Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1901 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT IVIHY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW 0, ELLINOHAM. Publisher. »1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana ' as second-claN* mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY. NOV. 7. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT. We are authorized to announce the name of Fi.i as Keisfn as a CHudldate tor Recordei nt Adams county, subject to the decision nt the Democratic Primary Flection, to be held ai s time yet to be selected. Bayard Gray, one of the most popular Indiana editors, is notv sole owner of the Frankfort Crescent, having acquired the interest of his late partner, B. H. Borner. The Crescent is a valu able newspaper property. The Indiana republicans do not have a great deal of brotherly love for M. D. Foulke. the newlv elected member of the civil service commission. The grievance is that he voted for Cleveland. From this it would seem that they have troubles of their own. I Governor Dvrbin still refuses to ■ relinquish the Kentucky fugitives Tavlor and Finley, who are alleged i to l»e accomplices in the assassination 1 of Governor Goebel. In more than a column of newspaper space, he en- ’ deavors to defend himself, but most every one observant of the status of . affairs have reason to feel certain that < polities had more to do with it than '

anything else. There are two republican parties, one of sentiment and conviction, the other of opportunism and money. There is the party of Hanna and Platt and Quay, all wool and iron, and there is the j>arty of Roosevelt and Low, all gilt edged and goo-goo. Plenty of rocks ahead for both. The ship subsidy campaign debt-paving grab for one. Reciprocity, seeking to ride two horses, free trade and high tariff, around a ring hardly big enough for one. Henry Watterson. The Franklin banquet Tuesday evening was a feast that will be remembered by five hundred and fifteen Indiana democrats as long as the shades of time well permit them. That is the number seated in one spacious room partaking of the spiritual and intellectual blessings. It , was a feast that was a feast, and the toasts that followed rang wit eloquence and logic and captivated and inspired every democratic heart, j That old wheel horse and leader the Hon. Samuel M. Ralston liegan the toasts and the immortal Hendricks could not have said truer things or said them better. Such can also be said of the entire list of favorites upon the program. Each was a star and each was accorded an ovation I that at times fairly raised the roof, lhe banquet was a rousing, ringing success and the democrats of .Jot n-; son county are entertainers of the 1 highest order, and we bow our thanks 1 for favors received from the Hons, i Luther Short, L. Ert Slack and' others.

| Fall Stock Clothing Is now in, and we believe that we can truthfully say that we have as complete and thoroughly up to date a clothing stock as can be found in Adams county. Our stock consists of everything in the way of Men’s Overcoats, Men’s Suits, Youth’s Suits, Boy’s Knee Pant Suits. Reefers and Youth’s Overcoats. Our stock is carefully arranged to suit all, whether you want a low priced suit or garment, or something that is as stylish and neat fitting as a tailor made garment, we can accomodate you. We extend a cordial invi tation to all prospective clothing purchasers to call and inspect our new and complete stock M. Fullenkamp, GASS & MEYERS, Managers.

THE ELECTIONS. Not Huch Political Enthusiasm Manifested by Either Party. X X XXI X XXIXXX XiXIIIX X XX. XXit Low, fusionist, elected mavor H hos New York by 30,000. ’ £ h Ohio republican by over U h 50.000. h h Pennsylvania republican by a v plurality close around 50,000. £ Maryland democratic by a £ m small majority. £ Nebraska republican by a plu- ►' -d lality under 10,000. h h Massachusetts republican by H 3 over 60,000. £ Kentucky elected a democratic £ h legislature. £ 3 Virginia democratic br over £ 3 Sb.OOO. H h Rhode Island republican by a plurality around 5,000. £ Republicans showed gains in £ h town and city elections in Utah, h -a lowa republican by safe phi £ rality. £ Democrats elected their state ►- h ticket in Mississippi. £ ,it t ,, T , T T

With the exception of New York City the elections Tuesday were without interest. The vote cast for the candidates of both parties was materially less than the vote of two years ago. although the majorities remain alxnit the same with few exceptions. Maryland, which has been lost to the democrats for the past six years was redeemed and the Hon. Arthur Pue Gorman will most likey be elected to the United States senate, where he will distinguish himself as a

statesman as well as be of service in reuniting the democratic party. The , democrats in Ohio were divided and > their poor showing is the result of it. . The best thing that ever happened the ; democracy of New York as well as of > the whole country, was the defeat of . Tammany Hall in the New York Citv election. The obnoxious boss rule of Croker was decidedly distasteful to ■ the democratic party, and they showed 1 their patriotism by marking their disapproval in stamping out Crokerism. This will enable the New York democracy to reorganize and eradicate the evil odium of Tammany. In Pennsylvania. however, where corruption is at its zenith, and which is so rotten | that it stinks from MainetoCalifornia, I the Quay corruption was endorsed by | 1 that God and morality partv. the g. o. , 'p. But there is nothing but encouragement for the democratic party. I , The future reveals the fact that they I will be called upon to redeem the j country from the imperialistic anol hypocritical domination that has ad I vanced commercialism tor the states--1 manship of our fathers. Capt. Lemly usked 1.217 questions lin his cross-examination of Admiral i Schley. He began Monday morning ; and ended Wednesday afternoon. He covered all the ground from the formation of the flying squadron at Hamp ton Roads to the last letter of the Schley-Hodgson corespondence. which : took place after the war. Schley was ,on the stand eleven hours under the ! fire of Lemly’s questions. He was j calm and courteous throughout, but . toward the end he became very much i fatigued.

The new IndianapolisSentinelbuildmg is the handsomest, most complete and compact of any newspaper office in the country. It is a model of beauty, its equipment is modern and when Editor Morss gets settled down in his new home, he can certainly smoke his pipe of peace and lie the happiest man that ever presided over the destinies of a newspaper. It is saying much to pronounce it several shades in advance of any other met ropolitan newspaper, but the truth will out. It will occupy four floors, each of which is designed for its special purpose. The Sentinel is now a good newspaper, but in its new quarters it will spread out and become more influential, all of which will be appreciated by its supporters and well wishers, the democracy of Indiana.

Some of these days the revenue laws of this country may besosimplifiedas to make it possible to raise or lower the tariff to correspond with the requirements of the national treasury without attracting to the national capital a horde of lobbyists in the interest of affected industries. This could be made possible by a very simple process. Suppose the government needed five hundred million dollars a. year. Taking for a basis the volume of imports for the preceding year, a uniform tariff of say 25 percent could be imposed upon articles of import, much' in the same manner as ; Indiana now levies a tax upon commodities set forth in the tax list. Such j a system of levying import duties I would have many advantages over that now in vogue, especially in this that no favoritism would be shown any particular industry, in so far as protective features are involved. Hav ing passed the “'infant industry" stage, there is no longer any good reason why some industries should be protected by 50 percent duties, while others have to be satisfied with a 25 percent rate. South Bend Times. It is announced that the "mourning period" for the death of President McKinley terminated October 13. The flags which had flown from halfmast on every public building in the country were hoisted. This date, however, merely market! the termination of the "official’ - period of mourning. It would be useless for men and women, in this active and progressive world, to continually wear the badges of grief. Common sense has suggested that during a certain period such badges shall be worn and signs of grief displayed; but the world moves on and it is necessary that after a time the public shall abandon the formal indications of its sorrow in order that it mav devote its energy to the activities of real life. More than thirtv-six years have elapsed since Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. More than twenty years have elapsed since James A. Garfield was assassinated. And vet the "mourning period” in the hearts of the American people a people devoted to the institutions of | their country, a people naturally tender and sympathetic, a people who believe that any government is better than no government, but whose lives, whose fortunes and who«« sacred honor are dedicated to the theory that the republican form is the best form of government in the hearts of these people the "mourning period” for the untimely death of Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield has never been terminated. So in the case of William MeKiulev. (October 13 marks the termination of the "official mourning period. - ’ but the "mourning period” for President McKinley will be interminable. This is true, not solely because of his many excellent traits of character, but because the assassination of a president of a republic, dedicated under God to free dom. leaves a scar upon the heart of every partriotic citizen that even time with all its power cannot efface. That is tnie because an assault upon the life of a head of a republic is an assault upon the humblest citizen of whom the president is the represents tive. Among thoughtful men and women it will always be a matter of keen regret, apart ' from individual considerations, that within one gen eration in this land of freedom three presidents have fallen victims of assassination. The Commoner.

ine following confession of a novelist as to the method In which be wrote one of bls books is not without interest. He had had the story outlined In his notebook for a long time and ought to have been able to write it, but did not feel able. Then one day he happened to think of it again and saw. almost as If it had been a stage scene, the little tableau with which the book was to close—one of those ends which are also a beginning. So be liegan to work and in a short time had completed the first three chapters. Then, for no reason that he can give, there was a jump and he wrote the chapters which are now numbered XXI and XXII. the last in the book. Then he went back and wrote straight on from IV to XVII. Tbs story had lieen with him fin long that It was the easiest thing In the world to write it, and so he got through this part of the work with remarkable celerity. In the eighteenth chapter nothing happens. Every day fur a fortnight he rose, breakfasted and tried to write that chapter; every night be tore up a big pile of manuscript which he knew to be hopelessly bad. Then he got desperate. The chapter should be written and should stand, whether good or bad. He wrote It and left the house because It was bad and be had resolved not to tear It up. Next day be wrote chapter XIX. and on the morrow he rewrote chapter Will and somehow or other contrived to get into it all that lie had failed to get before. Then be wrote chapter XX. mid the book was computed. -Uxdou I’u:-t.

ANCIENT UMBRELLAS THEY FIGURED IN CHURCHES IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN DAYS. W hen Adopted by the Public, They Seem to Have Ueen I tillzed Solely as Sun Protectors—Once nn Attribute of Dignity. In the early Christian churches a large umbrella usually bung over the priest, and it is said thnt from this custom it became one of the attributes of cardinals appointed from basilican churches. For years the doges of Venice carried umbrellas of state, and in 1288 Pope Alexander 111. declared that these should be surmounted by golden statuettes of the annunciation. Michael Morosiui was the first Venetian layman to carry an umbrella, which consisted of a small, flat square of green stuff, over which was a copp»er spiral. Soon after the umbrella was adopted by fashionable Venetian dames. According to Coryat's "Crudities” (16111. the Italian umbrella was a small canopy and was made of leather extended by a series of wooden hoops. He says umbrellas were used by horsemen, who. resting the handles en the thigh as they rode, bore them so that they should "minister shadow unto them for shelter against the scorching sun.” In the Harleian manuscripts, now in the British museum, there is in manuscript No. 603 a crude illustration showing the figure of a yoeman holding an umbrella over his lord, which leads me to infer that umbrellas were known in England even In the early Anglo-Saxon period. Beck, as quoted in the Draper's Dictionary. asserts that at the time that Stephen usurped the crown of England (twelfth century) umbrellas were in common use among the English. The first mention of the umbrella in English literature is in Florio's "World of Wonders” (1598'. where it is described as a “kind of round fan or shadowing that they use to ride with in summer in Italy: a little shade.” In 1656 an. umbrella was exhibited in the "Museum Tradesman tin num; or. Collection of Rarities Preserved at South Lambeth. Near London, by John Tradescant.” which was known as "one of the wonders of the ark.” In the ctiurcli of Cartmell, in Lancashire. England, there was preserved until a few years ago an umbrella said to be over 300 years old. which was used chiefly to protect the host.

References to the umbrella are to be found also in Blount's “Glossograpbia” (1'574) and Phillips’ "New Worlde of Words” (1678>. In the first the reference reads: "Cmbrello, a fashion of round and broad fans, wherewith the Indians (and from them our great ones) preserve themselves from the heat of the sun, and hence any little shadow, fan or other thing wherewith the women guard their faces from the sun.” The second runs: “Umbrello. a screen against the sun’s heat, used chiefly by the Spaniards.among whom it is known by the name quitasole.” The imaginative Dean Swift in the “Tale of a Tub” (1690) depicts Jack, an ever resourceful type, making use of a parchment copy of his father’s will as a nightcap when he went to bed and as an umbrella in rainy weather. Did the worthy Hanway take his cue from this or from Kersey,according to whom the umbrella was a “broad fan or screen commonly used by women to shelter them from rain?” The last reference. made in 1700, is the first mention of it as a protector from the rain. Later Bailey, who in his dictionary (1737) called It a parasol, defined It as "a sort of small canopy to keep off the rain.” Small, light umbrellas came into fashion among the ladies of the French court in 1675, and these were carried by attendants. Richelet tells us that they were made of oilcloth or leather and had ribs of whalebone. A century later they found favor with the men, who carried red umbrellas, with edges fringed with gold lace. The precise date when Jonas Hanway. who died in 1786, Introduced the umbrella into England Is not recorded in any of the encyclopedias I have at hand, but they all state that he was popularly known as its Introducer. With the Dutch, as with the Indian grandees, the umbrella wns first an attribute of dignity, ami well it might be, for the prices paid for them at The Hague in 1050 ranged from $75 to $l2O each. The Dutch colonists who settled at the Cape of Good Hope were not slow to insist on preserving the dignity of the umbrella, for Ryk van Tulbagli, governor of Cape Colony In 1752, ena'ted that "No one less In rank than a junior merchant or those among the citizens of equal rank, and the wives and daughters only of those who are or have l»een members of any council shall venture to use umbrellas, and those who are less In rank than merchants shall not enjer the castle in fine weather with an open umbrella.”— Frank H. Vlzetelly In New York Times. A Nonaolfer'a Opinion ot Golf. Imagine a great fat creature who ought to wear a turban and a long black robe to bide his grossness whacking a little white ball for miles and miles with a perfect surgery of Instruments. whacking it either with a babyish solemnity or a childish rage, as hick may have decided, and Incidentally training an innocent eyed little boy to swear and be a tip hunting loafer. That’s golf.-H. T. W. Wells in Pearson's Magazine. To the Beat of Iler Knowledtte. A Indy wns looking for her husband and Inquired anxiously of a housemaid. “Do you happen to know anything of your master's whereabouts?” “I’m n«t sure, mum." replied the '’Stic, “but I think they’re in the wash.”—Pathfinder.

A JACK-OE-ALL-TRADES. jtffl il J BSh' ; • -5■ u 'F JACK OF all TRADES’ fik | maoe av • J i FAIRBANKS MOfftEAC? (I M * F ... . jfc. - ... a W I pump water, shell corn, saw wood, grind feed, churn butter, run sewing machines, and am handy for a hundred other jobs, in the house or on the farm. [ can work 24 hours every day. Weather does not affect my work, hot or cold, wet or dry, wind or calm, it is all the same to me. I have the strength of 15 men. It costs nothing to keep me when not working. It costs between one and two cents per hour when 1 work. I can pump 600 gallons of water per hour. You have just to start me and I will do the rest. Call and see me working at IT MAY SEEM TOO WARM TO TALK OF WARM SHOES, But we are selling some of them every day, and may be you will want a paii soon 1 Obi 1 We have the old reliable Utz & Dunn kind. The kind that you get your money’s worth or a new pair. We have warm lined shoes with cloth or leather tops, from 75c up, and your money back if you are not satisfied VOGLEWEDE BROTHERS Ct THE SHOE SELLERS. ■<

A Born .Musical Genins. Joshua Straw—Our boy Silas is po-n’ t' be a tnusisbun. er I miss my guess. Mrs. Straw—Dew tell! Joshua Straw—Yes. sirev! Yon jes' ort t see him prick up his ears when be hears you blow the dinner born.— Columbus ;O.) State Journal. uiu i.any—Now, little’boys, ’can any of you tel! me what commandment Adnin broke when be ate the forbidden fruit? Tommy—Piet -e. ma’am, there wasn't any commandments then,—San Francisco Chronicle. “Where there's a will there’s away,” which is just as likely to be the wrong one as the right.—Pittsburg Dispatch. JJANK STATEMENT. Report of the condition of The Old Adams Countv Bink at Decatur. Indiana, in the State Indiana, at the close of business on Oct. JI. iVOI, HBSOCRCES. Doans and discounts. 9599,154 51 S,’l 9 W.OOO «> Slocks, bonds and mortgager . 115.96 S 40 Banking house «.XM Furniture and fixture* B*4l K’ Current expense i ma Io Interest laud, 11(0 01 Premiums on bonds m Ji Other real estate 5 MO IKi Cash and cash Items n.soo to Due from banks a bankers, 107,918 ») 145,519 39 Tot «l fs'B.lC’Tss LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In 9120.000 00 f. urr >iu» fund 11.00000 I ndlvlded profits .. io*« 57 vxebange and interest s.(EI ftl Dividends I opaid l.rtm 00 K<'nt 90(0 IndJ deposits on time 240.381:17 Ind'l deposits on demand. 439.510 9S-489J01 70 To,al U State of Indiana. County of Adams, as: .!• Allison, Cashier of The Old Adams County Bunk. doeolemUy swear that the above statement Is true. R. K. Allison. Cashier. Subycritied and swnrn to before me. this t>th dur of November. 1901. Je-aa C. Sitton. Notary Putdl-. Coin exp its Jan 4, Vk.4.

Corning, Ohio. November sth. 1900 Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello. 11lWhile visiting in Taylorsville 111.. I came across your Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Have used two and one half bottles and it has done me more good than all the medicine I have used for two years. Please let me know if you will send me three or four bottles and what it will cost to send it to Corning, Perry county, Ohio, and oblige. Mrs. Sarah A. McCracken. Sold by Si’ itb, Yager & Falk.

FOR GOOD HOMEMADE BLANKETS GO TO THE NEW FAIR STORE AND SAVE MONEY. .