Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1905 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. KVtkV XVZSIXO, EXCEPT SVXt'AT, Bt l_ ■ W <a . ■I.UIN a M A M . »UIIC*IPTION RATtI At carrier, per w,-.k * lOc By earner. per year X 4.00 By mail, per month tSo By man. per y.'«r *>.(o *ln»i» eopMMI. Two CetiVa Adrertumy ralenmaile knowaou application Bnlerr*! In the patuffi at tiecatur. Indiana a* m eoud-cla»a tuall u,alter aßßmrrxia'.r * ---• -= i.iX-r. J. M. HULER, MANAGE R’. Another demonstration of the per manercy and phenominal growth of the country daily, contra from ’ Bluffton, where the Evening Ban ner .claims a bontflde nironla-; tion of two thousand fifty. ' Such a daily circulation seems to a ime incredible, but the advent of! the rural route rrakee auch a atxtß , ment not in the leant inoonsi*ten’ ' The day of the padded circulation is pint The Evening Banner iA one of the heat, and along with its many other accomplishments denerves to grow fa’ an I h«a!thy. CANNOT RECOVER Ex Stile T eu trer L»vl Is Fa iIW 111 at ln<il<nipolls Hotel. Ex State Treasurer, Leopold Levy, formerly of Huntington, is oiitioaiiv ill a’ en Indianapolis hotel, suffe in? w.th kiilmy ’rouble, and dropsy. It is said that he can , not recover. This will bs sad news ! to Mr. Levy's many ftiends throughout Indiana. L »pold Levy ( was engaged in the meichnndising ( business for many years in Hunt- j ington. where he is well known and popular. After serving two terms as state treasurer, he formed a part- 1 tership with one of his eons and ■Taoob Herff and has been engaged 1 in the manuf»cture of iron ana ' brass bedsteads and widow furniture at Mooresville and Indiat- 1 apolis. CUT HIS HAND Trjt Friitoc Mt! With Painful Accident Saturday. i True Fristoe, while assisting his fvther Saturday to move a house, struck his right hand on a hatcher, cutting the sam» in a frightful manner, it taking several stitches to sew up the gash True was nail-■ ing some boards down so as to I allow the house to rnn smoothly over the same, and in getting out , from under the house, his right! hand came in contact with the ■ sharp hatchet he was carrying,' with considerable force, cutting a gash several inches long across the hack of his hand. Dr. Boyers dressed the wound and it will be several days bsf »re True will b° able to do anv stunts on the piano. From March Ist to May 15th the Erie railroad will sell tickets to the Pacific coast and intermediate pain’s at verv low rates. . Ask agents for particulars. F>r Rent— D veiling on T'drd i street J See Mr*. D. E. Studalak r. I

®“A SuperSensa’ive '■ Man’ Says the Phliospher, “feels many a hard rap cn the bump of hia vanity that never realy tcuchs him.” ‘I can’t reaamably blame er tical fe trinities for adurring my suit more than the man in aide of it. but I <’o wish they knew T bought it of ELZEY & VANCE then they would throw a louquel at my ectncmy instead of an egg at my extravagance.” OUR ELEGANT SPRIKG SUiTS ARE DECITFUL 1“ llHadacme Fancy Woistede. Fency Brown, and Elegant Spring Overcoats. , A Fir, Fit for Everybody”. • Corner East Cob rt l-| 7F\Z V DECATI R House. L.L./-L 1 <X V /-tiIVL- INDIANA.

,1 TO ATTEND TRIAL ' Dtcator F eoplc al Pon Ia nd lor Rifhl ofWay Lawsuit. The case of the Fort Wayne A Springfield Traction company v« A. D Smith.Jcondemnation proceedings Ito secure a right of way through the Smith farm began at Portland I this morning. Quite a number of . Decatur people went down on the m> rning train to take part in the case, the crowd including A. J. 8 nith, C. J. Lutz, J. T Merryman, John Hessler. Henry Kiting, George Tncker. Ttoe Ulman. B J. Terveer, J. M Archbold and several others. BUSINESS MENTION New spring shirts,in all designs at I Gus Rosenthal's. ts , Beautiful spring styles in ladies'' hats at U. Deininger s millinery (yarning, Wednesday afternoon. New SpringH'ee, all lale shed** at Gue Roeenthal's. ts 115 round trip to points in Arkan sas. Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana. Mssouri, Texas, Oklahoma Territory and Indiana Territory, from Hi. Louis, Special fares in connection with these very low rates via Clover Leaf route on February 7, and 21st, and March 7th and 21, 1905. Get full information of Clover Leaf agents or address W. L. Ross, G. P. A. Toledo. O. Ela ides, you can see the spring fashions in hats at U. Deininger s. W’eJn «fday afternoon. ssd3 Public Sale. Henry Marhenke will sell at auction at tis residence, 5 miles north of Decatur, or 1 and ’« miles north of Monmouth, at 10 o'clock a. tu , on Tuesday, March 2b, Cattle, hogs, implements, harness, surrey, etc.,' _ Charles A. Krogh will sell at public auction at his residence one- j fourth mile west of Steele and six tulles southeast of Monroe, on Tues day, Maron 21, Five head of horses, : three milch oows, two brood sows, , seven head of sboat*. two buggies, wagon, harness, farming implements , grain, and other articles. Spri ig mtllitury opening Wednesday afternoou. Dont' miss ""it I U.» Deininger s. s**J3 '! We can sell a parcel of ground jot North Second street 82X feet j trout and 310 feet long at a remarkable low cash price. See us. i Merryman & Sitton. 36d2wks I nderatood Illa Rti«dnra«. Fasiii'inable Tailor—Go front at oi:’'* Two young clerks there after suits. I New Man (whispering)—l’m waiting on i u million;.ire. "Irare him and attend I to The*e mllli >n lire* don't' . buy new clothe* once in five years. . A clerk I* md fir a frra'i sulfcevery three months."—New York Weekly. The nifflcalty. Mr. Hooke- I hope you didn't lielieve ' what they said about me. Miss Budd 1 I make It a |<oiut never to believe more I than half I bear. Mr. Rothe— But the trouble Is you women generally lielieve j the wrong half. Pin* mates. Mother- Tommy, I don't like to have you piny with boys who nre l»ad. Tommy—But the good boys nre no good, mamma.—Chicaga New*. ..t. Chronic Case. "Hus your wife complained very ! long?" asked tlie do<*t >r. ••Ever since we were married," replied Meekly sadly.

’ j PECULIAR (TRKEXCY I ■■ 1 ■ , - SKINS Os ANIMALS PROBABLY THE FIRST-FORM OF MONEY. Then < ante the Pn.tcrnl %■♦. W Ith , j the Aalmala lii.Got*! o( Their fell. ■ ■ a Medium hf Kirhaaar—MhrlL l ent her and Metal Tuhraa. 11 There wna a time when neither coin ' nor even metals in the roiigti were lu 1 i use aiming mankind as a clrculatli'g t.s-dliuu. Nuiiii.-matk-s, as a rule, g> no “ farther i*ack tbati si) or t»«i years I* ' i forv the I'brislkin era tu tbe staniiwd ( pieces of metal circulated among tue ! Greeks and Lydluuu. , j It may la* of interest to glimce at | some of the early (onus of currency and at the atrauge substitutes 6>t i money still in use among barbarous peoples. The enrlle-<t substitute for coin cur . rent most by man is believed to have been the skins of auiluals. This ineell 1 am of exchange was employed by tar 1 ancient Uusslana and also by the firs’ jaettleni of this country. Certain tribe* lof the Alaskan Indians today use tbe l>clts of tx-aru and foies for currency. Tbe pastuial age succeeded tbe limit- , ing age, and meu lu-gau tu use nnimals theniselveu InMead of tbeir skius for a I elreulatlng medium. I Tbe animals princi)>aUy employed I ' were «heep and oxen, tbeir relative val I ue being detertuiiied by tbe ancieut < I Komaus at ten sheep for one ox. wlib b I i standard la still rwoguized among the | iMongol tribes. TrOi-es of this custom i are still visible In the Irisli and Ice | | laudic laws. Among the early Teutonic races flues were often paid in cuttle, anti th** Zu ! lus and tbe Katiirs in this year of grace ' make use of this old time medium. A direct link between this practice ■ and th** use of metal coins fa- money i* I , found in the currency of tbe early : i Homans, who used pieces of brass clip I*ed off from a mass. Later, in the time of Servius Tullius, tbe brass was coined and marked with | tbe figure of an ox. An interesting little tdt of etymological lore is connected with this custom, for tiie laitin word for money. |<ee'.tnla-when *e our modern term pecuniary—was derived from |ieetis, cattle. Metal money was used, however, long iiefore the time of tbe K >maus. As far luck a< tbe days of Abraham the Egyptian* uosl gold and silver for currency. It was counted by weight and not by face value. Tlie Hebrews had "Jewel money" tn addition to shekels Slid taients and drams >f gohl and silver. Ou the Egy | 'tin tr tom its gold is represented as being weights! iu rings for commercial purjttses, rather an improvement, it may be considered, on the earlier metal lump. Before the introduction of coined money into Gree<-e skewers or spikes of iron and <sntper constituted the currency sit making a dram or handful. This iron money continued In use among tbe Spartans for many <a*nturies. and Plutarch tells us that to a great quantity and weight of this but e small value was assigned, so that ' to lay up ten minae. a little over £3l. a whole room was required, and to re- ■ move It nothing less than a yoke of oxen. In certain parts of Central Africa Iron spikes are still used, after tbe Spartan fashion, and. according to Adam Smith, it was not so long ago , that nails were used as a subsidiary ■•nln in S**otland; lienee, perhaps, we obtain tbe term "tenpenny nail"—L e.. ten far a penny. I During tlie commercial supremacy of Carthago the common currency used hy her merchants and sailors both tn their trade at home and with foreign nations wns pieces of leather stamped I with the arms of the powerful republic. The curren<*y of the Aztecs consisted I of transparent quills of g ild dust, of bits of tin cut in the form of a T and of bags of cocoa containing a specified number of grains. “Blessed money.” exclaims the <d 1 annalist. PtterMartyr, “wbi-h ex«-epts Its possessor from avnrlce since It cannot be long boarder! or hidden under ground.” Tlie earliest coinage iu America was the fau-ous "liog money" made In lUI2 fs the Virginia company nt the Sum I mer Islam’s now tbe Bermudas. The

com was or or*M. witn tue irgeoo I **ttoinßM«r lalnuds” and a "h»gge on | one side In memory of the n bund ame -of liogges which were found on the . first landing.” Tlie currency of tbe early colonists was a very mixed one At one time , musket balls passed for change at a , farthing spleen* and were a legal tom.er for sums under a shilling. Corn. Imans, codfish nn*l pi-itr <•» were also legal tenI dvr. 1 I Wump t.i. Hie shell fiend money of ; the Indians, was the currency most : | in use. however, living accepted by the , I cidonHts ns a convenient token. Ttiet** were tw<r*k!n'.t of this shell • money — "wnmpuine. g." which was I while mid made from ils* com*h or , periwinkle, mid •‘suchau >ek." whi**b wns dark purple and mnile from tbe hard shell clam, Tlie purple was worth twice as llittcli ns the white. The shell I was broken In plece-v. rubbed smooth ■ mi a stone till nlsmt tbe thlckne** of n plpooteni. then pierced with a drill and I strung Into necklaces, bracelets and belts. Th<* English. Fiwieh nnd Dut' h settlers all used wampum, the value tieInz fixed In PH*' m six brads for a penny. The string* were called fathj oms mid varied Ln value from 3 to lt» shillings. Shell money lias played quite an Important |*art in tlie world's <• imtnerce. | The rtiiall hard shell known ns the I cowrie Is u<e.l tally in Ituliu, the Indian Islands mid Afrjct In the place I of subsidiary coin. In Ito*! wore than g.’W tons of these shells were brought from India to I> - erpool to exi'liaugv for palm oil. Tbeir I value In Bengal Is 3.200 tu the rupee, I or about seventy to the cent. Tli<* list of wliut tuay lie termed curi--1 ous money is mi exte.** i'.e one. Salt is used in Aby-'iida aud whales’ teeth in the Fiji islands. In some ut the south see islands red feather* form tbe I currency. Among the native Austrii ana greenstone and re 1 ocher are used Female slaves form the staulard of value in tbe retired district* of New Guinea. Iu the rural parts of Norway com is u>ed for coin. Pieces of silk pc s as currency in < hina aud cakes «♦ tea in I Tibet. At tlie great fairs of lower I Novgorod, in Russia, tin Is tbe accept- | rd standard of value. In the British West Indies pins, a slice i f bread nnd a pinch of snuff ail have a purchasing (Kiwer. while on the African coast axes are the < arrem y mo t hi vogue. The strangest coin of all. however, is tbe ideal money s|Mikvu of by Montesquieu as tiring fonuil Iu certain parts of Africa. ’*L i sing. lar currency is called "ma conte." but Is purely a slgu of value without a uuiL—t'liutou Montague in Forward. The Valuable Palmyra Palm. A Hindoo poem enumerates ran* purposes t> wldch tbe Palmyra palm alone Is put Among other thing* it supplies paper for writing upon, nn intoxicating drink called “toldy.” large quantities of sugar fruit and a vegetable for the table when the plants nre young. Palm wine Is also obtained from the Jui«*e of the sng* palm. whi<*b yields excellent sugar «*npdy when boiled. The pith of the trunk forms a large part <>f the food of the natives in many part* of India. Ropes, brushes and brooms are manufactured from the fiber of tbe leaf stalk*. Is Fall DrMS. “Gosh all hemlo-k!" snorted Uncle Silas, flheking away from tbe door. I “What is the trouble, air?” queried tbe footman. "I thought I was g'.ttln’ in th’ ballroom. nn’ I come within one of buttin’ riglit In thar to th' Indies’ dreasin' room." "That is not the ladles' dn*sslng room." reassured the footman. "It is tbe ballroom."-Houston Post Csndld." Mr. Popinjay -How <’id you like my acting at our dramatic entertainment? Ididy Critical—Well. I don’’ think you made the most of your opportunities. Mr. Popinjay—You don't th'nk so. <*li? Ijidy Critical--No. Yon had several op|Hirt unit les to g> t off the stage much sooner than yon did!—London Opinion. Ttiv Wronit Answer. A writer In tbe Strand Magazine on "Clerical’llumor" tells of the unusunl Isdiavlor of a young candidate who, dismissed on tlie Episcopal doorstep with a solemn “God Liras you!” hastily answenal, “Don’t mention It, my lord!" , ll<-n«-etvd Brightness, "Why does that congressman any so many more clever thing* than tin* rest of us?" ‘■li'i I * shrewd enough to pl>*k out tin* brlglitrat reporters to Interview him." -Washington Star. — Cnu«e nn<! EtTert. Mr.*. I lobs.m Bridg *t t >ld me she saw Mr. mid Mrs, Hobsan going to church this morning. I wonder what's the matter? Mr. Dobson- Why. elthe* Mr. Hobson has had another attack of heart trouble or Mrs. Hobson bus a new bat. Rrvmsrrfl. "It took you an awfully long time to pull that fellow’s tooth." said the a»slstant. "Yes ” answered the dentist grimly; “be married the girl I loved.”—Detroit Tribune. _____ There in a strength of quiet endur ; once us significant of courage as .the most daring feats of prowess.—Tuckerman. The I ntneky Oi»sl. "You dhn't mean to say you're sujicrstltlou* about opals!" he Vcmnrlccd. I "Well." die replied, “1 think it's tin lucky to neglect nn opportunity of getting one."—Philadelphia Press.. j _ - r ■ . -11

A Xtee nistlnetto"Mellum I'o j>u wish to * p * D‘;’ r drj’irted hu-bimd’s spirits? Mr*. Bhlf fletrvv No: I want to bl* fibrat .l«**h ueierhsd no spirit. Puck. Ilslitlnit Seasickness. Thcr* is one place In a ship the voyager may nt rest. Till* writ er discovered it dtirlua a mld-Athntic storm, when he went down to the b.itli , room, tmnblisl Into a warm sea bath | nnd floated. The vrascl wns pet f »rm I Ing tin* most amazing antic*, but the I water in the Kith kept it* muni graxl-l ty. nnd the bather floated with n smile Ujx>n Its Ixisoin —London t liroulcle. A Bad Chasm. •<Yra." said th" cheerful 111"’, "then* i Is one aod:.! chasm that pollteiiras enn not bridge." "What, for In tance?" nsked tlie tired citizen in the hope that the I Hot was threatened with n lucid interval. "Bureasm." replied tbe cheerful Idiot, | laughing ghoullslily.- Baltimore Anw* •can. tiered Karr. “is genius hereditary?" asks n sclcn i tlflc Journal An editor replies: "We have not tirer j to Investigate the snbje *t. but we nre ; incline*! to think that it Is. At nil I events, our youags’era are wonderfully I stuart." | Frigid. "R.ither cold blooded person, isn't I be?" "Cold blood**!! Say. that fellow can attend n lv.ll game without getting excited."—New York Preea. A person Is always startled when he hear* himself seriously called old for the first time.—O. W. Holmes, r-A CREAT-n BARGAIN VACANT LOTS Inside of CAE and G R&I RR. For sale, three vacant lots, on Line Street, ins'de of Rail Hoads abstract of title, macadam street in front. These lots must be sold in the next Thirty days, will be sold for one third their cash value. North Lot M. 50.00 Middle Lot 8225.00 South Lot 9200 00 One Third Cash, one third one year, one third two years, •■S' interest on defered payments, or defered payment in monthly installments. | B. W. Sholty i I ... YOUR WIFE WILL BE • INTERESTED Intensely it* t' e story of the figures in your bank book, if you b«ve one. W • men are generally more < a refill of their money than men. BE AS WISE AS YOUR WIFE. Open an account with the First National Bank of Decatur. Indiana. You’ll find yourselfO watching your expenditures much more carefully when you pay by check. And care fullness in spending means sue* ess in saving. The First Notional Bank DECATUR, IND. Are You Wise? if you are certainly see A. B. SMITH & BRO. about your PLUMBING i Monroe St. Phone

More Men Wanted >, To join our Home Seekers' T&A-jz'' Excursion over the Clover Wjg Ue. (Hoad , Tuesday, March 21. ' return trip ticket at greitly reduced rates to the rich farming 1 1<>’ant es of the southwest. An Arkan-ss climate means good health, small co u bills and one-half the year’s expenses in clothing, stock feed and shelter I that is expended in colder latitudes. The Snow Aget ey can put you in touch with some good onnott tr i lies I lor In ge or small timber tracts, sawmill si ea. etc , tl at can’t help but gro*- into money. Also cut-over timber lands or prairi- farms in all stage’? o improvements Got ready for Tuesday's evening train. SN VJ AGDNCY - - - DECATUR, INDIANA J* ...a JMsaL

Moitgage Ixin pticr.. Callon Ina M. Wyatt, n«tiuy public, for your mortgage exvmp Ron. Office over Holthoum*. Hcbulte * Co's atore, corner 2nd and Mon roestreat*. 40dwt _____________________ I Full Line of 1 I Sheet Music. \ We Sell the Famous Farrand Organ On Monthly Installments. Cali and see our line before pur chasing elsewhere. © W. E. Smiths Co FIIONE 3’7’7 W. C, Smith, A. St burger. Proprietors. s Bosse opera house A PLAY WORTH SMINO MONDAY, MARCH 20 The Pig C.tnedy Melodrama The King of Tramps The Original New York Success Drama Comedy Special Scenery Singers Dancers ••• we COULD SAY MORC BUT WHATS THC USf Prices *25, 35 and 50e. Seat rale at the Holtbouae Drug StoreTUON AND GOLIATH • j®/ i These tvo famous stallion h will , utaud the aeaaon of 19C5 as follows: j First three days of week at Preble: I last three days of week at tbe Conrad | farm, near Freidbeim. TERMS:—SIOOO to insure colt with proper care to stand and suck. AUGUST CONRAD.