Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1905 — Page 7

■f" VANISHING jackals. Enable" the Animal" te Mll ue Themselves Invisible. Marvelously successful in its work , is the natural instinct Which tells J'h jackal how to efface itself from idit when danger threatens. You may accidentally surprise half u dozen of “ gaunt, gray-brown beasts trotting across the open between patches of imigle scrub in the east, but at that ~e ry instant they cease to ue there They are as large “ S fah sizwl d ° es ’ and the drv ground, though rough, is clear, but you may rub your eyes and look-there is not a sign of a single iackal where a moment ago you saw a ack If you draw close they will be obliged to rise and scattei for shelter, put from where you stand the illusion Is complete. The jackals have become part of the surface of the bare brown ground. This miracle is achieved by the peculiar adaptation of their coloring to that of the surface of the sun baked soil. tges of evolution have brought about this perfect accord between the jackal's habits to its surroundings After the rains in India, when lush green vegetation springs up everywhere and food abounds in it, the jackals need never show themselves out of cover, but in the hot weather, when the land is blistered brown, the jackals must often wander far Into the open to be early at the feast upon the starveling goat that has died on the dusty track to the village. There the matter might end, save that sometimes, from the fiendish clamor which the jackals make at night when the heat renders sleep almost impossible. you are tempted to teach them to give your tent or bungalow a wider berth on their way to and from their feeding grounds. This may have been the feeling of a man who was camped out in the jungle ou business of the government of India as he sat at his tent door, rifle in hand, scanning the dry slope of stunted brown scrub. Sometimes he saw one flit like a shadow from cover to cover, but whenever he used his field glasses or half raised his rifle there was not a sign of life or movement anywhere. So dusk fell, and another sleepless night followed—not solely caused by the jackals, for the carelessness of the native servants in cooking their meal In the dry stream bed below had set the hillside scrub, classed as government "forest” in his map. on fire. On the following afternoon, when his solitary day’s work was done, he sat again at his tent door opposite the brown slope, with its new disfiguring plash of black marking the scene of the conflagration. Presently, almost ns conspicuous as a black beetie on a white tablecloth, a gray-brown jackal furtively trotted on to the blackened ground. At the movement of the arm which raised the rifle the jackal instantaneously crouched to the black surface, md there, silhouetted distinctly, it lay motionless until the rifle spoke, when it kicked once and died. A second came with like result, except that it did not iven kick once, but the third struggled »ver and over and needed a second Ihot to finish it.—London Answers. A Quotation Traced. Who wrote the words “a prospect all >n fire?” They are quoted by Wordsivorth in his "Evening Walk,” and Pro 'essor Knight and his helpers had been inable to trace it. But Nowell Smith louimunicates to the Athenaeum his Uscovery that it comes from a long lorgotten poem, "Sunday Thoughts,” >y Moses Browne. Moses Browne's ihrase lives like a fossil In Wordsworth’s poem. Browne died in 1757 ind was not unknown to Dr. Johnson, it whose suggestion he brought out an innotated edition of the “Compleat Lngler." His "Sunday Thoughts” was eprinted as late as 1806. He held the jving of Olney for a short time durng Cowper's residence there and had lohn Newton for his curate.—London Jlobe. Provident Animals. ■ All birds of the crow tribe, rooks es■ecially, exhibit a tendency toward ■timer—like squirrels and some other ■initials—to lay up a store of provisions B>r their sustenance against a season ■f scarcity. While jackdaws select ■ties of trees and old buildings to store ■way such provisions, rooks convey Rem away to their rookeries. There in ■st season's nests they deposit them, ■otvard springtime, when they begin ■inking about setting their houses in ■der, they visit their rookeries and ■hen rebuilding their nests throw out ■e unused store. Thus it is we often ■rd an accumulation of acorns, pota■es and what not on the ground under ®eir nests.—Nature Notes. An Ancient Tunnel. ■Tunnels are no new things in his■ry. The only known inscription in ■rly Hebrew records that the conduit ■itch conveys water from a spring to ■e pool of Siloam, on the west side of was, like the Simplon tun■l. cut from both ends of the interven■g ridge. But the Hebrew workers ■sealculated, and while there should ■ve been still three cubits (about five ■eti to excavate they heard the voices ■ the workers in the other tunnel, as ■ere was a deviation of the lines, should have joined. ■ Variation With a Bia: Difference. ■‘Yes, he used to be in the newspaper but he’s studying for the minnow. He says he decided that he be a reporter and save his ■ Indeed? I believe his old city editor ■■> it differently. He says he couldn't ■ a reporter to save his soul."—Ex ■auge. ■Nothing more completely baffles one ■o is full of trick and duplicity than and simple integrity io ■other.— Colton.

CAREFUL OF THE FIRE. The Stingy Hotel Keeper" of Spain anil Southern Italy. In the smaller hotels of southern Italy and of Spain, writes Mr. Hart in "Two Argonauts In Spain.” the unfortunate tourists slowly freeze. The landlords display a touching solicitude about the stove. On days when fire is really needed to keep the guests warm they sometimes spend half their time trying to keep the servants from putting too much fuel on the fire. To prevent Americans and other pyromaniacs from meddling with the fuel they often keep the coal bin locked. It is a touching spectacle to see a group of Americans shivering round a little stove: to see the servant enter, take out a key, unlock the coal bin. put two or three spoonfuls of coal in the stove and then lock the bin again; to see the gimlet eye of a Granada landlord fastened on him from the of lice; then to see the hapless Americans sink back into their overcoat collars and wish they were back home. As an instance of the desperation to which these cold hotels drive people 1 once in a Levantine hotel saw an elderly spinster seat herself in front of the stove in the men’s smoking room, with her hair down, while an elderly female friend gave her a dry shampoo. To the suggestion of the scandalized servants that she should finish this intimate toilet operation in her own room she replied briefly that she had found the only warm place in the ho tel and proposed to finish the shampoo there, which she did. DREADFUL POISONS. The Fumes of Mercury Methide Will Produce Incurable Idiocy. "The more dreadful poisons.” said a chemist, “are only known to a few men. Mercury methide, for instance, the Inhalation of whose fumes pro duces incurable idiocy, can be manufactured by two Italians and by no one else in the world. "Dhatoora is a poison used in India It, too, produces incurable idiocy. A British army officer told me of a sad case—a case of two rival tailors, one of whom gave the other a small dose of dhatoora. The victim of the drug remained an Idiot all the rest of his life. He sat and moved his emptyhands as though he were sewing. He was a formidable rival no longer. "Mercaptan produces a melancholy so great as to terminate nearly always in suicide. No government would permit the manufacture and sale of this poison. "Dhatoora, mercury methide, mercaptan and some twenty other poisons are neither made nor sold in any public way. They are only experimented with. Such poisons would be formidable weapons in unscrupulous hands. Driving their victims to suicide or to insanity, they leave behind them nothing suspicious or untoward. The giver of these poisons is secure from any fear of punishment. “Hence it is no wonder, is it. that the learned men who know such poisons keep their knowledge to themselves.—Chicago Chronicle. A Bit of Sicily. “There is no Italian town more picturesque than the Sicilian capital. Palermo.” writes a traveler. “In its port lie crowded the queerest coasting craft I have ever set eyes on. Sailing ships of all rigs, their hulls painted all the colors of the rainbow, nose up against the quay, where mule carts, whose drivers are shouting at the top of their voices, wait to take away the merchandise. The narrow street where the custom house officers examine the goods brought ashore is a place of terrific noise. When a driver, two clerks and two custom house officers are discussing the contents of a bale or a cask it seems as though murder must be committed within the next few seconds. But somebody signs something, the cart moves on, and everybody laughs.” Value of Decayed Forests. The decayed vegetation of forests has furnished to the fields their present fertility, upon which man depends for food. In the tree growth of virgin woods and in the floor of rotted foliage beneath are stored the accumulations of centuries. Nature does not care whether this growth is useful to the human race or not. It is left for us to encourage the growth of such trees as we find valuable to the exclusion of others. Thus an economical use is made of the resources at hand, and a new conception of the forest arises. The forest primeval becomes “woodlands, while the new “forest” includes only cultivated woods. The Palindrome. A palindrome is a line or phrase that reads the same backward as forward. The Latin language is full of such linguistic freaks; the English has but few. One at least is inimitable. It represents our first parent politely introducing himself to Eve in these words: "Madam, I’m Adam.” From the Latin we have, “Roma tibl subito motibus ibit amor” (Rome, love will come to you suddenly with violence). Pnlllnir Ostrich Feather". A man who runs an ostrich farm, asked the other day as to the method of gathering the feathers, admitted that they were pulled out of the bit ds once in every eight months. Was the process painful? ® “Well,” he replied, “about equal to pulling out your eyeteeth.” A good manv ladies@who wear ostrich feathers do so in the belief that they are thereby serving the cause orbumanity. As a matter of fact, they are encouraging the most cruel and barbarous torture which man can Inflict upon a bird.— Sporting and Dramatic News.

Don’t Be Afraid of Originality. Do not be afraid of being original, even eccentric. Be an independent, self reliant new man, not just one more individual in the world. Do not be a copy of your grandfather, of your father or of your neighbor. That is as foolish as for a violet to try to be like a rose or for a daisy to ape a sunflower. Nature has given each a peculiar equipment for its purpose. Every man is born to do a certain work in an original way. If he tries to copy some other man or to do some other Li.’.n's work lie will be an abortion, a misfit, a failure. Do not imitate even your heroes. Scores of young clergymen attempted to make their reputations by imitating Beecher. They copied his voice and conversation and imitated his gestures and habits, bin they fell us ft" short of the great man's power as the chromo falls short of the masterpiece. Where are those hundreds of imitators now? Not one of them has ever made any stir in the world.—Orison Swett Marden in Success Magazine. Why Arctic Waters Are Yellow. Arctic explorers never tire of telling how beautifully yellow the waters of the northern sea appear. To those who live on the seashore in temperate and tropical countries the stories of travelers concerning the yellow waters of Greenland and Iceland are taken with the proverbial “grain of salt,” but scientists have declared that the arctic seas are yellow, and it was Scoresby who first explained the cause of its peculiar color. Perceiving that the waters were of an unusual color, he had some drawn up and examined it with his microscope. To his surprise, he found that the color was due to the presence of minute animalcules, each so inconceivably small that a single drop of the water contained upward of 20,000 of the little creatures. At that rate a pint of the water would show 170,000.000, each sporting about in his place without disturbing or crowding his neighbor. Bees as Burglars. It appears that the monarchies of bees, well governed as they seem to be. are afflicted nevertheless by organized criminal classes—sneak thieves and highway robbers. Some of these robber bees go in strong bands to pillage and are able to storm and sack a hive. Aft er the slaughter they carry all the provisions home. Some colonies of bees never work; they live entirely by robbery and murder. There are also thieves who creep unperceived into strange hives to steal honey. If successful they return after ward with hordes of burglar bees, break open the honey safes and carry away the contents. But the most curious fact is that these bees can be artificially produced, according to Buchner, by feeding the larvae upon honey mixed with brandy.—London Tit-Bits. Beating of Dead Hearts. Hearts of cold blooded animals will beat for a comparatively long time after death or removal from the body (if kept cold and moist) because of powerful internal collections of nerves known as ganglia, whose automatic impulses cause the regular contractions of the muscles. Similar ganglia exist in man and other warm blooded animals. but their action is less prolonged. Scientists have ascertained that a turtle’s heart will beat after removal if put on a piece of glass, kept cool and moist and covered with a bell jar. I believe it has been known to beat thir-ty-six or even forty-eight hours. Twelve or fourteen hours is a common record. —St. Nicholas. Only Medals For Bravery. In the Japanese army men are not promoted for distinguished conduct on the field and officers do not assume the rank of a superior officer who may be killed. By distinguishing themselves they gain nothing but decorations. The Order of the Golden Kite is a most coveted honor. Every man seeks to obtain it not only because it carries with it certain monetary rewards, but for the honor which its possession bestows on the wearer. No officer attains higher rank except by going through the necessary course of study and passing the examinations. Mere bravery cannot bring promotion. She Couldn’t Help It. “Why in the world,” asked the beautiful young widow, “have you promished to marry him if you don’t love him?” “Oil, I just had to. He was desperate.” "Hum! Said he’d go and shoot or drown himself, I suppose.” "No. He said he’d go and propose to you.”—Chicago Record-Herald. Forced Latitude. Hllss Sweet—The little boy that Is playing with your brother is scratching up the parlor furniture terribly! Miss Van Fleet—l know it, but if I tell him to stop he'll go home and tell the whole family that I’m cross, and his big brother is my latest catch.—Detroit Free Press. Wanted Detail". The schoolteacher was describing her encounter with an impertinent tramp. “And then.” said she, “I fainted.” “Wit’ yer left or wit’ yer right, mum?" promptly inquired little Johnny Boxer, the pugilist's son.—Pittsburg Post Opportunity. “Opportunity comes.” said the old proverb, "with feet of wool, treading soft.” You must have the instinct of an artist for the approaches of this good genius. You must listen for It. — Samuel Johnson. A spoonful of water added before beating an egg increases the amount of froth; a pinch of salt hastens its coming.

Mexico nineteen hours nearer. Double daily through service. Iron Mountain route. Ask ticket agentsX or G. A. A. Deane, Jr., T. P. A., 200 Sentinel Bldg., Indianapolis. CLOVER LEAP. in effect June 2«. 1904 EAST, , »—Oom merci* ITraveler, Gaily... I:l7am oJ— M*U, daily, except Sunday. ..12.iff a m 3 4—Day Exuresa, dally 7:34 p rn o W— Local Freight 1:00 pm WEST 0 B—Day Express, dahr 5 53* m o I—Matl, daily, except Sunday .. 11:39a m o s—Commercial Traveler, dally 9:11 pm - •»—Local Freight 9:50 a m RAILROAD NEW ERIE TIME TABLE. EAST BOUND io. 8 2:38 a. m. io. 22 ex. Sun 6:58 a. m. Jo. 4 .. _ 4:40 p.m. so. 14 ex. Sun 8:20 p. m. Mo. 10 - 9.50 p. m. No. i 4 does not carry baggage. and does not arry passengers east of Marion, uhio. WEST BOUND io. 7 2:00 a. m io. 9 2:57 a. m io 21 ex. Sun 10:10 a. tn so. 3 12; 44 p. m io. 13 _ - 5:56 p. m 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 2:20 am “ “ Kalamazoo 5:20 am Arrives Grand Rapids 6:45 am “ •• Petoskey 2:60 pm “ “ Mackinaw City 4:15 pm N,o 7—Leaves Decatur 7:59 am “ " Fort Wavne B:soam " Kalamazoo 12:15pm “ 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 4:20 pm “ “ Kalamazoo 8:05 p m Arrives Grand Rapids 9:40 p m ” Petoskey 6:05 a m ” " Mackinaw City 7:20 am TRAINS SOUTH No. 6—Leaves Decatur 1:08am Portland ....2:olam • “ Winchester 3:52 am •• Arrives Richmond 3:30 a m “ “ Cincinnati 7:15 a rn “ “ Indianapolis 6:soam “ “ Louisville 10:05 am “ “ St. Louis 1:30 pm No. 12/—Leaves Decatur 7:l4am Portland 8:15 a m “ “ Winchester 8:56 am “ Arrives Richmond 9:42 am “ •’ Cincinnati 12:20 pm “ “ Indianapolis 12:10 pm “ “ Louisville 7:10 pm “ “ St. ' 3uis 7:10 p m No. 2—Leaves Deca r I:l6pm “ “ P irtland 2:13 p m “ “ Winchester 2:50 pm “ Arrives Richmond 3:40 pm “ •• Cincinnati 5:55 pm “ “ Indianapolis 11:55 pm “ “ Louisville 7:ooam “ “ St. Louis 7:22 a m No. 30—Leaves Decatur 7:51 pm “ Arrives Portland, . 8:55 pm No. 16 —Leaves Decatur....? 8:46 p m “ “ Portland 9:45 pm “ Winchester 10:25 pm “ Arrives Richmond 11:15 pm 1130 train sleeping car to Grand Rapids and lackinaw 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 0 Mackin? -v City. Trains arrive from north at 08 a. m. z .i4 a. m. 1:16 p. m. 7:51 p.m. Bryson, Age. C. L. Lockwood, G. P.A Gr. Rapids. Mic. ROY ARCHBOLD DENTIST I. O. O. F. BLOCK 'Phones — Office 164, residence 245 “mann - * christen, Architects. Are prepared to do any kind of work in their line. Pereons contemplating building can save titneß, trouble and money by consulting them. Office- MANN & CHRISTEN, Bowers Block, Monroe st. Architect AUCTIONEER For Good Service See L. H. CAGE (Speaks German and English) Auctioneer and Sale Crier. Rates 54,fK Sales over SSOO 80e per SIOO. Leave address at Berne Witness Office, Berne, Ind LINN & PATTON Carpenters, Contractors and Builders Slate Roofers and Galvanized Gutters. Shop, Corner Rugg and Market Streets. Linn & Patton J. D. HALE DEALER IN Seeds, f+ay, Wool, Oil Salt, Goal, Lime, Cernenl Fertilizers. Office and retail store store southeast cor ner of Second and Jefferson streets. E-ff Tour patronage solicited. 1 H. O. \\ ELLS. M. D., SPECIALIST. 723 (FORT WAYNE?” Cures Piles. Fistula. Fissure. Stricture o. the Rectum. Itching. Bleeding. Ulceration Constipation 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 painless treatmen, «he will give one treatment free to all who call to see him.

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