Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1905 — Page 6

BUYING RUBIES IN BURMA. Grip* awd Sign. lard la Bsr(«l»la» For Preeio«* *ton»». The peculiar bussuess methods or onoctal merchants are illustrated by the manner of buying rubies in Burma, says the Jewelers' Circular-Weekly. In the examination of rubies artificial light is not used, the merchants holding that full sunlight alone ean bring out the color and brilliancy of the gems. Sales must therefore take place between 9 a. m. a-d 3 p. m„ and the sky must be clear. The purchaser, placed near a win dow. has before him a large coppet plate. The seders come to him one by one. and each empties upon this plr.te his little bag of rubies. The purchaser proceeds to arrange them for valuation in a number of small heaps. The first division is into three grades, according to size. Each of these groups is again divided into three piles, according to color. and each of these piies is again divided into three groups, according to shape. The bright copper plate has a curious use. The sunlight reflected from it through the stone brings out with true rut.es a color effect different from that with red spinels and tourmalines, which are thus easily separated. The buyer and seller then go through a very peculiar method of bargaining by signs, or rather, grips, in perfect silence. After agreeing upon the fairness of the class.fi-.atiou they join their right hands, covered with a handkerchief or the flap of a garment and by grips and pressures mutually understood among all these dealers they mage. modify and accept proposals of purchase and sale. HYPOCRITE AND VILLAIN. tM. Tbs Gentle Terms a Playgoer Once Applied to Forrest. A number of professi«ial men were exchanging reminiscences of Edwin Forrest, the great tragedian. One of ; them told the st' ry of Forrest's experience in the west, which w„» not only of interest in . tseif. but also a tribute to th. «t of the , -r The play was "V •giniua.” and r’or- j rest was at bis lest. In the scene where be slays Lis daughter the and; ence was aim -t stricken with awe and not a aound was beard until the scene was conc.uded after which the artist was greeted with overpowering applause. In the following act Mrgm ins cornea on the stage looking wort and distracted. The reaction Las se:

to. be Is frenzied over the loss of L: daughter, and Le walks up and down j erring out: '’Virginia, Virginia: VS Ler> . i« my child;” An old miner who occupied a fron row to the orchestra and who Lad j terribly wrought up by the mure, | scene, eouid stand this no longer and I •rising to his place, shouted out *: ; loud tones, freighted with intense it •I. — -** - Lthr«ry Ttaievee. "Ko pubi c i. .ary is suie from boot thieves. In the big libraries they have | •potters to watch men who ask for rare editions, tut in the small librane we must de; end on the girls employe wt:o happen to dete t a thief b. chance. If possible we catch the boos thief before be reaches the door an,, ask him if Le nas not fotgotteu to bav. I the volume checked off at the re'.i-trj j desk If Le is an cid Laud he says: “'I have forgotten my card, but 1 will bring it around tomorrow.’ "He hands back the book and disap | pears to reappea* in that particular '.. . brary no more for many months. Thmaj .city of book thieves do no; stea. novels. They go after w >rks of refer ence. almanacs, year t-ooks ami sucL things, that most of them probably j need is their bus.ness. but cannot afford to buy. That s why such vol I ernes are nailed down in many libra ties. I have actually known a wotnaa to get away with a city directory un der her Hoa New York Press. Natives of the San Bia* toast. The natives of the San Blas coast part of the western coast of South America. Lave many peculiar customs. The Indian boy after his marriage becomes the slave of Lis father-in-law •nd must stil mit in all things to bis •rill until emancipated by bis owe daughter’s marriage, when be sett up his own Lome and becomes tbeoee forth master of Lis son-in-law. TL« men are very jealous of their women and In case of war or other grave danger their first step is to kill the i •rives and children. They believe dre amt and insanity to be the work a evil sp rits, and tLe <’-«anifr upon telling bis dream is killed. TLe insane •re burned alive. They allow no for •Jgter to sleep in ov of their villages. Coal.l Be Happy if We Wished. If in a less fortuna’e time than oara. when the resources of mind and body were le" varied and p’eut’.*'jl than they are now. men and women took deligbt in life, warmed l»otb bands at its fire and filled their hearts with joy and glad Less, may we not conclude that they were happy simply because they lived, as we might, in the right way, •nd put to their right uses that which was provided for them?—Christian Register. Great Mrs. It la a matter of common observation that at the passing of the great men of •ech generation there is a pessimistic feeling prevalent that "there were giants to those days.” But the feeling bas never bad any warrant to the actual deficiencies of the oncoming generations. Orators have come and goes and statesmen have come and gone, ■nd sometimes their immediate successors bare not been discernible. But la time the men have emerged who fcav* taken their places and who bars Improved upon the patterns they left »Des Moinas Rw«’»»

PITH AND POINT. Don’t run to the doctor too often. The Average mistake will give yon [ less trouble if you come right out ano admit It Some pet pie waste a lot of the pres ent in thinking what they would do if they could lire their live- over. Good luck and merit always trave. together in one team and bad luck and worthlessness always in another. When mother goes to visit fi«s daughter she takes no party dresses but you bet she takes her kitchen aprons. If a woman’s voice is sweet depends largely upon whether she is calling us to dinner or to get out of bed in the morning. When a woman reads of a horse “ciMunpir.g restively on its bit" she doesn't know exactly what it means, but she feels that she often does it— Atchison G...a_-e. The Governor'! Wife. “Two men in Buffalo." says a state official, "recently had a heated argument over the question whether tbs wife of a governor of a state had an official title. One man contended that she should be addressed as Mrs. Governor So-and-so.’ wire the other stoutly insisted that she was simply Mrs. Blank, wife of Governor Blank.’ Finaly they agreed to submit the question to the first man they should meet. He proved to be an Irishman. The case was put before him. and he was asked fcr a de - =.on. “’Nn»ffier of yez is right.’ said the Irishman after a moment's reflection. The wife of a governor is a govern ew»’"—Collier’a Weekly. Deaf a. an Adder. The express on "deaf as an adder" is from the Psalms of David, where it apj-ears in the following form: "Their poison is like the poison of serpents. TL>y are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not barken te the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.’” East Indian travelers tell us that there is a widely prevailing superstition in tha est to the effect that both the viper and the asp stop the:: ears when the charmer is uttering hit

Incantations or playing Lis music by turning one ear to the ground and tw sting the point of the tail into th* other. Bad Teeth and Caneer. Walter Whitehead, the well know: Eng! sh surgeon, believes it pcs-. ■> that cancer may be due to bad teeth Addressing the students of the Vic toria Eternal hospital, he said that tdrain, trap and ventilate a bouse so: a man with bad teeth was waste of money, for be polluted the purest ait is Le brer.thed it and contaminated tU ■met wL I .-some food as Le ate it Led All the Gaeata. In the days of King George 111. a ►i:;. end the Persian ambassador to bicourt demanded, but was denied, prece ien-e > -r ii otter forugn represents rives He refuse-; to gc ’ :-urt. cans mg t t v ret ted a .rjaii that Le w. ILL He -- the prince regent at ti* Louse of tt.e Lady Salisbury of tie time. "I an. very sorry to offend you: • y... L _i.tv" r. t f. tog to court, he said. No' sir. my sovereign, li« tell ue I go L.st: your people say must _o Now, t-.s ' ery Lad f< me wi.,» I to Eers.a." Sosa; mg, Le i-a-i-t- a < a ..’i ;.:.t i ass tows: Li= Lend. exj-re d< ; ration. Ti rrince tried to appease him. ’ But s. you st..i aimry u me. You have u, invited me to your party t-.uorre night.’’ T ! e prince ei. ...inel that ’ was only a children's party, but t > ■mba-sador might come if be cLoHe eld choose, for Le went and. be . the only ambassador there. led all tL*. guests, thus scoring heavily for Pera, which made him comforts L.-e about Ui» neck again. Restoring Faded Ink. Faded ink on cud documents, papers parchments, etc., may be restored sc as to render the writing |<erfectJy leg: Lie. The process consists in moisten mg the paper wdb water and tbei puss.ng over the lines a brash whici Las been wetted with a solution o: suii hide of ammonia. TLe wwting wi Utt.--.;. t< .y appear quite -.ark in coJoi and t...s color in the case of parchiuen: wii! be preserved. On pater, however the color will gradually fade again, but on a fresh application of the sulpb'de ■-f an.mania it will reapjear. Writing executed to ordinary ink which has beet, tendered illegible Ly age may be restored by carefully moistening it with an infusion of galls or a solution of ferrocyanide of potassium slightly acidulated with hydrochloric acid Care must be taken to apply the liquu so as to prevent tLe ink from spread tog.

Sandy’* Initfatioa. A Scottish giliie was invited by the laird to take a pull at Lis flask after gaffing the first fish of the day. “I canna trink oot a bottle,’’ protest ed the giliie. with a frown of disap proval. “Awee! try. Sandy.” said the laird encoaragiugly. And Sandy tried—tried ■o thoroughly that the laird gazed to ming.ed awe acd admiration as the whisky gurgled and gurgled out of tbe flesk down tbe swurtby throat until, with scarce a Lee! tap left to it, tbe ’’pocket pistol” was handed back to tbe owner. “Hoot. Sandy, maybe ye were riefit tnayhe ye canna trink oot of a bottle.’ gasped the laird, with a mighty sigh, “but, »b. mon. ye’d soon learnr— Baily’a Magazine. i went ap and down your land fom years ago as your candidate and is every speech 1 made I asserted thai the question of imperlal’sm waa more important than tbe mousy queatiMi —Wiltons Jennings Bryaa.

THE FALL OF MAN. East Africa* Satire# Have a Lejeid That Telia the story. Among the Masa.. a native tribe in -- * - low.Lg -torr of the ..reati.'U. wh.<b. a< contig to Dr. Emil Reich, they c; jU not have got from m.. s. Dr. Re.-h thinks that the CLr.-ti-n. Masa. at ■! Babylonian accounts tad a con mon or.g.n in Arabia "In the begin ning the earth was a waste and bari ren w;lderr.«>s in wh._ there dwelt a dr.-.g - Thea 1 -1 ■ '- '®B fr- . L- ve_. fought with the dragon and van /Ji-Led it. From the drag >n’s bk-<l. wLice was water, the barren rock wa.ien.ess was wade fertile, and the spot where the str _'gie between Goa and the dragon tc«-k place became 1 paradise. Thereafter God created ail thing—sen. moon, stars, plants and beasts and finally two hum n beings. j The man was sent down fr-.m heaven and wgs called Maituml*. and tte wo- ; man. Naitergorvb. sprang from the I bo> m of the earth. "Gs-d Jed them into paradise, where ; they lived an untroubled existence. Os i all the fruits therein they might eat by I God’s permission; of one tree alone • they might not taste. Often God came i down to see them, when be climbed j down a ladder from heaven. But one I day he was unable for a long time to find them, but finally Ji- -uvered them ; ero ci; :.g among the l n-l.es. On being asked the meaning of his conduct Ma:tumbe replied that they were ashamed ’ because they had eaten of the forbidden fruit. -Naitergorob gave me of the fruit.’ he said, ’and persuaded me to ear it after she had eaten of it herself.’ "Naitergori'b sought to excuse berself by saying. ’The three healed serpen" came to me and said that by tasting the fruit we should become like unto thee and almighty.’ TLen was 'N’ga' (God wroth and banished the two firs uuman beings from paradise. He sen Kiiegen. the morning star, to drive mat out of paradise and to keep watch thereover." •— A QUEER POSTOFFICE. How Mail Was Delivered la the Old Days of Leadville. "Speaking :,f had town-." s.rid one of the Kr.nsc? City iKami officials wb had crossed the plains in the early days of the west, “reminds me of old Leadville. Colo.. when everybody bad the g id fever tad and law and justice hinged on the mighty Volt. ’The town was full of holdup men and it was hardly wife f r ■ ne to g on the streets after dark; but. as man; crocks, murderers and ’bad men’ a.there were in the town, there was Lardv ever a case of petty •; -very. Ever; store was wide <, - n and unguarded, and the merchandise was perfec_y safe too.

“A I. rge i-'Stofflce business was done ji Leadville at that time. The postmaster was ru old German. The great nn:r. er of incoming g .1 seekers to creased tLe amount of mail until the postmaster became unable to handle it He then dumped the mall in the middle of the floor. and everybody came in and went through it, taking one’s own let•ers and j aj-ers. The s':-.-k of mail wasometimes f- ur and five feet high. am. fifteen or twenty men were always gathered around it. Perfect order prevailed. and no one took any mail ex cept bis own. "A government detective happened around one day and told the p stma»ter that be would have to discont.nne tide free for all method of bundling the mail. The txd u.an got mad. and. summoning "be patrons of the office, they tarred and featoered the detective and rode him out of town on a rail. It was a long time before the office* was run accord, ng to the rules of the department. but there was never a complaint against the id German postmaster.’"Kansas City Star. The Yoanir Doctor'* Critic*. “TLe young doctor Lae a Lard row to hoe." remarked a physician at a re cent dinner. "If be does not own a horse and carriage the people say be cannot have a large practice. If Le does own a horse which happens to bt fat the people insist that cannot Lave mu<-b work to do. if. on the other Land, the horse happens to be bony they circulate the news that the doe-tor keeps bis horse only for show and is so Lard up that be can't afford to feed the animal properly.”—New York Press. Ornamented Teetk. The admiration which Bob felt for his Aunt Margaret included all her attributes and even p->;«esslons which the aunt herself was not wont to consider desirable. "I don’t care much for plain teeth like mine. Aunt Margaret.” said Bob one day after a Jong silence, during which he had watched her in laug>> ng conversation with bls mother. ”1 rish I Lad some copper toed ones Eke yours.’’ Bl* Deep. Deep Grief. The Fulton <Kan. Gazette report! ttet a minister of that town was moved by the grief of a husband whose wife was to be buried and sought to commiserate him in the following manner: "My brother. I know that thia la a great grief that has overtaken you. •nd though you are compelled to mourn the loss of this one who was your companion and partner in life I would console you with the assurance that there la another who sympathizes with you •nd seeks to embrace you in the arms of unfailing Jove.” To this the bereaved man reydled by asking, as be gazed through tears into the minister's f*c< "Wbat’s her rameT •atlsfaetloa. "Too bad about Dingman going wrong isn’t it r” “Yes, but I haven’t been grieving much about it. My wife always held bim up to me as a model.’’—Detroit Tribune.

In Full Dress"Gosh all hemlock!” «>rted TncM «<’.« ba-king away from t-e door "What is the trouble. sir?’ q«* ri •1 th -right I was g.ttin m th ti. 1 room an’ I come within one of buttin right in that tc th’ Udi 4 *’ d re - iSin i "St is not the ladles’ roam." reassured the footman. It > the ballroom.”—Houston Post. Candid. Mr. Popinjay-How did yon like my acting at our dramatic entertammen.. Lady Critical-Well. I h t think y n made the most of y —1 ' . Mr. Popinjay-You don’t th '*>• ; Lady Critical—No. You had opportunities to get off th* s than you did’.-London Opinion The Wro»< 4n»ner. A writer in the Strand Magazine on “Clerical Humor” tells of the unusual tehavior of a young candidate who. dismissed on the Episcopal wth a solemn "God bless you! hast!lr answered. “Don’t mention it. my ’aM *" Terrific Race With Death. Death was fast approaching, vr tes Ralph F. Fernandez, of Tampa Fla-, describing his fearful race with , death, ’as a result of liver trouble and heart disease, which had robOf*-* -ne of sleep and of all interest in life. [ had tried many difTe ent doctors ind several medicines, but got no benefit, until I began tc use Electric Bitters. So wonderful was their effect, that in three days I felt like a new man. and today I am cured of all •nv troubles.” Guarantee! at Blackburn and Christens Drug Store: price s'c

| 10,000 People in I One Week ■ Accepted our crier to pay the druggist one-half the cost of a FL’LL SIZED BOX of J Nu-tri-ola Blood & Nerve Food ■ Doubtless many of these t bought »i« a box too high but it wa'u t- and to M ryo’,- - - rbem we jlaveG a*-x ic tanc- a: ju*t HAL£ I Klvr-u.c-7 Ki.'. f'-T tLtmse.77';. what a w nder-worker Nutriu.A is. ; IWE NOW EXTEND THIS COUPON j OFFER TO YOU r T ., W ToTheNftr: laCo . Cticag I-Gent-emeu —I have never ined NntriOai ■ And we cn a siep farther. aL( < j accept vour literal “f*-r to an M We 'die yu an »?rder g <1 or cer g-H-d f r ONE-HALF cost of a m for one-Kalf the price of a full 4S advertised. ■ sized r-2 of Nir.r: a. y u pay ■ the other ta.'. After y”i have V used:* l t perfectly *ati*L* ; 'd. Name ' ■ thecr-t is n thing ’.•>y- The will hand you ba<k yc-ur ID'nev request, and - St. ANo M will par him. Don't delay for ■ this oeer is limbed. Cltv and State B THE KLTriOLi CO.. Cmcage. 111. — NUTRIOLA PREPARATION’S are Sold and Guaranteed by SMITH, YAGER & FALK Decatur, Ind

Opportunities in California The trade in the Orient is opening up. Our exports to Japan and China multiplied during the last year. There will soon be a tremendous increase in the trade of the Pacific Coast cities with the Far East. t opportunities for the man who lives there. Why not look the field over? Only $62.50, Chicago to San Francisco or Los Angeles and return, May i, 2,3, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 2 9’ 3°» 3 June 1, August 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, 1905. Tickets good for return for 90 days. Rate for a double berth in a comfortable tourist sleeper from Chicago to San Francisco, Eos Angeles, Santa Barbara, and many other points in California,only $7. 7 hrough tram service from I mon Passenger Station, Chicago, via the Chicago, Milwaukee £ St. Paul, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Line Pa««encer Limited, leaving Union ExnreTat m “ rP-.nv. and The California sleepinn cars C i-r ° e CnlLontia Express carries tourist sundard skepS’ a day B ° th ,rainS Contp.ete iaforruafioti sent free I on receipt of coupon with blar.e L “ s " ” £<t Name___ w. s. HOWELL, _ ~ —— ———- " Genl Eastern Agent, 38] Broadway Street address NEW YORK CITY, ’ or F. A. KILLER, ® ’ State General Paasenger A.ent, Probable destination - CHICAGO California ... —

I Mexico nineteen hours neares Double drily through Iron Mountain route. Ask ticket agenU, G.or A. A. Deane, Jr.. T. P A. 200 Sentinel Bldg , Indianapolis. Saved by Dynamite Somtimes. a flaming city is saved bv dvnamiting a space that the firs eau t’eross. Somtimes. a cough hange i on so long, yon feei 88 if noth.ng but drnamite would cure it. Z T Gray ! of Calhoun, Ga . writes: My wife had d ve v agravated cough, which kept h.r awake nights. Two physicians (,uld not help her: so she took Dr. Kings New Diecoverv f< rConsumption Cough- and Colds, which eased her ,-ough. gare ner sleep, and finally cured her S.rietlv s.-1-ntiff.e cure for Bronchitis snd La Grippe at Blackburns and Christen s drug store, price 50c and SI 00 a Bottle; guarau teed. Trial bottie free Farmers Take Notice. Are vour hogsand chickenshealthv and in as thriving condition as vou would like to have them, if not. feed them Ejrvptian Hog and Chicken Cholera Remedy. Put up in gallon end half gallon cans. For sale at the ol reliable drugstore. Smith, tager Fdalk. 4Stf | Low Rote «• Intereet. Money loaned at five per cent, in- - terest. payable annually or semi-an-nuallv, at option of borrower, with privilege of partial payments at any paving time No delay in making loans. F. M Schirmeyer. Decatur. Ind.

■LCLCVER LEAHij Special Low Eicersm: TOLEDO. ST. LOnsi, ’ "CLOVER LEAF 80tn> Season 1905. Bound-trip Homf c the West an.i S'.utt,to w , I Tueodavo of April fare, via “Clover Leaf Route“ Ot B. P O E. Annual Meetir ' • '* Jul, 11-13. Very ,o» '.'re/ aj, »k> >, from Toledo via rail or S, Cbatauqya. N. Y. Ev , r.-. Exceptional ed by the "Clover UJsiona. ror these Baltimore Md.. < hr>at»n non. July S-10: round trtp. rare D San frarcia?o. Los AnzeiP. ore For the variourimfL*” Poniu ventions to be held on the p VS' during the euutner the wil. offer exceptionally low V, e 7- : -uua. S1 de trips 6 A. R. Fares to Denver Col P , lew ran of one cent per ra l E ”-’»to sale Aug * to Sept, f K'f'S one route and return another J 5 desirable side tripe from E *t*O*G arranged for Epworth League Convention M low round trip excureiGn»'.ij’? r ’«t stations to Den . er. on sale j n^V" te « 3 Diverse routes, ’'4 i granted 40,1 Mthj, CaMfornls, P«ot c Mst Toii ™ M ya sate via ail rct Mg Good u utß » Stopover privieges at pleasure. Pullmo i Puloce Sleeping Clr , . c.iningChair and Case cj.. v' a high bar, through trains. For rates apply to nearest Ticket Avett i'S Confidential; If vou content;, ,te *>v foi.vt write cs for ser- v Halloa nr* W. L. ROSS Genera. Fissenrer A letl E. L. BROWXE. ToidOXOtas Traveling Passenger Arent 1 I- 11-1 EK. A gent jfett-.t Ig

EPARKER’s'I I HAIR BALSAM | Clear --. a:.d t. ; I I-rooMea , ■ BF WlUistts’lsJAjj I LO’ ' w.ill r wß.p-.ar U d Ikti I IwPiies. T.ub- -toet.ara ■ •Lays tae itching Monets I as a pou.tice. gives instw, I Dr. >1 il. tamsTndiuiHleOk I 11* prepared for Ptieeudlu I : private parts. Even tai I warranted. Bl drieg -is. tv tr.aiijsi " eeipt ot price. *9 cents acc *•::* « MANUFACTURING CO . Props.. GerelJtlS I Nacbtrieb A Fuelling. I IS FOR QUICK CASH SAL'*