Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1904 — Page 4

AT PROPER PRCIES the Snow Agency ca» sen your farm or city property. It may be advertised or not. Just as you prefer Vol WILL BE AT N » EXPENSE if your property is left with the agency tor the time listed. Besides good farms in al! stage* of irarovenients. in Arkansas. Missouri and Dakota, we now have more than acres of Indiana farm lands for *ale in tractsot from six to one hunpn*d and sixty acres. Also many desirable city properties—business and building lots in desirable location*. The following lists are only a part of what we are offering for sale. New properties put upon the market each week. Phone 230 J. F. SNOW ~ Decatur, Ind.

No. 33u Is a well improved " acre tract on traction line near Decatur. (food seven room brick house, well, cistern, orchard, etc No. 3f*> ua ten acres tract, six miles east of Ihvatur. one mile from school. Small frame buildings, good landdrove well. fl.ooo. No 354 is a good T acre tract on Mail route, near gravel pike, about four miles from Decatur. Good frame house, drove well, fruit, etc., fl 950. No. 366 Is a2«>acre tract in northwest Preble township Land all under fence and well tiled. Good land, tn good neighborhood. ♦ 1.350. No. 325 Is a 30 acre tract five miles from Decatnr in SL Mary's township Sand loam soil, on good public road, frame house ♦1.500 No. 256 I* a4O acre tract of well improved land stone road near Monroe, a vtlliagr six I mile* from Decatur. Good soil, fences, orchard. etc..f3 2t<‘ No. 323 Is a well improved to acres in the oil region northeast of Berne Good soil, new barn 40x40. comfortable house, etc . ♦ i.sftO. No 31*> Isa 16 acre tract, situated on a public road within one and a half miles of’>ecatur Sugar tree soil. **ring water. *2 "o '. No. 335-6 1* a well improved 2t‘ acre tract ! just southeast of Decatur on M« rer Avenue Orchard, well, cistern, good house. *3.001'. No. 3.33-4 Isa 55 acre tract sout beast of Decatur. on the proposed traction line and stone road. Good sized barn, timber, etc.. ♦4.500. No. 361 Isa well improved tw. acre tract on the stone road about five miles southeast of Decatur. Well fenced, drained, etc . 15.00 U

Decatur City Property

No. 370 Is a neat four room cottage on Grant street; cistern, porches, etc . 1475. No. 359 A nearly new story and a half residence on 14th street. *475. No. A five room cottage on Elm and 11th streets; stable, etc.. SSOO No. 371 A six room cottage on 15t'n street, near Monroe Street; stable, well. etc.. *650. No, 29b A live room foot tawe on 12th street: large lot. fruit, etc . *7OO. No. 299 Is a four room cottage with a cellar on south 7th street. *725, No. 23S is a modern five room cottage on j Jackson street, nearly new *750. No. 332 Is a five room cottage on north 10th street; stable, fruit, etc . **2s. No. 279 Is a six room story and a half bouse near 3rd ami R R streets. **so. No 329 An eight room residence on Linn St . near Elm. *<so. No. 357 A comfortable sewn room residence | stable, etc., on 11th street. Won. No. 301 A neat modern cottage on Mercer Avenue,on traction line. *l.loo. No. 294 A story and a half re> dence. three full lots, on north 11th street. *1.3") N«» iid six room cottage n n- rth 2nd street Splendid location. *1 425

Phone 230 J-F. SNOW Decatur. Ind.

Dontlet the Christmas Stockings of ,710 111 y jour loved ones empty simply because • you are temporarily short of money. IO!* “Come'to VS (. I • . we can help you fill them: we will loan ■ III k vou money. We will loan you $5. $lO. J 111 household goods, piano, team, fixtures or any other personal property with-out removal from your house, barn or store. You can have plenty of time in which to par back the loan, from one to twelve month's time. You can pay weekly, monthly, quarterly, or as you may desire. You can make payments so small that you will not "feel them. Here are some of the terms of our weekly payment plan, allowing you fifty weeks to pay off your loan: 60c is the weekly payment on a $25.00 loan. $1.20 is the weekly payment on a $50.00 loan. SI.BO is the weekly payment <-n a s7s.(>o;ioan. $2.40 is the weekly paymeatjou a SIOO.OO loav. (>ther amounts in same proportion. Courteous treatment, fair dealings and absolute secrecy guaranteed. Please use the following blank. Our agent is in Decatur every Tuesday. Date Your Namer.'. Wife’s Name Street and Number City Amount Wanted Kind of Security you have Occupation All communications are held strictly confidential. Call on or address FOKT WAYNE LOAN CO. Established ! Fort Wayne, Ind.

X\/AS TOYS Don’t forget that toys are a supreme delight for the children and we have them. Trumpets all Sizes and all Shapes DressdoHs and dolls to dress: Kid body, wash and china libsi dolls also jointed. Toys which cotuprise every form of amusement for the children Our Chinaware is hard to beat at our prices. Remember we have the Largest Assortment of 10c candies in the City. Sixty different kinds to select your Christmas Candies from and any of these are the liest iit the city for the price. Remember the place. BLUE FRONT, Three door* south of Moser’s gallery. No single article in cur store sells for more than 10 cents.

No. 361 is an acre tract on stone road and K. I D. about four mile* from Decatur. Frame huiHiuge. well drained and fenced. ft’.lW. No 30] Is an SO acre tract on gravel road near market and school, southwest of Monroe. Ordinary building*, sand and clay soil. *5.100. No. 37 5 Is an Xi tract in east Waba*h township in oil region, near schiMil. frame buildings. drove well, orchard, etc . 14,560. No 253 Is an SO acre tract near stone road in Monroe township: is good soil, frame building*. some young timber, drove well. etc.. ♦5. <SOO No 366 Isa 100 acre* of first-class land on public road about five miles from Decatur. Good frame buildings, fine orchard etc.. ffi.KX). No 3».* Is an acre trac on the Mud pike east of Berne Some good limiter. good new building*, one halt black land. 15.300. No mi i* a 9* acre tract *.x miles east of J Decatur. Some young timber, good fences, frame quildings. nice location. *5.200. No. v.\, i> a '•3 acre tract on the st me road in Monroe town*hip. near the *chool; frame house, fair orchard. go<»d soil, fences, etc.. ♦7.200. No 345 Is a 11" acre tract <>t average land on *tone road near market and school. About 12 acres of limiter. good buildings, etc . ♦7.500 No. 340 Isa good 100 acre tract of land in southeastern Adams eourty in oil region I arg * new frame building*, drove well, etc. * 11.210 Also fifteen other tracts that the owners do not want advertised

\o. 2*5 Five room cottage on Chestnut street south Decatur. ♦1.450 . No Eight room iw.igtory brick' residence on north 2nd street. ♦I.SX). No Central |location on good brick >t.. near 4th street. ♦l.*oo. No. 2’o Modern nine room residedov with stable, etc,, on Marshall *treet, 12. *s(>. No. 367 *ix room cottage, large lot. on west Marshall street: stable. ♦2.500 No. 236 Two lot*, stable and nine room house on north 3rd street. *2.500. No. 2>> Nine room story and a half residence on west Marshall street *tsflo. Nd 37m Large lot. stabh and six room cottage on Mercer street. 12.000 No. 27* Nina room two story’residence on east Adam* street.*4.2oo. No. 23'.* Large two *torv brick residence on north 2nd street. <4.6c0. No. ■-».? a new eight nwirn residence on north 3rd street modern, *2.310. Several t> i*in» *~ roo- s on Second and M nrt>e street* (rood building lots on D« a tur and fifth st reel*. < ail upon us. or writ , for fuller description

OLD CHINESE CALENDAR. The Way Its Errorx Wert Rectified by h Jeauit Aat rouoiiier. In the old Chinese classic, the records of Yao, w« are told that “he hade Hi and Ho reverently to regard the signs and respectfully give the times of men.’’ Hi, Ho and two others of their respecS'e families were ordered to the four points of the compass to determine the equinoxes and solstices. The bird, supposed to be our Cor Hydrae, was to be the star of spring. Antares (Alpha Scorpii) of summer. Beta Aquarii for autumn and the world renowned Pleiades the sign of the win ter solstice “Oh, you Hi and Ho," the old document continues, "all around there are three hundred and sixty and six days! Ise the extra moon, order the seasons and perfect the year. Faithfully regulate the hundred offices, and all the works will be perfect." Thus was formed the first Chinese calendar about 2,300 years ago, before the Christian era. mid its regulation lias always been an object of care and interest to the emperors from Yao down to the present day. Practically no changes were made in ft until the mission of the Jesuits to Peking in the seventeenth century. The help of Mohammedan astronomers bad been sought, but they were unable to cope with tlie difficulties which presented themselves, and the emperor. Kang Hi. was thankful to let the Jesuits take the lead tn all astronomical researches, lie built them an observatory at Peking, which Father Verbiest fitted up in lues in thorough up to date style The errors of centuries bad accumulated in all departments of the science, and the foreigners had a hard task to eliminate them and introduce European improvements without exciting hostility. The accuracy of their calculations soon inspired such confidence that Father Verbiest was appointed president of the mathematical tribunal. He soonr turned his attention to the calendar, rectifying the errors, but not making many changes beyond introducing the twelve signs of the zodiac and dividing it into 3t50 degrees instead of 3<s>’., as was the old Chinese division. The reformed calendar went into many details, and the calculations were given down to the year 2020 A. D. It was published In thirty-two volumes and called in honor of the emperor the Kang Hi Perpetual Calendar. The solar and lunar years are both used, and a combination is effected between the two by adding seven extra moons during the period of the hittar cycle- that is. nineteen solar years. The civil year commences with the second new moon after the winter solstice and consists of twelve months or moons, called large or small, according to whether they consist of twentynine or thirty davs. When an extra moon is to be used a thirteenth month is not added, but one of the months M doubled. The rule that the winter solstice shall be kept in the eleventh tnoon is never departed from. — Living Church. An t'nfinished Prayer. A southern doctor of divinity in New York on his vacation was speaking of unusual prayers lie had heard. One was made by a young lawyer who. through innate piety or from a desire to advance bis political fortunes by being identified with the church, besougtn the preacher £o call on loin for prater in the weekly prayer meeting. Suspecting that politics and not piety was st the bottom of the lawyer’s de sire to pray in public, the preacher did not call on him until one rainy night, when the attendance was slim. Then Brother H.. being asked to "lead us in prayer." Itegan bis supplication. In great detail he mentioned the various situations, persona! and general, in which the divine guidance was desired. Finally, however, he hesitated as if he had forgotten anything else to say. He showed signs of confusion, and then, in a despairing tone of voice, continued: "In conclusion, your honor. I might mention many other things, but these will suffice for tonight. Amen." Remarkable Aniile. Mr Robert Pollok. 'a Scottish poet, while a student of theology once delivered a trial discourse liefore the Secession Divinity ba' Glasgow, the bubje. t >f whi<h was s n." ll.s manner of treating it was, in the opinion of his fellow students, rather bombastic. and at some passages there were audible symptoms of the amusement win. h they derived from Mr. Pollak’s high flown phrases. At last there came one flight of fancy vhi' h was so remsrkahle that the professor himself was fairly obliged to give way -and smiled. It was when tl.e young preacher had reached a climax in his enumeration of the dreadful evils which sin bad brought into the world. "And had It not been for sin." remarked Mr. I'ollok. with great vehemence of m.'oiner and tone, "had it not been for sin. tlx* smile of folly find ne’er been seen upon the br >ws of wisdom.” Sspnler.n and HI. Hats. It is interesting to note that the legend of the "petit chapeau” still exists. Frenchmen always refer to the beadgear of the first Napoleon ns "the little hat." This is because the hats worn by Bonaparte at Toulon, at Lodi. In Egypt, during the famous eighteenth Brnniaire ami at Marengo were all quite small. When the emperor became stouter he ordered his hatter to widen the brims of his headdress so ns to be more becoming. As he tiecame fat and “potl«‘lli«l“ and ; s bis face l>ecame bigger ami bigger his hats became broader and broader. For Instance, the hat of tv t.--|no t« thH ’0 the site of the hat of Awttcrlltx. These facta nre recorded In the Inventories of the emper >r’s hatters. I'.itipanl et Vie.—New York Tribune.

SKILL IN WOODCRAFT HOW THE BUSHMAN FINDS HIS WAY BY MEANS OF LANDMARKS. Every Detail of a Route Over Which He Ha<« Once i'ußMed In Photographed on the Brain of the Alert and Observant Trapper. What appears marvelous and positively uncanny to a town person is simple to a bushman. Years of continuous observation develop the bump of locality; every object has a place and meaning to a trapper; his eye is ever on the alert, and what his eye sees is photographed on the brain and remains there for future reference at any time he may require IL This bump of locality is highly de reloped in all Indians and whites who have passed many years in the bush. Without the faculty of remembering objects a bushman could not find bis way through the forests. Provided the trapper hns once passed from one place to another lie is pretty sure to find his way through the second time even if years should have elapsed between the trips. Every object front start to finish is an index finger pointing out the right path. A sloping path, a leaning tree, a moss covered rock, a slight elevation in land, a cut in the hills, the water in the creek, an odd looking stone, a blasted tree all help as guides as the observant trapper makes his way through a pathless forest. Os course this tax on the memory Is not required of trappers about a settled part of the country, but 1 am telling of what is absolutely necessary for the safety of ones life In the faraway wilds of the north, where to lose one’s self might mean death. I followed an Indian guide once over a trail of 2SO miles, whereon we snowsliced over mountains, through dense bush, down rivers and over lakes. To test my powers of a retentive memory the following winter, when dispatches again had to be taken to headquarters. I asked the Indian to allow me to act as guide, he following. On that long journey of ten or twelve days, always walking and continually thinking out the road. 1 was in doubt only once. We were standing on the ice. A tongue of land stood out to ward us. a bay on either side. The portage leaving the lake was at the bottom of one of these bays, but which? The Indian had halted almost on the tails of my snowshoe-; and en joyed my hesitation, but said nothing. To be assured of no mistake I had to pass over the whole of last winter's trip in my mind's eye to the point on which we stood. Once the retrospect caught up with us. there was not further trouble. Our route was down the left hand bay. When the Indian saw me start In that direction he said. "A-a-ke-pu-ka-tan" t"Yes. yes. you are able"). The most difficult proposition to tackle is a black spruce swamp. The trees are mostly of a uniform size and height, the surface of th< snow is per fectly level, and at times ottr route lies miles through such n country, and should there be a dull leaden sky or a gentle snow falling there is nothing for the guide to depend on but bis ability to walk straight H has been written time and again that Use ten'len-y. when there are no landmarks, is to walk in a circle. By constant practice those who are brought up in the wild; acqnirj the ability to walk in a straight line. They bejrin by beating a trail front point to point on some long stretch of ice. and In the bush where any tree or ohstruc tion bars the way they make up for any deviation from the straight course by a give and take process, so that the general line of march is straight. During forty years In the country 1 never knew an Indian or white bushman to carry a compass. Apart from a black spnt'-e swamp It would l>e no use whatever. In going from one place to another the contour of the country has to l>e considered, and very frequently the "longest way round is the shortest way home.” a ridge of mountains might lie between the place of starting and the objective point, and by making a detour round the spuj one would easier reach Ids destination rather than to climb up one side and down the other. If I wore to tell yon as a fact that when a bushman sees the track of some wild nnimnl in the snow lie can tell you not only the name of the animal. but if it was male or female, with in nn hour of the time the tracks wore made, if it was calm nr blowing and the direction of the wind at that time and many other minor things, you would think this wonderful. Yet. a« wonderful as this may appear and hardly to be credited, an Indian boy of ten or twelve enn road this page front nature ns easily ns orc if us can read n page of print—Forest and Stream. T rademnrtc*. Ti e p.-aetti o of employing a mark to denote the goods of a particular trader grew out of the use of signs, which were of great antiquity, but it is difficult to assign a date to the origin of trademarks proper They were ap pnrently in use in the time of Elizabeth. but the first recorded case Is in 1783. when It was det'ided that the sale of a certain medicine under the mark of another trader was fraudulent. No satisfactory Inw was pawed, however, until I*2. when the first British trademark registry was established. This law was re|>ealed by the patent designs and trademarks act of ISS3. the prlncij il elnu«>s of the old net being incorporated into this new one. and all proeedings for the registration of trademarks are now regulated by the patents nets, a special branch of the patent office bslng devoted tc this w ork.

THE TIPPING HABIT. Some of the Inconsistencies That Punctuate the Evil. The inconsistencies of tipping are discussed by a noted New York judge in an interview in Hie New York World. He says: “Did you ever stop to think how queer it is that we tip a man who gives us food and yet never tip the man who gives us drink? We tip the waiter, but who has the nerve or the desire to tip a bartender except by offering him a drink or one of his own cigars? And even that sort of treat is never offered to a bartender who is not also an acquaintance. Y’et why should the waiter get a tip when the bartender doesn’t? Then, too, we give the barber a ten cent tip with our fifteen cent shave (a tip. by the way. aggregating Gti 2-3 per cent of the real purchase), and yet we hand over not one single penny when we buy our fifteen cent cigar. A messenger boy delivers a note some time during the same day it is given him. and he gets a quarter for his speed. But the postman who delivers our regular mail promptly to the very minute gets not a penny except at some such season as Christmas. The cabman who gets a mortgage on your house for carrying you from the Flatiron building to Herald square also expects a circular segment of silver as a reward for not killing you during the trip, but a man who would give a trolley conductor an extra nickel for remembering to stop at the right corner and helping the whole family to alight would be thought crazy. If we must tip, why not be consistent? Why not either stop feeing the waiter, the barber, the messenger boy and the cabman or else begin tipping the conductor, the bartender. the cigar man, the clerk, the newsboy, the ’L’ train guard, the grocer. the ash man and a few of the other worthies upon whom we are more or less dependent? If a man from some country where tipping is unknown tis so blissful a bourn exists) should come to Manhattan and ask us to explain our tipping system—its limitations and the reason for those limitations—is there a man in all New York who could give any sort of explanation that would not be an insult to a gorilla's Intelligence?" The Pynnlle, of Afrlcs. “The pygmies of Africa," says Dr. Gell. the traveler, "are the most dangerous savages I ever met. They are quick very warlike, and the women fight as hard as the men. They are expel ts in poisons, which they use to ad vantage against their enemies. I think there has been some confusion in the past between pygmies and dwarfs. The latter are found for the most part in the ’little forest' and on the outer edge of the 'great forest.’ whereas the pygmies are well within the ‘great forest.’ Pygmies and dwarfs are distinct in physiognomy "Entering the ‘great forest' from the south end of the mountains of the Moon, after crossing the Semliki grass lands. I came across the pygmies In about three days' journey. It is a curious fact that the pygmies pitch their camps within about half a day's journey of the big savages tlie giant savages. as they are called. Although I had to sleep fully armed, 1 was never attacked. "It has been my invariable rule to treat natives as gentlemen. I find that the greatest savage appreciates kindness and consideration. In my journey through the forest 1 used compasses to guide me. The pygmies can find tLefr way by simply looking at the trees. They are a wonderful race, active and intelligent." The Annie’s the Thing. "This madness for names.' complained the buyer of foreign lingerie, "is likely to drive me out of my wits It's a weakness of the American people, this insanity for mimes! They want to know what you call a thing liefore they will dream of liking it. If the name attracts them, well and good. If not. they are prejudiced against it. I'm in almost as much trouble as Mother Eve. who had everything to name I think and think, and after the simple, charming names have l>eeii exhausted my troubles begin. Consider the responsibility! A bit of underwear, for example. may take like wildfire if it is christened the Violet. Name it something less lovely and it may be a frost. In vain have 1 besought the French designers to name the choice bits they have con. eiv- d. But. no; they will only shrug their shoulders and say. Tourquoi?' if a thing be novel, beautiful or fascinating, they think that is enough. And they are right. But. alas. I ennnot imp <ss this upon their patrons. They suspect the merit of a garment if it has no name Some enterprising person could certainly make a living by ottering a choice assortment of names to a long suffering public" - Philadelphia Record. TrndlnK In Awnillnnd. An English trader who Invaded the wilds of Swaziland. South Africa, to establish a store for traffic with the natives thus deaeriiies the beginning of his merchandising: "1 sot up shop under the bucksail In the long grass, with a aaekful of blankets, beads, jewsharps and tobacco, width we had carried. Within an hour or two | heard wild shouts, and, looking up from my work of cooking scones on a gridiron over the open tire, I saw half a dozen naked Swazi men war darning down the slope of a hill which shut us In on the west side, brandishing assagais, long knives and knobkerries in wanV*n gnyety and light heartedness They bad come in curiosity from their kraals near by. 1 exhibited my wares. They wblst’ed through their teeth with surprised delight and d:inee<l off to return later with mealies, hens and sweet potatoes to offer in exchange S ’• was the Inauguration of ~ ■ ■ •tore "

MONEY TO LOAN THE DECATUB ABSTRACT & LOAN COMPANY. (incobporatxd) A large sum of PRIVATE MONEY has been placed with us to loan on oily 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 i urns of 850 up, on 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 & LOAN CO. Rooms 3 and 4, Studabaker block, 257dtf Furnaces Direct to Purchaser Notice the following prices and write for particulars: Furnace and casing for 3 room house, $36.73; for 7 room house, $42.82; for 10-room house, $49.80. Last year we installed 175 here in Dayton; this’year 600 in Day ton alone. To get a start in your city we offer 20 per cent discount to the first purchaser, 10 per cent discount to the second. After that the price is as above. 15 year guarantee with each furnace. National Hot Air Furnace Co. DAYTON, OHIO. GOAL Feed and Seeds Peninsular Portland Cement Gypsum Rock Wall Plaster We make a specialty of furnishing HIGH GRADE CLEAN COAL that will burn. J. D. HA L~E Dllone 8 Cor. Jefferson and 2nd Sts. insure Your Property in the Decatur Insurance Agency Gallogly & Haefling Atx NERVOUS DEBILITY The * ild adwlreg inen who are strong in phrwlca! mental and nerve force, men of am bit ton. energy and personal ntagr . the true type <>t j- rs-rs manhood. To attain this the flr?t requisite food,healthy Nanras. which give cat u Ity for physical and mental development and make life worth Uving. , KEFFER S NERVICOR makes Strong Calm Ntnras. jure? Ncrtroua Debility. Failing Memory, Vital W<»kn«»a Prostration. Sleeplessness and other troublesdue to over work, atnoklnit.drtitf hebita and other causea. BtkM rich, healthy blood and re pairs wasted nerves. Equally ircxMl for women. Booklet free. Price |1 oo a box. Fix for IF. on, postpaid, with a guarantee to refund. If not cured or benefit hi. PFFFFR MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CHICAGO US* Blackburn A Christen

Strong Testimony.

Gilmore Drug Co., Fletcher, Ohio Gentlemen: Having a horse with a bad bruise on one of its Lind legn. I wan indveed to try a bottle of vour Caustic Oil. and as I got such good results from its use. I have used it for many other ailments, such as lame hack, sore throat, fresh cute, etc., and have found it just as beneficial in all cases, in fact 1 would not be without it. and can recommend it to Anyone, either for man or beast. Yours truly, O. O. Lentz, D. D. S„ Piqua. Ohio.

1 ut it up in your home, any room will do. Con fie put U p j n a f ew minutes time. Punching the bag is the great* st of all exercises, and will give you strength and development. Its practice improves the appetite, aocelerates'cironlation and aids assimilation, quickens the eye siuht and improves the complexion. I here should bo one in every home. I will pnt oms up free of charge and give y l)nn . st , rt .. r how t( , uw , I ricvs tauge from♦l.So to 14.00 per t>ag, I also have Mo|n<l Qf t()i , lit test syle of boxing gloves for 'ale. Address, p. ,|. pitta, physical rainer, agent. or leave Orders at G ■sosonthal's clothing store, 137 Second street. Decatur, Ind