Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1904 — Page 7

— how shot is made. 1., which Man Cannot Imr<iif *** «° e prove on Nature. . ni d vou know the method of making J has never changed? No? Well, ,b fac t" said the shot maker. “Hun ” Is of years ago shot was made in r the same way it is made now. strange, doesn't it, that with all improvements in other lines none ‘ been made in this? Ob, yes, plen- ““ f men have tried to find some bet ° - nv but they all have had to give ’f"l go bark to the old shot tovs- - They wanted to get rid of the high tower, for that is the most expensive oart of 1!u ’ plant. •■You know, shot is made by pouring melted composition of lead and ar- ' ; c through a screen or from a big I die ‘.v itb serrated edge at the top of he tower and letting It fall into a tank '• watP r. The drops of lead get perLt!'- round on their way down just ate raindrops, and by the time they reach the water they are cold enough they do not flatten out when they atrike- Then the water finishes the cooling process. -They have tried dropping the lead through a big tube, with a blast of cold a ir against the outside, ana they have tried dropping it through glycerin, but none of these ways seems to work. Why can’t they improve on it? Well. I suppose because the fellow who started making shot found the right way. Its just following the course that Nature takes in making hail, and I don't suppose they can beat her at her own THE SAMOYEDS, x Mongolian Hace That Sometimes Reiorta to Caunibnlinm. Samoyeds, a race of Mongolians Inhabiting the shores of the arctic ocean, maintain themselves by hunting and fishing. They make use of the same implements in bone and stone, besides cherishing the same superstitions, as were current in the stone age among the inhabitants of western Europe. They clothe themselves in reindeer skins. In tine weather they wear the hair outside, and when it is wet the tunic is reversed. This interesting race is gradually dying out owing partly to the scourge of smallpox which makea ravages among them and also to thetr fondness for raw spirits, which leads them to degradation and misery, as the Russian merchants take advantage of this to cheat them when bartering for valuable skins and walrus teeth. In fact, to such an extent do these traders dupe them that the Samoyeds sometimes are reduced to a state of famin# and have recourse to cannibalism. This seems to account for the name Samoyed, which was given them by th* Russians and which signifies in their language self eating. Every year In mid-Ix-nt these queer looking people travel down in their reindeer sledges from Archangel to St. Petersburg and take up their abode temporarily on the frozen river Neva, where they build themselves circular huts composed of a framework of poles, over which are stretched reindeer skins. Here they traffic for the products of civilization. Remedy For a Cold. “We desire a remedy for a cold.” says the Baltimore News, "and for the Information of those who may make suggestions we mention that we have already taken the following: Quinine, rock and rye, lemon hot, hot toddy, Irish moss tea, beef tea in quantities, hot milk, mustard plaster (externally), mustard plaster (infernally), hot water bag, steam bath, hot irons, X's mixture. bronchial troches, hot baths ad infinitum, flaxseed, nausea, all the ten minute remedies, Stickem's corn cure. Bump's sure cure for hog cholera, Dover's powders and two different prescriptions of unknown character. “We will be genuinely obliged for a lo»g list of other things to take. B —We have also taken a fresh cold.” Gordon at Gettysbnrtr. Major Robert Stiles, author of “Four Years Under Marse Ruber’,” thus describes General Gordon at Gettysburg: “His face was radiant, his figure erect, mounted on a splendid ebony charger, 'vith gleaming eyes and proud arched neck. The rider fairly stood in his stirrups and. bareheaded, waved both hands, while his sonorous voice rolled oat such exhortations as only he knew how to make to soldiers. Thus they charged, with the great black charger Joyful in the midst of the flashing muskets.” Bespoken. thank you,” said Miss De Mure. J don’t care to aieet any new young ttien.” My”’ exclaimed Miss Gaddie. “You •re select all of a sudden!” “No,” replied Miss De Mure glancing •reatniiy at her new ring. “I’ve mereuu? een Be| evted all of a sudden.”p hiladelphia Press. (( deceived Tumultuously. Ba yß he created quite a furore th his new play,” remarked the first •ctor. Huh!” snorted the other. “He means e created quite a few roars—‘Git off J! ,ta ßer ‘Shoot him!’ etc.”—Philadelphia Ledger. . Wie* Experience. cs- Snobbs— I want a girl accue- . to being employed in the best Hes. Agent—l’ve got just the girl want. She was employed in seven •• the best families last month.—Elchange. VnruMed Serenity. ■»r- Gladboy has such a pleasant c! I think he must have a very *«*t temper.” Pr °b*Wy his wife ha«r“rooklyu Life.

CURIOUS WORSHIP. The Custom of Tlirowina Prayers at Mil Idol In Japan. Along the sacred road of Nikko, in Japan, is an idol about which centers one of the most curious worships in the world. Upon the surface of the statue are seen little pieces of what appears to be dried paper. If you stand by the idol for awhile and wait for a worshiper to come along, you will see what these bits of paper are. The dev. otee halts in front of the image, then scribbles a prayer on a bit of the paper. The wad he then chews up into a ball and burls at the god. If it hits the face and sticks, the prayer is sure to be granted, and the pious pilgrim goes away happy. If the ball sticks to some portion of the body, the omen is not quite so propitious, and if it falls to the ground there is absolutely no hope* Such s node of prayer is even more curious than the praying wheels of the Buddhists, who set the wheel revolving and reel off prayers by machinery. As John L. Stoddard, the lecturer, said: "One sees, of course, numberless Ktange rites connected with religicn n traveling about the world, but Japan is the only land I have ever visited where deities serve as targets for masticated prayers!’’ THE BAD RUPEE. Babram Got Rid of It, bnt Not the Way Re Intended. “There lived in Rampur, India, a vender of sweetmeats named Bahram, whose wife had weak eyes,” said the story teller. “One day this man went to see a friend at the bazaar, and he left his stall in the woman’s charge, ‘Be careful, mind you, about the change.’ he said to her. But nevertheless when lie returned home he found that she had taken in a bad rupee piece. He could hardly sleep that night for rage and sorrow. In the morning he arose eariy, and, determined to get rid of the bad rupee, he set out through the town. Soon be met a boy. “ ‘Boy,’ he said, ‘do you know the sweetmeat shop of All?’ (All was a rival vender.) ‘Well, take this rupee, go to Ali • shop and spend a pice for sweetmeats there. The sweetmeats you may keep; I want the change.’ “The boy departed merrily and in a little while returned with his mouth full. “ ‘So y-u got the change without trouble, eh?' said the man as he counted it. ‘And did Ali make no examination of the rupee?’ “ ‘Oh,’ said the boy, ‘I didn’t go as far as All’s. I got the sweetmeats at Bahram’s shop.’ ” —London Modern Society. ROCK FORMATION. In One Seme Stones no Grow, and In Another They Do Not. Rocks do not grow in the sense that plants do. They may increase in size by means of accretion, and they may also undergo other changes. Old sea beds, lifted up and exposed for ages,become stratified beds of sandstone or limestone; volcanic ashes and lava strewn over hills and plains become tufa, bard enough for building stone, and the pebbly shores of rivers and smaller streams may sometimes change into conglomerates. The simple mineral, however, does grow, especially when it takes upon itself the form of a crystal. A sparkling prism of quartz increases from an atom to monster crystals of varying length and size by what geologists know as a “process of addition and assimilation. This process is wonderfully slow, but wi:n a mathematical exactness that is a surprise to persons even ’ well up” in the science of geology. In one sense stones grow; in another they do not. The crystal may become longer and larger, but the bowlder on the roadside will not increase a hairbreadth in length or width in the next 10.000 years. Most Horrible of All Drearnn. No words are strong enough to point out the danger of slow poisoning by drugs which are often taken to procure sleep, whether it be an alcoholic night cap, morphine, opium, chloral or any other. The medical man has recourse with reluctance to these as a last and temporary resort, and only he can tell how many lives are wrecked by the ill timed use of them and their subsequent abuse. Os all horrible dreams none is so awful as those which assail people who habitually use these false comforters. Better than ali ’he drugs In the world for procuring sleep are simple food, a regular life and a calm mind. —Cassell’s. Its Hurtful Sedentary Habit. “I think,” said the meditative boy, ‘‘that a wasp would be all right if it didn’t get tired.” "Eh?” replied his father. Where did you get that idea?” “Why one day I got a wasp on my hand, and while be was walking around he was all right. He mdnt hurt till he stopped to sit down. Philadelphia Press. Hi* Impolite Query. “Women claim that the way to get on with a man is to give him plenty of nicely cooked food. “Well,” answered Mr Sinus Barker Irritably, "why don’t some of them try Wasnlngton Star, Cutting- - ST®*® Cutting-No. of course not.-New Yorn iaSsas despise them.—Cato.

Hot Water. Cold blooded people, who have little thirst, will do well to make a business of drinking a certain amount of hot water every day throughout the winter season. It lessens the tendency to take cold. Improves the circulation and benefits coughs and insomnia. Before going to bed is a very good time tor this practice, as it warms up and relaxes the system, thus preparing the way for a good night’s sleep. Many cases of indigestion, headache, neuralgia, cold hands and feet, can be cured in half an hour by drinking slowly one or two pints of water so hot that it almost burns the throat.—Medical Brief. Malay Poetry. The Malays possess a poetical nature and,. like the Japanese, regard the writing of poetry as an art to be aspired to by anybody. Short couplets are their delight, especially those with a little moral attached. One founded on the weather tends to comfort a person who has been badly treated: "Now It is wet. new it is fine. A day will come for retaliation.” Then, again, of lovers they say, "As the owl sighs longingly for rhe moon.” A young and pretty b;.,. tb y speak of as being “like a strong rot yet unfolded,” an apt illustration when one thinks of the bright colors of new sarongs. t.ondeureed Milk Lacks Water. Steam emanating from boiling milk If condensed would become water. This may be seen in the manufacture of condensed milk, which is only ordi nary milk boiled down until the water Is out of it. If a liquid which contains solid bodies in solution be evaporated, the solids are left behind. That this Is so may be shown by adding to water that is to be distilled a trace of magenta and a little salt. The distilled water has no taste and is colorless. The magenta is generally deposited upon the sides of the boiling vessel. A Scotch Tooth. Dentist (after struggling for twenty minutes in a vain endeavor to extract the tooth)—l must say you—you have the firmest tooth I ever had—to deal with. Patient--I’m in nae hurry. It’s graun’ practice for ye, an’ it’ll teach ye that «ve maun a’ work for oor livin’.” Art Criticism. Amateur—This is my latest attempt at a landscape. May 1 ask what you tnink of the perspective? Artist—The perspective is its strong point. The farther away you stand the better it looks.—Chicago Tribune. Railroad Notes. Every Sunday during the continuance of the snmmer schedule one fare for the round trip to Fort

Wayne and intermediate points. Eleven hous in the Summit city on Sunday. Wawassee Lake Ind. tickets on sale until September 30. Return limit October 31st 1904. $3.10 for -ound trip. Rome City Ind. Season tickets good until October 31st $2.30 15 day ticket $1.95. Commencing June Ist the G. R - & I. will sell 15 day round trip tickets to northern resorts on G. R. & I. also to Frankfort Mich, and Ann Arbor and to points on the Pere Marquete R. R. from Grand Rapids at rate of ono’fare plus 50 cents for the round trip. Russia-Japan war altas 10 cents. Three fine colored maps, each 14x20;! hound in convenient form for reference. The Estern situation shown in detail, issued bv The Chicago & Northwestern R'y, mailed upon receipt of ten cenfs in stamps by A. H. Waggener, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago Ills. $1.50 Chicago and return $1.50 Sunday, July 31st, the Erie R. R. will run a special excursion to Chicago and return 1.50 round trip Special train leaves Decatur at 6:00 a. ni., arriving .in Chicago at 10:45 a. m. returning the special leaves Chicago at 6:30 p. m. For further information, apply to Erie agents. Niagara Falls excursion, on Wednesday August 17, the Erie R. R. will run their annual excurison to Niagara Falls. $6.50 round trip from Decatur, Ind. Take advantage of the most popular excursion in America and visit one of the seven wonders of the world. For further information, write, C- L. Enos, T. P. A Marion, Ohio. Special week end excursions via the Clover Leaf Route from and T to all points, Delphos, Ohio, to Frankfort, Ind., inclusive. One and one third fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale Saturday , July 16, 1904. for all stations at which trains make regular stops. Good returning Monday, July lbth, (on trains Nos. 5 and 6. j_See Agents, Clover Leaf Route. 15<d2 There will be a special train leaving Chicago Tuesday evening July 9th at ten o'cook for North Dakota , fare for the round trip.heing $26.65. I We had twenty seven people for . North Dakota last week sixteen entered free homestead claims and

twelve brought claims adjoining to homesteads. Come and go with us before all the choice sites "are sold. See Dick Townsend over National Bank for special rates. 158d3 Take theG. R. &I. —Pan HandleVandalia route for World’s Fair at St. Louis, Mo. Just as cheap, just as quick and just as comfortable as any other route out of Decatur. Tickets on sale from now to November 30. For rates and information call on or address J; Bryson, Ticket Agent, Decatur, Ind., or C. L. Lockwood, G. P. & T. A. Grand Rapids, Mich. A beautiful map, valuable for reference, printed on heavy paper, 42x64 inches mounted on rollers; edged bound in clcth, showing our new island poi sessions. The Trans-Siberian Railway, Pacific Ocean cables, railway lines and other features of Japan, China, Munchuria, Koorea and the Far East. Sent in receipt of 25 cents in stamps by W. B. Kntskern, P. T. M., Chicago & North Western R’y, Chicago, 111. $27.50 Hot Springs, S.D . 30.70 Deadwood and Lead and return I from Chicago daily, via the Chicago & North 'Western Ry. Correspondingly low rates from other paints. The Black Hills region the great natural sanitarium of the i west, is one of the most pictur- ' esque spots in the world and well j worth a visit. Information and tickets can be secured from your home agent. Illustrated Black Hills booklet with valuable map mailed on receipt of 4 cent in stamps by W .B . Kniskern, Chicago. Cheap rates for ’ vacation trips from Chicago, round trip rates via Chicago Great Westren railway $lB,. 00 to St Paul or Minneapolis $22.00 to Duluth or Superior $30.00 to Denver, Colorado Springs oi Pueblo Col $43.00 to Salt Lake City. These rates are good any day up to September 30th and on iny train including the“ Great Western Limited” finest train in the West. For rates to other western points for any other information write J. P. Elmer G. P. A. Ch cago 111. On the first and third Tuesday of every month the Erie railroad will sell one way and ronud trip excur-

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£)R. P. L. FRITZ Dentist Office above Holthouse, Schulte & Co.’s clothing store. DECATCB. IDIANNA. [New Fast Electric-Lighted Train througujolid without change between Chicago, Superior and Duluth, with all modern devices for the safety and comfort of patrons. Buffet smoking and library car, Booklovers Library, Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars, free reclining chair cars and day coaches and excellent a la carte dining car service. Electric lighted throughout, with individual reading lamps in every berth. Leaves Chicago 10.00 p. m. daily. Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars to St. Paul and Minneapolis also on this train. The Best of Everything. A H. WAGGENEP, Traveling Agent, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, 111. W NWaM e