Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1905 — Page 7

fcyATl KE EXPERTS B arE the real safeguards V E 0P A MODERN BANK. B , hc lutoisriiph. •><>* ’•><■ En- ■' the Cheek In Closely m. o uotiy* ■ ir * . These Kapid und AlB„,i luf« l,i,,le «”rk.-r». B (|{ tbe most trying positions in Bt’siiw-*, said a ba!lk offlci!l1 t 0 a ■ iu Loudon Tit-Bits, is that of Kyre exi>vrt-the man who has to ■ ,a ‘“ i.iiiv every draft that comes Bthruugb the clearing house and B' •'i its genuineness. Our bank. B ingest in tbe city, employs Buerks who do nothing ail day long B' x:l niine cheeks, and when I teii ■ , t :s n > uncommon thing for BlOdrafts to come in during a sinyou W! n understand that the altogether the sinecure it is BLriv supposed to be. clerks have not only to serutiBX signatures of both drawer and B«» but also examine the ■■tiling latter being just as imp >rtant. more so from a monetary B lf . as tbe signatures. As a Br'of fact, the commonest forgery Bwhicb we have to deal is the •Bug" «f checks, and a forger of generally chooses a cheek B"'» genuine signature, but havBrr little " filliD ? in ’” Biustance. be knows that it would B difficult to raise a check from B&ooi>. f° r alt lie lias f 0 ,io is t 0 word ■'pounds.” insert the B'•thousand" and then add tbe again. I have seen plenty kind of work during the time examining checks. jßof the most Impudent pieces of however, that I ever came □ Bwas a check raised from £5 to jB T!:e f'Wg-r ha l evidently relied r B' ssa ' impudence carrying him * for he had 1 simply added a ..B^f'"idlers and then between tieB"ffie" and 'pounds’' had plaee-1 "|Bissi° n mark and written the Biitnelrcd" above, adding the injßftbe drawer of the check just ■ ,5 B®e thing a look of careless gem

■s so astounding ft piece of cool K that we bad bets on the ■wj of my assistants declaring K 0. K.. while the other three Kelt declared it to be a forgery. ■ inquiries, of course, proved ■ opinion of the majority was ■ect one. Rarvelous what a vast number ■tures some clerks will carry In ■nJ's eye. as it were, and thus ■opass checks by the thousand ■once having to refer to tbe sig ,ks. We had a clerk here a ■s ago who was little less than ■ He knew perfectly the sig■f at .'.'“>o customers ami B«t the alteration of a stroke K>> of them in an instant, gleiuarkable still was the fact 1 with equal fa.-iliti ■attires of those customers ■e<ks only came in once or Bras. But he made an art of ■ and I afterward discovered ■ of bis evenings were spent in ■lM'<. for he was a wonderful ■copying writing, ami wm-u-signature would come in. be was not acquainted. ■ at once facsimile it iji his B auJ ky the next morning ■ aide to recognize it amon--■e clerks are not. as a rule, ■omake c..pies of customer' but many of them do, an 1 ■ are clever enough at the ■eu deceive themselves. ■*'. n - understood that when ■ire i l, rks are not examining ■ ar.' studying the autograph ■order to familiarize themtlie caligraphy of every ■ E:o-li che.-k, yon must un-■ass,-s through the hands B utui , L so that if one should ■cry or a "raised” draft it is ■‘.y that the entire staff I All these checks, of I Hue through the clearing I Bit we should pass a forged ■ct find out our mistake beI in the afternoon our I be held responsible. One I dodges adopted by . B c h ei 'k forger is to get a I ■some small country bank I ■bit;, to that institution as 1 Bositor. On the reeommeni friend (who is probably i that the acquaintance l ■•ne few months ago is a ■ ' tilere * 8 no difficulty in I Bf ir new client's check for I e ‘ ’wing day when the ■ier calls and withdraws I 8s the case may be. he is I the cash, and then, of B_ n ° time > u skipping the I ■ r tlie jpogus customer’s ■ssel through the clearing to the bank on i ■teen drawn, and the fraud ‘ of a signature clerk’s I ■" that no cheeks are posti B' lUr ' iP ' no drafts must be II fall due. On occasions I n will postdate a check, i mistake is purposely ! B spotting of postdated | r - is the easiest part of B i ' rl ' s w ork, and it is very I cheek so dated escapes we are often notiI on certain checks bos I I >d the clerks have to be I f °r these, and it must staff indeed that lets | are held responsible a ssed after we have reI BP stO P payment. I seldom now. owing to I ’h p experts, that any B ra ' se d" cheeks, poot-

dated checks or stopped checks pas. the vigilant eyes of our staff without being detected, but when one doesell. although the signature clerks at. not held monetarily responsible for the oss it means a bad mark against them In the future,-and they feel its effects next time promotions or "rises” are being handed out. Altogether, though the work is Interesting and even fascinating in away the responsibilities are so great that the effect on the nerves is often very tty Ing at times. One thing we are particular about, and that is to take no chances. If we have the slightest doubt about the genuineness of a check we at once communicate, either by telegraph, special messenger or telephone, with the supposed drawer of the check and in this way turn doubt into certainty. During the last three vears not a single wrong cheek has passed our vigilant optics, and. though I say It, who should not. I do not believe there is a cleverer set of experts anywhere than those who compose my staff.

A LINCOLN STORY. The Sawmill Hand Who Didn’t ForKet About the Cant Hook. “The first citizen of Illinois and the greatest of American presidents” is the manner in which Mr. Carr refers tc Abraham Lincoln in “The mini.” He recalls the first time he ever heard Mr. Lincoln s name. It was at a country hotel, and one of the residents of the town was telling of a “curia young feller” who had worked in a sawmill, but gave up the job to go into the Black Hawk war, “He was working for a gentleman named Kirkpatrick, and one day somebody said to Kirkpatrick: ‘You ought to get a cant hook for that young fellow to move logs with. It's too bad to make him roll them about without one.' "The sawmill tender asked what a cant hook would cost, and they said $1.50. The young fellow said, ‘lf you give me the dollar an’ a half I'll go on tackling the logs as I do now with a wooden spike that I make myself.’ “ ‘Done!’ said the boss, and he didn't need to buy any cant hook. “But, do you know, that boss was so mean that he beat that poor boy out of that money. He never gave it to him. “That fellow went on tending sawmill and telling stories and never let on about the cant hook. Presently came the Black Hawk war, and they pitched in and raised a company, and Kirkpatrick set all his pins to be captain, but that young fellow hadn’t forgotten about the cant hook, and he just became a candidate for the captain’s place himself, and when the company voted he heat old Kirkpatrick four to one. I helped to elect him, and when he got elected he turned to me and said, ‘Bill, I've got even on that cant hook.’ “He is the most curious fellow I ever saw. There never came a man into the neighborhood but he’d find out just the things that man knew best. He never gave the schoolmaster any peace after he found he knew grammar until he'd learned all the grammar the teacher knew. He found a fellow who knew how to measure off land, and, sure as you live, this fellow quizzed him and quizzed him until he learned the trade, and then he got some tools and went out himself a-setting section corners and making lines and setting stakes to show people where to put their fences.” “What became of this young man?” “Well,” Said Green, “he went and learned law, set up in Springfield and got to congress. But he couldn’t get elected for the second term. He’s as good a fellow as ever lived,” continued Mr. Green, "but he’s kind of common, sort of just like everybody else; no bet ter, no worse: just a good feller.” “What’s bis name?" “Abe Lincoln." replied Green. A Postage Stamp Dilemma. Former President Salomon of Haiti had his troubles with the postage stamps of that disturbed republic. General Salomon objected to his own portrait being placed on the stamps, so a local artist was commissioned to design a female bead representing Liberty. But the people mistook this for a portrait of Mrs. Salomon and objected. They said, “The president would not have his portrait on our stamps, but he put his wife’s on instead.” Salomon admitted the resemblance, and finally he consented to use his own portrait to adorn the stamps. At about the time the new issue was made Salomon had been deposed by bis enemies, who finally decided not to go to the expense of issuing new stamps, but to use the Salomon stamps, affixing them upside down. By this device all concerned were satisfied, and from that time forward all letters bearing the stamps the right way up were said to have been charged double postage on delivery, just as though no postage had been paid. The First Walking Sticks. The well born Egyptian carried a staff with his name inscribed in hieroglyphics, but walking sticks, in the general sense of the word, were first used by the gallants of the fifteenth century. Canes are first heard of in the reign of Henry VIII., probably introduced to Europe after the discovery of America. Walking sticks were adopted by the , effeminate Henry 11. of France about the middle of the sixteenth century. These French sticks, with a ribbon and tassel to pass over the wrist, were, however, not used by gentlemen of fashion in England until 1655. WfiAn first introduced they were formed with an indented head to afford a more easy rest for the hand. - ward they were crowned with a round and hollow top. which contained nutmeg or ginger and uga. candy for the asthmatic or a store ot snuff ~ ... 1

I Three Stories. Here are some bits from the diary of Sir Mountstuart E. Grant Duff: “A i gentleman who rather overvalued him- - self, looking at a case of birds, said to an ornithologist who was with him, i What is that bird?’ ‘That,’ said the ■ other, ‘is a magpie.’ ‘lt's not my idea of a magpie,’ was the rejoinder. ‘Perhaps not.’ replied his friend, ‘but’it's God's idea of a magpie.’ ” A man named Faber lay ill. “ ‘You are very ill indeed.’ said the doctor. ‘Then you had better.’ tbe sick man , rejoined, ‘order the prayers for the dying to be read.’ ‘No,’ answered the , person to whom he spoke, T think you will live four and twenty hours.’ ‘Oh, in that case,’ rejoined Faber, ‘read me Pickwick.’ ” "Things one would rather have put differently,” writes the diarist. “Mr. Cecil Rhodes to his neighbor at dinner, an extremely pretty woman: He—l , hate Germans. She—Well, I don't , hate them, but I by no means like them. He—Oh, I thought you were a Germgn!” Menagerie Menas. Catering to animals requires both a plentiful and varied supply of foods, as may be seen from this report of material fed at the London Zoological gardens last year. For tbe flesh eating guests there were supplied 144 tons of horseflesh, nearly 9 tons of goatflesh and 9.530 chicken heads. Fourteen and a half tons of fish, in addition to 1,260 pints of shrimps, furnished the water fowl with their daily fare, while 297 loads of hay and 6,030 bunches of greens supplied the ruminants. Other items on the list were 872 pounds of grapes, 498 pounds of sugar, 6,262 loaves of bread. 5,086 quarts of milk. 303 pounds of crackers and more than 33,000 eggs. The chicken heads were for the various members of the rat family, the eggs were fed to the birds, and the shrimps formed the easiest way to the affections of the flamingoes. Humility and a Hair Shirt. “Tlie bishop of Arichat,” said Father Burke, “is a most unassuming creature—a man who .keeps the stone in his episcopal ring turned against his palm, so that he may not be recognized as a bishop.’’ A.- i“He must be an extraordinary person,” Stephen Essex, the Methodist parson, admitted. “It is his humility. I am told he wears a hair shirt the year round.” “Is that an evidence of humility?” Stephen asked, with an incredulous smile. "Try it and see,” the priest advised. "Have you tried it, Father Burke?" “Yes, and one day's trial convinced me that I was neither a saint nor a rhinoceros,” he said, with a wry face.— From “The Bishop's Niece," by George H. Picard. The Flyins: Fish. The flying fish when in the air uses its pectoral fins precisely as a boy does a kite, the weight of the fish’s body taking the place of the string. As a boy runs when he lets a kite go. so the flying fish makes a preliminary rush through the water before ascending into the air. In this way as it leaves the surface air impinges upon the lower area of tbe fin wings, carrying the body upward and onward with a gliding motion. The anatomical structure of the flying fish is such that it cannot flap its “wings,” and so it possesses little or no guiding power when in flight. This accounts for the fact that it frequently finds its way through ships’ open ports or down skylights or lands helplessly upon deck. Hans Christian Andersen. A critic writes of Hans Christian Andersen: “His vanity was perhaps his most salient characteristic. He was photographed scores of times in every position and costume, and he never wearied of new presentments of his strong but unhandsome features. His whims were legion. He had a morbid horror of being buried alive and always set a slip of paper by his bedside bearing the words, ‘Seg es skindod' ('I am in a trance’). His hosts often found him an exacting guest, but his little failings were easily pardoned for the sake of his genius and his childlike nature.” An Irinh Incident. “Driver." said an English tourist who was being driven on a jaunting car through the Donegal highlands, “I notice that when you speak to your friends whom you meet on the road you invariably do so in Irish, but when you address your horse you do so in English. How is this?" To which came the retort: “Musha, now thin, isn’t English good enough for him?” Good Idea. “The ancient Chaldeans,” observed the professor, “used to write their letters on bricks.” “And a good idea too." chimed in practical Mr. Graball. “Then when a girl sent a fellow’s letters back to him he could use 'em to build a stable or something." The Real Acme. “The acme of happiness," gushed the ardent lover, “is to marry the woman you love.” “There's something in that.” responded the old married man. “but the main point is to love the woman you marry.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. Twn of « Kind. “I tell yr my- love you is making me mad—mad’ “Well, keep j:let about it It’s had ; i just the same effect upon papa. Not a Contractor. “Does your son worry you by contracting debts?” “He doesn't contract debts; he ex- > pands them.” . |'

The children’s friend— Jayne’s Tonic Vermifuge Drives out blood impurities. Makes strong nerves and muscles. \ Gives tone, vitality and snap. **•. ~~ Get it from your druggist ”1" — — .

Bloomington. Ind., June 20—At the close of the meeting of the trustees of Indiana university today they announceo that all heads of the various departments would be retained. About twenty new instructors, however, were added to the faculty. Lafayette, Ind., June 20.—As a result of the tragedy by Barry Hatten, which cost two lives Sunday, the authorities are being cersured for permitting such a dangerous man to run at large. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching. Blind, Bleeding or ProtudmgPilesT Druggist'sretuu money it PAZO OINTMENug falls to cure any case, no matter of How loou standing, iu 6 to 14 days. First applicatias gives ease and rest. 50c. It your druggist han’t it s-nd 50c. instamns and it will be forwar rded post paid by the Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis m; TOLEDO. ST.LOUIS & WESTERN R. R. CO ’’CLOVER LEAF ROUTE" In effect June 36.1904 EAST, 3 t—Commercial Traveler, dally... 6:1“ am 0 3—Mail, daily, except Sunday ..13.01 a m 40 4—Day Express, daily 7:34 p tn a 22—Local Freight liOO pm WEST io B—Day Bxpreea, daily 5:53a tn Io I—Mall, dally, except Sunday . .11:39a m 10 s—Commercial Traveler, dally 9:11 n m 2X—Local Freight 9:50 a tn

RAILROAD NEW ERIE TIME TABLE. EAST BOUND ,0. 8 . .....9:38 s m. 10. 22 ex. Bun_ — ......s. tn Vo. 4„ *_..„.„.4:40 p tn <O. 14 ex, Sun. 6:90 p. tn .10. 10 8.50 p. jq, No. i 4 does not carry baggage, and does not tarry passengers east of Marion, Ohio. WEST BOUND to. 7 2:00 a. m 10. 9..— a;57 a. m 10. 21 ex Bun ..10:10 a. m to. 3 12:14 p. tn io. 13 5:56 p. m except Monday'* A days fol’g legal holidays No. 13 does not carry baggage.

Graud Rapids & Indiana. In effect une 4. 1905 TRAINS NORTH. No s—Leaves Decatur 1:30 am " Fort Wayne 2:20 am Kalamazoo s:2oam Arrives Grand Rapids 6:45am •• Petoskey 2:60 pm “ “ Mackinaw City 4:15 pm N,o7—Leaves Decatur 7:59am “ “ Fort Wayne B:soam “ *• Kalamazoo 12:15pm “ Arrives Grand Rapids 2:05 pm “ “ Petoskey 9:35 pm “ “ Mackinaw City 10:50pm No. 3—Leaves Decatur 3:17 pm •• Fort Wayne 4:20 pm “ “ Kalamazoo rt;ospm “ Arrives Grand Rapids 9:40 pm ” Petoskey 6.05 a.m ” Mackinaw Citv 7:20 am TRAINS SOUTH No. 6—Leaves Decatur 1:08 am Portland .. .... 2:01 a m “ Winchester 2:37 am ” Arrives Richmond 3:30 a m “ “ Cincinnati 7:15 am “ “ Indianapolis 6:s(lam •• “ Louisville 10:05 am “ “ St. Louis I:J4 p m No. 12—Leaves Decatur. . . 7:14 am “ •• Portland... B:lsam “ “ Winchester B:s6am •’ Arrives Richmond. 9:42 a m “ *' Cincinnati 12:20 pm “ •* Indianapolis 12:10 pm “ “ St. r 3uis 7:10 p m No. 2—Leaves Deca r 1:16 pm *• ’• P jrtland 2:13 p m Winchester 2:50 pm “ Arrives Richmond . .3:4opm “ “ Cincinnati 5:55 pm “ “ Louisville 7:00 am “ *• St. Louis 7:46 a m “ Arrives Portland '':ss pm No. H>—Leaves Decatur Sunday only 7.46 p m •• “ Portland 8:45 pm “ “ Winchester 9:25 pm “ Arrives Richmond 10:15 pm 1:30 train sleeping car to Grand Rapidsand Mackinaw Dity. 7:59 a. m. train parlor car to Stand Rapids and Mackinaw City 3:17 p. m rain parlor car to Graud Rapids, sleeping car Mackins -v City. Trains arrive from north at t:t>B a. m. 7.14 a. m. 1:16 p. m. Bryson Age. C. L Lcckwood, G. F-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. Persons contemplating building can save times, trouble and money by consulting them. Office- MANN & CHRISTEN, Bowers Block, Monroe st. Architect AUCTIONE ER For Good Service See L. H. CAGE (Speaks German and English) Auctioneer and Sale Crier. Rates 54.60 Sales over 8500 80c per 5100. Leave address at Berne Witness Office, Berne, Ind L»I N N & p;a tt o n Carpenters, Contractors and Builders! Slate Roofers and Galvanized Gutters. Shop, Corner Ruggand Market Streets. Linn & Patton J? D. HALE • DEALER IN Seeds, f+ay, Wool, Oil Salt, Coal, Lime, Cement Fertilizei's. Office and retail store store southeast co-, ner of Second and Jefferson streets. gF" S’our ratrjuage solicited. 1

auorAflt for usoasilis asw, Ws kilia our teas, niuUw coy «« ftesMvwMhe coffee msU>vs. Lheij never useAsudisWes. Our uurao isnoUwvi cheaV Aiirt W oooit It Our Vrewivuius to ti\e todies for wuuj orders surtms att ®tt>ertdtions.We Storied, .oirt sixteen uears ago to do the rujtu ttung, mtouehuve done it.os a result,we now twwe ttie tiustoess.tl!e ’ never conwuce to settaootetuanetott Oortwod Out wtutt our goods uro. Vleostug to the he oV\ e.Rdto orders forusondhinxithegood WW gour wwjNOovs forßuuqs are Rigid. Oddressfor catalog ot Vremiuwis UmTeutouwig,tlinu.O. •

D. D. HELLER & SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offica over Blackburn AChristen'edrug store J, Q. Neptune. D. D.B. C. E. Neptune, D. D. 8 'Phone 23. ’Phone 236. Neptune Brothers, DENTISTS.; Rooms 1. 2. 3. 4. Spongier Building, Decatur, Indiana. Office Phone 207. Lady Attendan English, German and Swiss spoken FRED REP PE RT, Sale Crier and Auctioneer. DECATUR. ...... INDIANA Speaks English.JGertnan, Swiss and Low German. DORE B. ERWIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Or FlCK.—Corner Monroe and Second street 1 General practitioner. Na charge for consul tatlon AMOS P. BEATTY ATTORNEY AT LAW And Notary Public. Pension claims prose cuted. Oda Fellows building. 1

MERRYMAN & SUTTON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUR. IND. Office—Noe. 1. 2. 3, over Adams Co. Bank We refer, by permission to Adams Co. Bank SCHURGER & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Notaries, Abstracters, Rea! Estate Agents Money to Loan. Deeds and Mortgages written on short notice. Office in Allison btock second story, over Fristoe’s Smoke House. Decatur. Indiana

WeakMenffladeVigorous rt’Sfsjy What PEFFER’S NERVIGOR Did It acts powerfully and quickly. Cures when ai others fafl. Young men regain lost n.antood: ol< men recover youthful vigor. Absolutely Guar anteed io C ure Nervousnewe, Lost Vitality liupoteiicy, Nightly Emission*. Lost Power either Falling Memory, Wasting Dis ea*es, and all ejects of self-abuae or am Indiscretion. Wardsoil insanity and consumption Don’t let druggist impose a worthless substitute o; you because it yields a greater profit Insist on hav ing PEFFER’S N ERVK.OR. or send for it Car be carried in vest pocket. Prepaid, plain wrapper $ 1 per box, or 6 for $3, with A Written Guar inteetot ureiir Kefiind Money, Pamphletfre VEFFEB MEDICAL ASS N, Chicago, IU Sold by Blackburn & Christen

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DOCTOR E, J. Beardsley, General Practice and Surgery. But Special Attention given to Eye Ear Nose. Throat and Chronic Diseases expert in Pitting Glasses. Thoroughly equipped for treating Eye. Bar Throat and Catarrhal cases. CALLS an«-vered. day or night. OFFICE—over postoffice RESIDENCE—cor. Monroe and Ninth ste Office Hours--9 to 11 a. m. 2 to Up. m

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Arkansas Texas Louisiana An idea! country for cheap homes. Land at $5 $lO. $1 5, acre; gro»s 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 LO.SCHAEEER, T. P. A. Cotton Belt Route CINCINNATI OHIO.