Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1908 — Page 2

Uffi Daily Democrat. PuMched Every Evening, Except Sunday, by k I W a ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week by carrier 10 casts Per year by carrier 15 06 PV month. by mail 25 cents Pw year, by mail >2.50 Sftwte oopies ........ 2 cents Advertising rates made known on appßeuUon. Sh ier ad at the postoffice 11 Jecaiur Imftaaa as second class mail matter. j. H. HELLER, Manager. Senator Aldrich's finance bill meets with determined opposition everywhere except In Wall street and kindred localities in the east. Throughout the west this measure is freely condemned as inadequate to the country's requirements and unjust to the nation's financial interests. Senator Aldrich is closely allied with the Standard Oil octopus, whose bidding he does at all times and under all circumstances. He is a very able man and a most adroit manipulator. This makes him all the more dangerous as a promoter of selfish interests. While his measure has considerable support in the senate, it is deemed certain that it will not pass in its present form. —South Bend Times. J. B. McClure is canvassing the state in the interest of the Indianapolis Sun. The Sun has declared for Bryan for president, and is now a rock-ribbed, “true blue” Democratic newspaper, and as such asks for the support of the Democrats of Indiana. It is owned by Willis J. Thompson, a thorough, all'round newspaper man, who will give the paper his personal management. Mr. Thompson promises to give the Democrats of Indiana a paper that they will be very proud of. The Sun will be the only big city penny paper published in the state. Cromer clubs are being formed over the Eighth congressional district. Other aspirants had better take notice. —Anderson Bulletin. THE EAGLE DANCE (Coati’" d 'om page 1.) in all their vigrrov manhood to battle for national 11 o a , 1 in many bloody fields carried :he d ?ar old flag to victory, And we a-.- v rv glad to know we have yet m e of the dear old sol dlers who fought for our country in this city.

The Epworth League of the Methodist church will hold a social and literary at the parsonage Monday night, January 20th. A Riley program will be given. All Epworth leaguers and their friends are cordially invited to attend. Misses < Georgia Anna Telly and Grace Archy. of Fort Wayne, will be the guests at a six o'clock dinner given by Mtes Lena Miller Sunday evening. o--Owing to the fact that the students of the high school completed their examinations this morning they were dismissed from further services for the day. These examinations are trying on the students, and will be used to determine their grades for this month. From what w.e can learn all think they have succeeded in passing the same in excellent style.

OUR BIG AFTER INVOICE SALE

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A GOOD OUTLOOK For Decatur Horse Company’s Opening Sale of Season FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 Buyers are Coming—Chance For Those Who Want to Buy or Sell On Friday. January 31st. the Deca tur Horst Sale company of this city | will hold their first public auction of I the season and from all reports this will be one of the largest ever given under the auspices of this company. The sale will open at ten o’clock on this day and will continue until th one hundred and seventy-five hesd of horses are disposed of to the highest bidder. Buyers are now out scouring the country for first class stock and when one makes a purchase he is assured of the fact that he is getting acmething worth the money as every animal is guaranteed to be sound in every respect. Word has been re celved from a score of .eastern horse men stating that they would be present and make several purchases which sac alone insures that the sale will be a success. The managers of these sales barns last, year were the cause of thousands of dollars being left in Adams county and they are to be con-> gratulated upon their progressiveness. If you are in the market for a good driving or work horse it will pay you to attend this sale as you may be ?ble to pick off just the animal you have been looking for for years. Remember that every horse offered for sale goes to the highest bidder. . o — ” AN ILL FATED SHIP. Mystery and Tragedy That Encompassed the Great Eastern. There was a mystery about that ill ’ fated ship. Nothing went right with her. She stuck at the launch, and ft cost an extra $350,000 over and above j the sum set aside for the purpose to • get her into the water. On her trial i trip her boilers burst, killing some of I the stokers. Then she ran aground I and carried on so outrageously that I her crew thought her surely bewitched. ; She had started badly. While she was building a pay clerk sent by one of the contractors with $6,500 in wages for the men disappeared. It was not unnaturally assumed that he had bolted with the money. His wife and family were left unprovided for, with the stigma of his supposed crime upon them. Thirty years after her launch the Great Eastern went into the cemetery at Birkenhead to be broken up. While she was being taken to pieces the ship breakers discovered between her inner and outer casings of steel the skeleton of a man. Tapers which had fallen from his clothes enabled his identity to be traced, it was the skeleton of the pay clerk who thirty years before had disappeared. There was no money: that was never recovered. The supposition is that the poor fellow on going on to the ship was pounced upon by workmen who knew that he had the money with him; that they stunned him and, having a small place in the side of the vessel to complete, crammed his body in and built him up In It. No reward would have Induced a sailor to sail in that vessel had be known of the terrible secret sealed up in her walls.—Chicago News. Externally. The Doctor—You understand, don’t you. that this is only to be used externally? The Patient’s Wife—Sure, sir, I alius makes him get out o’ bed to drink it!—London Scraps.

You Need the C f o hing We Need the Money---126 Men’s Winter Suits, 87 Boys’ Winter Suits, 64 Men’s and Youth's Overcoats and 200 Pairs of men’s pants. Underwear, Caps and Mittens. All go at 1-4 off duringthis month Sec Our Window Display, THE MYERS DAILEY COMPANY

Wws peopleIB! BY FANNIE M LOTHROP ■ - "-I' < j • CwFmght Ptocc.. Pack. York. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL The Inventor of the Telephone Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, comes from a family that has made a special study of sound and speech for three generations. His grandfather, Alexander Bell, invented a method for removing impediments of speech: his father. Alexander Melville Bell, was the inv< ntor of “visible speech.” a system to teach deaf-mutes to speak; and the third of the Alexanders, really “Alexander the Great” of his family, taught a piece of wire to carry the human voice many miles and deliver the message without a change. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847. and after receiving his education at the High School and the University of his native town, went to London at the age of twenty to attend the University, but left on account of ill health, and in 1870 came to Canada with his father. Two years later he went to Boston, where he introduced his father’s system of teaching the deaf, and supported himself by private classes. But the broader field of science attracted him most; in England and Canada he had carried on experiments in multiplex telegraphy which grew more fascinating as he proceeded. and in Boston he interested two wealthy men who supplied funds for his experiments; but he had to teach by day for his own support. In 1874 came the first faint elusive germ of the telephone; it seemed such a will-o’-the-wisp to his partners that they would not listen to it: they were practical men with no time for such dreams. In 1875, after completing his multiplex telegraphy, he went to Washington and found his application for a patent had been contested by Elisha Gray, the great scientist. He was in despair, but while talking to Professor Henry, he mentioned his theory of sendir sound by telegraph, and the few kindly words of encouragement he received, breathed into him new life and purpose. He returned to Boston with a giant’s energy but an almost emptv purse. To complicate the situation he had fallen in love with Miss Hubbard, daughter of his friend and benefactor, and had a feeling of delicacy about asking the father of his fiancee for a loan. So in desperation he renewed the struggle, and In June, 1875, almost by accident, stumbled on a clew that solved the problem. On February 14th, 1876, he filed his application for a patent; one hour later Elisha Gray filed a caveat on precisely the same plan, and on March 7th. 1876, Mr. Bell received his patent; it was number 174,465, one of the most important ewer allowed in the history of America. Copyright, j-jo6, by Wm. C. Mack.

Hippophagy, Hippophagy being In low water in these later days, somebody has set himself to show what an exceedingly respectable history attaches to the practice. Among the ancients, especially in China, eating horseflesh was general, and it was only killed In Eu- ; rope by a papal decree of Gregory 111, I though why horseflesh should have been interdicted does not appear. It was oniy the famine caused by Napoleon's invasion that revived the practice in Germany, where it has survived ever since.—London Globe. Not Broadened. “They say that travel broadens a man,” said the dark Woman. "Well, I don’t know about that,” replied the light woman. “My husband has been a conductor ou a trolley car for seven years and see how thin he is!”—Yonkers Statesman. Economy. Small Gilbert—Papa, didn't I hear you tell mamma we would have to economize? Papa—Yes, my son. Small Gilbert—Well, you might begin by getting me a then I shouldn’t wear out so many shoes.—Chicago News. Law of Progress. The law of progress is the law of sacrifice —no sacrifice, no progress. The* secret of sacrifice is love. Without the self sacrificing love of the mother life Itself would disappear from the earth. —Review of Reviews. No man Is wise at al! times.—Pliny the Elder.

Life Saving and Law. The Roumanians are as curious in some things as the Chinese. A girl who fell into the river and was swept down by the current finally seized a bush on the bank and drew herself to shore. The owner of the land on which the bush grew immediately claimed a reward of 4 shillings because his bush was there and had saved her. Her father refused to pay, and there was a lawsuit What the law has to decide is whether drowning people cau make use of bushes on the hank without paying for the same or whether the assistance of the said bush is worth a certain sum of money. In China if a person falls into the water no one must help him out, but at the same time a spectator can be imprisoned for not advising the victim to stay on dry land. — ■ « The Navel Orange. For a product of nature a California navel orange as it graces the breakfast table or the push cart is about the most artificial thing In the world. It I is also a very striking illustration of the fact that while beauty may be only skin deep it counts for a whole lot. To begin with, the navel orange of California Is an exotic, reaching its present habitat after devious wandering. And, be It ever so sweet tasting, if Its skin has had its beauty marred it scarcely ever gets farther than the orchard where it grew. Not only that, but even the most comely ones before they are boxed and shipped are brushed by machinery and polished and otherwise fussed with to give them a beauty which mere nature never would have provided.—Wliiiam R. Stewart ’

MRS. SPARKS DEAD Lived at Warsaw and Had Relatives and Friends Here DEATH WAS SUDDEN Visited Here Recently——Was Niece of Mr. and Mrs. Krumacher Mr. and Mrs Andrew Krumacbet have received news of rhe d ath o their niece, Mrs. J. M. tpirks Warsaw, on January 10. She visited here last fall and is quite well known Speaking of her sad death the Marsaw Northern Indian!, said: The many friends of. Mrs J. M. Sparks were shock d to learn of he: death which occurred shortly after twelve o'clock today. Although Mrs. Sparks suffered from di betes for the last j ear, she did not give up to the disease nor lose her interest in outside affairs. She was one of the officers installed by the Henry' Chipman W. R, C Tuesday evening. Her cor dition became al -rming yesterday and she was not expect d to live through the night. Mrs. Sparks was twentysix years old and was a member of Henry Chipman Woman s Relief C rp and the Lynden, reading circle. Sh possessed a happy disposition ano woe the friendship of ali who knew het The body will be taken to her forme, home at Circleville, Ohio, for interment. — o — " LAFCADIO HEARN. The Way the Writer Got Even With the Heartless Editors. “Lafeadio Hearn, that wonderful writer, worked on new spapera in bis youth," said a publisher, “and theruthless way his studies were changed, cut sud butchered was a great woe to his heart. “In after years Hearn took a malicious joy in collecting stories about editors—editors aud their superior and omniscient way w ith manuscript “One of his stories was of an editor to whom a subscriber said. “ ‘I enjoyed that poem on the three ages of man in today’s paper, Mr. Sheers; I enjoyed it immensely. Do you know, though, I thought that it was originally written the seven ages of man!’ “ ‘So it was, sir; so it was,’ said Editor Sheers pompously. ‘Yes, the extract was originally written the seven ages of man, but I had to cut it down for lack of space.’ “Another story concerned a weather report. A reporter, discussing the weather, wrote that winter still lingered in the lap cf spring. “The editor as he read over the article called the reporter up to his desk and told him that be would cut out that sentence about winter lingering In spring's lap. He said the idea was good enough and original and all that sort of thing, but it would not do to publish liecause the high moral tone of the paper had to be maintained in a town full of school girls.” Didn’t Agree With Him. A Carolina man was recently inspecting a farm owned by him and operated by an old friend who had pressed into service every member of his family, including his aged father. “The old man must be getting along in years,” said the ow’ner. “Yes: dad's nigh on to ninety,” was the reply. “Is his health good?” “Well; no. The old man ain’t been hisself for some time back.” “What seems to be the matter?” “I dunno, sir. I farming don’t agree with him no more.”—Success

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