Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1904 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ■TBHY ■ VININO, IXOPT SUNDAY, BY L. S W O . ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. B> oarrler, per week 1 Oe Bf carrier, per year *4 00 Sr mall, per month 25c By mail, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Mwartlalng rates made known on application Bntered tn the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana. aa second-class mall matter J. H . HELLER, Manaqcr. COUNTY TICKET For Joint Senator JOHN W. TYNDALL

For Representative JOHN W. VIZARD For Prosecutor JOHN C. MORAN For Auditor 0. D. LEWTON For Treasurer JOHN F. LACHOT For Sheriff ALBERT A BUTLER For Surveyor L. L. BAUMGARTNER For Coroner JOHN S. FALK For Comnilssioner First District DAVID WERLING For Commissioner Third District MARTIN LAUGHLIN MAY WEATHER Hick's Forecast Shows Mixture of Rain

and Sunshine. The weather conditions for May. according to Rev. Hicks, will be “some of tne same,” or in other words is to match what we have had fcr weeks jiast. Rev. Hicks says; About the Ist to 3rd look for change to very warm, starting in the west, and spreading eastward from atgiut the 3rd to 6th violent storms will pass easterly over most parts of the country. Heavy downpours of rain and hail with great electrical disturbances and there will be frosts. Reactionary storm condition* will return on the Sth, 9th and 10th, bringing a return of high temperaturejow barometer, great humidity, and more storms of greater or less violence and danger. Watch for heavy thunder and rain

storms for many successive days, culminating in a wide and sweeping aeries of storms. These storms will continue until the 13th. A change to warmer on the 14th and another series of rain wind and thunder storms will take up their eastward march across the country, culminating on and touching the 14th, 15th and 16th. The next return of storm conditions will be from the 20th to 23rd, with the crisis on the 22d and 23rd, with violent storms. Next and -last storm period for the month is central on the 26th to 28th and from the 2 7th to the 30th active storms will sweep the country. There will be much bright and pleasant weather bet ween the periods of severe storms.

For Sale.—A fine large goat, broke to drive to wagon. Inquire of Mrs. J. S. Peterson on Winchester street. 96 6 All outstanding 1899 turnpike county orders, must be presented at once. Interest stops. J. H. Voglewede. 9645.

After Saturday the treasurers books will be closed and no one can pay taxes without the penalty attached. No excuse will be accepted. J. H. Voglewede. • 96d5

Minster on tap at she Burt House Case for only a short time Call and Try |f

MCXIBIMAN'S Palace Meat Market Veal and Pork-* Canned Meats, Fish, Dried and Salt Meats UNIFORMED Big Store Block DECATUR~ CUTTERS Second Street INDIANA

TO PLAY BALL I I High School Students and Faculty Game Postponed Two Weeks Ago on Account of Rain, Scheduled for Tomorrow.

A game of ball that promises to furnish lots of amusement will be played tomorrow afternoon between the teachers and the High School teams. This is to be the game that wss called off a few weeks ago on ' account of rain and will be well, worth the price of admission that is asked for the same. The game! is to be played for the exclusive benefit of the High School Base Ball association and will lx- called i promptly at three thirty o'clock. This game will be good practice! for the High School Boys and should put them on edge for the inter ( scholastic game that is to be played against Van Wert 'on next Saturday when the boys will endeavor to even up matters for the defeat

that xvas administered to them on j last Saturday at Van Wert. However, the teachers are just as much in earnest and epxeot to win j in a walk but tomorrow evening: will decide who are the best. The, Jine up for both teams tomorrow evening will be as follows! ' Suttles c Knoff | Hocker p Knapp I Harruff Ist b Allison | Mills 2nd b Merryman' Hartman 3rd b Sowers Parrish s s Dibble Dutcher r f Fristoe Creig c f Trout Tritch 1 f Bixler DO NOT DOSE THE STOMACH

Cure Catarrh by Nature's Own Method. Every Breath of Hyomei Brings Relief. Nearly every one who lias catarrh knows how foolish it is to try and cure it by drugging the stomach. Temporary relief may tie given, but a cure seldom comes. Until recently your physician I would have said the only way to I cure catarrh would be to have a change of climate; but now with Hyomei you can carry a health giv- , ing osmate in your vest pocket and jby breathing it a few minutes four times a dav soon cure yourself. The complete Hyomei outfit costs ; but 11.00 and consists of an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket, a medicine dropper and a bottle of Hyomei. The inhaler lasts a lifetime, and if one bottle does not cure, an extra bottle of Hyomei can lie obtained for 50 cents. It is the most economical of all remedies advertised for the cure of catarrh, and

is the only one that follows nature in her method of treating diseases of the respiraory organs. The Holthouse Drug Comjiany have sold great many Hyomei outfits and the more they sell, the more convinced they are that they are perfectly safe in gurxnteeing to re fund the money if Hyomei doos not cure. Found— Lady's purse containing $1.21, which the owner can have by calling at this office. Seed Corn for Sale. A limited amount of well dried and well selected seed corn for sale. Enquire at Everett <k Hite’s grocery, or at my home, one half mile south of i Decatur. Ed Johnson. 85d5w2

BADLY HURT Chattanooga Woman Perhaps Fatally Injured in Runaway. Special to The Daily Democrat 3:30 p. in, j WILLSHIRE, OHIO, May 3— While Mrs. George Huhms of near Chattanooga was driving to this place her horse became frightened and ran away. She was thrown from the rig and badly hurt. She is unconscious and it is feared cannot recover as she is past sixty years old. The accident occurred just outside the town limits at 3:30 this afternoon. Burned to Death. Mrs. May Williamson, sixty years old of Mercer, Ohio, well known 1 here, was burned to death this [ morning. She was preparing breakfast when a gasoline stove exploded. She was a sister in law of James R. 1

Smith and Mrs. Ehazbejh Davidson and an aunt to Mrs. K ite Marker of this city. all of whom will leave tomrrow morning to attend ! the funeral. ORIGIN OF ORATORIOS. They Were First Introduced In the Sixteenth Century. St. Philip de Werl, a Florentine priest, born 1515. first introduced dra- ' jnatic services in his oratory. In order to draw the young or careless to church he and others who followed his lead bad byuins, psalms and spiritual gongs or cantatas sung either in chorus or by a single favorite voice as special attractions. 1 1 lies* pieces were divided into two , parts. Ss’cre<l stories or evejitj from ' Scripture written in verge and byway I of dialogue were set to music, and the , first part was performed before the sermon, which the people were induced to stay nnd hear thut they might not . miss the performance of the second part. The subjects in early Mines were the "Good Samaritan" and the "Prodigal Son," which by the excellence of the composition, the band of Instruments and the performance brought the music of oratory Into great repute. Afterward any such rendering of sacred musical drama obtained the genera! appellation of "oratorio." The first oratorio in England was performed in London in Lincoln's Inn theater in Portugal street in 1732.

How Rocka Grow. Rocks do not grow In the sense that a plant grows. They may increase by accretion, and they may undergo chemical change. The old sea bed, being lifted up. becomes sandstone and limestone. The volcanic ash and lava strewn over the plains become tufa, hard enough for building stone. The pebbly shore of a river becomes conglomerate. The simple mineral does grow, however, when it takes a crystal form. The sparkling prism of quartz increases from an atom to a crystal as large as a forearm by a process of addition and assimilation, wonderfully slow, but beautifully regular, exactly as crystal* of ice form on the window pane. The Fragrant Lemon. Lemon trees of California are a thing of beauty and a joy forever. The lemon is the emblem of productiveness. At all seasons of the year can be found on the lemon tree the blossom, the tiny formed lemon and lemons in all stages of growth to the full grown fruit. It is a perpetual bearer. The blossom, the leaf, the wood, the fruit and all parts of the tree are delight fully fragrant.—Country Life In America. Public Sale. The undersigned will offer for sale at hi« residence, seven miles northwest of Decatur, near the Sheiman bridge, four and a half miles north of Preble, tieginning at lOo’clocka. m ,on Thursday, May 5, four head of horses, consisting of one matched team of sorrels, one brood mare withjfoal, one yearling colt; seventeen head of cattle,consisting of ten head of registered Shorthorn cows, with calf; seven head of yearling calves, four of which are registered; registered short horn Burham bull, 2 years old; 2 sets double harness. 3 head of register ewes, with lamb; IM head full-blooded Berkshire hogs, consisting of one registered boar, four sows (two with pigs) and two will farro* soon; 14 head of shoats, weighing about 130 pounds each; two Wagons (1 as good as new); grain dnll (good as new); shovel plow, 2 cultivators, breaking plow, check rower, disc barrow, double disc plow. 1 self binder, shredder, corn binder, bob sleds, corn shelter, wagon box, dump board, new mower, grindstones, hay tedder, hay loader, two top buggies, iron kettle, chickens, ducks, Newfoundland dog, hay in the mow, corn in the crib, oats !in the bin, household and kitchen furniture and many other articles. Terms of Sale.-On all sums of S 6 and under, cash: over that amount, a credit of nine months will be fifiven purchaser giving note with approved R. Edward Dirkson. I r rMII Reppert, Auctioneer. 91d4l

MAKING WAX FORMS SHOW FIGURES FOR SHOPKEEPERS ARE COSTLY AFFAIRS. Tlx* Way the Heads Are Molded, l>rcM«p«l nnd Fin lulled—The ilnnds . mid Feet, nn n Rule. Are Made of Fnpler Mnvhe In Imitation of Wax. “Wax forms, or dummies," said tlw dealer, "have iron feet. Why have they iron feet? To weight them down, so that they will stand erect." He stood in his workshop, a room as big ns a concert hall. All around him helpers were making legs, heads, hands, trunks, feet. Floods of clear light from the glazed roof fell upon heaps of limbs. upon rows of heads, upon mounds of bodies. The place had a ghastly look, it resembled the scene of a massacre. “The art of making show figures.” said the dealer, "has Improved." He took up in his hand the head of a young girl. The red lips smiled, revealing white teeth; the brown hair curled gracefully; the eyes were blight; there Was a dimple in the cheek. “A head like tills," he suiil. “is worth

I sls. Heads range in price from $7 to i SSO. They are made of wax; they are hollow; the eyes are of glass, and the hair is human hair. I’ll tell you bow they are made. "Wax—a great quantity of it—is boil--1 ed in a big ki ttle until it has the con- - sistency of water. It Is then poured . Into a row of hollow molds, the molds | of heads, that stand awaiting it. The i molds are hung up and shukeu alxiut. This process causes the wax to coo! i und to adhere in a crust to the mold s inside. The agitation is kept up until the crust of wax has reached the thickness that the operator requires, whereupon the hot wax, the surplus, is pour;ed back into the kettle. About the mold, which is made in two halves, a jacket is placed, and the contrivance Is put away to dry. “When the drying is complete the mold is taken off. and a man goes over the wax bead with a sharp instrument, ‘ clearing out the nostrils and ears and smoothing away the lines created here and there by the Junction of the mold's , ’ halves. He also inserts, with a deft f movement, glass eyes ju the empty eye sockets. _ "Now the head passes to a girl, a girl with a strange sort vt UfWllo, the eye of which is open, or split, at the 0 top. The girl first puts on the eye brows. She threads the needle with a hair, runs it through the wax and. Withdrawing it, leaves the hair behind, a for the needle's eye, that is open at the 1 top, makes it inevitable for the hair j to stay where it is put. The girl works with great rapidity. In a few minutes she has the head adorned with a pair 1 of long and shaggy eyebrows. 11 "Next she puts on the hair. For this , work she uses the same sort of needle, ( the hair being in every ease human. For the cber.per beads, however, it is ' Chinese hair, a human, but very lusterless, coarse variety. Beside her stands a tiny spirit lamp. This she applies to the wax when it becomes so hard that j the needle won't penetrate it easily. As soon as she finishes one head she passes on to another, while the head she laid down is taken up by a man.

"This man cleans it first with kerosene. Then he paints it all over a pleasant and inviting flesh color. He tints the cheeks, the ears and the nostrils with carmine, and he paints the lips with rouge. A girl, a professional hairdresser, now takes the head in band, curls the hair and dresses it fashionably and applies a coat of trench powder to the face. The head Is now finished. "Hands and feet are made, as a rule, of papier tnache, enameled and painted 1 flesh color, so that they look like the best wax. Hands, feet, bodies, legs and arms are made in hollow molds.” The dealer led the way to the back of the shop. "Here." he said, "are some men making forms of papier macbe now. Watch them.” The workmen had molds of various •izes and shapes before them—one the mold of a hand, another that of a foot, a third that of a whole figure from the neck down to the ankles These molds were In halves. The papier mache that was to fill them looked in Its dry state like blotting paper. Wet It resembled gray pulp. With this gray pulp the workmen lined the molds 1 interiors well, seeing to It that I every cranny and nook got Its thick lining. When the molds were tilled—some were In numerous pieces—they were Joined together, covered with their jackets and put away to dry. The artists cannot protect, cannot copyright, their work In any way. Hence they are constantly being preyed upon by imitators and thieves. A dealer. for instance, will order an original head of a woman from a noted maker of show figures. He will turn out a masterpiece. The dealer will make a mold of it and sell duplicates of the head broadcast. There were in the past only three or four makers of show- forms in America. Now there are over 200. The average workman at this business make* from S2O to $25 a week. The artist of great ability makes from S4O to SOO. Show forms of the best sort are worth SIOO and more apiece. They are rented by their owners to shopkeepers mors often than they are sold outright, the advantage of this method being that the shopkeeper through it Is able to change his show forms often.—Philadelphia Press. 1 4* So Maar Like Him. “I see dat ole Br’er Thomas Is still growlin’ nt de world." “What de matter wld him now*' "Ret hla mind on gittln' a dollar, an 1 •omelxxly give him 50 cents."—Atlant* Constitution. k

Wall Paper! VARNISHES PAI NTS DURING housecleaniug time is a convenient time to improve your homes. We can furnish you with any priced Wall Paper you may wish, from the cheapest to the finest. The designs and colorings are new and beautiful, and the prices are the lowest. The woodwork of your rooms or the furniture may need retouching. We carry a good line of Varnishes and can supply you with any amount wanted. We also handle Paints, Enamels and Stains, any color desired and in any sized packages, from quarter pints to gallon cans.

Blackburn & Christen THE DRUGGISTS

Cal on Alex Leßrun if you desire to naint your house or anything in painting line. ts Private funds to loan on city property at lowest rate interest. Privilege of partial payments, The Decatuf Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf Alex Leßrun has opened up the old West End grocery and wishes all his old and new customers to see him and buy groceries and fresh meats. Yon know him. 92d3

Money to loan on farms at lowest ate of interest. Any sum, any ength of time and privilege of parial payments. The Decatur Abstract and Loan Co., 25"dtf.

Insure Vour Property in the Decatur Insurance Agency Gallogly & Haefling Carden Seeds IN BULIL Lawn Grass Seed. Flower Seeds, Spring Bulbs J. D. HALE rhoile O

0. M. MYERS. CHAUNCY R. HOSLEB. Merchant Tailors If You Are in Need of u Spring ’Suit, Now is the Time to Buy It. We have all the LATEST and up-to-date natter ns on the market and GUARANTEE a PERFECT FIT. WF.^ng* 1 Cslllnd ou?Un.° f »“ d MYERS & HOSLER Over Brock’s Tin Shop " — c,p «<!o,ooooo First PWSM,I v, ■ II ui w A KUEBLKK surplus National C. A. DUGAN*' 1 | $20,000.00 E. X. EH INGER dSHK AhH ' t(W,,t We pay 3 per cent interest on 0 month.’ certificates

INSURE WITH THE “Graham . Agency Company” One hundred companies failed as a result of the Chicago and Bus ton conflagrations, and others have failed because of Baltimore. But the “Graham Agency Com panies” paid in full the loss in the above fires, and have never failed to pay 100 cents on the dollar. GRAHAM & LOWER. AGTS. Office over Tague's Shoe Store. L. E. DOLCH, Solicitor. Phone 239. Weak Men Made Vigorous rrwr nw? wtmv What PEFFER’S NERfIGOR Did! •t »<•*» pow»rtully and qntrtty. Cures wb-n *ll vnere fan. Young ni-a regain lort wanbo-l.olu nen recover youthful vu,-or. Abaolatelr Guar inteeil to < are Nervoaeneae, Loet vitality* Im potency, Nightly EuilMloua, I on Hower, either **x. Falitng Memory. Wanting Dl*•aae*. an . <lll ts aloof *el)-abuM or crcrror me tnai*rr*ti«a Ward* off insanity and consumption. Dont let uruggist impoee a worthier ,ut»f Itute uo T ou .'l'T*' I*' 1 *' try ield* a greater nroflt. lio-t-l »t> MrIngFEFFEK’S N KRVIgok. <>r aend f>>r it < an &e carried io vest po- ket. Prepaid plain wrapper, • I per box, or u fur *S, with A Written ouar Kefund Maney. Pamphlet tiff FEFFF.H MEDICAL ASa’N. Chicago. lit For sale by Blackburn AChristeu