Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1906 — Page 7

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\ i. i————a i— POINTED PARAGRAPHS. There’s a lot of foolishness to keep out of. Genius is not rare, but plain common sense is. .y Great things can’t be very difficult or an ordinary man couldn't accomplish them. Every one naturally dislikes those people who are so good they suggest the top line In a copy book. !Be content with your air castle. The chimney-in an air castle never smokes, and the windows do not rattle in every wind. Doing business without advertising 18 like winking at a girl in the dark—you know what you are doing, but nobody else does. Perhaps you have noticed that children are more willing to work for the neighbors than at home; also that some of them never outgrow the habit— Atchison Globe. Inatinct In Birds. In the stormy part of the year a steamer encountered rough weather, and, as often happens at such times, many sea gulls hovered near the ship and even came on board. One allowed itself to be caught and it was found that it had a fish bone stuck in the eye in such a position as not absolutely to destroy the sight, but penetrating an inch into the flesh of the bird and projecting an inch and a half. It might have had a fight with a fish /»,• got transfixed seeking its prey. The doctor of the ship took the bird, extracted the bone, applied a soothing remedy to the wound and let it go. It flew away, but returned the next day, allowing itself to be caught. The doctor examined the wound, which was progressing favorably, applied more es the remedy and let the bird go a second time. It flew several times around the ship arid then departed and returned no more.— "London Sketch. Verbal Chiropody. The pastor, who was calling upon a member of his congregation, asked the name of the sprightly little daughter whose winning ways had attracted his attention. X “We. call her Ella,’’ said the little girl’s mother. “That is a good name, Mrs. Donley,” remarked the minister. “It has been made classic by Charles Lamb.” “Well, to tell the truth,” explained Mrs. Donley, “her name Is Cordelia, but it’s easier to call her Ella.” “I see,” he rejoined. “And she probably likes it better. It is a painless extraction of a • The trouble with people wno lay something by for a rainy day Is that they seem to take such delight in seeing other people out in the wet.— New York Times.

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A Battle In tTie Sea. Did you ever see bluefish charge a school of menhaden at sea? That,is something worth seeing. The bluefish throw their lines forward until they almost surround the menhaden, and they attack them flank and rear. The menhaden fairly make the water boil in their efforts to escape, while all around the enemy is at them tearing relentlessly. Into all this commotion ■ comes a great shark. It’s a picnic for the shark, a school of menhaden all herded up for itfc benefit. It swims leisurely into the midst of them, opens its mouth and takes in half a dozen menhaden at a, gulp. It swims around and bites out half a dozen more from the school. It gorges itself without effort. But the menhaden are not nearly as much disturbed by the presence of the monster swimming about among them as they are by the charging bluefish. The shark takes half a dozen fish or more at a bite, while the bluefish only bites a piece out of a single fish, but there is only one shark, while there may be thousands of bluefish plunging and tearing incessantly and killing and maiming at every stroke. The shark’s a brute, but under such circumstances the menhaden have less of fear than they have of contempt for him. A Photographic Warning. The following story of a young lady Jiving in the country who came to London to be photographed is told by M. A. P. and vouched for by a well known London photographer. After some days the lady, Miss 8., was informed the photograph was not a success, and another sitting was suggested. This she agreed to, but again was informed that the photograph was a failure. There was a third sitting. In two days’ time she received an urgent letter from the photographer asking her to come up to his studio and to bring a friend with her. Miss B. went, accompanied by her mother, and was shown the amazing results of the three sittings. The pictures of the girl herself were quite good, but in each plate there was to be seen standing behind her the figure of a man holding a dagger in his uplifted, hand. The features, though faint, were clearly discernible, and Miss B. recognized them as those of her fiancee, an officer In the Indian army. The effect of this experience was so great that after a few days she wrote btit to India, breaking off the engagement. Woman's Because ’woman has a smaller ibraln mass than man it does . not by any means follow that she has an inferior or smaller Intellect. I smile the quiet Socratic smile when I hear men declare that women have not equal Intelligence with men. It is a position that no man can seriously maintain.— Dr. Emil Reich. , writ ’*■(? ..c ••,r •_ \

’ ” A BIT'OF HISTORY. The Removal of the Obelisk From Sgypt by the Americana. “Nothing ever told to illustrate the friendship of Russians for Americans will strike a more responsive chord in this country than the story of the action of a Russian admiral at Alexanaria, in Egypt, when Lieutenant Commander Gorringe, U. S. N, was about to ship the obelisk (now in Central park, New York city) to the United States,” said an old diplomatic official. “The English and French in Egypt didn’t want the western world to have an obelisk, and court intrigue soon persuaded l the khedive to rescind his gift. Gorringe had only a few men with him, but he met the vacillation of the khedive by erecting a stockade around the monolith and raising high above it the stars and stripes. “Mobs of Egyptians, incited by en vious French or English, continued tc harass the handful of Americans. As the time tor lowering the obelisk drew near their patriotic feeling reach ed a climax, and Gorringe began tc fear some sort of violence which might damage the stone and prevent its shipment. As we all know, it was placed on trunnions like a cannon, turned over on its side and lowered to the ground, after which it was rolled on cannon balls to the water’s edge and shoved into the hold of the Dessoug, the bow plates of which had been removed as she lay in dry dock. “In the harbor was a Russian squadron. The admiral a few days before the time set for lowering,the obelisk sent Commander Gorringe a polite note saying he was much interested In his novel engineering feat and would be pleased if he could be permitted to witness it. Gorringe returned a courteous invitation to the admiral and his staff and thought nothing more about it. He was concerned rather about what the excited Egyptian mob might , do when it came fare to face with the prospect of losing its historical treasure. .“At daybreak on the appointed day boats containing 400 Russians put off from the squadron of the white czar and formed a hollow square about the obelisk. Within were* the Americans and the admiral. Outside surged the Egyptian mob, held back by the bristling Russian bayonets. When th» obelisk was ready a corner of the square opened and the huge stone started seaward on its journey to the United States. Next day the Russian admiral sent another polite note to Commander Gorringe thanking him for his courtesy in permitting him to view the lowering of the obelisk, which, he said, he had very much enjoyed.”—New York Press. Prodigies of Politeness. Before you went abroad you heard that the French people were much given to politeness, but perhaps zyou never heard about politeness in Svzitzerland. You are surprised as you wander about the villages or over country paths to have all the little boys lift their hats to you and say, “Outgo morgen, mein herr,” and to have all the little girls you meet greet you with a shy smile and a sweet voiced “Guten morgen.” 1 Os course you lift your hat in return, and you think it a pretty custom until it begins to weary you to keep bowing and bowing and bowing to the children. The best part of the children’s politeness, however, as you discover to be the case, lies in the fact that it is not prompted by hope of gain. In other parts of Europe many people, have smiled and fawned upon you In* anticipation of the bestowal of a coin. Probably the only country in Europe where there is a possibility that your tip may be refused is Switzerland. Os course tips are not always rejected there, by any means, but sometimes you run across Swiss independents who politely decline your proffered money.—Chicago Post. He Read the Signs. One morning two young women entered the Saltville grocery and after some discussion bought a pound of dates, two pounds of ginger snaps and two pounds of crackers. "Stopping at Miss Gray’s?” Inquired the clerk as he tied up the bundles. “Yes,” said one of the young women, with evident surprise. “Came about yesterday forenoon?’ said the clerk. “How did you know?” asked the otb er young woman curiously, “tfm —well, I can most generally tell,” said the clerk without glancing at the objects of his mind reading as he twitched a knot in the string. “You see, it’s pretty drizzly and muddy today, and I knew there wouldn’t any- , body’s boarders but Miss Gray’s feel the need of coming out here such weather, and long as you didn’t come till today I knew for sure you couldn't have been here more’n one day. Three meals is about the average.”—Youth’s Companion. Her Weak Point. The dream of suffrage had been realized. There were female police. After a desperate struggle one of the brave lady cops had arrested two porch climbers sihgle handed. “Don’t dare to resist!” she hissed. “If you do I shall shoot!” There was an ominous click. “Don’t shoot, lady!” said one of the porch climbers suavely. “We won’t resist. But I just wanted to tell yer dat during de row yer hair got mussed, an’ yer hat ain’t ou straight.” The lady cop flushed with embarrassment. “Gracious!” she exclaimed. “Where can I find a mirror? I could never think of going along the street like this! Wait here until I return.” And the porch climbers slipped off in the shadows, while the lady cop went to find a mirror.—Chicago News.

' SMUGGLING FOR FUN. Jost For the Sake of “Gettin« Ahead” of the Uorernmeat. Smuggling for fun sounds ridiculous, but customs inspectors who have spent the greater part of their life in the service of the government say there are those who do it. Persistent efforts to detect those who would defraud the government have been rewarded by the almost total extinction of the professional smuggler, but all efforts have availed little against the traveler abroad who purposely conceals some article of value simply for the fun of “getting ahead” of the gov eminent. The government detectives put smugglers in four classes. The first is the thoughtless smuggler; the second, the occasional traveler who tries to smuggle; the third, the professional smuggler, and the fourth, those who smuggle for fun. The professional smuggler has long since ceased to trouble the federal officers seriously. The odds against him are so great that he has turned his ingenuity to some safer method of dishonesty. The last, the smuggler for fun, is a bother. Usually the duty he is attempting to save is hardly enough to pay for the trouble of detection. What people smuggle covers everything that can be hidden. Costly gems and jewels form the greater part of the dutiable property seized by the customs officers. The few professional smugglers confine themselves to diamonds. The smuggler for fun is as apt to try to get in a pair of gloves, a bit of lace, drugs or expensive cosmetics. Lace, silk and bits of bric-a-brac find their way into out of the way places in the trunks or grips of the occasional travelers who think it perfectly justifiable to avoid paying the duty. • Trained agents in every European city know of every purchase of gems or costly cloth destined for this country. Weeks before the purchaser reaches this side of the Atlantic his name, address and the exact quantity of goods he has purchased are In the hands of the officers on this side. Hie failure to mention an article of the slightest value immediately brings him to the attention of the Inspectors, and he is fortunate to escape with no more severe punishment than the ’confiscation of the dutiable property. To detect the amateur smugglers requires keen detective work on the part of the local' customs officers. An especially quiet looking man who arrived a few months ago had concealed a beautiful diamond in the heart of a lump of tobacco. The customs officer, who had put this passenger down as one of the honest travelers, had his suspicion when he saw him make a frantic grab for a half plug of tobacco that he had accidentally dropped. Before the passenger could reach the tobacco the officer had planted his foot upon it and of, course discovered the stone. A smartly dressed woman who had been abroad for the summer limped so painfully as she.caipe down the gangway from the steamer that the customs officer who had been detailed to inspect her luggage w*as moved to ask if she had suffered an accident on the way over. She replied that she had. Before he completed the examination of her score of trunks he had excused himself, sent another officer on board and learned from the purser that the woman had not limped at breakfast that morning. She was asked to accompany one of the women inspectors to a private examination room, where a magnificent ring was found in the toe of her boot. Intuition more than anything else aids the federal detectives in their work.—New York World. Little, but Immense. Although General Joseph Wheeler was a chieftain of tremendous force when in battle, he was, as everybody knows, small in stature, slight in build and of unassuming appearance as a civilian. Shortly after the United States had declared war against Spain and while the preparations for sending the army to Cuba were in active progress a stranger in Washington observed a number of distinguished senators gathering around a little gray bearded man whom they had encountered at the steps of the eapitol and shaking his hand with enthusiasm. “Who’s that little old chap they’re making so much fuss over?” he said, addressing an elderly; stoop shouldered man who was standing near him and looking at the group with kindling eyes “Little!” exclaimed the other. “That’s Fighting Joe Wheeler. If ever you’d been in a big battle and seen him coming toward you at the head of a galloping army of wild men, as I have, you’d know better than to call him little! He’s as big as the side of a house!” Fishing For Rattlers. Hupters have an ingenious method of capturing rattlesnakes, whose oil is believed to be a cure for deafness, and as such commands a big price. They go about on warm days, carrying a long fishing rod and a line, with a sharp scythe, and wfeen the’reptile is discovered, Usually asleep hear a loose edge of rock, it is prodded more or less gently with the Tod. Like any other sleeper suddenly interrupted, the snake wakes up angry, makes a dart at the nearest irritating object, which is the fish hook dangling near his head from the end of the rod, and very accommodatingly allows the sharp hook to penetrate its jaws. The man with the rod holds tb» entrapped reptile at a safe distance while his comrade moves up and severs the snake’s head from the body. The latter is then deposited in a bag, and the hunters go in search of fresh game. — ; - - ' - - J • j

CKangri From a PMto a Dlra. The story of the early life, transformation and final death of the Chinese quail is the most remarkable that is found in the ornithological literature of the world. The narrative in all its unreasonableness is found in the story of om chung, which is the name the Chinese quail is known by when at home in the Flowery Kingdom. Celestial authorities on bird lore declare that no specimen of om chung was ever known to live a year; that they do not lay eggs, as all other known species of birds do, and, finally, that their progenitor is a slimy, four jointed worm/ which has a red head and a sting on the end of its tail. This queer seacoast worm, according to the curious legend of om chung, lays 100 eggs annually. Fifty of these become fish and the other fifty are worms of the same species as the parent. The fish that has come into existence in this curious manner also lays 100 eggs a year. Fifty of these become water denizens after the Image of their parent, and the others become birds of the famed om chung family. These om chungs, or Chinese quails, never breed, and are only brought into existence as above related. We give the above not as a literal fact, but as a specimen of the Chinese idea of evolution. Biographies as * Stimulus. We cannot help living in some degree the lives of heroes who are constantly In our minds. Our characters are constantly being modified, shaped and molded by the suggestions which are thus held. The most helpful life stories for the average youth are not the meteoric ones, the unaccountable ones, the astonishing ones, like those of Napoleon, Oliver Cromwell and Julius Caesar. The great stars of the race dazzle most boys. They admire, but they do not feel that they can imitate them. They like to read their lives, but ,do not get the helpfulness and the encouragement from them that they do from reading the lives of those who have not startled the world so much. It is the triumph of the ordinary ability which is most helpful as an inspiration and encouragement. The life of Lincoln has been an Infinitely greater inspiration to the world than the life of Napoleon or that of Julius Caesar.—O. S. Marden in Success Magazine. ) Bnlldoars a Menace to Health. The bulldog is a menace to health. We have this on the authority of a noted French physician, who says that because of his large mouth the bull- > dog is a great purveyor of disease, especially of consumption, diphtheria and the like, as the dribbling from the heavy, loose jaws is incessant. Those who fondle bulldogs do so at a great risk. He traces many cases of infectious disease, especially among young children, to households in which bulldogs are kept as pets. When we add to this the Invariable ferocity of the beast, the danger to which children and other innocent and defenseless people are exposed whenever he roams the streets or highways, we have an argument In favor of his disposal that cannot be gainsaid. Away with bull dogs! — If City Noises Jar You. Get some spermaceti, roil a wad large enough to fill the ear orifices, put it in a piece of fine cotton cloth tied with thread and Insert into ears on retiring, pressing it quite firmly therein so that the ball of spermaceti will closely fill up all the air space in the ears. You will find it quite effective for barring noises, and hence inducing “nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep,” to get in its good work. This ear plug is harmless and cheap. It helped me out greatly years ago amid the city’s din, my sense of hearing being intensely keen and temperament neurotic. It is worth a trial, and I have no patent on it-— New York Herald.' The Bait Side. “A.city’s slums,” said a globe trotter, "are always in its eastern quarter. I wonder why? Take New York. Its east side is its slum side. So it is with London. The east end is the slum end. Os Philadelphia, Chicago, Canton and Madrid the same tiling holds good, as I know from personal experience. The only possible ground I can give for a

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cirys grams nemg invariaoiy in its eastern quarter is that this quarter is the one that is exposed to the harsh and unpleasant rigors of the east wind.” Explicit. “Tell me,” requests the young person, entering the study of the gray bearded philosopher, “what is the difference between friendship and love?” The gray bearded philosopher studies the table thoughtfully for a moment or two, then replies: “Friendship, my son. Is a mutual understanding; love Is a mutual misunderstanding.”— Life. , r Playmates. Pastor—Do you ever play with bad little boys, Johnny? Johnny—Yes, sir. Pastor—l’m surprised, Johnny! Why don’t you play with good little boys? ‘Johnny— Their mammas won’t let ’em. —London Tit-Bits. A Commercial Transaction. “My dear lady, may 1 have the refusal of your hand for a week?” “A week? Why, I’ll give you a refusal that will last forever.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Considerate. Nell—That horrid Mr. Hansom insisted upon kissing me last night. Belle— Why didn’t you scream? Nell—l didn’t want to scare the poor fellow.—Philadelphia Ledger. * . ' Secrets. Mayme—ls Clara a good girl to tell a secret to? Maude—Oh, my, no! Why, she’ll never tell a soul!—Chicago News. Same Thing. “Rimer takes«himself very seriously, doesn’t he?” “Yes, Indeed.” ' “Most of his poetry is pathetic, isn’t it?” “That’s what he calls it, but the’editors say it’s pitiful.”—Boston Adver-> tiser ? . I W The best education in the world is that got by struggling to mkke a llvng.—Wendell Phillips. -J « .t. B PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxuriant growth. Never Fails to Bestore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cures scalp diseases X half falling. 50c, and fl.oo at Druggists