Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1905 — Page 2

H-l-H-l-I-I-H-l-l-I-I-H-I-- • V A *aiss Maxwell’s :: | Heart Dy A. M. Da-Vie-t Ogden •• bght, HMM, by A. M. Davies Ogden -.

’j—. i i *—i". . i—r-• Miss Maxwell was angry. Iler blue eyes blazed like stars. Her red lips were quivering. For three days to have led the long procession of carrioles that each morning started across Norway’s smiling landscape and now on coming out from luncheon to find her pony untethered, her carriole pulled to one side! The stout Englishman regarding her waited and was secretly rather alarmed at the storm be hud evoked. "But it was not safe," lie declared, with much dignity. "You must wait until your boy turns up. Os course he had no business to leave you,” seeing an ominous frown on the white forehead. “But as he did”— The people, beginning to come out from the posting house, cast curious glances in her direction, and the girl felt her throat swell. That hateful boy! How dared he run off this way? Noting the empty shafts, the loosened pony, a young man came forward. “Can I be of service?” he asked. "1 speak a little Norsk. What! Your boy is lost? Oh, pray take mine. It would be a pity for you to lose your place,” with a glance at the purpling Englishman. And Miss Maxwell, anxious to have the matter settled before the arrival of her mother and sister, after a moment's consideration consented. “And I am so glad you did,” declared Rita later. "I would just have hated to give up our place to that horrid man. who has been trying every day to get it. I believe he bribed our boy tu get lost." But Miss Maxwell did not answer. She had just discovered the loss of a tiny gold heart that belonged on her watch chain, and she remembered distinctly having seen the tall young man as he turned away stoop and nick up something from the ground. Could it have been her heart? And did he not know that it was hers? In the long evening twilight the stout Englishman. Renfrew, joined the girls. "I hope that you did net consider me intrusive this morning," he began pompously. "I spoke purely in your own interests. And regarding that young man—l saw you speaking with him before dinner—l certainly would not advise you to form an acquaintance there. My boy tells me that be takes iyi Ba II i w w r //K - S I “and you iieai i.y i>n> have my heart ALL. T.IE TI2JE, THEN ?” only the very poorest rooms and bar gains for ml his meals, while no onseems to kn >w his name. Curious way to be travel!: in conscious superiority. "Wouldii t pick him up if I were you.” Miss Maxwell, I.er lip curling, drew l»nck. "I thank you,” she responded quietly. "We. as ■, u say. have no desire to pick up u qiiaintam es of any kind. So I wi-h ;.”'i ><>d night.” Rut up l i be. i Him the girl's face grew troubled. It was true that she had beijii talking with the tall young Englishman before dinner. Meeting him coming down the stairs, she bad stopped and nttc.ed n wind of thanks for his courtesy; then, plucking up coinage, asked if lie hud found a golden heart. Ills answer puzzled her. “And if I hud would you expect from a more mortal resolution enough to reject the gifts of the gials?" Be fore this response Miss Maxwell had beaten a hasty retreat, but now It arose again in her mind. What could lie mean? find lie queer views on community of property? Whs ho—after what Sir. Renfrew had said actually tn need of the money? For it waa Impossible that he would willingly steal. The problem worried and irritated her, keeping the young num constantly In her thoughts. And when. Christiania renebad at last. Mrs. Maxwell took her girls to the Grand hotel, mieonsclouily Mabel felt her spirits droop. Was this the end then? Was she never to recover tier heart? A week slipped by uneventfully, mid ns the girl dressed one night for a din Her at the embassy a sigh rose to her lips. How stupid such thing* were! In the nine uninterested mood she followed her mother Into the brilliantly lighted room. There the sight of n hill young fellow cruised tier h<|irt to best violently f r a second, thei stop It could nut be lie! But the mini turn-

I , Ing, caught sight of her, and seizing his opportunity drew her behind the heavy curtains of a convenient win- j dow. For a moment both stared with- . out speaking. A familiar voice from without broke the silence. “No, no. The man I mean is tall, and some people might call him good looking were it not for his lack of breeding. The fellow arrived with us last week. He could not be Sir Nigel’s nephew. Why, he hasn't a penny.” His companion laughed. “Yet 1 fear, just the same, that It would be Sir Nigel's nephew that you mean. He left here awhile ago for home and then suddenly, for no rhyme or reason turns back at Bergen and. as you say, arrives without a penny. It is just like Lionel Carteret. Yet I suspect there must be something at the bottom of it. Were there any pretty girls in your party?” But Renfrew was past speech. Miss Maxwell, in whose eyes a dawning wonder had banished aught else, glanced swiftly at the stricken Carteret, but at his expression of mingled entreaty and conscious guilt the corners of her mouth began to curve relentingly. A quick gleam of amusement shot through her astonishment. “And —and you really did have my heart all the time, then?” she queried demurely. Carteret bent forward. “Have I?” he demanded. “Have I, Indeed?” Idle girl reddened. "Os course 1 mean the gold one.” she retorted. Carteret produced the tiny golden symbol. “I saw you in a shop at Bergen,” he confessed shamefacedly. “And then I found this, and it seemed a message of hope. At least it told me that you were free. Would you have had me give it back without a try? Did your challenge mean nothing?” “Challenge?” repeated the girl. “Is it not a challenge to fate?" Opening the locket, he showed a paper inscribed with two words, "To let." The girl, uttering a little cry. felt the color Hooding even to the tendrils of curly brown hair. “I had forgotten." she gasped. “Rita put it there one day for a joke, and I had forgotten. You opened it. then?” with keen reproach. Carteret laughed. “I had to try for some clew," he declared. with a cheerful lack of contrition. “I was not sure at first that it belonged to you. and when I discovered tlie fact I somehow took my finding of it as an omen. Was I wrong?” his tone changing suddenly. “Should 1 have given it back? Must I do so now? Is there no chance that I might ev : meet your requirements for tenant >\ er. what you will? Won't you s' a . to me?" as the gill's lashes fluttered uncertainly. "Ah, Miss Maxwell—Mabel —answer me.” Almost the first present that Sir Lionel Carteret gave to his fiancee was a tiny heart all set in diamonds, and hidden within it. neatly folded, was a slip of paper, on which was heavily penciled the word "Taken." In Vo Hurry For the Doctor. “Almost always when my patients send for me." said the physician, “they Instruct the messenger to tell me to come at once. In fact, this custom of trying to burry the doctor to the bedside of the patient is general, and all physicians expect it, and it is such an old story to otliee attendants that they do not as a rule bother to remember It. But the other night I had a surprise. “It was about 7 o'clock, and a gentlem:.n had called an hour before to request me to see his wife. What was remarkable was the fact that he had told my office boy to Inform me not to call until the next morning if I did < not find it convenient to visit bis wife that night before 9 o'clock, which he said was the usual hour at which they retired. “ ‘Tell the doctor,’ be said, ‘lt Is nothing very important. My wife has only something tlie matter with her mouth that prevents her from talking. It will be all right if he cannot find time to call before the morning.’ ’’—New York Press. When Hie Life Saver'. Work Brain*. After tlie last summer visitor has gone and the little craft that sail over the shallow bay have been hauled up high and dry, the pavilions deserted and the ball ing houses boarded up. the benches take on a new aspect. Tlie sun shines with a cold gleam, and the surf has an anv. v snarl to it as it surges up the sandy slopes and then recedes, dragging the pebbles after it with a rattling sound. The outer line of sand bars that In the summer breaks the blue sea into sunny ripples and flashing whitecaps tiien churns the water into fury and grips witli a mighty hold tlie keel of any vessel that is unlucky enough to be driven on them. When tlie keen winter winds whip through tlie bench grasses on the dunes and throw spiteful handfuls of cutting sand and spray, when the great waves pound the beach and the crestisl tops are blown off into vapor, then the life saver patrolling tlie beach must be most vigilant.—From “Stories of Inventors." by Russell Doubleday. The Value of Today. “I believe.” said Senator Hoar once, “that today Is better than yesterday and that tomorrow will be better than today." Contentment and hope! With those two. and no more, we can solve the j riddle of life. “Today Is bettor than yesterday.” j Believe It and remorse floes; regret It not and memory becomes whnt It legitimately should be a Joy. Yesterday Is whnt wo made It—and j there I* no yesterday which should be perfect in the light of tod iy. whore- I fore bo thankful that there Is n to | day and tlm' with It comes the oppuf tnnlty to build bett'T. nobler and stronger upon the m’stakes of yesterday. Magazine of Mysteries. >saaL

BEVEKiDucS SPEECH Commenting on the speech of Sen* ator Beveridge, opening the Republican campaign in Marion county, tha Indianapolis News said: "He thought that the fact that Judge Parker voted twice for Mr. Bryan proved him to be weak, and not qualified for the office of President. Yet almost 7.000,000 American citizens followed the course adopted by Judge Parker. And if we are honest with ourselves we must admit that most Republicans would have voted for their ticket in 1890 even if it had stood on a free silver platform. The partisan habit is strong—far too strong. Mr. Roosevelt himself has voted for protectionist candidates at a time when he himself xssa believer in free trade. So ■» a should all of us try to be charitable to partisan zeal, for we can never tell when we may need charity ourselves.” And the News might have added that there has been no more hide-bound partisan in the Senate than Mr. Beveridge. He has supported every measure advanced by his party and has shown no independence whatever in that body. Continuing, the News says: “Senator Beveridge In his discussion of the relation of the tariff te trusts said that the Standard Oil company could not be the product of ths tariff, as there is no tariff on oil. But there is k tariff on oil imported from countries that impose a duty on our oil. Further than this, the Standard company gets a rebate on the tins in which it exports its oil The Rockefeller company is pretty well protected. In 1892 the sugar trust paid a dividend of 10L£ per cent on its common and 7 per cent on its preferred stock, and in 1895 the diivdeiffis were 21% per cent on its common ami 7 per cent on its preferred. Since August, 1894, the prices of sugar have risen from 2.69, 3.12 and 4.35 cents a pound to 3.69, 4.25 and 4.95 cents a pound—which Is a decided increase.” The people should bear in mind that the General Assembly, under Republican majorities, shows an alarming increase in expenses every two years over the preceding session. And this in the face of the fact that there has been no increase in the number of senators and members of the house nor in the length of the sessions. The party came into power in 1895 and the legislative session cost the people $99,722. In 189 Z the expenditures were increased to $105,817, and two years later they junked to $114,768. This would be supposed to be the high water mark, but it was not so, for in 1901 they were boosted to $125,791, and tn 1963 they were $120,999. Republican majorities in the legislature and reckless extravagance have come to be synonymous terms. There are Indications that the Re- ’ publican loaders are trying to arrarge for the importation of colored voteis from Kentucky and Tennessee, and Democrats in the cities and especially In the Ohio river counties, should be on their guard against such frauds. The sixty-day poll wi)'. show whether the voter was in the precinct at the legal time, aril no man. whether he be white or black, who is disqualified under the law. ought to be allowed to vote. Republicans have become so used to practicing frauds at elections that the greatest vigilance may be necessary to prevent their repetition on November 8. Os course, ft was expected that the Indianapolis News would declare for Roosevelt and Fairbanks before the election, and the expectation has been realized. Mr. Fairbanks permits his newspaper to flirt with political situations till the real battle is on. and then he brings it around to the support of the Republican party. He thinks Democrats may be led to believe that the News is independent, and therefore when its choice is Anally made, rts Influence will be enhanced. The gamcHias be n n often played and has lost w charm as well as Its power to deceive. Over the long-distance telephone from California: “Hello, is this the N' ws?” "Yes. this Is the News.” “Well, this is Fairbanks’” “Hello, Fairbanks. what is it?” "You’d better come out for the ticket. Things ain’t looking well, and you might hold off too long.” “All right. The editorial is written •nd we'll iilan her in today." "Don't riake It too strong at first." “Oh. no: we understand. Goodby.” “Good by " Harry b cam" down from Chicago last week to look after the campaign in Indian. He took the precaution to announce, without any apparent reason for It. that he was not here to make suggestions to Chairman Goodrich, and then he went Into conference with that Individual and said things. Os course everyone knows that the Republicans are uneasy over Indiana and Now’s attempt to con--1 real the cause of hla visit only made him ridiculous. 111* Republicans are putting up a ' gsmo of bluff tn an effort to Inspire the party with confidence, yet many of the. mon who are now claiming the atato for Roosevelt wore equally aa loud In proclaiming that he would prove a weak candidate. ft was not expected that Governor Durbin and other Indiana Romihlfc-ms of the office hcldfn: variety would like Judge Parkers i«der. Well, hardly, I

FORMIDABLE GUNS. The Bombard* Iscd by the Turk* In the Fifteenth Century. In 1478 Mohammed 11., in forming the siege of Scutari, in Albania, em- j ployed fourteen heavy bombards, the lightest of which threw a stone shot of ! 370 pounds weight, two sent shots of 500 pounds, one of 750 pounds, two of I 850 pounds, one of 1,200 pounds, five of 1,500 and one of the enormous weight of 1,640 pounds, enormous even In these days, for our 80 ton guns throw only a 1,700 pound projectile, our 100 ton throws one of 2,000 pounds, and the 110 ton throws an 1,800 pound shot with a high velocity. The stone shot of Mohammed's guns varied between twenty and thir-ty-two inches in diameter, about the height of a dining table, 2,534 of them fired on this occasion weighing, according to a calculation of General Lefroy’s, about 1,000 tons, and were cut out of the solid rock on the spot Assuming twenty-four inches as the average diameter of the shot fired at the siege, the total area of the surface dressed was nearly 32,000 square feet. At this siege the weight of the powder fired is estimated by General Lefroy to have been 250 tons. At the siege of Rhodes in 1480 Mohammed caused sixteen basilisks or double cannon to be cast on the spot, throwing balls two to three feet in diameter.—Chambers’ Journal. WHEN A MAN STARVES. How II Feel* to Go Without Food i For Seven Day*. For the first two days through which a strong and healthy man is doomed to exist upon nothing bis sufferings are perhaps more acute than in the remaining stages; he feels an inordinate, un- | speakable craving at the stomach night and day. The mind runs upon beef, bread and other substances, but still in ! a great measure the body retains its | strength. On the third and fourth days, ' but especially on the fourtn. this Incessant craving gives place to a sinking ■ and weakness of the stomach, accom- | panied by nausea. On the fifth day his cheeks appear ; hollow and sunken, his body attenuated; his color is ashy pale and his eyes wild, glassy and cannibalistic. The sixth day brings with it increased suffering, although the pangs of hunger are lost in an overpowering languor and sickness. The head becomes dizzy; the ghosts of well remembered dinners pass in hideous procession through the mind. The seventh day conies, bringing increasing lassitude and further prostration of strength. The mind wanders.— Chicago Chronicle. SEEING NOISE. The Method by Which Sound Wave* Are Photographed. Sound can lie photographed by tak I ing advantage of the motion produced ’in a tuning fork. Sound travels in waves, each corresponding with an oscillation in the fork, which remains in a state of continuous vibration while the note is sounded. To photograph these sound waves a small mirror is attached to the end of one of the prongs. On this a powerful beam of light is projected by a lens, so vs to strike it at an angle of forty-live degrees. The light is again reflected from its surface, but In a new direction, and a very slight alteration In the position of the mirror makes a large one in the reflected beam. To take the photograph the light is turned upon the mirror in a darkened room, and the tuning fork is set in vibration. while a sensitive plate is rapidly passed in the path of the reflected pencil of light. On development the plate shows sound waves recorded as a wavy line, and each note has its characteristic curves. The Mad Ainbas*iidor. There was a tragic little scene immediately preceding the marriage of King Edward VII. when he was the Prince of Wales. With several of his royal relatives he was staying nt the Prussian embassy in Rome, where his host was the German ambassador, Baron von Kanitz. The responsibility of entertaining so many august personage? under his roof was too much for the Ambassador. He appeared at dinner one tight In bls dressing gown and slippers and to half the royalties of Europe exclaimed: “Is this to go on much longer? I am heartily sick of It. and it must come to fin end at once.” They carried him to his room and the next day removed him to an asylum, a raving lunatic. Ito<-kln«r and Sleep. Dr. Manaeolne, the famous Russian authority on sleep phenomena, says that rocking is an artificial method of Inducing slumber. The process fatigues consciousness by a series of monotonous sensations and Incidentally deprives the brain of its blbod supply. Absence of blood from the brain makes sleep. The influence of the lullaby is objectionable, but not equally so. A baby will go to sleep unaided when It needs sleep. Her tteeonnncndatlon. Cholly—So Miss Tartnn loosened up and said a goal word about inc. did she? Archie Yrs; she said that when one got better acquainted wl'h yon one found you were not hnl' ns nig n fool ns you appeared to be -Exchange Has ii Distinct Advantage. Addiptts Don't you hate to be as lenn ns you are? Sklnpiens No; sometimes 1 find Il's n decided help. I can Cross my legs in a crowded car without taking up nny >ore room that I did . before. Chicng i’rlbune. The noblest question In the world Is. What good limy 1 do In It?-Franklin I

g AT rkCE’S SHOE STORE I | A Gy January Sale $4.00 shoes go It O 3.5 c*Sgo I - J.CO r x /F A , tL A 2.50 shoes go I .lUU We are going rive 50c off during January. This 's igreat mdnfver. Come and take advantage of this month's salehese prices arefor cash only. If; b.'ague

BUSINESS MENTI For plate glass, holler, h, and accident insuranci' I. Harruff. Mexican dish, hot tspniald chili at Mat Schafer'< -® ory day. Just received two eati nnl one car stove anthraciteic al irders solicited. J. L J. HA ,’fi96dt For Sale—Tet cords of I stove wood. Liave orc® s a i office. We have for nle at a bai if taken soon, tie Bitti nteld 160 aores well ini; ovsd. ® se Kirkland towninp. ; liiWl ERV IN. T ■ ” Lost.- Black knil sb w wi.thfi Saturday eveninglae we- I Erit pot and Washingtij iburii by of the old Anglinfc road. I Lea :>OBt office, or with Iwi er j|p. C Lost—S ime one curied aw fur boa from the daite at the I Nous cluti rooms W dnesda ing, and the ownerj Mist- i Schrock, is anxious t<j have i turned at once For Sale—lß97 Model Wfr :1 shotgun, take <1 Ave wait nt pistol grip, 12 gua|®, twoßbi 30 inch and 22 inch. EA r Democrat office. K'O Wanted—To exchange any three chor young r< giateft cheron Stallions for a r<i Norman’or Belgian,Jo dari We have only grays. At lock box 32, Albany, Im 3| Lost—Sixteen head of pig 4 and spotted. Were seen I night between M. Miller f,-1 I the Haines' school house. B for information. Joe Rm i| rural route five, Daoat ir 1 I have some No. 1 tinotfi mixed hay, baled in Jir re that I will sell and deliver j ci tnr at your residence n I half ton lots, chei h.n y< i yon get. it at the w i ous > will pav voti to see £ I > ST LIDA BA KER.

Fir Sale—One steam wi Rngq beam water well drilling Ttfj witfi six-horse power engineait iierf end with other good ec.ijr > nb ] W ill sell at a bargbin if i'on'c Gus Fetters, R. F. D., No • In , . Ind., six miles east and t . S ' south of Berne, near Boolr t ( >. , house. ' ! 'i ts '* ForS ale—l6o and 80 &<■ f; qp, ‘ ' will sell both either uh oi r sep. ' arate. Large house andh r [in fair condition. Large or c ; jnd’ plenty of good timber. J o and < fertile soil, a llrst-clasa ti W1 | w given. The farm will sei l)( . n this and spring. Be Hur.mrt do not miss a bargain. Wri o» see Samuel Houk, exeoutotl »e< tur rural route seven. Residue of a mile east of WiUiamitaj q. Come and see me and I I g )w yon the farm and treat 3 ■ th due respect. Notice I have plenty of money, ]< n I <>n farms at low rate of tX t. I’artial payments at any 1,1 0 oom mission. Dore B Erv att ney at Jaw.

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—AAw.. . Blackburn & Christen Holthouse Drug Co. W. H. Nachtrieb Smith, Yager & Falk AtK FOR A SAMPLE Special Low Excursion Rates va CLOVER LEAF ROUTE. Season 1904-05 V — Chrisjmas and New Vrars Holiday tickets '' Ba Tn* 0 ,?. 4 ' ’ ' : “• 1« “nd . -id Good to rnu.i, tu in Jau 4 .h, ,Dclun *1 e. st a raie of cne and one-third fare for v tlmi round trip. Hom est ekers Rates to West and Southwest ai Dtand 3rd Tuerday in each month to and ptn -I np April lUOS. greatly reduced rates, otesb Miaaonri. AtkanMf I: nan errltory and 'he Southwest daily unt’ Dec 3lst gxtdHOdajs. pjdllfornia .oc t Coast Touris* tickets ,tisa!e via > 1 r( I es. Good *' months. 61 "t over privlegts of en days. ijUllmu Paloce Sleeping Cars, free re- - liningi hair and Caf*-Care. (Meals served j( a la-earte). high tack eeat coachfs on ail through trains. lor rates and information apply to nenre’t Ticket Agent. < r address Ilana State Granger Marlon. Ind ■ Dec. ;])(.: UMh Unefi.ro pus 25 cents, good until I’ec. 17th; Indiana stations only. ’’ infidentia): Iftou contemplate atr'p to 1 i l „ 'xv i’oi.nt write rs for special i.seobMATIOS. nip W. L. ROSS [niJ Gem rai Passenger Agent. Toledo, Ohio. 4. A. CHAMHERS. Op Traveling Passenger Agent. Frankfort. Trd. jdP, T. L. MILLER. Agent. Decatur. Inp l?tf

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ARM LOANS : We re ing farm Joans at 5 per int. with privelege of j .r---payinents. Other comes have advanced their >. We have not. ITY LOANS : We place •able city loans, at 5 per int. Small dwelling k>.. is per cent int. Building 5 made. All with priviof partial payments. 3STRACTS : We preAbstracts of Title. Our s are modern, complete ip to date. J VESTMENTS: We to investors choice securi>earing a fair rate of inand as safe as goyerbonds. If you have idle we ask you to invest!I

Decatur Abstract & Loan Co., ItUR. INDIANA. South Second St. & 4 Studabaker’s blk.