Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1904 — Page 2

TrIE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ■▼■■T IVaniKO. IXCBPT BCWDAT, B¥ -■ W «a. ELLINQHAM. ■’ — . INSCRIPTION RATES. » earrler, per week, 10<-’ B> Carrier, per year $4 00 Uy mall, per month 25c aj mail, per year 52.60 Single copies. Two Cents. • .Awartlllng rates made known on application Sntsred tn the poetofflce at Decatur, Indl- ( aa, as eecond-olass mall matter. 4 M.HELLER, M ANAGaa. Judge Nelson, of Logansport, will soon retire from the active practice of law. Judge Nelson p is one of Indiana's favorite democratic sons, a gentleman, scholar, and if opportunity were afforded, a statesman. * Judge Taylor has joined the tariff reformers, and the other night delivered a mighty good democratic speech. Mr. Taylor can now take a place along side of several independent news]iapers, who assert themselves until campaign time, and then they are crack high protection standpatters. Reduction of the southern representation in congress has fallen into the sub-cellar of the republican party, where it will remain. Representative Crumpacker, of Indiana, who has been fighting for this reform for several years, announced that he had given up the fight for this season of Congress. It is understood that Judge Crumpacker is i very much discouraged at the sud-■ den’lukewarmness of the president on this subject. He was”"aTso equally discouraged because of the lack of co-operation on the [part iof the senators. " sfc “ As the smoke of battle clears away and the returns are analyzed the republican victory gives to the members of that party less and less cause for rejoicing. At first it was declared to be "the greatest victory ever won by a presidential candidate,” but the Democratic Watchman of Bellefonte, Pa., points out that in magnitude it is really the ninth victory rather than the first. President Roosevelt will have 345 electoral votes and Judge Parker

HOLIDAY GOODS .IN HARDWARE . Every year the demand for USEFUL GIFTS increases. See that you are supplied with these articles and secure your share of the Holiday Trade. Cut Glass "Roasting pans Solid Silver Forks Asbestos sad irons and Spoons Gasoline lamps Silver Plated Ware Cash boxes Nickel Plated Tea Clocks, Watches and Coffee pots Express wagons Nickel plated Tea Sleds, Skates Kettles Boys’ Axes Carvers Air Rifles, Guns Pocket Knifes Bicycles Child’s sets Hunting suits Shears, Razors Beryl enameled Razor strops Ware Razor hones Buggies Shaving brushes Carriage Heaters Sewing machines Ed Tools Carpet sweepers ™ j Ice cream freezers Phonographs and Clothes wringers « u PPl ies , Washing machines Meat and food chopHousehold scales pers SCHAFFR HARDWARE CO.

will have 141. While the president secures more than two-thirds Os the electoral college he does not secure anything like two-thirds of the popular vote, and seven former presidents have had a larger proportionate vote in the electoral college than President Roosevelt will rece i ve. —Comm oner. HE GOT AWAY Marshal Green Trieo to Secure a Van Buren Board Beater Marshal Green received a message from Van Buren Saturday night to arrest a man who had jumped a board bill there and had come to this city on the evening Clover Leaf train. Ed got track of the fellow who had gone to the Erie to board an east bound train. He made a hurry-up run, but was too late, arriving at the depjt] just in timejto see the rear of the expiess as the train dashed across the bridge. THE HAIR COMB. It Wan In Remote Times Used In RelifgiouN Ceremonies. It would be curious to know wbat mystic meaning our forefathers attached to the simple act of combing the hair. We learn from old church records that the hair of the priest or bishop was combed several times during services by one of the inferior clergy. but what such a queer proceeding signified no one knows. The comb is also mentioned as one of the implements used during high mass, but only when sung by a bishop. Mass combs of the precious metals are still reckoned as the most valuable possessions of some European churches, though they are of no use in modern ceremonies. Besides the gold and silver combs, the poorer churches had them of ivory, iron, born and even wood. Combs especially known to antiquarians are those of St. Neot. St. Dunstan and St. Malaccas. That formerly belonging to St. Thomas, the martyr of Canterbury, is still kept in the church at Thetford; that of St. Cuthbert, "the woman hater." at Durham cathedral. From sundry references in old legends to the use of the comb in divinations and from its appearance In combinations with pagan emblems on rudely sculptured stones in many of the old countries, it seems probable that it was a widely known pagan device and one that was highly venerated.—London Standard.

FOR THE BACHELOR. Advice Thnt May Help Hi. Courne ot Love to Run Smooth, Agree with the girl s father in poll tics and the mother in religion. If you have a rival, keep an eye on him. If he is a widower, keep two eyes on him. Don’t put too much sweet stuff on paper. If you do you will hoar it in after years when your wife has some especial purpose in inflicting upon you the severest punishment known to a married man. Go home at a reasonable hour iu the evening. Don't wait until a girl has to throw her whole soul into a yawn that she can’t cover with both hands. A little thing like that might cause a coolness at the very beginning of the game. If, on the occasion of your first call, the girl upon whom you have set your young affections looks like an iceberg and acts like a cold wave, take your leave early and stay away. Woman ju her hour of freeze is uncertain, coy and hard to please. In cold weather finish saying good night in the house. Don’t stretch it all the way to the gate and thus lay the foundation for future asthma, bronchitis, neuralgia and chronic catarrh to help you to worry the girl after she has married. Don't lie about your financial condition. It is very annoying to a bride who has pictured a life of ease in her ancestral balls to learn too late that you expect her to ask a baldheaded old parent who has been uniformly kind to her to take you both in out of the cold. —Chicago Journal, Woman'. Life In Japan. Advocates of the physical equality of women and men might find argument to support their theory among the Japanese. The girls and bejv wrestle on equal terms, and the women are said to be as strong as the men—suppie, "bounding with the vim of life and graceful in every line.” The Japanese women seek abundance of air. drink pure water and go out in the sunshine the first thing in the morning. Consequently consumption is a rare disease. Instead of living in overheated rooms they merely add extra clothing to what they wear already. Women always have some time for recreation. Even the poorest woman goes to the bath at night and later on meets her friends. But all go to rest early. Jnpaneme Envlißh. At a recent exhibition of pictures in Tokyo, Japan, the following notice was posted: “No visitor who is mad or intoxicated is allowed to enter in, if any person found in shall be claimed to retire. No visitor is allowed to carry in with himself any parcel, umbrella, stick and the like kind, except his purse, and is strictly forbidden to take within himself dog or the same kind ot beasts. Visitor is requested to take care of himself from thievly.”

A LARGE SUPPLY OF Edison? Phonographs & Records. New Records 35 cents Each. (... I 1 V -x w I *** J FJXg / JU* * SCHAFER HARDWARE CO. THIS WEEK Bargain Sale Not cheap shop-worn goods, but new, clean, up-to-date MILLINERY ■■■■■w WOMBBi $12.00 Hats at $5.98 6 and $7 Hats at 3.98 4 and $5 Hats rt 2.98 3.50 Hats at 1.98 2.50 Hats at 0.98 Come in and See For Yourself. MRS. M. P. BURDG MILLINERY STORE 134 So. Sebond St. SKIRTS NEW ARRIVALS in Prettv Shades of Browns Made in all this season’s most popular styles. These were manufactured to retail at $5.00. Inorder to sell the lot quick, we will place these on sale at the remarkably low price of $2.95 and $3.69 This will give you an opportunity to buy an lup to-date skirt in this season’s most popular shades at less than actual cost of manufacture. THE SOUTH END BARGAIN STORE Next to Moser’s Gallery

Schurger & Smith Attorneys at Law Abstracts of title made io order. Farm and city property for sale Private money to loan at the very lowest interest, with privilege of partial payments Office in Niblick <*fc Allison Block over Everett & Hite grocery store east of Court street, Decatur, Indiana. Oive us a call be fore you invest elsewhere. Fine initial kerchiefs— 10c earn Gus Rosenthal's.

For Sale—Bed, gasoline stove, dishes, knives, forks, spoons, cook ing utensils all for <6.00 Who wants them? See fjew H. Corbin. 289d3 Useful holiday gifts priced remarkably low for this week’s selling at The South End Bargain Store. Fine hand-painted pictures for but little more than others ask for cheap chromos. The correct Christmas present for people with good ti’to. Lyman Br-'s. 299d6

A LONG LINE OF Useful Articles FOR ms mis S SUITS S Overcoats Rain Coats Trousers - Smoking Jackets M hats H CAPS Holiday Neckwear Fancy Sox Colored shirts Mufflers Handkerchiefs Suspenders Gloves Mittens Bovs"an<lSwMtprS Childrens 11 " vulvl Cuff Buttons Scarf Pins Umbrellas Suit Cases Traveling Bags Trunks AT' ” Holthouse, Schulte & Co’s. Store HEADQUARTERS FOR Mens' and Bovs Wearing Apparel.

NOTICE. All persons knowing themselves indebted to U. Deininger, please call and settle before January Ist, and avoid having same put in the hands of a collector. 288 fid U DEININGER. Holiday Rates. For the Christmas and New Years holidays the G. R. & I. will sell round trip tickets to all local stations at 4o )>er mile, one way mileage. Fort Wayne 90c, Berne 500, Geneva 70c, Portland <1.15, etc. Selling dates Deo. 24, 25, 26, and 31, 1904, also January 1 and 2, 1905. Will also sell tojpoints on oonnectingjines in C. P. A. territory at rate of one and one-third fare. Same selling dates and limit as for local points. “J. Bryson.