Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1904 — Page 8

Annual Session of the Educational Workers of Adams County.

(Continued from page second.) The Teachers’ institute, annual session for 1904, is now more than halt completed, and every member will agree that it is one of the most interesting sessions ever hdd in Adams county. Etch one in attendance is profiting, and the attention and attendance of the teachers at everv meeting proves the interest they are taking. Miss Patridge's lecture last evening was a very charming , delightful and extremely interesting one. Miss Patridge has a happy w iy of holding the attention of her audience while telling truths that will be remembered in years to come. The secretary’s report of the work follows: WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Called to order promptly at 9 o'clock. Singing “Come Thou Almighty King. ' Devotional by Rev. Pontius. Reading of Ith chapter of St. John, followed by prayer. First, subject of the morning was “Language—Preparation for Writing, ”by Miss Patridge. She gave a lesson on how to conduct a class in language in the primary grade, and also in the high school. She also gave a talk on the subject of ■“High Society.' She closed her exercise by giving the teachers opportunity to ask questions. Rest. Music, Miss Thomas. She read a paper on the subject of “Children's Voices.” Then gave an exercise on the board showing how to find the major keys and their relative minors. “School Management” by Prof. Fairfield. He says: “Bj careful about the organization of cur school. Sea the pupils as compactly as you can. This is absolutely necessary to school government. He then showed the relation of ventilation to good government; and the evil of absence and tardiness. Be careful that the unity of the school be not broken. Do not allow the pupils to have anything only what they need in getting their lessons. He closed by giving a talk on the subject of “Whispering.” Whispering should be prohibited. Enrollment 151. TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.

Singing “Sanshine.” “School Management." Piof. Fairfield. He continued on the idea th it the school room should be clean. Be at your school room two hours before your school begins on the first morning and see if it is in order for receiving the students. This will help in government. The beginning of your government is mechanical. We should never lose our enthusiasm. Do not allow the pupils to play in the school house. Should a teacher play with the pupils? It depends upon whether you can play the game well. If you want to play you had better be a leader. If you fail to play as a winner you lose your power of control. If you do not play you shoud at least be on the play ground with the students. There were many | interesting discussions by meml>ers ■ cf the institute upon the subject of *■ School Management.” Rest, r Singing. Paper—Miss Thomas, subject, “Power and Quality of T..ne ” “Essential Points in Read i ing, "Miss Patridge. Reading is t getting thought and conveying thought. Never expect 'the pupil to give more thought than he gets. / There are two ways to get the i thought and twc ways to give i thought. The old and the new. • Silent reading is more important than oral reading, for people need to read silently eve’-y day. Everybody is more expert in taking 1 thought through the ear than tak- ( ing it through the eye. Reading is one of the hardest things the > child has to do. She says that it 1 is all wrong to have one pupil read 1 while all the rest loot on the book. fSupt. Brandyberry gave some complimentary remarks on the subject 1 just given. Adjournment. 1 1 INSTITUTE NOTES. i S. W. Hale, of the Geneva school Jboard, was at the institute today. ( Mr. Hale is always sure to visit the institute. 3 The Fiieside talks to the young Vouchers are interesting and instructive. All beginners should •hear them. 1 Assistant Postmaster James Beery was at the institute today. Gus has become a member of ’’he institute. Gus is interested in ,

school work and always joins the institute. The institute appreciates his patronage. Revs. White and Allen are frequent visitors at the institute. Tae lecture on ‘ Girls” Tuesday evening was well taken. The teachers are arranging to play the Rosenthals a game of ball Thursday, after h close of the institute. William We'dy was at the forenoon session today. THURSDAY S PROGRAM. 9:00 a. m. Devotional Rev. White Vocal Solo Rev. Pontius Lecture Mr. Fairfield Muisc Miss Thom s Language—Written Papers Miss Pa trig de 1:30 p. m. Piano Solo Miss Thomas Lecture Mr. Fairfield Music Miss Thomas Sight Reading Miss Patridge Lecture to Beginners Mr. Fairfield EVENING—7:4S Music. Lecture—Ober-Ammergau (illustrated) Rev. Allen Pleasant Mills Miss Minta Ritter is still quite ill with lung trouble. Quite a number of our young folks are attending the institute at Decatur this week. Walter Murray and family, of Decatur. Sundayed here with A. M. Fuller and family. The quarterly’ meeting will convene at the M. E. church commen- ' cing Thursday evening. Dick Boyd and family, of Decatur, visited with t his parents aad other relatives here Sunday. Mrs. Nancy Wright, of Middlepoint, Ohio, returned to her home after an ex tended viist here with her daughter. Mrs. D F. Morris. The members of the Baptist church will give an ice cream social at the B iptist church yard on Saturday evening. September 3. A cordial invitation is extended to all.

Linn Grove. Our school teachers are attending the county institute this week. Oral V. Hoffman left for Atlantic City, New Jersey, for recreation. Levi Todd and wife, of Marion, were visiting their people here last week. Miss Ruby Miller, of Decatur, is being entertained by Miss Nona Hoffman. 9 Raymond Brown and William Kaltwasser, of Bluffton, Sundayed with Ed Bauman. Jacob and Moses Augsburger visited their kindred at Columbus Grove, Ohio, last week. Samuel Nusbaum has purchased a lot in town and will build a residence thereon immediately. Mrs. Amos Stucky and children were guest of her brother, John Dubach, of Amendahl last week. Merrit Mullen, wife and daughter Beatrice, of Williams* were visiting friends during the last of the week. Robert Kyle and wife, of Evanston, 111., are making a visit to the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morrow. Daniel Baumgartner, Lawrence Oplinger, Merlin Dunbar. Bert Heller and James Kizer returned from St. Louis the last of the week.

Albert Staley sold his interest in the cement building block factory to his partners, Dunbarr & Odlinger. L. L. Baumgarter is w jrking in Mr Staleys place. SUICIDE PREVENTED. The startling announcement that a preventative of suicide had been discovered will interest many. A run down system or despondency invariably precede suicide and something has been found that will prevent that condition which makes suicide likely. At the first thought of self-destruction take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonic] and nervine will strengthen the nerves and build up the system. It's also a great stomach, liver and regulator. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Blackburn & Christen, druggists. . Wanted—Local agent, salery |l2 weekly. L Matthews, 101 Madison street. ts

’ DUELING IN GERMANY. It I» a Can tom Firmly Entabllabed AieDbk the Student®. h. every German university Caere is •till .iuelirg, ami th. re will be :>s m German univer.-.ties exist, l.acb hs • its quota of fighting clubs, which •or respond to our own secret s ieties Hvery student is anxious to be invited to join one of these clubs, an 1. ;. tvtaf been inflicted, it is not long beiore k» is assigue . to a C.icl. "1 he membe * •< these various oc uni nations are ngnished by tbelr colored I »n<* and cup.;, rs c ;r f/ .<-K y ms-n b? their Greek letter badges, l-e most aristocratic of the fighting corps aie the Borussia at Bonn, to which all the Hohenzollern princes < ong. and the Saxo-Borussia at Heidelberg, of which most of the German princes outside of the Hohenzollerus are members. Other prominent fighting corps are the Khe nauia of the University of Wurtzburg, Normania of Berlin, Franconia of Munich and the famous corps of Hannovera, in which Bismarck was a famous fighter, of Gottingen. Every corps has its own officers, its own laws, rules, regulations, but all are bound by a univu sal “code of honor.” The customs and ceremonials Incident to these student duels are queer and peculiarly fascinating, the costumes at 1 fighting attire unique and Interesting. The duels are of two kinds -the one an "honor duel,” where one student has Insulted another, and honor has to be satisfied by a little blood letting, but these are often not infrequently the result of purpose rather than of actual insult Just for the sake of a little fighting. The German student, like Pat, is often “spoiling for a fight” The other kind of duel is generally a more serious matter and is known as “by agreement.” It is by a challenge from one corps to another and partakes of the tournament order. A list of dates is drawn up. and on a certain day yf each week a member of the Sue corps meets a member of the other for "die mensur.”—Fritz Morris La Illustrated Sporting News. FRIENDSHIPS. Those of Lons Standing and Those Made In Later Life. People make friends later than they used to, or at least so it seems to us, probably because they grow old in gen eral later than they did. Friendship must change its nature with advancing years, but whatever makes later life full of activities and new beginnings, causes friendships also to Juegin at even the later stages of the journeyOs two old men early friends who La/t quarreled Coleridge said: They stood aloof, the scars remaining. Like cliffs which had been rent asunder Such an image of course gives powerfully the sense of fixity, the opposite of the fluid potentiality of youth. Yet In the same poem we have the hint that not all is glorious in youth:

And constancy lives fr. realms above. And life is thorny, and youth is vain. Friendship becomes rid of some vanity, it becomes more noble and satisfying to the deeper thoughts and ideals, when the roots of it grow back into a long distant past, and if we can keep the power of making a few new friends in age as we need them to supplement those Inherited from youth, which grow fewer with the years, but riper and more select, friendship should play a satisfying role far along toward the end of life, the best role indeed of ffs career, if. as Emerson thinks, a lifetime is needed for its completeness, while an hour or a day is enough for toil or play. The late friendships of the unmarried, the childless and the widowed have a special necessity and pathos of their own. for mates and children to a large extent at certain periods naturally take the place of •ther friends.—Collier's Weekly. An Interested Juror. An instance of an Interested juryman was reported not long ago. A jury had been impaneled, when a man stepped forward and explained that, having been summoned to serve, be wished to be allowed to do so at once, as he had to attend a funeral at a distant place in the latter portion of the week. A place was therefore made for him in the jury box. The case was tried, and owing to this man's obstinacy a verdict of acquittal was secured. It was subsequently discovered that the man had never been summoned to serve at all and that the prisoner was his friend.—London Tit-Bits. Both Died a> They Wiahed To. Tennyson, who was a shy. reserved man, could never understand Robert Browning's love of society. He had been heard to remark that Browning would die in a white choker at a dinner party. The two poets died as they would have wished to die—Rob ert Browning in the grand Palazzo Ressonicco, with his son by his bedside. and Lord Tennyson in his beloved Surrey home, surrounded by his loved ones. Less Tiresome. “Miss Chatterton? I think I’ll send her word that I’m out” "Won’t the still, small voice reproach you?” “Yes. but I’d rather listen to the still, small voice than to Miss Chatterton.”—Puck. • ■rpri«e For His College Boy. Mr. Meddergrass—Who yer sendin' the sheep to, Bill? Mr. RagweedWhy, my son Zeb’s up to college tryin’ fur a sheepskin. he says, and I’m goin 1 ter su.prL him with a hull critter.— Chicago Post Ask no man's advice, but study th* people you meet and avoid the habits and manners which you find annoying to you in others and cultivate the qual Itles you find are helpful and pleasing —Detroit News-Tribune.

W'LLINQ TO HELP. An Old Sean-au’s Scheme to Wl« Honor For u Favorite. An amusing story is told of an old seaman on one of the United States cruisers in the north Atlantic squadron He was not a person of wide affections. but be had a warm place in his heart for a young ensign who had been kind to him in many little ways. One day a landsman fell from the r'gging to the water, and as he could not swim he would have been drowned but for a young officer who sprang in after him and held him up till assistance came. Later the young officer received a complimentary letter from the secretary of the navy. Every one rejoiced but the old seaman; he coveted the letter for his ensign. “That's a nice thing to have, a letter like that,” he said a few days later, “You ought to have one.” “I don’t quite see how I can get one,” laughed the ensign. “Well, see here,” said the old mao eagerly. “Tomorrow night I'll be in the main chains, fussing with something or other, and I might fall in, and you could jump after me.” “That would be very good of you,” said the ensign gravely, “but you see, I'm not a good swimmer by any means.” “Ho, that’s no matter!” said the old seaman. "I'll hold you up till the boat comes.” CRACKED VOICES. A Lack of Muncular Control la Whal Cauiiea the Break. The pitch of the human voice depends primarily upon the number of vibrations per second of the vocal cords, and these, In their turn, depend on the length, size and degree of tension of the cords, which increase In length with the growth of the larynx. One of the deepest bass notes, from the greater length of the cords, has only eighty double vibrations a second, while a soprano voice can give 992 such vibrations in the same time. The size of a lad's larynx is, roughly, that of a woman's, but when the piping schoolboy is shooting up into manhood his larynx grows rapidly and the vocal cords become elongated nearly in the proportion of three and a half to two. The cartilages by which their tension is regulated also share in this growth, as is seen by the swelling of the so called “Adam’s apple.” Now, all these parts do not increase with equal rapidity; hence the muscular control, which must be very exact, is rendered uncertain and the voice is said to “break.” A similar change takes place in the case of women, but very much less in amount, and a further compensation in the formation of the upper part of the larynx serves to disguise the effect.

COLUMBUS’ CREWS. One Englishman and One Irishman Were Among Their Number. An Englishman and an Irishman were among the sturdy 120 adventurers who sailed with Columbus tn the three small hundred tonners. This may have been due to the well known tact that nothing brings men of different races together more than maritime and commercial enterprise, or, still more probably, because they were swept in at Palos, when Columbus put the press gang to work, as he was authorized to do by Ferdinand end Isabella. The names of these men. as giver by Navarrete. were Jallarte de Lajes Ingles (probably Arthur Lake. Eng lish), and Guillermo Ires, nature! de Gainey, en Irlanda (probably William Berries or Rice, native of Galway, in Ireland). These two men were among the forty whom Columbus left behind in the fort constructed in Hispaniola before he sailed for Europe, who all met their death at the hands of the natives before the great discoverer returned, owing to their disregard of Lis express directions. The Cocoanut Tree. There is no tree so widely distributed throughout the tropics as the cocoanut. Even on remote atolls of the south seas, which geologists say were only recently formed by the subsidence of a volcano and the growth of coral up from its base, one finds the cocoanut. The parent tree leaning over the beach of one tropical island drops its fruit into the sea, to have the nut carried away perchance halfway round the world. Then in some faraway place the waves cast the cocoanut asbere to sprout and propagate another forest after its own kind. The Apple. The apple is not considered to be ■ complete food in itself, but on the food list it has a value far above the nutriment it possesses. Apples aid the stomach in the digestion of other foods, and therefore the best results are obtained from eating them after rather than before meals. After partaking of an unusually heavy dinner the eating of an apple will be found to facilitate an early digestion and afford great relief from the sufferings attendant upon indigestion. Too Much Realism. “Do you not feel at times.” remarked the fireside critic, ‘That realism can be carried too far on the stage?” “Yes,” replied the tragic actor, with a sigh. “The last man I was working for did it He wanted to pav us all off in stage money.”—Cincinnati TimesStar. reining end Geinr. Beko. Mike! Do you find much to do now?” ‘ Yis. I’m jest after cuttln’ down a tree, and tomorrow I*ll have to cut it up.”—Kansas City

t The Great Northern Indiana *1 * a i r I ■ 11 at Decatur, Indiana, J | Aug. 30-31, Sept, i-f : + J * It will be the Greatest Fair in the history of \ nrt i ♦ Eastern Indiana. For Premium Lists and other information address 4 * C. D. KUNKLE, Secretary, ‘ S 4' Decatur,“lndiana *

Wawassee Like Ind. tickets on sale until September 30. Return limit October 31st 1904. $3.10 for round trip. Rome City Ind. Season tickets good until October 31st $2.30 15 day ticket $1.95. Russia--Japan war altas 10 cents. Three fine colored maps, each 14x20; bound in convenient form for reference. The Estero situation shown in detail, issued by The Chicago & North Western R'y, ' mailed upon receipt of ten cenfs in stamps by A. H. Waggener, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago Ills. The Man Who Put Wheat to SI.OO Editor Democrat: Dear Sir —Please tell your readers the new FultzoMediterianean wheat is the greatest variety of all. In Indiana it yielded 3,(0 ' bushels on 80 acres: in Kansas yielded 15J bushels on 1J acres. One crop was so heavy it required five horses in the binder. It is almost 1 winter proof and is the only variety to make a good crop this year where grown, in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. Extremely early, beats all others, 10 to 20 bushels per acre. The stiffest straw of all wheat. Full particulars and price will be sent to all your readers who request it. J. A. Everitt, Seedman, Indianapolis, Ind. Notice to the Public. Cataract and all diseases of the eyes cured without an operatihn by Dr. G Thain. It makes no difference how long you have been blind or how sore your eyes are, you can be cured; also, deafness or hard of hearing can be re. stored. Consultation and examination fiee. Dr. Thain will return here again and be at the Murray House, Thursday, Sept. 1, 51tf For Sale Eighty acres improved, in Michigan, one mile of Coleman, Isabelle county. Improved new farm, best of black loam; also, E2O seres wild land, five miles of Coleman. A bargain to cash buyer if sold soon. Will give abstract of title. Will divide up the 520 and give time on a part of purchase price. If interested write, or will exchange for land near Decatur. Dr. L. R. Fast, Paulding, Ohio. 25w4y

Public Sale. The undersignea will sell at his residence one-half mile north and one mile west of Pleasant Mills, at 10 o’clock on Monday, August 29, the following property: Two three-year-olds and one 11 year old horses, 2 milch c< ws, one fresh; 2 yearling steers, 2 spring calves, 2 brood sows, one with ten pigs; 4 head of shoats, Deerign mower, Buckeye binder, hay rake, plows, rubber-tired buggy, wagon, rakes, forks, and all kind of farming tools, household goods, 3 stands of honeybees and numerous other articles too numerous to mention. Terms—Tin sums of |5 and under cash in hand; over $5 a credit of 12 months, will be given, purchaser giving note with approved security or 6er cent off for cash on day of sale. No property to be removed until terms of sale has been fully complied with. C. W. Yager. Fred Reppert, Auc 192d4 MARKET-REPORT. Accurate prices paid by Decatui merchants for various products. Cor reeled every day. grain. BY E. L. CARBOL, GRAIN MERCHANT. New Corn yellow j 75 New Corn, mixed 73 Machine shucked one cent less. Oats, new ■>< ( No. 3, White Oats old 30 Wheat, No. 2 1 nc Wheat, No. 3 1 ni Barley 40 * Rye No. 2 cc j ~ 6 35 ■■Sg 06 g , Flax Seed 5? I Timothy ~ j! 95

CHICAGO MARKETS. j Chicago market closed at j-V „ I today, according to National I'.'®' I SIX ’ 8p “"“ Wheat, Sept, old i September wheat new Wheat, Dec. ® Wheat, May Corn, September ~ Corn, December J Corn, May ~ J Oats, September Oats, Dee. Oats May Sept. Pork ’“' "~n J Sept Lard § TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3jj) o’clock by J. D. Hale, Decalin, Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash|l Oil September wheat;l q;i December Wheat 1084 Corn cash s’j September cornsl" December corn 521 Oats. Cash September oats 34 Oats December 311 Rye, cashT6

OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS Eggs, fresh, per doz J 17 Lard i Butter, per pound 10 ■ Potatoes, new 50 Onions 15 Cabbage per 100 lb 1 50 Apples, per bu 80 Sweet Potatoe, per bu 75 STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DE LEB Lambs 4@ 5 0] Hogs, per cwt 15 GO 5 25 Cattle per lb 3 @ 3| 4 Calves, per lb 3j @ 4 Cows 2 @ 2j BY J. W, PEACE CO. Chickens, young, per lb 6|@7 Fowls, per lb Ducks, per lb 6si Young Ducks — Young Turkeys, per lb 12 Geese, old per lb - 5(§6 Gec.se, young, per lb - sigb HAY /TARKET. No. 1 timothy large (baled) J 8 00 No 1 ” small No 2 ” SI 00 less No 1 mixed 1 50 less No 1 clover 1 50 less WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVEB k SON. Wool, unwashed *'*, Sheep pelts 25< >0 1 U) Beef hides, per pound 0b Calf hides Tallow, per pound OIL MARKET. Ti0na...... Corning J'3o New Castle North Lima South Lima Indiana Whitehouse Somerset Neodasha, (Kan.) Barkersville 1 , Ragland ’ BS COAL—Per Ton Anthracite * ® Domestic, nut ’ , n Domestic, lump, Hocking ” . Domestic lump, Indiana “ Pocahontas Smokeless, lump 4 ...Legal Advertising... NOTICE OF RECEIVING BIDS Notice is hereby given that estimates on file in the auditor’s office, of for ty. Indiana, for the furnishing ofsPP 0, Gptne county asylum. Said headpliee are divided under the lollowinIngs; Groceries. Dry Goods. Fuel. Drugs, ware and Tobacco. Sealed bids are requested for e**”? c i’L m goods separately. All bids must > j. the auditor's office not later than tin a. tn. on Monday, September 5,1904 The contract will be W t ,| > e responsible bidder. The board re»» right to reject any and all bit Successful bidders will be of into contract tor the faithful perforu. ABE BUCH. Auditor S 5-2 Adams Leun" . ,b