Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1913 — Page 7

Foor sister jjuly shocked B*er Wont Fear. Realized When LHj tie Brother Commented on Quality of Preserve*. I SklpwMh wan bleaeed with a Appetite, both at home and abroad ■The mystery was how be coaid fiod ®oom for so generous a quantity of Ad<kl In so small a body. The aean■ng miracle, however, he accomplished ■tree times dally, and then, like O!V Brer Twist, he asked for more. SwoetKieatß especially were Bklpwfth’s weak Upolnt; so it was with somo misgivings ■hat his elder sister saw him removed ■grom her controlling eye at table on ■he occasion of their visit to the mln■ster's family and seated directly be■ore the strawberry preserves. I "Help yourself, Sklpwlth, help your■elf," urged the minister’s wife when Bth« preserve stage of the meal had ■>een reached. “1 do so love to see Ut■le boys eat all they want!” | Sklpwlth needed no second invita■lon, and he proceeded to eat all he Biranted, which was by no means a gfcmall quantity. Finally, however, outSaged nature, revolted, and with a 'blgh of regret he pushed away hla jplate There was silence In the room. I “I say. Sister,” he announced In a loud tone of conviction, "It's funny, :>ut these preserves ain't half so nasty «s ours!" —The Sunday Magazine. — MOW FRENCH PLAY BILLIARDS M. Boucher, at a Critical Moment, I Shot So Hard He Went Through a Window. Alfred Boucher takes his Millards •erlonsly when he meets an opponent worthy of his vigor. A taw nights ago fee met such an opponent, and in addition the run of the balls was against Kim. The game had reached a crucial Stage, and all depended on the shot —a very difficult round-tbe-table carom. The cushions were hard and far from resilient. As M. Boucher knew, the shot required not only address, but sheer physical strength. He put 311 s whole body behind It The table /was near a window, and he missed his ~^h Ot ' Th® reßU * t waa hardly comle. ■There was a sound of breaking glass, r and the too strenuous player shot foremost through the window to gptho pavement 30 feet below. He was ■picked up with a fractured skull — ■Paris Letter to the London Tela(graph. Most Unkind Cut. I She was the wife of a poet, and, tc ■tell the truth, she hadn’t a great SSDpinlon of what her husband wrote. | “I wish,” she said one morning tc ''|h<‘r husband, “that you’d try writing (prose.” [ Her husband smoothed his long [Bowing frocks. j "Why, my deart” he demanded, in Sja voice of indignation. "Why? Have ■l not kept you in comfortable circumS<?|Btances all your life? Have not my f (little books of poetry a vast clrcula I Jtion?" "Oh, yes’” agreed the wife, “nut r every now and then I meet people ■tarho ask me if I’ve read this or that lyou’ve written, and, really, I’m get fitting sick of having to pretend all the Ejtlme. Why can’t you w’rlte something I that I can read?” Proposal In '.he Smart Set "I’ve just discovered that I can't do | (without you.” said Sir Philip Bering J ton. “You—can’t—do—without—me?" Ju r' jdith replied slowly. "This is a com- | |paratively recent discovery, Isn’t It?" “Don’t Judith,” he said gruffly; “I’m ' In deadly earnest.” "I don’t think I do quite under stand,” she said; "are you asking me to marry you—or—?” "I’m asking you to be my wife, Ju dlth,” he said slowly, then, as the >■ meaning of her question dawned upon L fr-im, he added. “You surely didn’t sup ■ (pose that —T” “0h, ,> don’t apologize. I shouldn't have been In the least shocked," she ? smiled. —“The Other Woman’s Shad ow," by Lady Angela Forbes. Rival of the Potato. The historic potato has a rival to 5 the dasheen, described by the bureau of plant Industry at Washington as “a . new root crop for the south." Like the potato, the dasheen has its habfc ' tat in South America, but Is related to the Hawaiian taro and the half-wild tanler of the southern states. The cooked tubers are more nourishtng than the potato, tasting slightly like boiled chestnuts. Their edible qualities were thoroughly tested at the last annual banquet of the National .(Geographic society, and they received p. favorable report by the bouse compilttee of an influential New York •club. Half an acre at Brookville. (Fla, yielded last year 2JB bushels ot [dasheens, richer In flavor than baked ■ | I !■ I — M 1 Native Meeting-Places In Sumatra. Every district of importance In ths I towns of Sumatra, says the Wide u World Magazine, possesses a bale!, at native meeting-place, which the Dutch Regent visits periodically in order to discuss with his suborldates the affairs of the district These Sumatran equivalents of a County Council hall are decorated with beautiful inlaid | work at the ends and a tapering root ep of pine palm, ornamented with bright braes work, which glitters in the sun, setting it off most picturesquely ii* against a background of tall cocoanut trees and a forest of rich tropical piaata.

COULDN’T REUSH THE EGGS Real Country Product Seemed Taste lets to Man Used to Cold Storage Variety. "We had a bungalow this summer,* •aid a man when be got back U to'rn. "at a place where we could gol rt»Hy truly fresh eggs. When wt wanted eggs we would go- over and aak a funner if he could let us have half a dozen or a dozen and be would say: Well, 111 go out and se<x’ And then ho would go out and biflng ue in gome eggs, absolutely treoh laid O gg ß rig} , t out of the hen’* nests. And what eggs they were! A luxury Impossible in the city; but ft range as It might seem, a luxury that however one’s tastes might be cultivated in other directions, not everybody would appreciate). “We had a visitor up from the city one week and on the first day he was there we gave him some of those eggs for breakfast; we thought we would surprise him; but as it turned out he surprised us. We watched him unob siruslvely, expecting to bear him with the first mouthful, break out in praiisi of the same, but he never said a word, and he looked sort of strange over them someway, and then we said to him: " 'Aren't those wonderful eggs?’ “ ‘They are very nice Indeed,' he said, 'but there doesn't seem to be much taste to them; is there?" "You see, he had become so accustomed to older eggs, and to storage eggs, with their stored up, accumulated flavor, eggs that had a very distinct taste of some sort, that at first our new laid eggs with their delicately delightful flavor had no appeal for him; on the contrary they seemed tasteless. But he came to love them before he went away." SOLD HOSE “SIGHT UNSEEN” i In His Capacity as Auctioneer India® apolls’ Mayor Also Indulged In Some Pithy Remarks. Mayor Lew Shank was auctioneer at Terre Haute for the Woman Franchise league in Its sale of Christmas packages and had a laughing crowd In front of him. The articles were sold "sight unseen,” but toward the last the mayor peeped and hinted at what he was offering. For instance: ‘‘This box contains hose; they come above the ankles." A girl bought them. They were men’s socks. "Are you married?” asked the mayor. "No," said the girt. "Well, then, you will have no use for them." Mayor Shank sold a box containing fancy suspenders and told the suffragists that soon they would be worn by women as well as men. ' “And, look here,” said he when holding up a dainty article. "Hand em--1 broidered and hand perfumed. I think It would do to stick down some of I these low-necked dresses a lot of the | women wear. I’d rather see a girl i with her dresses short at the bottom than at the neck.” —Indianapolis News. Use of Resin In Wine. Ancient Greeks fodnd both advantages and disadvantages In the use ol resin In their wine, which the modern Greeks continue. It was claimed that the resin not only made tho wine more full bodied, tort communicated an agreeable bouquet and a certain degree of raciness. On the other hand. It was admitted that resined wine when new was unwholesome and apt to induce headache and giddiness. But the real purpose of the resin, pitch, tar or pure turpentine was to counteract the tendency of Inferior wines to turn Into vinegar. Other things used for the same object were vegetable ashes, gypsum, burnt marble, calcined shells, almonds, parched salt, goat's milk, cedar cones, gall nuts, blazing pine torches and red hot irons. Also salts of lead, which were found so poisonous thzt eventually they had to be prohibited, with severe penalties. New Domestic Service. It is said that a turn has at last come to the tide and that thousands of young women are leaving British workshops to seek domestic service Many of these are going to Canada, and a still greater number to Australia and New Zealand, where such service is particularly well paid. Few oome to the United States. A Melbourne journal says: "We hoard ol one of these new arrivals who was a willing worker. After several days she produced a dainty dish surrounded by scalloped paper. Her mistress complimented her upon the decorative work. 'Lor* bless me, mum.' said the girl, ’that's one thing Tm clover at. You see, mum, my work in London was a’makln’ of paper linto’s foi coffins.’" Sage of Chelsea. Oue day Carlyle was walking with a friend near the Marble Arch end ol Hyde Park and had stopped to listen to a stump orator addressing a crowd on tho question of the franchise. Suddenly a rough hewn worthy de tached himself from a group and without word of greeting or other pream ble addressed himself to Carlyle In a bored Annandale accent: “Whit, now, ye’ll be Tam Carlyle frae Ecciefaec iian ?" The great man nodded, his eyon twinkling. “An’ they ca’ ye the Bage o' Chelsea?” “They do, pulr buddies” (this tn the same vemacularf«m). "Weel," said the man scornfn'ly "Tve heard of the wurrd applyit ... <- mi ox ton wi' a burrd I’U no name, ,-v»r afore this with a self-res- ... ,iu- ; man." —Westminster Gazette.

“HERO” THREATENED TO SUE Central Figure of Ono of John J. In galls' Beat Works Had to Be Bought Off. In the historical collection*. jusl published, the lata Governor John A Martin tells where the late Senator John J Ingalls got his inspiration for “Catfish Aristocracy.” When Ingalls went to Bn tuner (now an abandoned town) a young man oi twenty-tour, said Martin, be took great interest in such characters as Jouathan Gardner Lang. Lang was a jug fisherman to the river, melon raiser, truck patch farmer and town drunkard. Ingulls says that Lang was really a bright fellow. He bad been a dragoon to the Mexican war, and hie stories of experiences in the west were intensely interesting. Ingalls used to go out in Lang’s boat when he was jugging for catfish, and spend hours listening to his talk. Finally Ingalls wrote his “Catfish Aristocracy," and Lang recognized himself as the hero. He was very indignant and threatened to sue Ingalls, having been advised by some jackleg lawyer that the articles were libelous. Lang lived on a piece ol land belonging to Ingalls at the time, and Ingalls declared it was actually true that he settled with Lang for a sack of flour and a side of bacon. NO MOSQUITOES THERE NOW Once So Bad In Panama a Cat Com- I mltted Suicide, According to Returned Traveler. “One of the most striking features ■of the present condition of the Panama canal zone to the absence of mosquitoes, which at the beginning of the work by the United States, were a great menace to health.” remarked Capt. A. B. Delaney of New York. “Before the United States took over the cdnal, I visited Panama, and I became thoroughly Informed about the Panama mosquito. On a recent trip there I went into nearly every section of the zone, in the lowland and upland, and throughout the rainy season, and I failed to discover a single insect. “I remember that on one occasion my company sent me to Panama on a wrecking expedition. We had on board our vessel a pet cat which had been aboard the ship for a long time. She was just an ordinary ship cat and knew all about fleas. But when we got to Panama, the cat Boon gave evidence of being uncomfortable. We discovered that the mosquitoes were annoying her. Finally in desperation the cat jumped overboard and committed suicide to get rid of the mosquitoes. She simply could not stand the Panama mosquitoes." Useless Bullets Issued to Turks. In reference to the issue of wooden bulleted cartridges to the Turkish troops. It is interesting to note that similar cartridges are used In the British army for instruction purposes —to teach recruits how to load their rifles. The o” ’nary brass cartridge case Is fitted with a wooden bullet painted red. The cartridge does not contain explosive—a charge of cordite —neither are percussion caps fitted. The brass cartridge cases are further perforated in two or more places, In order that Instructors can tell at a glance thkt the ammunition Is really “dummy” and that Its use can endanger nobody. From this explanation It should be clear that the cartridges picked up on the Balkan battlefields could not possibly have been fired They were obviously thrown away by the Turkish troops when they dlscovrered that they were useless. Carried Away. Not a little amusement was caused at one of the theaters In Portsmouth the other evening. A new drama entitled “Under the Ruslan Flag," was being presented for the first time, and the audience had been following with bated breath the thrilling adventures of the hero, who had been turned out of the Russian army for supposed neglect of duty. A most critical point In this story of Russian life had been reached, where the hero’s father, who lay dying, calls for a pen in order to sign a will disinheriting his non. Just as the pen was handed to him a girt's voice from the gallery exclaimed: “Give him another chance, mister?" Needlees to say, the audience tamed from thrill to laughter. Demand Rights for Woman. The Society of Austrian Women has •nbmltted a petition to the government asking for action on the case of Frau Kunltlcka, the woman wbo was elected deputy to the perliament of Bohemia, and who has not yet been allowed to take her seat to that body, because the authorities refuse to discuss the validity of her election. In the petition the society empaslsed the fact that the election conformed with all the rules, and there la no mention > of women not being eligible to stand as candidates for election tn any law. In the face of these facts It asks that .the will of the people shall be allowed to prevail, and Frau Kunltlcka duly admitted to the Bohemian parliament. Woman Says Too Much Pie. M!«r Elizabeth Fulton, head of the domestic science department of the State Normal school of Kansas, to a lecture recently declared that the [American pie Is the cause of many -divorces to this coutry. Working on the nerves of men. pie makes the men and that makes their wtvee -unhappy. “Boon the divorce courts loom up," she said. "America has gone ; pie crazy, and must turn back to fresh .fruit, and not stick to the indigestible f pie crust"

-SPECIAL FOR EASTERvery P rett y This nobby coat of Suit is made of Tan New Blue Bedford s wide wale Diagonal Cord isvery stuning. Suitin *- The Jacket """" //I rH a \ blouse effect, ColLatest styles in cut j*° ) lar and cuffstrimned collars and cuffs of /// Jw.-3.y in Bulgarian, black satin piped in // iT" / white., I raFiß 4 The skirt is al£o - d /i Jr very neat made with 1 / . / iVr the drape effect, The price for this ” | - |'\| I week is only I, s r the -.1 J This beautiful'suit din aaa Iv I 'WRw ’' 1 for only $20.00 THOSE ARE SPECIAL PRICES FOR EASTER THE BOSTON STORE DECATUR, INDIANA •

I — BIG MAJESTIC THEATER SUCCESS' “The Light Eternal” Coming to Deca ' tur—Louise Dunbar, Favorite. i Local theater goers will be given an opportunity very soon to prove or dis- ■ prove that Decatur is a possible stopIping place for theatrical offerings of ithe highest class—that an attraction of known merit will or will not be as well patronized here as in other citic-s of the size or slightly larger. Manager Bosse has just closed a contract for the presentation of the big romantic religious drama, “The Light Eternal,” at the Bosse theater, for next| Tuesday evening, and to secure this play for local theater goers Mr. Bosse has biven the company management a substantial guarantee, and in turn I the company gives him a guarantee 'of quality. "The Light Eternal,” is a ' big, powerful drama of the early Ro-j man period—partly religious and part,ly romantic —but at all times an intensely interesting and inspiring play. The piece has been one of the big city successes for the past four years, and is just now reaching the smaller cities. The company to be seen here lis the original one—with Miss Louise Dunbar, formerly of the Majestic theater stock company of Ft. Wayne; John Milton, Aaron W. Honey and a score of equally well known players. The production is especially elaborate both as to scenic and costume effects, and the scenery is of such dimensions' as to make It possible of proper stagling under local conditions. Further, this attraction will come to us with an absolute guarantee of merit —in that the management makes this statement: “Your merchant guarantees his goods and the purchaser has ithe right to demand a refund of the purchase price if the guarantee is not fulfilled. Why, then, should a travelling theatrical manager have the right Ito swindle you under the guise of art.’ We put ‘The Light Eternal’ on a strictly fair commercial basis—‘absolute satisfaction guaranteed or your money refunded, and no queetions asked.’ Viewed from this angle—the giving of a guarantee of merit to possible patrons—the management of the company in turn demands a guarantee against loss when playing the smaller i cities. Seats will be on sale soon. < MAYOR THREATENED. (United Press Service) ! Las Angeles, Mar. 19 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mayor Alexander to- ; day received a letter signed “The Grey ’Band,” and fringed with daggers and * skulls. It reads: “Unless you prohib- j it the sale and publication of McManigal's confession we will kill you and blow up the city and buildings. This is no repetition of the Kall Wall affair and no mistakes will be made. This is in deadly earnest. Take warning.” The chief of police is greatly worried over the situation. 1 o r —■— t FOUND —Raincoat; owner can have same by calling on L. 11. Lake, city.

| FOR SALE OR TRADE—Surrey, ini good condition; also set of buggy' harness and set single work harness. i Inquire Alva Nichols at Peoples & iGerke. 67 ts Rapid Remedies do their work because they are scientific preparations — medicines put up by skilled veterinarians—from purest ingredients. They cure where others fail. Anti -Start I -Makes barren mares and cows produce. Obstinate cases yield readily. Don’t lose another season. Oets a colt or calf every time! Guaranteed or your money back. Try It! Rapid Poultry Remodlei- Worth their weight in gold to every poultryman. Keep them for ! handy use—ready when needed. Roup Rofntdy—Roup not incurable if you uaethls. Removes the cause. Guaranteed. Louie Killer—Kills the lice and mites; does not simply drive them away. Guaranteed. Diirrhoet Remedy-naves millions ofchicks. Has * never been known to fail. Brings them safely through daager period. Keeps them well. Guaranteed. LGood Dealers Sell Rapid Remedies Made Solely By _ Rapid Remedy Co„ Berne, Ind. ~ , For Sale by SMITH, YAGER & FALK. I - - ..... .

SPRING OPENING SALE AT BERNSTEIN’S Studabaker Block Decatur, Ind. Two Doors South of Interurban Station Our Annual Spring Opening Sale which opened Saturday March 15th. was one grand success. There is a Reason for if. We are selling all new seasonable goods at reduced prices. Sale lasts up to Saturday March 29th. Come and get your wants and save dollars.

LADIES’ SHOES. 'Ladies’ White Canvas Button Shoe, all latest styles, $3.00 value, Spring Opening Sale $1.98 Ladies’ Velvet Button Shoe, plain toe, all latest styles, $3.50 value, Spring Opening Sale $245 $3.00 and $2.50 Ladies' Gun Metal and Patent Button or Blucher Shoe, all latest 1913 styles, Spring Opening Sale $1.98 Special:—Ladies’ Soft Vici Kid Blucher Shoe, nice sensible heel, a neat durable shoe, Spring Opening Sale $1.45 MEN’S SHOES. $3.50 and $4.00 Men’s Gun Metal Button or Blucher Shoe, also tan Button, in all the latest styles, Spring Opening Sale $2.98 $3.00 Men's Patent Button or Blucher Shoe, also Gun Metal, Button or Blucher, Spring Opening Sale $2.45 $2.50 Men's Vici Kid Gun Metal, a Box Calf Shoe, solid throughout, Spring Opening Sale $1.98 Special:—Men's Satin Calf Shoe, best on the market, a neat, durable shoe, Spring Opening Sale $1.49 Special:—s2.2s Good Heavy Tan Work Shoe, all solid leather, Spring Opening Sale $1.69 $2.50 Men's Elkskin Shoe, In tan or black, all sizes, 6 to 11 $1.98 WINDOW SHADES, 17C EACH. 35c Value of Green Window Shades, oil color, 6 ft. long, full width, only, each 17c LACE CURTAINS, 98c PAIR. Lace urtains, $1.50 value, or white or ecru, plain or fancy centers, extra wide, 3% yards long, only pair 98c CURTAIN RODS, sc. 10c Brass Extension Curtain Rods, only, each 5c

For lack of space we are compelled to omit the greatest portion of our bargains. Secure Our Large Circular For IVlore Bargains AT BERNSTEIN’S L' * > •

For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow That’s what they will say of the host who offers them a I glass of our high class liquor. 1 Have some of our brandy, gin or whiskey on hand for the refreshment of your friends. You needn’t be afraid to offer or they to take it for our (liquors are absolutely pure and naturally aged." That

means good fellowship •with no dark boown taste the next morning. Berghoff Beer by the case. I\P !F V Comer of Second and —»J to |L. I Madison streets.

LADIES’ WHITE SHIRT WAISTS. Ladles’ White Lawn Shirt Waists, high or low neck, short or long 1 sleeves, button in front or hack, lace or embroidery trimmed, all $1.50 value, Spring Opening Sale 98c ' $2.50 Ladies' White Voile Waists, high or low neck, silk embroidery trimmed, Spring Opening 5a1e.51.49 MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. 50c value Corset Covers 23c Extra fine all-over embroidery Corset Covers, 75c value 49c 75c value of fancy Trimmed Gowns and Slip-overs, only 49c $1.50 value of slip-over Gowns, made of fine crepe, kimona sleeve, only 98c Combination Suit, 75c value, made of cross-bar swiss, only 49c Princess Slips, $1.25 value, spockl for this sale 98c Drawers: —35 value Muslin Drawers. fancy trimmed with lace or insertion, only 23c PETTICOATS! PETTICOATS! Ladies’ Black Heatherbloom Petticoat, made with a double ruffle or embroidery flounce, $1.50 value, Spring Opening Sale 98c Petticoat, made of fine cambric, trimmed with deep solid lace or embroidery flounce, full underlay and dust ruffle, only 98c SPECIAL! TABLE OIL CLOTH. 13c All fancy color, Table Oil Cloth, 18c quality, while It lasts, only yd... 13c TABLE LINEN, 23c YARD. 35c value of Bleached Table Linen, only, yard 23c Red and White, also Blue and White, Table Cloth, only, yard..23e CURTAIN SWISS, 10c YARD. A large assortment of White, Ecru, or Persian Pattern Swiss, only yard 10c

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CORSETS. We have a complete line of C. B. A. LaSpirite Corsets. Guaranteed fit and satisfaction. Special prices at this Spring Opening Sale: 11.50 Corsets $1.59 1.00 Corsets 89 .50 Corsets 42 BED SPREADS. $1.50 value of White Bed Spreads, without fringe, extra size, Spring Opening Sale 98c $2.00 value of White Bed Spreads, cut corners, with or without fringe, only $1.49 WRAPPERS AND KIMONAS. Ladies’ Wrappers and House Dresses, all $1.25 value, only 98c Ladies' Crepe Kimonas, all colors, $1.50 value, only 98c DRESS GINGHAMS, 10c YARD. Our Spring Dress Ginghams and Shirtings are a display of a large assortment, only, yard 10c CALICO, 5c PER YARD. Standard Calico, red, black, grey and dark and light blue, only, yd..sc SPECIAL WORK SHIRTS, 38c. Special:—Men’s Work Shirts, large assortment to pick from, all sizes, 14'/s to 17, all 50 values, only ..38c MUSLIN. Unbleached Muslin, yard 5c Extra fine Unbleached Muslin, yard 7%0 Bleached Muslin, yard ...5%c Good heavy Bleached or Unbleached 10-4 Sheeting, yard 23c NOTIONS. White or Black Tape 1° Pins, per package Hair Pins, package 1c Darning Cotton ••'® Safety Pins, card 'J's® Pearl Buttons I J4®