Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1915 — Page 3

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UNPLEASANT WAY TO TRAVEL Method of Locomotion In Mesopotamia Haa No Charms for Ona Tour* iat Who Tried It. In all countries to ride Instead of walk is a public evidence of wealth, but in Mesopotamia the rich man who rides would do well to consider his equipage before he embanks. If he does not he may have a strange and uncomfortable time before him. Although 1 am not rich, but comfortably poor. 1 made arrangements for a “kavajah” one morning without even knowing what sort of conveyance I hud let myself in for. I soon found out all about it. On the back of a mule were slung two covered wooden boxes, open at the front and back to give air and a view of the road, and into one of these I climbed. In the other box was the wife of my American friend who was waiting for us at the city gate. When we were settled in our cramped cage the man who led the mule jerked its bridle, and off we went. 1 seized the wooden support above my head to keep from pitching out. Never in my life have I experienced on land any motion so amazingly like the wild surge of the sea. If I were not a good sailor I would have been seasick in ten minutes. It was exactly like being.in a tiny rowboat in the middle of the Atlantic ocean dur ing a hurricane. I stuck it out because my friend's wife made no complaint and I was ashamed to weaken first. But when we came to the gate and my friend ap peared I insisted on taking his horse and giving him my place. Ever after I either rode horseback or walked — T. M. THIS CHICKEN WELL DRESSED Idaho BicVdy Has a Full-Dress Flannel Coat and Seems to Be Proud of It. The proudest chicken in Boise lives on West State street The bird has no medals for pedigree, no certificates for being a champion layer, no diplomas for good behavior, or unusual size. Yet without any of these attainments, this fowl is the observed of all observers. Citizens go blocks out of their way te see the bird, which struts with pride before their view. This fowl claims the distinction of being the only bird in Boise to possess a swallow-tail overcoat. Its owner takes a personal interest in all her hens, and it was with some concern that she noticed during the summer that one of the late spring chickens failed to develop any feathers on its back. When the cool evenings came on last fall the bird seemed to feel the cold, and its owner made from an old flannel shirt a unique coat, modeled after a full-dress coat, with no front to speak of, but plenty of back and tail. Slits were arranged for the bird's wings, and the fowl seems to others in the coop to be particularly proud of the costume. Tales of Progress. The “aluminum that, is as hard aa steel,” has been invented again. This time the inventor it an Australian, and the claims made for his discovery certainly do not err c.i the side of modesty. In addition tc superior hardness. he announces that his new alloy can be welded and soldered, has a high tensile strength, and is noncorrosive. This last quality, of course, belongs to all forms of the metal. The world will look on such claims with a skeptical eye, and yet, they represent the goal toward which the world is moving. Sooner or later, by a sudden discovery or a long series of slow advances, aluminum will be made to do most of the work that now falls on iron and steel. Aluminum has many advantages. It is light in weight, it does not rust, it is found everywhere and in inexhaustible quantities. Every clay bank is a mine of it. Beginning of Great Invention. As far back as 1668 experiments were being made with what savants called an “otacousticon,” which brought distant sounds to the ear and was a far-off promise of the “long distance” and "wireless” messages of today. Samuel Pepys was abroad in those days, and of course he saw the new toy, tried it, and mentions it in , his diary. He went with Lord Brouncker to "the Royal society," and ( "here, to my great content, 1 did try - the use of the otacousticon, which j was only a great glass bottle broke , at the bottom, putting the neck to my !l ears, and there I did plainly hear the . dancing of the oares of the boats in , the Thames to Arundel gallery win-j dow, which without it I did not in the least do." Tea-Drinking Nations. Recent statistics show that the Eng- ( lish rank easily first among tea-drink-ing nations. From these we learn that if an Englishman, an American, a Russian, a German, an Austrian, a Frenchman, and an Italian were to sit down together and order drinks in a U quantity that would show the relative D consumption of these beverages by g their respective nations, some would j get enough for a bath, while others | would obtain only a few mouthfuls. R If the races sat down to tea, the Eng- U lishman would find himself confronted with 1,800 cups, the American with 400, the Russian with 275, the German with 36, the Austrian with 20, the Frenchman with 18, and the Italian with only one. |

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AMSBAUGH & BRADLEY CHIROPRACTORS Graduate of two schools Over Charlie Voglewede Shoe Store Hours L to 5 & 7 to 8 p.m. Sundays by appointment. . Lady Attendant. ITS TIME TO BOOK YOUR SALE FOR SPRING I have been crying sales in this county a good many years and feel that I can get the high dollar for you. I have conducted hundreds of successful sales which ought to convince any person that I can do as I cay. It is now time to book your spring sale and I will be glad to give you a date.. . I speak German, Swiss and English. Book your sale now. John Spchler

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