Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1906 — Page 6

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IN MEMORIAM. ! Russell Gordon, only and beloved 1 son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. Roe, was 1 born January 11, 1903 and departed this life April 17, 1906 ,aged 3 years, 3 months and 6 days. He leaves to mourn their loss a broken hearted father and mother, one grandmother, one grandfather and one great grandmother, 3 aunts and many relatives, but he has gone to meet his little brother, Gillespie,, who preceded him seven years ago. Darling Russell was a sweet little boy, the pride of his parents and the favorite of his many acquaintances. His future was one of speculation on the part of his parents, and the place made vacant by his sudden death never can be filled. The blow falls so heavily upon us was dealt in love and not in anger. He has been transformed into an angel, and the blessed comfort to his parents is the knowledge that his garb of purity and innocence was unspotted during the brief time allotted him here, the dove of immortality opened and all that was mortal was put off and when the misty clouds of night be rolled away we Will under.. ' »i I v by one so young, so kind and affectionate should be called from our midst. Card of Thanks. We wish to express our gratitude to the friends and neighbors for the kind assistance and sympathy rendered us during the illness and death of our little one. JESSE and ADA ROE. OBITUARY. Joshua Bright was born in IT Peking county, Ohio, 1849. departed this life, May 18, 1906, aged 65 year-s 8 months and 28 days. He was united in marriage to Nancy Mowery 7 ir 1867 to which union was bom 14 children, four having preceded him to the gloryworld. Ten are living, four, sons, George H., John A., Thomas and Joshua F., six daughter. Mary, wife of Charles Satubine, Lucy, wife of Nelson Abbott, Gertrude, wife of Marion Johnson. Susie, wife of 11. M. Beery. Mr. Bright and his wife came to Adams county in 1879 and settled on a farm. He started a poor boy, his father, having died before his birth, but by hard work and industry, he made a success of life. He was a kind husband, a good father, citizen and Christian. He united with the Brethren in Christ’ church about 40 years ago, and lived a consistent Christian life until death. He bore the affliction with fortitude, he never being of robust health. The day previous to his death* he quoted the - 23rd Psalm and other scriptures, and said, “If it is God’s will, I am ready to go.” He also spoke of many . trials in this life, but by God’s help, he overcame them. He was an honest man, tender hearted, always wishing everyone well, always giving his children good advice, never liked to hear anyone ridiculed, aways could see some good qualities in them, and was alwa; s for peace. Those that knew 7 him best, loved him best. The church and community will miss him, but his family 7 v ill miss him more. We will miss his pleasant smile and words of good cheer, a place in the home is vacant that never can be filled although we mourn, we have the hope that some day we will be reunited. We then shall know 7 why sorrow's waves. So often toss us to and fro. Why deadest friends are laid in graves Tn God s own time we ll surely know. He leaves a wife, ten children. 13 ■ ’ridchildren and two sisters. Mrs. 7’ vy Aurand and Mrs. George Young Fort Jennings, Ohio, and a host of r relatives'and friends to mourn .air loss. The engineering corps for the east and west interurban line, have begun the survey of their line. ’They began work at Bluffton, and have reached this point on their way to the eastern terminus. Perhaps the first cement block school house in Adams counyt will adorn district number three in Blue Creek township. The contract' for the building went to the Berne Artificial Stone Company, they being the lowest of five bidders.'The contract price is $2,893.70. Kv* ; - - A farmer says that he rid his farm of rats in the following manner: “Or a number of pieces of shingles, I pul about a half teaspoonful of molasses and on that I put a small quantity ol concetrated lye and then put the shingles around under the crib. Th< • next morning I foud gome forty deac rats and the rest had left for parts unknown, I have cleared severa farms of the pest in the same way I never knew it to fail.”

Kosciusko county onion growers are haring a streak of bad luck this spring. The windy days of last week destroyed a great many acres of onions and the growers say that it will be next to impossible to get any more seed. The prospects for a big fruit crop continue flattering. The trees are loaded with buds and it only needs favorable weather from now on to insure a good crop. Os course it is a good play to spray the trees occasionally, especially plums, if a full crop is desired. Elmer Johnson shipped 18 head of 'fine draft horses to Pittsburg, yesterday. They amounted to the sum of $3,473.50. He will ship another load in about two weeks and any one having horses for sale can notify Johnson or Chris Beer by card or telephone.—Berne News. Benjamin Sawyer went to Decatur at noon today to attend the funeral of Ralph Eddington, the boy who w 7 as killed in the Clover Leaf wreck here a few days ago. Mrs. Sawyer is already in Decatur having accompanied the body. The funeral was held this afternoon. —Bluffton Banner. The school board is now advertising for bids for the construction of their addition to the Central school building. Bids will be received up to noon on June 9, for the construction of the building and for the installation of a heating plant for the entire building, both old and new. A certified eheck for SSOO must accompany each bid. Mrs. Fred Schafer Friday entertained the M. E. ladies at a social and a very delightful afternoon was enjoyed. Among the features worthy of especial mention was an extended account by Mrs. Jennie Studabaker. of her travels during the last winter. The Schafer home looked beautiful and the hostess made every guest fee welcome. Considerable adverse comment is being made on the fish law which mits the catching of fish aften May 15. Some of the more enthusiastic protectionists of the finny tribe in this part of the state say that nearly all of the fish caught since the legal season opened were well filed with spawn, indicating that the law expires too soon in the season to fully protect the fish in breeding time. The Citizens’ Telephone Company are completing a six miles addition to their country lines in Union township. They also have another short line about complete in that township, besides the rural district around Berne is being supplied with service. The Citizens’ Company is expanding at a rapid pace, they now owning something near to two hundred miles of telephone lines. The proposed Democratic weekly, which, if plans do not miscarry, will eventually become a daily newspaper and the state organ of the Democratic party, will make its first appearance just prior to the Democratic state convention, which begins June 7. W. B. Westlake, last night, made the following statement: “The final step in completing arrangements for issuing a Democratic weekly will be made during the present week. The articles of incorporation, if there is no hitch, will be filed within the next five or six days. A number of leading Democrats of the state are interested in the en- . .terprise. i L, L. Baumgartner has sold the. . following ditches for repairs: Thomas , Moran ditch, see. 1, to James Kinney, 7 $31.75; sec. 2 Jame Kinney, $25.59; i Samuel Fetters ditch, sec. 1, Chas. Duer, $45.90; sec. 2 and branch, Chas. Duer, $47.59; Jacob Bollenbacker ditch, sec t 1, Bart Boice. .$54.50; sec. 2. Bart Boice, $44.50; Phillip Wendell ’ ditch, sec. 1, Chas. Duer, $37.00; sec. 2. John Macy, $64.00; Straight ", branch, sec. 1, Caleb Andrews, $49.00; J see. 2, Caleb Andrews, $58.00; sec. 3, Caleb Andrews, $58.00; D P. Teeters < ditch, sec 1, John Macy, $13.25; sec. I 2, -John Macy, $40.00. Also the Hile derbrandt ditch for construction to e W. H. Dettinger, for $569.50. It is reported that there is another e factor at work in the department’s hands at Washington that may have an influence of a nature derogatory n to Congressman Cromer, and may n be the cause for delay in Eighth disit trict affairs. This is a typewritten s » copy of the speech whifeh was made 'f in the court room in this city by Mr. e Cromer during the recent campaign. ie In that speech he made some remarks d about Posioffice Inspector Birdseye -s that were of very uncomplimentary II and unsavory nature. Among other P things he alleged that Birdseye, who is one of President Roosevelt’s special &■« Wr'Lit 7 , a . .s';,.

agents, was subsidized by George McCullough’s money. The entire speech was gotten out in typewritten form, and sworn and certified to court officials.—Bluffton News. The National Editorial Association will hold its twenty-first annual meeting at Indainapohs 12 to 15. The delegates will then tour the Great Lakes and Eastern Canada. The party will arrive in Chicago the morning of June 20, where they are to be the guests of the Press Club. At 2p. m. they will leave on the Manitou Steamship Company’s magnificent steamer, “Manitou,” for Mackinac Island. This splendid ship has been justly titled “The Greyhound of the Great Lakes;” hes triple expansion engines, with immense horse power, send hei through the water at an average speed of eighteen miles an hour. The National editors make the first sailing of the season on June 20, after which the “Manitou” makes regular trips from Chicago to Mackinac Island and in termediate points, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week. Mr. Jos. Berolzheim, the obliging general passenger agent of the Manitou Steamship Co., Rush and N. Water streets, Chicago, will look after the welfare of the visiting delegates on their trip and is at all times pleased to furnish information relative to the Great Lake resorts. Old Time Actins. The old time actor had peculiar and primitive views as to elocution and its uses. I remember a certain old friend of mine who, when he recited the opening speech in “Richard Hl.’’ and arrived at the line, “In the deep bosom of the ocean buried,” suggested the deep bosom of the ocean by sending his voice into his boots. Yet these were fine actors, to whom certain young gentlemen who never saw them constantly refer. The methods of the stage have completely changed and -with them the tastes of the people. The probability is that some of the old actors of only a few years ago would excite much merriment in their delineation of tragedy. & A very great tragedian of a past generation was wont in the tent scene in “Richard III.” to hold a piece of soap in his mouth, so that, after the appearance of the ghosts, the lather and froth might dribble down his chin, and he employed moreover a trick sword which rattled hideously, and. what with his foam flecked face, his rolling eyes, his inarticulate groans and his rattling blade, the small boy in the gallery was seared into a frenzy of vociferous delight!—Richard Mansfield in Atlantic. Proficient. When western lowa was newly settled the farmers in an isolated section banded themselves together as a school district and proceeded to choose one of their number committeeman. A log schoolhouse was erected, and soon a young woman came that way seeking a chance to teach. The committeeman was designated to ascertain tier fitness. When the time for the ordeal arrived the public official was at his wit’s end. He had been examined himself often enough, but that was when he was attending district school fifty years before. The very thought of conducting an examination himself, and for a teacher at that, staggered him. He could not think of a question to ask. The young woman sat waiting, and the old man teetered nervously on his tiptoes. “Well, now. Miss Burden,” he said cautiously at last, “kin you say the alphabet backwards?” Miss Burden could, and did. “Fine!" cried the committeeman. “I’ll just indorse your certificate.” He wrote it thus: “Fully profeeshunt.” A Great Stamp Forgery. The most colossal stamp forgery on record entailed the successful swin- > filing of • collectors throughout Europe , in 1889. One day the French papers ; announced that King Marie 1. of Sedang. an island in the vicinity of China, was joining to Paris. As it happened, this self created monarch was an ex-officer of the French navy, and • his appearance in Paris created conI siderable sensation. As soon as his . majesty had been duly “advertised” t sets of seven different postage stamps . marked “Sedang” and bearing three half moons appeared, and so great was ’ the demand for them that in less than 5 a month they realized 1,000 francs • each. Not until the king'and his min- - isters had reaped fat fortunes In this ) manner was it discovered that the whole thing was a hoax and the stamps consequently worthless. r 3 The Real Simon Pure. e “The real simon pure” is one of those y phrases which every one understands y and not one in a hundred could account _ soi 7 . Simon Pure was a Pennsylvania a Quakt»r ih MriL Bold Stroke For a Wife,” produced at Drury e Lane theater, London, in February, ’• 1718. One Colonel Feignwell passes i. himself off as Simon and wins the heart s of a Bristol heiress, Miss Lovely, after e which the real Simon Pure turns up. y . r TO CURB A 'COLD tn one day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tabl e t?’ prus&ists will refund money if it 1 fails to cure. EW. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 256.

■BELLS IN CHURCHES J — .4 FIRST USED BY PAULINOS, BISHOF OF NOLA, ABOUT 400. The Early British Christiana Used Wooden Rattles to Call the People Together For W 7 orahip — Bells and Thunder and Lightning. Church bells are of ancient origin. The ancients had bells for both sacred . and profane purposes. Strabo says that market time was announced by their sound and Pliny that the tomd of an ancient king of Tuscany was hung round with bells. The hour of bathing was made known m ancient Rome by the sound of a bell. The night watchman carried one, and 11 served to call up the servants in great houses. Sheep had them tied about their necks to frighten away wolves, or, rather, byway of amulet. Paulinus, bishop of Nola, is generally considered the first person who Introduced bells into ecclesiastical service about the year 400. Historians say that in 610 the bishop of Orleans, being at Seno, then in a state of siege, frightened away the besieging army by ringing St. Stephen’s church bells, which is a clear proof that they were not at that time generally known in France. The first large bells are mentioned by Bede in the year 680. Before that period the early British Christians made use of wooden’ rattles to call the congregation of the faithful together. Hand bells probably first appeared at religious processions and were afterward used by the seculars. The small bells were not always held in the hand. They were sometimes suspended upon a stake and struck with hammers. The arrival of kings and great personages was anciently greeted by ringing the church bells. Inguiohus, abbot of Croyland, who died about 1109, speaks of them as being well known in his time and says that “the first abbot of Croyland gave six bells to that monastery—that is to say, two great ones, which he named Bartholomew and Beladine; two of a medium size, called Turketulium and Bettline; two small ones, denominated Pega add Bega. He also caused the great bell to be made called Gudla, which was tuned to the other bell and produced an admirable harmony not to. be equaled In England.” The bells used in the monasteries were sometimes rang with ropes having brass o: 7 silfer rings at the ends fqr the hand. They were anciently rung by the priests themselves, afterward by the servants and sometimes by those incapable of other duties, as persons who were blind. The doctrine of the Church of Rome concerning bells is that they hare merit and pray God for the living and the dead; second, that they produce devotion in the hearts of the faithful. The dislike of evil spirits to bells is well expressed by Wynkeu de Worde in the “Golden Legend.” The passing bell was anciently rung for two good purposes, one to bespeak the prayers of all good Christian people for a soul just departing and the other to drive away the evil spirits who stood at the foot of the bed or about the house. Such vyas the general opinion respecting the efficacy of bells before the reformation, but since that period “it has been the usual course in the Church of England that when any sick person lay dying a bell should toll to give notice to the neighbors that they might pray for the dying party, which was commonly called a passing bell, because the sick person was passing hence to another world, and when his breath was expired the bell rung out that the neighbors might cease their prayers, for that the party was dead.” It is now only tolled after death. The saint’s bell was not so called from the name of the saint that was Inscribed on it or of the church to which it belonged, but because it was always rung out when the priest came to that part of the service, “Sanctus, ISanctus, I'anctus, Domine Deus Sabbaoth,” purposely that.those persons who could not come to church might know in what a solemn office the congregation were at that instant engaged and so, even in their absence, be once, at least, moved to lift up their hearts to him who made them,, -Bells at one time were thought an effectual charm against lightning. The frequent firing of abbey churches by lightning confuted the proud motto commonly written on their bells in the steeplesfr. wherein each entitled itself to a sixfold efficacy—viz: I Men’s death I tell by dolefuWknell; Lightning ana thunder I break asunder; On Sabbath aU-to church I call; The sleepy head I raise from bed; ; The winds so fierce I dost disperse; > Men’s cruel rage Ido assuage. i It has anciently been reported, ob- > served Lord Bacon, and is still rei celved that extreme applause and i shouting of people assembled in multls tudes have so rarefied and broken the - air that birds flying over have fallen ( down, the air not being able to supj port them, and Fit is believed by some i .’that great ringing of bells in popu- ■ leßscitiea has chased away thunder and alsq dissipated pestilent air.— New York Herald. • ' ' " -- ‘—- I Marlite -Information. t “Do you ever catch any whales, capi tain?" asked the fair passenger on the 1 ocOfln liner. j “Often, ma’am,” answered the digni- , fled captain. 1.“ How very wonderful! Please tell t me how you catch them?” r “We drop a few of the old salts on their tails, ma’am.” ■ — - - -■ - In the British museum are books ‘ written on oyster shells, bricks, tiles, t bones, ivory, lead, iron, copper, sheeps skin, wood and palm leaves. z • L >.?i' '■>rr-. 4?* i I

Dandies of Papna. " Even the natives of Papua have their I fine gentlemen, their dandles. To rank • in this class the young man is compelled to lace his waist and to have a nose ornament of polished shell. But as an explorer says, “very few young blades can afford to possess one, and accordingly it may be lent either for a consideration or as a very special favor. The possessor of one of these ornaments could easily buy a wife for it and sometimes it is piid as a tribal tribute by one should he have to pay blood money or be unable to give the statutory pig as atonement for a murder.” Papuan husbands, too, have a primitive way of dealing with their recalcitrant wives. A maiunamed Gedon had a shrewish helpmate whom he attempted to tame according to this method: “He would pick up a billet of wood when she was halfway through a tremendous scolding and give her a terrific blow over the back. Thereupon ensued pandemonium. The other men and women would gather round, jabbering, but they would make no attempt to stop the beating once it bad begun.” The Fashionable Dinner. Eight men exclusive of the butler are required to serve a dinner of twentyfour covers, one being allowed for ev.-, ery three diners. Another is stationed in the pantry to “run in” the courses. Absolute order and silence reign among these men, who perfectly understand the butler’s cabalistic signs. Electric signals pass constantly between chef and butler. From the seating of guests until the ladles leave not more than eighty-five minutes should elapse, for long dinners are considered bad form. Upon these occasions scarcely a member of the domestic corps escapes some special duty. The housemaids assist the pantry maid. After each course twenty-four silver plates and countless small silver must be carefully cleansed, wiped very dry and then polished with chamois before being put away. Nearly 2QO pieces of engraved crystal ware must be washed and polished, and it is too costly and brittle to be hastily handled.—Everybody’s Magazine. Ghoat or Hlnaionl A minister of the gospel, according to this tale, was walking to and fro in a long passage that ran through the house and meditating upon his next sermon. There brushed by him a housemaid. He watched her pass and enter his study. Fearing that she would disarrange his papers, he hurried after her, went into his study—and no one was there. No means of egress was possible but by the one door through which he had seen the girl enter. He rang the bell and—the housemaid came down from the top of the house, where she had been performing her duties. And the unusual part of the story is that nothing happened—no one sickened and died. The young woman married happily. And yet that minister of#the gospel is sure that he saw that housemaid pass him. , Nor to this day does his stout and happy matron know that she was ever in two places at once. Wealth In Old Roman Times. Our wealth, as much as we boast of It, is comparatively puny as compared with the wealth of men of old. There was Mark Antony’s house that was sold to Messala for over $500,000, and Scaurus’ villa was burned at a loss of over $12,000,000. Otho spent over $14,000,000 in finishing one wing of a palace commenced by Nero. Nearly $36,000,000 was found in the coffers of Tiberius, and Caligula spent It all in less than a year. Paulus could make a trifling present to the mother of Brutus of a pearl worth over $30,Q00. So let us be modest. We are a cheap people, even the wealthiest of us. Smoking the Nargile. A Greek thus tells how the nargile is smoked by his brethren: “Only pure tobacco is used In the nargile. It is grown expressly for the purpose in Persia. The weed there is called tumbeky. This kind of tobacco is first washed twb or three times by the man who keeps the restaurant. He : puts it under a faucet and squeezes the juice out Otherwise the tobacco would be too strong. Then, when the i smoke of it is drawn through the wa- • ter, the tobacco having, of course, been i dried first, all the nicotine is deposited in the water, and a delightful and innocuous smoke is the result.” ■■■■ ■ • The Test. k “How do you like ybur new music teacher?” “He's no good.” “Why, what makes you think so?” “Yesterday I played a common tune clear through, aiyl he didn’t would take a Week’s practice to offset the harm done.” Surely. ' “Tommy is such a sweet child,” said 1 a doting mother, “that I often think it ’ will be a miracle if he lives to grow ! up.” k “It will,” said the candid neighbor, ■ with a baleful gleam in his eye. • ——.— A Coincidence. ? Mrs. Janson said to Mrs. Lammis in f perfect confidence, “Do you know mine is the prettiest baby in the world?” “Well, really, now, what a coincidence!” said Mrs. Lammis. “So Is ■ mine!” Cause and Effect. ‘Toor Jones is suffering from melancholia.” 1 “Why, I thought he was the editor of a comic paper.” i “He is.” The More the Merrier. “I want to introduce you to a young lady—a very nice girl—and she’s worth j her weight in gold.” “Stout girl, I hope.”—London Taller. r <-44. '■ . * 4', 4

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