Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1905 — Page 4

Weather Forecast. Sunday fair, fresh northwest to north winds. ■■■■■■' MARKET REPOP T. Accurate pn«M paid by Dmsalur <n«n haoU for various product*. ("or reeled every day. Saturday Jan 21. i M UN. ST 8. L. UABSOL, USAIN MSBOHAWi Corn yellow new • •■0 Corn, Mixed new 5 s AUchine siuchsd ou* cent «eiui, Oass.oe* ■. — —— 80 AV beat. No. 2 I 11 >v n<*W nea 8w * Kve No. a.— 1Clover Seed — Alavke __ - St H '’•* Buckwheat AS KI ax Seed.. — - M * Timoihv —... 81 Buckwheat AO CffiCA'J HAwAFH | Chicago marketolOHed al 1:15* ■ todav. according to Decatur Slock aud Grain Exchange. July Wheat 4»«J Wheat. Jan. Wheal. May—l 11 July Corn 45 Corn, January Corn. May Hi July Oats, •J ,, « Oats, Jan Oats May «»1 Jan. Pork 12 57 Jan. Lard— 6 “6 i TOLEDO GRAIN fiARM 'S Changed every aflernooa al 3:OC o’clock bv J. D. H*.e, Decatur Special wire service. Wheal, new No. 2, red, each—ll 111, May wheat; 1 I*l July Wheal 1 OBJ Corn, ciah <•; | May corn ....— 4 f jl July corn Oats, cash— - 83 j May oals — —3 B l July Oats 33g Bve. cashH2 STOCK. er rsan schbiman. ns .an Lambs H eliih ka> Hoge.percwi tOOASItO. Catlie per lb 2 £ 3 Calves, per lb 3| < 5 Cowsl <9 2 POULTRY. ST J. W. PLACE CO. Chickens, young, per lb Fowls, per lb -. t'i Young Turkey M— Old Turkeys 3 HAY HARKHT. No. 1 timothy large (baled) I 8 00 No I ” small ” 7 00 No 2 11 00 lees No 1 mixed 1 50 less No 1 clover 1 50 leas WOOL AND HIDES.

by b. kalvkb k rom. Phone 442 Wool, unwashed 18*023 Coon _IO @ 1 50 Skunk 20 1 50 OpoMum IP (® 00 Mink — - f 0 @ 3 CO Muskrat 3 (tt 15 Beef Hides 08 Calf ’ 10 Sheep Pelts 25 (sf 1.25 Tallow 04 itu-f* t<m Prices of coal on and after De-'em her Ist, until further notice wil' be an follows; Hocking Lump, per *■>• 80 Virginia Splint 4 00 Indiana Lump 3 60 Domestic Nut 3 60 Washed Nut. 4 00 Pittsburg Lump 4 00 Pocahontas 4 50 Kentucky Cannel! 6 00 Anthracite 7 50 Charges for carrying coal -25 c per I ton or fraction thereof; upstairs 50c per ton. | OTHER PR»mjcTs. "BY VABtOUS oBOCBBS AMD MBfcCHAMTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz 1 25 Lard « Butter, per pound 14 Potatoes, new <5 Onions 75 Cabbage per 100 lb 60 Apples, per bu —— OIL HARBBT. Indiana « 90 Whitehouse 1.11 Somerset 53 Neodasha, (Kan.) 62 Barkersville 1.00 Ragland 55 Tiona |1.57 Pennsylvania 1.12 Corning. 1.09 New Cas i«, 1-34 North Lima 95 South Lima 90 HARKET NOTES. Liverpool market closed steady Wheat. | cent higher Corn, | cent higher Receipts al Chicago today: Hogs 25000 Wheat 20 cars Corn Z2scats Oats 7 Oca n: C<ttle 2000 Sheep 5000 Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs 20000 Wheat 4f, 'ar* Corn 148 ar* Oats 35 'ar* T*> Mm It May Concern. appointed genche sale of Vitae Ore Medicine and all agents can secure their supplies from* me. Jonathan Burkhead, Monroe, Ind. 300 d

DIPPING IN THE DISH A CUSTOM STILL IN VOOUS AMONG StMICIVILIZED ORIENTALS. The FlKhr Habit »r Fating In < nin. mon That la Followed bp the Arab*. Among Whom Finger* let Helen Superior In Forks. | Germs cannot be a* destructive to | hntuan health as Is popularly Ih>ll*v«ml. for if they were the total destruction of the orientals would have taken place | many centuries ago, for among the many peculiar mid primitive customs of the seuilcivillzed races of the Holy Land one of the most loathsome practiced today la that called by westerners “dipping ill the disli.!' The custom dates back t > HH-ln ill day* \\ itnssalng sn Arab meal, one truly in be any human beings left carry on this horrid eus i tom when one considers how great are the precautions deemed neivsaary in civilised lands both for the sake of cieanliues* and for < becking the spread of disease, for it is a collection of dirty and grimy hands that one sees around the one common dish of rice and beans or of sour milk which constitutes the principal meal of the day, cither li- the home or In the Held. To watch these hungry beings setting to work to devour their fo»*l. mak lug use of their black hands reeking with tilth and grime, is enough to take away one’s own appetite. True enough, acivrding to the religious laws of both Mohammedan* aud Jews, it is required t at the hands l>e washed before eating us well as before praying Correct manners demand that the bearer of a pitcher shall pour water over tile hands of each meiul>er of a group sitting down to eat Where the people are well to do both pitcher und basin are of silver, and a towel is carried on the bearer’s arm for the wiping of hands, i irdinary people simply pour the water over the hands, letting it full to the ground and using the corner of the flowing Tobe for a towel. But even who* they do thus “wash their hands" before sitting down to eat the scarcity of water allows only a so called "cat’s lick,” aud. as soap Is an unknown, quantity to the Arab, this sprinkling of water over hl* finger tips dis'* not really lessen the dirt on the bands, as they are rarely washed nt other times, nor doe* it remove any germs of disease that must inevitably have settled there during the day’s In-

tercourse with animals and friends and Mighbora of every class and condition, to each of whom it hearty salutation haa treen offered iu the aha|>e of much handshaking and effusive kissing of both hands and faces, ail of which would teud more or less to spread germs. When one thinks of the numerous leja-rs in Palestine, who are allowed much freedom, and of those afflicted with minor skin disease*, who mingle freely with others regardless of the possibility of infection, without mentioning th* appalling prevalence of ophthalmia, about which there Is absolutely no care or precaution taken, it becomes a fearsome sight, this mingling of soiled and diseased bands in one common dish of food at the same time and the placing of these hands within the eaters' mouth* after having liandltsl food just touched by their neighbor's perhaps filthier one*. .still more repelling than this custom of putting one's food into one’s own mouth with soiled and greasy hands is the msrk of attention demanded by Bedouin etiquette from a boat to hi* guest. Before any of the group seated on the rough matting around the rooden howl of food on the fiis>r begin to eat the host, with much ostentation, places Ids hand to tlie dish liefore him, and. taking out a good handful of the greasy sop. rolls it well between his palms and. patting It down thoroughly into the shape of a ball, reaches over

toward his guest and himself puts it • right > hl* u outl. pushing It well in i with lit* fingers. This is Arab courtesy and hospitality. and if tlie guest is well tired he will often his mouth to receive this dainty 1 morsel and thus accept ids host's mark of favor. With this signal the meal begins. Then, turning up their wide sleeves to keep them well out of the dish, the company set to work Mistily to devour the contents of the dish before them, and suddenly eight or ten dirty bands are plunged Into the dish at once. There is an unwritten law which appoints to each man his own portion for "digging in the dish"—that is. the part ( nearest to his right baud and it would be as gross impoliteness for him to help I himself to that ou Iris left as for west i enters to put knives in their mouths ( Only one hand should be used, and with this balls are made out of the gr-a-y me—*. which « 'I :nt" tlie mouth by a dexterous movement of the thumb But s of suta_< et quette are broken iu the orient as often I as those of good breeding are in the Occident, and so one often sees groups of men in Palestine eating together in ; a rapacious manner, putting both soil- . ed bands in the dish at once for great er ease in more quickly securing large I mouthfuls of food. The Arabs have a saying about any ’ one who helps himself too greedily I from the dish: “He descends like the foot of a crow, but ascends like the hoof of a camel.” A meal consists of one course only, and nil the different messes are mixed together, whether meats, sweets or acids. The only pretense made for a ■ plate or a fork is the thin flat cake of. bread which breaks up easily. With It persons sop up the fluids and vegetable* ' and they dish up the handfuls of food which they squeeze into the bread, thus making lite latter serve for the outer wall of the ball of greasy substance Which Is to lie thrown into their mouths. It is then eaten with much

[ smacking of lip* and ether vulgar . Bound* to demonstrate to their boat ! their thorough appreciation aud relish I< of hl* repeat. Not to do this la to up pear moat ungrateful mid Impolite. Km h person, after well filling hl» mouth, shake* his o|»en hand over the ’ dish to throw back any grain* of food , which might have adhered to hl* greasy palm, lest any lie wasted! I" would seem as though the fact of their ’ handling the common meat* would la disgusting enough, but it la the climax I to sec them rubbing off Ihecruml* that ' | stick to their dirty hands into the bowl ’ from w hence their neighbor* must take 1 their next mouthful. Till* process 1* repeated every instant until every one I* satlstlisi. Even In a land of such customs there are grade* of barbarism. Thus the more civilised Arabs consider it rude to put th* whole of one hand Into the dish mid only use three fingers io help themselves more delicately to the food from the oiuiniou dish. Whenever they do sttempt to us* table utensil* it i* merely to And favor In the eye* of some European guest, nud they appear ludicrous amt clumsy in their handling of these modern tool* aud not Inf re qnently cut their bps vrlth tbe knives or prick them with the fork*. Where cup* are provided the drink -Ing is done In common. Just like the eating, for only one or two cup* are considered nece*»ary for the whole party. But the usual thing for them t« do Is to finish eating their meal without drinking mid then al) rise up and go together to the well aud drink till they are satisfied. Whenever there is meat to be carved or. rather, to be divided among the company, the host do,* this with his hands, but not without abundantly splashing the garments of the partak ers of the feast as he tears the meat violently asunder. The clothes of the guests are in constant danger during the meal. for if the boat becomes very genial aud happy he ,* liable to have sudden tits of affection Tor some of his frie*ds and. with the usuftl exaggerated demonstrativeness of the orient, will hug the victim with l>otb his sticky hands or else will throw dainty morsels of meat toward him. tom off the bone especially for him. as a mark of favor and delicate attention. A European once asked some natives why they did not use knives and fork*, and" one of them answered Indignantly: “Th* idea of using manufactured uten ail*! It i* an insult to God Almighty, who created our hands Another ex-

plained that their mode was by far the cleanlier, for he exclaimed: "How can you l»ear to put into your mouth* knives and forks win. h have used by other people? We prefer to eat with our bands, which are absolutely our own.”—New York Tribune. Re Waft Mogest In Ills < linrue. In the good old tißu-s in a certain Massachusetts town a gentleman of the decayed resjHstnbility sort, whose debt* were more numerous than was desimbl* either to him made a friendly call at a lawyer’s office and found that lie had gone t<xi dinner. He sat down, however, anil presently a stranger entered and, suje posiug hit* to i>e tiio lawyer, said: “I wish to make an inquiry aliont Colonel Ball. Our bank hss come into po* session of paper I -oaring bi* name, and we are a little anxious about It. Can yon give me an opinion regarding hi* soundness?” Now. the amn addressed was Coioael R*ll. and he was shrewd enough to keep within the strict truth. Bis- I Ing from bi* chair, be brought one hand down firmly and said: “I would, sir. that 1 had every piece of paper bearing Colonel Ball’s name in my possession nt thi* moment. I would feel perfectly secure- if I . had it." "That is all 1 want to know." declared , the visitor. “We will extend his time if he wishes it, and I thank-you for your statement. What do I owe you?"

Colonel Ball was modest in his charge for this opinion. Sisnlflcntwe of “Vsn" and “Von." It is a common mistake of Americans to think that the prefix “van" ligfore a Dutch name signifies nobility. In the Low Countries that is, in the kingdoms of the Netherlands and of Belgium—“van" lias no particular meaning. Names with "van" are apt | to be read on shops as well as on the doors of tin- most aristocratic man sions. The humblest persona have It . as well as the most refined. Ou the other hand, a great number of the. very oldest families are without it. In Germany "von" means noble, and all persons belonging to the nobility have "von" l<efore their family names without any exception. Persons who do not belong to the nobility cannot put “von" l>efore their names, as they have no right to do so and would tie found out directly If they assumed it and make themselves ridiculous. But in ease of a man being knighted for some reason or other he lias the right to put “von" liefore liis family name, j For instam-e, when Alexander Humboldt was knighted he became Alexander von Humboldt, and all his descendants, male and female, take the prefix. % Dlulikrd Animal Keeper. A keeper in an English zoological garden had been employed on account , of his supposed fondness for animals, but was soon found to have incurred the enmity of bis charge*. Their enmity was not shown at once, but presently became universal and strong- . ly pronounced. It was suspected that ' while outwardly treating them with I kindness he must secretly hurt or an- . noy them. He denied having done anything of the sort, and his general manner seemed to beer out his protestations. A watch was set upon him. with a curious result. It appeared that he never spoke to the animals, and for that reason al-ute his presence was Intolerable to them.

1 ICE SALE ~SATURDAVS 20 dozen flue white linen finish Q Hand kerchiefs I for | Q ... . , YX ss.ooand 16.00 Men’s Suits aa. 26c and 35c Boys Heavy Cheviot 4 Qg Jl Qi — SIO.OO and 812.00 Men's Winter p. 50eShirts go at 39C Sui ‘* ' ALL 50c ( APS GO 3 k AT THIS SA JJ An abundance of high grade Clothing and Furnishings at CLEARANCE SALE PRICES to *av» you ’25 to 36 per ent on your purchases. Call and inspect my goods before buying and SHare Im THe Saving GUS ROSENTHAL’S - ' The Square Mon DecaturJnj-

LADIES ATTENTION The Big January Sale. All departments are full cf good bargains. Sale closes Saturday, January|2B, 1905 4dtf NIBLICK & CO Notice To Township and City Trustees. Yonr January, 1905, draw will b ready for your acceptance on January 28 and 30, 1905. J. H. Voglewede, Treasurer. A SPECIALTY All kinds of barn and other lumber sawing. Prices right. Leave orders at the Decatur Cement Factory or see 300-d 2w LENHART & MYERS. ~~~ ■ ijoss THE BEST MEN in town or most of them, pay bills by checks. It helps in business' it helps to save mcney£andjis the up-to-date way Come nowjand start an account. If you put off you may SPEND MONEY that might be saved. Your money is peifectly safe here and you can get it any time, but it is easier to add to it and save in your pocket. The First National Bank DECATUR, IND. fa a Payment Contracts issued by JII the .Etna Life Insurance Co., « V of Hartford, Conn., earn profits enough to cancel six of the | s payments, thus reducing the IA number of payments required to ■ and guaranteeing a profit of more than lil Ol u P on ®oney actually inJO vested, besides the profits • “ I further to accrue, in compliance with the terms of the contract For further information see Jonh Scnurger or Mrs. L. >l. McEwen. JJJ 4. |L> JifcTNERVOUS DEBILITY The world admlret m*n who aro in phTafcat OMfnial and nerve force; men of ambition, enertn aM iwpoo* l maim* . Uia tme *ypv of perfect manho<Mt. To attain thh the flrat reuuiatte la ffuori. healthy Narvas. which give caimdty for pnvsicai and mental development and make Ufa worth living. MFFER S NERViCOR tnakat Strang. Calm Nanfaa Cures Nervous Dafe iity. Failing Mamary, Vital Wcafenaaa Prostrstian. Sleeplessness and other troubleadua to over work, aanoking. drug habits and other causae. Makes rich, healthy blnod and repair* wasted nerves. Fquslly good for wr men. Booklet free. iTlcsSl.noa boi. S'.iforlS.aa poetraid with a guarantee to refund. If tvt cured or benefited •FFFMM MEDICAL ASSOCIATION wMiCACO U. * A Blackburn At Christen EDWARD LUTTMAN TRUSTEE ROOT TOWOSHIP Office Dat Monday of each week

_ I Decatur, lop Located tn Henry Scniegei GRAHAM & LOWER I inriiTA r«r. r,„- DEtAT Uft, INDIANA (Phone! AGENTS FOR BEST INSURANCE GO’S IN THE WORM and City, nr.. L i ahtn . nft apd Wi(ld

JOSEPH V. PEASE. TRUSTEE KIRKLAND TOWNSHIP H Office Dw -W’edneeday of each I fccck. 44*t*ni LOUS KLEINE i Trustee Preble Township Office Day--Wednesday of eath week II d Imo. MONEY TO LOB 8 * E /rA E o lok 2 ° o \o N n FARM LOANS : We are placing farm loans at 5 per cent int. with privelege of partial payments. Other companies have advanced their rates. We have not. CITY LOANS: We place desirable city loans, at 5 per 1 cent int. Small dwelling loans * at 6 per cent int. Building j loans made. All with privi- 1 lege of partial payments. I , ABSTRACTS: We pre- , pare Abstracts of Title. Our | books are modern, complete and up to date. 1 INVESTMENTS: We 1 i offer to investors choice securities bearing a fair rate of interest and as safe as’ gover-. ment bonds. If you have idle I money, we ask you to investigate. The Decatur Abstract & Loan Co., DECATUR. INDIANA. No. 120% South Second St. Rooms 3 &4 Studabaker’s blk. Special low Excursion Rates vu CLOVER LEAF ROUTE. Season 1904-05 — ln’himn?* T h,o m ? o,h » n<l AU L, rule*. | Al ’ Oil, Ha, HeU'vis to *>uth ai„l a,„ith. e»M. at one half tar.- olux B *<>ut.n- , Low Ratrs In Toledo ond SI. Louis Soe.-ial /<>w round trip rate* between To ed and St ' Louia every day. Limit Y and ISd.y " 1 t ‘'t‘’?a r " , V,, GM,S ? T, . ,ur "‘’ Bt“»ov*r privleiceaof tendajx month »-| Pullmo i Paton- Sleeping Cars frw» fwcliriiQirt hair and ( afe (. are, (Meala nerved **»»t coaches on wll •PPhr*to , w n 4kt l Tt,£l!fV nd ln,or “»‘lon ■ppiy ron.areat Ticket A«i nt. .»r addrew Ityou contemplate atr'p to i i«tov WrU ‘ ,Or ««FO* ' W. L. ROSS General Passenger Agent. M. A. CHAMBERS, Toledo, Ohio. Traveling Paaaenger Agent. Franks, rt, Ind. T. L. M I LLEH, Ajrent, t e. e.

BOY ARCHBOLD. | DBNTIST I. O. O. F. BLOCK, I Pnon A-Office, 161: A w for Slit » HE«W ami Insure Your Propert ‘ *n the Dentur insurance Ager Gallogly & Haeflinf CALL ON City Trucking I r-on DRATIN6, TRUCKING, I Heavy Work a Specie ALL KxNDS OF COAL- 1 COKE. Phone 412 j GOftL Feed and Seeds Peninsular Portlanig t Cement Gypsum Ro< k Plaster We make a specia ! ' ;:rc , ta , IshingHIGHORAI J ' LEA-' COAL that will burn. J. D. HALE rhoueo Cor. Jefferson an . 2nd 8:i Rooting, spoil l ’ ll - | and all kinds o’l Galvanized lr° D J Work. FurnaceSi Rppaii'’ B ' : Specialty. , All Work Gnariiiiti , c«’|