Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier $5.00 Per month, b ymail 25 cents Per year, 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. W. L. Douglas, former governor of Massachusetts and millionaire shoe manufacturer, in an interview', attributes the present high price of leather to the tariff. “But the tariff on leather,” he says, “has' other evil effects than of simply compelling us to pay 10 or 12 per cent, more for sole leather. It virtually compels us to pay for large amounts of adulterants used by the trust. If we were free to buy leather in Canada or elsewhere the trust could not force adulterated leather on us and probably would not attempt to do so.” One startling phase of the delinquent tax discussion is that 7,500 men who will not pay their taxes unless compelled to do so are allowed to vote at all elections. If a man has not enough interest in government to pay his taxes, why should be be supposed to cast an honest and intelligent vote? Have we made suffrage too cheap in that line?—lndianapolis Star. Next month four states will elect governors, viz., Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey and Mississippi. In many other states elections will be held which may throw’ some light on next year's probabilities, though local issues and conditions will cut a large figure. XTRAGOOD Clothes Are Made Best T ET two women have the T—same materials and one will make the better batch of bread. The same principle applies in clothes-making. Most boys’ •clothing is just ordinary. NTRAGoop i s the one best, guaranteed brand because of •the’greater ability of the manufacturers and better workmanship. a 11 \/.y w li /' •■iw H ? HI ■%?i l Wj r? ' w. J* See this til Norfolk < Mr $5 to sl2 Every item that goes into the Norfolk, and all our other Xtracoqd styles for boys, must match up to the highest standard; every step in the process of making is a separate, distinct, perfect piece of work. Holthouse, Schulte & Company

IT PLEASED AGAIN Home Talent Greeted by Another big Crowd MUSIC WAS ESPECIALLY GOOD Event Was a Rousing Financial Success and the Fire Laddies Are Thankful. A god house again grseted the local players at Bosse Opera House for the second performance of “My Uncle ■ from Japan” and they were well pleas- . ed, as the show moved without a break to mar it and every one of the cast done cleverly all that was re--1 quired of hem and the musical program from the opening number to th; finale was exceptionally well rendered and every number was encored again ' and again. Miss Bryson sang "Anybody Want a Blonde” beautifully and the Tennis quartette and Tennis Girls were recalled when they sang “I Knew a Girl Like You.” “Traveling,” by Mr. Johnson and the Tourists was a hit. Tm Married Now” by Miss Hokhouse was a big favorite. Tm a Daughter of Uncle aSm” by Miss Bryson and chorus won great applause. Mr. Helm and chorus sang “I’ve Never Been Over There” well and Master Claude McKean carried the house w’hen he sang “Ther’ll Be No Show Tonight.” “No Weddingfi Bells for Me.” by Mr. Johnson and “I’ll Be There with Bells on” by the chorus were well received. Mr. Wemhoff and the Peasant Girls sang “Heidelberg” finely and were encored. “He Goes to Church on Sunday” sang by Mr. Hite was the biggest hit of the evening. “I’ve Said My Last Farewell” by Miss Holthouse was a happy hit. The specialties between the acts were pleasing. Miss Portia Thomas sang "Down at the Baby Store" sweetly and 1 Miss Victoria Stone fovored the audience with a whistling solo and was I forced to respond to the encore. s Mrs. H. L. Corner was the victim of a pleasant surprise party last night whefi a number of her friends and neighbors gathered at her home unexpectedly with arrangements complet-! ed for a six o’clock diner and a jolly social session after the dinner was i served, progressive pedro was indulg- ! ■ ed in and the laurels were carried off by Mrs. John Meibers and Mrs. C. V. i Connell. Music was furnished by Mrs. I H. B .France during the evening and it was appreciated by all. Every per-I son present had a delightful time. Those who attended were Mesdames Belle France, H. B. France, C. O.' France, J. Meibers, C. V. Connell, O. N. Snellen, George Flanders, L. Corbin and C. S. Niblick of this city and Mrs. Charles France of Van Wert. o Evolution of the Raft. The canoe was one of the earliest of boats, but It is not in line with she later growth. The ancestry of the modern boat begins with the log and la traced through the raft rather than through the canoe. By lashing together several logs it was found that larger burdens could be carried. Therefore the beat of a single log grew Into one of several logs—a raft By the time man had learned to make a raft we eee he had learned something else—he had learned to row his boat along by pulling at an oar Instead of pushing It along with a paddle. Rafts were used by nearly all the nations of antiquity. Herodotus, the father of history, tells us that they were In use in ancient Chaldea.—B. E. Forman In St Nicholas.

r BANKING Did it ever occur to you that a bank account, even though it may be a Email one, is the safest means of doing business? Your checks are the best receipts for all bills paid, and yout funds will be neither lost or stolen from vaults. You can open an account with any amount from one dollar up, and we will obligate ourselves to keep your finances straight %nd j furnish you with the necessary check books and deposit books free of charge. It you are not accustomed to oank-j ing just call and talk it over with *_ny of our officers. The Old Adams County Bank. I Originally Established in 1871 I RESOURCES Over ONE MILLION DOLLARS mb— 1 —1 ■i—r >■

IT WAS PLEASANT ■Continued from page 1.) evening in honor of Miss Pauline Schroeder, who left Wednesday morning ior her home at Madison, Ind. The evening was spent in social chat and all present enjoyed a good time. For a number of weeks the Ladies' Aid Society of the Evangelical church have been preparing for a sale of ready-made garments, including aprons of various styles, eating bibs for children, outing gowns, undergarments, etc. This sale will be held next Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 29 at the home of Mrs. Sol Linn, corner Jefferson and Fourth streets. Come early for your choice. The stag smoker given at the K. of C. hall last night was a delightful affair. Several speeches were delivered by prominent members of this organization, and special music was rendered. All present enjoyed themselves to the limit. Last night a. the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Christen north of the city, a party of their friends and neighbors composed of R. K. Fleming and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Waggoner, Fred Peoples and wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. Fonner and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Magley were royally entertained in honor of the fifth birthday of Fred Christen, the fourth birthday of Dora Marie Magley and Mr. and Mrs. Ferd People’s seventh wedding anniversary. These celebrations occur annually and are always delightful affairs. An elaborate dinner was served during the evening. INDIANA TRUST COMPANIES. They Make Good Reports to the Auditor of State. Trust companies of Indiana are in good condition financially, according to figures which have been compiled in the office of John C. Billheimer, auditor of state, by R. B. Oglesbee, clerk in the bank department. The figures will be entered in the annual report of Mr. Billheimer which is now in course lof preparation. Mr. Oglesbee has com- ! pared several of the items of the report which is now being made with corresponding items of the report of 1906, and he finds that the trust companies are in as good or even better 1 condition than they were at the close : of the fiscal year of 1906. At the close of the present fiscal year there were eighty-six trust companies in the state. At the close of the fiscal ; year of 1906, October 31, 1906, there ■ were only seventy-two such compan--1 ies. Growth in assets, profits and deposits has been commensurate with the increase In the number of such concerns. The ratio of increase in deI posits has been unusually large during the last year. The people of Indiana on Septembe- 30, of this year, had on deposit with the trust companies, $7,674.804.40 more than they had on deposit on October 31, 1906. The amount held on deposit at the close of the present fiscal year was $41,541,061.11, while the amount of deposits at the close of the preceding year was $33,I 866,256.71. A Failure. “So you don’t believe In the mind cure?” “No.” “Did you ever try It?” “Well, I once tried to convince my wife that she didn’t really want a new gown.”—Judge. Didn’t Fire Hine. A kind old gentleman, seeing a sman boy who was carrying a lot of newspapers under his arm, said, “Don’t alt those papers make yoa tired, my boy?’ I “Naw, I don’t read ’em,” replied the [ led.—Canadian Courier.

IS FOUND GUILTY Frank Cotton Convicted on First Ballot BY JURY AT PORTLAND Bluffton Young Man, Well Known Here Finally Lands a Prison Sentence. Portland, Ind., Oct. 25.—(Special to Democrat.) —At two o’clock this afternoon the jury in the case of the State vs. Frank Cotton, returned a verdict finding him guilty of perjury as charged in the indictment. This means a sentence of from two to twen-ty-one years in the Jeffersonville reformatory. The jury was out but a few minutes, the first ballot resulting in a unanimous vote of guilty. Attorneys for the defendant immediately filed a motion for a new trial. Cotton’s home is at Bluffton, and has apparently been trying to break into prison for several years, having previously been in serious trouble at Decatur, Hartford City, Montpelier and other places, but always managed to escape a prison sentence. o— JOHN MILLER. Mr. John Miller, son of Joseph and Anna Miller, was born in Union township, Adams county, Ind., Jan. 24, 1854, and died Oct. 22. 1907, aged 53 years 8 months and 28 days. He grew to manhood on the farm where he was born and on the 27th of May, 1877 he was married to Anneta Knittie. They lived for eight years at '.he old homestead, and then moved on their own farm, only tw r o miles distant, where they lived for ten years. Having purchased the old farm place w’here he was born, he moved back and remained until about three years ago, when he moved to Decatur. In his home were bom three daughters, two of them preceded him in death. Alice died in 1898 and Mrs. Nettie Clem died just one year ago on the same day. Oct. 22. Those specially sadened by this death are his wife, Mrs. Anneta Miller and his daughter, Miss Mary Miller, also one brother, Mr. Joseph Miller, of Adams county, and two sisters, Mrs. Barkley, of Monroeville and Mrs. Rabbitt, of South Bend, and one grandson, Chauncey Clem. Mr. Miller was (converted about 22 years ago and united with the Evangelical church. The class with which he united not being kept up, he joined the M. E. church about twelve years ago. His was a deeply religious soul and he lived an earnest Christian life. He was taken sick about a year ago and it was soon discovered that he was suffering from Bright’s disease. He bore his sickness with great patience and when it was seen that he could not recover, he became resigned in spirit to the will of his God and prepared for the great journey. On Friday morning before he became unconscious, looking up into the face of his wife he said, “Glory to God I am so happy.” Again he said “The Lord knows best, if it is his will, 1 am ready to go.” Speaking of his ! religious fai:h he said “Nothing else is of any great value to me now.” His funeral was conducted by his pastor, Dr. C. B. Wilcox, assisted by Rev. W. H. Daniel and Rev. A. B. Haist at the M. E. church, Oct. 24, 1907. Yeung Author Waa Anxious to Comply With tho Editor's Roquoat. “Tour story possesses merit," wrote tbs kindly magazine editor In returning a manuscript to a struggling young author of Washington, “but you hare embellished it with too much description, atmosphere and other Irrelevant matter. What we want Is * story sotting out the simple facts—facts, just plain facts. If you will revise your story according to our ideas, wo will be glad to pay you $25 for It" A few days later the editor got tbs following from the struggling young author of Washington: “Herewith revised story. Please lead check by return mall, aa I need the money.” And this was the story as rewritten: “Jonas loved Eliza, but be was poor, and wealthy papa kicked. Jonas went ' Into Wall street and mads a million, Incidentally bankrupting papa. Then Maa wont fishing, feU off a log late tbs mill pond, and Jeaas fished her Mt Papa relented and borrowed a tandred thousand tram J«gm. Marriage” -Waatagtoa Peat

SECRET MISSIVES. Solutions That Produce Writing invisible Until Treated. Ovid, in his “Art of Love,” teaches young women to deceive their guar i ans by writing their love letters with new milk and to make the writing appear by rubbing coal dust over the paper. Any thick and viscous fluid, such as the glutinous and colorless juices of plants, aided by any colored powder, will answer the purpose equally well. A quill pen should be used. The most common method Is to pen an epistle in ordinary ink, interlined with the invisible words, which doubtless has given rise to the expression, “reading between the lines.” In order to discover the true meaning of a communication. Letters written with a solution of gold, silver, copper, tin or mercury dissolved in aqua fortls, or, simpler still, of iron or lead in vinegar, with water added until the liquor does not stain the white paper, will remain invisible for two or three months if kept in the dark, but on exposure for some hours to the open air will gradually acquire color or will do so instantly on being held before the fire. Each of these solutions gives its own peculiar color to the writing—gold a deep violet, silver slate, and lead and copper brown. There is a vast number of other solutions that become visible on exposure to heat or when having a heated iron passed over them. The explanation is that the matter is readily burned to a sort of charcoal. Simplest among these are lemon juice and milk, but the one that produces the best results Is made by dissolving a scruple of sal ammoniac in two ounces of water. Several years ago Professor Braylants of the University of Louvain discovered a method in which no Ink at all was required to convey a secret message. He laid several sheets of note paper on each other and wrote on the uppermost with a pencil, then selected one of the under sheets on which no marks of the writing were visible. On exposing this sheet to the vapor of iodine for a few minutes it turned yellowish, and the writing appeared of a violet brown color. On further moistening the paper it turned blue, and the letters showed in violet lines. The explanation Is that note paper contains starch, which under , pressure becomes “hydramide” and turns blue in the lodine fumes. It is best to write on a hard surface, say a pane of glass. Sulphuric acid gas will make the writing disappear again, and it can be revived a second time. One of the simplest secret writings, however, to which Professor Gross of Germany calls attention as being used 1 in prisons, is the following: , Take a sheet of common writing paper, moisten it well with clear water and lay it on a hard, smooth surface, such as glass, tin, stone, etc. After removing carefully all air bubbles from the sheet place upon it another dry sheet of equal size and write upon it your communication with a sharp pointed pencil or a simple piece of pointed hard wood. Then destroy the dry paper upon which the writing has been done and allow the wet paper to dry by exposing It to the air, but not to the heat of fire or the flame of a lamp. When dry not a trace of the writing will be visible. But on moistening the sheet again with clear water and holding it against the light the writing can be read In a clear transparency. It disappears again after drying in the air and may be reproduced by moistening a great number of times. Should the sheets be too much heated, however, the writing will disappear, never to reappear again.—Chicago Rec-ord-Herald. Pretty Useful Shoes. It would be difficult to realize what the Frleslander would do without his klompen, or wooden shoes, for they have a hundred usee. With them he balls out his boat, corrects his children and scoops up a drink of water wherever be may be. He places In them bls worrnr for fishing, uses them as missiles in a free fight, digs with them, measures dry goods with them, and a hundred other things. The klompen are cheap; they cost about fifteen pence a pair, man’s size, and Dutchmen’s feet are not Cinderellalike by any means.— Wide World Magazine. ■ - _ — .... ar Real Estate Farms and city property to sell and buy. Call and see my list Here Is a few of our bargains: 16« acres, 5 miles of Decatur, S7O per acre; good house, bank barn. 80 acres, good buildings, SBS per acre. 60 acres, good house, fair bam, $4,500. 40 acres, good buildings, all In good shape, 3 miles Monroe. Price $3,500 98 acres, good house and bank barn, and good toil. Price $5,700. And city property in all parts of the city and house 8 rooms and 4 closets and pantry. Price s9oo. House la southwest for 2650. And a bouse of 8 rooms, 2 story, dose in, for 82,960. And a fine bouse and barn is < blocks of Adams County bank, for *2.200. o*l land eee my list LL Babcock t Ward Decatur Ind

WE HAVE [I Three Houses for Rent I ’Phone or Cell on .j SINOWAGENCV Phone 230 Decatur, I nd I |

ISSIIIB ft / The stove opportunity of the year. With every range sold this week, the Malleable man will give either a complete set of high grade cooking ware or a firty nine piece handsomely decorated semiporcelain dinner set well worth $7.50 SCHAFER HDW CO. THE Electric Theatre TONIGHT Admission 5 Cents. MOTION PICTURES. First film—“ Autoing Under Difficulties;” “The Sea by Moonlight.” Second and third films—" The Holy City” and Ist part of “Passion Play.” ILLUSTRATED SONG. “The Holy City.” Schmuck & Miller, Proprietors Beginning next Monday, October 28th, I will close my feed yard at 9 o’clock p. m. each evening except Saturdays and Sundays, when it will remain open until 11 o’clock. Henry Rodenbeck. 256-3 t o NOTICE TO BEN HURS. There will be initiation and other 1 special work on Friday evening, Oct. 25th. Members of Decatur court are also invited to attend the spectacular , initiation ai Huntington on Oct. 30th. i All members are urged to be at hall ,at 7:30 p. m. MARY V. DAILEY, ■| 257 ’ 2t Scribe. ’ 1 BOX SOCIAL. There will be a box social at the i Cotionwood school house, district No. 5, French township, 1 mile south and I 4 miles west of Monroe and 7 miles suth of Preble, Friday evening, OcL 25. All are cordially Invited to at--1 tend. BLENN 0. CRAYS, s Taecher. j APPLES—At G. R. and I. at 75c and $1.25 per bushel. Daniel Railing, f 258-2 t

tarns for sale ' I. ■ • haVe Wme flrMt bar 9«'n»- W you are In the market for a I m irw? and *** U *‘ Her * ,r * ’ f * w 01 our banjains: , I fWm a^ re *' C ' o9e to lOwn ‘ 800,1 & ' rocm house, fair barn, soil | ► J 6" Wlth wlnd pam P- wagon shed, and corn crib; fairly * I ~ “d drained, nearly all under cultivation. Price, $«0 per E 1 her- »^ eS blaCk ' and 111 un<l er cultivation, except 4 acres of young I k small b^ We nv“ d CUUro : 4 roo “ hon «> * lth Btone I 1 well fsX ? h ° USe ' Mni waßon Bhe<l » n d chicken house; I catur tht I* 1 * dralned > gw> d young orchard; on stone real close I catur, thU is a bargain. I sandy IT' 2 m "* 8 from go °d town; S-room house, two-thirds - I IX di Btone Cl °* to school and church; fairly well city property. Ududing -Ho n . <3e The Northern Indiami Real Co |

♦ *** I ■■ • “lower Riilbsil T ♦ ■ * Hyacinth", * I ♦ 11 ♦ Tulips, * I * * I fl ♦ Lillies, fl * and other ’ * Bulbs r<>r > : | fall planting ♦ I J. D -ALE ;l FIRST ■ NATIONAL ■ BANK ■ DECATUR INDIANA CAPITAL SIOO,OOO | SURPLUS $20,000 • INTEREST ! PAID ON DEPOSITS | IdOSSE’S I DoPERA house Fri. Oct. 25 I NESBIT SCOVILLE PRESENTS As Told in I The Hills I A Powerful Play of the Southwwt I A Romance of Today. [ A Strong Cast and Special Scenerv ■ PRICES: 25, 35,50,‘it I Reserved Seat Sale, at the! Usual place I THE I pictorium! TONIGHT . “The Straw Man and the Easten> er I is a man who goes out wes: and I ’ tangled up with the cowboys. I Song—" Just Remember I u '''" I You.” I All ahowa now bel’ g put ° D sr * ■ and have never been shown any P I 1 before. j t J. B. BTONEBURNER. P™* I li