Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 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 15.00 | Per month, b ymail • ■25 cents ! Per year, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents! Advertising rates made known on j application. I Entered at the poetoffice In Decatur liana, as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. '"BELIEVE IN DREAMS? W Yes, What Wsuld Yau Da In a Caea Similar to This? If you should dream that a maa with whom you were acquainted killed his wife, if you vividly saw him plunge • dagger into her heart in your vision, would you tel! the wife of your premonition of a tragedy? This question has been puzzling a number of people in London. A married couple were inspecting a house which was for rent in Surrey some time ago. While the husband inspect- ' ed the stables the wife remained in the parlor. Shortly after her busband left the room, the wife r*id. a man and woman entered. The woman was young and pretty and In tear’. The man was angry. After gesticulating a few minutes he rushed to the girl, drew a knife from h's coat and plunged it through her heart. With n laud brick the woman who witr.esee l the t.-.gedy arose and staggered la the door. She looked about her and saw that the couple h?.d vanished. She realised she had either been dreaming or had seen s vision. When her hc'b.tnd returned she told him her experience. They did not rent th- hOUS« Some tii. o afterward while attending a reception the wom:n was introduced to a young lady and her fiance. She recognised the characters of her vision. Later the young couple ta whom she bad been introduced were married. To her dismay, the wtman leaned they had lea-iod the very house where she had experienced the bar-owing dream. What was she to de? She asked her friends. They were at a icss to give her advice. The woman was convinced j that sire wax given the pramor.ition of a tragedy. At the same time she dreaded provoking a disagreement in ea» these shouli be nothing but a ballua nation. What wov_;.l you do in such a case f This would depend, of course, as to whether or cot you beiiove in dream*. De you? -rlmposed. In the ball of a philharmonic society j the foPowing notice was posted: “The seats in this hall are for the use of the ladies. Gentlemen are requested to make use of them only after the former are seated."—ll Rise. We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified we want to be again expecting.— Johnson. Dangtrsus Odors. Rome smells are dangerous. A single sniff of highly concentrated prussic acid will kill a man as quickly as a shot through the heart. The odor of a bad egg is due to the presence of sulphureted hydrogen, and the objectionable perfumes of sewers and bone factories are attributable Vhlefly to the same gas. Chemical laboratories are famous for bad smells. Berzelius, who discovered the element called “selenium.” once tried the experiment of permitting a bubble of pure hydrogen selenide gas to enter his nostril. For days afterward he was not able to smell strong ammonia, the olfactoiy nerves being temporarily paralyzed. Selenium gas has the odor of putrid horseradish. Tellurium is even worse There is a story of a physician whose patient, a lady, refused to take an absolutely necessary rest because she was so fond of being always in society. He gave her a pill containing a small quantity of tellurium, and her breath was affected by it to such an extent that she was not able to appear in public for a month. She never guessed what the trouble was. The volatilized essential oil of roses is supposed to cause “rose cold.” This peculiar complaint is so far nervous in its character that paper roses sometimes excite it Why Elephants Fear Mice. It seems incredible that so small and harmless an animal as a mouse is able to frighten an eiephan. almost out of his senses. One little mouse in the hay on which they are feeding will stampede an entire herd. In their native land there are little animals, known as chacanas, which feed on a small, sour berry of which elephants are very fond. They live in settlements. something after the manner of : prairie dogs, under the berry bushes. I When feeding, the elephants trample the little towns, and the chacanas, in their fright, run up the tubes of the elephants' trunks. Their long, sharp claws catch in the flesh, and they cannot be ejected. The more violently the monster blows through its coiled trunk the more firmly the hooked claws of the little animal become imbedded in the flesh. Inflammation and death are the result In captivity the elephants think they are In danger of the deadly Cbaeanas when her vee a moos*.

WIOFTHE MAORI Strange Powers Exercised by the Tribal Priests. DAZED AN ENGLISH BISHOP. I Rosult of an Attempt to Convert Tohoto to Christianity — Singular and Pathetic End of the Last of the Old 1 Heaihen Tohungaa. ! What In the past has been termed j magic presents itself now to the scij entifle mind as an imperfect use of I forces the full knowledge of which we I have yet to acquire. The Maori priest of old. or tohunga, as he was called, was master of many powers which ean now be explained by hypnotism, I although his methods of pretending to procure messages from the gods were doubtless due to craft. Ventriloquism also was practiced by the priests, particularly when communication was desired with a deceased relative. There remains, however, a mass of evidence proving that these men possessed powers which can only be explained, says h correspondent of the Pall Mall Gaj sette, by processes into which we are only now beginning to have any in- ; sight Many white men are familiar with some of the outward forms of the observances of the Maori priests, but of the inner meaning and origin of their ritual we know nothing. In the teaching handed down to those chosen among their direct descendants under circumstances of great secrecy the . pupil was put to several tests in order to prove his proficiency. First he had to take In his hand a bard, smooth and round stone and, repeating a karakia, or incantation .aEed a hoa. to shatter the stone into 'ragments. and that only by the mental sj eration of willing, without any physJ effort. To all the priest's operajons tie karakia was a necessary adjunct. It supplied to the Polynesian taind an outward sign connecting cause and effect The old time Maori beI Sieved, indeed, that the karakia, the form of words used, wrought the desired effect and the efficacy of this incantation depended on the absolute fidelity with which the formula was pronounced. If the pupil was successful in the stone test he was next made to try his powers on some animate object such as a fiying bird, the process being the eaoe as before. According to the I Maoris, the bird was always killed if I the pupil was proficient Or he might Soa a feeing enemy and cause him , Io be seized with all those agonies of ’ .retard.: ion which we are all familiar . with vrbea suffering from nightmare. Then came the final test the pupi! being ordered to exercise the power c>f willing to death some near relative ■ cf his own in order to show that in j the exercise of his powers he could j rise superior to the feelings of natural ; affection. This was the dread makuku. and it is well known that if a Maori believed be was thus bewitched he was sure to die. Here we see the effect of hypnotism and suggestion conveyed by telepathy. Sometimes a priest who considered himself deeply affronted has been known to will to death a whole family for the act of one individual, and all, even the babe at the breast, have wilted away. The tohunga was even credited with the power of Influencing the dead. The present writer was a witness of the following Incident: A branch of the Arawas, the tribe of the district of Rotorua, being at war, had suffered defeat, and one of their braves had been brought home dead. The van- ■ quished sought at once to find out by some omen connected with the dead chief whether they would be successful In their next encounter. The tohunga was requested to procure the desired omen, the people squatting in a ring about the bier. Advancing a few paces from the dead body, the priest began to recite a powerful incantation, intent on making the deceased give some sign, the eyes of all present being fixed on the slain warrior. Presently the corpse was observed to move slightly to one side, on which a great cry of Joy rose from the people. The movement was interpreted as a sign of future victory. This feat was often performed by the tohunga of olden times. • Tohoto was the last of the old tohungas. The number of his years could hardly be guessed at. He was almost ' a Methuselah of the Maori, bls race, and, careless as to his personal appearance. he wore his hair long. I visited him several times, but so extremely sacred was his person held that it was only after repeated delays that I was allowed to see him. Indeed, he considered that white people were not fit to associate with, as they had no system of tapu. nor did they regard things which were tapu to the Maori with any reverence. I was deeply interested in bls manifestations, partly for their strangeness and partly perhaps because I had myself assimilated many of the Maori superstitions by the mere force of propinquity. From the first he had resisted all esI fort of the missionaries to Induce him to abandon his ancient faith for Christianity As he still had a large foi lowing who for his sake refused ta recognize Christianity, his conversion was greatly desired. New Zealand’s greatest bishop laid siege to the old heathen at Makola. that tree clad isle In Lake Rotura, to which the beautiful Hlnemoa swam. For hours the bishop endeavored to win tbe priest over. But his powers of persuasion—how great these were is well known—for once | failed utterly. Tohoto eat ta moody

alienee. At length he lifted his head “Hearken unto my words!” he said. “If you can do this, I will accept your God.” Then, picking up the dead leaf of a cabbage three which had fluttered to the ground, he held it out looaeiy between his fingers at arm's length. Hia withered body was naked to the hips: the sun was high in the heavens: no deception was possible. After repeating an Incantation he invited his visitor to look. Lo, the leaf had become green! The strong minded, highly educated Englishman had no belief |p either Tohoto or his powers, yet by some mental influence the decrepit Polynesian was able to make the virile white man believe that what he saw was a fresh green leaf, yet it was in reality still a dry brown one. The end of the last of the tohungas was both singular and pathetic. On that terrible night ta June, 1886, when the Pink and White Terraces were lost to New Zealand and darkness came over the land, Tohoto was sleeping at Wairoa village. He was buried beneath the rain of ashes, and it was seven days before he was dug out of the ruins of his hut He was very feeble after his long confinement in a hole that must have been for a time scarcely less hot than an oven, and he was black with the ashes from the volcanic eruption. Yet had be been left alone he might have recovered, but they took him to the hospital at Rotorua, where, probably in ignorance of the awful sacredness in which the head is held among Maoris and especially that of a tohunga. the white and matted hair and beard were cut off. It was tbe most terrible and degrading thing that could have happened to Tohoto. His personal tapu had been violated. and this, preying on his mind. . killed him. I CARE OF THE VIOLIN. Ths Way to Keep an Instrument In Good Condition. The fact that a violin will survive a thousand calamities if rightly repaired 1 is no excuse for knocking it about or neglecting it There are a few little attentions which easily become habits and which go a long way toward keeping a violin in good condition. The first is to keep the instrument clean. The old notion that a coat of resin does a violin good is ridiculous. Besides spoiling the varnish, it is apt to get into the pores of the wood. Dust quickly forms a crust on a violin which is difficult to remove. Therefore after being played upon the instrument should always be wiped off. It takes only a few moments to brush the resin from under the bridge and finger board. For this purpose a soft linen or silk cloth should be kept in tbe violin case. Never try to polish your violin with oil. Many valuable instruments have been bojielessly mined by experiments of this kind. The well known instrument maker J. A. Otto says that the inside of a violin should be “cleaned out every half year with a handful of barley made rather warm and poured in at the f-holes. Then, by properly shaking the instrument, tbe dust will adhere to the barley and come out through tbe f-holes.” Tbe question of strings is an important one to all violinists. Cheap strings never pay. They either break quickly or they become false. It is much more economical to buy the best Italian strings and then to take good care of them. Strings that are left on tbe violin very long become hard and dry and have often to be discarded before they break. However, if a little care is taken of them they will keep a long time In good sonorous condition. Rub them off with a soft cloth dipped in olive or almond ofl. Besides being a nourishment to the string tbe oil removes the hardened resin which collects under the bow and which produces a rasping, grating kind of sound. Then, also, the oil cleans away the traces of peraplratioh from where tbe fingers touch and thus prevents the strings from growing false. Os course tbe oil must be thoroughly cleaned off again before the bow is applied. It is a good plan to have your spare strings wrapped In oil paper and kept in a tight tin box or glass Jar, as they are Just as sensitive to heat and cold and dampness as are those on the violin. —Anna B. Foley In Circle. Equal to Occasions. Lord Whitworth, who held various posts of honor in English diplomatic circles, was a kindly, gracious gentleman as well as a wit and a man of the world. He had indeed almost measured swords with Napoleon at the Tuileries when that despot railed at England for not having evacuated Egypt and Malta, accused her of having violated treaties and ended by flourishing a cane dangerously near the face of the English ambassador. Lord Whitworth put his hand on tbe hilt of his sword. “What would you have done if the emperor had struck you?” be was afterward asked. “I would have felled him to tbe i ground." was tbe quiet answer. Perhaps tbe best story told of him [ la one showing how his quick wit dis- ’ posed of a rival. When be was at the Russian court. Fox sent there as a sort of ambassador of his owa a man named Adair, the son of a surgeon. One day tbe empress, speaking ta French, said to Lord Whitworth: “Is he a very important man, this M. Adair?" “Not so very, madame." replied Lord Whitworth, “altboegh his father was a grand seigneur.* a remark which readers of French will recognize as a very good pun, for the word, used by Lord Whitford means "blood letter," while by its sound it also meant a great lord.

EYES, EARS AND NOSE Curious Facts About These Organs of the Human Head. PECULIARITIES OF THE EYE. The Ball is Covered With a Tough and Elastic Coat, and the Pupil Is a Deep Hole Filled by a Transparent Lons. The Nerves of the Nose. Did it ever occur to you to inquire why the eyeball of tbe eye is white-.' The reason is rather curious. Tbe blood vessels which supply its surface are so fine that they do not admit the red corpuscles of the blood. The eyeball is covered with a coat known as the "Tunica sclerotica, which is amazingly tough and elastic and covers the entire bail with tbe exception of tbe part behind where the optic nerve enters and of the cornea in front. The pupil of tbe eye is a deep hole filled by a transparent lens and fitted with a most exquisite arrangement of muscles which widen it when the light is dim and narrow it in a strong glare. Do you know that you have a “blind spot" ta each eye? That is, a small portion of tbe retina is incapable of exciting tbe sensation of vision when it receives tbe image of an object This blind spot corresponds with the artery lying in the center of the optic nerve. By a wonderful provision of nature the blind spots do not correspond when the eyes are directed toward the same object, so they cause no inconvenience, and few beyond doctors and opticians are even aware of their existence. 1 Practically all persons are right or left eyed, although they may not know it. One eye is nearly always a ! little stronger than the other and consequently is used more. Os course tbe difference in many cases is so great that it has to be artificially corrected. In many cases, too, the pupils of the two eyes vary quite considerably in size. Shortsightedness, it has been proved, is more common among people with light colored eyes than those with dark. At the same time, among grey persons are found those with the most powerful sense of vision of any. Muscular fatigue of the eye can be measured by the number of Involuntary eyelid movements, or blinks, made per minute. Read by candlelight or other fnsufficrent illumination and you will find yourself blinking seven times a minute. In ordinary gaslight you blink about three times a minute, but if you. work in softened daylight or by powerful yet shaded electric light your eye tires so slightly that you do not blink more than once in thirty or thir-ty-five seconds. The eyelashes give most useful aid in shading the eyes. Tbe average person has 100 or 150 hairs on the upper lid and 80 or 100 on the lower, or. say. 450 to 500 lashes in all. The eyelashes are not permanent. They are constantly falling out and growing again and are entirely renewed at least three times a year Along their edges tbe eyelids are pror'ded vri*b a little oily secretion, just Buff. - ..; to keep the tears, which wash aiU keep clean the eyes, from overflowing. Eyebrows which grow thick and dark are a very sure sign of a good constitution and physical endurance. If they are lighter than tbe hair, they indicate lack of vitality. Tbe nose, so far as appearance goes, is the most Important feature of the face, and few people are aware of how much Its eventual shape depends on character and profession. At ten a boy’s nose may be a “pug” pure and simple, at fifteen it may be almost Greek, and at twenty-five it may have developed a powerful bridge and become practically Roman. Almost every great general who ever lived, from I Alexander the Great to Wellington and General Grant, had a Roman nose. It is to the delicate nerves of smell in the nose that we owe our appreciation of a well cooked dinner and fine wine. The palate has comparatively little to do with it. We have no special reason to be proud of our ears. Tbe human ear is infinitely inferior to the movable, funnel shaped ear trumpet possessed by the horse, by cattle or even by the rabbit or hare. Both men and apes have lost the power of moving their external ears, and there are many sounds, such as the squeak of a bat, which are absolutely beyond the compass of tbe huyaan auditory apparatus. There la one peculiar point about tbe ears. Os all our features, they are those most likely to be exactly similar ta size and i shape. j We have already mentioned that tbe i two eyes of one individual are very seldom alike. Tbe same may be said •f tbe face as a whole. Only 2 per i cent of the whole human race are possessed of absolutely symmetrical faces. i In seventy-four persons out of a hundred tbe left side of the face is larger ; than the right; in twenty-four the i right is tbe larger; ta two tbe two aides , are similar. Next time you visit the . photographer, remember this fact. One side of your profile will look batter i than tbe other —Pearson's Weekly, i l In Meet*. I Wife—Wait a moment, my dear. I I want you to mail a letter. I’m most i through. i Husband—lmportant? Wife—lndeed it is. I sent a teleI gram to Eister Lucy this morning, and now I’m writing to the telegraph oper1' star in our town, telling him to hurry , tad deliver tt-New York Weekly.

BLIND MAN’S BUFF. Origin of This Favorite Sport of Childhood and Youths This favorite sport of childhood and . youth is of French origin aad very algb antiquity, having been introduced iate Englaud ta tbe train of tbe Norman conquerors. Its French name. “Colin Maillard.” was that of a brave warrior, the memory of whose exploits still’ lives in the chronicles of the mid-, die ages- , In tbe year 999 Liege reckoned among its valiant chiefs one Jeaa Cohn. He acquired the name of Milliard from his chosen weapon being a mallet | wherewith in fight he used to crush his opponents. In one of the feuds : which were of perpetual recurrence la ' those times be encountered tbe Count de Lourain in a pitched cattle, and, so j runs the story, in the first onset Colin j Mailland lost both his eyes. He ordered his esquire to take him into the thickest of the fight, and. furiously brandishing his mallet, did such fearfm execution that victory soon declared itself for him. When Robert of France heard of these feats at arms he lavished favot and honors upon Colin, and so great was the fame of the exploit that it was commemorated in the pantomimic representations that formed part of the rude dramatie performances of the age. By degrees tbe children learned to act it for themselves, and it took the form of a familiar sport. The blindfolded pursuer as. with band aged eyes and extended hands, he gropes for a victim to pounce n?‘t •uems In some degree to repeat the .re kua of Colin Maillard, tbe tradition ot which is also traceable in tbe mime, blind mas’s buff. A REALISTIC ACT. Amusing Story of Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle. White he was playing Pip Van Win-1 kte at Chicago Joseph Jefferson once : went to the theater very much exhaust- j ed by a long day’s fishing on tbe lube, j As the curtain rose on the third act j It disclosed tbe white haired Rip i deep in his twenty years' nap. Fire.; ten, twenty minutes passel, and he Cd ■ not awaken. The sudler.ro began to get impatient an! tbe prompter urea'-y j Tbe great actor doubtless k._ ?’.v what * he wae about, but this was curying tba reedlstlc business too far. The fact was that all this time Jeffersan was really sleeping the sleep of t!ie JutL or, rather, of tbe fisherman who hr.J sat eight hours in tbe sun. Finally tbe gallery become uproarious, and cue ot the “g-jds” wanted to know if there was going to bo “nineteen years more of this unoore bnsinessr’ At this point JeJerson begin to ar ore. This drol tad the prompter, who opened a small trap beneath tbe stage j and beenu to prod E : p from below. • Tbe fogged eomedtan fumbled in his 1 pocket for an Imagimiry railway ticket and muttered ,’rowsily, “Going right through, ’dueto-.’ At this entirety new reading the audience was transfixed with amazement, when all at one? Jeffe-soti sat up with a loud shriek, evidently in agony. Tbe exasperated prompter had jabbed him with a pin. Consciousness of the Bitnation came to him. and the play went on after that with a rush. Getting an Opening. A man had a story about a gun which be delivered himself of upon all occasions At a dinner party one evening he writhed in bis chair for over an hour, waittag for a chance to introduce hia story, but no opportunity) presented Itself. Finally he slipped a coin into tbe hand of a waiter and whispered: “When you leave tbe ,-wom again, slam tbe door " The waiter slammed the door as directed. and ths man sprang to his feet, with tbe exclamation: “What’s that noise—a gun?" “Oh, no!” resumed his host. “It was only tbe door.” “Ah. I see! Well, speaking of guns i reminds me of a little story," etc.--Liverpool Mercury. Sun. Moon and Tides. H>e sun and moon conjointly affect the oceans in obedience to the fact in nature known as the law of the attraction of gravity. It is the nature of things that the sun and moon shall pull at the earth's waters, and no further explanation can be given. When tbe sun and moon are pulling in fine the tides are highest and when pulling against each other tbe lowest. The moon is so much nearer the earth ths* the sun that it does most of the pulling, notwithstanding tts greatly inferior dimensions. Levs is King. Levs is the great disclpliaariaa, the supreme hannonlzer, the true peacemaker. It ktM geest balm for all that Mights happiness or breeds discontent It Is * sovereign panacea for malic*, reveage and *U the brutal propensitiea. As cruelty molts before kindness, so tbe evil passions find their antidote ta sweet charity and loving sympathy.— Sueceas Msgsxfno Easily Dtetinguished. Clara—There should be a tew passed compelling men to wear some distinct dress to denote whether they are married or not Maude—Oh, that Isn’t necessary. Clara—Why not? Maude—When a man te seen on the street ta a last year's hat and boggy trousers, it Is safe to bet that he’s married.—Chicago News. No Woy Out of It “Wo are worried about Julia. Ebe got out ot a sickbed to go to EM matinee.” “Bow could steer ■•tee bad to g*; ah* tea* a tMMP ,

d osseopeaahouse nAI D Wednesday, Octoberjy SUperb, A Vivid Portrayal of th e ensational, »«■ w «« cientifle, uncolb j C4BIEES urprise 8, ”' c “ 1 ProdvctUt ‘ ■ THE Flaming rrow Introducing the World’s Or- i-t-a GENUINE tND AN 6RASS BAND The Extreme Limit of Me<odr>-in <'i< Meknitude Srr Cannoli Fire end Ghost 1- nee The Attack on Old Fort R~n * The Wonderful Horse*,Arrow and Buckskin The Genuine Indian Br ss Bar f 43 BIG SPECIAL CAST OF~f OP IE Prices 25, 35, 50, 75cts Seat Sal at »h« Usual Place STOVEST”STOVES! Now is the time to think over the stove situation as cold weather is coming. We have stoves of all descriptions and can fit you out j complete in anvthing you want in this line. Hard Coal Burners $28.00 to $55.00 Cock Stoves and Ranges $12.00 to $60.00 Soft Coal Burners..... $5.00 to $25.00 Oil Heaters $3.00 to $5.50 The stove question is a puzzling one to solve and the main feature is to purchase a stove that saves you money on fuel. This we can give and guarantee with perfect satisfaction. We also carry a line of General Hardware and make the best prices. DECATUR HARDWARE CO. lond* Do you know that Uouanda ot tarmer* hara bettered tbeu- condition, have doubted, yea t>e»l d their earaitMte— by eloply movla* trota dear land to ebaaplaadf Do yon k*o» that KorU Daketa laade are -ebaap” only In pricet Do you know that Ute rich, terUte aoU ot North Dakota prodneea aa much acre per acre aa tara laodi any ahere-aetuaUy more wheat, flax, oau, than theUrad-outUndalntbeoMarSaMeroStaMl Doyoa know that thomaoda ot tarmera rrora Voaaaytranla, Cm i.Mier.l«an.ladlana.UUnoiaaad lews haws oonbtej aad tripled their locomaa by sola* ta North Dshotal Farmers* Ineemts Beubled h trip ot Inveruiratton win eoaelaee yea that yon sat more tor year eapttal aad labor by tarwuas la Southwestern North Dakota thaa yea Ban la the oUar States Good land ia aalllas cheap now simply baosaae it Moot thickly sealed, da Um peopia some ha, prleee an sdrutetag. Thonaanda make last year; Ueuaaada an coming thia yaar; thousands will oaaso noktyear. Wean now selling land an lew-tor tIUS to np aa arre-that one or two crepe will pay tor it. The quicker you come Ute mon load you caa get Wo owa over anna tor yoa to select tmn. dak today tor maps, tacts, prleee aad Brewa'a Aanur. In whose eMuuia tbotannan ia thia land ot neshln. big crops and Free Fuel Ml what they an dotaz. Or ooom right out—don't wait haul land goae kUbar. Bring a Msaaaeekar with you. Write For full particulars and about excursion rates call on or write L E. WATSON Traveling Representative of Wm. H. Brown Company. 704 N. 2nd. St. DECATUR. INDIANA r ~ — RANkJNf Do You Do Any? I DnllMilU if Not, Why Not? Did It ever occur to you that a bank account, even though it may be a small one. is the safest means of doing business? Your checks are the Im-s. receipts for all bills paid, and yw funds will be neither lost or stolen from vaults. You can open an account wiih any amount from one do! ter up, and w e will obligate ourselves to yo nr finances straight .did furnish you with the necessary eheck books and deposit books free of charge. If you are not accustomed to oank-j Ing just call and talk it over with any of our officers. I The Old Adams County Bank, J Originally EsUNished in 1871 I RESOURCES Over ONE MILLION