Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1915 — Page 3

POLITENESS ON THE WIRE Really Seems to Be a Fact That Good Manner* Are Forgotten by TeleHQ phone Users. “I don’t understand why anybody is impolite over the phone," remarked a woman visiting in New York, "unless he is cowardly or unless the phone, ilka wine, brings out the real character oft people. And I especially don't see why women should be impolite to women. ‘‘The most provoking instance I have had in many days occurred right here in New York. An old ami dear friend of mine whom I had not seen In years had married and come to New York to live. Her married name was Blank leigh, let us say, but. 1 did not know her husband a initials and I had no idea where she lived. It was my first visit to New York and I wanted to sec her. ‘‘My only hope was that she was in th® telephone book and to it I went I found six Blankleighs, any one ot whom might be ehe. but which one? It wa« for me to find out and I began with the first one. "I asked li.r I'.lankleigh and sht came to the receiver. I apologized and explained why I had called and asked if she were my old friend. The way she snapped ou*. that she wasn’t and rang off was some hing awful. d “The following hr< <■ were variants of the first, not much better and not any worse. Only one of them was a man and he just lau hod and said there wasn’t any Mrs. Blankleigh in his house at present, but if I—and then ) rang off “The fifth war, H.e o •<• I sought and I didn't have to seek any further. Now I am thinking whether or not to cal up the sixth and see if she is any more polite and considerate than the others. Ai d it would have been just as*easy to h-nvc been polite and nice about it and tried to help me, wouldn’t It?" CHANGE NAMES OF STREETS Frenchmen Find Time for Smal' Things in Midst of 3 National Crisis. * The French are a curious compound of earnestness and lightness. No mat ter how imminent a crisis, or how threatening the ruin, they never fail tc pay all due attention to the correct out ward form. In the present tremendous crisis of Freuc h affairs one would think that the last thing the Parisian author ities would concern themselves about would be the naming of streets. And yet, according to recent dispatches the city council, ujxm hearing of the brave defense made at Liege, passed an ordinance changing the name of tht Rue de Berlin to the Rue de Liege. This was more than duplicated in 1870. After the catastrophe of Sedan the ruin of Napoleon Ill’s empire and the establishment of the infant repufT lie, the national assembly, sitting in Paris on matters for the safety of the country, w'bile the Prussians were thundering down upon the city, con cerned themselves largely with chang ing the names of things from “Imperi al" and “Royal” to “National.” Among others, they passed, after a heated de bate, a decree changing the name oi the royal Bengal tiger in the Paris zoo to that of the national Bengal tiger, and Instructed the custodians to see that the signs were changed at once. Water Power Running to Waste. Five and half tons of coal arc burned each year for each undevel oped horsepower available from oui rivers and streams. At the low rate of two dollars per ton this shows a waste of sll a year for each unde'vel oped horsepower. The extent of the total yearly waste from this source alone is said to be worth the price of 30,000,000 tons of coal. The waste is helping a lot to increase the price of coal, the demand for which is con tinually increasing, due to increasing factory, shop and home demands There is hardly a waterpower of any size In this country that cannot be harnessed to electric generators and its power transmitted to nearby cities and Tillages for manufacturing purposes. Transmission lines of 200 and 300 miles are not unusual. He Saves Freezing Horse. Mrs. William Bonnett a nurse, oi Copake, Duchess county, New York was sitting up last night with a pa tient when she looked from the win dow and saw a horse, unharnessed, standing in the snow at the railroad station. An hour later the burse was still there, and, fearing he would freeze kind’y Mrs. Bonner telephoned to Con stable Reynolds. He left his warm bed, walked three miles through the snow and threw a blanket over the animal, saying: “Whoa, boy: i’ll take care of you.’ When Reynolds started to lead the animal away he discovered it was a wooden horse consigned by freight to a local harness maker. Curtains.— New Ycrk Herald. Painful Truth. Mrs. Portly (weight 225)—The cat! I'll pay her for that speech if it takes all winter! Miss Portly—Why. ma; what did she say? Mrs. Portly—She told me she’d heard I passed my vacation largely lu the mountains. —Puck. A Rare Case. “Gadson is the most inefficient man I know.” "You are rather hard on Gadson.’’ “But it's the truth. He can’t even ouerate the family uhonosrranh.”

HONOR IS FREMONT'S “PATHFINDER" CREDITED WITH NAMING “GOLDEN GATE.’’ First Gave It Appellation of “Chryg. opolae," Foreseeing That It Would Outrival Famous Golden Horn . of Byzantium, The name given to the entrance of the bay of San Francisco was not suggested. as Is sometimes assumed, by the* discovery of gold in California, although its bestowal occurred nearly concurrently with that event. So far as we know, the first persons to enter the harbor through the Golden Gate were the crow of a vessel commanded by Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala of the Spanish royal navy, says the San Francisco Chronicle. This was on August 5, 1775. They were shortly afterward followed by Bruno Hecota, who was under orders to co-operate with Juan Bautista de Anza, who had boon disnatched on the bay of San Francisco. Heceta sailed from San Diego, and, after a protracted voyage, arrived in the harbor and laid tho foundations of Fort Point. So far as written records are concerned, they are silent on the subject of naming the entrance, and it is probable that no one took the trouble to apply a particular designation to it, although the islands and points about tho bay were promptly supplied with appellations. De Ayala is credited with giving to what we call Angel island the name of Isla de los Angeles, but he forgot to christen -the opening which gave access to it from the Pacific. Numerous vessels passed through the entrance during the period between the foundation of the mission of Sen Francisco and the American occupation in 1846, but there is no intimation in the records which captains or thgir crews have left for us that it had been named. The opening and the bay were described by several skippers, and particular points were referred to in a manner that makes then recognizable, but no one seemed to think that It was necessary to confer a name on the front door of the harbor, whose 'eauties and importance they extolled, until an American thought, it worth his while to do so. To John C. Fremont belongs the honor of conferring the appellation Golden Gate, but curiously enough, in accordance with the tendency which had not yet run its course, he called it "Chrysopolae.” This designation appears ofi the map of Oregon and California which accompanied the geographical memoirs published by him iif 1848. These memoirs were written before the discovery of gold at Sutter’s mill, which was made in the same year, and in them Fremont took pains to make clear why he had selected the Greek title. Like all the discerning pioneers, he was profoundly impressed with the belief that the. harbor would one day bear a great commerce on its waters, and that it would outrival Chrysoceros, the Golden Horn of Byzantium. The pioneers accepted the name, but promptly converted it into English, and doubtlessly many of them who had no acquaintance with the geographical memoirs of Fremont imagined that it was the steady stream of gold passing through the portal which suggested the happy title. Wattersons a Fighting Race. Col. Henry Watterson seems to have inherited his fighting qualities from his father, Harvey Magee Watterson, who was born in Beech Grove, Tenn., November 23, 1811. He was the son of W. S. Watterson, who served in the War of 1812 on General Jackson’s staff. Harvey studied law and was elected to the Twenty-sixth congress, to succeed James K. Polk, who became governor of Tennessee. Re-elected, he retired at the end of his second term and became president of the state senate. In 1847 he bought the Nashville Union, and three years later was called to the Washington Union. He was a great friend of Franklin Pierce, but refused to support the administration on the Missouri compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska bill, returning from Washington, despite offers of high position in the government service. His personal popularity won him election to the Tennessee secession convention where, although he did his best, seeing there was no hope of keeping his state in the Union, he returned to his home. He died in 1891. Define the Ideal Husband Happiness in married life depends first of all on the ability of the husband to maintain as ardent a wooing after marriage as during courtship. This is the opinion of 100 Detroit wives, expressed in letters to Rev. Howard A. Field, pastor of the Simpson M. E. church. Th« letters were requested by Mr. Field and the pastor based a sermon, “The Ideal Husband,” on them. All agreed that the ideal husband must be an ideal lover. Other necessary qualities of an ideal husband in the order of their importance were fixed as follows: He must be a lover of home. He must be industrious even to the extent of being willing to roll up his shirtsleeves and help tidy the house. Ho must be morally pure—there can be no double standard of purity. He must treat his wife as his equal —not as a servant. He must be temperate.—Detroit Free Press

ATTILA, KING OF THE HUNS Warrior-Barbarian Who Ravaged a Gre»t Part of Europe In the Fifth Century. ''Like the Huns under Attila" is a phrase which Is on everybody’s lips at tho present time. Yet comparatively few people know by whom it wai first used, or understand the reference. It was with these words that the kaiser bld farewell to his troops when they were dispatched to China to help to put down the Boxer rising. "Gain .. reputation like tho Huns under At tila,” he told them, says London TitBits. The significance of the advice will be appreciated when It is realized that Attila was a barbaric chief whose ravages in Europe about the beginning of the fifth century gained sot him the name of “the Scourge of God.” The leader of countless hordes of Huns, who were a Mongol race which crossed the Volga and struck terror into Europe, he was regarded by hie men with superstitious reverence and by Christendom with superstitious dread. Among the acts which were committed by his direction were the following: . Bleda, his,brother and co-chieftain, put to death. All the countries between the Black sea and the Mediterranean devastated and pillaged. Thrace, Macedon and Greece overrun and 70 flourishing cities devastated. Several cities in Italy razed to the ground and their inhabitants put to the sword. Conquered peoples either killed oi forced to follow in his train as prisoners. Yet for all this ruthlessness Attila was a magnificent soidier and a striking personality. He was induced tc spare Rome from destruction by the personal mediation of Pope Leo I, who is said to have subdued his ferocity into awe by the apostolic majesty of his mien. This deliverance was regard ed as a miracle by the affrighted Romans, and old chroniclers relate that the Apostles Peter and Paul appeared in Attila’s camp and changed his purpose. Attila died on the night of his marriage with the beautiful Hilda —pos sibly by her hand. His death spread consternation through the host of Huns, who cut themselves with knives, shaved their heads and then prepared to celebrate the funeral rites of their king. His body was placed in three coffins —the first of gold, the second oi silver and the third of iron. The caparisons of his horses with his arms and ornaments were buried with him, while the captives employed to make his grave were all pilt to death so that none might betray the last resting place of Attila, king of the Huns. Wills the Use of Bathtub. "During the funeral services over my corpse I desire nothing said about myself except that I was a sinner saved by divine grage,” is a provision in the will of Washington Frothingham of Fonda filed at Glovereville, N. Y. The will leaves from $lO to $5,000 to about one hundred relatives and friends. If the First Presbyterian church of Tribe’s Hill does not have any plants or flowers in the church, allows no children to sing there Sundays and does not permit any prayer or song not contained in the Bible to be used in the church it will get $l5O yearly. Mary Mackay, who was Mr. Frothingham's housekeeper, gets the use of her present quarters in Fonda, the right to use the front or rear door, the use of the kitchen furniture and the privilege of bathing in the family bathtub whenever she likes. A reward of $5 is offered to each person in the town of Mohawk or Glen who shall bring about the conviction of any person guilty of cruelty to animals. Great Argentine Statesman. Dr. Ramuelo Naon, ambassador of Argentina to this country, was appointed minister of Argentina to the United States in 1910, and was later raised to the rank of ambassador. In 1900 he was appointed official secretary to the governor of the province of Buenos Aires. Two years later he was elected to the lower house of the federal congress, and by 1906 he had made a great reputation for himself as an able debater and an authority on public affairs. He for several years filled the position of professor ot civics in the National college and professor of constitutional law in his alma mater. Then he became secretary of justice and public instruction, in that position he increased his reputation by founding schools of secondary instruction in the interior of his country. Writers of War—Past and Present. What wars I have seen have taken place in spots isolated and inaccessible, far from the haunts of men. By day you followed the fight and tried to find the censor, and at night you eat on a cracker box and by the light of a oandle struggled to keep awake and to write deathless prose. In Belgium it was not like that. The motor car which Gerald Morgan of the London Daily Telegraph and I shared was of surpassing beauty, speed and comfort, it was as long as a Plant freight car and as yellow; and from it flapped in the breeze moi'e English, Belgian, French and Russian flags than fly from the roof of the New York Hippodrome. Whenever we sighted an army we lashed the flags ot its country to pur headlights, and at 60 miles an hour sore down upon it.—Richard Harding Davis, in Scribner’s Magazine.

ITS TIME TO BOOK YOUR SALE FOR SPRING I have been crying aalee In this county a good many years and feel that I can get the high dollar for you. I have conducted hundred* of successful sales which ought to convince any person that I can do as I say. It is now time to book your spring sale and I will be glad to give you a date...l speak German, Swiss and English. Book your sale now. John Spuhler FOR SALE —Studebaker runabout, four cylinder, 1912 model, in good repair. Will sell cheap. Inquire of M. S. Hllpert, ’phone G-J. 12t6 ROR RENT —Six room house, inside railroad, on Mercer avenue. Lights, water and toilet in house. 'Phone 85. —Dan Erwin. 13t6

One half of one per cent, of Puck's circulation is in barber shops — is that where YOU read it? 10 Cents— Everywhere

STILL GOING ON Our big stock clearing sale is still in full blast. Have you got what you need yet? Better hurry up and come ■ in. Our big stock is rapidly melting away and we have only a few articles in each line left. Fill your wants! and keep money in your pocket. A few of our prices. MBUMMI ■* —— . I I ■ Ww———— a IMe HI MIIHB II ' ■ Ml' —IM I I —II »—»■■■———M«M——M——— KNIVES I $1.50 Aluminum kettles at . sl,lO I 1.35 “ “ at . .90c 50c knives at -- -40 c 2.00 “ “ at . 1.40 75c “ “- - -60 c 3.25 “ Roasters at . 2.75 sl-00 “ “ 80c 90c stew pans at 75c 1.25 “ - - SI.OO 3.25 tea kettles at- .... 2.75 $5.00 knives and forks - $4.00 3.00 coffee pots 2.45 | RERRY BUGGIES RANGES $90.00 Rubber tired at . . SBO-00 Y-mcrpq WOO 80.00 Steel tired at . . 70.00 tpJD.UU ranges Jpi’JD.UU $65.00 Lilly cream seperators at 555.00 45.00 ranges 35.00 $17.00 Walking plows with cutter $15.00 4Q 00 rnno-PQ 38 00 SBO.OO Wagon gears at $70.00 $42.00 Case corn planters at $36.00 32.00 heaters 28.00 REMEMBER THIS SALE LASTS ONLY A FEW DAYS MORE. Schaub-Dowling Ca

_ ■H 1 WM r i V• v,• ■: < ;■ :-, r -5 - tOx? j' ■ * t4> i -■■ , . - ———. ... — 150 Acre Farm, $10,000.00 Easy Terms We Also Have Smaller Farms For Sale. «J. *J. MAGLEY, Real Estate Agent, DECATUR, INDIANA

LETTER FROM LOS ANGELES. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler is in receipt of a letter from her sister, Mrs. Mary Crawford, and daughter, Edna Crawford, who are spending the winter at Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. B. Uhl and son, of Toledo, Ohio, who had gone to Phoenix, Ariz., for the winter, changed their intentions and are now at Los Angeles. Miss Fooey, a trained nurse from Fort Wayne, who had visited here, is also at Los Angeles, Cal., and the meeting with these friends which had been uncxpectc 1, was a most pleasant surprise. Miss Crawford, a former clerk at the Boston store here, is employed in the waist department of the Bullock department store, a big concern which employs 1,200 clerks. Miss Crawford secured a position five days after arriving at Los Angeles. Many of the moving picture actresses who are favorites here, and whom Miss Crawford learned to know, from the films given

here, live in Los Angeles or near there and one favorite in particular, Miss Crawford had the pleasure of waitjng on in her department, and recognizing her, spoke to her and had a pleasant conversation witli her. o "DOWN IN ALABAM” WILL BE FUNNY. No local talent entertainment in re cent years lias scored such a success as Mr. and Mrs. J. Bassett Willard’s play of southern life, “Down in Alabam,” which the Woman’s Improvement society lias arranged to present Thursday and Friday evenings, Jan-1 uary 28 and 29, at the opera house. Not only have the smaller cities turned out immense audiences to witness this clever pastoral picture of early plantation life in the sunny south, but the larger cities have given in audiences taxing tlie capacity of their largest auditoriums. The producing department of the Eldridge Entertain-

ment house will send Mr. Geo. A. Parker here to personally superintend all tiie rehearsals and play one ot the leading comedy parts. WANTED—lndies or gentlemen in or outside of town to do some work or to travel. Salary sls to $lB weekly and expenses. —F. H. Paine, Gen. Delivery, Decatur. Ind. 1613 FOR SALE —About ten head of good feeding slioats. Reasonable prices. Inquire of Roy Runyon, Decatur, it. R. No. 3, ’phone 8-J. LIME AND SULPHUR For Spraying Trees 15c Per Gallon Phone or write R. E. HELLER, Monroe, Ind.