Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1905 — Page 7

A WOMAN LUNCHES. Mt * That Are Ordered Merely by | Force of Suggertion. o f women order their luncheons lerely by force of suggestion. If you nn’t think so, watch the wavering down, look on the card, glance t tiff nearest neighbor’s plate and whatever the latter happens > l)®|Bating. In a crowded luncheon K- matinee day one little round Bating four women bore out this nt. Two of the women refresh selves-on cake and coffee. The putting away a savory dam gSfer A fourth came in. observer) i# «&es, ; yzed appreciatively on the jowcte" nnd requested the latter. The re t Jowderer finished and departed, ad the woman who immediately took er pto l e looked around the table and ■Mad cakes and coffee. BKis time the first two cuke and OSes had finished, and an uncer lin linking woman sat down on that de ot the table. She looked at the vo Biosite, glanced at the card and di “Bring me a clam chowder.” ■sea fact, and there is every rea 53 tAuppose that nothing but coffee Bd eakes and chowder was served at iat tfble all the afternoon or at leas: wavering ladies sat down t ladelphia Bulletin. I FAIRY TALES. ae Vie" of the Lessoni Thin Clant I of Sturlen Teaches. Th«®i'.v tales are the only true acit man has ever given of his the Giant Killer” is th< nt of the first of the three rest pa-mloxes by which men live. 1* . then: idox of courage, the paradox -hich n.vs. ‘ You must defy the thing aat is trrifying you; unless you are rightAl you are not brave.” “Cin erella"Es the embodiment of the sec nd of fi- |j paradoxes by which me: ve, the paradox of humility, which ays, *w ok f° r tlie best iu the thing its merit; he that abases be exalted.” And “Beau f andfee Beast” is the embodiment ||KMKird of the paradoxes by which the paradox of faith, the abjjjjjMneeeisary and wildly unrea jgjjflHfom xiui which says to every MHNt’Fitl. a child or to every patrioi ritb a c buatry, “You must love th< king firs: and make it lovable after tales are far truer than l||nMeeros at the zoo, for you know rhat these mean. And you can guess ■hat the rhinoceros means:—G. K. IhesterSn. W I GARGOYLES. — irlgin •< These Qnnintly Formed or Figure.. Gargoyles are quaintly formed heads ices or figures used in ancient times >r decdKre purposes and chiefly ap lied as th, terminals of waterspouts pon roofstor gables. The rain stream as arraiged to flow through the loath, and the word gargoyle itself an attempt to imitate the “gurgling’ rand made by the water In passing ■rough the throat of the grotesque onster. Gargoyles were the caricatures ol ediaevalKimes. Many were carveo monkish masons, who took the op minify of handing on to posterity e distorted lineaments of their fel tvs or ev® of their superiors, recog sable asjfkenesses from some promi nt characteristic. The famjfas gargoyles of Notre Dana Paris are supposed to have had some h origin, while others of supposedly - same origin are to be seen in arches throughout Brittany and Nor indy as well as here and there ii gland.—Lo don Telegraph. ot Tnu. Mnr.hnll, “om Marshall, Kentucky’s famow t, attended a phrenologist's lectun - night. Marshall had been drinking 1 when he returned to his hotel aftei ' lecture he drank more. The drink e him be ief in his phrenological vers, andjhe declared that be could ad” heads as well as the lecturer it was derided to test his skill upon ie or thefcuests of the hotel. Both ie. and gin tiemen assembled in the lor, anjatarshali, who knew most them, fuifislinl an hour’s uproarifun by blitting oil their failings en he had finished an empty headed dy whose head had not been exam 1 loudly mid pompously called at . ion to the fact that Marshall had lected him “I beg your pardon, said Marshall, “but you must real sense me. I am too drunk to read 11 print by candlelight.”—Argo Caterpillar, of Siklm. the sal-tris forest of Sikim, in the ica) gorge of the Teesta. is one of breedin® grounds of the myriad erflles that swarm over the coun A famous traveler says that in and until the middle of June the er leaves of the great sal-trees are illy alive with voracious caterpilThe present of these caterpillars >ch overwhelming numbers is exby the fact that they are disful to birds. Fowls that were offer'em rejected them after a trial disgust and went on wiping their for someftime afterward. There *o species, one a bright coral and :her green with stripes. They can their fall from the tall trees by ■ themselves down on long silky is. e Sick MBn nnfl file Lawyer, sick Vian pad called bis lawyer. *l* to ekpiafn again to you,” said —kly, “\bout willing my propernttonieyfeeld tip hi* hand reas ’ly. “Thri-e. there!” said he. p that all to me.” sick man sighed resignedly, oppose I might as well.” said he. X upon bis pillow; “you’ll get it

“Maddening Potted Phrnaea." XVe have protested against the “faultless even dress" of the hurried descriptive writer, since evening dress is the only male attire that excludes the possibility of error. But a long list could be made of the phrases—tinned and stale—which all writers use who write like enterprising and hurried builders, building with ready made doors and window panes. For example, one nevei reads an account of a railway accident from the lips of the “badly shaken" passenger without finding that “all went well until” —the t'aing happened. But perhaps the most: maddening of these potted phrases is “the rash act.” You will read how Mr. Smith or Mr. Brown sat down and wrote several long letters to his relatives, how he had with great care arranged his affairs, how with the utmost deliberation he purchased poison, a revolver, a new razor and a ball of twine; how he sent his family away for a holiday, went to his room and conscientiously poisoned, strangled, sliced and shot himself. “No reason,” runs the inevitable comment, is assigned for the rash act," which was as deliberate as the movement of the Rhone glacier.—London Chronicle. Turkish Attar of Roses. Turkish attar of roses is mainly produced in Bulgaria and is carried on in the fertile valleys on the southern slopes of the Balkans. The rose harvest in Bulgaria begins about the third week in May and lasts about a month The second great seat of rose farming in Europe is the space between th* Maritime Alps and the Mediterranean in the extreme southeast of France. This is, in fact, the great scent farming and perfumery making center, of Europe, the town of Grasse being the emporium of the district. Os course attar of roses is also produced in India, Persia and Asiatic Turkey under the climatic conditions desired, but the great bulk of the supply is furnished by the European regions already noted. The roses employed for attar making in Europe are: In Bulgaria the red damask rose and in the south of France the Provence rose, a hybrid or variety of the hundred leaf rose, to which also be longs the well known cabbage rose. A Dream With a Moral. A rich lady dreamed that she went to heaven and there saw a mansion being built. “Whom is that for?” she asked of the guide. “For your gardener.” “But he lives in the tiniest cottage on earth, with barely room for his family. He might live better if he did not give away so much to the miserably poor folks.” Farther on she saw a tiny cottage being built. “And whom is that for?” she asked. “That is for you.” “But I have lived in a mansion on earth. 1 would not know how to live in a cottage.” The words she heard in reply were full of meaning. “The Master Builder is doing his best with the material that Is being sent up.” Then she awoke, resolving to lay up treasure in heaven.—Chicago Post. CIRCUS PERFORMERS, To Them the Circus Is a Very Serious Affair. To circus people the’circus is a very serious thing. When a bareback rider slips to the ground after a somersault or a lofty tumbler misses the shoulder it is his business to land on the ar. lienee Is all sympathy, as if feeling itself how it is to fall before so many people. Very little the performer cares for all the vast multitude. His mind is on the superintendent, his particular superintendent, who is watching him at the side of the arena, and who, when he goes off, is sure to ask very pointed ly how his eye happened to be inaccurate or his muscles infirm. There is no place in the circus for performers who fail. Even the clowns look a little bit serious behind the scenes. But perhaps that is only because the black lines they paint on their whitened visages are always so glum and solemn. And what a wilderness of fun making people there are in the latter day circus—the Bumpkin, the Loon, the Harlequin, the Grimacer, the Merry Andrew, the Austrian Looby, the Zany, the Pierrot, the Punch, the Motley Fool and finally the German Broad Face, whose name » Paddy Burke! One of the clowns was sitting on his trunk in the dressing room licking a stick of bl wk paint and rubbing it on his cheeks so as to make a most funereal expression. The small boy asked him what kind of a clown he was. He said that he was just “Funny Friskey,” and he got his visiting card out of his trunk. It read, “H. Friskey, Clown and Comedian.” and it had a heavy -gold rim, which made it very imposing-. • -the four corners it said Europe and-Asia and Africa and America, which showed that H. Friskey’s fame had reached the four corners of the card. Until y<tu saw his merry capers in the ring you never could believe that a man with such a serious face and such an imposing visiting card could be either funny or frisky.—Metropolitan Magazine Sonieihlnw Wanted. A bachelor, old and cranky, was sit ting alone in his room. His toes with the gout were aching, and his face was o'erspread with gloom, no little ones' shouts to disturb him—from noises the house was free. In fact, from cellar to attic 'twas as still as still could be. No medical aid was lacking; his servants answered his ring, respectfully answered his orders and supplied him with everything. But still there was something wanted, which lie could not command—the kindly words of com- : passion, the touch of a gentle hand. | And be said, as his brow grew darker ; and he rang for the hireling nurse. I “Well, marriage may be a failure, but this is a jolly sight worse.” I

A SCHOOL FOR SPIDERS. Tlie Insects Tahrnt to Weave Their Vella Onl. OU Butllea. • “This is my spioers' school.” said the young woman, anti with a little stick she brushed a few webs from the wail. “Not much to look at, is it? Only a dozen rows of wine bottles, a great many spiders and a great many webs. I make nevertheless a little money out of the school. "Spiders’ webs are in demand among surgeons and among the makers of certain astronomical instruments, the surgeons using them to stop hemorrhages with and the instrument makers using them in certain very delicate instruments—instruments wherein, strange to say, a human hair would not take their place, because a hair is neither tine enough nor durable enough to serve the required purpose. “Besides selling the webs I also sell the spiders. A corrupt class of wine dealers buy the spiders. These men put them among bottles of new wine. I train the spiders to weave on bottles only—l tear down webs woven anywhere else—and it is amazing how quickly these well schooled pupils of mine will cover a case of port or claret with cobwebs, giving to the wine an appearance of great age. "Six spiders in a week will add two years to the aspect of a dozen bottles of wine: hence you will readily see how valuable the ugly little creatures are to wine merchants of a certain type.”—Philad ilpliia Bulletin. SEWING COTTON. The Humble Origin of the Grent Thread Industry. The origin of sewing cotton was told at a cotton manufacturers' meeting by the head of the great thread house of Paisley, Scotland. It was discovered in 1803 by his grandfather, who had a little business in Paisley, making silk twine for heddles, which were used by every weaver. Tie silk came from Hamburg, and in 1803 Napoleon caused the stock held there to be burned in order to hamper British trade. The weavers were iu despair, but James Clark conceived the idea that .cotton yarns could be twisted together to f irm the twines. The experiment succeeded, and frofi! this grew the idea that cotton could be substituted for flax iu the manufacture of sewing thread and would not be so coarse and harsh. He began the manufacture of the thread in a very small way. It was at first put up in skeins and had to be wound into little balls by the purchaser, and then Mr. Clark invented the modern spools. He had them made by a wood turner, half a gross at a time. They cost him sixpence a dozen. and he charged the purchaser of the thread a halfpenny for the spool, which, however, was refunded when the spool was returned. The ladies of Paisley used to come to his shop with their spools and wait while he wound the thread on them. From this small beginning grew a great industry. Condition*! That tsiflt For Marriage The low paid employee today can succeed as well alone as with a wife, which his ancestors could not do. At the same time his selfish enjoyments are greater without her, for he may live irresponsibly, without a motive to save and with all his surplus available for wayside pleasures of an antisocial sort. The disintegrating forces of a great city upon homeless youth are too obvious to need emphasis. The wage earning girl, on her part, is likely to acquire the taste of fragmentary, pointless and unproductive spending. Both form habits harmful to the altruistic motives of group living—of the home idea. A man who goes from the saloon, street comer or cheap pleasure club, a girl who leaves the dance hall and pave meat glitter to make a home for him the bare necessities of which are hardly met by his wages, are not qualified by their experiences to bring to a successful issue the supreme test of character that makes stable a high standard.— Professor Simon N. Patten iu independent.

A Soft Answer. It was in 1872 that George Chesmore Bromley, author of “Long Ago and Later On,” became a member of the Bo hernia club of San Francisco and soon fgund himself “Sire of the Ix>w Jinks.” which occasion be vividly recalls, and especially his arrival at home afterward. He writes: “My dear little wife awoke at my entrance and inquired the time. I looked at my watch and replied, ‘Ten minutes past 10,’ and then laid the watch ca the mantelpiece. Having some doubts as to the correctness of my reply, the little woman arose and looked for herself. ‘What time did you say it was?’ she asked again. ‘Ten minutes past 10,’ said I. ‘Ten minutes past 10! Why, it onlylacks ten minutes of 2,’ said she. ‘ls that so?' said I. ‘Why, bless my soul, bow time flies! I had no idea that I had been home so long.’ This was another occasion when I realized that ‘a soft answer turneth away wrath.’ ” Wrestling; With the Spaniard. When Walter Williams, from Colum bus. Miss., was in Spain in the summer of 1903 he called upon a provincial editor in the interest of the St. Louis exposition. The next day the paper had the following: “Walter Williams of the United States purchased the state of Louisiana and next year will give a celebration, to which he invites his fellow journalists of Europe." Mr. Williams agajn called upon the editor and thoroughly explained matters. The editor apologized and printed this correction: "Governor Francis of Missouri lias purchased a large trai t of land in the Great American desert, and Walter Williams is here to invite the journalists of Spain to a show which the governor will give next year.” Mr Williams tied the place, fearful the ea ttor might explain some mois.

Mexico nineteen hours nearer. Double daily through service, Iron Mountain route. Ask ticket agents •pr G. A. A. Deane, Jr., T. P. A., 200 Sentinel Bldg., Indianapolis. EAST. No. 6. The Comm'l Traveler, daily. 6:33a.n> No. 2. Mall, daily, except Sunday..Jl HOa. in No. 4. Day express, daily 7:33 p. m No. 22, Local freight 12:10 p m WEST No. 3. Day express, daily 3:46 a. n> No. 1. Mail, daily except Sunday... .11:30 a. m Wo. 5. Tho Comm’l Traveler, daily..lo oh p, m No. 23. Local freight 9 50a m RAILROAD NEW ERIE TIME TABLE. EAST BOUND ' io. 8 2:38 a.m. io. 2'i ex. Sun... 6:58 a. m. T o. 4 4:40 p.m. s o. 14 ex, Sun 8:20 p. m. io. 10 9.50 p. m. No. i 4 does not carry baggage, and does not any passengers east of Marion, Ohio. WEST BOUND ■o. 7 2'oo a. m 9. 2:57 a. in io. 21 ex. Sun 10:10 a. m Jo. 3 - - 12;44 p. m io. 13 5:56 p. in except Monday’s & days fol'g legal holidays No. 13 does not carry baggage. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Sept. 25,1904 TRAINS NORTH. No s—Leaves Decatur 1:30 am “ “ Fort Wayne 2:2oam “ “ Kalamazoo 5:20 am Arrives Grand Rapids 6:45 am “ ” Petoskey 2:sopm “ “ Mackinaw City 4:15 pm N,o 7—Leaves Decatur 7:59 a m “ ” Fort Wavne B:soam •* Kalamazoo 12:15 pm “ Arrives Grand Rapids 2:05 p m “ “ Petoskey 9:35 pm “ “ Mackinaw City ..10:50 pm No. 3—Leaves Decatur 3:17 p m •• “ Fort Wayne '4:2opm “ “ Kalamazoo 8:05 pm Arrives Grand Lapids 9:40 p m Petoskey 6 05 a.m ” ” Mackinaw Uity 7:20 am TRAINS SOUTH No. 6—Leaves Decatur 1.08 am “ Portland 2:01 am • *• Winchester ~,,3:52 am »• Arrives Richmond/ »:3c a m “ “ Cincinnati 7:15 am “ “ Indianapolis 6:50 am “ “ Louisville 10:05 am “ St, Louis 1:30 pm No. 12r-Leaves Decatur... 7:l4am “ •* Portland 8:15 am “ “ Winchester 8:56 am “ Arrives Richmond 9:42 a m “ “ Cincinnati 12:20 pm “ “ Indianapolis 12:10 pm “ “ Louisville 7:10 pm “ “ St. r juis ... ... 7:10 p m No. 2—Leaves Deca .r 1:16 pm *• " P »rtland 2:13 p m •' “ Winchester 2:50 pm “ Arrives Ri3hmond 3:4opm “ •• Cincinnati 5:55 pm “ “ Indianapolis 11:55 pm “ “ Louisville 7:00 am “ “ St. Louis.. 7:22am No. 30—Leaves Decatur 7:51 p m “ Arrives Portland,... 8:55 pm No. Ifr—Leaves Decatur....B 8:46 p m “ “ Portland 9:45 pm “ Winchester 10:25 pm “ Arrives Richmond 11:15 pm 1:30 train sleeping car to Grand Rapids and Mackinaw Dity. 7.59 a. m. train parlor car to irand Rapids and Mackinaw City 3:17 p. m. rain parlor car to Grand Rapids, sleeping car o Mackirr -v City. Trains arrive from north at o® a. m. , .14 a. in. 1:16 p. m. 7:51 p.m. r , Bryson, Age. C. L, Lock wood. G. F. A Gr. Rapids, Mic. ROY ARCHBOLD DENTIST I. O. O. F. BLOCK 'Phones — O3ioe 164, residence 245 MANN & CHRISTEN, Architects. Are prepared to do any kind of work in their line. Persons contemplating building can save times, trouble and money by consulting them. Office- MANN & CHRISTEN, Bowers Block, Monroe st. Architect AUCTIONEER For Good Service See L. H. GAGE (Speaks German and English) Auctioneer and Sale Crier. Rates ?4.0€ Sales over 5500 80c per SIOO. Leave address at Berne Witness Office, Berne, Ind LINN & FATTON Carpenters, Contractors and Builders Slate Roofers and Galvanized Glitters. Shop, Corner Rugg and Market Streets. Linn & Patton J. D. HALE DEALER IN Seeds, f+ay. Wool, Oil Salt, Goal, Lirne, Cemenl Fertilizers. Office and retail store store southeast cor cer of Second an t .Jefferson streets. patronage solicited. 1 hTo. w ells, m. d.’ SPECIALIST. 723 CLiNTON STREET, FORT WAYNE; Cures Piles. Fistula. Fissure. Stricture 01 the Rectum. Itching. Bleeding. Ulceration. Constination and all diseases of the Rectum. Also Rupture. Dr. Wells will be at the Murray hotel, in the forenoon, and at the Shamrock hotel in Geneva in the afternoon, on the first Tuesday in every month In order to introduce his rainless treatment, he will give one treatment free to all who call tc see him.

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D. D. HELLER & SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offica over IJlackburn & Christen’s drug store J, Q. Neptune, D. D. S. C. E. Neptune, D. D. S ’PnuLie 23. ’Paone 236. Neptune Brothers, DENTISTS.. Rooms 1,2, 3, 4. Spangler Building. Decatur, Indiana. Office ’Phone 207. Lady Attendant English, German and Swiss spoken. FRED REPPERT, Sale Crier and Auctioneer. DECATUR, ------ INDIANA Speaks English. German, Swiss and LowJGerman. DORE B. ERWIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OfFtCK.—CornerMonroe and Second street; General practitioner. No charge forconsu; tatlon AMOS P. BEATTY ATTORNEY AT LAW And Notary Public. Pension claims prose cuted. Odd Fellows building. 1 MERRYMAN & SUTTON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUR. IND. Office—Nos. 1. 2. 3, over Adams Co. Bank. We refer, by permissioj to Adams Co. Bank BCHURGER & SMITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Notar’es. Abstracters, Real Estate Agents Money to Loan, heeds and Mortgages written on short notice. Office in Allison block second story, over Fristoe’s Smoke House. Decatur. Indiana jctAT iFSifir? raw?--/ imaif iVhat PEFFER’S HERVI6OR Did It acts powerfully and quickly. Cures when a.' jthe’-s fail. Young men regain lost n.autoodjoi men recover youthful vigor. Abeoletelj Guar autced to Cure Nervousneeo, Lost vitality 11» potency. Nightly Kuiisoloi?»,Lost Power either sex. Failing Memory, Wasting LHs oases, and a'l of self-abtue or excesses m.indiscretion. Wards off insanity and consumption Don’t let druggist impose a worthless substitute oi you because it yif'lds a greater profit. Insist ou hav Ing PEFFER’S NER VIGOR, or send for it Can he carried ill vest pocket. Prepaid, plain wrapper $1 per box, or 6 for &>, with A Written Guarantee to Cure or Refund M «ney. Pamphler fre VBFFJEK MEDICAL Abb’N, Chicago, 111 Sold by Blackburn & Christen Mortgage Loans. Money Loaned on favortUe terms. Low Rate of Interest. Privelege of partial payments, Abstracts of Title carefully prepared. F. M. SGHIRMEYER, Gor. Second aqu Medieon ste. Decatur”. Indiana. “OR QUICK CASH SALES doctor E, J. Beardsley, General Practice and Surgery. But Special Attention given to Eye Ear Noee, Throat and Chronic Diseases. expert In Fitting Glasses, fhorougbly equipped for treating Eye. Ear Throat and Catarrhal cases. CALLS answered, day or night. OFFICE—over postofflee RESIDENCE—cor Monroe and Ninth sts Office Hours--9 to II a. m. 2 to 4 p. m

! $250,000. $250,000 to loan on improved farms at lowest rate of interest, we can place your a lower rate of interest and less expense than anj 7 other Agency in he city. The Decatur Abstract & Loan Company • Rooms 3 and 4, Siudabaker Block ■ i t , DON’T BE A SLAVE nanini-nti ran I——aw—' To the Liquor or Drug Habit, When a speedy, harmless and permanent Cuie is within the reach of all? THOUSANDS of happy, prosperous and sober Men • testify to the efficacy of the Cure as administered at THE KEELEY INSTITUTE MARifIN, INDIANA 1204 S. Adams Street 41 e* .411 Confidences Carefully Guarded 1 Arkansas Texas Louisiana An ideal country for cheap homes. Land at $5 $lO. sls, acre; grows corn, cotton, wheat, oats, grasses, fruits and vegetables. Stock ranges 10 months in the year. ‘Southeast Missori, Akansas, Louisiana and Texas are full of opportunities — the climate is mild, the soil is rich, the lands are cheap. Low home-seekers’ rates —about half fare—via the Cotton Belt twice a month — first and third Tuesday. For descriptive literature, maps and excursion ratesj write to L. 0. SCHAEEER, T. P. A. Cotton Belt Route CINCINNATI OHIO.