Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1903 — Page 7

1 lIDB. CANADA | If Op/itha!mic Specialist. V HI limited to the I ■ I 7 onti-rye. BU-s.-s ■ ■ I V . r.uu. wilh ■ am 1 " m- fmiettonal symptoms: ■ HI I '/ j'uii'no'c ' ision ami for of ■ ■9 1 due to age. ■ 11== B I Dr. ( overdale’s office, at B B I Decatur. Ind., m B| 1 first Tuesday each mouth

H , mg new case was filed Monday H morning by attorney Lutz, the .ime being a partition suit uv^ ■ estate of ( buries Fuhrruan ami ■ utitled Sophia K. Hudnet and ■ cura Bailey vs Margaret Reppert, ■ \[ a ry Look, Sarah Jackson and B Lydia L Foreman. The writ was B bade returnable January 8 fur all B defendants excepting Margaret B Beppert who lives in Oklahoma B ~t ui for two the return will be made B February 23. H The North Indiana conference of B Methi (.list Gpiacopal church has B Vgun a systematic fight against B me seating of Heed Smoot, United B states senator from Utah. Mrs. Hi L H. Runyan of Richmond, a H member of the national organiza B ■ in of the (’hristian Woman's MisB v'nary society and the recording B scretary of organization in the B Morth Indiana conference, has sent B m all missionary societies blank B petitions asking the senate not to B -fat the Mormon senator. She is B dso urging tho societies in each city B ' rl ‘l town of the conference to in.""t H ;iml take formal action by passing B —1 at ions and urging • oitizentTTu 9 -ign the petitions which are to be B a-warded to Washington us fast |H us prepared.

Mr. and Mrs. Clark J. Lutz and daughter Jean, arrived home Sunday evening over the Clover Leaf and were greeted warmly by their friends. Mrs. Lutz is in a rather serious condition und it required the assstance of Mr. Lutz and the brakeman to assist her to a carriage. She is bruised considerably and it is feared her right limb is fractured, at least is seriously bruised and there is danger of an »bee9B forming. Mr. Lutz is pruct tioally unhurt but, Jean is bruised : terribly, though not so severely as Mrs. Lutz. The attorney was in i it s office next morning and told the j »tory of the wreck as follows: "We were enroute to Lafayette to Tend the day with friends and left '■ here early in the morning feeling bin high spirits. At Green town we g d out of the coach we were in and boarded the dining ear where we ate breakfast. We had just tinished and I had stepped into the smokI ing apartment for an after breakI last cigar, leaving Mrs. Lutz and 1 h'an in the dining ear. A miniute after a brakeman who was also n the smoker cried • Brace yourself t boys, we’re in for it.’’ He had seen | the'Pan Handle engine coming •and knew it couldn't stop. Instantly the jar came and every one was thrown over against the wall. The j [ ear was knocked "oil “t he "rear axle, j went a few feet und toppled over. Screams came from tlie dining ear I and I was paralyzed with fear for Imy wife and daughter. The brakeman remained cool however, climbed to the top of the car, unfastened the window und crawled oat,helped us, three other men out. We went to tlio middle of the ear, unfastened a window and I looked in. I was relieved to see Mrs. Lutz and Jean standing up,'looking rather disordered, with their hair hanging down. We proceeded to help the I> sople out. working fast for fear of tire, and within a few moments had taken out thirty live men. women and chiildron. No one was badly hurt, a miraculous thing as there were uian.v babies and children aboard. We finally got down and proceeded to the depot, on the way Mrs. Lutz became very sick, and when we arrived at the station sank into unconsciousness, bdie recovered after medical aid arrived and we proceeded to Lafayette. She has not been well since however through we anticipate no serious results. No one knows how terrible such an ex i porience is unless he has gone j through it.” The wreck was no doubt the fault of the of j the Pan Handle switch engine.

| T) ■ Washington school, four and one half, miles south west of The city gives a box sooal BndfmtertainmeU'i at too school house on ] S.ifcuri day, Jan. 2, , for thejbonefit of the 11 library fund. I Mr. and Mrs. Wash (iilpen' en* tertained a number of thier friTnTu II at dinner Sunday noon at“ tlieir home on Tenth Street and a delightful time is reported. Among ' the guests were Mr. amUMrs/OT Hines and Mrs. Rosenwinkle of Fort Wayne, Dr. C. T. Rumour and Mrs. Dr. Andrews of this city. The ' dinner was delicious and y the occasion happy. The Methodist church was crowded Sunday night to hear the Rev. . G. Hunter Myers deliver on/of*his , 1 cliaraeteristic and interesting ser- , mons. He acquitted himself with a , I great deal of credit and and caused nis many triends here to renew their faith in his ability as a pastor and pulpit orator. He was self possessed throughout, and gave evii dence of being a great bible student, and of having a thorough knowledge and training in expressing bis thoughts and in making himself understood. Decatur is very proud of Rev. Myers. He is a young minister, but it can eas ly be seen that such übiiity and polish i will soon be recognized by the Bishop and others in charge of this conference district, and that soon he will he filling somo of the best appointments. He has the gift and other attainments and with a fewmore years experience in tho pulpit ho is bound to shine with the best of them. Ho is now located at the Taylor University at Upland, wliero he is making a mark for himself in the ministry. VA dispatch from Portland says: Friends of Elmer J. Burkett.’*"!ormerly of this city, have received word from San Francisco army officials to the effect that Burkett is now confined on a lonely leper's island in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Burkett enlisted in the regular army from thifi city about three years ago. Friends here received letters from him regularly until about one year ago. Thinking that perhaps Burkett had been killed in tho Phillippines, to which place he had been stmt, friends here started an investigation. A few days ago word was received from San Franeiso telling of his at tack of leprosy and subsequent banishment to the lepers’ island. Burkett was a member of a prominent family living in southern Adams county, but owing toxins early sowing of wild oats’jhad “been driven from home by his father. He came to this part of the country and en-| gaged as an oil worker. When not drinking ho was a very pleasant companion. In the Philippines he became ill from fever, and it was feared he could not recover. But he gained a portion of his former health and was hopeful of returning to the states to visit once more his aged mother. Tho quarrel with his father had been smoothed over by his mother’s pleadings and Burkett eagerly anticipated the time when he would see his old mother again. When called the medical headquarters to be examined for the necessary passports,the horror of himself and friends at finding that he was a victim of leprosy. It came near deranging his mind. With but tew preliminary ceremonies young Burkett was hurried off to the leper colony, where he has been confined for nearly a year.

CHANGE OF TIME. As mentioned in the [Democrat a decided change of time took place cn the Chicago and Edo Sunday. Two passenger trains one each way have been taken off “and the time of nearly every train has been changed. No. 14 which heretofore was an express train now carries passengers. Nos. ten east, due here at 9:55 and nine west due here at 2:55 a. m. are ofl. Under the new schedule the time will he as follows: WEST BOUND. No. 3. 12:44 noon - No. 13 • 3:4:5 p - 51 • No. 7 3:00 A. M. No. 21 10:10 A.M. east bound. No. 4 p »■ No. 14 ..... «:a0 PM . No. s 2:4:4 A. M. No. 22 fi:sß A. M. On next Saturday. January 2 and on this date only train No. 13 will run lwtween Marion and Chicago and No. 11 will run on the Lima divison. ;

SIAMESE BELIEFS. Somr IV.uliar Notion* „f „ very SaperKtitlouM People. lUe Siamese are a very superstition 9 people," .says Ernest Young, author of the "Kingdom of the Yellow Uule.’ “llioy have many peculiar explana tions of natural phenomena. Thunder, tor instance, is ‘the sky crying! Thin believe that in the realms above is a horrible giant, whose wife lias a violent and uncertain temper. When they quar Pel tile echo of his voice comes in long, rolling notes from the clouds, if lie is very angry lie throws his hateliet at his unruly spouse, and when this pen derous weapon strikes the lloor of heaven hie thunderbolt fails through and comes to earth. '‘Falling stars are accounted for by tlie filet that tile angels occasionally indulge in torch throwing at one another. W lieu these same beings all insist upon getting into the hath at once the wat*.- splashes over the side, and ii rains. The winds that sigli in the night are the voices of babies tii.it have lost tlieir way in their travels to the land beyond the grove. "When a Siamese dies lie is not buried, but his corpse, fully dressed and then wrapped in a winding sheet, is placed in a sitling posture ip a copper urn. A tube is placed in his mouth, and through this a mixture of qulcksilrei and honey is poured into the body, in this way it is kept for a long time, often for years. Eventually it is burned, and the ashes are carefully preserved. The souls of those whose bones at least are not burned are supposed to become slaves of a horrid taskmaster with a head like a dog. a human body, and the temper of a tiend. He sits for ull time with his feet in the tires of hell, and it is the duty of his slaves to keep these fires from growing too hot. To do tin's they must carry water in open wicker baskets through all eternity. - ’ ENGINE ROOM HEROES. Wonderful and Perilous Keats Thai Are Performed at Sea. Nobody who lias not been to sea can imagine all the things that can happen to a ship’s machinery nor properly estimate the cleverness and Ingenuity used up in repairs, /he youth who leaves his shop full of wonderful and costly machines lias another complete eduea tion waiting for him at sen in the wonderful tilings that can be accomplished in time with a plain, ordinary hammer and chisel, a rather wornotit file and u great, deal of ingenuity. I should like to have been aboard that steamer disabled in the Ked sea where they tool; a boat davit, straightened it out in a rivet forge, made a new holler feed puuip piston rotl out of it and went on again, or, hotter still, on the ship that lost a propeller and the end of her tail shaft of" the west coast of Africa, to replace which they were obliged (o move her cargo, pump her forward compartments full to sink her bow aid raise her stern out of water, drag the broken shaft, several tons in weight, out through the long alley (too low and cramped to stand up ini. plug up the nolc behind it, drag in tlu span stiaft and couple it up and lower the now propeller down over the stern, ah while sin l kicked and wallowed in ;

heavy sea. ami linally bail to lower tin chief engineer over after the propellet where he sal tied to a flimsy staging making all fast and secure while the I vessel jounced him tip and down in the sea til! lse hied tit the nose and ears and the crew kept the sharks at hay with pistols and boat hooks to prevent them from eating him up before lie fin. ished the job. That was seventy-two hours in which the voting and aspiring engineer,might learn a hast of valuable and interesting things. — Benjamin Brooks in Scribner's. Mini liestorffl. There is a certain lady who is cddieted very strongly to the art of male ing tip. What she does exactly is a mystery to till but herself and her maid, but the effect is precisely as if she had a thick coat of enamel or lacquer till over her face. A good deal of discussion hits ensued as to whether tiiis is renewed every day after ablutions. On this point a dear friend of hers observed: ‘Of course not. The expense would he enormous. Depend on it when she wants to wash she goes to some place where they clean old pictures.”—London Taller. XnturHl Wonder*. “Why is a river the greatest freak of nature?” “Didn't know it was. Why is it?” ‘‘A river has a head, hut no feet. Its mouth is where its feet ought to be.” “Pretty good. A mountain is somewhat freakish also. We have all seen the foot of a mountain, but we never heard of a mountain’s head.” “That’s so. Still it must have a head, for it has oars.” “Has ears? How's that?” “Certainly. Did you never see a mountaineer?”—Kansas City Journal. WailfnK Time. Mrs. Feodum— Why do you move so lazily? Don't you know that time and tide wait for no man? Tattered Tucker—Dat may he all right about tide, lady: but I'm afeared dere's a bunch o’ time waitin’ for me do next time I git jugged. Kansas City Journal. Bravery. “Tim spoke very admiringly of that man’s courage.” “Yes,” “But he was never a soldier or a fireman or a policeman.” "No. but he eats mushrooms that he has gathered himself.”- Exchange. Ideas an- the result of thought, and tsarh new idea marks an epoch in the sw-ial and industrial advancement of the world —Maxwell’s Talisman.

A FLIGHT FROM RUSSIA/ Wli*tTrnnr«OD'M l-'nllH-r Kiint limit Kmpcror f'uul'* Ixiiomlnntiou. Shortly after the assassination of Emperor l'aul of llu-sia Tennyson, tic* fattier of the dined wilh Lord St. Helens, tlie British ambassador, in Moscow. Several Russian oilh- .s of high rank whose names lie did not know wtu also guests. Daring di mer a guarded reference was made to the emperor’s death. "Why do you speak so gingerly about a matter so notorious’.'" cried Tennyson impulsively, leaning across his neighbor, a Russian whose breast was covered with orders. “Wo know very well in England that fie* Emperor l’aul was murdered. Count Zuhofl* knocked him down, and lienningson and Count i’alilen strangled him.” There was a strained silence; then the ambassador abruptly changed the subject. As the guests filed out into an adjoining room Lord St. Helens drew Tennyson aside. "Don’t go into the next room,” lie whispered, "but Uy for your life. Tlie man next you, across whose breast you leaned, was Count I’ahleu. and Zobolf was also at tlie table.” He gave a few hurried directions, and Tennyson cashed off, threw his clothes Into a portmanteau and fled behind fast horses to Odessa, still in evening garb, though the cold was intense. Ho lay hidden for weeks and at last. In the disguise of a servant, was smuggled on board an English frigate. A Kim! Action. When you rise in the morning form a resolution to make the day a happy one to a fellow creature, says Sydney Smith. It is easily done—a left off garment to the man who needs it, a kind word to tlie sorrowful, an encouraging expression to tlie striving. T.tfies in themselves as light as air will (to it, at least for tlu? twenty-four hours, and if you are young depend upon it it will tell when you are old. and if you are old it will send you gently and happily down the stream of time to eternity, lly the most simple arithmetical sum look at the result—you send one person, only one, happily through the day; that is 36b during the course of tlie year. And supiwse you live only forty years after you commence that kind of medicine you have made 14.600 beings happy, at all events fora time. Now, is not this simple? It Is too short for a sermon, too homely for ethics, too easily accomplished for you to say, "I would if 1 could. ’’ l- ort’Kl* mid llumnn \ Unlifr, One lias but to look back through history to see how closely related is tb < forest to human vitality. It was in tho forests of Thessaly that the early Greeks received tlieir energy that later flowered into genius, it was the forest dwellers of Germany that conquered decadent Rome and later gave to Spain tlie vigor that swept back tlie Moor and brought under her flag almost tlie whole known world. But today what is Greece, what is Italy, what is Spain? They have been stripped of tlieir forests, those nurseries of vigor, and tlieir decay has set in. Everywhere the law holds good. D is in tlie forest that tlie manhood is nourished which builds up great civilizations. But cities arise, trees are swept away, and the inevitable decline sets in. Forests once destroyed cannot return, and over all t ie sites of ancient civilization are blowing tlie desert sands. -Arthur Goodby in New York Times. S«*rv:i iiln In Sofia. “Twice a year, on April 23 and Oct £6." writes a young Bulgarian woman Living in Sofia, "our streets are full of servants, and people bargain with them for service. During tlie winter season they are very cheap, as the peasants send all tlieir girls to the city to be hired, they having no work for them at home. The price paid differs, tine can get a girl for her board, or pay np to 20 lusor (-■>4) a month for one who cooks, washes and irons. Girls are often thankful to enter a good family sot their l onrd. For the men there is very little work, and the papers are full of suicides on account, during the dttli seasons of starvation."

The Cand Irtish of I’iißPt Sound. Very queer fish are caught in the waters of I’tiget sound. One kind is called the candlelish. It is dried and packed in boxes like candles. We are told tli« fishermen use them to light their homes and that at one time all the bouts on the sound used them instead of sperm oil lamps. By putting the heads of the fish downward in a candlestick and lighting tlie tail, which, in conjunction with tlie backbone, acts as a wick, it burns like a candle. They cat this fish, and when cooking it is so fat it fries Itself. An Vnelent Work on AimlliiK. The greatest work of antiquity on angling is said to lx* the “Halleutica " of Oppiitn, a Greek poet who llonrislied in the time ol' .Serems. A. I). lt*B. from which we learn that many artifices in fishing thought to lie modern were known to ancients. We also learn from Atheneus that several other writ ers had written treatises or poems on fishing some centuries 1)"lore the Gkris tian era. Hl* “Turnout.'’ Clerkley—lsn't tills earlier than your usual time for going home? Barkley—Yes. but my wife said if I came out by tlie 3:45 she'd mett .tie with the carriage. “I didn't know you kept a horse and carriage.” “Er—er—it’s a baby and carriage.” J :xr>lfclt. Van Quizz— Whore does young Cliipston work? Fitz-Bile in a wholesale grocery concern. Van Quizz- I know, but for whom? Fitz-Bile—Oh, for a gambling house. —New Orleans Times Democrat,

MARRIAGE LAWS ABROAD. Uo'v Ilr«vifli of Front Imo Case* Are Aver fed In lliumarr, "There are many curious and interesting tacts regarding the marriage and divorce laws of foreign countries," said R. .i. Brown, who recently returned from a trip abroad, where he made a study of tlie question. "Breaches of promise are averted in Hungary by. an express declaration of the civil marriage act that the relations created bv a betrothal do not give the * right to command tlie conclusion of a marriage, but if either party withdraws from an engagement without just reasons lie or she is bound to grant compensation to the extent of tlie outlay incurred. Divorce in the leg! is!) sense does not exist, but the courts can decree the personal separation at a married couple without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. “A carious law prevailing in France provides that before being married children of a family, although over age. shall seek in res]>eclfill and formal terms tlie advice of tlieir father and mother, it makes tio difference, however, whether the consent of parents is given, for the couple C'‘u lie married a month after under any circumstances. This is also the case in the Netherlands. A divorce further entities the innocent party to recover all the presents lie or she may have made. "According to the constitution of tlie Netherlands, the civil marriage must always precede the religious ceremony. The latter, indeed, is left entirely to the conscience of the parties concerned. There is also a law providing that no man or woman under thirty can marry without the consent of parents. If the consent be refused, the couple have to appear before a judge, who advises them as lie thinks best. “Many countries have now abolished all marriage fees. This is the case in Norway, while in tlie Netherlands certain days in the week are set apart when persons may lie married without payment.”—lndianapolis News. BENTON AND BARNUM. How (lie Showman (lot a free Ad. From the Statesman. James G. Blaine said that after Fremont became famous as a pathfiudei Benton, who had opposed liis marriage with his daughter Jessie, became reconciled with his son-in-law and took great pride in ids achievements as a western explorer. The square on the southern side of Pennsylvania avenue, now occupied by Center market, was then used as a show ground for circuses and other peripatetic exhibitions. About this time P. T. Barnum was beginning his career as a showman, and as Colonel Bentou was walking down Pennsylvania avenue opposite this show ground he was attracted by the words “John C. Fremont" uttered iu a loud voice by a showman standing at tlie door of a small tout, in front of which was a garish caricature of a nondescript animal supposed to represent the "woolly horse" discovered by Fremont in tlie recesses of tlie Rocky mountains. Benton stalked across the avenue and listened with great disgust to the statement by Barnum. who was his own doorkeeper and solicitor, that inside tlie tent could lie found tlie greatest natural curiosity in the world, "tinwoolly horse captured by General Fremont and now on exhibition!" Benton denounced Barnum as an ini poster and denied that his son-in-law had discovered any such animal. Barnaul. who did not know Benton, told him flippantly to pay his quarter and go into tlie show or make less noise whereupon the indignant statesman called upon the police to arrest Bar iitun. and a large crowd assembled to witness the extraordinary scene. Tlie police refused to interfere, and Barnum received a tree advertisement, much to his gratification and profit.- George G. Vest iu Philadelphia Post. A Problem For (lie Holland Traveler. 11l passing through the narrow, crook- 1 ed little streets of Been warden l j chanced upon a sign that held, my attention ami compelled thought. It read, i "1,, v. d. Zwaan, Morgen XYekkcr." i This is faultless Dutch for Morning | Maker, and it signifies that I. v. d Zwaan will, for a paltry sum. leave liis bed in the frosty hours of early morning and. putting sweet sleep behind him, arouse his slumberous clients. Truly, a worthy calling! Yet. tell me, you who are versed in occult tilings, who or what in this somnolent land wakes the morgen wekker? —Edward Pen field in Scribner’s. Ill* \ d vice. “Yftl’re neglecting your business,’ 1 the old man declared. “I admit it." the young man replied frankly. "The fact is. I’m engaged, and naturally the girl gets my time and thoughts.’’ “For heaven's sake, marry her,” advised the old man. "Then you I', have no trouble keeping away from her.”— Chicago Post. Mas i*tlr». "What do statistics show?" inquired the man who was warming up to his subject. “As a rule.” answered the man who is always doubt fill, “they don't show much except patience and industry ou the part of the man who collected them.”—Washington Star. Kvpii WomP. “I cannot sinj; tlw old songs,” warbled tlie young woman at tip* piano. . But ’his was -111(111 relief, for tlie new ones she sang were even worse. Chicago Tribune. Don’t judge a man by bis failures in life, for many a man fails because lie I* too honest to su me- d.

WORKING OFF A GROUCH. The Olieriigloii* Ik <i ( urloll* I'limhO «i( llumitti Nature. John was grime; y and cross and found fault with his dinkier. His wife surveyed him calmly, "I know there is some reason for your your what shall l call it; Well, i for your unhappy frame of mind." -lie ! said "Probably tiling's i.ave gone ! wrong at the ollioc. but why (should ; you collie lining to work on your linger | en me? I'm got to blame in the slightest. It's a curious trait of huicaii nature tiiat when one lias been whipped lie at once wants to turn around and whip Somebody else." "i suppose that trait was left out of your nature,” remarked John sarcastically. "No. indeed," replied his wife. "When things go wrong in tile kitchen I am rather inclined to scold the children, if yon reprimand me for extravagance, my impulse is lo fuss wilh tlie first person I meet, if I have been out calling and return home late to dinner. I feel very iniicli inclined to rate yon for coming home so early. I’ve watched this same trail iu the' children. When l scold Alice, she always finds occasion to shake Maud on tlie sly. If you spank Jim, lie generally goes out and makes faces at tlie little girl across the way. If the children couie home from school- saying ‘teacher was awful cross today,’ I jump to the conclusion that Hie principal had been criticising the teacher. If you tell roe I'm not economical, l know you have just suf sered from a slump in the stock market. and I suppose after you and t have had a liltle heated discussion you go down to the office and make tilings unpleasant for the clerks." "To be frank with you, Mary.” said John. "1 do not often find you guilty of working off a grouch on me. Tell me what yon do instead.” Mary smiled demurely. "I wait until you go out of the house; then 1 run for my room, look the door, throw myself on the couch, burrow my head in the pillow and have a good cry New Public Sale. The undersigned will offer at public sale on the Stoops farm, 2 1-2 miles south east of Decatur, Tuesday Jan, sth. 1904, the following to-wit: Two work mares, one 4 year old Belgium brood mare, one 7 year old brood maro in foal, 4 tniloh cows, 1 fresh Feb. 9,1 March -4, and 2 were fresh late in fall, and again July 20, 1904, seven full blood Duroc brood sows, farrow iu March and April 1, in Feb. 1, Poland China, March 28; 3 Duroc Sows for breeders, weigh ing about 100 pounds, 9 shouts about 130 pounds, 6 sboats about 40 poundsl, 3 pigs about 7 weeks old, 1 full blood Durcc bear, l.’i Sropshire ewes, corni in shock, nd fodder in field. One new Harrison wagon, 1 rubber tire top buggy, 1 breaking plow, 1 spike tootli harrow, 1 spring tooth harrow, one 2 horse corn plow. I double shovel corn plow, l set work harness 1 set buggy harness and other articles. Terms of Sale: All sums under $5 cash in hand, over $5 a credit of 9 months will be given purchaser, giving note with approval security to the satisfaction of undersigned and bearing interest at rate of 8 percent, after maturity. A discount will be given on all notes jmid cash, of 6 percent, annual discount. J. H. Fairchild O. Hurrnff. Fred Reppert, Auctioneer. 30tid6

ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. 'Phones Office, 1(54; residence, 24fi The Great Spread for Daily Bread. \K§ro\ CORN SYRUP At grocers, 10c, 25e, M)c tins. CORN PRODUCTS CO New York and Chicago $250.000. $250,0cx) to loan on improved farms at lowest rate of interest, we can place your loan at a lower rate of interest and less expense than any otrher Agencv in the city. The Decatur Abstract & Loan Company. Rooms Baud 4. Studabaker Block.