Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1929 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO, I. H. Heller...»_.Prea and Gen. Mgr A. R. Holtbouae Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vlce-Preaident Entered at the Poatofftce at Decatur, Indiana, as secund class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies ...._ —-3 .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carriers...™ —— 5.00 One month, by mall ™. .35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Blx Months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere, 33.50 one year. Advertising Rates made Known on Application National Advertising Representatives Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 300 Fifth Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana league of Home Dallies. That North Carolina editor who wears pajamas seems to think that “everybody is out of step but Jim."

Those St. laiuis boys are setting up a record tha‘ it will take a good while to match but whatever it is you can feel safe some one will tly at. We think of cool weather when we •think of the Minnesota country and yet it was 97 in the shade at St. Paul .Saturday and that was several degrees jparmer than It was here. Decatur is now on the air maps of •the United Sta es. thanks to the members of the Knight Hawk club because of the marking on the tops Os business houses on the main street. ... France has ratified the Mellon Berengen debt settlement plan but don't get. excited for it will he some time before enough of the money is paid in to make any noticeable difference in our revenues. The cool lire :e which arrived.last evening was most welcome for the middle west had been sweltering for Several days. We hope it keeps up until every body gets back to normal temperature.

Its about t m<- to hear the first katydid and then you know its only six weeks until frost. That ought to cheer you up so yon can enjoy the summer season. We can't guarantee it longer than that. Thermometors here Saturday evening at seven o'clock registered around ninety-five which is about ten to twenty degrees to blamed hot to be comfortable. We want the corn to grow but we are sure it could get along witli reasonable temperature. Dry agents have rounded up another bunch of bootleggers at Fort Wayne. Seems as though they ba r e an eye on that city which for several years lias been rated one of the lib eral centers of the mid-west. The hoys and the girls too for that matter for they s em to be about evenly divided there are finding the game anything but profitable now. - Tlte board of commissioners will meet again next Monday and that will be a mighty good time for the members of the city council to confer with them regarding the estab Jishment of all time rest rooms. Every Ttody with whom we have talked seem Tavorable to such an improvement and Teel it necessary and it seems only p case of getting together and working out the details.

According to Luther F. Symons, hank commissioner, the condition of Indiana state banks is greatly improved over a year ago and it is "believed that those which liavo withstood tile depression of the past few •♦ears will have smooth sailing front how on. This county has been very .fortunate in having such sound financial institutions and the banks here 0e far above the average. all of them how showing iuditantial gains. Gen„ffal business conditions are also improving and with farm aid in site the next several years should be very prosperous ones for all. About every city of any size in the state has had its auto theft ring and

TODAY’S CHUCKLE Burlington. Wl»., —(UP) —There were but 28 of the 3,000 voters of the Burlington union school district present at a recent meeting here but the group voted the largest school tax In the history of the district. finally it looks as though Decatur may have had one. We have boasted that this was the cleanest city in'the state but of course that doesn't guarantee that every person will continue so model always. The recent arrest of Decatur men driving a stolen ear is another evidence that eventually those who violate the laws will be caught and then comes the penalty. It doesn't pay boys. Get a job, stick to it, make yourself as valuable as you can, save a part of your earnings and be respectable. Thats the only way to be happy and successful. We extend a hearty welcome to another class of students at the Reppert Auction School as the mid-sum mer session opens. Visitors will find this a hospitable city and will have the advantage of attending the bes school of its kind in America. Col. Reppert and his staff know exactly what your training should be and if you give strict attention to their in'structions the next three weeks you will be greatly helped in your chosen profession. Best proof of this is the fact that several hundred graduates of this school are now earning large sums in the auction field and several of them are already rated among the highest class of that profession in the country. We are sure you will recieve every encouragement from the citizens here and that you will like Decatur, as have the members of proceeding classes.

MODERN ETIQUETTE t By ROBERTA LEE r ■ Q. How should a divorced woman write her name? 1 A She retains the surname of her husband, prefixing her maiden name. If her maiden name was Mary Smith ind her husband’s name John Brown, her name after divorce is Mary Smith t Brown. 1 Q. Is "Respectfully," or "Respectfully yours" a good close for a business 5 letter? A. It is all right when a tradesman Is writing to a customer, or an employee to an employer, but not when writing to a person of equal position. Q What is a sufficient tip for the I eletk who checks one’s wraps? A. If alone, ten cents is enough, i , o > — 1 Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE Silks Silk should not be wrung out. but should hang loosely to dry, letting the water drip. Always dry silks in the i shade. Wash light colored silks with pure white soap, as ordinary washing soaps turn them yellow. The Sardine Can When opening a sardine can, start the key in the ordinary way. and than put the point of the ice pick in the ■ key loop The pick wil act as a levar and the whole top of the can will wind off easily, and every sardine will conn; out unbroken. To Remove Tan ; To remove tan use buttermilk appli- ; cations, or mix % ounce of glycerine, 1 ounce of rosewater, the juice of 1 • small lemon, and apply. • TWENTY YEARS AGO * • From the Daily Democrat Fi’e * 1 * Twenty Year% Ago Today ‘ r ••••«*«•«*•••••* > July 29 —Red Ribbon races open at Fort WayneC. N. Christen and Fred Vaughn leave for Seattle to attend the Yukon • exposition. • Mrs. Rebecca Ernst, 85, one of the , county s oldest women, dies al Peterson. ’ Shortage of Noah Market, cashier of . First National bank at Tipton, i$ over . SIOO,OOO. Real estate transfers—W. F. Reink--1 Ing to Gustave Reinking, 80 acres in Union township, SB,OOO. Prof. William Beachler and family leave for Uniop City. C Gillig sells the Myers farm, 300 i acres, south of city, to Frlsinger and Boni putty for $M»u per a ere. Fred Reppert and family are at Mt. - Clemns, Michigan for an outing, j Bartenders of Decatur are enjoying a picnic along the river. o——— Science Triumphant In these days, anybody who scoffs » the putterings of the research worker thereby proclaims his own blind Igno- i rance.—Woman's Home Companion.

DECATUR DAiIY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JULY 29, 1929.

Burglar Paid Dearly for Small Oversight i Even the cleverest criminals are apt ito make bad slips. Sooner or Inter, Ila spite of carefully thought out plans, foxy covering up of tracks, they make one little error which costs them their liberty. •‘I remember," says nn Investigator, "a curious incident which clearly shows how the four of the visible signature is ever present in the thoughts of the criminal. A burglar had entered a house and carried out a robbery with great skill. He had operated without gloves, because safebreaking with gloves Is a misty, difficult Job. This man knew nil about police methods, however, und when he hat! finished, lie carefully polished nil those parts of the safe that had been touched. He then poured water over the fragments of a broken window through which be had entered. “Not satisfied with these precautions. he lit a candle nnd Inspected every Inch of Ids path from window to safe; rubbing, polishing nnd watering. This done he blew out the candle nnd left, well satisfied that he had fooled the police. “We found four beautiful fingerprints in the soft wax of the candle, and these cost him ten years of liberty 1” Beginning of Manual Training in Schools The history of manual training in the United States involves both the development of the idea nnd the development of practice. In the field of practice little of a purely educational character appeared before 1878, at which time the Workingman’s school, was founded by the Eihlcal Culture society of New York. This institution comprised a kindergarten and an elementary school, in which manual work formed from the first a vital and Important part of the educational scheme. The general movement, however, took its large beginning, as lias been the case with so many education- j al movements, at the top instead of . the bottom of the school system. In 1880, through the efforts of Dr. Calvin A. Woodward, the St. Louis Manual Training school was opened in con- ) nection with Washington university. The work of this school attracted l wide attention and Its success led to 1 the speedy organization of similar schools in other large cities.

“Arterian” Wells I “Artesian” is a term applied to water which is secured by deep borings .into the earth. An ordinary well is usually under lot) and at most 150 feet in depth. If it is required to go '■2oo to 500 feet in depth or more, the iwater is usually termed “artesian.” 'Often in artesian wells tiie water rises above the earth's surface of its own force; in other words, it forms a flowing well. Any deep well, whether ■ flowing of its own accord or not, is now regarded as an artesian well. Many artesian wells yield sulphur, chalybeate or alum waters; in others the water is so impregnated with comjmon salt as to be unsuitable for consumption, while in many others the water is of excellent quality. Another Tiie young son of a wealthy man was engaged in a clerical capacity by a friend of his father, who undertook to try and make something of him. pile was, however, shiftless to the last degree, and nothing lie said could be relied upon. One day his employer called him into his oflice and gave him a sound lecture. He dwelt chiefly on his prevarication, and wound up by saying: “You know, James, that you are always lying.” “Sir,” said James, “I would have you remember that I am a gentleman I” “There you go again,” said his employer. Auto Driving at Night I The bureau of standards says that in order to drive 40 miles per hour in safety at night, it is necessary to have a light that will make all objects upon the road visible to the eye which lie within a distance of 300 to 500 feet, depending upon road conditions; the greater distance is probably the minimum safe distance for foggy weather, with the roads likely to bq slippery. No type of light is known which may be produced with the facilities generally available as automobile equipment which will fulfill the requirements. Find Ancient Obaervatory Workmen, digging a cellar in Buet'aow, Mecklenburg, discovered an old observatory which archelogists deduce dates from Ij£] B. C. A stone circle with markings showing observation on the sun's pdsltions throughout tiie year served ns a chronicle. The instruments, which are all of stone, were found in excellent condition, and a fair measure of solar altitude can be made even now. • —_— K More' Trouble Marjorie and Donald were told of the arrival of a new baby brother. Donald greeted the announcement with a dteer, but Marjorie seemed quite downcast. Tiae nurse ashed whether she wasn’t happy to have a new baby brother. “No, T'ro not a bit happy,” said Marjorie. “Why did they go and get another boy when they know 1 can’t manage the one we have.”

Happy Youngster* in Home of Longfallow I have called It “the poetry Hchool," because It wus in the house of a poet, because we lived in an atmosphere of poetry Hud saw the birth of many of the beloved poet's beatknown works, saw other poets and writers, his friends nnd advisers, coming buck und forth to discuss with him the greatest poetical work of nil time, the “Divine Comedy" of Dante. But I also call It so because many of us children were ourselves descended from or related to poets. In fact, poetry nnd poets formed so large n part of <mr school tradition that wo look them very much for granted. If anyone had snl<l to mo. “Is not your grandfather a poet?" I should probably have replied. “Why, yes. Isn't yours?” The Longfellow children even made Jokes about poetry, in which their father nnd their uncle, Rev. Samuel Longfellow, n writer of lovely verse* nnd hymns, aided and abetted them. A favorite breakfast dish of the family was battercukes baked In cups, which puffed out In the baking till they were mostly crust and little inside. These were generally known ns “popovers,” but the Longfellow children called them “poetry cakes"— “because,’’ they explained, with great gusto, “there’s nothing in them!" and this Jokg their father nllehed hugely.—jFpom “An Echo From Pnrnassns,” by Henrietta Dnna Skinm Rudeness ' .ccked by Display c Co rtesy The most effective weapon to be used in meeting rudeness is courtesy. I say that dignity and calm and good temper will nlxreyp check rudeness, even in a person who can be checked by no other means. The explanation is that it Is impossible to be disagreeable without knowing that one is being disagree- ; able. And to be met by agreeable ■ manners when one knows that one Is being disagreeable is in itself a severe lesson. The disagreeable person is quick enough in wits to perceive the end of power. He Is quick enough also to make a comparison and feel I a sense of inferiority to the self-con trolled agreeable person. Anger gives way to respect and respect to emulation. The disagreeable person, conscious at last of an infirmity, becomes apologetic. I have seen it happen. Tolerance, kindness ' —tali the response by any name you will—are all indications that the possessor has attained to self mastery. The disagreeable person, however cultured, is savage, and the savage will always be controlled by. that which Is civilized.—Kansas City Times.

Historical Law Codes The earliest code, which is the [ name given to a collection of laws, or | constitutional articles, was that of | Hammurabi, about 2100 B. C. The codes of Theodosius and Justinian, I Roman emperors, were the basis of the Code Napoleon of France. Theodosius appointed a commission of 16 in 435 A. D., to collect and codify the edicts and constitutions of the provinces of the Roman empire. This was published in 438. It was revised in 523 by tiie Emperor Justinian. The Code Napoleon, completed in ISM, consisted of 2,281 articles. There were partial codes in France previous to this. The Code Napoleon is the basis of the codes of the Two Sicilies, the Netherlands, the Swiss cantons, Bolivia and Louisiana. The Code Frederick is the codification of the Prussian laws, codified tinder Frederick the Great, and was the basis for the law of the German empire. For Insomnia Sufferers As treatment for insomnia, there Is advised a systematic mapping out of the day; early rising, then work, i punctuated by regular meals, followed by half an hour's rest after each, a fair allowance of exercise and recreation, the latter to be pursued genuinely and not as a make-believe. Physical exercise is beneficial, and discipline in the selection of food a necessity. A glass of hot milk and a biscuit or a hot-water bottle often have remarkable effects,, while the bedroom •should be quiet and cool, with an open but darkened window. Hot baths before retiring are helpful in some cases, but may aggravate others. Medieval Care of Book* Censure not the pupil who writes in his book that no one is to purloin it, under various fears: he is only doing what the medieval monk did before him. Men of religious orders were for centuries not only the custodians but indeed the creators of books and libraries and the Benedictine order laid down many rules for tiie care of its books and manuscripts. “Wash! I lest touch of dirty finger on my spot- I less pages linger,” is a literal trans i lation of one. Another. “May who- | ever steals or alienates this manu- | script, or scratches out its title, be | anathema. Amen.”—Detroit News. Virtue the Great Bulwark It is virtue alone which can render I us superior to fortune; we quit her | standard, and the combat is no long- | er equal. Fortune mocks us; she! turns us on tier wheel; she raises and j abases us at her pleasure, but her power Is founded on our weakness. ' This is an old-rooted evil, but it is ' not Incurable; there is nothing a firm ' and elevated mind cannot accomplish. —Petrarch. i

SCIENCE FEANS EXTERMINATION FACING WHALES Passing Os Sea Monsters Would Be Catastrophe, Council Says Baltimore. Md., July 39 III) The threatened extermination of whales is becoming a scientific as well as economic catastrophe, the Council tor the Conservation of Whales declared in a statement today Physiologically, whales have many curious characteristics and different from any known speeles of mammals, according to the council's statement, "If one had to pick out just one sort of beast as the most interesting from the purley scientific standpoint, it continued, "what would the verdict be? Undoubtedly the animal of the greatest potentialities in this respect is the whale ” The skull of the whale has changed more than any other existing mammal, principally because of the migration of its nor.trils to the top of its head ii.d th? alb nations in bone-mechanics thi has entailed. It is the only animal '.laving more than three bones to a single fingei, there be.. more than 17 in some cases. . Strange to say, the vhale has a brain of a “particularly high type.”! the Council's statement said. “But for what purpose,” it added, “it is impossible to say, as apparently it has n?ed for only a very low type of mental i equipment.” Descents a Mile I s ability to descend to a depth oi mile, where the prerenre is greater j than a ton to the square inch, and remain for mote than an hour is pirhaps one of th ■ most interesting points about the w! ale, the statement continued. “How this is possible.” it added, "is utterly incomprehensible to us. That I changes have been brought about in many details so that the pressure doos not kill it immediately, or how it c«n| survive the speedy removal of :his pressure when it again seeks the surface is unknown. “How does it secure sufficient oxy-1 How’s Y our Radio? If you don’t know what’s wrong with it, remember this—we do. Expert service on any set. Phone 244 Decatur Electric Shop

Buffalo trails FOR miles they stretched across the prairie and up into the foothills, smooth, clearly marked, beaten hard as rock through the centuries by the hoofs of buffalo on their way to the salt licks. When the railways came, and the engineers were confronted with the great bastion of the Rocky Mountains, these buffalo trails assumed a new significance. It was found that they always followed the easiest gradients, that they penetrated the mountain fastnesses by the most direct and practical route. Buffalo trails became one of the greatest assets of the early railway builders. Time, money, energy were conserved; a vast amount of fruitless pioneer"'g anfi sup-eying was eliminated, by trusting to the infallible instinct which had led the herds along these obscure and littleknown ways. Advertising, like those old buffalo trails, provides a clear and unmistakable path among the perplexities of modern buying. It points the way to the goal of safety and sound value; it avoids the pitfalls of unknown and unreliable goods. By following the advertisemets in this paper you are following the high road to true economy. Make it a habit: follow the broad, cure trail of advertising. Decatur Daily Democrat

K en at one breath Io last an hour, and most pubbling of all. how does It eliminate the carbon dioxide that has accumulated In its blood and lungs during that time, and which would l> a man in a very few minutes .’ "How does It hear? How long r oes It live? In what way do its eveys turn tlon through the salt water, with refractive index very different from that air? These are merely some of e apparent details. Chemical Differences “As whah-s have had to adjust these processes in certain radical respects It is to be expected that the chem'ra! composition of their body products differ. Thus It is not unlikely that they produce a special substance of the nature of au enzyme that helps overcome the effects of high blood perl need whn they dive depiy- Similarly, they must have some special provisions for overcoming the deleterious effects of a high carbon dioxide content In the blood. "When these and similar questions have been investigated it is very probable that the knowledge gained can be applid in correcting a number of serious and even fatal derangements of bodily functions to which man Is often subject." o Spiritualist Medium Claims He Received Message From Houdini Chesterfield, Ind., July 29. — (U.R) — Anyone who can prove that Arthur Ford, spiritualist medium, did not receive a message from Harry Houdini, dead magician and arch enemy of spiritualism, will be given a 310,000 reward, Ford said here. Ford, who addressed 5,000 of his followers at a meeting here, said he would post the reward and defy anyone to disprove his claims of conversation with the man who bitterly

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opposed spiritualism. The medium said he did not <eek the message, but "Just received | t a . simply gave It to Mrs. Houdini, wh ' had offered 310,000 to anyone W | lu could deliver to her a message w i lhh she and her husband had planned |, e fore his death. Ford admitted that h was given the 310,000 Ford held a seance during the mec Ing and frequently called the names of persons in the audience and N | ( ? posedly told them of happenings of those who had died. In commenting upon receiving sages, Ford said: "The messages Just come o f thenown accord, and we cannot choose them.” He explained the method used, whereby the medium is in a spr imposed stupor, and with his vocal cords useless, transmits hl B revels, tions through a "control” associate oAlmost Pure Silver "Sterling Is the British stnndnrd of sliver for coins, nnd means the pr(> . portion of 925 parts silver to 75 parts copper. Thd American coins are Yuly 300 fine—that Is, the proportion i 900 to 100. tr~- - ■Jet the Habit—Trade at Home, it p lya

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