Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 15 February 1906 — Page 3

Pichmond, Vs., Feb. 13.—Nurses the Mary Washington hospital Fredericksburg, are on a strike atise they have j’o nnurse oold pitients and Oirry tire wood. <r. Homer A. Goreline, formerly f o f police, has returned from his t trip as a traveling srlesmau for American Tobacco company, Mr. reline is an experienced salesman. 1 during his initial week made an tiable record. His territory comS es a number of the best counties Indiana. This city will be hi* dquarters. —Journal Gazette man living east of the city ght a $55 range of one of the il hardware'stores to replace one of a mail order house. The bought in Chicago cost only |2B, , about half what the one bought B cost. Remarkable! but lasted > two months, when, owing to ig so light in weight, it melted m and had to be sold for junk stove cost just <l4 a month, luff ton News. deal was made Thursday jreby Mrs. John A. Fetzer pursed the millinery store formerly ied and conducted Jby Mrs. A. Peterson, and situated in the rison block. The transfer had j banging fire for several days was finally closed last evening Mrs. Fetzer took possesion this ning. The new proprietess has ired the services of Mrs. MarMygrant as her trimmer and sets to carry a ilne of all the jt spring patt’rrs and solicits a ;e of the public’s business. bert Soheumah. son of Mr. and i Henry Scheuman, of near Bin was the Victim of a surprise y on his 18th birthday. The ling was spent in playing all Is of games and at 11 o’clock elaborate supp’r was served, se pre®ent were Messer 0 . Law e and’Henooh Heckman, HerBul'emier, Lawrence Koene , Otto and Herman Scheiman, rge Berning, Lawrence Zwick lav and Herman Fuhrman and us Scheiman, and the Misses i Berning, Lydia and Clara tmeier, Adele Koeneman, ua Heckman, Clara and Lizzio emire, Friday Soheiman and indd Am a Bultemeier.

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News has been received here of the death of Dr. J. E. Mann of Louisville, Kentucky, at Liberal, Kansas. He had been in failing health for a ling time, and went last October in the hope of obtainingr relief. Dr. Mann was well known here stood high in its profession as a specialist in the cure of eye,ear, nose and throat troubles. He was an instructor for the South western Homeopathic Medical college and had an office in the Gaulbert building. He is suivived by his wife, a son, Ivan, sixteen years old, and a daughter, Margaret, nine years old. The body will je brought to Louisville for burial arriving tomorrow ovor the southern railway. The burial will ba held a 2:30 o’clock from Pearson’s chaplet. Dr. Mann was a native of this county, a brother of J. K. Mann and Mrs. Harry B. Knoff, and will be well rememberd by many of our citizens. The case of the oity o f Decatur against S G. Humphreys, who recently owned the Burt Hotel, which has been pending for several weeks, was tried Friday be fore ’Squire James H. Smith and resulted in a victory for the oity. The suit was to recover on a bill f)r electric lights and water which was due at the time Henry Donnelly, who then owned the hotel, failed to pay, owing to the laok of funds. Humpbhreys at the time having foreclosed a mortgage on Donnelly and froze him out of buisness. The amount due was $39.32 and the oity. after making several requests for payment and being turned down, commenced the above action. A. P. Beatty represented the defense and L . C DeVoss looked after the city’s interest and the legal battle was a royal one. The case will be appealed to the circuit court, FRIGHTFULLY BURNED. Chas. W. Moore, a machinist of Ford City, Pa., had his hand frightfully burned in an electrical furnace. He applied Buck len’s Arnica Salve with the usual result: “a quick and perfect cure.” Greatest healer on earth for Burns, Wounds, Sores, Eczema and Piles. 25c, at Blackburn & Christen's drug store.

DUST IN OUR EYES. We at Times Collect Cnrioua Thing* Without Luolltur For Thein. Few people are aware, says Fred W. Saxby in the Strand Magazine, that we are all constantly “collecting” curl ous things without looking for them: In the very act of looking up at the fleeting spectacle of a fiery orb the reader with the big. wide open eyes may easily receive la one of his own orbs a tiny sphere from afar that was produced in a glowing streak of light like the one he is admiring. Meteoric dust is ever falling and upon all parts of our planet. The little spheres have been found upon the decks of ships far out at sea, in all the deserts of the earth and on the tops of snow clad mountains. Dredgings brought up from the silent depths of the ocean give testimony of their universal presence. The particles ail contain iron and are easily collected by the magnet frem the roof of any outhouse or other place exposed di rectly to the sky. Seafarers are sometimes pelted with dust of quite a different kind, compos ed of the microscopic flinty skeletons of beautiful plants called "diatoms." These tiny- plants live in both salt and fresh water and occur in enormous numbers in some localities. Occasionally water courses and inundated areas dry up, and the flinty shells of the diatoms which grew there ale blown about as dust. There are several instances on record of diatomaceous dust falls at sea. During the Slickest part of the fall the sailors have experienced much pain in their eyes, the inflammation being caused by the little flinty shells. SECRETARY SEWARD. Hia Influence I pon the Foreign Policy of This Country. The importance of Secretary Seward’s influence in the domestic affairs of the L'n'tw 1 Sta’es during Johnson’s administration has probably been exaggerated, but it would be hard to exaggerate the importance of what he achieved and of what he initiated in bis own proper field of diplomacy. Hh chief, occupied a* was with fierce controversies over other subjects, found, we may well suppose, but little time for foreign relations. He does not appear to have interfered with policies which were already adopted or to have Initiated any new policies of his own Seward must therefore be held responsible to a degree somewhat unusual for the conduct of the delicate negotiations, involving very far reaching consequences, which the war gave rise to. It was he who first presented America to Europe in that attitude of conscious strength which the thorough establishment of our nationality at last enabled us to take. It was he whe reasserted effectively, yet without any arrogance, our traditional stand In reference to the Latin republics to the south of us. It was he who, facing westward, accomplished an expansion of our system into a region never contemplated until his day by those who guided our destinies and turned our thoughts upon the shores of the Pacific as a field for American trade and American Influence. - William Garrott Brown ir Atlantic. Tin- Pole Star. We will try to give you some idea ol the distance that separates us from the pole star. As you know, light travels at the rate of about 186,00 C miles a second—more than seven times round the earth while you are saying “John Robinson” slowly. Well, suppose that a ray of light, traveling al this terrific speed of a million mile* in less than five and a half seconds, had started from the polar star on its journey to the earth at the moment of your birth that particular ray will no' reach you until you are more than halfway between your thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh birthdays. When y-jf look on the pole star you see it not as it is today, but as It was about fifty years ago. Freak Statue. One of the most interesting freak statues in England is to the memory of Sir It. Holmes. It Is to be seen in ths church at Yarmouth, isle of Wight. The funny thing about it is that it was not originally intended to represent that naval celebrity. It was sculptured for and represents Louis XIV. of France and was being conveyed to that country when the vessel containing it and also the sculptor was captured by an English ship commander, by Sir R. Holmes. The body was finished. the head being left for completion on its arrival in France. Ou learn Ing who it was for. the English commander compelled the sculptor to finish it by chiseling his (Holmes’) head on the king’s body. Sir It. Holmes was afterward made governor of the Isle of Wight and held this office from 1667 till 169? and after his death the statue was erected to his memory. Snow Banner.. In the Sierra Nevada mountains, when conditions are t'avora ble for the display, there occurs a beautiful and startling phenomenon of nature. At times when the wind drives up the mountain sides in a certain direction and with sufficient velocity there stream out upon the air snow banners from a hundred mountain peaks. They are formed by the circling wind acting upon the light snow and are thick and dark at the top of the mountain, tike a flagstaff, then they float away broad ly for a mile in length in waves of Iridescent light. This magnificent display is rarely seen l y other eyes than those of savages, but sonetimes it has been the good fortune of a naturalist to witness it when among the wild beauties of the mountain fastnesses.

Catting a Cameo. It Is said that the stone from which cameos are cut onyx aift sardonyx—is so plentiful on the Uruguay river, in Brazil, that ships often take it away as ballast. Nevertheless perfect pieces of large size are costly, a piece suitable for a large portal costing as much as $75. This stone is preferred for cameos because of its hardness and durability and is suitable for such work owing to the fact that it comes in layers of contrasting color, as black and white, black and cream or red and white. When the cut figure is sunk into the stone instead of being raised the cutting is called an Intaglio. The cost of these gems is due to the time and skill required in the work. Formerly a small gem might occupy an artist for a year or more, but with modern appliances the work can be done much more rapidly. Still the ancient work bears the palm for artistic excellence. The cutting is now done by holding the stone against a revolving drill whose soft steel face is covered with diamond dust. No steel is hard enough to cut the stone. The utmost patience and caution and delicate handling are required, as the slightest slip may be fatal to the work. Curran In the Coffee Ilouxe. John Philpot Curran, the famous Irish lawyer, ranks among the wittiest men the Emerald Isle has ever produced. His wit, however, was sometimes turned against himself by the- intended victim, the following story, taken from the volume of biographical reminiscences entitled “Mrs. Brookfield and Her Circle,” furnishing an amusing example of how Curran was once outder.e: A brisk yc.’.ng widow in some part of Ireland used to preside at the table of a coffeehouse patronized by Curran. Her name was Honor, and one day there was some disputed charge. Curran slyly winked at the friend who happened to be dining with him and propos'd “honor and honesty.” “By all means,” added the widow briskly, holding her glass to be filled, "let us drink to Mr. Curran’s absent friends.” Daioies Follow Hallway*. “Buttercups and daisies follow railroads the world over,” said an engineer. "In India, in central Asia, in Brazil, the parallel rails run continually between meadows white and yellow with home flowers. In the construction of all foreign railways American or English engineers have a hand. These men know that good home grass is the best tiling for holding together the earth on embankments. Grass is tough and lasting. It strikes root so easily that it practically cements the most flimsy earthworks. So grass see’d from home is sown on railway embankments all over the world by the home engineers helping to build them, and thus In the most tropical places, among gorgeous orchids and palms and giant cacti, you will see mile after mile of wholesome, clean home grass, studded with white daisies and yellow buttercups.” The Curse of Scotland. Among the reasons why the nine of diamonds has been called the curse of Scotland are the following: Diamonds, nine of, called the curse of Scotland, from a Scotch member of parliament, part of whose family arms is the nine of diamonds, voting for the introduction of the malt tax Into Scotland. — “Chronology; or, The Historian's Companian,” Fourth Edition, by Thomas Tegg, London, 1826. There is a George Campbell mentioned in Burton's "History of Scotland” as having caused the nine of diamonds to be called the curse of Scotland because he stole nine diamonds out of the royal crown in the reign of Mary Stuart, in consequence of which all Scotland was taxed. Physical Keldenee. •lio you know,” said a Sunday school teacher, addressing a new pupil iu the Infant class, "that you have a soul?” "Course I do,” replied the little fellow, placing his band over his beast “I can feel it tick.”—Moberly (Nev.) Monitor. A Thaekcray Stary. Mrs. Bayard Taylor tells an Interesting story of Thackeray in her memoirs “Ou Two Continents.” The Taylors met Thackeray iu Loudon soon after their marriage. Mrs. Taylor writes that she found “confirmed iu his person the characteristics which I had guessed at from his works—a warm heart under the mask of scathing satire. Ou the occasion of a small dinner which be gave us he said to my busband, after the gentlemen had rejoined the ladies in the drawing room: 'By the bye, 1 must give you a wedding present. What shall it be?’ Then going to an etagere be took down a silver inkstand and gave it to bis friend, iu spite of the evident displeasure of his youngest daughter, usually so amiable, who exclaimed with all the naivete of her fifteen years, ‘Oh, not that one, papa” But papa gave no heed and a few days later sent us the gift w’ith the inscription engraved upon it, ‘W. M. ThackVZ2.T to Bayard Taylor, Oct. 2.', Ancient Theatrical Programme. Theater programmes were known even in ancient times, though they were then of a very peculiar construction. In Greece and Rome they con sisted of small tablets, which were handed out to the audience at tfie entrance. Those occupying the best seats obtained programmes beautifully work ed In ivory, while those occupying the cheaper seats were given tablets iu bronze. The bronze tablets were distinguish ed>y a dove worked in the metal, and the term “picclonerio,” used in Italy today as designating the lower priced seats in the theaters, dates from this .nttune custom.

fnaenslble to Pain. A mother's love former children is always being illustrated, not only in books, but iiWeal life. A true story is told of a lady whose baby was very ill and who sat watching the child with absorbed attention, every instant fearing another convulsion and praying for deliverance from it. At her side stood an older child, who had stolen into the room unobserved and who was trying to prick the little black spots in mamma's muslin sleeve with a needle he had found. Presently the father came in, and the little child was seen and sent away. "What is the matter with your arm?” whispered the gentleman to his wife when at last they turned to each other and smiled their thankfulness that the baby had fallen asleep. “I don't know,” said she. “Nothing that I am aware of.” She put up her hand and found that the thin muslin sleeve was soaked with blood. The little boy had become so absorbed in his sport that he had jabbed with all his might, and she in her terrible anxiety had not felt the thrusts. Cleaning Men's Clothe*. A tailor of fifty years’ experience gives the following information: All men’s clothing to be cleaned should be thoroughly beaten and brushed. Some things are so dirty it is absolutely necessary to wash them as any other woolen goods. Iron on the wrong side. To remove spots, use the following: Two ounces of hartshorn, an ounce of castile soap, a quarter of an ounce of saltpeter. Dissolve in a quart of rain water. He has used many cleaning mixtures, but considers this the best. Put a wad of soft cloth (like an old towel) under the spot, saturate well and rub hard. The secret of success lies in hard rubbing, which will drive the grease through into the wad of cloth. Hub dark goods with dark woolen and light goods with light. Press on right side with damp cloth between iron and garment.—Buffalo News. Indian Summer. Indian summer is the short spell of warm days in October or November accentuated by the first chill of autumn which has preceded it. Sometimes it lasts as long as a fortnight, and it has been observed to recur twice or thrice In a season, though this is quite rare. Au atmospheric phenomenon of the same nature has received the name of “St. Luke’s summer” in Germany, "St. Martin’s summer” in England, the feasts of these saints being Oct. 18 and Nov. 11 respectively. The name Indian summer is of in unidentified origin. It has been established that it does not appear on any record earlier than 1794, but when first recorded it was as a term in general use. The use of the expression in 1778 by Horace Walpole clearly referred to the torrid summer of the West Indies and not to this pleasant period of the northern autumn. The Satan of the Greek*. The Greek conception of the evil one, whom they call Yama, makes that personage one of the most satanic of the whole evil tribe. According to their ideas of him, he is 240 miles high and the hairs on his body stand out like palm trees on a mountain side. He punishes the doomed being submitted to his charge by putting them in beds of boiling oil, sawing their bodies in two. pouring molten lead in their ears and such other little pranks as pulling out their tongues, toe and finger nails and gouging out their eyes. He is a heartless old fiend of the most fiendish kind and has many other exquisite littie tortures laid up for the helpless wretch consigned to his "chamber of horrors.” Telegraph Operator*' Signa. Telegraph operators always have personal signs which they place on all messages they send er receive. Usually they use two of their initials or take two letters from their names. For instance, James Black will probably use “JB” as bis sign. In many cases, however, they choose their signs in peculiar ways. "We once had a man working here who signed 'KE’ because be had taken the Keeley cure,” said a Kansas City chief operator. "He afterward went back to drinking and then used ‘BZ,’ deriving it from ‘booze.’ Another fellow signed ‘PS’ because lie used to say he received a poor salary. A woman operator we had here used to sign ‘HK,’ her initials, until one day her beau jilted her and married another girl. After that she signed ‘BH,’ which, we understood, meant ‘broken heart/ In an eastern office where I once worked there was a hoodoo sign. It was •KQ.’ The first man who used it there was killed by a train, the next one went crazy and the third died of typhoid fever. After that nobody in the office dared use the hoodoo sign. The stoiy about its being a Jonah traveled over the country, and today you’ll find very few operators signing 'KQ.’ ” Anierican Exuberuuce. A prominent English statesman who visited this country n few years ago was talking with friends about the national characteristics of Americans and gave it as his opinion that the westerner is the most truly humorous of the citizens of the United States. “Why,” said the Briton in explanation, "a relative of mine who frequently visits the States for puritoses of sport tells me that he was entranced by the reply made to him by the proprietor of a hotel in Nebraska when he asked if there were any quail in the vicinity. “ ‘Quail!’ exclaimed the proprietor. ‘I should say so! Why, they've got to be a regular nuisance round here. My cook complains that she can’t throw a

Red, White, Green Sena. The colors of pure ocean water and the varying shades observed where impurities are met with are diversified by the coloring effects of the enormous multitudes of various forms of organized life which sometimes mask the natural color of the surface of the sea and tinge extensive areas with remarkable colors. Red appears to b- most frequently met with. In the southern parts of the Red sea and in the Arabian gulf large areas are colored blood red by microscopic animalculae, and in the Indian ocean similar forms of life cause, in addition to red, milk white or yellow spots of great extent, the appearance »f which is frequently alarming to the ignorant sailor. Off! the Guinea coast ships sometimes appear to float in milk. Extensive red streaks are also known to occur in the south Atlantic and south Pacific, which are caused by hosts of small red Crustacea. The “Vermilion sea” of California owes its brilliant color to infusoria. Areas colored green have been noted, especially iu the arctic regions, which are due to myriads of diatoms, and in some portions of the antarctic seas diatoms of rusty color make tire water a dirty brown. How General Butler Lost a Horse. While in front of Petersburg General Butler received information that bis favorite horse, Almond Eye, had been accidentally killed by falling into a ravine. Upon the departure of his informant he ordered an Irish servant to go and skin him. “What, is Almond Eye dead?” asked Pat. “What’s that to you? Do as I bid you and ask no questions.” Pat went about his business and in an hour or two returned. “Well, Pat. where have you been al! this time?” sternly demanded the general. “Skinning the horse, yer honor.” "Does it take nearly two hours to perform such an operation?” "No, yer honor, but then, you see, it tuck bout half an hour to catch him,’’ replied Pat. General Butler cast upon his servant such a ferocious look that I’at th Might he meditated skinning an Irishman iu revenge for the death of his horse. • Value of Butterflies. When our juniors see t’.-.e common white cabbage and sulphur wing butterflies or even the superb Monarch and gorgeous Ajax swallowtails flitting through the fields or at times city streets they perhaps never give thought to the fact that butterflies may be of commercial value. But such is the case. Some of our domestic butterflies on account of rarity more than beauty command prices from one to several dollars, which collet tors gladly pay to insure the completeness of their cabinets. Big prices are paid for some of the magnificent butterflies of the morpho and papilio genera, which are rainbow hued in colors and span five feet in wings. These flourish in tropical countries, and it is often necessary for museums to send out special expeditions for them. They range from $lO to SIOO in value.—Baltimore Herald. Haddock Mnrks. Why do haddocks carry those peculiar black "finger marks” near the head? Some tell us that they are a memento of the pressure of St. Peter’s fingers when he went fisuing for the tribute money. On the Yorkshire eoast of England they say the devil once determined to build a bridge at Filey. His Satanic majesty did not start the bridge for the convenience of the people. but for the destruction of ships and sailors and the annoyance of fishermen in general. In the progress of lite work Old Nick dropped his hammer-in-to the sea. Snatching at it hastily, lie caught a haddock, and all haddocks carry the imprint of bis black fingers to this day. Conceit. Conceit Is essential to rapid advancement—not overconceit, but conceit tn reasonable volume. The conceit of youth becomes the assurance of ckl age. If you're master of your conceit, you have back of you a slave of unlimited assistance. If conceit is your master, you’re doomed to failure. But don't cultivate self conceit. It’s a lusty plant. Give it half a chance and K will outgrow your self respect.—N. €. Fowler, Jr., in "Gumption.” Champagne. There are two peculiarities abent champagne drinking which are cap: bls of explanation. The one is the rapldil r with which the wine exhilarates notwithstanding the small proportion of alcohol it contains. This is due to the carbonic acid gas evolved, which is Inhaled while drinking, for it is the property of this gas to expedite the action of anytl ng with which it is associated It is estimated that one glass of champagne is equal in effect to two glasses of still wine of the same strength and Is more rapid in action. The other peculiarity is the sort of lethargy or deadness which follows after excessive champagne drinking. This is analogous to the stupor produced by carbonic a< id gas, but it is assisted and intensified by the tx ess of sugar deranging lbs Btom->ch. the undigested sugar tarns into a* id, and thus it is that too much champagne is apt to produce dyspepsia. Coined In The phrase “to sham Abraham” was coined in Bedlam, or Bethlehem hospital, where there was at one time as Abraham ward, the Inmates of which upon certain days were permitted to go out as licensed beggars on behalf of the hospital. These mendicant Intatics were knawn as “Abraham men." and their success In Invoking the pit*' of the charitable was such that they had many unlicensed imitator*, v ‘.o, when discovered, were sail "to have Shammed Att rai.aiu.”