Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1905 — Page 6

POWER OF PURPOSE. Conceive Your Ambition Clearly and Follow It Couratseoual? . We all can measure the outward tritmiph of a man’s life, but we rarely I measure the forces out of which the triumph spraniz. Mett suddenly emetue . into the blaze of t ime, and then the world wakes up ami wonders how it ’ has al! happened. There is no such thing as lin k in any world over which 1 God presidios. What, then, is the se- j cret? It is purpose. The great vieto- , Ties which men praise are always won first of all iu a man’s own soul. The I great men who stamp themselves in effaeeably on the ages are always the men who are capable of conceiving a purpose cl.-trly ami of lolloping it courageously im-oi’gh evil ami good report. You may sv. ee■> a.- ii.e as relatively trivial all questions of the range of their gifts, the scope of their intellectual life. The great thing which you have to reckon with is the immense strength and heroic persistency of their purpose W .1. Dawson. Taste nnd Torch. Touch. Dr. Andrew Wilson has re minded us. is piobably the oldest of our senses. It is also, we may add. the most in tire where taste has always been asstimetl to be paramount —at the dinner table. It is a fact overlooked tuat we like what we like loss because we taste it than because we lisd it. What is there wonderful in the taste of your perfect, your ripe potato’.' Nothing or little. But. ah. the feeling! What have the resistance of bread, the sudden coolness of butter, the tenderness of asparagus, the crispness of biscuit, to do with taste'.' Something almost negligible.— London Chronicle. Thunderer anil Poet. An early copy of Swinburne’s "Poems and Ballads" volume ilsitic came into the hands of Dallas, then chief literary reviewer to the London Times, who. after ruminating on what we will call the pygmy poems, strode off to Moxsn’s with an ultimatum. Either, said he. let them withdraw the book or he would denounce it and destroy it. As they had no wish to be denounced or destroyed themselves, they preferred to accept the former alternative. John Camden Hotten brought cut the book, fortnightly Review. How She Won Ont. Gladys—Papa says you're a loafer. Jack, .lack What reason has he for entertaining such an opinion of mo as that? Gladys—He says you spend three or four evenings here every week without having any apparent purpose iu coming.—Chicago Tribune. Short Lived Bachelor*. “Do bachelors die young? Do they J:e earlier than mari usl men?" asked a single man. "It w mid seem so. I was just reading a report which seems to argue strongly in favor of the matrimonial idea. The report shows that th" mortality among bachelors from the age of thirty to forty-five years is said _to be 27 per cent, while am > g married Tuen of the same age it is 1< r er ,em For forty-one bachelors who attain the age of forty years there are seventyeight married men who attain the same age. The difference is st II more striking in persons ot advanced age. At sixty years of age there remain but twenty-two bachelors for forty-eight married men, at seventy years eleven bachelors for twenty sc; >-u married men and at eighty years three baclie lors for nine married mem These fig tin's seem to indicate that the best thing for a man to do is to get him a wife and shake wearing cares of bachelorhood. We all want to live as long as possible and live happily if we can. Some bachelors are reus •nably happy But all of them are not. Get married That’s the proper caper."—New Orleans Titu»s-Democrat. ITMichael Anjjclo’** Work. Michael Angelo relied almost entirely upon form—the form of the figure and of the draperies. He told Pope Julian 11., when the hitter requested him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine chapel at Rome, that he was not a painter, but a sculptor; yet. after be had shtl’ himself up for four years from 150 m to 1512 and the scaffold xv: s removed a result had lieen achieved which is without parallel in the world. Very wonderful is the work v.Ti’eh Michael Angelo spread over this vast area of 10.000 square feet. The fact that there are 343 principal figures, many of colossal size, besides a great num ber of others introduced for decorathe effect, and that the creator of this vast scheme was only thirty-three when he began his work—all this is marvelous, pnxligious. and yet not so marvelous as the variety of expression lu the figures of which Jeremiah is only one figure in a small side arch.— Charles H. Caffin in St. Nicholas. tiißng Roarlui. One of tile strangest figures of the British stage was Young Roscius. His other name was William Henry West Betty. He lived until Aug. 24. 1874, althongli he had made his last stage appearance on Aug 9. 1824, at the age of thirty-two. Theatrical history has no parallel to bis childhood. It was thio little Irish boy who after seeing Mrs Stddons had declared that be must die if he did not become an actor. He took Belfast by storm in 13fl8. 9 wben not quite twelve, and nearly stifled score* of Londoners on Dec. 1, 1804. Foot guards and officers were overpowered the crowd, and gentlemen charged through the boxes and jumped by twenties Into the “pit” for places. Master Betty brought f 86,050 to Drury Lane In twenty-eight nights. William Pitt adjourned the house of commons to let members see him as Hamlet, and his boom lasted until 1808. His adult return to the stage was brief and a failure.

In ■ Recokfctions and Letters of General Robert E. Leo" Captain R. E. L<* describes his father’s return to private life after the surrender of kppomat iox. He says: A day or two after the surrender Genet :1 1.-'c started for Richmond, riding Traveler, who had carried him so Weil all through Hie war. He was accompanied by sene of his staff. On the way he stopped at the house ot his eldest brother. Charles Carter Lee. who lived OU the upper James, in Powhatan county. He spent the evening m talking with his brother, but when bedtime came, though begged by his host to take the room rind bed pre pared f ir him. he insisted on going to his old tent, pitched by tirn roadside, and passed ti e night in Hie quarters that lie was aeciist .'incd to. <in April 15 l.e arrived in l;o hm.md. The people there soon re<-O’tn;zed linn. Men. women and children crowded around him. cheering and waving hats and handker hiefs. It was more like the welcome to a conqueror t ::i t > n defeated prisoner on parole. He raised his ’..at in response to their g-ee"ng and rule quietly to his home o:t !’ I’n s'reet. where my mother and sisters were anxiously < awaiting him. Thus he returned to that private family Ijje for which lie had always longed and became what lie always desired to be—a peaceful citizen in a peaceful laud.” OH on the Coffee. The cup of black coffee had on its surface a little oil. '1 his oil shimmered. It eave forth delicate, changing colors, like oil on water. The man who was about P. drink the coffee gazed at it with delight. "The oil." he said, "tells me all I | want to know about the coffee. Now. without tasting it. 1 am sure it is su peril. "T’.ie whole secret of making coffee.’ he went on. "lies in extracting and retaining this oil. This oil it is which gives coffee its aromatic and delicious taste. This oil it is also which stimulates you. which makes you leel after you have drunk strong ami gay. "Good coffee- the kind with oil afloat on it—ran only be made by excellent cooks In millionaires' houses or in hotels where they employ French chefs you are likely to get it. But the average American housewife d >es nut know how to make this oily kind of coffee at all."—Philadelphia Bulletin. ■ <_>.ix i tU rhrtAGR APH S. When an attorney offers to settle listen. Some men try to get business by fighting p-'opie. The succ -ssf'.i) business man is on* who knows what people will nut do. When a man gets discouraged and quits, the doctor -.-iiy-s afterward that that was just the time when lie should have hehl on. When one of the town boy s marries an out of town girl it creates more “feeling” than when a town girl im no ts :• husband. ■ . When wgints to smtrpen a knife he hunts up a whetstone. Whet, a woman w ants to sharpen a knife she takes a few swipes ~n a crock. It often hiqqsns that the woman who has a reputation far and wide aS a judge of a g >od bargain seems to fall down when she picks out a husband.— Atchison . Hole. Mrtiurial Monarchs. Almost every mediaeval monarch claimed the whole or a part of the dominions of almost every other and Insisted on inserting his claim in hitlist of official titles. In treatises and all official documents the whole list was religiously copied, and as it often happened that the two negotiating monarchs had some of the same titles it became usual to insert a clause iu the list, non praejudicando. in order tc indicate that, no matter how absurd, inappropriate or untrue were the titles they were understood to be inserted because they pleased the monarch who claimed them, that they d'd not confer a valid claim, and so no harm wan likely to result from their use. 1 The Btamele.H One. Mrs. Colburn removed her outer garments and seated herself with a thud in ber rocking chair iu the trout window. "I deciare. 1 never saw such a gadder as that young woman the minister married in all my life!" she said jerkily as she ran her darning ball down into the heel of Mr. Colburn’s gray stocking. "I can’t go over to Mis’ Deacon Graves’ of an afternoon or down to the store in the morning that I don’t either find her theie or see her. coming or going, three times out o’ five! “She's an awful starer. too," continued Mrs. Colburn pulling at a knot in her darning cotton till it broke and ber elbow flew back against the sharp edge of the table. "I can’t look over at her front window but what she turns ber eyes this way inside o' five minute*. Don't sit there looking so numb. William! Can’t you see I’ve half killed myself? Fetch me the liniment, quick!” —Youth's Companion. Met Himllliy es Spirit. A young preacher tn an uptown church was much struck one Sunday by the seeming effect his sermon was having upon one of bis congregation, a shabby genteel man with white hair who throughout the entire discourse sat with head bowed in deeply reverent ■ attitude. After the service the minister pushed his way to the man and proudly said: “I am glad to note that my sermon affected you. Did it make you see the error of your ways?” “Oh. it wasn’t that” said the mtn sheepishly “You see. my waistcoat is too short, and I had to bend over to hide ruy shirt."—Cleveland Leader.

© ® ■> ” THE DISSATISFIED ONES. Liven Spoiled hy n Fruitier** Lonffiiiß For Other Field*. Everywhere we laid people who are dissatisfied will) their lot. who think they would be happy if they could only get somewhere else, into some other K-ciip'itien. They see only the thorniu their own vocations, the roses r those of oihers. The • 'lopgirl world be an actress; the cook would change places with her mistress, the butler with his master. The lawyer would be a doctor, the doctor a lawyer. Tim farmer bemoans his hard lot and lung' to exchange his life of drudgery for ihe career of the merchant or the manufacturer. The country boy leans oi, bis plow handle and looks toward the city with hungry eyes, if he could only be free from the slavery of tin farm, he thinks, wear good clothes, gel hold of a yardstick ami stand behind :> e e-.iitur! Happiness, opportunity, for nine everything, lies yonder; around bin’ misery, toil, poverty nothing de - liable. A city youth behind a counter or sitting on a high office stool rails at fate for confining him to the limits of brick walls and the dreary details of merchandise, buying and selling, or of figuring up accounts. Oh. if he could only iro to sea and travel to distant countries, become a captain iu the navy or skipper or owner of a merchant vessel! Life would be worth something then. But now— How much energy has been lost, bow many lives have been spoiled by tinfruitless loi’giim f4r other fields, olhei opportunities out of reach. M hat is the use of sighing or dreaming of what yon would do if y >u were in somebody else’s place? What is the use of trying to reach into y ear neighbor's pasture when you <’m not know what bitterness may lie nt the root of it. hidden from your sight, whan you have never tried to develop or to call out the sweetness and juiciness which thrive iu youi own? —O. S. Mar-leu iu Success. SALT LAKE WATER. Effect of It* Wonderful Buoyancy «n Bodies nod Bonin The buoyancy of the water of the Great Salt lake is such '.hat it is almost impossible for a i-erson to remain upright in it. his body being lifted as a strip of wood thrown into the water a* a vertical or oblique direction like a dart is returned to the surface in a horizontal position. In fact, it is believed that the Great Salt lake will support more weight to a given volume of water than even the Dead sea. It is a very popular resort with bathers for the reasm. that it is impossible for a person to drown unless he should deliberately place his head under the surf.- ce or tie a weight to his feet. Ihe bather can float upon the water, lying on his back or cliesl. and keep his head entirely above the surface with no effort of the arms or legs. The large quantity of salt in solution is the prin eipal reason for the buoyancy. While the buoyancy --f the water is so great that it will support a person without aid. the boats which are designed to l-e used upon the lake must i-e eon structed esya-eirflly to counteract tliifeature. The ordinary wooden vesse’ when empty is ,-ietiially too light to be navigated with safety upon it. situsuch a small jxtrtii-n of it would be immersed. Then-fore care has to be taken, in building sailboats especially, lest they be top heavy. For this reason navigation is very dangerous on the hike whet, the wind is blowing even moderately unless the vessel is loaded •o that it sits deep enough in the wa ter to - onntera-1 the buoyant tendency. Tie quantity of salt held in sole-ion is so great that it is dangerous for onto swallow even a mouthful of the water, as it is liabli- to cause strangulation. Several deaths from this cause have ensued among persons who have ventured into the lake.—Chambers' Journal. Very Old Trees. An old yew tree stall Is iu the church yard at Fortingal, in Perthshire, which I»e Candolle nearly a century ago proved to the satisfaction of botanists to be twenty-five centuries old. and another is still standing at He Isor. in Bu vias, which is 3.240 years old. How D - Candolle arrived at an apparently cor rect estimate of the enormous age o: these living trees is a simple thing, ami the principle is doubtless well knowr today to all. The yew. like most otliei trees, adds one line, about the tentli of n inch, to its circumference each year But the oldest living thing in the woil.i today as far as known is a eypress tret in Chapultepec, Mexico, that is 6.2<X years old. A Ffcc.<;<*«• One of tue most imposing architectural relics of western Europe is the aqueduct of Nismes. in southern Fran<-<-After the lapse of sixteen centuries this colossal monument still spans the valley. joining hill to hill in neirly perfect state. The highest range of arches carries a small canal Just wide enough for a man to creep tl-.rongh and still retaining a thick lining of Roman cement. The height of the structure i« 188 feet and the length of the highest arcade 872 feet. I’s use was to convey to the city of Nismes the water of tw* 'nrlngs twenty-five miles distant. A night *»t th* British Sisvy. e British nary sin<e the time of Alfred the <treat ha« claimed the position of being "first among equals" and has maintained this position to tbr present day It is acknowledged by the navies of the world hi the fact that on meeting a British man-of-war they first salute, the --oitrtesy being returnee by the British ship.. The Dutch re slsted this demand until 1675 and tire French until 17M, sin c which date it has been an item cf T.’ r '"iiati -»> '..w

Muscles In Tension. The Revue Scientilique lias been a- - l, 1!: what muscles tire soonest. «n > . inclusion that it is not the mu-’- “ but those under tension, all l * t use the arms aud kgs ’> and ne< k more, for on them .-reatest strain. He has been asking men of ali occupations the same ques’’v.'lten yon have worked much, where , do you set! tired.' , Before veil were trained dal ■ , show itself in the same regions: . ■ Ail lite answ<rs point to the conclusions. '1 lie bnket vt-" I dough all niglit complains of la.teue - , his legs. . ... The b-acksmith is tired, n-: n ■ ; arms c.'.td shoulders, but in his back j aud Inins. | The voting soldier, after a mnu l-. s , espts-iallv tired in the ! ;vk -n H e nek. | even if lie lias carried no knaps,, k i The oarsman who is in i l ' ,r 1 "/“J. i ing after prolonged exercise ge-s ...» in his calves and insteps. These facts point to the conclusion that in any continued effort we should trv to alter the habit of contraction. That is to say. the body, like the mind, needs change of work. X Mglitmnreless llnreblt. A bachelor w hose skill at getting up ( dainty supper dishes assures liim plen- j ty of company in ’ lie evenings is re- . sponsible for a substitute for the Welsh | rabbit that is free from nightmare. He : covers lightly toasted bread with finely ! grated chwse and instead of slipping it . iu the oven places it heneath lite tl.:..ie ; of the gas broiler until ti e cheese lias . b€cn toasted a i’- »'•'p.. If a gootl cream clie<se is used there ■ I* not the slightest suggestion of sogginess or greasiness. and even tli t-e to whom a rabbit tiieaiis a night of troubled dreams may indulge in tills with I no fear of evil consequences. The trick lies in the grating of th? cheese. Broken into bits, it would ’neb into a pasty mass. Finely divided, ea 1- , particle should be individually toaste! I before it lias a cliai:-e to melt down. ( and in that state it is readily assiniilat- . ed.—New York I’rcss . The Choice of a Wife. A German professt- ' a woman who ctm merely stew prunes not bff- ,- cause slewing prim-'' and reading I'ro i clus make a delightful harmony, but j because he wants his prunes stewed for I him and chooses to read Brochis by , himself. A fullness o f sympathy, a sharing -f life one with another, is seari ely e'er looked for except in a I narrow, conventional sense. Men like I - to come home and find a blazing tire - I and a smiling face aud an hour of re | laxation. Their serious thoughts ano , earnest aims in life they kei-p on one side. Aud this is rite carrying out of ' love and marriage almost every where in the world, ami this tile degrading of women by Jwjtlt.—From Due of Mrs. Browning’s Letter'. 1846. The X sine of Yew Idenx. The recognition of the value of a new Idea in regard to a business point is leading entplc.yers to encourage criticisms and suggestim s from employees in riNpex-t to the details of the business. thus utilizing their microscopic viexv rather titan liepending solely on the birdseye view' which is taken by the manager. A fra-ndly feeling results from thii attitude, and the employee takes a <l<--pcr interest in his work, developing his own capacity and helping tin- business To see his idea carried out by his superiors puts new life into him ami adds new enthusiasm to his efforts. Su, , ess. The Wedding nine Finger. The wedding ring was placet! on the ; left baud as nearest the In art and on I the fourth linger Leetnise tlmt finger ' was suppo'itl to have its own "private ! xvire" tin ll:e sltape of a delicate nerve J to the heart. That liliger, too. was cull ] ed tl'.e medicine finger, and the belief ■ was that by virtue of Ute little nervt ■ it could detts-t a dangerous poison if ! simply inserted in the liquitl. Front i that belief tin- idea that xveddlng rings -the rings worn on that finger—had ■ special curative -ptalities hail its rise I To this day wedding rings are rubbed ! over an obstinate sty on in eyelid. The Hnngarlan Crown. The Hungarian crown worn at theii accession by the emperors of Austria as kings of Hungary is the identical one made for Stephen and used at bis coronation over 800 years ago. The whole is of pure gold, except the set tings, and weighs nine marks six ounces. almost exactly fourteen | pounds. The settings above alluded to consist of 53 sapphires. 5o rubies, 1 e nl . ; erald and 338 pearls. It will be noticed . that there are no diamonds among these precious adornments. This is ax' ! eonutexl for by the oft quoted story of | Stephen’s aversion to such gems because he considered them "imliu-ky.” Argaa Eyed and Hydra Headed. The term "Argna eyed" means watch fui. According to the Grecian fable, Argua had lUO eye*, and Juno set him to watch aii of whom she was jealous. When Argn* wa* slain she transplanted hi* eye* into the tai) of the pea coek. "Hydra headed” is a term de rived from the fable of Hercule* and the hydra The hydra had nine bend* and Hercule* was sent to kill it. A* soon as lie struck off one of its head* two shot up in it* place. The lafereat la JL Plpaon—l wonder what there was in the paper today about Masters? Grime* — Didu t know there was anything, pjji son—Oh. there must have lieen. He wa* saying to me that today's issue was usually inieresting. Happiness and misery are two extreme*. the utmost bounds whereof w< knuxv not.—Locke.

INDEXING books. I T „e C„H<on. Is - D< “ | ‘ , eloped Rather Slowly- , I The .-ustoin Os indexing books deveb ■rime, a provide<l -mine woiks I Kn i’red the trouble of examining th ’» , S'- «...’X/’S’I • in the modern sense, aihiu > tXt or at least I contents seem to have preceded the in : l! ‘such’table* followed the order of np I ! pen rance of iU« subjects in the boott - i Ptself Alphabetical arrangement., wlti.'h was the la-ginning of the real in-j de\. appears not to have been thought of until the invention of printing, am even then it spread but slowly. Erasmus was one of the first to provide fits works with aipiml’etieal indexes. IN custom -lid not become universal un ; til well into the sixteenth centu.y The first index to an English book Is said to he that printed in Polydore y.-rgil’s "Angiiae Historiae." in Vn edition of this work published ten I years later lias an index of thirty-seven ; pages. rvMh»»<••»’* VoufHHe was a respectable looking man. ( snd judging from ills appearance, lie j was a butcher by trade, and this belief was xt-rifie-1 a tew minutes later. , He carried a white apron under bis arm, and as he el ‘ered a car a huge - cleaver dropped from the bundle to the 1 floor. A votith who had nit reached j the age of discretion sank out merrily. | “Say. mister, you dropped your pocket- I knife." Tlte passengers laughed, but : they could not help but think that the . youth took a lane chance on kidding a i man witli a cleaver.—Albany Journal. : Farmers Take Notice. Are your hogsand chickens healthy j and in as thriving condition as von I would like to have them, if not. feed ; them Egvptian Hog and Chicken ■ Cholera Remedy. Put up in gallon | and half gallon cans. For sale at the ! ol reliable ding store. Smith. Yager Fdalk. 48tf

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HARNESS Wash, Oil your Harness Now. During February and March is the best time to have your Harness submerged iu warm oil. as the method I use is better than oiling your Harness twice a year by hand. I CAN WORK CHEAPER IN THE DULL SEASON THAN LATER ON All common sewing done free upon Harness washed ard oiled by me, during these months. I carry the best oil Harness Oil for sale. Call and see me and I wil. explain my method to you. HARNESS! HARNESS!" HARNESS! We will give to you the best of bargains, and make Ml order on the shortest notice anything in the harness A ticket will be given with each sale of single or coni ble set of harness bought in February or March,®! blankets aud robes valued from Ji.oo to SB.OO. 1 Our second hand line for bargains, goods bought sold. Carriage trimming and upholstering done ®| shortest notice. A single set of harness, folding cookoo clock, gold watch, and one silver watch will I Don't fail to call and get particulars- I Special mention is called to our line of household go® I beds, chairs, cupboards, dressers, cook stoves. h e “ t£l ’l counters, a large coffee mill and many ether arlic !eS ' General repairing done and guaranteed, in g uD5 ®‘ I line, and all other repair work in that line, by I Smith. % I hTsTporter

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