Busr Medicin* .jr Susy D «cnli>Brings Goiden Health Renewed View. A specific for Constipation, Indigestion. Liv* and Kidney "’oobles. Pimples. Ec i. Impur* Blood, Bad Btwth, Sluggish Bow. leadacb* and Backache. Its Rocky Mountain iea in tab let form. 35 cents a box. Genuine made W Hollister Ditna Compant. Madison* w 1* SOLDEN ■ ETS FOP SALLOW PEOP», Farmers Attention Just received a load of high-grade fertilizers and in order to sell it quick I will sell it cheap. Inquire John Scbinnan, at City Coal & Feed Yard. ’Phone 240. THE PARK HOTEL for sale or rent, a very desirable location. House recently remodeled and has all conveniences. Inquire of Mrs. Dan Meyers, Winchester street.