Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1903 — Page 7

I DR. CANADA J I Ophthalmic Specialist. | ■ Practice limited to the mrrec- B K tloti of defects of the eye. 01-tsson 0 B fitted to relieve strain, with its H B numerous functioiinl syinp'oins- V* B to Improv" vision mid for |o h s of n B accommodation due to age. ** I REFERENCES THE BEST. S At Dr. Coven! ale’s office, at B L Decatur, Ind., Fit st Tuesd. y each mouth B I

TUckecny n« n « rttic. It cnnnot be contended that Thackeray was tl great critic. Indeed, there is not doubt that, ns a rule, he preO-i red second rate books of the first class j to the greatest For instance, while, as a matter of course, he admitted that Milton was a great poet, lie added that! • he was such a bore that no one could read him.” Whatever one may think of the discernment of a man who says that it is impossible to doubt his honesty. He was often led away by the character of the author whose works he was criticising. He disapproved of Swift and Sterne and rather grudgingly admitted their qualities, but he gladly praised I’ope. whom he loved because of his infirmity ami because of the love the poet bore bis mother. His Judgments came from the heart rather than the intellect, it was fortunate when these coincided.—Lewis Melville in Fortnightly. Appropriate Dreaming. Henry Irving once preached onite a terse sermon on appropriate dri-..«ing A clever young woman belonging to his company appeared at rehearsal one morning dressed in a lovely gown and a stunning but. Irving commented on the unusual splendor of her get-up. whereupon the actress explained that she was going to a swell luncheon that afternoon and had saved time by dressing in advance. "Then run away to the luncheon first, my dear young lady.” said the star. "Just now your mind. too. is dressed up for the luncheon and not for work. When you ■ ome to rehearsal come looking the part." The young woman, who is now .1 star, never forgot the lesson she learned that morning. A Printer * Blunder. A Paris newspaper on one occasion made a blunder which excited no small amount of merriment nt the expense of a man of real talent. The following paragraphs. Intended to have been printed separately, were by some error ' so arranged that they were read con- | socutively: "Dr. X. has been appointed head physician to the Hospital de la <'barite. Orders have been issued by i tlie authorities for the immediate extension of the cemetery of Mont Parnasse. The works are being executed with the utmost dispatch.” Men. Here is little Johnnie’s composition on "Men:" “Men are what women marry.) They drink and smoke and swear and have ever so many pockets, but don't go to church. Perhaps If they wore bonnets they might. They are more logical than women and also more zoological. Both men and women have sprung from monkeys, but the women certainly stirring farther than the men.” — Bloomfield Hud.) Democrat.

ABSURD IETHODB said the Romoc man, expatiating .JI on the means many people take to /fW Ml I jpß purify their blood. Don't you real- M/ jjCj) tr / v j 0 ize, he continues, that nn st so- ■/ P 5& f X ; J Called blood medicines are loaded W I fhvlN with deadly poisons? By their use you simply force one poison out and I take another just as bad or worse into your system. This is like the >• Indian whose blanket was ffi too short to cox er his feet, so he cut off six inches from the top and sewed it |L» /* onto the bottom. You 11 fl r .->• ,1 accomplishjust as much good by the use of I • nJ/ Z deadly mineral \ » /</ U poisons as he I \ fr I Xw I j did. It is dis- I 1 > I / fcrent with Ro- I HjSu/ 1 \ / moc. Romoc is m A / Nature’s rente W V A ~ / dy. There is **" / no poison in it. W / Not a drop of Cl / alcohol is in <1 -rz , ' this solution. ■ // /ffl — — , hHe ( y Aak for ROMOC LAXATIVE TA«IT» - WRE CURE FOR CONSTVATWL W* Pomor. H '' ('l'//’rl/KHil !" oou' or tKo prrtulntno to thl- mood.rfol rrm. I - it ror. ’ > I t ; t „„ *• prU-roftkr rmol,, „ot latif/lrtt « K* the <*««»«>•. anti told by HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

LAZY MAN’S PARADISE. The V.,Are the Hord W orker* In the West Indies. <>n market dav in the West Indies thousands of peasant women and girls c 'll be seen walking along the roads to tie town from their palm thatched tints in the mountains and woods. They c i ty on their heads immense loads of b'lmnns, oranges. y ;uns , phmtalns. brown sugar or tobacco, stepping along at the rate of four miles an hour with the gait of a princess. Constant carrying of heavy loads gives them a splendid carriage. They will walk forty miles to market to sell •»0 cents worth of produce. Often they could sell the same stuff for a better price at their hemes, but they enjoy th" merry company on the road and the I fun and gossip o f the market place too much to give up their weekly Jaunt. Most people think such a tramp hard work, but they regard it as a picnic. 1 ramping along-over rough mountain tracks, fording swift rivers, tugging fractious mules In the way that they should go. these women never let their loads fall. They <.„nld dance a jig . without dropping them. Meanwhile the men folk, who have I not even taken the trouble to sow or : harvest the crops, much less carry them ' to market, are sleeping in the palm thatched hut or lying down in the yam patch outside ami smoking the strong native tobacco. On my estate," said a coffee planter to an American friend, "I employ abont 600 people in the busy seasons. The women outnumber the men by more than two to one and do far better work, though they are only paid 18 cents a day as compared with the men's 24 cents. The difference in wages is most unfair, but it is regulated by an iron bound custom."—Kansas City Star. Jungle lloun«*Lecpir k. The negro housewife in the West Indian jungle finds housekeeping verv easy. Fruit and vegetables grow wild all about the lint, and the river abounds with fish. On wash day all she has to do is to pick a few of the berries of the soapberry tree, take her clothes to the river ami use the berries as she would use ordinary soap. Even her cooking pots grow on the trees, the calabash cut in halves being used for this purpose. Calabashes are lists] also for bowls, basins and Jugs for carrying water from the river, while the small ones make excellent cups. In the afternoon, when she is ready for her cup of tea. the Degress picks half a dozen leaves from the lime bush growing at her door, boils them, squeezes the juice from a sugar cane for sweetening, and the cocoanut supplies the milk. Thus she has a delicious cup of tea without depending on the grocer for it. She makes the mats for her floor out of the dried leaves of the banana, plaited and sowed together, as the old country people in this country make their rag mats. < oleheMer’* Oyrtrr FraM. Famous indeed is the Colchester oyster feast, and to be invited is considered the highest compliment the town can confer not only from the importance of the function, but liecause nt that meal is an unlimited supply of the finest obtainable natives, of which some sacks are consumed. Even from the times of the Homans these oysters In ve been celebrated, says the Loudon Chronicle. Exclusive rights to the oyster fisheries were grantc <1 to the town under a charter of Richard 1., and in the reign of Elizabeth horse loads of oysters were accepted as gifts by the courtiers of the time. Massinger’s Justice Greedy commences his day with ‘‘a barrel of Colchester oysters.” a statement that shows how altered are the customs of todav.

ANCIENT FISH CURES MEDICINAL VIRTUES THAT USED TO DECK THE FINNY TRIBE. l-ercb AVuk Valued in Germany For Its curative Propertte*. and Carp Wax Held in High Fxteeni In Old England—The Physician of Fishes, f ishing literature prior to the days and writings of Iza.tk Walton opens up points of interest which are unique. ■Not the least interesting are the constant references of the early writers to the medicinal virtues of fish. Os course many of the salt and fresh water fishes mentioned by the old writers are not recognized in the waters of today, but tlie fresh water perch, carp, tench and eel are yet recognized, and it is in connection with these lisli that some of the quaintest ideas as to their medicinal virtues have prevailed. The Germans have a comparative proverb which says, "More wholesome than a perch of the Rhino," and it is certain that from the earliest times this familiar fish has been esteemed as one of the best gastronomic productions of fresh water. It has also been ascribed medicinal virtues. Gesnersays that physicians value the perch so much that the; recommend it to be freely eaten by wounded men. women in childbed and those suffering from dangerous fevers. Aldrovandus praises it and mentions that the two otooliths (“round bones") found in the head of the perch are marvelously good for stone in the bladdeK That the carp was esteemed in olden times in England is certain. Dame Berners, writing in her quaint "Trea-ty-see of Eysshynge Wyth a Angle." published in 1496, says, "The carpe be a deyntous fish, but there ben few in Englonge.” Being “deyntous"—i. e.. "dainty”—it must have been a good fish at that time to eat. It has certainly lost its character since then. In the art of healing the carp plays a respectable part. One old writer speaks 6f the fat of the carp as being of miraculous power for the alleviation of "hot rheumatism.” The manner of its application was by frequent rubbing on the painful part, and the effect was said to be eminently mollifying and salutary. The triangular bones in the throat of the carp on being ground to powder and applied to a wound or bleeding nose were said to act as styptic. The gall was also said to have been used for sore eyes, and “above the eyes.” says an old .Esculapius. "two little bones exist, semicircular in shape, which are diligently preserved by noble females against the lunatical disease.” In the "Haven of Health” carp are also comprised in "the ten sortes of lische which are reckoned as principal In the preservation of health." and. adds the quaint old writer, "this fish is of great wholesomeness and great value, and its tongue is very pleasant to carping ladies." A kind of first cousin of the carp is what is known as the barbel. Such ancients as Juvenal. Albertus and others of that ilk evidence that it was known and esteemed by the Homan gourmet. Plutarch mentions a curious fact in its natural history. Dr. Badham in his "Frose Haleutics" translates this passage as follows: “The roe of the barbel is very poisonous. Antonio Gazius took two boluses and thus describes his sensations: At fir-t I felt no inconvenience, but some hours having elapsed I began to be disagreeably affected, ami as my stomach swelled and could not bo brought down by anise and carminatives I was soon in a state of great depression and distress.’ " It appears that bis countenance was pallid, like a man in a swoon. Deadly coldness ensued, and violent cholera and vomiting came on. The barbel (Barbus Mtlgarisi of today has survived such poisonous qualities. Its flesh has the taste of stewed white blotting paper, and its roe is as innocuous as bread pills. All the same, gisid Julyana Berners shared the had opinion of the earlier writers. She says: "The barbyll is a swete fish, but it is quitshy mete and porylous for mannys bodye. For comynly he ynytli an Introduction to ye febris (fever), ami if ye lie eten rawe he may cause of mannys dethe whyeli hath often becne seene." The tenth which has been introduced into some parts of this country Is an olive greenish carp which lias been for long time termed in England the "physician of fishes.” Ai ording to n score or more of authorities, ancient and modern, tlie thick slime with which it is covered exerts healing effect on all wounds or diseases in which it can cotne In contact on or in other fishes. Whence tins belief originated is not known, but one instance of exact observation is well worthy of credence. Mr. Wright in his book on “Fishes and Fishing” tells how a minnow accidentally hooked In the water of an aquarium in which it was swimming, on breaking loose, immediately descended three parts of the way down the waler and swiftly approached its nose to the side of tlie tench which was its companion tn tlie aquarium, it rubbed Its nose for n few seconds against the tench and then again swam about as lively rs before. To this testimony Mr. Wright adds: "We (my friend and I who were watching the performance! were both of the opinion that it is really no fable ns to the tench being the .Esculapius of fishes, for here was an example before our eyes of n fish being wounded mid Immediately In st inct directing It Io seek ii remedy." One piscatorial truth Is known to nil who fish for pike or pickerel. The pike (esiixhii Ills) will ravenously seize ns his prey the fry of almost every flsh. hieludlng his own species, mid all the bait minnows are also caviare to him, but he will not touch the tench.— Brooklyn Ei'glo.

GROUSE ARE CLEVER. They Evade the Hunter by Tricks That Display tntellijjvnee. The grouse has a hundred tricks of defense, says Outing. It will lie still until the hunter is within a yard of It. then soar straight Howard in his trout, towering like a woodcock: aga'n. it will rise foi ,y yards nwii.v, and the sound of its wings is Ids only uol.ee of its presence. it will cower upon a branch under which he passes, and his cap will not be more than a foot below it us be goes. mid. though it has seen him approaching. it will remain quiescent i.i frightful fear until bis ■ back is turned, it will rush then, mid | when lie has slewed himself hurriedly i around he will catch only a glimpse of a brown, broad wing far away. Wounded mid falling in the open, it will he found if it is found at all—with the telltale speckles of its breast against the trunk of some brown tree against which its feathers are ind'stinguishable. and the black ruff about the neck of the male will be laid against the darkest spot of the bark Often it will double iike a fox; often as man chaws near it will spring noiselessly into some spruce and hide until he passes, dropping then to the i ground and continuing its feeding; often. too, it will decline to take wing, though unhurt, and will run fast for half a mile--so fast that the most expert woodsman will be unable to keep pace with it. This it will only do on leafy ground mid never when snow would betrav its tracks. Origin of Commonplace Phrases. Expressions that we use nowadays metaphorically were used in their real sense in bygone days. For instance, we speak about "beating a retreat." forgetting perhaps that the phrase comes from the fact that in war time when a retreat wns ordered the drums were beaten in a particular manner, just as today It is sounded on the bugle. Then again one speaks of going off "bag and baggage.” How many know what the “baggage” was? The general idea is that it was part of the soldier's kit. In point of fact the “bag” was originally the soldier's haversack; the “baggage” was his wife. The familiar phrase “to give the cold shoulder" originated in France, where it was the custom to serve with cold shoulder of mutton instead of hot meat a guest who bad outstayed his welcome. "A feather in his cap” comes from Hungary, it being formerly the custom for the Hungarians to put a feather in their caps for every Turk they killed. The word "deadhead" is. according t.> some authorities, one of great antiquity. It is said that a "deadhead” was in Pompeii an individual who gained admission to an entertainment free of charge by means of a pass in the form of a small ivory death’s head. Her Maki-xhlft Rivet*. The following sequel to a naval launch in England was not communicated to the press: Some years ago a ship which was to be christened by an illustrious personage got behind in construction. The personage was sure to be ready in time and could not be put "off. but not so the ship. As a last resort some portions of the superstructure were partly made fast with leaden rivets in place of steel ones, the launch took place, and the situation was saved. When the vessel came to be completed for sea no one remembered about the rivets, and after a coat or two of paint they looked for all the world like the real article and behaved like it until the ship got into a heavy i sea, and the process known to Mr. ! Kipling as "finding herself” began. It was then discovered that a “defect in machinery" or other euphonism necessitated a hurried return to a dockyard, where matters were hastily put right — London Truth. An Spanish (iDdoni. An odd custom in Madrid is the manner of indicating the sleeping rooms of a house by a spray of palm leaves attached to the railing of the balcony. You will see palm leaves hanging to the balconies of nearly all the residences in town, those of the poor as well as the rich. A sheet of white paper tied »o the iron railing means that the room is for rent; a palm leaf means that it is the sleeping chamber of a pious Catholic who brought it home from church on the last Palm Sunday and placed it there to keep away evil spirits, diseases and misfortunes. It reI mains there the entire year until the next anniversary, when a new palm, - fresh from the blessing of the priest, is substituted. Cabbaige* In Pledge. There is one pawnbroking establishment in connection with Covent Garden market that is absolutely without a rival. This pawnbroking license enables the holder to lend money on garden and other produce by special contracts that only hold good for fortyeight hours as the extreme limit. Many a good load of fruit, flowers or vegetables that may arrive late for one market or that may not be instantly salable Is pledged. Next morning the stuff can either be redeemed or sold by the broker. Waiting n Me co nd. "Wait a second,” she said ns slu stoppl'd into the store. "Certainly." lie replied, mid when he had been uptown, lookisl through his mall, spent two hours on ’change nnd taken luncheon nt the dull he returned and found h ,i et. .„lng from the door. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Time and Eternity. “I trust J mu not unduly trespassing on the time of this court." once said a proxy counselor tn Lord (’nckbilrti. "There is some difference." the Judge quietly observed, "between trespassing on time ami encroaching on eternity."— Buc< "ss.

fit »«*<*( Trap**. Brazilian birds, fly catchers, display a brilliantly colored crest easily mis- ■ taken for a flower cup. Insects, at- I traded by what appears to be a fresh- , ly opened blossom, furnish the birds ; with food An Asiatic lizard is en- ! tirely colored like the surface of the I desert plains where it lives except that at each angle of the mouth blooms a brilliant red folding of the ti. sli exact- j ly resembling a little flower that grows i in the sand. Insects lured by the seeming flower are incontinently dis- | illusioned when they settle upon it. Appearance* ApruDiMt Hi.a. "Do you mean to intimate that the prisoner was intoxicated?” “Well, appearances seemed against him." "What appearances?" "Well, for one thing he was holding a glass upside down trying to fill it from a tightly corked bottle.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Deficiency. Honestmnn-1 had to discharge my confidential man today. He didn't know enough for the position. Crookedclmp—l discharged mine also He knew too much. —Cincinnati Times Star.

ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. ’Phones—Office, 164; residence, 245 Read Hensley’s ad. For Rent—A five-room house, inquire of Mike Smith. Bring us your buggies. Gregory & Miller. 261 24t See Hensley's new stock of jewlery. See his ad. Remember us for card advertising Gregory & Miller. 261 241 Have you seen Hensley’s stock of jewlery‘ J Read his ad. For sign writing of all kinds call on Gregory & Miller. Work promptly done. 261 24t Yon miss it by not taking advan- ! tigeof Hensley's reduction sale. Read his ad. Lost-Black lap robe, new, losj on North Second street. Leave at this office. 276 d Work guaranteed in all lines of carriage painting and lettering. Gregory & Miller. 261 24t House for rent—Nine rooms, all mordern convenences. Inquire at this office. 259d6 Private funds to loan on city property at lowest rate interest. Privilege of partial payments. The Decatur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf For Sale—A brand new S2O Wilson heating stove for soft coal. In i good condition and will sell right. Inquire at this office. 263 d Wanted—Ladv boarder. Home ' North Seventh street, one block from Monroe street. Mrs. Rose Ayers. 283d4 Money to loan on farms at lowest rate of interest. Any sum, any length of time and privilege of partial payments. The Decatur Ab struct and Loan Uo., 257dtf. Lost—Pocketbook containing ssq. together with some receipts and other papers. Finder will be re Warded by returning to this office or Abraham Debolt. 283dflwl Ten thousand dollars private funds left with us to loan on Decatur real estate,first mortgage. Lowrate of interest. Will loan in sums of SSO upwards. The Decatur Ab- ! struct and Loan Co. 257dtf Pay Your Electric Light Account. Under instructions from city council, patrons are notified that i where all bills are due and unpaid ; will be positively cut off December 10. M. J. Mylott, City Electrician. 278d6 ALL GAS CONSUMERS Will please remember that all bills for fuel are due and payable at the office on the first duy of each month and that on the 15th the gas will lie shut off if not so paid for. This is in accordance with your contract and will be strictly enforced. Loganspoll A Wabash Valley Gas Co. 276d10 MILLER’S REPAIR SHOP. We have opened a general repair shop in th<'Noah Ark building on North Second stn-et and are prepared to do any work in that line, including upholstering of furniture, chair mending, furnish new or mend broken parts, wo will call for your goods and deliver them and will make your old furniture look like new. Saw filing Tuesday’s and i Fridays. We want your business and will treat you right. .Jacob C. Mil ler & Son. 2H2d(Jwl i

'Phones—Residence 312. Office 103. tjghf Veal's of — Fred Reppert Live Stock Auctioneer. Speaks English, German, Swiss aud Low German. DECATUR, INDIANA. WeakianMaideVigorous ..det -’•Vj*’*' -yV ' K'DAV D&PJW’ ttXtsW SZg'MV What PEFFER'S NERIIGOR Did! It acts powerfully and qulc’Uy Cures when all others fail. Youn» men regain lost manhood: old men recover youthful vigor. Absolutely Gwaruiiti'tal to < ure NervoiiNnt-’i)), Lont Vitality. 1 in i>ot< n< y, \igrht ly Emission*. Lost I’owwr, either sex, Falling Memory, Wasting Dte* wims. <:"'i all ??<eta as nelj-abuae or ercf tfsea and Indi crriton Wards off insanity and consumption. Don t let druggist impose a worthless substitute ou you because it yields a greater profit. Insist on havkul 1.l IT.II’M N EIlVlGO’i, ui BCih’for it Cua c'‘carried in vest pocket. Prepaid, plain wrapuar. $1 per box, or G for $5. with A Written GujfranteetoCurooi* Refund Money. Pamphlet tree FFi’FFK MFDICAL. ASS’N. Chicago. lU. For sale by Blackburn & Christen. Music! Music! You Can Buy all the latest and up-to-date MUSIC that you desire, at reasonable prices. Leave orders at Nachtrieb’s drug store, W. E. Smith. Music! Music! I Poultry Sale Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels for sale at 31.00 each. These are large and extra fine breed from a first prize cockerel secured at the Portland Poultry Show last winter. Twenty years a breeder of Plvmoutn Rocks | exclusively. Just shipped N twenty-six pullets to D. D. I Miller of Lima, Ohio. JOSHUA BRIGHT Decatur, Indiana. MONEYjrF LOAN THE DECATUR ABSTRACT & LOAN COMPANY. (incorporated) A large sum of PRIVATE MONEY has been placed with us to loan oh city property and farms. No delay or red tape in making loans. Lowest rates of interest. We are able to close all loans on the same day of receiving application. Will loan in sums of 350 up, v>u one to five years time, with privilege of partial payments. This company can also furnish abstracts of title on short notice to any piece of real estate in Adams county. THE DECATUR ABSTRACT A LOAN CO. Rooms 3 and 4, Stvdabaker block. 257dtf | iso's” I lOpera House I Thursday, Dec. 10 I TIIKEE NIGHTS The Season's Event ■ Merrily yours Rachel Lewis g Comedienne I and her big company in a select ■ repertoire of B . Gcmedias and Dramas | Vaudeville j Between Acts I Special Scenery for Every Play M I Beautiful Stage Settings ■ Costly Wardrobe B H | Prices, 10. 20 and 30c '■> Matinee 10c m Seat’ stil« al Holthouse Drug Co. B B Ladies FREE first night. B