Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1914 — Page 4

TYPICAL BLUE GRASS MEAL When Preacher Came to Dinner Dell caciee Were Offered Which No Hunger Striker Could Rerist. Were you ever in the blue grass re giou upon a Sunday when the preach er was to couie home with ma and pe to dinner. On the day before, it wouli get out to the negro quarters somehow that the 'preacher man’” was coming and then the feathers would fly. The jam and jelly shelves would b« rifled and finally the dinner came or the table. There would be about hal! a bushel of friend chicken from which the necks, backbones and wings hac been eliminated, done to rich browr color; flanked with mashed potatoe* on one side (old blue Neahaunock) at white as the driven snow and as light and pleasing as the laugh of a child; beaten biscuits; jams preserves anc that old-fashioned apple butter; corr dcdger about the size of your clench ed fist with a husk like the shell of t cocoanut. and so on ad infinitum. We children ail had to wait for th<: second table, but the old colored mam my never let us suffer and I imagine j sometimes we were better served that I the grownup people. Then the pie I the "punkin" pie. Never served it, less than a quarter and always with 8 ! spring-cooled glass of cream as I •'chaser." Do you know how to eat a "punkin’; pie? Some of the degenerate scioni of a long-forgotten race of barbarians! clip it off with a fork and I actually I saw a fork the other day in your city • which had one of the tines widenec , and sharpened so that it looked to mt; like a kind of shovel, and they use these instruments to eat a "punkin' j pie with. But no well-bred citizen would dese i crate a * punkin ' pie by treating it it f this manner. The well-bred cltizei • rakes his piece of pie in bis hand anc bites out crescents of rich, amber I hued deliciousness from th« pie. whih I the crust around the pie and the sidei, of the pie and the bottom of the pit ‘ are browned flakes of ecstacy. Hal: i the enjoyment of eating a "punkin* 1 pie is in smearing some of it ovet' your face. A pie having the kind o \ crust that wouldn't stand alone anc < which would allow its contents to rut! all over your fingers and gum them uj would be hastened to the pigpen.— Kansas City Star Plenty of Dry Streaks. Dudley Field Malone, the new col lector of the port of New York, aaic to a reporter: I'm too new to my job to talk about it yet If I talked about it 1 might, like the mountaineer, girt away my ignorance. “A man was hunting in Pike coun ty, and up round Porter s lake he vis lied a settler's house. "He noticed a volume of a good en cyclopedia on a shelf above the gun ; and said: " 'lt must be a handy, Uuag, awaj off lure. to have an encyclopedia.' "‘Yep,’ said the mountaineer. ‘Yep ' s-lie's handy. I oniy got the firs' book.’ " Why haven t you got the others? “‘I ain't finished this one yet. so 1 ain't ready for another. 1 bought tMe j one off n an agent eight years ago He come round six months arterwsrdf and says, says he, "Here's yer ancone volume, mister.** "Whatl " says L "Why, I ain't near finished the first j volume yet. You jest dig oct!" “'He dug, too. Nine year ago It was. 1 ain’t more'n half through het yet. The wife, she’s about quartet I through. It took a lot o' brains tc write thia book, but it's my opinion all the same, and I don t tniud teilin | ye, that I think she’s got her dry, streaks, like most everything else.'" Marriage. “There are too many divorces. There j are too many marriages of the Dulutb I variety." Jerome 8. McWnde. the millionaire sociologist, was addressing the Du ! luth Y. M C. A. on divorce. He con ■ tinued: A very pretty girl from Dv’uth got married five years ago She is a stoat, j round-shouldered matron today, with a ' complexton like leather. And this is* the little pom, entitled ‘Marriage, that ahe wrote the other night while u«r uunlwnd was attending a banquet at tbs lodge: •‘I never dreamed of such a fate—.When I—a girl—was courted: Wife, mother, aurae, seamstress, cock hoUSe—■ Keeper, chambermaid, laundress, pasts Presser, and flood scrubber, generally doing The work of a dozen— For the sake of being supported." She Knew. The modern rural postmaster has not much time to read the post cards of his neighbors, even if he wished to But his more or Iron mythical pro penalty tor doing so has at toast given rise to many stories. on» of which the Boston Traveler repeats. One day a young farmer drove to town, and wound up at the village: poutoffice. "Hello. Seth!'* said be. "Got anything hers for me?" “Don’t see nothin', Jah*." rather indifferently replied the postmaster Was ye expectin' somethin'?" “Yes," answered the farmer. "I was pectin' a postal card from my Aust jinny, tailin' mv what day she was p-mltf down" Hanimr." rolled the pnatmaeter to his wife, 'have >._« anything of a i -rial card frotn flaks Leed s Aunt fines f" ' Yes." was the ptompt reply of tile ( 'tmac’er'v wlfr. ”»ie la cctauf

L AQUEDUCTS OF ROME EMPIRE HAD MAGNIFICENT SYSTEM OF WATERWORKS. ‘ % ■ Daily Supply for the Ancient City Was 400 Gallons Per Capita. Mucn More Than Used by Any f Modern Community. 11 Win it surprise the citizens of New 1 I York, in the year 1914. to learn, if ■ | they did not know ft before, that the ciliaeas of imperial Rome in the year * A. D 300, or thereabouts, were fai vored with a supply daily of some 1 what over 400 gallons of water per • capita, as against a supply daily of about 100 gallons per capita which is I available a: the present writing in i this city? Manhattan and the Bronx, with a population of about 3,000,000, receive , daily from the Croton watershed about j 300.000.000 gallons: but Imperial Rome brought in by aqueduct, chiefly from the distant hills that encircle the ' Campagna, over 400.000,000 gallons of i water per day—and this, by the way.! j ia four-fifths of the total supply which will be led from the Catskill moun tains to this eity. when the new aqueduct is completed—and New York, be It remembered in respect of its water supply ranks high among the capital cities that are the boast of our med ' era civilization. The Romans had a full appreciation of the value of an abundant supply ; of pure water, as ministering to the health, the pastimes and the artistic delight of a city of 1,000.900 souls , The Romans of Imperial days had a ! passion for cleanliness of body, and j the stupendous public baths such as ' those of Trajan Diocletian and Constantine. were capable of accommoI dating at one time from 1000 to 3.400 ! bathers. The water in Rome was the proper-1 (ty of the crown, and it was led to the private bouses by thousands of pipes, which ran in every direction and un der every street, and were stamped j with the name of the "concessionaire'' i to whom it was brought from the ’ nearest crown reservoir. The Roman was nothing if he was not artistic, and huge drafts were made upon the city supply for the magnificent series of public fountains which graced the public squares and plazas and were to be found casting ' forth the mountain waters from every point of vantage. To the engineer and artist alike, the most attractive feature of the water supply of Rome is the aqueducts. the remains of which, in many a mile of picturesque ruins, radiate across the desolate and solitary waste of the onee fertile Campagna in the direction of the distant bills Os these aqueducts there were 11. or, it we include the tributaries. 14 j ;in all. Their total length was Ssf miles, and of this 304 miles were be-1 : low ground and 55 miles were carried on monumental arcadee of masonn, much of which has survived practical ; !y intact for upward of ! M 0 years The answer is that the Romans had no cast iron or other suitable material to construct the strong piping | which would have been necessary tc withstand pressures They were ac quainted with the principles of the siphon: Indeed they built many not ; able specimens. Let it b« understood, furthermore, that the Romans did not merely divert the water from the river beds I into their aqueducts, thereby exposing the supply to contamination by the mud and silt of the river floods. On j the contrary, they thoroughly understood. and practiced on a grand scale, j ■ the art of impounding the supply by means of artificial dams. Also the j Roman engineers understood all about tunnel construction: and in one ease between Tivoli and 8 G<*ricomto. a I tunnel some three miles in length was driven through the mountain simply j i for the conveyance of the water. All of which reads very much like '■ some of those descriptions which ' were published recently of the great I water supply systems of Loe Angeles and New York —Scientific America!. Mountaineer of the Lewlands. The dandelion Is to these altitudes what the Alpine flowers are to levels just under the line of perpetual snow It asks only a little softening of th* earth in the morning, a few hours ot sunshine, and it comes forth ae vig orously and bright as if the season i happened to be late May It can sleep j cold, stand the grip of the front, on • dure the rain that freezes w gen it j falls, and, with such nourishment as . ft can take between ths loosening ot' ' the earth before noon and Its tighten 1 ing in the evening, produce its crown) of gold—symbol of contentment with! feeble hl ess is go It has not yet occurred to those whe **ek to Improve upon natures formu lac In plant life to feed the dandelion j on luxury and steam heat If the dan Milon should be thought deserving of j i prayer It should be thia- that it be ' toft strong and capable and thankful for the small favors that an open win ter can give ft Tb» hothouse might make ft aa big and glorious as a chry •an'hemutn But It wtuld make it a weakling also. Nutritious Fsanut ftolentlera assert, after long research, that th* peene’. *hleij in Uh nest was tw»» verv htghlv reggMM t« the ««»y feed etapto that will at nourish man. to-set and th* birds ft j is lbw moat nutritious cf th,- .hole j nut family, rich la tiasue building properties, consisting glucose and car bob drat«»—and at tho »suas time la Ue cheapest. •' i numaiisanniati,**

MEMORIES THAT NEVER FADE Pleasing Impressicns of Childhood a Matter of Joy Through All the Years of Life. Coming down in the world Is not popularly supposed to be a pleasant proceeding, and not a little pity is expended on those who, haring started life in what is known as “well-to-do circumstances.'' are afterward reduced to living under less luxurious and favorable conditions. It is all very well to pity those who are thus situated, and possibly for the very old an uprooting late In life from beautiful surroundings to those which are less attractive may be ia the nature cf a calamity. But for the young there is quite another aide of it, and It is certainly better fior thoee who cannot live all their life to beautiful surroundings that childhood's days should be spent j in the place or the home which is beautiful It is childish impressions which last, and particularly those of places- ; In after-life it is people and events which count: but childhood's mind is more occupied with little bits of scenery. all the dear delights of a rambI ling garden, delightful bay-lofta and potting sheds and places where all manner of "let's pretend'* games can be played: fields where there are fairy rings to be found and birds' nests to be looked for. and every kind cf wild flower to be picked. All these are the delights which matter to a youthful mtod; but to those who have grown up to more steady and less delightful pleasures, a rambling garden and "pretendable" nooks are of toss importance than some of the more prosaic comforts of environment So we need not pity too much thoee who have toft throe delights and beau- , ' ties childish as they may be. behind them, because they will live tn the memory and be a constant source of pleasure long afterwards Ortainly It is better to start in a big bouse and uftscend to a little thau vice versa. Youthful powers of enjoyment are so much greater than to later life. Strangest Impulse es Instinct. Perhaps the strongest impulse of instinct to be found to nature is that exhibited by the salmon to spawning time. On the Northern Pacific coasts of the United States. Canada and Siberia, where these fish abound, they annually make their desperate dashes up the great rivers, some of them 1.50 V to S.flOO m’.ks to length, in search of suitable spawning grounds Nothj ing seems to stop the mad rash of the fish, leaping the falls, dodging and evading all obstacles they come to countless thousands, heedless of birds, i bears, minks, otter and other wild beasta which prey upon them to addition to man's wholesale slaughter, j the males, who become quite savage at thia time, fighting desperately among ‘ , themselves. she spawning grounds have been reached and the eggs laid the fish are so weak from exhaustion that they are unable to protect themselves, for they take no nourishment whatever after leaving! salt water, and drifting down the current. they fall easy prey to the enemies of their kind, or die of exhaustion before reaching the sea It is one of the unsolved mysteries of nature that these fish should thus inevitably sacrifice themselves to their first season | of reproduction, — Music for Children. It is never too early to draw the at teation of little children to music. I They love rhythm; let them dap their hands, and stamp their feet is time to »ome little march or jig played for them. Then let them hear a little song repeated often, or two songs ot d.fferent character, one sad, one gay, | they will soon ask tor more, and learn , to sing themselves. Music will become for them the means of self-expression, a beneficient outlet of pent up nervous energy, leading their little feelings j Into channels of cheerfulness, possibly averting illtemper, whining inertia, and dulnesa. A little drill done to music as a game will be helpful tc mother and children There are ac tlon songs published for kindergar tens, but a resourceful mother can contrive something of the kind her self according to the child's age Marching round the room with a clap j of the hands on the first beat of the I bar first in four-four time, then three , four time lastly six-time will make a V tossing diversion for noisy little ones and help them to realize their sen»»of rhythm. On no account should the children beer ragtime frequently, ae that win upset the natural sense of correct measure and accent. Couldn't Fe»e Him. Luther Taylor of Indianapolis spent i his vacation at Haas lake, with a num her of Indianapolis people. One night they went to Knox In Claranes Doll r auto. Mr. Doll wished to get his shoes mended and the entire party weni down the stairway Into the shoe shop with hint "Well, I see you have nearly every ♦hlng to stock," said Mr Taylor fl» had noticed shoestrings and other odds and ends that may be found to a small , town shoe repair shop "Yes, wo keep bout everything." re-; plied th* shoemaker. "Well. 11l take a nickel's worth ol roasted pro anta." mid Mr Taylor, with th* air of baring stumped the ► hromaker on the everythin* pr opo sition. "( triamiy." ieatd the stowmsker I pulling out a sack a Web he had on hie b»t»ch under a newspaper, evidently I tor hla n*n em»« lS p»; QS B<. 8 <. rompantona swear that the Indmnapo • Ito man was »o taken aback that h« gold for Ucm.-etod.aaaMilto News.

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PUBLIC SALE Joint sale at public Metlon by the ! undersigned on the farm of Ww. Campbell. W mile east of South Sal em.. Ind., on Wednesday. February 11 begintng at iwo o'cock a. m the fol lowing property .towft; ” head of horses, one sorrel mare. T years old, good wrier and heavy tn foal; one 3-yr.old steel roan draft mare; one 2 yr.old black draft mare, a good one; two 2yr.-old draft geldings, good sise and makeup; one 2-yrold standard bred road colt, bred for speed and shows ft; one yearling colt. draft. & head of tattle, four tnikb cow, throe of them are 6 yrs. old and will be fresh in the fall and a»v giving a good hunch of milk now. Me is al Urge <u» and will be fresh in Feb ; one 2 yr-old heifer. Hogs Sheep and Poultry. sheep- -seven head No. If breeding IM. Hogs—three brood i sows: two with pigs by their side, j Poultry -five h*ad turkeys. two young | gobblers and three hens. Farming; lr.iplertiei>t«, one '-in'tread wagon and ■ bed. Surrey, hay rigging and bog rack combined. Milwaukee binder, in good shape; Milwaukee mower, good as new; Osborne hay tedder, good as new; lug «•• • Spring T<mhh Cara Plow: J. I Case t ern Hon. FMec liar-J row. Spike Tenth Harow, 60-tnoth; ■ Spring Tooth Harns. tfiding Saddle.I 1 good as new; Lljtlit Sprit* Wagon, two] Target Guns. Wire Fence str << •••r.j setae rood Mixed Hay ftp mow, also hhk F-'der and OsU Straw, with* numerous otli: r artn uwt u*eu><ubed. Terran of #We Sum* << fUh" and under • atm tn hand. trvrr that a mount, a rradft at # moMbs will be given, pun baacr giving bin ma«* with, approved security. 1 per rad <>h for| cash. No property mov'd until sc tied for. WM CAMPBELL J F. KKIFEH Jr r MMiaUd J. N. lUfk'e.d AUcU. S. B. Campbell. Clerk. ' •MMSM" 0 iiMiiin urn mi n...ir full ti.iLE AT BARGAIN 2OT acres of good Macs laud la Walnu»h U»wt. chip. Jay county. <m good gravel road., IgA acres < l< -red. K« >«• r«* » ;:<•••'! »<»«!. pasture, land h well fenced mid well itralm'd no opcti <llll hr ■ All in high Mste <4 < uluvatmu. Gwnd he* k iiou**. ot d room - and bwrpiewl <rf “ room.. New hip roof burn. Sbxkfl. with mow room for 100 ton* hay. Al»u JoubU corn cribs with wagon shod and oilier i ituildings (or bug* »nd poultry, Spor-H lai price u,ad« tor ths bsat 39 <U*'M

. FOR SALKi " its new Hoosi.-rjti drill. di»ro, been out two srosmus F 35; good narrow tread Turnbull w*gon and box tn good running order; tin-? ju-u »et. for 515. Any one interested inquire of Marion Reber, c*n Ik.nton farm, ur W. T. lUltzell, 355 I F. Winchester St.. IXn atur. 2113 W. T. BALTZKLL. FOR SALE Brood Sows, for April farrow. Kuquire ot E. F. Miller, R. R, No. 11. Phone 10 I). 25tfi.j .S> tOO per acre. See or write James ■ Hrath, Portland. Ind. 23tS

■MHMEHHMMMMH I__ BIG LAY-A-WAY __ I RUG f RLE I ■ OPENS WED. JAN. 4th. I ■ —— I Si We are just in receipt of a shipment of over 100 I Rugs all sizes which will be included in this sale. I jSjj This will enable you to make your selection for j kJ Spring use, from a great variety and at a lower | S. 1 cost to you than ever before. The Rug you select g during this sale will be stored and held for you un- g til needed without cost. | Only a few quotations are given below but all size rugs go at the same proposition 9x12 Wool Fiber Rug >IO.OO value go at $ 7.98 9x12 Tap. “ 12.50 “ goat 9.95 9x12 “ “ 15.00 “ goat . . Uxl2 “ » goat. ‘ . 12.95 O 9x12 Velvet “ 18.00 “ g Oat 15.85 ,jx j 2 4 “ 22<*o “ goat::::::: 1&50 E 9x 2 Ax. “ 20.00 “ goat. . .... 16.00 9xi2 •• “ 22.50 “ g 0 .:..::.. 1&50 Now will be the time to act quickly on this big body of Rugs | Runyon-Engeler & Co. | <

FOUND-riGny .banding- Apply Mrs. Jul in Glancy, West Munroe street.' TboM 50*. 2H J M»ST-I'air of giawMO, to < roe. sow where in the north part of city. Finder please return to this office, fl ’ 'FDR SALE OR TRADE Small well kx-ated residence. Will take vacant let in exchange or sell on any terms suitable to pußfaa-wr. Inquire of Frank Johnston, North Ist St. 2»t3i MOUSE TO RENT-Small lottage on No. 9th St. Inquire ot Peter Gaffer, or 'phone 330. iJtf

FUR RENT-Cheap, tiervm *C ! inside of railroad on Mererr* f ‘ ne. Inquire of Mrs. Wm Parranjg Crystal theater, 21 'FOR SALE—Good family twtv ftt general purpose iiorve Will dm I the right price. Dyonis S' e- a| WA.NTELi Girl to do geswu affl work. Enquire A. 11. Sutttea«o Adams County Bank. FOR SLEIGH—One single .tmil beautiful sleigh bill.*, will seE At your own price Inquire ’J ' Murphy. SZ3 Marshall street '■