Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1906 — Page 3

THE BEST COUGH CURE Cough syrups are all cheap enough, but if you should get a gallon of cough syrup that doesnot eure for the price of«a small bottle of Kemp’s Balsam the best cough cure, you would have made a bad bargain—for one small bottle of Kemp’s Balsam may stop the worst cough and save a life, whereas the cough “cure" that doe's not cure is worse than useless. Sold by all dealers at 25c. and 50c.

GUILTY! The Verdict and Coston Weston Receives a prison Sentence of 2 to 21 Years. Huntington, Ind,. March 31.— lhe jury in the Boston Weston case returned a verdict at 9:30 this : morning, finding the defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter. This makes the penalty a term of I from two to twenty-one years in the penitentiary at Michigan City, The jury was out thirty seven (jours. The death of Roman J. Holthouse has been avenged so far as is posisbie on this earth. As may be seen from the above dispatch the jury has done their duty and the people of Decatur are satisfied. The greatest interest had been manifested Jby our citizens and hundreds of inquiries came to this office yesterday and today concern ing the outcome. Roman Holti house was one of the most pouplar men in this city, and no difference whit effort was made by John Branyan or others to injure his reputation, the deceased will always bo remembered here as a kind hearted and generous husband, father and citzen. He was given his death blow at Hun tington just two months ago, when Boston Weston, without any provocation, felled him with a territtio blow that fractured his skull, The piomplness of ths Huntington county court in meting out justice is to bo commended. The trial began Monday morning and the case went to the jury at 8:33 Thursday evening. The first ballot showed eight for conviction and four for acquittal. Yesterday morning I two changed, making the vote ten I totvo for conviction. The two I held oat until this .morning when I they voted for a conviction for inI voluntary manslaughter as a comI promise, voluntary manslaughter I being asked for by the others. Just I how any one who heard the evi I deuce could vote for an acquittal is I hard to say, but perhaps we have Ino right to judge. The relatives I and friends are 'pleased with the I verdict because [they believe it just I end right that Boston Weston suf I fer for his awful crime, but more I than a]) they are pleased because I the verdict is a vindication of the I unjust charges made against one ■ whom we loved and admired and I who is not hereto defend himself. I The defendant will ask for a new ■ trial and if refused may appeal his ■ &se to the supreme court, but in ■ the meantime he will have to go ■ t° prison, I Those Roads ■ The citizens of Union township) ■ Wfl progressive and demonstrated ■ progressiveness in their ma ■ road selections in a very I wdsome way. They voted on I ve macadam toads, the vote being: ■ Ahr road—Yes 85, no 52; major- ■ >1.V33. II Bloeke road—Yes 97, no 47; ma- ■ J° r ity so. ■ Hart read—Yes 94 no 48; major ■ >‘746. ■ S'hatnerloh road— Yes 95, no 45; ■ Majority 50 ■ egmeyer road-Yes 97, no 39; ■ 58. I W! * 3 U tOta ‘ one hnnt^retl 10)1' votes polled and the ■up nty ' n tavor the improve- ■ Wi' 3a S ° 0(1 two to one - ’ rbe ■ 9r w as bad, a continuous •

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downpour 'of rain continuing throughout the. entire day, and as a result the vote is neary one hundred short of the entire electorate of the township. Had they alp voted the majority in favor of ‘this, the best improvement ever undertaken by the township, would have been greater, As soon as the result of the election can be lawfully transferred to oommissoners’ court, at least the roads can be sold and perhaps built yet this year.

Rev. J. E. Stoops, pastor of the Evangelical church of this city, goes Monday to attend the annua] conference of the Evangelical ohurerh to be held at West Salem, 111, next week. We trust that the conference will have the good judgement to send him back tc this city. —Van Wert Times. The death of Mrs. Knapp, an aged lady of Root township, occurred Wednesday night. Mrs. Knapp was well known and was one of the pioneer residents of Root township. She was eighty-one years old and death was the result of infirmities of old age. The funeral services was held Friday afternoon from the Fuelling chureh. Interment will be made in the Fuelling cemetery. A reward ftf 1500 will be paid for information concerning the where about* Os Cbftrleg who left Wanyesburg, Pennsylvania, last December. He is not a criminal but is wanted by relatives. He is forty-three years old, five feet, eight inches high, has thin biown hair, blue eyes, is lefthanded, has scar on back of neck, mole below right eye. If you have seen him send werd to Albert Butler, sheriff, Decatur, Ind. Rev. Noah Staffer was Thursday granted a marrriage license permitting him to wed Mrs. Emeline Valentine. The happy event will occur this evening at the home of the bride, two miles west of Monroe, Rev. Payne of the Christian Union church to officiate. The groom is seventy years old and his bride is forty-nine. Both are well known over the county and have hosts of friends who wish them much future joy and happiness. Rev. Stalter appeared very happy when interviewed this morning and his three score and ten seemed to weigh but lightly. Tae Democrat advances congratulations to Rev, and Mrs. Staffer.

Hartford City, Ind., March 28.— Another murder has been added to Blackford's ccnnty’s record of crimes. Green Street, of Briant, Jay county, has been committed to jail as a result of the killing of Edward Voght of Montpelier. Street asserts he acted in selfdefense and he gave the following version of the affair: Clarence Voght operated a pool room at Briant. He was arrested and fined fIOO for permitting minors to play in the place. Street went on his bond, after which Voght sold out and went to the home of his brother at Montpelier. Street had a warrant issued for his arrest and when he reached Montpelier he solicited the assistance of Night Watchman Henry Dragoo in making the arrest. Drago anticipated trouble and gave Street a revolver. They took Clar ence Voght into ousody and, on his request, accompanied him to the home of his brother, Edward Voght. Upon arrival at Eiward Voght s home the patter demanded that Street, who had the warrant in his passession, read it, and when it was read he asserted that it was not a legal document and that Clarence should not go with them. Drragoo replied that he would 'go and he placed£Clarence under arrest and gave him in charge Street. Edward Voght then ran into his bedroom, reap pearing with a rifle, cooking the trigger as he raised the weapon, and pointed it at Street. The las named was the quicker in the use of a weapon and he fired the first shot killing Voght almost instantly, the ballet entering his body just below his heart. Clarence Voght remained at Montpelier. After the shooting Street surrendered to the sheriff, and he has employed J. A. Hindman for the defense. The grand jury is in session and w-11 at once begin an invetigation.

One prosperous merchant: “I advertsie in the newspapers be cause am not ashamed of my goods or my work. Because I cater to the intelligent class; they read the newspapers and I believe in increasing my business I advertise in the newspapers I can talk to more people through the newspapers, a great distance, iu less time, and at a more reasonable cost than in any other way ”

An exhange says: “The kickers on the farm are not as hard to get along with as the kickers in the towns. On the farm there is the kicking cow and our long-eared friend the mule, while in town three is rhe old moss back, who wants all the privileges of municipal living without paying for them and blocks so far as he can, every municipal improvement. The cow may be sold for beer and the mule traded for a shot gun, but nothing but a funeral will get rid of * town kicker.” Fredie, the four years old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Williams, who reside at Steele’s park, died this morning at four o’clock after an illness lasting two weeks, death re suiting from lung fever. The little fellow contracted a heavy cold some time ago and could not get rid of it, although hfj WM given the best of care and attention, The funeral sgt'VlOQg mb 0 held s un( ] a y afternoon at 2:30 o’oook at the home, Rev. Luke officiating, and interment will be made in the Reynolds oemeterey, The remarkable growth in the number ana size of newspapers' in the United States is shown in a report just issued by the census bureau of the department of com merce and labor covering the amount of paper used last year. The news of the world was ottered to Americans on 900,000 tons of paper during 1905. This amount is an increase of thirty percent over that .of the previous year and marks a total increase in consumption of fifty-eight percent in four years. I preparing these 900,000 tons or paperJfor the press, 3,000,000 cords of wood, 300,000 tons of straw, and 800,000 tons of tire were used.

Miss Vera Patterson entertained the Black Rag club Thursday night at her home on North Second street a 1 (5 o'clock dinner, and during tie course of this event formally announced her coming wedding to Mr. Fre i Bell, the date for which is April 26. The Patterson home had been beautifully decorated for the event with cut flowers and ferns and presented a pleasing appearance. The guests included Misses Dessie Beery, Banny Hite, Marie Patterson, Carrie Thomas, May Niblick, Mabie Erwin, Agnes Schrock, Bertha Heller, Midge Smith, and Blanche Dibble ’arrived at 6 o’clock, jthe guests being immediately ushered .into the dining room which, by the way, was a scene of beauty, the decoration being simly exquisite. In the oen ter of the dining table was a large basket of cut flowers while at the ends of the table seat beautiful candle stick artitsioally decorated with pink ribbon. At Jeaoh plato was a card which was the most unique feature of the entire proceeding, it being a large piece of cardboard with an advertisement pasted on and with the pictu e of the particular member of the crowd who was to be seated at that respective place attached, this feature alone cau-ing much merriment among the guests. At the side of each plate was a beautiful red carnation which was a souvenir of the event. The guests, after finding their places, were seated and a six course dinner was served. On the arrival of the last course came the announcement, this also being unique feature. A plate was passed by one of the waiters bearing ten pieces of black rags, each one of the party being presented with a piece of this rag and when the same was untied a small card came to light bearing this inscription: “ Vera and Fred, April 26, 1906, ” thus making the announcement complete. The guests were then entertained for several hours in a social manner, after which they departed not forgetting to advance congratulations for Vera and Fred

~~ VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.'""’ A Theory to Explain the Souree an* Cauae of Eruptions. In a volume on volcanoes Professor C. Doelter undertakes to tell why volcanoes have eruptions. Melted rock such as is flung from Vesuvius requires a temperature of 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit, so that it becomes liquid only far down in the earth, perhaps sixty or a hundred ndles. Below the outer crust of cooled and solidified rocks there must be a large zone of rock which still remains solid because its temperature Is less than that of the melting point corresponding to the pressure uuilei which it rests, and below’ that again there must be rock or magma in a state of fusion. It is to this magma that Professor Doelter looks for the primary source of all volcanic activity. At the same time the depth at which this primary reservoir of m( <ma lies and the pressure under which it is confined are so great that a direct eruption from it is inconceivable, but when, by movements in the overlying crust or otherwise, a channel is opened the magma may rise to a depth where it is surrounded by rock at a lower temperature than the melting point. In these circumstances solidification begins. From all volcanoes large quantities of steam, of carbonic acid and other gases are evolved, and the course of every lava stream is marked by clouds of steam evolved from the cooling lava. At one time—and the idea is still common—this steam was- supposed to have been derived from sea water which had obtained access to the molten lava while still underground, but this explanation is now generally rejected, being impossible In some cases and inadequate in ull, and the greater part of the steam and other emanations from a volcano are now regarded as directly derived from an original store in the interior of the earth. However this may be, it is certain that the magma from which volcanic lava is derived is not merely in a state of !'■’?!?«) but Is combined with water and gases, which are given off as it solidifies and by their escape frequently form miniature volcanoes on the surface of lava streams. If the solidification takes place underground the steam and gases are expelled, and, if there is no free escape, pressure may increase till it becomes great enough to overcome the resistance of the overlying rock and so lead to an eruption and the formation of a volcano, whose character will depend on the nature of the reservoir from which the eruption took place. The French Student. Some of the French students are miserably poor. No one knows how much poverty is hidden under those long curls and pale faces. Sometimes in the libraries in the evening one sees a student take a piece of dry bread out of his pocket and munch it while studying, that being his whole supper. There was one student who always walked with his coat collar turned up. He was found frozen dead one morning. He bad hardly anything on underneath his coat. But while American students who find themselves bard up will de manual labor, if nothing better can be found, a French student would rather starve than do so. and as one of them expressed it, “Rather starve during nine years and not do manual labor than live fairly well and finish the same studies in three years and work for a living.”—Paris Letter in New York Post. < Houhch In Siam. In Caspar Whitney’s book “Jungle Trails and Jungle Peoples" he says “The Siamese builds his house of one story and on stilts for several reasons. The first, no doubt, is to avoid the unpardonable sin of living in a lower story while an upper one is occupied by other human beings, especially women. who in Siam are not regarded as of much importance. The second, and I should say the most practical, if not the most aesthetic, reason is to have a waste gate easy of access for the continually flowing saliva from, betel nut chewing and household refuse, which may thus be easily disposed of through the crevices -of the openly constructed floor.” Napoleon’s Mother. Napoleon’s mother was as much of a soldier as her great son. On one occasion, when he wanted his own way she gave him to understand that thr first duty of a soldier was obedience, and that If he wished to be a soldier he must, first of all things, learn to obey He had, to the end of ids life, the highest regard for his mother. At his court she was styled “Mme. Mere." Speaking of the influence of the mother on the character of the child, he said, “The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother.” Hard to Trace. “Excuse me, sir. but you have taken my umbrella.” “But thiA umbrella has my initials on it.” “I ca«’t help that, sir. You will have to see the man who gave It to me.” "Where did he get it?” “He said it was loaned t® him by a friend who has sine® moved away.”— Milwaukee Sentinel. A Painful Difference. "You take your roast beef rare, do you not?” asked the host. “Not rare." answered the man who Is impoverished, but grammatical“rarely.”—Washington Star. Lnvemakinu Nooks. Mrs. Knicker—How can you give a ball without & ballroom? Mrs. Bocker —Haven’t I got eight cozy corners and two staircases?—Harper’s Bazar. Policy consists in serving God Is auch a manner as nut to offend the fiera.—Fuller. .* - . • _S' _ © F *

THE ISLE OF WIGHT. IT GLEAMS LIKE A DIAMOND ON THE BREAST OF THE SEA. The Beauties of Cowen, the Fashionable EuKlinh Resort, Where Nothing Juvor Gets Dirty—What One Ma. See on Che Historic Island. The Isle of Wight is shaped like a diamond, and like a diamond it gleams and flashes on the breast of the sea Like a diamond, too, it is the luxury of the rich. As your steamer approaches the roaA stead of Cowos you might well suppose the little town to be a fashionable ham let far inland on the bank of a river The esplanade looks as near to th< water as a towpath, and the greet woods that rise behind the white bouses are as thickly bunched and ai brightly verdant e,s the unsalted trees of Pangbourne. The coarse beamed dark sailed smack of the sea fishermai is a rare sight on those social waters Everywhere you behold among hover Ing gulls and rocking buoys the craft of pleasure and the shipping of d» light. White yachts, with sails ai white as summer clouds, ride there with the grace of swans, and white •team yachts, with brasswork flashing blindly in the sun, rest royally at anchor off that little shore. Nothing ever gets dirty at Cowes The tamarisk which lifts its fine feath ers above walls at the sea’s edge Is as clean as the sails of the yachts. The roads of red gravel make neither mud aor dust and lie as smoothly as gar den paths. The Virginia creepers, which swarm up the pillars of whithouses, overspread the tiers of ba conies and almost cover the dark rei tiles of the roofs, are every whit ft' green and every tittle as radiant the shaven lawns betide the esplainrte Flowers there are at every point ot view—fe<l geraniums, golden Bs, blue lobelias, crimson hykSSp, ched dar pinks, roses of every hue artd iern» of every form—growing in neat flowet beds, lifting their bright colors above garden walls and swaying gently Ir baskets bung from balcony and sill. The windows of the shops are as polished as a lady’s mirror and shine *n the sun. Prosperity waits behind those counters of plenty and puts itself completely and genially at the com tnand of the wealthy. The butcher and the greengrocer announce to the pass erby that French and German are spoken in their establishments. Th» yacht of the most necessitous million alre can obtain in those narrow, clean streets all that she desires. Royal warrants, as big almost as the shops them selves, gleam over shop fronts, and ar tistic signboards obtrude from the smart little doorways. The shine ol the sweet windows is a magic induce •neat to buy. On the esplanade, where is a tall white flagstaff at every few paces, and waiting at the little granite stairs, washed by green waters, you meet nc burly and rough clad fishrtrnen, but only the white capped, blue jerseyed hands from the crews of yachts In the roadstead. Fresh faced, well groomed girls walk there with indulgent papas, and jolly schoolboys in flannels, carrying paper bags of green gooseberries and red cherries, stroll down to tbi dingey at the stairs, munching as they go. There is no haste and no exertion at Cowes. At ho If past 12 ou a lovely morning 1 heard in my hotel the voted of the manageress giving an order tc one of the maids. “Her ladyship says." she cried, “that she must half a hip bath in her room immediately, or else she won’t be down for luncheon.” Foolish and lazy little ladyship t» He abed on such a good morning in sc fair a place as this diamond of the sea! For it is not only the esplanade, the bright shops and the pleasure of a saunter to Egypt point which are within the reach of the visitor tc Cowes. The whole Wight is within a drive of the Medina. You must go tc Newport, and, paying the tax which was demanded of me, not requested, for entering the church, you may see the lovely ir-morial which Queen Vie toiXa set there to the poor little Prin cess Elizabeth, who died of a broken heart beside an open Bible for love of Charles I. You may also go to Carlsbrooke and enter the splendid castle where that poor little princess died and where her unhappy father was Imprisoned. You may see the donkey Jacob summoned by a word from grass nibbling under fig trees to enter tbs big wheel of the well and draw up nine gallons of water from the invisible spring at which those royal prisoners quenched their thirst. But you, if wise, will quench your thirst with tea under the spreading trees of the Eight Beils pleasure gardens in the village below listening there to the comments of en thusiastic Americans and watching the elderly gentlemen playing bowls on a smooth lawn, as King Charles played that ancient game in the castls on the hill.—London Mail. A Crozier In a Fight. Formerly the archbishops of Yort Had the privilege of claiming two casks of wine from every vessel of twenty tons burden entering the river Hull. The merchants of the port came to view this claim as an oppressive tax, and by unloading their ships in the Humber evaded the officers employed to collect these obnoxious dues. Find Ing his revenue diminishing, Archbishop Neville, in 1378, determined to as sert his rights and proceeded to Hull with his attendants to enforce them. The mayor of Hull, Sir Thomas de Waltham, with his two bailiffs and a large number of citizens, met th? ec clesiastics, and from hot words the two parties came to blows, when the may or snatched from the archbishop his crazier and used i so vigorously 11 the free fight which followed that K •yas broksn bite several pieces.

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Charles, the two months’ old soil cf Mr. and Mrs. Henry Selking, died Sunday night at the home of its parents in Root township, after a short illness. Death resulted from pneumonia. The funeral servioes will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Preble Lutheran church, Rev. Klauiing officiating, and interment will be n ade in the Lutheran cemetery, “ The C. W. B. M. Missionary Society will meet at the home of Mrs. George Steele on First street, on Thursday, April stb, ar 2 p. m. Hymn, “Why Jesus* I love thee;’’ Bible lesson; John xv. 1-7. Brayer. Talk, “The Living Link—lts meaning.” I Round Table; Discuss the fcl’oving subjects: “Is the Living Link 'h°lpfal to the church? HuW many Living Links have we." Readings upon subjects of special workers. Business period. Closing hymn. Benediction. AFTER SICKNEbb Our Druggists. Smith. Yager & Falk, Tell How to Regain Strength. “Owing to this changeable climate and unseasonable weather, there has been a good deal of sickness in Decatur during the past few weeks,” said a member of the above firm, “and we want to say to the people of Decatur that the one thing to aid recovery after sickness is to give the patient a blood-building and strengthrestoring tonic, one that will create an appetite and give strength to every organ in the body.. “Now,” continued he. “from an intimate knowledge of almost every medicine on the market, we do not believe there is another remedy in the country equal to our delicious cod liver oil preparation, Vinol, for this purpose. “Vinol is not a patent medicine, as everything in it is named on the baek label of every bottle; it contains every'one of the body-building, medicinal elements of cod liver oil. actually taken from fresh cods’ livers, but without a drop of the systemclogging oil. to upset the stomach and retard its work. It acts directly on th * stomach, tones up the digestive organs, creates a healthy appetite, makes pur* 1 , rich, red blood, healthy flesh and muscle tissue, and creates strength for every organ in the body. Mr. Edgar A. Howe, of '.'uncord. N. H., says that after a long, sevens sickness, he was weak and emaciated, all tonics seemed of no avail, but Vinol restored in a marvelous matter, health, strength and appetite. If Vinol fails to build u;> the rundown and convalescent, give new life and strength to the ag‘d, cu e stomach troubles.-he’d colds ami banging on coughs, we ‘lmerfitlly ret nod every doil.. jj- S' u't r & Falk. DruyF-t.s. * •