Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1905 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. avast axoarr ■» k«W «> . SLLINQHAM. ■ ■•■GRIFTION RATK*. B> Sartlsr. p*r ’Of By (trHor. v»r r**r M,OO ■y mall. p*» moatb „ ■ | MtU. par year Ba 80 llngla copl**. Two Oaau raloa mad* known on application ■aurad tn the pona ffie* at nacator. IndiI,an. waanwond-olnM mall matter J.H.HILLER, Manacbn. Tho tariff will not be revised, •’We need the money,” shouts Speaker Cannon "Stand anti deliver," commnndsjthe highwayman •’I am out for the stuff," say* the swindler. And what material difference is there here?—Sentinel. The Chicago Chronicle, Chicago Tribune and Indianapolis Star, all republican papers, are advocating a revision of the tariff. Tho Tribune has been an advocate of low tariff for years, except in onnipaign times It then talks republicanism straight. —Columbia City Post. THE CAMPAIGN Sunday School Work Going on Nicely Slate Field Worker Goller Has Interesting Report of His Success. You have heard no doubt con oerning the great Sunday school campaign now being conducted by the State associaton in Adams county. A first class program has been arranged for nearly every township in the county. Adjoining townships are urged to have their schools well represented at the most convenient place. Be sure that you do not miss this feast of good things 1 Programs have been mailed to every superintendent in Adams county, whose name is known to us. 11 case you do not receive programs before January 18, please write at once to E. D. Goller, Decatur, In., giving your name and address and the size of your school. Please do this no matter, where your school in, except those in Decatur. We are anxious for you to have a blank for statistics for 1904. These records go to make up the Indiana report to the World’s Sunday School convention. The United States govern ment will also publish this report. Be sure your school is not one that is missed. This association is the only organization in the world that makes up an entire report of the Sunday school hosts of the world. If your school has not reported, be sure to write at once to E. D. Goller for a blank, as he is now acting secretaiy for Adams county. No what your denomination,

y<>u owe this report to the Christian world. If your superintendent is absent or for any other reason does not act upon this, will some good Christian brother please favor us with the facts? If you do not get programs of your township convention and blanks for reports will you please write at once to E. D. Goller, Decatur, Ind. Adams C>unty Sunday school convention will he held in the Decatur M. E church, Wednesday, March 1. This is to be the best yet held in the county. Plan to go' The state secretary, Rev. E. Wesley Halpenny, will be present. Will you? Yours for success, E. D. GOLLER, State Field Worker. First Promoter-You ssy 150,000,000 la about the value of your mine holdings? Second Promoter—They're worth every bit of it First Promoter—You ought to Incorporate. Second Promoter —I would, but it coats $2 to incorporate in this state.—Pittsburg Post. Natarai. "I say, I have Just come from my landlord’s, and, would you believe it, I had the greatest difficulty in the world to get him to accept a little money.” “Nonsense! And why, pray?” “Because he wanted a lot!” Revised Shakespeare. Shylock—l’ll have my pound of flesh. Antonio—Go ahead, old man. The doctor says I’ve got to reduce my weight. —Town Topics.

TO THE JURY Geneva School House Case Concluded Juiy Retired at Two O'clock This Afternoon-A Fierce Le*l Bottle.

Portland. Ind., Jan. 21.—The big law suit between the school town of Geneva and the Logansport A- Wa bash Valley Gas company, went to the jury at two o'clock thia after noon. It has been one of the hard eat fought legal Imttlea ever heard in the courts of this county, and the outcome is a matter of conjecture. The hearing of the evidence was concluded yesterday afternoon and the arguments began la t night, each side being allowed three hours. Attorney D. E. Smith opened for the plaintiff and b C. J. Lutz closed. Judge He’ler made the closing argument for the defense. Mr. Lutz finished at 1:30 this afternoon and Judge LifoUotte immediately charged the jury and sent them to the council chamber. .The Decatur lawyers left for home this afternoon. Tlie OldeM Church. The oldest Christian church hi the World la at Home. Not far from the great Church of St. Maria Maggiore, in a street bearing the same name, is the much smaller Church of St. i’uentiaiia, which tradition as well as the opinion of archaeological experts declares to be the most ancient of the Christian edifices of Home. About the middle of the first century a certain Roman senator named Fodens had a house on this spot. He was a Christian convert and. it is said, a distant relative of Paul, the apostle, who lodged with him from A. It. 41 to 50 and converted his two daughters. Praxedes and Pudentiana. Eor the religious u-Cs of himself and guests be built a small chattel in this house, and when he died in IW and bis wife a year later Ids daughter added a baptistery, the [thins for which were drawn by Pius, the then bishop of Rome. In course of time a church was erected on the site of the original house of Pudens and consecrated by the bishop in 108 or 145. Tit* Rented Babies of Paris. The written law provides for every child in France that the government supplement the home education and when necessary replace it entirely, but as a matter of fact there are scores of children, in Paris especially, who have shaken free of their parents or been cast off by them and who live a vagabond existence, playing hide and seek with the officers of the law. Among this band the commonest offense is begging, though generally there is some older person back of the whining specimens one meets with on the streets. The fruitful incomes in this profession are obtained only through children. During the nights between New Year's and Christmas a baby in long clothes, especially if it be delicate looking, rents for as high as $5 or s<l. His brothers and sisters from one to five years old bnng $2. while these still older are worth a dollar on the coldest ilays.—Harper's Magazine. What a Hand May Mean. In all my experiences and thoughts I am conscious of a hand. Whatever touches mi l , whatever thrills me, is as a hand that touches me in the dark, and that touch is my reality. You might as well say that a sight which makes you giad or a blow which brings the stinging tears to your eyes is unreal as to say that those impressions are unreal which I have accumulated by means of touch. The delicate tremble of a butterfly’s wings tn my hand, the soft petals of violets curling In the cool folds of their leaves or lifting sweetly out of the meadow grass, the clear, firm outline of face and limb, the smooth arch of a horse's neck and the Velvety touch of his nose—all these and a thousand resultant combinations, which take shape in my mind, constitute my world.—Helen Keller in Century. Don’t Like Their Own Medicine. Dentists are. as a rule, not living testimonials to their profession. “It is liecause we know how much a tooth can be hurt that we dislike to get into a chair ourselves.” one of the craft explained the other day. “I had to fill a tooth for a fellow dentist last week and found it simply impossible to do a good Job. He twisted and turned, grabbed my hand when he saw It coming bls way and absolutely refused to let me do enough cutting to hold the filling rolidly. Finally I patched the tooth up somehow, and he wouldn't let me polish off tlie edges. Give me the most hysterical woman before a dentist every time.’’—New York Tribune. Friend* and Foe*. Dear te me is the friend, yet can I make even my very foe do me a friend's part. My friend shows me what I can do: iny foe teaches me what ! •»>O’lld do. Sehin®-

MAX AND HIS ATTIRE SOME DRESS TO KILL. WHILE IT KILLS OTHERS TO DRESS. Br*( llarte’M li«li><> Idra. «n Sartorial Harmony ««>«i Mr. I'olwuil'. ■eaaiMo Hole About Uelna Men.- ■ rrd—HUineir* Kecratvteillr*. Some men drcM to kill, while It kills others to dress. Men may talk about the iibsunlitleu mid discomfort* of fem(nine dresa us much as they please and it pleases some of them to do so a great deal but when warm weather comes the women have an opportunity to take their Innings in this little gaiuv and make an overwhelming score. A champton of man's superior common sense cun receive no greater setback than to stroll along the street a July morning and observe the appearance and actions of the different sexes In their habiliments. Here, for instance, comes along a man with a tall, stiff hat on bis head, a tall, stiff collar around his neck, a stlffiy starched shirt bosom covering his breast. stiff cuffs on bls wrists, woolen coat, vest and trousers upon the portions of his anatomy adapted thereunto, perspiration and dust upon bis brow. Behind him comes a cloud of muslin and tulle, a broad brimmed hat of light, perforated straw, a mass of semldlnphanous lace from which two bare arms and one ditto neck appear, and between the hat and the lace a woman's face is seen, cool, complacent, wholly comfortable, unknowing per api ration. Innocent of dust, altogether satisfactory to behold. A vision of this sort makes amends for all the outrages of theater hats in the winter and for once gives man a pang of envy that he also is not permitted to wear comfortable garments In midsummer. But the man lias bis inning as soon as fall comes, for then be is comfortable hi the garb that made life miserable a few weeks previously, while the diaphanous vision of July has become a blue nosed, shivering reality, trying to prevent the chilly wind from cutting through her shirt waist. It is told of the late Bret Harte that his wife, coming down late to breakfast one day and being asked for her spouse, explained that she left him trying to match n cravat with the stockings be had decided toKvear for the day. As a contrast to this take the story of a Mr. Poland told in the ‘■Reminiscences of Montagu Williams,” published in England. Mr, Poland caused his family great anxiety by the bad fit of his clothes. He was persuaded to go to a certain tailor and be measured, but the new suit fitted the wearer wot?" than the old. The tailor was interviewed by Mr. Poland's friend Underdown. "It is not my -fault, sir. I assure you. Every care was taken, as you desired, but bow could we fit a gentleman who would insist on being measured sitting down?” Underdown did not know what to make of this and at once proceeded to the temple to solve the mystery. On learning the object his visitor bad in calling, Poland said, with the imperturbable manner peculiar to him: "Well, it’s my business and not yours. I like to be comfortable. I spend three parts of my life sitting down, and I prefer to be measured so.” This recalls the anecdote of the poet Wordsworth, who, going to a London tailor and striding around the room, throwing his arms around like a madman. asked the astonished knight of the shears if he could make a suit of clothes for n man accustomed to walk in that manner. The poet was in the habit of composing his verses while striding through the fields and woods and didn’t care to have his gesticulations hampered by the cut of bis clothing. The divine afflatus must have its flow unrestricted by the outward garb. In Ids youth and early manhood the late Earl of Beaconsfield showed much eccentricity in his attire. In Malta, for example, he donned ns his walking dress "a blood red shirt, witli silver studs ns big ns shillings, nn immense scarf for girdle—full of pistols and daggers—red cap, red slippers, broad, blue striped jacket nnd trousers." The whole town was agape, and several people asked the erratic young Englishman to dine with them on the strength of his peculiarities. At a luter date, in a Turkish town, with the united assistance of ids English, Spanish nnd fancy wardrolie. as he nnively put it, I:e sported a costume which produced a most extraordinary effect on Hint costume loving people. A great many Turks culled on purpose to see it. but when he had won ills hosts Disraeli let Ills oddities fall partly out of sight. Savages dress for warmth and decency, but as a rule civilized men and, women dress not only for these indispensable purposes, but to delight the eyes of those who look at them. There Is no expense that a rational man should more gladly incur than that of dress for not only himself, but for the women who are dependent upon him.— George Bancroft Griffith In Chicago Record-Herald. Chnrch Composed of Fossil*. There is a church in the quiet little village 'of Mumford, near Niagara Falls, which Is composed entirely of fossils. At first glance the walls appear to be constructed of rough sand stone smeared with an uneven coating of gritty, coarse plaster, but a closer view reveals the error of this first conclusion. Instead of plaster the eyes behold traceries of delicate leaves, lacework of interwoven twigs, bits of broken branches, fragments of mossy bark and splinters of wood, all preserved against the wasting ot time and decay by being turned into the hardest of flinty limestone. As a matter ot fact, every block of stone in the four walls is a eiosely cemented mass of dainty fossils. —— -—- ■ o ■*»* *» —— ■ S'—- ■ . _

BELL LORE. rrohalil* Orlaln of the ssftaff Tailors Mako O Moo.” The mctiil used for a I*ll I* three parts of copper and one ot tin. ••"d 'hl* composition I* almost a* old n* the known history of manklml, for It was discovered by Laynrd In the I*ll* of old Nineveh. The tin harden* the met al, but too much makes It brittle, and a la'll is ti dainty ami delicate creature and above all things must not be driven to cracking. Koinetimes nn eiithu shuttle ringer will bump the I*ll against the wooden s.ny above and crack it. Sometimes the long falling of the i lnpper on n particular spot will make a crack, and the bell should be turned every generation or so to make the clapper fall on n new place. Clock hammers are the bell's great enemy, for they strike it sideways and not In the direction of Its swing, nnd besides they sometimes catch It as It sweeps [•list. A ringer who to save his muscles rings by n rope attached to the clapper will destroy the bell In next to no time. Silver has now and then been tried for bells, but, strange to say, is almost as unmusical as lead. In the middle ages, when n great bell was to I* cast crowds of the faithful would sometimes make sacrifice of their gold and silver ornaments and plate by casting them into the melting pot. but the only effect was to depreciate the tone. In China and other eastern lands bells are rung to frighten away devils, and some of the biggest bells in the world are in Buddhist temples. But even in Christian England it was long believed that bells would dissipate storms, and when they were cast there was a solemn ceremony, at which they received names. This was called by the common people the "baptism” of the bell. The bishop began the ceremony by solemnly washing the bell with water into which salt had been cast; then he anointed It with holy and chrism oil in the form of a cross, formally consecrating and dedicating the bell to the divine service. Candles were burned, and the bell was solemnly incensed. Many old bells had quaint and curious inscriptions. A bell at Sherborne, In Dorsetshire, dated 1652, was evidently intended chiefly as a warning in case of fire, for it was inscribed: Lord, quench this furious flame. Arise, run. help put out the same. The greatest bell in the world is that at Moscow, weighing luO tons. But apparently there was some accident at Its birth, for it is cracked, and there is no record of it ever having been rung. In England the greatest bells are Great Paul of London, made In 1881, and weighing nearly seventeen tons; Big Ben of Westminster. 1858, thirteen and one half tons, and Peter of York, ten and three-quarters tons. Big Ben and Great Peter were both cast by the Whitechapel foundry. Great Peter cost about £2.000 and is over eight feet across. It was cast at Whitechapel and allowed twelve days to cool. Even its clapper weighs a 11 underweight. It took sixteen men to toll it. Now it is little used, but always rings the old year out on the night of Dec. 31. It is also sometimes used as a minute bell at deaths and funerals. One curious thing about death bells is that in them probably originates the foolish saying that "Nine tailors make a man.” In many parts of*the country the death bell rings three times for a child, six for a woman and nine for a man. It is suggested that the true reading of the proverb is that "Nine ‘tellers' make a man.” Formerly the “passing bell" was rung not after but before the departure of a'dying person, which must have been very disconcerting to the invalid. The idea was that the soul got up out of the body and walked away, although invisible. So the bell was rung to warn the invisible world, the door and window of the sickroom were opened to give the soul a free choice of exits and all looking glasses were carefully draped over. For although you could not see the soul, you might catch a glimpse of it in the glass, with dire results to yourself unless the mirrors were carefully covered.—London News. Shall anil Will. It is very well, writes a correspondent on that subject of grammar which excites correspondents as meter excites poets. It is well and easily done to rebuke the reviving Celt for his “shalls” and "wills." But are we really prepared to give him a rule? The customary glib and complacent answer that, roughly speaking, “will” implies volition, and "shall” compulsion (In some degree), fails entirely to account for the interchange of these verbs with change of persons. And when we express a mere future, without either volition or compulsion, we use “shall” for the first person and "will” for the second and third. “I shall dine at 8, you will dine at 8, he will dine at 8.” Why? What have we to say for ourselves to the Latin nnd the Celt? And yet the English child and the English costermonger, who may get nothing else right, never make a mistake in this most arbitrary custom.—London Chronicle. Inseels and Flowers. It has long been a mooted question whether insects are attracted to flowera by the bright hues vs the petals or by the odor of the flowers, and recent experiments carried out on quite an extensive scale seem to Indicate that the perfume 1* the essential directive agent It is concluded that Insects are guided from a distance to masses of flowers by their perfume alone, but that where flowers are grown singly insects are attracted generally by color, and where the distance is smnll the odor doubtless assists in attracting and directing the movements of the flying insects.

Mexico nineteen hours nearer. Double dully through service. Iron Mountain route. A*k ticket sgents or G A A. Deang, Jr., TP. A.. 200 Sentinel Bldg., Indiansjs’lis "Notloe.—Piano and Organ Tuner Wm. A. Spiegel, of >' ort Wayne, will t* in Decatur about Monday, January 30th. Anyone wishing work done will kindly leave their order at Park hotel. Yours truly. Wm. Spiegel. '**• Notice, to the people of Union township, who have business with the trustee, yon will find me ny mail route 12, Decatur, by phone, Monroeville lino 154, or personally st my home on Tuesday, whioh wil be mv ofllce day until further notice is given For convenience to self and family I have aelecetd this day, Tuesday as office dav. V ours tor butenes*. Jno. A. Barkley. Trustee Union Township. 308d2w 11 NOTICE* Marshal Green desires in this manner tp inform the people who put in p dice cal » to I* sure and tell central what the’ trouble is and where, as ou a numlier of occasions he has been unnecessarily called and he desires to lie the judge for himself whether needed or not

The Key to the Situation We have placed in our window a box which contains TWENTY DOLLARS Wo will give a key to this box FREE with every CASH purchase of ONE DOLLAR or over. When keys have bivn given out you may try your key. Only TWO keys will unlock this box. Yours may be one of them. The first key to unlock the box takes $15.00 The second key to unlock the box takes $5.00 No employee allowed to have a key. We do not know which key opens the box. We will begin giving out keys Friday Morning, January 20 WINNES SHOE STORE DEALERS IN Ladies, Gents and Children’s Shoes Boots and Rubbers of Every Descrpition A Key may be worth Dollars to you Bargains in Adams Couuly Farms. Here They Are. A Fine Lot of Farms at Rock Bottom Prices. ° f '7, *' re *‘ l ? ad *• * quality of mndy learn, new hous. t i V**'•'T* 1 ' » n,i the remainder !n smell timber. : <mk trees, on rural route, located miles from Bobo, price $1350. o,4 ", a< ' re » located 2 mile* from Bobo and Plearant Mill- ■ faml - miles to a railroad ana market, good jualilv t ‘."ermMo wn the N «iied n’lw bar * a!n ’- • f«*» farm of 73 acres, with corn crib and wa- n route »rv!ee U <ri»h<l ,i r W <i h * rn ; I t* cra * ut timber, on good r«ed and has rum If vou w.nl til2 Umile* of three irood small railroad (own.. Price $2want this pl.ee, you must write or call at once. bind exe,m n t'in far "‘.'.‘“‘ted one mile from the town of Preble, all tine b , well tlhJd and w/ui‘i »,* h ?S b arc lov * ,,<l *»«>uwe lot, barn lot. and orchard. lan Sml r,, W,» h ‘.i ' r !' nce ' i 1,1 '“'t C indltion. seven room frame houcorn *' ,x " I.'" * r ‘ *2?? lar,fe b “ r " newl l painted <1 wi'h rural'i he<l ' Wl,l) d h“UM- and chieken house, on Stone road u. . Jcre. one mIJ r.o-h «i . e" X e “ * l,h J"’” l •Os the land cleared but 1. acre-, one mile to school and ch rch This place I* cheap at »75 per acre. If one of these plac»s la the one yon wan. write or call on us today, They may GONE TOM >RROW. Northern Indiana Real Estate Conwany. REPPERT. FRLCHTE & LITT ER ER. ,Ddiana MONEY TALKS Will Money Help You? Jl SOi.llll on or write to us. We will loan you money in any amount rotn s )to >ll!O.jon household goods, pianos, organs, team« fixtures etc without removal. You'-Jcan have from one to twelve* mont is o time in which to pay it back, in small weekly cr monthly payments as you prefer, f 1.20 is the weekly payment on a loan ° r 1 H » °*k er amounts at the same proportion. If you need money hll out the following blank, cut it out and mail it to us. (hir agent will be m Decatur every Tuesday to make loans and will call on you. , Date Your Name Wife’s Name Street and Number City Amount Wanted Kind of Security you have Occupation jt’wirSjw'S cat O. or Horn* phone T Uil I TV AYNE 14) A ¥ i’ll 70S Calhoun Hl Established 1’96. “ AiVAH W. opp cl Hom* Fort Wayne, Ind.

NoticeGolden Gleam Stove Polish, the only dustless and waterproof polish on earth ('all 'nhonn 445 and it will be delivered at your honae Sam C. Wyait. 2VHd2wk» ' LADIES ATTENTION The Big January Sale. All departmente are full of good bargains Sale closes Saturday, January 28, 1905, 4dtf NIBLICK & CO DIRT FOR SALE We will have for sale, beginning next Monday, several hundred loads of fine dirt. Enquire at store. Schafer Hardware Co NOTICE I am operating my Feed Mill every day anil crush ear corn and Grind all kinds of Small Grain CHARGES REASONABLE I also have several Cypress Stock Tanks which I will sell at a bargxm, F=». KIRSCH Factory North Third Street, Decatur.