Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 280, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1904 — Page 2

(HE DAILY DEMOCRAT. IVIBY IVINIMG, HXCKPT SUNDAY, BY G 3 . ELLINQHAM. UtIBSCRIPTION RATES *t lu.rnev, per week 1O« if currier. per year $4 00 *» null, per month 26'' M m«!1, per year $2 60 Slagle copies. Two Cents » eveuatng rates made known on application Cniired In the postofiice at Decatur. Indies. an aaeond-olass mall matter 4 H. HELLER, Manaoir. THE MESSAGE. The president’s message contains nothing strenuous, and as a state paper fails in comparison to the able messages of a McKinley or a Cleveland. As an essay it might do justice to a Decatur high school graduate—nothing more. Recommendations to congress are noticsable for their absence, so it must be taken for granted that much that was promised in the campaign was forgotten immediately thereafter. Three lines are devoted to the claims of the soldier, and three more lines to the assurance that the pension department was never managed more satisfactorily. So it goes. Self-praise for a candid observation of the government's transactions and the betterment of its departmental affairs. Like his party he is even more obscure about the future of the Philippines, so we presume that the wors of christianizing them with shot and shell, and the “benevolent assimilation’’ will continue with a free hand As soon as everything that is not nailtd down becomes the property of American speculation, then and not until then, will inde pendence become a matter of sin cere regaid with the administration. The president admits the charge of Candidate Parker that the trusts were blackmailed into heavy campaign contributions, by the statement that the object of the bureau of corporations is to investigate and become possessed of knowledge and business facts the publication of which would be an improper infringement of private rights. This admission onlv slightly tells of the fertility of the contribution field as canvassed by Mr. Cortelyou. The postoffice department, which has furnished enovgh scandal for a dozen admin istrations, is not mentioned, so we presume that it like the jiension department has never in its history b»en managed in a more satisfactory manner. But the message itself contains nothing that would inuicate that it was formulated in the brain and written by the hand of a statesman. It is a very dull affair, and does but little tie t a strenuous president. The president's message was read in congress at its opening, at twelve o’clock today. It appears complete in this issue. It is now said that the president will stop appointing democrats long enough to give consideration to the claims of Harry New for the Paris consularship. Louis Luu low interviewed the Indiana members of congress on tariff revison, and that worthy representative of the eighth congress ional district says, “I have nothing to say.” Let's hold a primary and find out how the machine stands on the question. December 29t b ia tbe date lor a dinner to be give the Fort Wayne Commercial club to the sfatesi.cn f Allen county, and the joint dis triots thereto. Senator Tyndall is thus included in the galaxy of 1< g. ishitors who will wine an dine on this occasion.

Hon. Bourke Cookran introduced a bill in congress providing tor the appointment of a special commission to ascertain the amounts of money expended by both pirties at all elections of presidential electors from 1892 to 1904 inclusive. It is feared that so much other business confronts the g. o. p. majority, tha they will, with regret, te compelled to pigeon-hole Mr. Coohran’s suggestion The resignation of County Superintendent Brandyberry comes as a genuine surprise, and will cause universal regret, especially among those who have been with him in the rush and progress of the public schools of the county. The cause assigned—a failing eyesight—w il be doubly regretted—owing to the danger of such an infliction upon the life, hopes and desires of any individual. The Democrat voices a universal sentiment in wishing for the retiring superintendent a speedy convalescence and a permanent reoovrey from the lurking danger of affliction. His public life has been free from selfishness, and the record achieved is one that will ever and always appear as a badge of honor, both as an officer and as a high private. MAKES YOU LAUGH - ‘‘Old Arkansaw" is a Fun-Maker—Comes Thursday. There are many writers of melodramas who oonoieve plots as mystifying and as clever as that of “Old Arkasaw,’’ but the playwrights are few indeed who can equal Fred Raymond, the author of this tremendous success, in introducing refined comedy into a play. Those who have seen “Old Arkansaw’’ are aware that fun predominates in the performance and by the way, fun is what most people desire when they go to a theatre. Strong dramatic siuations and thrilling hair-breadth escapes appeal to critics and to some theatergoers, but a good hearty laugh makes everyone feel better, and the the laugh-producing quailties of “Old Arkansaw ’’ are what enables it to visit the same section year after year, and each time play to a larger audience. Opera house Thursday night. WILL BE DINED Senator Tyndall and Invited Guests at Fort Wi.vne. The Fort Wayne News says: ‘The Commercial club has set December 29 as the date of its dinner at the Wayne club for the members of the legislature from this district and from joint legislative districts from this district. The latter definition brings in Senator H. M. Purviance, of Huntington,who rep resented Whitley county and Senator-elect Tynda 11 of Decatur, who is a joint senator from Alien and Adams. Tne other members expected are Senators Sidney K. Ganiard, of Ligrange; Lew V. Ulrey, of Fort Wayne; Thomas S. Wickwire, of Ashley, Representa fives Fred L. Bodenhafer, of Kendallville, Newton F. Watson, of Columbia City; Howard Mountz, of Garrett ; Frank W. Salsbury, of Orland; M. T. Geake, Michael Sheiidan, Walter Hood, William F Ranke, Albert R. Parker and J. J Pichon, of Fort Wayne. LIBRARY MEETING Plans to be Adopted For Carnegie Library. The Carnegie Library committee have their initial meeting tonight to consider architectural plans for a library building. Some of the home architects were not noti fit<d until yesterday, but they will be on hand to show up eheir genius and knowledge of how a Carnegie library ought to lie constructed. The committee from that time on will find themselves very busy people. The amount of money at their disposal will not permit of u very lavish display, but they will no doubt endeavor to do well that which they undertake The meet ing will be held at the First Na ti ml Bank at seven o'clock

NEW SUPERINTENDENT Patrick Houlahan Ge’s Portion on the Clover Leaf. Patrick Henry Houlihan, now superintendent of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad, with headquarters in Brookfield, Mo., will be the new general superintendent of the Clover Leaf railroad and te will have his headquarters in Frankfort, Ind., instead of Toledo, where he has been located for the past eight months. President Shonts of the Clover Leaf, returned home yesterday after an absence of several weeks and announced the selection of Mr. Houlahan, who is con sidered one of the best operating men on the Burlington system. In fact, during the past two years he has shown the be«t. record of any operating official on the entire Bur lington system. The new superintendent will report for duty about December 15 th. WAYSIDE WISDOM. Opportunity is the cream of time. Self conquest is the greatest of victories. The more you say the less people remember. A mother's tears are the same in all languages. HABERDASHER. The Word la Snppoaed to 'lean Thing. of Little Value. The word haberdasher first appears in the language as coming from hapertas, the name of a fabric mentioned in the Liber Albus along with wool, canvas and felt, as subject to customs duty, about 1419. A parallel and almost contemporary list has habertassherie. The word is supposed to mean things of little value—small wares such as buttons and tapes. Skeat derives it from the Icelandic haperbask—trumpery. pedlars' wares. In a register of burials of Ware in 1655 we have one entry. “Michael Watkins. London, haberdasher of batts,’’ probably this being the first material of which hats were made. Chambers gives another meaning to the word. He says it is derived from the ancient name for a neck clmSi. berdnsh. which is derived from beanl and taclie. a covering. Hapertas was originally a cloth of a particular kind, the width of which was settled by Magna Charta. Hence a haberdasher was the seller of hapertasserie.—London Answers. THE LUDDITES. Anthorn of the Fbkioum Stocking Frame Hiotn In England. Early in IS] 1 bands of distressed stocking knitters in Nottinghamshire began a long series of riots, marked by most wanton mischief. Assembling in parties of from six to sixty under a leader styled general or Ned Ludd. disguised and armed with swords, pistols, hammers and axes and bound together by illegal oaths, they succeeded in smashing stocking frames in all parts of England, and their daring outrages continued even when a large military force was brought into the neighborhood uud two Ixmdou police magistrates came down to assist the civil power. To such a pitch bad this dangerous disturbance grown that a royal proclamation was issued offering a reward of <SO for the apprehension of any of the offenders. Not until October. 1816. did this wholesale destruction and violence cease, by which time more than e thousand frames and many Ince machines bad been broken up and the mischief bad spread into neighboring counties.—Loudon Chronicle Five Thousand Dinllnvt I«aniruit*ea. Mr. .1. Collier, writing on the subject says that over 5,000 distinct languages are spoken by mankind. The number of separate dialects is enormous. There are more than sixty vocabularies in Brazil, and in Mexico the Nuhua language lias broken up into 7-90 dialects. There are hundreds in Borneo. Ik Australia there is nu classifying ths complexities, and generally the number of dialects is in inverse proportion to the intellectual culture of the population. Assume that only fifty dialects on an average belong to every language and we have the co'ossal total of 250,000 linguistic varieties.— Pearson's Weekly. African Hoed Breakers. Engineering feats by big game in Africa are thus described by a recent explorer: "Elephant and rhinoceros tracks were übiquitous. Tlx-se monsters are certainly the best road break*rs in Africa. Among the hills some of the rhinoceros paths were extraordinarily well graded. Unfortunately the rhinoceros has a hide three quarters of an Indi thick and so does not nee the necessity of clearing the thorn bus!' from ovei Ills road. An elephant b more eouslilernU' be makes u cle»' sweep if eve. vl'.big ” Larins Down ihe l,iw. Lndi (entertaining friend's Utile girl Do you take sugar, darling? The Darling Yes. please. Lady How many lumps? The Purling Oil. about seven and when I'm out to lea I start with take Punch.

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THE SURGEON’S PROBE. Bee That He Sterilises It Before He l.e. It. It frequently happens that the doctor has occasion to probe a wound or a sore. Notice him when he does it. He opens his case of Instruments. He takes out a long, slender silver or hard rubber rod which is from six to ten inches long, with a smooth, round end. , Sdtae of them are as small as a darn- i ing needle. Others are as large as a pencil. Watch the doctor closely when he takes this probe ais. attempts to use it It he does no» take the precaution to clean it, stop him. Don’t allow him to touch your sore with it. He has been 1 using it on some one else and may poison you if you allow him to use it. Call his attention to the fact that he boils an Instrument when be operates on any one. and he should also boil his probe before he uses it on you either for a sore or wound. Make him do it Tell him you will furnish him with hot water, and he can dip it in it and dean it carefully before be uses it. Otherwise he will use it on you and slip it back in his surgical case and use it on the next person. In this way be scatters infectious dirt— Talk. THE ABUSED OYSTER. Fattened For the I ulgar Crowd sad Deprived of Hl. Fine Flavor. The oyster in his glory is a rich, dark colored, shapely inhabitant of salt water. He is plump, but not swelled up. and has a delicious, incomparable salty flavor which nobody who really knows him and has the taste to appreciate him would ever dream of spoiling with crude condiments. But rarely will the oysterman send such an exquisite creature to market. It is not fat enough or white enough for the vulgar crowd So he puts ft ip fresh, or nearly fresh, water to “fatten"—that is. he draws off the fine natural juices by a process cl osmosis and substitutes therefor a quantity of water which distends it like a balloon and makes it just as tasteless. But it looks fat like a scrawny Christmas turkey judiciously fed by an air pump. Then it is put before the American as an oyster, and the American, who judges his food and drink largely by labels, pours over it salt, pepper, tabasco, Worcestershire, horseradish or what not and thinks it is ail right He might as well have any sort of sea urchin that was soft and puffy and wet as a vehicle for the concoctions which he used to make himself believe that an oyster tastee like sometniqg — New York Tribune. A GROWING TREE. Two Thing. That Mature Invariable Duea to Protect Lt. Nature invariably does two things when she tries to grow a tree- sfia protects the bark from hottest sunshine and the roots from severe changes of temperature. Both these points are almost invariably overlooked by uian. Observe a maple or elm or birch as it shoo’a from tbe ground. Its sides are clothed all tbe way with email twigs unless removed by knife or browsing. Any tree starting in au open lot Is thus protected from the •uu. Otherwise the extreme heat will rupture cells, and tbe bark will dry and split. Ai fur as possible there must be equal development of cells on all sides of ths tree. But care of the coots Is oven mo«e Important The feeding of a tree is at unequa. depths, but most of it ia near the aur face. If the sun be allowed to strike directly on tbe soil tbe finer rootlets that do the foraging are destroyed, snd extreme drought., will uil.ct the roots for a foot In depth. What Is worse, tbe extreme changes of temperature also affect the tree and suck Its life away. In some cases such conditions are produced as encourage the development of fungi or other enemies to plant life. Nature guards against this by laying down each an tumn a layer of leaves to mulch her forests or solitary nets Education bus many good results, but none that I* more sure thnn the sense or power uud self reliance with wlncfc It Invests its possessor. Fore.iirht. T)e Gnrry As you intend to marry her, why did you consent to her riding n bicycle when you at-" so opposed to It? Merritt Well. I knew she would have her way in the end. and I ciilcu lated that by giving In now her father would have to pay for the bicycle.

Dlaeontent With Work, That there Is much discontent with work among tbe so called middle classes 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 soon enough.” In general, work is not a curse, but a blessing—a positive means 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 the realization of power and thus to approximate Tennyson's goal of man, "Self reverence, seif knowledge, self control.”—Century. Do It Xow. The following sentiment has been variously attributed to Stephen Grellet Sir Row land Hill, Edward Courtenay and the Earl of Devon, and Is said to have been inscribed upon the tombstone of the latter: "I expect to pass through this world but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show or any good thing 1 can do to any fellow being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” Prcnuitnre Fatixue. Wealthy American Father-in-law— Leak here, count! I’m getting tired of paying your debts. Count Boylon de Bakkovisnek—So soon? Sare, you has not paid ze half of ze debts yet!—CWcairo Tribune.

We’re Just Waiting for a chance to show you some new Special Christinas shoes for children and the babies. We just put in stock the new Champagne and Brown Leathers that will be so popular next year. Patent leathers with colored tops are new. We’ve got ’em in sizes from 2to 8. If you are going to buy babies shoes and you are hard to suit come here. We want to show you. CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE, THE SHOE SELLER Same Old Place 123 N. Second St. SATURDAY’S Special Sale Blue Front, s S tore' 3 Doors Sonth of Moser’s Gallery 15,20 and 25c. I China Novelties in Boots, Slippers, J Baskets, Hair Receivers, and Vases, j go at this sale for 10c. each I

My stock is the cleanest, ' and best selected I ever handliHE My prices are the lowest. H nsley. 277<1f. --j I have the finest line of out ever displayed anywhere. CaU and examine them. It costs nothing to look. Hensley. 21 7d« Mr Krimtnel, the piano tunei, of Fort Wayne, is, in the city thflj week. -Parties wishing their iajSK tuned will please leave word at' the® M ttrray hotel Phone No. 279c8 All book accounts must paid by the 15th. Please sat.<, tie and avoid the col lector Mrs. M P. BURDG.

-A?Vj I I Kj » V I I For sale by HENRY KUENEMAN