Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1910 — Page 6

W. A. Lower, the newly appointed postmaster for this city, and who will probably take his position within the next week, Saturday evening announced the selection of his deputy. That honor goes to Mr. Charles Hocker, a teacher In the public schools here for a number or years, and one of the best known young men of the city and county. He will, too, assume his new position with Mr. Lower about the first of the month. He is well quail-, fled and was chosen because of his' Industrious habits and strict attention to any duty assigned him. There were a number of applicants, so we are informed that the selection was no easy task for Mr. Lower. The latter forwarded his bond to Washington Saturday evening and as soon as it arrives there his commission will be sent on and he will then be ready to assume charge of his office. M. A. Frisinger will then retire as postmaster and J. S. Peterson as deputy. Mr. Peterson, as has been announced, will ( enter the insurance firm of Gallogly & Peterson, while Mr. Frisinger expeels to soon occupy his splendid farm just north of the city. ,— o— TRAIN BANDITS WERE ROUGH. Tore Ear Rings From Sleeping Women and Beat Up Passengers. Salt Lake City, Utah, June 27— (Special to Daily Democrat)—After rifling the safe in the express car and finding no booty three armed bandits, who early today held up an Oregon short line train between Ogden and Harrisburg, went through . the Pullman car and beat the sleeping passengers who did have valuables to give them. Ear rings were violently tom from the ears of several women, their ears being badly lacerated. The car porter fled when fired upon by the robbers. O' ■ ■ — HORSE FRIGHTENED. A horse being driven by • Louis Kruetzman and several other people from Preble took fright Sunday evening on the way home, and for a short distance he went at a merry clip down the road. A part of the harness became unfastened and frightened the animal, and he started on a run before Mr. Kruetzman could get out of the rig. He ran for several squares, but was stopped before any damage was done. One of the ladies managed to jump, but received no injuries, although was badly frightened. ■' —— — o- 1 _ - POSTOFFICE BOYS’ BANQUET. The postoffice force will give a banquet this evening for Postmaster Frisinger and deputy, J. S. Peterson, at the Schlickman & Girod restaurant. Spring chicken, ice cream, and all the delicacies of the season, will be in ev idence. —o — . Andy Mylott, a Decatur yotfhg man, is gaining fame as a baritone singer. For some two years he has been singing in Chicago and has advanced so rapidly that he Is now on a tour of the; east and is being given the most splendid press notices. At present he. Is at Buffalo. From there he goes to Detroit, where he will sing at the Elks’ convention; from there to Philadelphia, with the ramous Conway’s band, then to Coney Island, New York, for a four weeks’ engagement, and then to Aatlantic City for three weeks at Young’s Million Dollar Pier. The Buffalo OpurJer of recent date gave him the following notice: “The management of Carnival Coart is to be ’congratulated for having secured Andy Mylott as an extra feature in connection with the con-

certs by the 6oth Regiment band, because the thousands of people who heard the Chicago baritone on Sunday and last evening sing, “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland,” and the song about former President Roosevelt’s homecoming, gave the singer one of the most flattering receptions ever tendered an artist in this city. Mr. Mvlott, *lio has an exceptionally strong voice, renders his songs in a clever manner. His voice carries out over the audience with no great effort, and as Mr. Mylott is of rather striking appearance, his work is all the more pleasing. The 05th Regiment band, which Bandmaster John Powell has jeottrn "together for the summer season at the court,, is the best aggregation of musicians that Buffalo has had and the many compliments Mr. Powell and the management of the park have received speaks well for their efforts to give the pub; lie the best the amusement world provides. That the Court is becoming the

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■ I ■ I I I mecca for lovers of wholesome amuse- ■ ment, there is no doubt and the concessionaries are webring happy smiles. The Knights Templar, whose conclave opens here today, were large- i ly in evidence last evening. The visitors have been invited to the Court 1 at any time during their stay. Anoth- i er special day for school children will I be given Saturday. Manager Wil- < lets said last night that extensive ar i rangements were being made for Elks’, i Day on June 29th and for Grotto Day ■' on July 7th. o- ——" i DAYTON TO HAVE BIG FESTIVAL. Dayton, Ohio, June 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—This city being the home of the Wright brothers it is but i natural that the Kings of the Air should be planning to make the aviation. part of the Flail Festival program something that has never been approached in the history of the new science. Dayton people are familiar with the appearance of the birdmen for their dally experiments and trials of new machines at their factory are to be seen by whoever choses to ride out tp the testing ground on the street cars. But during the week of September 19th to 24th while'the Dayton industrial Exposition and Fall Festival is being held, it is the hope of the projectors of the exposition that the; brothers Wright or their pupils will add another leaf to Dayton’s chaplet by breaking all records for flying. The new McKinley memorial statue is to be dedicated that week and it is proposed to have Col. Theodore Roosevelt deliver the address- at the unveiling ceremonies. President Taft will come to Dayton that week, as will also Governors Harmon of Ohio, Marshall of Indiana, Deneen of Illinois, and Wilson of Kentucky, all of whom are honorary commissioners of the exposition. An immense exposition hall <s being erected in which will be housed and displayed exhibits from all parts of the country. There will be street pageants daily, continuous concerts by world-famous bands; an immense European hippodrome show in memorial hall and a world of smaller but entertaining features. Dayton expects to entertain half a million visit « ors that week. o— A three-cornered scrap that took place Saturday night about 10:30 o’clock in front of the Ed Johnson rendezvous on Second street, received its polishing off this afternoon in ’Squire Smith’s court, when Clyde Young pleaded guilty to the charge of assault and battery preferred by John Dentner, and was fined |1 and ‘ costs. It Is said that Dentner was - formerly employed at the fertilizer plant, but was later succeeded by ! Young. When the two met Saturday words ensued, resulting later in blows. The three cornered part came into existence when Young knocked > Deptner over onto a bicyvle belong- ’ ing to Jake Kieper, left standing on ' the walk, and Helper’s remonstrances 1 brought him into prominence also, h * , Services at nearly every church in ( the city Sunday were of unusual inj terest. At the Methodist church the . morning service was conducted by , the Rev. J. L. Mershon of this city, . and the evening service by the Rev. McNary of Monroe. The Children’s ( Day in the morning and the Young People’s Alliance program in the ev- , ening at'the Evangelical church were features of much pleasure at that [ church. Sunday evening at the Pres- . byterian the Rev. Spetnagel deliverk ed the. annual memorial address to . the American Yeomen, emphasizing

the motto of the order, Freedom, K Charity and Protection. There was quite a good attendance, and as one member said, it was the best sermon of the kind he ever heard. A very excellent solo was rendered by Will Schrock. The new pastor, the Rev. J. M. Dawson, of the Christian church, conducted the services yesterday, his sermon being of unusual eloquence and power. Mrs. Hattie Dixon of Fort Wayne gave a vocal solo that was very pleasing, being 6f her own composition. The Rev. Ehle, the new pastor of the Baptist church, held excellent services Sunday and the jubilee celebration at the German Reformed was of much interest. The Rev. Imler of the U. B. church conducted the regular order at that church with good results. — 0...... . Friends here have received invitations to the wedding of Fred Smith, formerly of this county, to Miss Mary Dilling, the wedding to take place Monday, July 4th, at the St. Mary's Catholic church at Fostoria, Ohio. The young man was taken from the orphans’ home in youth and reared by Mr. and Mrs. George Kintz of this county, where he grew to manhood. About two or three years ago he went to Fostoria, Ohio, where he has been working since and where he became acquainted with bis bride-to-be, a pop ular young lady of that city. Those from here who will attend the wedding are George Kintz and daughter. Mrs. Joseph Smith and her two chll-

dren, Geraldine .M Who ' Brill I leave Saturday for that place. Mrs. Engel Luttman and son, Fred, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Neldstlne. went to Fort Wayne Saturday evening to be in attendance at the wedding of their granddaughter and niece, Miss Sophia Luttman, to Mr. Charles Meyers, which took place Sunday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr.' and Mrs. Will Luttman, at Fort Wayne. The bride, with her parents, formerly resided north of this city and are well known to residents here. The Ladles* Aid society of the Monroe M. E. church wishes to call the attention of the public to the fact that they will give an ice cream social at Monroe on the evening of Saturday, July 2nd. All are cordially invited to attend. Proceeds to be applied on carpet. E. S. Christen, Charles Johnson, Amos Lewton and Willis McQueen and families of Root township enjoyed a picnic dinner along the St. Mary’s river, near the Lewton bridge Sunday that proved most pleasant. Sim and Simon Brandyberry, whose homes are in close proximity south of the city, proved themselves royal entertainers Sunday at a family reunion. A day df quiet pleasure with many games and amusements, a royally good dinner at noon, with ice cream ana case in the afternoon, was in store for all in attendance. Those present were Henry Gass, wife and children of Oden, Mich.; Ed Gass, wife and children of Fort Wayne; E. F. Gass and family, Frank Faurot and family and Grandma Brandyberry That the Brandyberrys are fine entertainers was the unanimous vote of all. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Voglewede celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary Sunday, the affair being in the nature of a double celebration, being also in honor of Miss Germaine Coffee’s recent graduation. The house took on special beauty for the occasion with its decorations of smilax and sweet peas, artistically arranged, and the dinner which was daintily served, consisting of all the season’s delicacies, including spring chicken. The invitation list included Mr. and Mrs. Tone Voglewede, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Keller and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Zimmerman, Mrs. Philip Salisbury of Chicago, the Misses Bale Payne, Margaret Garard, Marie Gass and Agnes Weber. : The Banner Sunday school class of the Christian church will give an ice cream social Saturday evening on the lawn just south of the Stoneburner moving picture show. Everybody invited. . The Presbyterian Missionary ladies wU be entertained tomorrow afternoon at the church and after the lesson study, a pastry sal| will be held. A good attendance is desired. Rev. L. C. Hessert, pastor of the Decatur German Reformed church, Is among the speakers for the rededication service of St. John’s Reformed church at Fort Wayne. The Fort Wayne Sentinel says: “Plans for the rededication of O John’s Reformed, church are under way and according to the statement of the pastor, Rev. John H. Bosch, the event will take place on the last Sunday of July or the first Sunday of August. Much depends on the arrival of the new pews which are to be shipped in the next week or two by the Vaught Furniture company of Parker; Ind. An atractive feature of the rededicatory ceremonies will be the three sermons to be delivered by a trio of Reformed church ministers who are the sons of the local congregation. The speakers chosen are: Rev. Henry Hllgemann, of Ceylon, Ohio; Rev. W. Kruse, of Spencerville. Ohio; Rev. Louis C. Hessert of Decatur. Rev. Hessert was confirmed, ordained and married by Rev. J. H. Bosch of St. John’s church. Slhce the remodeling and renovation of the local church began, services have been held in the church hall and will continue to be held there until the formal opening of the church building. “The golden jubilee celebration of the Reformed church at Decatur very largely attended yesterday. The closing sermon in the evening was delivered by Rev. John H. Bosch of this city. Next Thursday afternoon the Ladles’ society of St John’s church will be entertained by Catherine Balzer at her home, 1538 Hayden street In the evening Mrs. Balzer will be hostess at a meeting of the Young Ladles’ guild.” ° —-i Miss Margaret Mills is exacted home from Angola today, where she has been attending the Epworth League convention and visiting with her brother, Frank Mills, a student at the normal school

rJAPANESEJNGLISH. j A Sample Circular Composed by a bl«tive Tradesman. There comes from a correspondent in Japan this example of circulars in English that Japanese tradesmen sometimes compose: “Dear Sir—l have the honour to write a letter for you that | have now established the meat market and its branch to deliver the meat as one of the branch of my sloughter house, as which I have many cattie. their pastures, their markets, milk houses, and a sloughter house, etc., and I will have a fresh mept with the most cheapest price from my sloughter house thuu other buchery and especially make you many reduction for every day purchaser for month. I beg you cap soon make me your order without your servant’s commission, ‘as you know your servant Is always making money by your meat.’ I will make you the pass-book for the creditor only. “P. S.—ls you handed bad meat from your servant while you are making purchases the meat from my market every day, you will soon to let it exchange by the servant without any hesitation. Please make me your order, and If you can make me order by letter I will have the postage reduction from the count of meat with kind regards. Your truly.”—Boston Transcript THE DELUGE. Queer Old Australian Tradition About the Flood. The aboriginal blacks of Australia have a queer tradition about the fldod. They say that at one time there was no water on the earth at all except in the body of an immense frog, where men and women could not get at it There was a great council on the subject. and It was found out that if the frog could be made to laugh the waters would run out of bis mouth and the drought be ended. So several animals were made to dance and caper before the frog to induce him to laugh, but he did not even smile, and so the waters remained in his body. Then some oni happened to think of the queer contortions into which the del could twist Itself, and it was straightway brought before the frog, and when the frog saw the wriggling he laughed, so loud that the whole earth trembled, and the waters poured out of his mputh in a great flood, In which many people were drowned. * The black people were saved from drowning by the pelican. This thoughtful bird made a big canoe and went with it among all the islands that appeared here and there above the surface of the water and gathered in the black people and saved them, ,1 Curiosities of Superstition. When Egypt was' in the height of . her power, when she was most highly civilized and delighted in jjelng called the mistress of the land and sea, her people worshiped a black bull. There was some discrimination, however, even in this form of worship. In order to be an object of mad adoration it was necessary that the bull calf be born with a circular white spot in the exact center of his forehead, and the advent of such a creature in any herd was the signal of wild demonstrations from the Mediterranean to the border of the Lybian desert Even as late as tee time of Cleopatra, star eyed goddess, glorious sorceress of the Nile, such animals were shod with gold and had their horns tipped with the same metal. Herodotus tells of a man who dted with grief because he sold** cow that soon after became the mother of a black bull calf marked with the sacred white circle in his forehead. Load Pencil Experiments. An English statistician was asked how many words eopld be written with anEngtisb lead’ pencil, and, be- , Ing determined to answer it, be bought a lead pencil and Scott’s “Ivanhoe" and proceeded to copy the latter word by word. He wrote 95,608 words and then was obliged to stop, for the pencil had become so short that he could not use it A German statistician who heard of this experiment was dlasatisfled with it because all the lead in the pencil was not used on the work, and therefore he bought a pencil and started to copy a long German novel When the pencil was so short that he could not handle it with Ids fingers ho attached a holder to it and it Is said that he wrote with this one pencil <OO,OOO words. Possibly, however, his pencil was longer or the lead in ft was of a more durable quality. ’ 1 ■ ' ■‘' 4 j > r -. ; When tilsnoe Is Deadly. Silence is commonly the slow poison used by those who mean to murder love. There is nothing violent about it No shock to given. Hope is not abruptly, strangled, but merely dreams of evil and fights with gradually stifling shadows. When tee last convulUfons come they are not terrific.' The J frame has been weakened for dissolution. Love dies like natural decay. It seems the kindest Way of doing a cruel thing.—George Meredith. ’ —. Rubbing It In. The Bride—That nasty Mrs. Jones, next door, said Fd better try these biscuits on the dog before I gave ’em to you. The Groom—Hasn’t she got a mean disposition l Why, 1 thought she was fond of dogsi—Cleveland Leader. Often tho Case. Bfflicue—What do you suppose caused him to go to the bad? Cynlcus-Try-Ing to be a good fellow.-Phliadriphla .— — - The fool’s oar was made for the tongue, ftewMwwmfe "Tn. dies Fables." _ _ .

ti" ' —• "'-J j.t. V. ,k| Ono at Padua Thai Was a Wonder of Mechanism. It was, we are told,, in 1309 that the I first clock known to the world was ta th. tower of Son Mqk, The greatest eetoalehraeot and admiration were manifested by crowds who flocked to see the timepiece. In 1844 a clock was installed in the palace of the nobles at Padua. This was a wonder of mechanism indeed, for besides indicating the hours It showed the course of the sun. the revolutions of the planets, the various phases of the moon, the months and the fetes of the year. The period of the evolution from the clock to the watch was seventy-one years—not so very long, all things considered—and the record of the first watch is 1380. A half century later an alarm clock made its appearance. This, we are told, was looked upon by the people of that age as “un instrument prodigleux." The fortunate possessor of this clock was Arfdrea Alctato, a councilor of Milan. The chroniclers have placed on record that this clock sounded a bell at a stated hour, and at the same time a little wax' candle was lighted automatically. How this was done we are not told, but It must not be overlooked that until about seventy years ago we had no means of obtaining a light other than the tinder box, so that the Milanese must have been centuries ahead of us in this respect Not much progress 'was made with* the watch until 1740, when the second hand was added.—London Globe. .. - —. TEMPTED, HE ATE. A Story of- Heinrich Heino and a Toothsome Lyons Sausage. Returning from a journey to the south of France, Heinrich Heine met a friend, a German violinist in Lyons, who gave him a large sausage that -had been made in Lyons with the request to deliver it to a mutual acquaintance, a homeopathic physician, in Paris. Heine promised to attend to the commission and intrusted the delicacy to the care of his wife, who was traveling with him. BUt as the postchaise was very slow and he soon became very hungry, on the advice of his wife both tasted of the sausage, which dwindled with every mile. Arriving at Paris, Heine did not dare to send the remainder to the physician, and yet he wished to keep his promise. So he cut off the thinnest possible slice with hls razor, wrapped it in a sheet of vellum paper and Inclosed it in an envelope, with tee following note: Dear Doctor—From your scientific investigations we learn that the millionth part of a certain substance brings about the greatest results. I beg, therefore, your kind acceptance of the accompanying millionth part of a Lyons sausage, which our Mend gave me to deliver to yw If homeopathy Is a truth, then this little piece will have the same effect on you as the whole sausage. Your , HEINRICH HEINE -Ughettl’s “With Physicians and Clients.” ■, Old Time English Elections. In old time England each constituency gave its representative in parliament a horse to carry him to Westminister and also paid his expenses on tee road. These expenses, together with an allowance for each day spent on duty at the house of commons, generally nt the rate of 80 cents a day, were refunded in one lump sum when the member returned home at the end of the pariamentary year. Sir BVDelakal totaled seven votes in an attempt off Andover in the general election of 1768. An item iff hie election agent’s bill is typical of tee reckoning he had to pay: “To being thrown out of the George inn, Andover, to my legs being ■ffefeby beoken,: to sugeon’s bill and loss of time and business,' all iff tee service of Six F. DelavaL ffiOO." Lord Llandaff won Dungurvan in 1888. The ttfon “£547 whisky* caused him to protest faintly. “Begorra,” said hls election agent, “if ye want to squeeze a pippin like that ye’ll never do for ’ Dungarvan.” . ■ •err 1 ,i. ‘ Real tea Serpents. In New Caledonia sea serpents are frequently seen find sometimes cap- ( tured. They are curious creatures, . the head being very sntoU and scarcely distinguishable from the body and We tall being formed like an oar. In length they are generally between ' three and four feet In the jaw there are tiny glands containing poison, bat as the mouth is very small it is difficult for them to bite, and the natives handle them< fearlessly. A European ,; traveler witnessed an experiment at Noumea which shows that under oer- ' tain conditions the sea serpent can do ’ deadly work. A rat was caught in a trap, and Its tongue was grasped by a pair of pinchers and placed in the ' monte df a sea serpent The serpent ’ immediately Mt it and the rat died tn , four minutes. / Cause of ThouahL “You look thoufhtful tonight Bmith,” remarked Brown as he stretched himself on two chairs. ’ “Yeo.” said Smith, "I have just got a note from tho landlady." , "What. does, she gagF“She says that I ffwst pay my board j at once or her daughter will sno me ' fte broach of premise. Tm thinking what rd better do."-London Tfrßita 1 Betoo W HabH. t "You know that pretty salagM f I took home from the da&offf* •- t "Ssn, I stole atosa- - ajjfc; "What did she sayF . “ •Will teat bo ant "-Jffdih WMi i

I Chicago, 111., June 27-—(Special to • I Daily Democrat)—The jury in the • Browne bribery case was deadlocked at 9 b’clock this morning with no indications of a verdict being reached. The state’s attorneys claim tho jury stands seven to five for conviction, while the attorneys for the defense claim they stand eight to four for acqulttal, Moana Springs, Nevada, June 27(Spectel to Daily Democrat)—With the greatest battle of the century 4 only seven days away, signs of nervous anxiety as to the result of the • battle are shown In both the Jeffrien and Johnson camps. Burns, Cornell and Corbett have assumed a bilious attitude. Jeffries rested until noon yesterday and avoided visitors the rest-J of the day by motoring. Ricks Resort, Nevada, June 27— (Special to Daily Democrat)—Jack . Johnson today repeated his performance of yesterday, running eight miles and boxing eight rounds. Today he weighted pounds. His managers say he will weigh under 200 pounds at the ring —_o— Washington, D. C., June 28—Standing on the steps of the executive offices 'Speaker Cannon intimated that if the republicans have the next house of representatives he will be a candidate for re-election as speaker. When he was asked point blank if he expects to seek re-election to that office, he said: “I may be dead; I may be alive. Before you can make a. hare pie you must first catch the hare. By raising the cry of Cannon and Cannonism some people in this country think they a& going to fool the public. W& shall'smiiwhether they do or not. I shall do my best to help .the republican party win another victory next fall. If we do win It will be for the republican party to say whether I shall be a high private in the rear ';a ranks or shall occupy an official position. At any rate I shall be content with whatever the decision of my party is." The speaker said that if there is anything wrong with thetariff law at all, it Is that the rates on certain Items have been fixed too low. "I win specify,” he said, “by mentioning the boot and shoe schedule. The returns we are getting show that the imports under this scheduleare increasing at a rapid rate. lam convinced that taking into consideration the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad in this particular case we have fixed the duty too low. Whenever we cut under tho margin we ate bound to do an injustice to our home Industry. I fear we are doing it in the case of the boot and. shoe, business." The speaker reiterated a statement he has made many times recently that the new tar- . Iff law will justify itself. “Every new tariff law has to justify itself," he said. “it. takes time. This new law , will soon have been iff operation one year. At the close of this fiscal year we shall be able to show to the country convincingly that tee legislation has justified Itself from every standpoint.. As I have already said if there is anything at all wrong with It, it is that in some instances the rednetjoga were made too great" The aged speaker left sos his home at Danville, 81., in high feather. He thinks things are’eoming his way again. He Is certain the insurgents and democrats would have deposed him as speaker if they could have commanded the votes to do it He rather wished them to try it on. — , "O' ■. l — —" OBSERVED FOUNDERS DAY. Grandma Ferry was asked and has written a letter which was read on the 25th of this month, at time ’ the Washington State Historical Society of Tacoma, observed Founders* ' Day of the Ferry Museum. The late Col. C. P. Ferry founded this museum i on June 25, 1895, and at his death i he gave thirty thousand dollars for ’ a building and permanent home. The : society expets to begin the erection of i this home within a short > William Morris was in Decatur • Saturday to help conduct a sale at > the five and ten cent store of Mr. and I Mrs. Clarence Baughman. The prOr prietora of the Decatur store formerly 5 lived i» this city and they hqve aue- , ceeded admirably in 5 their Decatur store. Their sale Saturday was in celebration of the opening of a new store room and according to Decatur I papers there was such a rush of peo- • pie that one lady fainted and had to be taken home in a cab. The sale was conducted on the order of the sales which are put on regularly at the local i store of Morris & Company.—Bluffton • News. f Mr*. Henry Presdorf of Honduras attended the German Reformed cele- ' bratiffff Sunday and while there was , the guest of Eli Meyer and family and Mm. Julia Colchln. Miss Ber nice Presdorf, who has been vlsitinff at Woodburn with her brother, returng ed Sunday, and accompanied her I mother to their home. ■ St.it ■ < i's-