Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1905 — Page 2

CUPID Versus YALE By Margaret Hie hards Copyright, 1805, by Ruby Douglas

Now, what could any young man expect who is rash enough to mix love end baseball on the eve of a college game? Realizing that he had made a mess of it, Robert Saunders strode gloomily along, hands plunged in pockets, shoulders squared, various emotions—mortification at his own stupidity chief among them—coloring bis wholesome, clear cut face a fiery red. She had been so bewilderlngly sweet, so charmingly enthusiastic, so gently regretful—one after another the pictures stood out clearly against the dull background of his chagrin. First her unfeigned delight when ■'ound their seats were to be in the Yale section, her flattering attention while he dwelt, rather expansively. It must be admitted, upon the difficulties he had surmounted to acquire them; then her absorbing interest in the cominggame, her apt criticism and her optimistic faith in the Yale team. The charm of her voice had so absorbed him that he had failed to grasp the fuil meaning of her words. "Do you not think so, too?” she bad ended triumphantly. "Indeed I do,” he agreed fervently, his mind a chaos of flushed cheeks and bewildering blue eyes. He attempted to concentrate his attention on her words and then caught his breath sharply. “I knew you were a Yaie man in spirit," i<■ was saying, with a charming little flush. A Yale man. He who had fought the sons of Eli tooth and nail through every one of his four years at Harvard: A Yale man: He whose sympathies were every one with the Tigers in the coming game, lor a second Saunders stared as the ghosts of old college days rose to confront him. Only for a sec-ond-then, being wise in his generation, he bowed to the inevitable, and. after all, how little it mattered beside the more important question agitating his mind aud soul and heart. He looked up and found her brown eyes regarding him steadily. "May the best man win,” be had s&id, trying to speak unconcerned, and then, with sudden imbecility regardless of the warning shadow in her eyes, be bad plunged headlong Into his declaration. What sudden madness had seized him k,

SANDERS. WITH LIPS TIGnTI.V SHVT, W4KHID THE GAME IN SILENCE. to risk liis cause at just that nnpropitious instant? The next tew mo Mien is were a horrible nightmare, durjug which he lieheld her face—amazed, confused, regretful — while his own voi<« rang hoarsely in bis ears as he tiAiindered doggedly on. Then some way, just bow be never knew, he had bowed himself out and suddenly found himself tramping unseeuiingly through the soft summer darkness outside, his face burning, bis heart beating fiercely, a queer tight feeling hi his throat. “A precious fool I made of myself,” tie commented gloomily as he fitted bis key into the door of Ids apartment, Wdbre excited and uneoni?o;table than be ever had been In bis life be entered the familiar library the next afternoon, but Elaine was seemingly oblivious of the occurrence of the preceding evenJng as, smiling and composed, she greeted him serenely. “A typical Yale man." she said, raising a blue parasol as they stepped into the warm glow of sunshine outside. “And a typical Yale girl,” he returned laughingly, his eyes traveling quiz tically from the hem of her blue gown to the tips of the blue wings adorning her smart toque. Crowds of pretty, well dressed girls, accompanied by clean shaven youths whose hatbands vied with Josephs coat in color, poured through the gate and into the semicircle. Then suddenly one-half of the grand stand was a radiant. waving mass of blue ns amid a frenzy of shrieking horns and shouts from the Yale partisans the Yale nine into the field. Cheer after cheer ««nt the air. drowning out the tooting automobiles and clang of the surface cars outside as the Yale section struck up “Boola.” “Was not that glorious?” cried Elaine as the last cheer subsided, turning ra-

diant. smiling eyes on her companion— ; eyes that became suddenly aware of a surprising thing. The expression of calm "interest on | Robert Saunders’ face gave way to one j ■t \ blest ent! i:- . .. - *-- tbest-itf: - of "Old Nassau,” to a waving accom-; paninient of yellow and black and as ’ fervid shouting as had preceded them, the Princeton nine appeared. Rising to bis feet, he cheered the oncoming team with an intensity and disregard of ob- I serration wfiich forcibly struck the girl who was in turn watching him. Suddenly, as the great locomotive cheer broke from thousands of lusty Tiger throats, he started and bis eyes met bers. At the vehement indignation in ber face he reddened. "The teams are well matched; chances about even. I should Judge," he said, trying to speak easily. From Elaine Sberrtf s ' ultra marine standpoint the suggestion was a challenge. "The Yale nine Is superior in every way:” she asserted, then, as this provoked no response, “Any unprejudiced person would admit it,” she added, with a half shrug of one blue shoulder. Robert Saunders flushed. He thrilled in response to the enthusiasm beating around them in great waves of emotion. “Your Yale fellows will not have such a walkover as you think,” be answered warmly. The girl cut him short. “They are sure to win,” she said peremptorily. "I will wager anything—anything.” She bent toward him with sudden impulse. "You asked me something last night”— Overborne by the excitement of the moment, the words surged in an irresponsible, breathless rush. “Let the game decide. It—it is ‘yes’ if your

Princeton wins.” She knew this would create consternation. ami it did, but not the kind Elaine had expected. To her amazement. Robert sat back quietly, his face grown suddenly white and stern. So this was how she valued his love —to stake the issue on a game of ball: A lost cause from the start, he mused grimly as the grand stand became once more a quivering sea of blue and the Yale men split their throats in enthusiastic recognition of Yale’s first run. The Yale team played a clean, strong game from the start. The Princeton contingent cheered lustily and made threatening allusions to blackening the Eli's eyes, and at one time the Tigers roused up for awhile, but all in vain. At the end of the fifth inning even the stanchest Tiger had to admit there was “a chance” for the opposing team; at the ninth inning the game ended with a score of G to 2 in favor of Yale. Robert Saunders, with ilps tightly shut and arms folded close on his broad chest, watched the game in silence; not until the last man was out did he take bls eyes from the field. Discordant blasts blended with tl»e shouts of victors and cheers for "Old Eli;” the grand stand, the bleachers, the entire field was a shimmering sea of triumphant blue as, despondent, hurt to the very ore of bis warm heart, Saunders turned to the girl at his side. “Congratulations,” be said perfunctorily, and then stopped amazed. The Yale colors streamed dejectedly, the Yale flag hung limply from her baud, the brown eyes that should have glowed with victory were heavy with unshed tears. JJe stared at her. "Yale won,” he repeated mechanically. "I r.in so sorry! I do wish they hadn't!” she said. Cinderella’s Slipper Not Glass"You know the story of Cinderella’s fur slipper.” the philologist began, but a young girl interrupted him. “Ciuderefia’s glass slipper, you mean,” she said. "No. I do not. I mean her fur slipper. The world is in error to call Cinderella’s slipper a glass one. I’ll tell you how tlie error occurred. "The Cinderella story is French. It is very old, aud in the original version the slipper of the young girl ts said to have been of ‘vair.’ a fur. "Handed down orally from generation to generation, this ’vair' slipper became confused with a slipper of ‘verre.’ The two words have the same sound, but where one means fur the other means glass. “When finally a poet came to inlay tn black and white upon the printed page die ancient story of Cinderella he made the natural mistake of calling the slipper of ’vair’ a slipper of *verre’ —he called the fur slipper a glass one. "How absurd is the idea of a tapper of stiff, uncomfortable glass, a slipper which would break and wound the foot! flow natural Is the idea of a slipper of soft, beautiful fur!”

Etiiiselte of Bygont Days. All old manual of etiquette shows that the people of bygone days were not so different from those of the present, for the treatise thinks it necessary to state that one should never ask a friend where she bought her gown and the uttermost farthing of its cost. To this rule, however, an astonishing exception is made. One might ask these things, it seems, if one really wanted to get a gown exactly like the one in question and were therefore asking sincerely for information. Evidently in these days, when sisters thought it smart to dress exactly alike, it was considered a compliment to copy a friends gown. Another interesting statement of this precious manual is tbnt no lady looks worse than when “gnawing a bene.” Keeping Ont of Danger. Lady Frederick Cavendish once told a story in illustration of the prevailing ignorance in certain classes in England A poor woman in discussing the pro priety of washing her child's head said “I know better than to do that. I’v« heard enough of water on the brain.”

Serving n»n. Fish Is dainty food. Practice is needed in serving it. Lightness of touch and dexterity of management are necessary to keep the delicate flakes intact. It requires some- skill to rip the skin and lay it back and sever the head and tail with neatness and dist:.. -e three articles must never leave the platter. They belong to the cat. The choicest morsel of any white fish is the cheek. It is not good form to cut through a fish. Begin at the tail and throw aside the skin. Begin at the head to serve, cutting to the b.vkbone. When the meat on that side is helped turn the fish and help the other side in the same way. If there is roe a part should be served each person. Boiling is the nicest way to cook and the easiest way to serve fish. Dress the edge of the platt r w,th hard egg and sliced lemon, tomato and beets. An Ivory Mat. Many people have never even heard of such a thing, and it is not to be wondered at, for these mats are ev ceedingly rare, and it is said by those who know that only three of these beautiful curiosities exist in the whole world. The one we now write about is the largest one made. It measures 8 by 4 feet and, though made in a small hill state in the north of India, has an almost Greek design for its border. It was only used on state occasions, when the rajah sat on it to sign important documents. The original cost of the mat Is fabulous, for 6.400 pounds of ivory were used in its manufacture. The finest strips of ivory must have been taken off the tusks, as the mat is as flexible as a woven stuff and beautifully fine.—London Graphic.

Sea Water and Colds. The delusion that sea water does not give cold is accountable for much harm A chill may be caught by wetting from sea water as quickly as by wetting from any other water. There is a certain stimulation to the skin from salt, no doubt, but that does not prevent chills from indiscriminate exposure to wetting by salt water, and chilis are fertile causes of illness. Chill to the lower part of the body is always dangerous to any one. It is much more so to a child than to a grown person, though many people seem to think the reverse is the case. Sandy*. Warning. A volunteer sham fight took place in England. During the retreat a Scotch volunteer in scrambling through some bushes stuck fast in a hedge. One of the advancing foe, seeing the situation, for a joke, came toward the unfortunate volunteer at full charge, with his bayonet fixed and a ferocious look on his face. The poor fellow in the hedge, seeing the threatening aspect of affairs. bawled out at the top of his voice: “Hand on. you idiot! Dinna you ken it's only in fun?” Mother llreMy'i Well. In the grounds of Llvesey Hall, near Blackburn, there is a spring called “Mother Livesey's well.” The curious thing about this well is that the water only flows during nine months of the year aud is quite dry during the other three months—June, * July and August—however wet the weather may be. The water always commences to flow on the same date each year, and never freezes even during the hardest frost.—Leeds (England) News.

ULv a Miracle. "The age of i_...:..es has gone,” declared the cynic. “No, it hasn't; said the woman. “My husband told me this morning that be noticed I was wearing last season's hat and gave me money to buy a new one.”—Baltimore American Diagnosis. “I regret to say. " remarked the young physician, "that you have peristaltic neurilemma. The sj mptoms are unmistakable.” “Dear me!” exclaimed the astonished patient. "What in the world is peri staltic neurilemma, doctor?” “It Is, sir. the disease from which you •re suffering, " answered the young M D. haughtily.—Chicago News. Natural Ea.egh. Jolkley—l once heard a man say that he would rather be an ex-convict than anything else he could think of. Po.k ley—The Idea! How eccentric! Jolkley —Not at ail. The man was in the penitentiary at the time.—T’hlladelpl " Ledger. Reanotml'le Request Lawyer—Your honor. I want at? In terpreter for my client. Judge—What language does be speak? Lawyer— He’s a railroad brakeman.—St. Louis Poet Dispatch. 111. Treasure. The Count (who has had a little tiff with his fiancee, the heiress) —But, my treasure— The Heiress—Your treasure? Your Investment, you mean. I nliooked. Lady (hiring cook)—Are you unattached at present? Applicant—Oi think O! am. Oi dressed in a hurry, mum.— Puck. Too Much Nothing. “This cheese is full of holes,” com- ' plained the prospective purchaser. “Yes, sir,” said the proprietor. "That’s right.” “Haven't you got one with the holes full of cheese?” — Louisville CourierJournal. Kia Permanent. I “I say, Jenkins, I’m in a temporary : embarrassment. Can you leud me $10?" • | "Only a temporary embarrassment? You’re much luckier than I am.”— Translated For Tales From Ffiegende i Blatter. i

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Public Sale. The undersigned will offer for sale at public auction at his residence, four and one half miles northeast of Decatur, on what is known as the John Braun farm, at 10 o’clock a. m. on Thursday, December 28, 1905, the. fallowing property: Eight head of horses, one stallion five years old. high bed for speed; filly coming here years old, highbred for speed; bay colt, high bred, coming four years old. These horses were purcha -ed at Lexington and are pedigreed. Two bay geldings six and seven years old ; bay horse eleven years old; sorrel mare twelve years old gray horse thirteen years old. Thoroughbred Hereford Cows and Calves. Five milch cows, one male Hereford oalf, one shorthorn male calf, lot of begs. New McCormick bnler, mower, hayrake, plows, wagons, harness, cultivators, grain drill, good as new; outiing box, three breaking plows, corn in the crib, hay in the barn, chickens, and numerous other articles. Terms of sale:—ss and under cash in hand; on sums over <5 a credit of ten months will be given purchaser giving note with approved security. E. WOODS. On account of the live stock ex position, the Erie will sell txcur sion tickets from Decatur to Chicago and return at rate of $6.10 for the round trip. Tickets on sale Deo. 16, 17, 18, and 19t*i. Return limit Dec. 24th. Ask agents sot particulars, or write O L Enos, Marion O. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxltive Bromo Quinine Tablets, Al Iruggiets refund the money if it falls tc cure R. W Grove signature cd each box. 26c TIMBER WANTED 5.000 cords Linn (Basswood) bolts. Can use trees 4 inc hes or larger. Buy standing t mber oreut and ric'ced. Gilts L. Smith7so W. Market St. Indianapolis, Ind.

[To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Seven MSSon boxes soM b past 12 months. This Signature, • 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 double-track railway between Chicago and the Missouri River. One-way Colonist tickets are on sale daily, March I to May 15, at "Ji the rate of $33.00 from Chicago, with correspondingly low rates from all points, give you an unusual chance to make the trip. These tickets are good on daily and personally conducted excursions, on which a double berth in a Pullman tourist sleeping car from Chicago costs only $7.00. Round-trip tickets are always on sale from all points at reduced rates via the Chicago & North-Western, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways. i-._ w - B - kniskern, J* P. T. M. C. * N.-W. Ry., Chicago, 111. Please mail free to my address, California booltlcta, maps and full ” FILL IN THIS COUPON I particulars concerning rates and train service. ANO MAIL IT TO-DAY. • WW4B4 ' ~ ■———Mia—a— 1 . —— , ~, i

Torture or a Prc*cher. , The story < f the torti.ro of Rev. O. D Moore, pastor of the Baptist church, I of' Harpersville, NY.. will interest vou Hesavs: ’! suffered agonies, bo1 cause of a persistent cough, resulting from the grip- I bad fileP P sitting up in bed. I tried many remedies, with out relief, until I took Dr. King's New Discoveay for Consumption Coughs and Colds, which entirely cured my cough, and saved me from consumption." A grand cure for diseased con-iditi-ns of Throat and Lungs. At Blackburn and Christen drnggist: price 50c and 51.0\ guaranteed. Trial bottle free. Public Sale. I will offer at public auction at my residence, one mile west and one-half mile south of Honduras, and six miles east and one-half mile north of Bluffton river bridge, on what is known as the William farm, st 10 oo’lock, am, on Thursday, December 21, one bay mare. 11 years old. 3 milch cows, will be fresh in the spring.; 1 yearling steer, 1 yearling Durham bull and 3 sprir g calves, brood sow. will farrow March 1; 9 shoats, will weigh 125 lbs each; 5 head of good ewe sheep, Tiffin wagon, as good as now ; riding breaking plow, 2 sulky corn plows, check row planter, grain drill, hay rake, 3 spike tooth harrows, spring tooth harrow, single shovel plow, double shovel plow, five shovel cultivators, land roler, top buggy, Surrey, good as new; set hay ladders, 18 ft ladders, corn in crib, corn fodder in mow, seed corn, 10 bu potatoes, five doz chickens, set gravel beds, a number one mud boat, Peninsular steel range, household and kitchen furniture ana many other articles. Terms—On sums oCflve dollars and under, cash; over five dollars a credit of 12 months will be given, purchaser giving note with approv. ed security. Five per cent off for ash. B. F. BOOKER Fred Reppert, Auo.

Special low Excursion Ratss “CLOVER LEAF ROUTE.” Season 1905-6. ho, will be in effect - 31. 1806, at exceptionally low rare! ° ct ’ Clover Leaf Route. Liberal m P * vi » privileges and low rate side trips, I>oTer Special Homeseekers' Fares to the West add Southwest, on \be P h>V S <!“* 3d Tuesdays of each month dn,t. :ih! ' low faros W,n XL‘Tn'Ura W War final return limit .lune 1. itjc-h ThJ? ets are good for stop-over; and are ’ special reduced rates* e sold Hunters’ Tickets to tbe various in States of Arkansas. Miwour sin. I pper Peninsula of MicMgaA and Canada, go on sale OctX?’ Clover Leaf Route is the popular M The for hunters. Popular route Callforn red Pacific CoastTourlst on sale via all routes. Good nine Stop-over privileges at pleasure E nths ’ everybody should have a copy of our let. entitled "Get Out or Jet In Line taming Lincoln's letter to Gen Ho eu. Sent on receipt of 4 cents in swX Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars Free r? dining cnatr and Case Car" MeaU X Carte) high-back seat Coaches on J H thro trains. Fur rates, apply to nearest tick!? agent, or address 1 W. L. ROSS General Passenger Agent, Traveling Passenger Agent? 0 ' 10 ' T. L. MILLER.Agent Decatur. Ind' PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM glewur, and beaucr.es Promotes a luxuriant grown Fails to Restore Grav Hair tc its Youths .i Color Cures scalp dresses at hair tmjm/ gQc. and SI.OO at Weak Men vigorotis rMJ rein.!? What PEFFER'S NERVIGOR Did! It acts powerfully and quickly. Cures when aP others fail. Young men regain lost ir.antoodjoM uien recover youthful vigor. Absolutely Guaranteed to Core Nervousness, Lo’t Vitality, lu.potcucy, Nightly Emission*. Lost Power, either sex, Falling Memory, Wasting Dii. eaees, and aliefectt of stlf-abute or exettut tine <n<H*crrtion. Wards off Insanity and consumption Don’t let druggist impose a worthless substitute or you because ityields a greater profit. Insist on bar. Ing PEFFER’S N ERVIGOK, or send for it Cai carried in vest pocket. Prepaid, plain wrapper, 1 per box. or tt for $5, with A Written Guar wteetoCareor Refund Money. PamphW.fr* VEFFEB MEDICAL ASSN. Chicago, UJ Sold by Blackburn & Christen