Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1913 — Page 4

THE SEASONS GREETING In rapid succession the days and weeks and months have rolled by, until we again approach the eve of a new year. It seems but a short time since we said “hello” to 1913 and now we say “good-bye.” We hope that it has been a prosperous and happy year for you and that 1914 soon to be ushered in will be more so. During the past year The Daily Democrat has tried to fill its mission, to furnish you as near as possible all the news of the county all the time. Its a big job and one that can never be entirely perfected, but we enjoy this work of trying to please you by each day furnishing you the items of mest interest to you-the court news, the markets, the society, the events of big and little moment, particularly in Adams county and incidentally all over the world. Mow well we have succeeded must be judged by our readers, but we feel that they agree with us that we have at least partially succeeded, and our proof is that our subscription list has grown several hundred durirg the past year. We hope it will continue to do so and we want you to keep on taking the Daily Democrat and to have your neighbor and friends do so. JANUARY IS SUBSCRIPTION MONTH Several years ago we set apart the month of January as the one during which we make a special effort to renew our subscription list. This year we offer you our promise of a better paper and in addition we will give to all those who pay for the Democrat during the month of January, renewing up to 1914, a handsome gift-“A Valuable Paper Wallet.” This wallet is bound in leatherette and contains eight heavy envelopes, “a place for everything and everything in its place’’ It retails in the city stores for SI.OO and is worth it You get it free if you pay your subscription to January 1, 1914 and pay it during the month of January. The Daily Democrat

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NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG INDIANA STREET. Notice is hereby given that the common council in and for the City of Decatur, Indiana, did on the 16th day of December, 1913. adopt a preliminary assessment roll showing the prima facie assessment in the matter of InI diana street improvement from Fifth street Decatur street; said improvement is intersected by one alley and Fifth street and Decatur street. Said assessment roll with the names of owners of property subject to be assessed. with the amount of the prima facie assessment, if any has been made, is on file and can be seen at | the office of the city clerk. Further notice is given that the | common council will on the 61h day of January, 1914, at 7 o’clock p. m.. at their council I rooms in said city, receive and hear re- | monstrances against the amount as- | sensed against their property, respectively on said roil, and will determine | the question as to whether such lots I or tracts of land have been or will be benefitted by said Improvement in . the amount named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum than that named in said roll, or in any sum. at which i time and place all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. Witness my hand and seal this 19th day of December, 1913. I H. M. De VOSS, | -* - s City Clerk. ELECTION NOTICE. Notce is hereby given to the lot . | owners in the Decatur Cemetery as- ' isolation that there will lie an elecI tlon held at the office of J. H. Stone ' In the City of Decatur. Indiana, on the sth Day of January, 1914, . at 7 o’clock p. m.. for the purpose of electing seven trustees for the Decatur Cemetery association for the ensuing year. J. H .STONE. 29912 Sec'y D. C. A. — o NOTICE. W# the uuuei signed shoedesiers do hereby agree to close our respective stores al) day Christmas and every night at six o'clock, excepting Saturday nights, from Dec. 29 to July 1, 1913. Charlie Voglewede. Elxey A Hackman Peoples A Gerke Wtnneee Shoe Store. —— o———. NOTICE. 1 have started a blacksmith shop In the Will Crosier shop on First street, three doors north of Monroe street. Horseshoing ana general repair work. All work guaranteed. Call and see me. I also handle Noverslip shoes. LAWRENCE SCHLEGEL, 292t12 Proprietor. ■■■ ■ !■ 1 PRIVATE SALE. One work mare, 7 years old and in foal, round positively guaranteed; 1 coining 2year-uld draft horse colt; 1 bay driving mure, set single harness, and buggy; 1 draft mare, 9 years old, due to foul tn Muy. 8. H. PLOUGHS. Three miles south of Monroo. 2Mtlt' o » ■ LOST—Out of automobile between Nino Mile house and Ft. Wsyne city limits, a good raincoat. Finder, please call J. O. Sellemeyer, Decatur, Indiana, and reverse charges.. 300tJ

— —— ■ i — ■ CORROSIVE ACID bIiKNS. if Splashed With Vitriol Plunge Into Water at Once. A burn from sulphuric acid—vltrio', as it is often called-Is one of the most painful and dis x 'ng wounds that enn be received add is the most powerful of caustic liquids. When it touches the tissues of the body it disorganizes them rapidly, exhausting tbe water in them, coagulat ing tbeir albumen and changing tbe i nature of their salts, thus bringing j about a destruction that is sometimes fataL When tbe burnt place beats it does so with a hideous scar, resembling that of leprosy or lupus. Ou being splashed with vitriol tbere is only one thing to do—rush for the nearest water and plunge the burnt member Into it If the face be splashed it should be Instantly immersed in a bowl or pall of water, or in a lake or river if these be bandy. Tbe object is to dilute tbe acid ns quickly as pos sible and so check Its rapid corrosion of tbe flesh, for if let alone it will etn in to a great depth. Haring washed away tbe add, cover the wound at once with some alkali, such as limewater or milk of magnesia. If these are not obtainable suds made from pure soap will do. Then treat the wounds as ordinary burns are treated. If tbe mouth be burned it should be rinsed out with water, following this with limewater or milk of magnesia, which should be kept in tbe mouth as long as possible. A burn from ammonia, though net nearly so serious as one from add. is very palnfuL it should be treated with a diluted acid wash made from vinegar or the juice of a lemon or lime. Afterward It should be conted with gum tragacanth or gum arable.— t New York World. BROAD DAYLIGHT AT NIGHT. That’s the Sight That Startles One In Alaska In Summer. Koon king from an extierienre of more than 100,000 miles’ travel on sea and land, It la remarkable how tnnny things you see in Alaskan waters which you have seen nowhere else In the world. It was a novel sight to have a whole school of whale* spout Ing at one time, with some of them cruising up near the boat and rolling! over like submarines pitching in a heavy sea. And tbo herds of Alaskan fur seals, hoarsely bellowing ns we approached, added to memory's reper-, toire of barking monkeys, groaning camels and trumpeting elephants. Another unusual thrill that comes to the summer traveler In Alaska springs from tbe eternal unyllgbt of that wonderful country. Whether you actually see tbe midnight sun or not depends upou the date and the latitude to which you ascend, but darkness la a thing of the past after the second night out of Seattle. A dusky gloaming takes its place until you get still farther north, and then you may read a newspaper ou deck at midnight without straining your eyos. This phenomenon Is one of the strangest In Alaska. It gives yon a shock to leave j the duh st Dawson or Fairbanks at 1 o’clock In th* morning ami find your self In broad daylight when you come ent on tbe silent sti sets I-Edgar Allen Forbes tn Leslie's. tn Old Egypt. An American professor claims to hav* discovered that It wits n crime to flirt In ancient Egypt. If the fnlr sexi looked anything like tbe pictures they Wft behind them it was.-Toronto Star j

Saved by Clean Hands By F. A. MITCHEL There was a time toward the close oC the attempt of tlie commune to govein Paris when the communists were fighting a losing battle and the end was not far distant One morning Louise Desmouliers, a pretty French girl, went out to buy some food supplies for the day’s consumption. She was obliged to go some distance from her home, for many shops were shut up, and she was absent more than an hour. When she left, the street in which she lived was more than usually quiet, for ordi-' narily persons were going pud coming on their daily vocations, whereas, while the commune was in power, many kept to their homes. When Louise returned she saw a great crowd of excited persons tearing up the stones directly in front of her house and piling them up to form a barricade. Her mother was alone at home, nnd Louise knew that she would be much troubled at her absence at a time of such turbulence. But how could she get through this fierce crowd? Summoning all her fortitude, the girl made a dash to cross the street directly opposite her home. She had reached the opposite curb when she felt herself caught by the skirt, and, turning, saw that she had been stopped by a hag of more ferocious appearance than any woman she had ever seen before. •‘Where are you going?’’ asked the vixen. "Home.” "Home! You are lucky to have a home. Come, bear a hand here, and help us who have no homes.” She dragged Louise back into the street and, pointing to the pavement, ordered her to join those who were tearing up the stones and piling them ion the barricade. Louise knew that should she refuse her career would be ended by one of the stones being hurled nt her head, nnd she had no choice but to obey. While carrying a j stone to the barricade a young man ' with a pointed beard said to her in a I low tone: “I have been forced to do this work, |as you have. The government troops I will be here in n few minutes. I left > them at the Place de la Concorde. I ready to march. We must not be found here when they come, but I fear i we cannot get away.” I This was all the man had time to say {to her, ard she could make no reply. I They worked on, the young man keepj ing near Louise till the cry was raised that the troops were coming. The barricade was not half finished, nnd there was no organized force to defend it So the communists began to scatter—that is. they tried to scatter, but the street was filled with them, and it was difficult for them to move in the direction opposite to that in which the troops were coming. Indeed, it was so choked that Louise and her new found friend did not attempt it Although the girl wns not fifty feet from her home, she was unnblo to reach It Suddenly her companion seized her ' arm and drew her toward a basement door that be saw standing open. Though buffeted by the flying crowd. I he succeeded in getting her into this door and closed it after him. [ "The troops will be here in a few moj ments. I have seen them at this work i before. They will enter every bouse ' near the barricade to search for communists.” Then, noticing thnt they I were in the laundry of the bouse in which they had taken refuge, he ran to one of the tubs and. pulling up his sleeves, began to wash his hands, calling on Louise to do the same. He used soap plentifully nnd removed all trace lof dirt. When Louise hnd finished her ablutions the mnn looked her over and | saw that she had but little dust on her I dress, which seemed to please him. I His own shirt cuffs were dirty, and he [ rolled them up under his coat sleeves, i They had no sooner got the dirt off ! their hands and, so far ns they could, I off their clothes when the door was | thrown open and several soldiers hurI ried in. One of them seized Louise nnd nnotber her companion nnd dragged them into the street, where they were placed with other prisoners who bad been and were being arrested. When the officer in command of the ! troops was satisfied that nil commit- ■ nlsts who hnd been working on the barricade nnd who hnd taken refuge In ! the houses near by had so far as possible been collected he placed them In the center of the column nnd gave the order to march. Half an hour later Louise found herself in a yard surrounded by a high wall. The prisoners were directed to stand against the wall with their faces to it Then an officer cried out: "Hold up your hands!” Every band went up, and the officer paused down the line, selecting those whose hands were clean and directing them to stand aside In n group by themselves. Louise nnd the young man who had warned her to wash her bands were among thia number. When all those with clean luitids luid been selected they were marched out of the incloaure and liberated. As they were leaving they hoard n volley fired j inside the walla nnd knew thnt those I unfortunates with soiled hands hnd heeti shot to den th. As Louise nnd her friend walked nway she knew that hnd It not been Ih>r Mm she would nave been ntnong those who bad just bven executed. He ; anw her to her home, where she found her mother In an ngony of terror concerning her. The man who hnd saved Louise Des kiouliera was a young artist

SOCIAL PARADISE. ■ ~ Owning a Parterre Box In New York’s Opera House. MERE MONEY CANNOT BUY ONE It Takes More Than Wealth to Enable an Outsider to Break Into the Famous and Ultra Exclusive "Golden Horseshoe” at the Metropolitan. Anybody with money enough can become the owner of the costliest art , treasure in all the world if it is for sale. Anybody can have the finest yacht or the biggest Fifth avenue mansion or tho longest string of matched pearls. This means mere money. But tho attainment of a box nt the opera is without irreverence about as near achieving the kingdom of heaven on earth as it well can be. Riches alone cannot buy entrance therein. Not one millionaire in a hundred owns a box at the opera. Why? ( Just jot down these symbols: : N (a-f-b)-c ’ 35 Hero we have social New York’s chiefest problem expressed algebraically. “X” is the unknown quantity for which a given value is required. “N” is the uncertain quantity which tho mathematicians call a "variant.” and “a," "b" and “c” are the known quantities which can readily be ascertained by referring to the real estate records on tile in New York city. In a word, when the rich man solves it ho knows exactly bow much a box at the opera costs to own outright, in fee simple, he and his heirs and assigns forever, if he has the value of The correct answer has only l»een reached Cve times in thirty yearsl Strangely enough, too. this right result each time is never the same. Each solution, where “N" has been properly found before the lucky solver begins on Ids problem, gives higher figures than the one before. Today the correct answer is $120,000, the price for which one of the coveted boxes was recently sold. The symbol “N” means, in a word, the approval of the lionrd of directors of the Metropolitan Opera, If you can possibly get it nnd have the $120,000 lying idle to boot, then you can become the proud possessor of a box at tlie opera—the one nnd greatest desideratum of those who would hnvo impeccable social prestige in New York, which means everywhere. It also means that boxes in the “golden horseshoe" are the costliest of any opera house in the world. The right to have your six places nt every performance of the opera is a mere adjunct to the ownership. It is the-fact that you, personally, own the box which is the acme of the whole transaction. It means that your social standing is Al, flawless, unimpeachable, unassailable, wholly iverfect! Now let ns get right down to figures and solve our problem of the opera box. We must assume, of course, that we have “N” figured down to n nicety —that is, we hnve the unqualified approval of tho directors of the opera, the hardest quantity of all to obtain. Our known quantities are a matter as record nnd easy to obtain to the last penny. We find, then, as follows: Our "a” is the value of the building; our “b” Is the value of the land; our “c” is the mortgage upon the property as a whola And the divisor. 35. is the number of boxes in the parterre at the opera, of which there can be just thirty-live, no more nnd no less. So. we can now substitute figures for our algebraic symbols or letters and work out tho problem by simple arithmetic. The building Is figured at $1,000,000 nnd the land at $3,500,000. Besides this, there is an equity in a loft building where scenery Is stored, which Is figured nt SIOO,OOO. You hnve just ns much a share in the dingy loft ns you hnve in your brilliant red and gold box at the Metropolitan Opera House. So the total renl estate value to o-t.G00.000. Frubt this yuu must subtract the mortgage, which 1* $1,000,000 Our result, then, la $3,000,000. Now. divide this by 35. We get $102,857. That is the cost price of n Ik>x at tho opera. The Imlance Is the seller's profit Look to tills fact—the remaining original box holders of thirty ywi.s ago hnve quadrupled their money. They chipped in $30,000 apiece then, and now their individual holdings arc 1120,000 each nnd growing every season. Death alone ever parts an owner from bls box, and then it stnys in the family nine times out of ten. Wby? Simplest thing in the world-beenuso the box to sure of a hnndsoiue Income every year. A mnn could live In style from what his box at the opera would bring him if he had to. Monday is the gala night of the week at the opera. A choice box-and they are all choice except that tome are choicer than the rest for ocular or auditory purposes—can tm rented out nt n moment’s notice for $3.000 for just the twenty-four Monday night inform, ancon. There nre 120 nights in d matineon of opera-five performances a Week for twenty-three tegular weeks nnd an extra week. 8n nln.-ty-sta IK>rfermsnevs are still left after you Imve taken In ym ir fff.noo, K ei| ymir tickets — J ’ Tvi ttiv nix I EX’; y,ni hnve ,9 ' ,:00 mor '‘-« I 112,000 income in all. Throw off tbe for commtaatona and von hare a { net Incme of H 2.000 front vmir tick|Worid'” ,O<X)tt “ uu,h Vork 1

A Story of the Flying Dutchman Dy MARGARET C. DEVEAUX The legend of the Flying Dutchman has come to us in various forms. 0 of them is that a seaman of Holland Vanderdecken. sailed in his ship, bon nJ around the Cape of Good Hope to the east He was never again seen alive In attempting to weather tho cape he met with head winds, losing his te m . per and defying heaven with a great oath. As n punishment for his blag pbemy he wns doomed to make unsuccessful attempts to weather the can ' till the crack of doom. Many years ago, before steam had taken tlie romance out of sailor life and before ships could go to China by way of tho Mediterranean, the Suez canal nnd the Red sen. nn American merchant sailed from New York f,,Borabay in the packet ship Albatross. The gentleman, whose name was Van Cortlnndt, had descended from tho Hollanders of thnt name who bad s/p tied on Manhattan Island in the seventeenth century. His oldest daughter, between sever., teen and eighteen years old, wns a girl with nn expressive face, which denoted a deep undercurrent of feeling. Her eyes were her most notable feature, being large brown ones, which caV o one nn impression that she was filled with wonder. And yet It would seem thnt tills, instead of being remarkable, should be natural to any one contend plating the marvels by which we are surrounded. Perhaps these persons appear in n state of wonder because they are nearer by nature to the border which separates us from the Infinite. Marla Van Cortlandt would sit all day on deck peering out on the boundless ocean trying to foym in her mind an image of its vastnoss, or looking upon the clouds drifting up in the heavens or the gulls soaring above the masts. Sometimes it seemed to her father, who adored her, that she was not thinking of the ocean or the heavens, but of that other spiritual world a vision of which is denied to ordinary mortals. Then be would sigh, for it seemed to him that the abode in mortality of such |>ersons is more transient than in [versons of a less spiritual nature. One afternoon when the vessel had just t>egun to point her prow more eastwardly to round the cape a ship was seen astern coming In the same direction. The captain of tbe Albatross stood on tbe poop deck, his glass leveled at the stranger, surprised at the position of her sails. While those of own.ship were set to sail before the wind; the coming vessel had hers close hauled. The skipper had never before experienced in steady weather a wind blowing in two different directions. It is a fact well known to navigators that n ship will move faster with the wind abeam thnn when dead aft Obeying this law, tbe stranger wns gaining on the Albatross. As she came on the face of the Albatross’ master assnmed a more amazed expression. There was an old fashioned look about tlie other ship that be had never before seen on any craft Her sides bulged below her decks, which were narrower, she was very high astern and was built up curiously forward. And now a few figures began to t ike form on deck, going about upon their various duties—some coiling Tops*, some mending sails, while others lay about smoking enormous pipes. When the vessel came abeam of the Albatross a man was seen standing on the high deck astern who seemed to be the muster. His figure standin.' out ngainst the sky showed him more plainly tlian the others. He wore a costume that had passel out long l* fore; full breeches to tbe knee and a short cont with flaring skirt. His face was young, but there was nn old l" k about it His hair was long, hto were large nnd set deep in his bend But the most remarkable feature of this strange craft and her antlq >« looking crew was yet to come. Sailing much faster than tho Aibetroe*. the stranger passed her in a few moments. As she went by every eye on her wns fixed on those on the Albatross as those on the Albatross were fixed on the vessel and her crew. Tbe young master on tbe poop deck extended his arms to Marin Van Cortlandt with n mute appeal pn hl* f*’* To the astonishment of those beside her, Maria's arms went out to tba strange tielng. Then there was a low swish of wa* ters as the vessel drew away, leivinj the Albatross in her wake, and Marin fell over in a swoon. Every ».'■• ~f those near her wns fixed upon her. an* l when they were raised for atidbar glance nt the receding vessel It bad disappeared. A man standing on the foftcaatle the Albatross whan tbe Strang* ’hip sailed away and out of sight said ’ hl,t be read tbe name—'The Flying 1 >ut< bman." In tho log book of the Albntros* wb« she wns broken up was found th" *n try. "The Flying Dutchman pa«'*d °* bound southeast by east half east There tn n story in the Van Cortlandt family of a Marin Van Cortlandt «:>'• went to Chinn with her parent* and met on the voynge a phantom lorcr ! 1 a plmulom ship on her return 11 anid to have died In the same latitt'l* nnd longitude where the ghostiv tne*i' int took place. But the Flying D’ ,trb ’ mnn has appeared to so ninny p*r» ,n ’ at different times that there is u' tbUif certain about this.