Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1898 — Page 6

GRAY DAYS. Pare days in March, when mystic vapors veil The eastern sky with cool, delicious mist. Deep in their shade sweet nature makes her tryst With youthful spring, and in some dreamful dale Sighs endless love. Could wo but touch the pale. Soft curtains of the day that o’er resist Our search! Just there, could we, unnoticed, list, What sacred joy our conscience might assail! Oh, days of gray I Througn thy charmed atmosphere Steals a soft kiss of comfort to my brow. To happiness my waiting soul draws near. Dreaming those dreams thy draperies allow Life may be perfect in its flowery May; March half revels it in her days of gray. —John Tracy Jones in Woman s Home Companion. THE PHOTOGRAPH. A hundred miles from Aden her majesty’s troopship Idena steamed along, bound for home. All day the fierce sun had streamed down with blazing beams, which those on board endured, cursed or grumbled at, according to their various dispositions. The sensation of the day had been provided by a lascar stoker, who, rushing from the inferno of the engine room, leaped headlong overboard, mad for one delicious plunge into coolness after enduring the torments of heat. “Man overboard, ” rang out. Engines were reversed. Ladies started from languid recumbency. A smooth faced subaltern offered 100 to 1 against “the nigger being picked up,’’ but no one troubled to listen to him, for the water hereabouts is swarming with sharks. However, just as horror became subdued into resignation a black speck was seen still swimming vigorously. A boat was lowered, and the poor wretch was dragged back, collapsing utterly when certain of safety. All this, however, had happened six hours ago. The incident had been discussed, commented on and capped by similar cases, and long before the dinner bell rang the customary state of boredom had again set in. After dinner, when the sun had finally disappeared and the stars shone out of the wonderful luminosity of a southern night, some one (probably the major’s wife) proposed a dance, and presently the notes of a-waltz rose and fell, alluring with its languorous lilt of melancholy sweetness even those who vowed they “didn't dance” to seek out partners. Among the many who circled around were the officer in command. Captain Assheton, and his partner. Miss Phyllis Welsh. The ladies of the Dovecot denied that Miss Welsh had any claims to the attractive adjectives by which the men on board ship described her charming ; manners and face. They emphatically ; agreed among themselves that the only epithet she deserved was that of being “an outrageous flirt.” Whatever her character might really be, tonight more men than Captain Assheton thought Miss Phyllis Welsh looked “uncommonly fetching.” Her eyelids, heavy with dark lashes, drooped as though to hide the exulting brightness of tho eyes they shaded, while ex- | citement restored the bloom which a year spent in Indian gayeties had somewhat paled. As she glided round she breathed I quicker than the heat of the evening or the motion of the dance accounted for. She wondered at her own sensations. I To experience the delight, fear, rapture and doubt which it had amused her to I make others feel half terrified, half charmed her. Once raising her eyes she met full a glance from Captaiu Assheton. and, a thrill cf certainty swept away the last doubt whether or not her love was returned. “Let's come and sit it out,” said I Captain Assheton; then he added, “I want to speak to you—to tell you, Phyllis” — He stopped abruptly on perceiving an orderly coming up to speak i to him. • “Well, what is it?” he asked per emptorily. "Please, fir, the doctor says Private Robinsen is seriously ill.” Captain Assheton turned apologetic- | ally to his partner. “I m-ust leave you for a few minutes. Will you wait for me here? I shall be back in five minutes.” “Yes,” assented Miss Welsh, leaning back languidly in a deck chair. “I’ll wait for you here if you're not too long.” Captain Assheton and the orderly strode away. Custom had not yet steeled Assheton's I heart against feeling a pang of sorrow i when called to visit the poor fellows : whose dying words it was his duty when officer in command to note and report. When Tommy Atkins dies, there is no useless fuss made over the event. No loving hand clasps his to strengthen him during the last struggle. No tears fall to tell him that even he, poor fellow, has some one who will miss him. No. The doctor merely reports him “seriously ill. ” The officer on duty comes to stand by his bedside and note down whatever message Tommy may choose to send to mother or sweetheart waiting for him at home. Then, a few hours later, if on land, Tommy is buried in a coffin the price of which government stops out of bis pay, or if he die on board ship, with some shot tied to his ankles, overboard be is dropped, to sink out of sight and join that weird company of shrouded corpses which stand upright, drifting and swaying in the currents of the sea, half way between the bottom and the surface of the ocean. On reaching the stifling deck where the sick, the wounded and the dying | lay the orderly stopped beside the berth of Private Robinson. Usually the officer in command knows nothing of the man whose dying words he has to report, but as it chanced |

Assheton had heard something of Pn vate Robinson’s career. He knew that Robinson was “a gentleman ranker,” I one of those good looking, reckless, unlucky fellows against whom fortune seems to have a spite. As Assheton came to the side of his ; berth the dying man stared up with a j curious expression of defiant despair. Above him, beside him, all around the I deck lay other sufferers, listening and watching to hear what “the poor beggar” had to say. It was hardly the place for confidences, and Assheton felt fully the embarrassment of the position. Robinson, however, had reached the time when the world recedes into the background of one’s consciousness and what has to be done must be done at once or left forever unaccomplished. He feebly strove to take something from under his pillow. “Can I reach that for you?” asked Assheton gently. “I've waited too long,” said Robinson. “I intended to send this back myself, but somehow I put it off from day to day. I couldn’t bear to part with it. ” He stopped a minute as he succeeded in lifting up an envelope, then he continued, “I want to send this back to her and tell her that though she sent me to the devil I loved her to the end. ” He added, as Assheton took the envelope containing the photo from him, “The address is written on the back of it.” “Is there nothing else I can do for you?” said Assheton huskily. “Nothing. Thank you, sir,” replied Robinson, and Assheton felt he was dismissed. He turned away in silence and left the hospital deck. As he again passed through the dancers the waltz was hastening to its conclusion, and the laughing, talking company were dispersing in search of ices and comfortable seats. Phyllis Welsh was still sitting where Assheton had left her. “You weren’t long,” she said, smiling. “What did ‘Tommy’ want to tel) you? Do tell me all about it?” Something in her words grated against Assheton's feelings. He sat down and replied slowly: “He asked me to return a photo to a girl, and tell her that, though she played him false, he loved her to the end. ’ ’ “Oh 1” cried Phyllis. “How interesting it sounds! Have you got the photo there? Do show it to me?” “You must not ask n e to dothat,” said Assheton gravely. But Phyllis was not accustomed to have her wishes ungratified. She leaned forward and looked up with her wonderful dark eyes glowing. “Will you refuse the first request I’ve ever made you?” she urged. “Os course if you insist”— hesitated Assheton. “I do insist. I must see what the girl is like. Some common, vulgar creature, I suppose, that the poor fellow idealized into a piece of perfection.” “Probably, ” assented Assheton dryly, taking the envelope from his pocket and producing the photograph. With eager curiosity Phyllis bent over. For the space of a second she stared, rigid with astonishment and dismay, then exclaiming, “Give it to me—oh, give it to me!” she tried to snatch the photograph from Assheton. It was too late. Assheton, with blank disgust, had already recognized the beautiful likeness. “Give it to me.” she stammered. “Certainly,” replied Assheton. “It was what I promised to do.” Ho dropped the photo into her hands and strode away.—Temple Bar. An Amusing Ceremony. Shortly after landing on the banks of the Zambezi, writes Captain Gibbons in his book, “Exploration and Hunting In Central Africa,” I witnessed a most amusing ceremony, in which one of my paddlers and a strange boy participated. The stranger was either a relative or a great friend of the paddler, from whom he had doubtless been separated for some time. Squatting on their haunches immediately in front of each other each held the other’s hands—left in right—shook them and gazed affectionately into his friend’s eyes for some seconds. Then with the right the left hands were drawn, palm downward, to friendly lips, which half sucked, half kissed the dirty black surface thus presented. On the completion of th.j second part of the ceremony the two men once more looked intently at each other, and after each had repeatedly gone through the form of spitting into the other’s face they bath rose to their feet and jabbered away as usual, apparently none tho worse for all they had gone through. Nebraska’s Many Birds. Nebraska is distinctively the bird center of the United States. It contains more species than any other state in the Union, and ornithologists who have studied its feathered possessions have classified 417 distinct species that may be seen within its boundaries. Os these 225 species breed here ar.d the remainder are migrants, who drop in on us at certain seasons and then pass on to their breeding grounds. The natural features of Nebraska are largely responsible for this remarkable variety of feathered population. It includes a diversity of country that offers attractions for hundreds of songsters For instance, the mocking bird and the cardinal grosbeak, which are distinctly southern birds, frequently appear in the southeastern corner of the state, and in the west we have a large num her of what are usually regarded as mountain birds, but which come down from the foothills at intervals to the kingdom of Quivera. —Omaha Bee Cordial Relations. Mrs. Snow —My husband has grown very fussy of late years, but he was easily pleased when we were married. Mrs. Coldeal—He must have been.— San Francisco Examiner.

PEOPLE OF THE DAY. The National Military academy at West Point, N. Y., has a new superintendent. Lieutenant Albert L. Mills succeeds Lieutenant Colonel Hein as chief at this soldier making establishment. Lieutenant Mills is the first officer of his grade to hold this position, as it is usually given to major generals and brigadiers, but the new superintendent won his way to the favor of President McKinley by his gallant con life s'> LIEUTENANT ALBERT 1.. MILLS. duct at San Juan and by his good luck in being the first person to give the president a personal description of that brilliant engagement. When the war began, Lieutenant Mills was stationed at the military school at Fort Leavenworth and was in charge of the department of strategy and tactics. He promptly applied sot active duty and was made a captain of volunteers. He was assigned as chief cf staff in General Young’s brigade, of which the rough riders were a part. Albert L. Mills is 44 years of age, a native of New York and has been in the service a little more than 19 years. Has a Good Tice In Prison. Emile Arton of Panama notoriety seems to be undergoing an ameliorated form of punishment for bis misdeeds. He was sentenced to serve his term in the Central prison at Melun. He is nevertheless comfortably domiciled in the Hospital of Saint-Louis, Paris, where he has a special chamber and a garden and where he smokes the best of cigars. The Autorite asserts that these favors are due to certain ministers and judges in return for the silence which Arton observed ccnc ruing their connection with the Panama scandal. A New York Society Girl. Lady Randolph Churchill is one of the three famous Jerome sisters who figured so prominently in New York society in the early seventies. Miss Jennie Jerome became the best known of the three because of her marriage to the brother of the late Duke of Marl borough. The marriage took place in 1874 and has proved an exceptionally happy one. Her husband attributed much of his success in political life to the efforts of his wife, .‘he is the mother of two sons, her eldest being a lieutenant in the army. “Fighting’ Joe’s” Daughter. “If you go, I'll go,” said Miss Annie L. Wheeler to her father, “Fighting Joe.” It was in the days when our trouble with Spain was just coming to a head, and they were talking about the prospective war in the Wheeler home. The old general had just said if there was need of volunteers he was going to the front, and his pretty daughter made the response quoted above. She meant it too. The government wouldn’t accept Miss Wheeler as a nurse, so she applied to Clara Barton of the Red Cross and was assigned to duty at Santiago. She / B \ / I ■> \ / J r ! >■ u ’ MISS ANNIE L. WHEELER. went to the front at once, and finding her brother ill proceeded at once to nurse and care for him. It was in her brother's tent that her father saw Miss Annie first after leaving home. He was very angry and wanted to send her home at once. She protested, and a compromise was arranged by which the young woman went into Santiago and placed herself under Miss Barton’s protection. Everybody acquainted with the terrible times speaks in highest praise of the bravery of Miss Wheeler in facing danger and fever around and in Santiago for the purpose of serving her country and halping the suffering soldiers. Upon her return from Cuba the devoted young nurse went immediately to the stricken camp at Montauk Point and went to work.

the household. Wood as an Ornament - Rattar Furniture—A Nutritious Food. “The decoration of wood by the application cf heated irons is an art cf longstanding,” says Florence Fetheistm: in The Ladies' Home Journal, “and many interesting examples of old work are occasionally to be found. For a trifling sum a complete apparatus may be bought, which includes a platinum point that is kept heated while the work is in progress, not by electricity, as many suppose, but by fumes of benzene, which is supplied by pressure on a rubber bellows which is connected by tubing to a bottle half filled with benzene. When beginning the work, the point should not be heated in any flame but that cf an alcohol lamp. Any other flame would be liable to smoke and ruin the point. “In burning outlines remember that to make a broad, firm line it is not necessarv to press. The lines are to be scorched, not incised. The point is held and guided much in the same manner as a drawing pencil, but some little practice is needed to enable the worker to pass it smoothly and readily over the wood, the tendency of all beginners being to allow it to rest and make dots. No discouragement, however, must be felt at this, as with a little practice the manipulation will become easy and the worker be able to make dark or light strokes at will. Bold outlines and strongly burned backgrounds come out well on ordinary white wooden articles, such as tables, stools, chairs, bowls, plates, racks, etc.” Rattan Furniture. In furniture made from rattan American shops almost wholly supply the American market. They buy the raw material from Belgium and Hamburg, though the original sources of supply are India and China. The furniture made from rattan and the rattan willow is graceful, strong, light, durable and in such increasing demand that with the growth of the industry one may ft. Ilf OL STAINED WICKERWORK. fairly look forward to the time when by the introduction of special machinery it may become so cheap that its use will be even more general. Entire sets of this beautiful furniture can be purchased for a comparatively '•mall sum. and there is comfort for its users in the ease with which it is moved from place to place.—American Home Magazine. A Nutritious Fooi. Macaroni ranks high as an aliment cf nutritious power, being formed chiefly cf the gluten, the most valuable part of the wheat from which the starch has been removed. Weight for weight, says an authority on the subject of food, macaroni may be regarded as not less valuable for fleshmaking purposes in the animal economy than beef and mutton. Most people can digest it more easily and rapidly than meat. It offers, therefore, an admirable substitute for meat, particularly for lunch or midday meals, among those whose employments demand continuous attention during the whole of a long afternoon. Macaroni might, with advantage to the public and especially to city men, who are closely occupied between breakfast and dinner, be prepared at the restaurants as a staple dish in two or three forms, since it sustains the power without taxing too much the digestion or rendering the individual heavy, sleepy and incompetent afterward. Feather Beds and Pillows. Feather beds have been to a great extent displaced by mattresses of various kinds, but they are still used more or less in one part of the country and another, and some feather bens are still sold in New York city and its vicinity, chiefly to people from foreign countries who have always been accustomed to feather beds in their own lands and cling to them here. The feathers used for bedding come from geese, ducks and chickens, the first being the most costly. A great many of the duck feathers come from China. Some of the goose feathers come from China and some from Europe, but the greater part of them are from this country and from the west and southwest, many goose feathers coming from Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky. While featherbeds are less used than formerly, feather pillows continue everywhere in as common use as ever. —New York Sun. Keeping Home Cool. Not only is there an art in keeping cool during the hot weather, but in looking cool. Take everything from the room that looks fussy and hot. A model summer home is one, to begin with, that has a hard wood floor, either stained or painted. The stained is of course the prettier and can be made very attractive by the aid of e center matting, which, from a hygienic point of view, makes an ideal covering for either summer or winter. Brass and enameled bedsteads aro both healthful and easily cared for substitutes for the heavy hard wood ones, which are dust collecting and uncomfortable looking on a hot night. For a similar reason the rattan, bamboo and wicker chairs and couch should be generally used.

Ssvsil Froin Disthi LIFE WAS EBBING AWAY WHILE IN Tft MOUNTAINS. THE A Woman was Rescued when in a Perilous Pta The Novel Melhod Used to Save Her. /Yom the Press, Ottumwa, lowa.

Miss Lola Noble, of 416 East Maine Street, Ottumwa. lowa, daughter of Mr. E. M. , Noble, the shirt manufacturer, has accomplished u work which will not only benefit her but undoubtedly be of service to many others. It was a praiseworthy undertuking; one which she may feel proud of and amply repaid for her indefatigable efforts. \ reporter of the J’rtvs hearing of her successful achievement sought an interview with her. Miss Noble seemed cheerful, hopeful and in the best of health. Apparently she had not suffered any ill effects from her efiorts which were reported to have done much About two years ago she accompanied her parents to the west, ami resided among the mountains for several months. Ibis was done in the hopes that her health might be improved, as she was suffering from anaemia. Instead of the change of climate benefiting her, she rapidly became worse and her parents hastily returned east with her. Reputable physicians were summoned and exercised their skill, but it was of no avail. Her condition became worse and her face assumed a ghost-like appearance. She was wasting away for want of blood, and what little she did have, was watery and in a depraved state. Any slight exertion caused excessive fatigue,' and palpitation of the heart. She had no appetite ami the daintiest viands did not tempt her. Her condition was deplorable and death seemed nigh. Many of her friends thought she was going , into consumption. Finally some friends advised her to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, prepared by the Dr. Williams’ Medicine

experienced. “Have you made up your mind just what qualities you expect to find in a husband?” asked the matron. “Why, of course,” answered the maid. “Too bad,” commented the matron with a sigh. “Why do you say that?” demanded the maiden. “Oh, I always hate to see young girls disappointed,” answered the matron. — Chicago Post. From youth to far beyond middle age Humboldt seldom slept more than two hours a day. From the time he was 70 until his death, at the age of 90, he slept four hours a day. Leng hours of labor and small pay cause much dissatisfaction among the workmen of Persia. In the manufactories of that country a day’s labor extends from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m.

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MORTGAGE LOANS Money Loaned on Favorable Terms LOW RATE OF INTEREST Privelege of Partial Payments. Abstracts of Til le Carefiilh Prepared F. M. SCHIRMEYER, Cor. 2d and Madison Sts. DKCATtR, IND

HENRY B. HELLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office, rooms 1 and 2. Stone Block, opposite conn house. Collections. Notary Public. JAMES T. MERRYMAN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. DECATUR. IND. Office—Nos. 1. 2 3. over Adams Co. Bank. I refer, by permission to Adams Co. Bank. R. S. PETERSON. ATTORNEY AT LAW. DECATUR. INDIANA. Rooms 1 and 2. in the Anthony Holtbousi Block. A. P. BEATTY J. f. MASS MANN & BEATTY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW And Notaries Public. Pension claims prosecuted. Odd Fellows building. I John Schurger. Dave E. Smith SCHURGER & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Money to loan at lowest rates of Interest Abstracts of title, real estate and collections Rooms 1. 2 and 3 Welfley block. DeVilbiss & Archbold, DENTISTS. I. o. O. F. BLOCK. J Office. 42. Phone - Residence. 9. IVErTUTCT: Biros. DENTISTS. N>w located ore, t < Cn> t*> prepared to do all work pel i hi* cjk , demal profession Gold Ohm. »-, , J. D. HALE dealer in Grain, Seed, Wool. Sait. 1 Coal, Lime, Fertilizers Elevators on the Chicago A Erie 1 „ ]t hLeaf railreads. Office and nu store, ri . east corner of becond and Jeff . , oT"Your sollciten. Capital $120,000. Establish’ 11 the 01l ADAMS COUNTY BAIK Decatur, Indiana. mages C°l' Does a general banking business. ‘ y pays lections in all parts of the i’oreiP 1 town, township and county 'j so |d. I®' and domestic exchange bought anu terest paid on time deposits- ... p. Stuue Officers—Tk.H. Niblick, Presfden j, Casb ier. baker, Yice President; R. | t and C. S. Niblick. Assistant Casbt