Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1905 — Page 6

AN INDIAN LEGEND. The Way Nan-ab-hejn Made the Xew Earth After the Flood. “I will tell you the story of Nan-ab-beju. He is the man who made the new earth after the big water came and covered it. “Big waters came, and there was nothing anywhere except water and the sky and the sun and the stars," said the old Chippewa. "Nan-ab-beju made a great raft and put on it some relic of everything that had been on the earth —specimens of each kind of animals, of all the trees, shrubs, plants, flowers, birds, rocks, and one man and one woman. In short, he did not leave anything except sand. He forgot to save some sand, and yet he could not do anything without it. He sailed out far into the flood and made a little island, very, very small. Then he found he had no sand. He made a very big line, longer than hundreds of deerskins cut up into ribbons and tied together. and he took a muskrat off the raft and tied the line to it and threw it into the water. The frightened rat dove down and down, and when there was no jonger any pulling at the line Nan-ab-beju knew the rat was at the bottom of the sea. Then he began to pull the line up. At the end of it came the poor muskrat, stone dead.drowned. But Nan-ab-beju saw that the little black paws of the animal were clenched as if there was something in their palms and that the rat held tight hold of even after death. The little paws were forced open, and in them were found half a dozen grains of sand. One grain would have been enough for the great Nan-ab-beju. “Nan-ab-beju blew bis breath on the muskrat, and its life came back to it. Then he mixed the sand in the little island that he had made and blew on that also. As he blew and blew it swelled and swelled until it was so tig that Nan-ab-beju could not see the sides or end of it in any direction. Nan-ab-beju was not quite certain whether he had made it as big as the old earth before the big water came. He had to make it as big as it bad been—so big. in fact, that no man or creature could find the end of it. He had plenty of animals that could travel over the earth and find out how big it was, so he decided to take two huge buffaloes off the raft and send them to see whether there was any end to what he had made. The buffaloes ran off with all speed, and Nan-ab-beju eat down and waited. In a few days the buffaloes came back and said they bad found the end of the earth. So Nan-ab-beju blew and blew and blew on the ground again, and it swelled so fast that you could see it broadening. When he had blown until he was tired he took a crow off the raft and sent it to see if it could find the end of the earth. The crow was gone a very long time, but at last it came sailing back on the wind and said it had flown til) it was tired out and there was no sign of any end to the earth. “Nan-ab-beju, to make sure, blew again and swelled the earth a great deal bigger. Then he untied and uncaged and untrapped all the animals and drove them from the raft on to the land and left them free to roam where they might. He took all the trees, plants, bushes and shrubs and planted them around, and he blew the grass out of his hands as hard as he could blow it, so that it scattered all over. Next he let loose all the birds and beetles and bugs and snakes and toads and butterflies, and finally he invited the man and woman, both Chlppeways, to go ashore and make the new earth their hunting ground. And Nan-ab-beju's task was done.”—St. Nicholas. Titles In Germany. The question of title is one of the most delicate in Germany, a fact of which the stranger is constantly reminded in intercourse with the people, particularly with the women. Frau Professor, Frau Director, Frau Doctor, are most particular about their husband’s titles being attached to their own names. But when it comes to military circles it is different, and both men and women protest vigorously against this sharing of titles. Lieutenant von B. objects to having his wife addressed as Frau Lieutenant, which title belongs as well to the wife of Lieutenant Schmidt or Haff of a less aristocratic regiment. Durnau' Scheme. Alexandre Dumas, Sr., was once visiting bis son, who at that time lived in a villa near Paris. They sat In a tiny scrap of a garden behind the house under the one small tree it contained. It was a broiling hot day, and Dumas, who was very stout, said to his son: “I am suffocating with the intense heat.” “What shall I do, father?” “Suppose you open your chnmbei window and let a little air into the garden,” replied old Alexandre, with gravity. One Exception. “No,” declared Mr. Nagget “there never was a woman on earth who Could refrain from turning around to rubber at some other woman's clothes.” “No?” replied his wife sweetly. •Didn't you ever hear of Eve?"—Philadelphia Press. How She Took It. Adolphus Hunt—Don’t you Ziink It would be a noble thing for you to do with your wealth to establish a home for the feeble minded? Miss Riche — Ob, Mr. Hunt, this is so sudden! Women nn<l Sriimritllnrr. Many a lady smuggles who would no tnore tip her ball into the better position at croquet than she would cut a throat or scuttle a ship.—Andrew Lang. Genuine benevolence is not stationary, but peripatetic. It goes about dotag good —Nevins,

»l » A SCRUBBING BRUSH. The Way It Is Made and the Rea.oa It Costs So Little. Two things have made it possible for the modern "lady of the bouse” to buy for 5 or 10 cents a scrubbing brush which would have cost her mother half a dollar. One is the invention of the brush filling machine, the other the liscovery of the possibilities of "fiber." This is a comprehensive word. It embraces all sorts of vegetable substances which, from their stiffness when wet. their tenacity and their divisibility, can be made to take the place of bristles. One of the commonest is that known as "bass” or "bast." It is the leaf fiber of the piassava tree and is imported rrgu: Africa. Ceylon and South America. The factories receive it in the form of large bales, each made up of separate hanks or "pigtails.” which must first be hacked or combed, much as wool or flax is carded. When the fibers have thus been laid parallel the bunch or pigtail is passed to the guillotine, a cutter in which the material is steadily fed forward, while a blade like that of the French instrument of execution cuts it into the de lired lengths. Meanwhile the back of the future brush has been prepared. It may be made from any kind of hardwood, but beech, birch and maple are the favorites. The blanks are sawed to size and are finished on the edges by revolving cutters, like those of an ordinary molding machine or of the lathe for turning lasts. They are then ready to be bored. This was formerly done by a drill which made each hole separately. The modern machine contains as many drills as there are holes to be bored. They may be arranged in any desired pattern, and at a single thrust will bore all the holes and bore them to a uniform depth. The back and the fill ing now come together. The fiber, cm to twice the length of each tuft, is placed in the trough of the filling machine. from which a toothed rack picks up exactly the same quantity each time—enough for one knot or tuft. As this little bunch of fiber advances on one side of the machine a strip of iror feeds forward on the other. The two will meet above the holes in the back of the brush, which the operator is holding in place, but just before that happens a die descends and punches from the strip of metal a small piece shaped somewhat like an inverted pair □f trousers. This bit of iron is known as the "anchor." It is deposited, waistband down, upon the center of the tuft of fiber. That is simultaneously folded upon itself. thrust into the waiting bole in the brush back and driven home by a plunger. The blow serves not merely to force the knot or tuft of fiber to the bottom of the hole, but, striking between the two shanks of iron which represent the legs of the trousers, it spreads them apart and so drives the sharp outer and upper comers into the wood at the sides of the hole. A pull on the tufr of fiber nerely presses these corners deeper into the wood and locks the tuft more sec irely. Two brashes a minute is the average rate at whi -h all this is done. TL« operator’s only duties are to see that the machine has a sufficient supply of fiber and of metal tape and that the brush back is so placed that the plunger hits the hole accurately.—Youth’s Companion. Screens In China. Screens are to be seen everywhere in the dragon empire. They are carved of teakwood and handsomely painted with various figures and devices. In some parts of China bedsteads similar to our own are used. They are curi ously carved, with drawers underneath and shelves for holding toilet necessi ties, all of which are hidden out of eight by drawers which look like a beautiful screen. The rooms in the different suits of apartments are separated one from another by the c-arved wooden scrollwork for which the Chinese are famous. It is usually dark and gives a very rich and handsome appearance to the wholr interior, which is dull and dark—owing to the want of windows—until the myriads of lanterns are lighted. The carving is sometimes gilded, and sometimes the wood is left in a state of nature with a high polish. Doorways are often half filled in with it. Again, a low, deep frieze is seen all around the room. The women’s apartments particularly are decorated with the carved work. Whatever can be imagined as contributing to pleasure and the support of luxury is to be found in the secluded quarters devoted to the women. Mu.ie “by Ear.” Never a music teacher existed who did not discourage and discountenance playing the piano "by ear,” as the talent for hearing a strain and reproducing it has been somewhat f mbiguously termed. Yet there thrives in the center of New York an enterprising and not too particular person whose avocation it is to ‘Teach the piano by ear," as bis window sign puts it He has quite a clientele too. Presumably his task lies with those that possess a musical ear to start with and want quick results. To such be imparts a knowledge ot chords and their relative changes sufficient to carry the pupil tbrnngh many of the tunes beard and remembered. When onee the bass accompaniments are known the learner is practically equipped for public performance. The "professor” gives a recital •very once in awhile. On these occasions the programme is a wonderful succession of ragtime, popular songs and selections from new light operas and old heavy ones. One wonders what the teacher conld accomplish with an applicant wba desired to “play by ear" and. like Charles Lamb, bad none.— New York Pest

HIT BY A SHELL. k VTrltrr In a Boer Engagement Describe. Hi* Feeling.. Soon their gunners got our dlstance. and shells were screaming and bursting over the convoy, says Robert MeCaw in “A Prisoner With De Wet” i» the National Magazine. Several wagons in front of us were blown up and the oxen scattered in writhing masses on the road. The Kaffir who led our team took fright and bolted, the oxet swerved as a shell burst in front ot them, and, the wheels suddenly going into a deep rut, the heavy wagon turned completely over, grinding ms beneath its weight. My bead bursting, I was falling down through blackness In the midst of a thousand crimson serpents. Somebody held my heart in his hand, was squeezing it. and then— Thank heaven, this is death! Ages after there was a roaripg of waters far beneath me. Then it ffiun dered on my naked brain. A faint star was shining somewhere. It rushed toward me, growing bigger and big ger, until I was swallowed up in it—and my eyes were open. The wagon was righted. I was dripping wet, for the drivers had thrown water upon me I heard the boom of the guns and the crash of bursting shells. I tried tc rise, but my head seemed to float awaj from me and I felt myself striking the ground, but I did not feel myself falling. They lifted me on the wagon, and the oxen moved off. My head and face were sticky with thick blood and dust, and I was in such pain that I did not know where the pain was. READ A GOOD BOOK OFTEN But Let the Intervals Between Readings lie Fairly Long. So great has been the affection of readers for the books that have given them delight that literature is full oi proofs of gratitude toward noble books There have been countless comparisons and metaphors used to make clear the relation between the book and the reader. Perhaps the most original was hit upon by Coleridge, who compares an excellent book to a well chosen and well tended fruit tree. He says, “We may recur to it year after year, and it will supply the same nourishment and the same gratification if only we ourselves return to it with the same healthful appetite.” But, though his simile pleases the fancy, it does not quite satisfy the judgment While the fruit of a tree must yield jnueb the same flavor always, the gratification we experience from reading must always differ according to the condition of mind of him who reads. It has been said that a traveler can bring home only what he takes with him, which means that the pleasure derived from traveling is entirely dependent upon the capacity of the traveler's mind.; One’s taste may change and one’s abil ity to understand and appreciate is con- ' stantly changing, all of which points I the moral that it is an excellent thing to read a good book often, provided the intervals between readings are fairly long.—St. Nicholas. Por.al Antiquity, A recent discussion of certain postal grievances in the British house of com mons has recalled the history of tht post Posts are mentioned in Scrip ture. In Job is, 25, it is written, "Mt days are swifter than a post,” and again in the book of Esther, chaptei <iii, letters were sent “by posts on horseback.” The word, of course, here means runner. To Cyrus has been ascribed the establishment of sys tematic couriers and post horses throughout Persia, and Augustus is credited with introducing post chaises at Rome. It was in the reign of James I. that a postal system was introduced Into England. “Hot Enough to Roast Egrgrs.** We often hear persons make use oi the metaphorical expression quoted in the headline when referring to an exceptionally hot day. Such an experi ment may se-jfn a little far fetched and out of the ordinary, but there are many cases on record where scientists have actually cooked eggs by the sun's heat. In 1837 when Herschel was in South Africa he cooked ““,- r s by exposure tc the heat of the sun “until they were powdery to the center.” Sir J. C. Ross made a similar experiment in New Zealand. A V.e For Cloves. Persons who get "qualms” when riding in the cars or on boats can almost certainly quiet them by slowly chewing a clove or two. Indigestion, accompanied by formation of gas, nausea and dizziness, will often yield to the same simple measure. There are other and better means of accomplishing these results, but the value of the clove is that it occupies so little room, is so easily carried about and can be sc readily got when wanted. Hia Miserable Lot. "Why don’t you go to work?” "Lady,” answered Plodding Pete, “I'm on me way dere now. De trouble Is dat when I’m in New York I hear about a job dat I kin git in Frisco. An’ by de time I gits to Frisco I finds de job is taken an’ I hears of another one in New York.”—Washington Star. He Can. Indeed. “Can a man have a billion dollart and be honest?” “I should think bo. He can certair: ir"Welir "Afford to be.”—Philadelphia Bulletin. Exit. Mary Ann—l've come to tell you mum, that th’ gasoline stove has gon< out. Mistress—Well, light it again. “1 can't Sure, it went out through th I roofT-Exchange.

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Considerate. After the tea things had been cleared way the young wife came over and sat on hubby’s knee, put her plump arms about his neck and kissed him half a dozen times. -Well, what is it now?” be queried. “A new dress, dear,” she answered. “But don't you know that times are awfully hard lust at present?” he queried. “Os course I do,” she replied. “That's why I want to give the poor dress- j maker something to do.”—Detroit Trib — SIMPLE REMEDY FOR CATARRH Just Breathe Hyomei Four Times a Day and Be Cured. If a few years ago someone had I said vou can cure catarrh by breathing air charged with a healing balsam, the idea would have been ridiculed, and it remained for that eminent investigator, R. T. Booth, to discover in Hvomei this method of cure. Hvomei has preformed almost mir-1 aculous cures of catarrh, and is today recognized by leading members cf the medical profession as the only advertised remedy that can be relied upon to do just what it claims. The complete outfit cf Hyomei costs 81.00. and consists of an inhaler, a medicine dropper, and a bottle of Hvomei. Breathe Hyomei through the inor a few minutes four times a day, and it will cure the worst case of catarrh. It soothes and heals the mucuos membrane of the air passages prevents irritation and effects a complete and lasting cure. In Decatur there are scores of well known people who have been cured of catarrh by Hyomei. If it does not cure you. The Holthouse Drug Co. will return the monev you pay for This is the strongest evidence the can b« offered as to their faith in the remedy.

To Cure a Cold in One Day in Two Days. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. m ™ Seven Mission boxes sola in past 12 months. This Signature, ®° X ’ ’ " CALIFORNIA Do you want to live where the climate is mild the year round—where labor is never oppressed by stress of weather, and where animal vitality is never lost by mere conflict with cold? Do you want to live in a region where the resources are more varied than in any other equal area in the world, where the division of great ranches affords a fine opportunity to get a small farm that will assure you a competence? Do you want to live where, with a minimum of labor, you can grow profitable crops of grapes and small fruit, oranges, lemons, olives, prunes and almonds, alfalfa and grain, where crops are sure, business is good and capital easily finds profitable investment ? Then go to California, where both health and opportunity await your coming. The Chicago, Union Pacific and North-Western Line is the most direct route to the Pacific Coast, and there are two fast through trains daily via this line, over the famous doubletrack railway between Chicago and the Missouri River. Special low round-trip rates are in effect via this line throughout the summer to various Pacific Coast points, and colonist low rate one-way tickets will be on sale during September and October, which give an unusual chance for settlers to make the trip at a minimum of expense. Daily and personally conducted excursions are operated through to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Portland without change, on which a double berth in a Pullman tourist sleeping car from Chicago costs only $7.00, via the Chicago & North-Western, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways. W. B. KNISKERN, P. T, M. C. & N.-W. Ry., Chicago, 111. Please mail free to my address, California booklets, maps and full FILL IN THIS COUPON particulars ccnccrnins rates and train service. AND MAIL IT TO-DAY.

A Doctor. The Sjdney Bulletin tells of a mo toring doctor who ran into and capsized a pedestrian. He looked behind him and. seeing the man still prone, made a circuit and ran back, intending to stop beside and help him. But the motor shut a yard or two beyond the mark and hit the man again just as he was getting up. The doctor turned Ills car once mote and was cautiously stealing near to the prostrate sufferer when an excited spectator rushed from the sidewalk and, shaking the victim, Xclaimed: "Look out! He’s coming it you again!” Whereupon the man scrambled up and started to run. Hate All Around. The famous English Chief Justice Hol: and bis wife hated each other to the limit, and when she fell dangerously ill be was so delighted that he became disgracefully tipsy. But his wife was equal to the emergency and sent tor the great Dr. Radcliffe, who hated Holt, and therefore out of spite when the case was presented to him came with great promptness and saved her life.—London Chronicle. Horrible Example. “Maw, what is a horrible example?” asked the youngest boy, looking up from his newspaper. The eldest boy stopped Ills figuring long enough to say. "Wait till you get into algebra, and you'll find any amount of 'em.” A Bootless Attempt. “Ma,” said Tommy Twaddles, looking up from his reading of "Terry thi Tenspot.” "what is a bootless attempt:” “It's the sort your fathei makes to get in withqpt my hearing him when he comes home late from the club,” answered Ma Twaddles incisively. Pa doesn't stop to remove ’em at the foot of the stairs qj>w. He knows It’s no use.—Cleveland I.ead»'T just peeped into the panor as i passed,” said Mr. Phamley, "and I saw quite a freak of nature.” “Why, Bertha is there with her youn| man.” “Yes. I saw two beads on one pa# of shoulders.”

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