Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1906 — Page 6

THIS WOMAN WAS A SOLDIER And Served Beside Her Husband Through the Civil War. Akron. 0.. Oct. 11.—A woman who served through the civil war in the cavalry branch of the service has just been discovered in Northampton township, Summit county, 0. She is Mrs. Martha Lindley, who kept her* identity secret during the war, and since then few have learned that she was a soldier. At the outbreak of the war Mrs. Lindley was a bride of only a few months. Her husband answered Lincoln’s first call to arms, and Mrs. Lindley, young and robust, resolved to enlist in the same branch of the service in order to be near him. She told no one of her intentions, but disappeared from home. During the long struggle she was not heard from, and her friends gacc her up as lost. She had in the meantime donned male attire and gone lo an adj >:mng county, where she lost her •1 . • f as a won n, a.:.! answering to a fictitious name, became known as a man. After a time she applied to a recruiting officer for enlistment, first securing a promise to be assigned to the cavalry regiment to which her husband was attached. When she confronted him he fell in with the plan, zealously guarding her secret and protecting her in camp and in battle. Hundreds of soldiers touched elbows a ith her daily, but she was always supposed to be a man, and she was honorably discharged from the service as such. With her husband she partici pated in a number of battles. PURCHASED A RYE THRESHER

Well Known Adams County Farmer Invests. • s~r ■ The Willshire Herald .says: Davison Mattox, a well known Blue Creek farmer has unvested in what is termed as a straight rye threshing machine. The machine is designed especially to hull the grain from the head take off the chaff and beards and accomplish all # of this without tangling or breaking the straw. The straw is used for the stuffing of horse collars and kindred articles of common use. When the writer was a boy rye was threshed with a flail so as to preserve the straw for tying the fodder at- corn husking and for making pome beds in the old-time cider mills or presses. Long, jointless rye straws were also much sought after by the youth of the' community for the purpose of convey-ing-hard eider to the right spot and cause it to play alcoholic pranks with boyish brains. ■ Dr. David J. Erwin of Lake City, Mich., died very suddenly at his home at 2:30 o’clock this morning. His death was due to heart trouble, and the sad .message received here ■early caused grief and sorrow among his many relatives and friends. The doctor retired last evening in good health, became sick about midnight and died within two hours. He was a robust, healthy looking man, weighing 220 pounds, and for years had enjoyed splendid health, though for a few months past he has had slight heart trouble. The deceased was born in Union township, this county, October 28, 1861, and was reared and educated here. He graduated in 1883 from the Fort Wayne Medical college, practiced a short time at Wren, 0., and at Monroe, and. moved- to

Lake City in 1887. He had a large practice there and was‘ one of the most popular men in that district, having held d number of offices, and having been his party’s nominee for congress and for probate judge during recent years, always running ahead of his ticket. He was married in 1883 to Miss Lepha Dudley of Van Wert county, Ohio, who, with four children ,survive . The, eldest son is twenty-one years old and is in his third year at the Chicago Medical College. His four brothers, Judge R. K., Daniel., Dore B. of this city, and William of Monroeville, will leave this afternoon to attend the funeral. The first news of the death came in a telegram, followed by a telephone message from Dick Erwin, Jr., of this city, who was visiting his uncle at the time. Dr. Erwin visited here this summer shortly before the death of his sister, Mrs. Belle Allen. Mrs. -Johnson of Wabash, and Mrs. Rinear of Van Burcp, are also sisters of the deceased. The funeral arrangements are not known. \ . o Clark J. Lutz and family now reat their handsome suburban home, E 'Tv moved there last week. There gainsaying the fact that their one of the most modern in all oi\A.dams county, and being situated jjst beyond ' the corporation limits, it convenient as well.

MAN IS KING OF HIS HOME Has Right to Exclude an Unwelcome Visitor. The right of a man to exclude unwelcome visitors who come when his wjfe is not prepared to receive them, even though they come as officers and attorneys to take his examination in a lawsuit which he has brought, was upheld by the supreme court in reversing the case of Sylvester F. Me Swane vs. Orville P. Fdreman. The defendants in the original suit had given notice of a purpose to take McSwane’s testimony before a notary public at his home in the country, but the house of three rooms, in which he lived with his wife and children, offered no convenient place for the officers and attorneys to hold court, and as his “wife was of a highly nervous temperament easily excited by strangers. and it would have been very embarrassing to her to have the examination taken there,” she locked up the house and the whole family left home. MeSwane was treated as being guilty of contempt of court and a judgment was given in favor of the defendant. But the supreme court holds that the attorneys had no right to take the examination at his home without his consent and he had a perfect right to lock the door against them and the notary public. Judge Gillet said: “Second only to exemption from arbitrary control of the person is the security of the citizen in his home. The process of the examining officer was ineffectual to command appellant to givf his examination within the precincts of his own house. “It might have been more courteous to opposite counsel had they been informed of appellant’s intention to disregard the process and of his reasons, instead of locking the house and departing before they arrived after a fourteen-mile drive, but appellant merely asserted his legal right. ” —o AN EPIDEMIC OF DYPTHERIA Reported From West of Willshire, in This County.

Several families west of Willshire, in Indiana, are reported to be ill with diptheria, and it is said that there lave been several additional deaths. Two of the district schools’ across the state line have been closed as a precaution against further spread of the disease. There are certain legal requirements relative to contagious diseases,and it would seem to us that the lealth officers of the community in which the diptheria is prevalent, as well as. the health officers of the communities bordering thereon, are directly; responsible should the disease spread bdyond its original confines, t can scarcely be doubted that the first cases had their inception in local causes, but its further spreading is always due to contagion, and it is the absolute duty of the health officers to ’rustrate wherever passible an epidemic of a fatal malady.—Willshire Jerald. The case of Dore B. Erwin, administrator of the estate of Mary M. Heath vs. Petec A; Heath, partition, was beard this morning, after the issues had-been completed. Finding that the', parties are owners of interests as set out in. complaint. Partition ordered. . Finding that First National Bank has -first lien for $194.50, Gay & Zwick have second lien for $197.27 And costs, Rebecca Johnsen has third lien for *5311.45. The real estate is ordered sold after proper notice. Dore B. Erwin appointed commissioner to sell property, pay costs and judgment and distribute the balance to parties entitled thereto, his bond being fixed at $9,000.

Doug Balser vs. Louis H. Boknecht et al., note S3OO, appearance by D. E. Smith and D. B. Erwin for defendants. E.,Burt Lenhart vs. George Major et al., quiet title, proof of publication as to non-residence of defendants filed. Jesse Weldon vs. Pittsburg & Indiana Oil & Gas Company et al., labor lien, issues completed, judgment against defendants for $35557. Judgment for National Supply Company against the PittsjtmTg & Indiana for $0358.10. Foreclosure of mortgage and sale ordered. ( —i r- — — D. D. Heller will act as special judge in the absenee-of Judge ftrwin, who has been called to Michigan to attend the -funeral of a brother. ? - / r A marriage license was issued today to Dan R. Vail Blanch Margaret Carroll, both of. this city and both popular and well known young

‘The Perversity Os Young Love ;!■ [Original.] Horace Brhdbury and Julia Inslee were of a very simple type of young lovers. One would naturally suppose that they would twine together like two vine shoots. Their hearts did, but they did not. This was not because there were obstructions in the way of their union, for there were not. It was a simple natural perversity. In the first place, Horace took a long time to discover that he wanted Julia—so long indeed that every one else, including the object of his affection, knew it long before he did himself.

Horace at last found out the secret of his heart, and when he did he burned to tell it. at once to the girl he loved. He chose the first opportunity that presented itself, and that was not a propitious one. Tliey were together on a nutting party with a large number of young people of their own age. Horace asked Julia to saunter away from the others with him. Julia knew at a glance his object in goiifg and with a natural feminine perversity, together with a desire to punish him for taking so much time before making his declaration, throw straws in his way. “What do you want to go away from all the fun for?” she asked. “I want to show you something.” “What?” “A bridge below over the creek. It’s a nice place to sit and talk.”. “What do you want to talk about?” “I’ve something important to tell you.” “Suppose I don’t want to hear it” Horace was thrown flat aback. It hadn’t occurred to him that she would not wish to hear what he had to say. “Well, then.” he said, “I suppose there’s no use in telling you,” and. walking away, he joined some one else. The two did not come together again till shortly before the time of departure. Then Julia was very gracious. ■ Horace’s brow was cloudy. Julia remarked that there would be time for a walk before going home. Horace said there would be only time for a very short walk, and he didn’t care for a short walk. - “I thought you had something to tell me?” said Julia. “I had,” said Horace. “What has become of it?” asked Julia. “You didn’t want to hear it, and I’m keeping it for some one else.” Julia hooked sober. She said nothing for awhile, but when she did it formed a very important link in these very ordinary proceedings. “Jim Hawkins wanted me to walk to the bridge with him awhile ago,” she said. Jim Hawkins was Horace’s only rival—that is. he would have been had Horace had a rival. At any rate, his name at this critical juncture struck as much terror into Horace as the name of the Btack Douglas in days of old into little children. But perversity Is not solely, a feminine trait. “Why didn’t you go?” he remarked. “It wouldn’t have been very nice of me to go with him when I had refused to go with you.” “Maybe he had something to tell you.” “If he had I didn’t want to bear it.” Circumstance as well as perversity has something to do with such cases, and in this case circumstance interfered just as the matter was in a fairway to be straightened out. Mary Dale, the only girl Julia was afraid of so far as Horace was concerned, came up and' reminded Horace that he had promised to show her the waterfall up the creek a bit. Horace said that he would not only keep his promise, but* be very glad to do so. When Horace and Mary returned the picnic was breaking up and the young people were putting the empty lunch baskets into the wagons. Horace looked about for Julia and failed to see her. He hunted for her and found her sit* ting behind a big tree crying. Woman’s tears are to a qmu what oil is to hardened putty. Horace softened. “What's, the matter?” he asked, in a loverlike tone. “I’m disappointed,” she sobbod, dab* bing her handkerchief Into her eyes. “What about?” “I’ve always wanted to see that bridge and now we’re going home and I haven't.”

Thia was a surprise to Horace. He stood thinking. v “Would yon like to go to the bridge now*" he asked presently. “How’ll we get home?” “We’ll have to walk, I expect,” “I don’t know that I can walk so tar.” “I think you can. It’s only seven miles.” Some one cried “All aboard!” “Can you do It?" Julia made no reply. The tree was between her and ths wagons and she was waiting for them to be gone. The wagons once on their yvay, Hot' ace and Julia watted till the shouting of the boys and girls died away in the distance, then Julia arose and the two walked down the creek toward the bridge. i The story had already been told. What use to trudge a mile to tell it again in words? And were any words spoken? If they were they were doubtless but three, and could have boon said at any time. c The pair sat by the bridge five mingles, then got up and proceeded to' pay. for the privilege of having‘done so by a three hours’ tramp to town. Was Lt paying for the privilege or was it an additional happiness? One must either be very young or have a good memory to answer the question. ALICE CHEEVEB.

TYROLESE CUSTOMS. ' ' Peculiar Manner In Whlcli Proposals of Marriage Are Made. There is an old custom prevailing among the Tyrolese regarding proposals of marriage. The first time a young man pays a visit as avowed lover he brings with him a bottle of wine, of which he i>ours out a glass and presents it to the object of his desires. If she accepts it the whole affair is settled. Very often the girl has not yet made up her mind, and then she will take refuge in excuses so as not to drink the wine and yet not refuse it point blank, for that is considered a gross insult, proving that she has been merely trifling with the affections ot her lover. She will, for instance, maintain that the wine “looks sour” or that wine disagrees with her or that she.is afraid of getting tipsy or that the priest has forbidden her to take any—in fact, she makes use of any subterfuge that presents itself at that moment. The purport es these excuses is that she has not come to a decision and that the wine offering is premature. This strange custom, dating very far back—according to one account, it was known as early as the ninth century—is called “bringing the wine” and is synonymous with the act of proposing. Shy lovers, loath to make sure of their case beforehand, find it a very happy institution. Not a word need be spoken, and the girl is spared the painful “No” of civilization. If any of the wine is spilled or the glass or bottle broken it is considered a most unhappy omen—in fact, there is a peasant’s saying for an unhappy marriage, “They have spilled the wine between them.”

SACRED CROCODILES. The Famous Shrine and the “Labyrinth” In Egypt. The crocodile, one of the most sacred animals of the east, has given its name to several ancient sites. Os the various cities of crocodiles the names of which have been handed down to us by Herodotus, Pliny and Strabo, perhaps the most striking was the “Crocodilopolis” of the ancient Egyptian province of Fayum, which, according to tradition, was built by that pharaoh who “made the lives of the children of Israel bitter with hard service." _ This province lies within an almost complete circle of hills—a little oasis in the midst of the desert, where roses and grapes mingle with figs and olives and luxuriant palm trees grow almost into forests. Its capital is Medinet, and a little to the north of the city are a number of irregularly shaped mounds. Beneath these are the ruins of the pharaoh built .“Crocodilopolis,” the “City of Crocodiles,” later called Arsinoe and the shrine qf the sacred crocodile of the neighboring Lake Moeris. which was then 450 miles in circumference. This lake held the sacred crocodiles, and as each died in turn it was buried in one of the 1,500 underground sepulchers of the world famed “labyrinth” at hand, side by side with the embalmed bodies of successive pharaohs. Holy Saturday In Naples. Naples celebrates in a curious manner Lent and the end of Passion week. Ropes are stretched from bouse to house across the streets in the ancient districts on the day of the carnival, and dolls made of rags, wearing the traditional Neapolitan costume and carrying a distaff and bobbin, are suspended from these ropes- At the feet of the spinner is attached an orange containing seven feathers, corresponding to the seven weeks of Lent. Each week one feather is plucked, So that only one remains at Holy Saturday. Then, as soon as the, cannon of Fort St. Elmo and the church bells announce the noon hour and the resurrection of Christ, firecrackers, which have been tied In long strings to the orange at the dolls’ feet are lighted, and the qurealma figure explodes amid the MM of the crowd, wherein pious formulas and profane phrases alternate. I Loidon’s Most AttOient Court. The ancient court of hustings is of Saxon origin, and the, name is derived from hus, a houee, afifi thing, a matter pt cause— that if. a house or hall of causes. Courts of the kind were established in all the great cities, and, as regards London, it is the supreme as well M the most ancient court and is the court of appeal from the sheriffs’ oourt. In the earliest times it was hold weekly, but .lt is now summoned only as occasion requires. Golt. A writer In an English paper has this to say regarding the game of golf: “Golf is a great game, but shiver me niblicks if I think it comes up to tiddledywinks. It is played with a couple of farms, a river or so, two or three sand hills, a number of implements resembling dentist's tools, a strange language much like Hindoostanee, any old clothes and a large assortment of oaths.” Two Looks. He climbed down from the pay car, with his month’s wages stUl in his hand. “Sure, ye must be feelin’ rich, Pat, with all ye have there,” said a bystander. ! “And what does this signify to nie?” answered Pat. “Just two looks,, wan whin 1 get it and wan whin I give it to the ould woman.’’—Life. I - Just M Well. Singleton—No man can tell just what n woman will do next. Wedderly—And Mt’s just as well be can’t. Otherwise she’d be sure to do something altogether different.—Chicago News. He that runs out by extravagance must retrieve by parsimony.—From the Dutch. 1 ' “

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