Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1903 — Page 7

I MARRIAGE LAWS ABROAD. ' — How Breach of Promine Cunei* Are Averted In llunsnry “There are many curious and interesting facts regarding the marriage and divorce laws of foreign countries," said K. J. Brown, who recently returned from a trip abroad, where he made a study of tile question. ‘‘Breaches of promise are averted in Hungary by an express declaration of the civil marriage act that the relations created by a betrothal do not give the light to command the conclusion of a marriage, but if either party withdraws from an engagement without 6 just reasons lie or she is bound to R grant compensation to the extent of the outlay incurred. Divorce in the English sense does not exist, but the courts can decree the personal separation of a married couple without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. “A curious law prevailing in France , provides that before being married 1 children of a family, although over age, shall seek in respectful and formal terms the advice of their father and mother. It makes no difference, however, whether the consent of parents is given, for the couple can be married a month after under any circumstances. This is also the case in the Netherlands. A divorce further entitles the Innocent party to recover all the presents he or she may have made. “According to the constitution of the Netherlands, the civil marriage must always precede the religious ceremony. The latter, indeed, is left entirely to the conscience of the parties concerned. There is also a law providing that no man or woman under thirty can marry without the consent of parents. If the consent be refused, the couple have to appear before a judge, who advisi's them as lie thinks best. “Many countries have now abolished all marriage fees. This is the case in Norway, while in the Netherlands certain days in the week are set apart when poi-sons may be married without payment."—lndianapolis News. BENTON AND BARNUM. How tkr Showman Got u Free Ad. From the Statesman. James G. Blaine said that after Fremont became famous as a pathfinder Benton, who had opposed his marriage with his daughter Jessie, became reconciled with his son-in-law and took great pride in his achievements as a western explorer. The square ou the southern side of Pennsylvania avenue, now occupied by I Center market, was then used as a | show ground for circuses and other peripatetic exhibitions. About this time T. T. Barnum was beginning his career as a showman, and as Colonel Benton was walking down Pennsylvania , avenue opposite this show ground be « was attracted by the words “John C. I Fremont” uttered in a loud voice by a I showman standing at the door of a [ small tent, in front of which was a | garish caricature of a nondescript ani- ‘ inal supposed to represent the "woolly I horse” discovered by Fremont in the : recesses of the Rocky mountains. Benton stalked across the avenue and I listened with great disgust la the stateI inent by Barnum, who was his own doorkeeper and solicitor, that inside the tent could be found the greatest natural curiosity in the world, “the i woolly horse captured by General Fre- , mont and now on exhibition!" Benton denounced Barnum as au impostor and denied that his son in-law had discovered any such animal. Barnum. who did not know Benton, told film flippantly to pay his quarter and go into the sltow or make less noise, whereupon the indignant statesman called upon the police to arrest Barnum. and a large crowd assembled to witness the extraordinary scene. The police refused to interfere, and Barnum received a free advertisement, much to his gratification and profit —George G. Vest in Philadelphia Post. A Problem For the Holland Traveler. In passing through the narrow, crooked little streets of I < baueed upon a sign that held my attention and compelled thought. It read. “L. v. d. Zwaan. Morgen Wekker.” This is faultless Dutch for Morning Walter. and it signifies that L. v. d. Zwaan will, for a paltry sum, leave his bed in the frosty bonis of early morning and. putting sweet sleep behind him, arouse his slumberous clients. Truly, a worthy calling! Yet, tell me. you who are versed in occult things, who or what in this somnolent land wakes the morgen wekker? Edward Penfield in Scribner’s. Ills Advice. “Tou’re neglecting your business,” the old man declared. “I admit it.” the young man replied frankly. “The fact is, I’m engaged, and ratumlly the girl gets my time and thoughts.” "For heaven's sake, marry her." advised the old num. "Then you'll have no trouble keeping away from her."— Chicago Post. ■taetslles. “What do statistics show?" Inquired the rmin who was warming up to his subject. "As a rule." answered the man who is always doubtful, “they don’t show much except pat left cc and Industry on the part of the man who collected them."- Washington Star. Hreu Worne. "I cannot sing the old songs." warbled the young woman at the piano. But this wns small relief, for the new ones she anng were even worse.—Chicago Tribune. Don't judge a man by his failures hi ll'e, for many a man falls because he 1* too honest to succeed.

I : A MARVEL OF THE MAILS. (■rent DiNfniicem That Letter* Travel nt Small Expense. If a man should start from New York and travel northward to Alaska then down the coast to California ali'l take ship to Manila nnd follow the lines of travel to Hongkong, to Singapore. ■ to Canton, to Tokyo, to Vladivostok. I to St. Petersburg, to Vienna, to London, to South Africa and finally to South America, touching on the way at several Pacific and south Atlantic Islands and theme back to his starting point, he could travel a distance several times greater than the circumference of the globe. If he ordered his mail forwarded to him and left correct addresses behind at each place the letters would dutifully follow him and finally be delivered to him in New York a few days after his own arrival there. All that he would have to pay extra for this remarkable journey of ills mall would be a dollar or two ih tolls, which would represent the charges for forwarding exacted by some of the conn tries through which it passed. There are in the post office department at Washington the envelope of a letter which traveled in this way 150.000 miles and another which came safely through a trip of 125.000 miles.—St. Nicholas. A Case _f Kidnaping. The pretty baby bad fallen asleep in her perambulator in front of her father’s house on a fashionable street. The nurse was nowhere to be seen. A shabbily dressed man. clad in black, looked at all the windows and saw that the blinds were drawn. It was the afternoon hour, when wealthy New York likes to drive in the park. “Ah!” he exclaimed as he crept stealthily toward the sleeping child. “If I can only catch her before she wakes—so pretty, so peaceful! I kaow her father will be only too glad to pay my price!” In two seconds he stood before the baby carriage, drew a black box from beneath bis coat nnd snapped a rubber bulb directly in the baby's face. Then he put the black box beneath his coat and walked away with a smile of supreme satisfaction. “Gee!” he exclaimed. “Such luck! Daddy will pay $3 for a dozen of those photographs; sure thing!”—New York Times. Oliver Cromwell. Newburg priory claims the distinction of sheltering the remains of Oliver Cromwell. After the protector’s death on bis lucky day, Sept. 3. his body was embalmed and, after lying in state for some time, was interred with regal pomp in Westminster abbey. After the restoration Ills body, along wit* those of Ireton and Bradshaw, was exhumed and hanged on the gibbet at Tyburn. The beads, so the story goes, were struck off and plneed on the top of Westminster hall, while the bodies were buried beneath the gallows. On the other band, it Is said that another body was substituted for that of Cromwell and tiiat the protector was buried secretly on the Uambledon hills. At nil events, at the top of Newburg priory there is a narrow room, one end of which is occupied by a mass of stonework built into the wall. Here, it is said, the remains of Oliver Cromwell rest. Tbe Lead Pencil. The name lead pencil is a misnomer made correct by custom. The so called leads of a pencil are in reality n mixture of graphite and clay. Graphite is a word derived from the Greek, meaning “to write.” It is a native mineral carbon of black color and brilliant metallic luster To the touch it feels smooth, somewhat like soapstone, and It breaks in a very flaky manner under a very light blow. It is so soft it will leave a trace on paper. It is sometimes called plumbago and has still another name —black lead — from which, of course, wo get the name lead pencil. Graphite is found in the oldest rock formations, and deposits are to be found in various parts of the world, the most famous being those at Altai. In Siberia, and at Ticonderoga, N. Y., in tills country. The Pont anti n*s Knock. The British postal service tuay be slower than the American, but It has its humors. The story is told that In one of the remotest districts of Oxfordshire—which contains some inaecesalble nnd primitive villages—there has long been a subpostiniister with a wooden leg. In performing his delivery of letters lie drove a donkey curt. But he found it difficult to get up and down. So it has been bls custom to take with him a tin bucket full of large stones. These he burled one by one with steady alm at the doors of his neighbors as occasion demanded That was the postman’s knock. ■ > — A Fair Qneatloa. A hypochondriac who visited Sir Conan Doyle in the days when he was a practicing physician complained of “a very bad side.” He told Lis story In great detail, says the London Chronicle. He put his baud above bis waist line and snld. "I get ft sharp pain here, doctor, whenever I touch my head." “Why on earth, then, do you touch your head?” Dr. Doyle asked mildly, but dryly. Keeping Her Iway, Photographer Don't assume such a fierce expression Look pleasant, Murpliy Not on your life! My wife 's going to send one of those pictures to her moi her. nnd If I look pleasant she'll come down on a visit.—Kansas City Ind-qnmb nt The talent of siieccss Is nothing more than doing '.Un you cuu do well and doing well wl ever you do without a thought of lame.

NO7 IN THE BIBLE. I Quotation. Popularly Attributed to the Good Book. ’ “There are a number of sentences not in the Bible which everybody I thinks are there,” said a clergyman. < “The chief of these sentences is, - He . tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.’ . You would search the Bible pretty • thoroughly before you would find that ' sentence in it. Where you would find ’ it would be in Sterne's •Sentimental ' Journey.’ ; "Sterne gets a good deal of praise for ■ the origination of this sentence, but it ' was originated, as a matter of fact. I before lie was born, in a collection of • French proverbs published in 1594 we i find, •Dieti mesure le vent a la brebls tondue.’ That convicts Sterne of pla- • glarlsm. “‘ln the midst of life we are In i death.' Everybody thinks that is in the I Bible. It isn’t, though. It is in the i burial service. “ ‘That he who runs may read.’ This is another sentence supposed, wrongly. > to be Biblical. It is not Biblical, ! though tlie Bible has something very • like it—namely, ‘That he may run that ) readeth.’ ” ‘Prone to sin as the sparks fly upward.’ The Bilile nowhere contains those words. “‘A nation shall be born in a day.' The nearest thing to that in the Good i Book is, ‘Shall a nation be born at • once?’ ” South America In I<*<M» B. (. The greater the number of the suc- ■ reeding phases of civilization tlie more , even must be the average length of ■ each and thus resemble the general length of human periods. It is to be ■ seen that the two central European periods, those of Hallstadt nnd of La , Tone, together embrace about a thousand years, an average of 500 for each. The cultured periods of Egypt may be even longer. The development of Peruvian civilization. accepting on the average five . successive periods, would result in a stratification of cultures representing ■ between 2.000 and 3,000 years. About the year 1000 B. C.. at the time when Solomon built his temple, the early i Americans in Peru reared their mighty , structures to the glory of a creator god. Civilization in America would beyond all doubt have worked itself up to a high plane at some time and might have accomplished alone a peculiar but certainly brilliant development . without tlie intervention of European civilization.—Professor Max Ulile in i Harper’s Magazine. Effect of Rain Upon Animals. “The effects of a rainy day ujsm animals of a zoo." said a keeper the other day. "are as interesting to watch as . anything I know in connection with a collection of beasts. Now, that big , wolf over there just revels in a rainy I day and skips about as gay as you t please. Ail tlie wolves are the same. . Rain cheers them up. But tlie lions are different. They fret and fume and growl mid snarl unless you give them . an extra allowance of meat or a big pan of warm milk. Then they wiil . sleep, but n rainy day seems to get on tlie nerves of a lion or any of tlie eat , family. Snakes are kept In just a certain temperature all tlie time, mid you world think that the damp air would never rea< h them. Perhaps it doesn't, but I have nlwnys noticed that nil the I reptiles are active mid cheerful, if a ' reptile can be said to lie cheerful, when it rains." Tit-Bits. i He Had a Dnagliter. “You have a daughter, have you not. Sir?" said a minister to an old gentle i man with whom lie had formed a casual acquaintance as a fellow passenger. The old gentleman essayed to answer, but the question bad strangely affected t him. “I beg your pardon,” said tlie minis ■ ter, “if I have thoughtlessly awakened in your mind recollections of n painful nature. The world is full of sorrow. , sir. and perhaps my question recalls to your memory a fair, beautiful girl whose blossoming young life had with ered in its bloom. Am I right, sir?" “No. not exactly,” replied the old gentleman sadly. "1 have five unmarried darters, mister, an’ the youngest of the lot is twenty-sight years old.” The Teacher’* bnult. Teacher--Why, Freddy, how did you get those black and blue welts on your arm? Scholar—Them’s your fault, teacher. Teacher- My fault? What do you mean? Scholar (sobbing reminiscently) — Why. yon told me it was n poor rule that didn't work botli ways. So when Lwent home I took pa's new two foot rule that doubles up on a hinge and ' bent it back till It worked both ways, and then pa said I'd broken the joints, and he went and got his razor strop. Having: a Hard Time. “Here I've been running for years," ’ said the ball clock, "and I haven't moved an Inch. 1 wouldn't mind that ao much, but every evening about 8:30 the young lady of the family turns me back because she suys I’m too fast, and thtu in the morning the old man comes along mid grumbles because I'm too alow.” Fancy Work. "Docs your wife do much fancy work?" “Fancy work? She won't even lit n : porous plus'er come Into tlie bouse without :to< 'letiug a red border round It nnd runntbg a yellow ribbon through the holes." A Paiuiiciril Ambition. “That boy says his only ambition is I to make a ilvlng without working.” ' What arc bls parents going to do | for him*’ “Make a politician out of him." -Detrolt Free Press. ■M . • .a ■ • ••a«a-..

MEXICAN HOUSES. Little Wood Used In Them, and They Are Practically Fireproof. There is a minimum of wood used for house construction in tlie cities of Mexico, and there is absolutely' nothing to burn except what furnishings the houses may contain. The walls are solidly built of stone and brick or in the less costly structures of adobes, which are thickly plastered inside and out with mortar or stucco. Ths floors are of brick, stone or tiles, while tlie roofs are of brick laid in mortar or in some cities of semicylindrleal clay tiles. Many roofs are arched with brick laid flat, not on edge, and it is marvelous how slight a curve some of these arches have. Yet they support heavy weights and have lasted through centuries. Flat roofs are supported by (5 by 6 Inch hewn pine joists placed eight inches apart. These joists are often twen ty feet in length. Tlie doors are heavy, hanging upon ornamented wrought strap hinges and secured by strong, handmade locks, which have remarkably large complicated keys. Practically the only wood used in construction is for the doors and joists which support the roof. The church roofs are invariably of brick arches, usually several arches in each. There are no such fire traps in Mexico as those mansard roofs of French nnd American cities or the frail dwellings of China or the universal wooden structures which have made tire insurance so great a burden in the United States and which cause so great and continuous expenditures for fire protection.—Arboriculture. Speakln* and Stopping". The knowledge of when to sit down is invaluable to public speakers amt to their audiences. Perhaps the best plan is to secure a candid friend who will pull you down by your coattails. A man “on his legs” is one with whom time gallops; he has spoken for half an hour, and to him it seems but five minute*. The excitement of the brain suggests new and ever uew ideals, and the extemporary talker in tlie pulpit or after a public dinner flounders in pursuit of these will-o’-the-wisps through swamps and thickets of bad grammar haunted by tlie anacolouthon and other fearful wild fowl. In the pulpit there is no man to pull the preacher down, and many are his "two words more, my brethren.” After pub lie dinners a bored audience begins to talk and laugh, but these symptoms of disapproval are not marked by the self absorbed public speaker. In short, the knowledge of when to sit down is rare and hard to .acquire.—Longman s. Discontent With Work. That there is much discontent with work among (lie so called middle class es in America is due in large part to the pampering of children, to the supplying of their natural and artificial wants and to the sentimental idea that “their day of toil will come coon enough.” in general, work is not n curse, but a blessing, a positive moans of grace. One can hardly begin too early to impress upon children lessons of self help by tasks appropriate to their age and forces and to beget in them scorn of idleness and of dependence on others. To do this is to make them happy through the self respect that comes with tlie realization of power and thus to approximate Tennyson's goal of man. "Self reverence, self knowledge, self control.” —Century Monroe Agent. Mr. Jonathan Burkhettd has been appointed agent for the Daily and Weekly Democrat for Monroe and vicinity and is authorized to take subscriptions and receive money. ts Toys of all kinds. Racket store. See Colchin for candy, nuts. Xmas trees, trimmings and toys. Henning & Co..have a car load cf fine Lehigh Valley hard coal at their yards. Your orders are solicited. 2863 d No end to bargains. Racket store. Buy your winter’s supply of hard coal at the Henning & Co. yards. They have just opened a new cur load. 286d3 To whom it may concern: The undersigned has been chosen to take charge of the property and settling of estate of Willniina Barrone, deceased, late of Union Township, Adams county, Indiana. All persons having any claim against the deceased will please present, the same to me and 1 will pay it John H. Barrone Decatur, Ind., R. R. No. G. 278d«wl

•> n Poultry Sale Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels for sale at SI.OO each. These are large and extra fine breed from a first prize cockerel secured at the Portland Poultry Show last winter. Twenty years a I breeder of L’lymoutn Rocks I exclusively. Just shipped I twenty-six pullets to D. D. I Miller of Lima, < >hio. JOSHI A BRIGHT Decatur, Indiana. 11

50c dolls 35e. Racket store. Road Hensley’s ad. 35c dress dolls 25c. Racket store. Have you read Hensley's ad yet; Cups and Saucers 5c to 25c. Racket store. Santa Claus headquarters at the Racket store. See Hensley’s new stock of jewlery. See his ad. Have you seen Hensley’s stock of jewlery‘ J Read his ad. J. S. Colchin has anything you want in the Santa Claus line. Read his ad. 287d10 Y r on miss it by not taking advantage of Hensley’s reduction sale. Read his ad. Chicago to St. Paul Minnneapolis four daily fast, trains via the Chicago & North-Western Ry. Chicago & North-Western is the only double track railway between Chicago and Missouri river. Two solid threugh trains daily Chicago to California. Chicago, UnionP.icific &.North-Wetern Line The Overland Limited, solid train Chicago to Coast daily. Chicago, Inion Pacific <fc North-Western Li te. Two trains a day Chicago to Cali fornia, Oregon and Washington. Chicago, Union Pacific & North Western Line. Money to loan on farms at lowest rate of interest. Any sum, any length of time and privilege of partial payments. The Decatur Abstract and Loan Co., 257dtf. 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 good condition and will sell right. Inquire at this office. 263 d Ten thousand dollars private funds left with us to loan on Decatur real estate,first mortgage. Low rate of interest. Will loan in sums of SSO upwards. The Decatur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf Harmon Bosse is the duly authorzed agent for the St. Louis PostDispatch, the best pajx'r published n the west. He has established teadquarteis at Smith, Yager & F ilk’s drug store. Leave orders here or with him. 288d12 One fare plus $2.00 from Chicago • fund trip via Chicago Great Westrn rilway. To old Mexico, New (exco, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kinsas, Nebraska and Colorado. \mpel return limits. Tickets on ! lie Dec. 15th, 1903; Jan. sth and 19th, 1904. For furthre informa- I ion apply to J. P. Elmer, G. P. A.. I Chicago, 111. Florida? Yes, I’m going. Well here’s something now for you to I o insider. The Southern Railway in | c innection with the Queen and Crescent Route will take you down ! me way, und bring you back an- 1 ither for a slight advance in the reg liar tourist rate. Low round trip I rates now in effect to all tourists points in Florida and the south. I Good connection, througn sleep-1 trs, fine equipment, best of every j hing. For literature and full pur-1 ticulars, write J. S. McCullough,.: N. W. P. A., 225 Dearborn st., Chicago, 111., G. B. Allen, A. G. P. A., i St.’ Louis, Mo. CONSTIPATION. This most troublesome disease is responsible for a great majority of ills from which human beings suffer Neglect of the internal machinery of the human body is very prevalent among busy people and the resulting discomforts are such as to cause misery to thousands who are unable to locate the trouble or form an idea as to the cause. From constipation result indigestion, ! dyspepsia, biliousness, insomnia and hundreds of other troubles that can be directly traced to constipation as the real cause. Many persons suffer from one year’s end to another with internal disturbances and only realize that they are suffering without being able to understand what they are suffering from. I In the great majority of cases constipation is at the root of their misery and if they overcome that they will soon resume normal health. Recently there has been put on the market an absolutecure for constipation with its many attendant ills, tinder the name of Milks’ Emulsion. This preparation is put up in such a manner as to be palatable to the most sensitive palate and stomach and while absoutlely reaching the cause of disease and remedying | the existing trouble, leaves no bad after effects. This wonderful medicine not only cures constipation, but is most efficacious in stomach disorders of all forms, in catarrh, colds, coughs and all other throat and lung troubles. Relief immediately follows file taking of this remedy, which is positively guaranteed to effect a cure. If one bottle does not relieve you the purchase price will be refunded. Thousands of testimonials as to its value are to be had by merely address- . ing a postal card to The Milks’ Emulsion Company, Terre Haute, Ind., or by your druggist. Buy a bottle to-day,

CHEAP RATES Southeast Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.- Homeseekers’ Opportunities Here’s your chance. Very low one way and round trip Southwest this winter about half the reguatafare, twice a month—nearby dato are Dec.ls, 1903tind Jan. 5 and 19, and Feb. 2 and 16, 1904. Good time t) visit Southeast Missouri, Arkan sas, Louisannti or Texas and pick out a location. Round trip ticket* permit stopover on the going trip, return limit 21 days. Write and toll us your starting point and where you want to go. We will tel] you exactly what your ticket will cost, oneway or round trip we will see that your baggage w cheeked, and that you are comfortably located on the right train. Write for our illustrated descriptive literature , maps, lists of real estate agents, and let us help you find a better home in the country along the Cotton Belt Route. Write today to E. W. Laßeaume, T. P. and T. A.,Cotton Belt Route, St. Louis,Me The Overland Limited. The luxurious electric lighted daily train for San Francisco, Loe Angeles and Portland leaves Chicago 8:00 p. m daily via Chicago, Union Pacific & North Westers Line. Less than three days enronto to the Pacific Coast. The best of everything. Two other fast train* leave Chicago daily 12:30 p. in. and 11:35 p. m. For illustrated booklets, reservations and full partiealars apply to your nearest ticket agent or address, A. H. Waggeiter 22, Fifth Avenue, Chicago, 111.

ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST, I. O. O. F. BLOCK. ’Phones—Office, 164; residence. 214 'Phones-- Residence 312. Office 103. Veal's of experience. Fred Reppert Live Stock Auctioneer. I Speaks English. German, Swiss and Low German. DECATUR, INDIANA. Weak Men Made Vigorous F" 't r 7 fefN ifflK fSMJC SAA. T® nrtw rraar maw What PEFFER S NERVIGOR Did! It acts powerfully and quickly Cures when ad others fail. Young men regain lost manhood; oM men recover youthful vigor Absolutely Guarantewltol ur«Nervouinwm, Lost vitality, lin potency, Nightly F.n> region*. Lost Power, either sex. Failing M«*iuory, aating Dreeuwes, ond all ffedt of ulf-abute or rrcrw and lndi>crrium Wards off insanity and con*umptron. i Don’t irt druggist impose a worthlesa substitute va i you because it yields a greater profit. Insist on havi Ing i'FH EK’N MERVIGOK. r send for it Cha be carried in vest pqckeL Prepaid, plain wrapper, fl per box. or 6 for $5, with A Written Guar Hiitw-tot'ureor Itetnod Money. Pamwhletfrec FEFFEK MEDICAL ASS’M. Chicago. 11L For sale by Blackburn & Christen. Music! Music! You Can Buy all the latest and up-to-date MUSIC that you desire, at reason able prices. Leave orders at Nachtrieb's drug store. IV. E. Smith. Music! Music! MONEY TO LOAN THE DECATUR ABSTRACT & LOAN COMPANY. (incorporated) A large sum of PRIVATE MON BY has been placed with us to loan on city property and farms. No delay or ted tape in making loans. Lowest ratesof interest. We are able tc close •di loans on the same tlay of leceiving application. Will loan in sums of SSO up. on one to five years time, with privilege of partial payments. Thin [company can also furnish abstracts of I title on short notice to any piece of real (>state in Adams county. ’I HE I DECATUR ABSTRAt T Ac LOAN CO. Rooms 3 and I, Studubaker | block. *2s7dlf /