Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1905 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT —=SS 11... ; ; , .... .. ■ - ■■■ ■VIST EVtMINO, EXCIPT SCNDAT, ST LBW a. BLLINSMAM. SUItCRISTION BAITS!* By tarrlrr, p»r wmk 10c ■> earner, jwr year *4.00 By mall. per muulb >*o By **ll. prr p-ar ...**.SO aUutfl* copIM. Two C»nl». BA«*rtl(ins r»t»«ni»d» known on application ■nurr.i in th. poatofllc* at lircaiur, Indiana. aa »econd-clM*ia»ll matter. J. H. HELLER MANAUCR

The report of Joeeph L. Biistow, who wus appointed a iqiecial com miMiouer to investigate trade conditions and other matters affecting the Panama railroad and steniaship company, is made publio by tne United States government. The report discusses trom several points vt view the question of what policy should be pursued by the government in the management of the railroad and makes a numtier of important recommendations Among these are the continuance of the railroad as a commercial line with improved facilities for handling commerce, including double tracking and re equipping the line with modern rollingstock; the enlargement of its port facilities; the retention es the ehip line tietween New York and Colon; the cancellation of the contracts with the Pacific Mail Steamship com pany and the South American lines and op ning of the ports of Colon and Panama to all steamship lines on equal terms; and in cartain contingencies the establishment by the railroad of steamship lines between Colon and gulf ports and Panama and important United States Pacific coast ports. It is also recommend ed that in traffic connections, American steamship lines be favored as far as consistent with the treaty of the United States. Additional Locals Sam Knowles made a business trip to Bluffton today. k*. R. D Patterson, as treasurer of the school board, today drew from the county treasury |5931.60, the July distribution due the school board of the Decatur public schools. The " Variety” Mandolin club will give an ice cream social Friday night, July 14 on the M E church lawn Music will be furnished all evening by the club. Everybody oome out and enjoy an evening of music and refreshments. 15345 A birthday surprise was held yesterday on Mrs. Mary Abr, who resides seven miles northeast of this city, and which was complete in every respect. There were fifty guests present, all of whom were related to Mrs Abr in some manner. and a pleasant day was «qient. At twefve o’clock a big dinner was served and late in the afternoon, the guests departed wishing Mrs. Ahr many more su h happy events. Ed Gruelick, who a week ago last Sunday was struck over the bead with a beer bottle by Nick Tonnellier, was arrested Saturday evening by Marshal Green on a charge of assiultand battery ami immediately arraigned b afore ’Squire Smith, where he plead guilty and was assessed a tine of a dollar and costs, amounting m all to nine dollars and thirty cents. He stayed the docket and was dismissed.

HARVEST DISH SALE Big Reduction of Dishes for Two Weeks 100 pc. Dinner Set nicely decorated, former price SS 25 at fd 50 Iqq ** •• 44 44 M 41 ** 9* 00 ** 4 »’>o IK) »< 44 44 44 44 a M 12 50 u 10 25 10 Q « « M <• 44 44 “ 16 00 “ 18 25 100 “ Fine imported China, elegantly decorated 20 00 “ 16 75 1 fjQ •< Haveland & Co. very 1 eat goods, neat decoration. 40 00 “ 35 00 1 in. coup, soup plate, 40, 50 and 60c a set. Thin, plain white, imj>orted china cups and saucers 50c a set .< « « “ “ 7| inch plates 50c a set Water glase«lo and 15c a set Cream, Milk and Wttir Fichers cheaper than ever Od l covered dishes, meat platters, bowls and hundreds of other useful dishis as cheap as you can ask. Don’t miss this Chance to buv your Harvest Dishes, they are cheaper then ever before, as I must unload them. • —— AT TRUE’S. L

VICTORIA CATARACT IT IS ONE OF THE NOTABLE WONDERS OF THE WORLD. Tfcrre I* Sa Other Fall* nw Karth Jot Like It. and There I* W» Foa•Ihllllr of < una|M>rl*on Between It owl liar Own hlaaarn. It wna on the 23d of November. 1R55. that the friendly imtlven with whom tie was traveling brought l»r. David Livingstone for the first time within sight and sound of the wonderful cataract on the Znmbezl river, now known aa the Victoria falls. Before finding It, the good missionary bud Journeyed for nearly two year*, and from hi* |>ulut of departure at Kuruman. in ('apt l Colony, had traversed quite 4,000 mile* of hitherto unknown country Today one take* the tram at ('ape Town on Wednesday, passes through Kimberley on Thursday, reaches Huluwayo on Saturday, and late in the afternoon of Sunday lieglua to see in the distance the rising pillar of mist from the great cataract The natives call it "Mosl-oa tuni.” meaning “the roaring smoke.” Twenty mliel away the spray thrown back from the depths of the tremendous car ern into jrpicb the river tumbles appears like a cohimn of smote rising from a burning village, and during the last mile of the railway journey the roar of the falling water becomes noticeable. Finally, when the edge of the chasm is reached, if the river is in flood, the eye and ear are assailed by a combination of phenomena that probably cannot t>e duplicated as marvels anywhere else ou the planet. The first question that is asked of au American who has seen this African wonder generally is, "How does It compare with Niagara?" There is no possibility of comparison. The two are as different as day and night. Niagara is a perfect picture iu a lovely natural framework. Every point and line and curve of motionless rock, trembling verdure and gliding water is a touch of majestic beauty. Victoria is simply a phenomenon, a terrific gash iu the floor of an apparently unending plain, which as one gazes simply swallows a river in a manner that produces almost a thrill of horror. The Zambezi valley for a hundred miles or more in every direction from the cataract Is a rough and broken plateau covered with low brush and stunted trees, with here and there an outcrop of somber basaltic rock, al! thoroughly uninteresting. The herbage I* but faintly green and the tropical sky only faintly blue. It is a hazy half tone landscape, wanting in clear cut lines in every direction and lacking, above everything else, that element we always unconsciously seek in a nature picture—life. The absence of this produces iu the mind a feeling of loneliness and often of fear. Across this solemn scene appears a river that in flood time is perhaps half a mile wide. If a deaf man were following down one of its banks he would notice little but the quiet water and the odd looking column of smoke ahead. As this column was approached he wotih! expect to see the river banks bending and the water flowing away to one side of the conflagration and might glance to the right and left to note the direction taken. But the panorama changes as be gazes. The river is no more, and there, where It should be. is only the brown plain, as lonely, brush covered and monotonous as ever. One must go twenty miles further before the vanished water and the surface of the land again commingle, before it will lie possible to walk along the bunk In company with the river. So sudden is the transformation. Meantime the pillar of smoke has resolved itself into a dense mist forced upward in terrible puffs from a yawning gash stretching directly across the tied of the river. This fearful abyss Is every second swallowing thousands of tons of green and white water and belching up blasts of mist that rise hundreds of feet into the air and hurry away with the winds as if rejoicing at their escape from the inferno lielow. And somewhere, nearly 4«ai feet below, the eutrapfied river is fighting Its way between sheer walls of black rock toward a narrow cleft in the eastern wall, whence It escapes, foaming and boiling, through the zigzags and curves of u deep gorge leading off tn the Matwnnl. One iroes to an edee

beginning Friday, July 7, 1905 I I Am Going to Give Another Big Sale on I Dry Goods, Carpets, Linoleums, Queensware | almost everything in the store will be reduced for two weeks. AS the weather has been against all summer goods, I have decided to clean up my stock of goods, and to do so I will give some very rare bargains to make | them go. Remember I haven’t bought cheap articles to sell cheap, but those goods 1 that are offered are of the very best. The month of August is our month of InvenI tory and I intend to sell at least one-half of my stock before that date. =====&

I Shirt Waists, White I i lot of SI.OO waists go at . . 58C I i lot of $1.25 waists go at . 98C I 1 lot of $1.50 waists go atsLos | 1 lot of $1.75 waists go at 51. 15 1 let of $2.25 waists go atSI.B7 i 1 lot of $3.50 waists go at 32.68 Black Mercerized Skirts 1 Deep flounced, special value at f $1.25, at this sale 92C I 1 lot of full pleated black inercerI ized skirts. Extra values at $2.50, I sale price $1.98 I White Goods ■ 50c white guods 25c 35c white goods 20c I 25c white goods IBC 15c white goods ||c I ioc white goods 7SC | Embroideries | 1 lot of 8 and 10c, to close . .4 c I 1 lot of embroideries, 12*4, 15 and 18c, sale price 10c Laces and Ribbons I Our stock of Ribbons and Laces I will follow this sale.

j Remember the date oi this sale, as I intend to reduce the prices on everything I in the store for TWO WEEKS. Every article will be sold for CASH ONLY at those figures. Sale begins JULY 7 and ends JULY 22,1905. I M. FULLENKAMP.

ot this delivering oasui ana iooks down upon the tossing waters, ever pressed from behind by other floods struggling out of the narrow black gateway, and perhaps the most prominent mental sensation is that of thankfulness that even in stub a grim and ghastly way nature has provided a means j>y which the fearful slit of a throat above that has swallowed the stream can disgorge It again without causing an overwhelming catastrophe. Tile Victoria cataract should l»e visited at least twice before one Is competent to pass an opinion upon it. When the river is in flood (July) the scene is simply terrible. Oue sees nothing but an enormous sheet of water disapjiearing into the bowels of the earth with a noise as of mountains falling upon oue another, while from the awful gash comes hack In fierce gusts and swirls the foaming breath of the tortured element below. But In December. when the water is low. ths edge of the cataract shows as a long, creamy film of lovely lace: the rising mist flows softly away through the little rain forest below the cavern's lip: the gigantic vault Itself becomes a wonderful s|>ectacle, a dream of neutral tints, a cave of beauty. Far down in its dark depths the waters, gliding along the rocky walls and bending gracefully around the corners toward the narrow outlet pass gayly and laughingly to freedom. For a time the demon of the cataract Is sleeping.—Theodore F. Van Wagenen in Century. Stonewall Jaekaon’n Battles. Stonewall Jackson's negro body servant knew before anybody else when a battle was imminent. "The general tells you, I suppose,” said oue of the soldiers. “Lawd, no, sir! lie gin'ral nuvver tell me nothin', I obsarvates de ’tention of de gin'ral dis way: Co'se he prays Jest like we all moruin’ an' night but when he gits up two. three times In a night to pray deu I rubs my eyes an' gits up, too, an' packs de haversack, ca'se I done fine out dere’s gwine to be old boy to pay right away.”—From Mrs. Roger A. J’ryor’a "Reiulniseen-

Corsets SI.OO corsets . . . . . . 79c 75c corsets . . . 50c 50c corsets . . . 39c Ginghams ioc values go at ’ * . . . •06 12j4 values go at 9C Table Linens Red and White SI.OO table linens go at . . . 72c 75c table linens go at . . . 55C 60c table linens go at. . . . 45C 50c table linens go at. . . . 38C 35c table linens go at . . . . 25C Carpets All wool, 70c values, now . 58c 60c carpets 47c 50c carpets . . . .... 40c 40c carpets 28c 25c carpets . . . 22c 1 piece Homemade Rag. . . 28c Parasols $5 00 parasols . .... $2.50 $3.00 parasols 1.98 $2.50 parasols 1.27 $1.50 parasols 1.00 $1.25 parasols 87

BrMr«ronm< mnorefl. Bridegrooms are usually considered necessary to the wedding festivities the world over, about the only land where they are regarded as unnecessary being Polynesia. There the young man who would a-woilng go turns the matter over to his parents and friends and takes to the woods—no difficult matier In that part of the country. The family proceed to traffic with the parents of the bride elect, and after a more or less extended palaver the arrangements are brought to a satisfactory conclusion. Then ensues a festal time, with feasting. speechmaking and other forms of celebration until at last the nuptials are announced and the groom makes his appearance among bis friends, in theory at least. sufficiently hungry for human companionship to regard hit bride with more than usual compla(♦nnv Edible Rirdn* Neat. The nests eaten by eastern people are made by birds of the swift tribe, which are remarkable for the character of their saliva. This, being extremely sticky, quickly sets Into u substance resembling gelatin, of which their edible nests are made. In sha|te these resemble half a saucer and are usually to lie found in caves, attached to rocks. They have no particular taste, but serve as a basis for thick, clear soup, to which various flavorings may be added at pleasure. Spidrr*i an Mrdldar. Formic add has been used for a long time by the Matabele natives in Africa us a cure for malaria and ague. It is taken by them In the form of spiders. These Insects contain a large proportion of formic acid. A traveler In Africa says that a meal or two of spiders cured him permanently of an attack of ague. A Worse Stnire. Mrs. Crawford—Now that the honeymoon is over, I suppose you find your husband has grown economical with his kisses? Mrs. Crabshaw—He has reached a worse stage than that, my dear. He has grown economical with ins money.-inustrated Bits.

Cnti«r of the Row. Mrs. Pop ley— For gwlness* *ak«*. what's the matter with Willie? Mn I'opley (from the bathroom)—Oh. he wants the earth. Mrs. Popley— Wants the earth? Mr I‘opley—Yes; at least that portion of it that I'm trying to wash off his hands and face.—Philadelphia Press. JnilKlnc Her Appetite. Very Stout Old Lady (watching the lions fed)—'Pears to mo, miner, that ain't a very big piece of meat for such au animal. Attendant—lt may seem like a small piece of meat to you. ma'am, but it's big enough for the ilon. Cultivate the Dlfflcnltp. The way to g t to the top Is to cultivate the difficult. The way to stay at the bottom Is to cultivate that which almost anybody else similarly circumstanced can do as well.—Troy Press. Everything that Is worth thinking has already been thought before. We must only try to think It agalu.Taking Him la Time. Mr. Newlywed-By the way. dearest did I ever tell you about that beautiful heiress who once wanted me for a husband? Mrs. Newlywed-No, dear You have never told me a lie yet that I know of. An Endlena < haln. “A soft answer." remarked the party of the first part, "turneth away wrath " “True enough," refunded the party of the second part, “but wrath also turneth away a soft answer"—Phii» delphla Bulletin. nUa ' Between Friends H.?t la ™?r JerroW iR all ™nd that you an* worth your weight In gold. Ethel-The foolish boy! ? ho ” belying it to? Gladys-Hi. Willing to Oblige U ' e 1 don '‘ a word of your story. Tramp-One irn. mcnt, then, mister, uad I'll ted you a alfferviit Oue.

Rugs 9x12 Axmister rugs, $25 values go at $19.00 $12.00 woolen rugs. . 9.00 SIO.OO woolen rugs . . 7.50 §7.50 woolen rugs . . 5.98 $5.00 cottage rugs . . 3.75 $4.50 cottage rugs . . 3.25 Linoliumns 4 yard wide linoliums, per square yard 47c Get in on this price as they will not last long at these figures. India Linen This is the month for lawns. Attend this sale on all white goods. Overalls j 1 lot of overalls . . .... 35c SIZES 40. 43. 44 White Shirts 50c white shirts 35 C Working Shirts Sizes 16, Straw Hats 25c straw hats IOC

IH< Only One of ff» Kind. On an evening somewhere about the end ot the sixteenth century a trav> let from Sweden might have been ob- rved at the lour <*f the Rose theater in London. lie was going to see a m-w piece called "Titus Audrouieus," a: 1 in order to follow it in the native language ho bought a copy of the ; lay, price sixpence, at the theater d r. When he weut home to Swollen he t n,k the Istok with him to show his wifs and friends what strange stuff the foreigner ranted. For ;hM> years it was preserved and In 19<H. being dis' -v---ered in the home of a countrywoman, was transferred for safety to the Lund university. The book Is the only ono of Its kind known to exist. Matchmaking In France. A recent writer snys of the commercial side of matchmaking In France: "In most French marriages money plays the important part. The first question asked by the young man is. ‘How much?’ As a rule, it is an easy matter to ascertain without apply u p directly to the pa|*a. but even when m> question of dowry is raised at the form al demand there Is always u con tract drawn up by a notary, winch specifies the exact sum the girl receive*." A Mar. of Credit. A distinguished Irish lawyer, always In impoverished circumstances, on< • took Chief Justice Whiteside to see his magnificently furnished new bouse in Dublin. "Don't you think,” be said, with a complacent look about, "that 1 deserve great credit for thia?" "Yes,” the judge answered dryly, “and you appear to have got It.” Fall of Sorlrw-M ta the End. Commercial Traveler (wrecked on a desert island to cannibals) -Well, since you’re determined to eat me kindly do me one last favor. Vse our brand of mustard for the sauce. It Improves the flavor of all meat. It never molds or absorbs moisture. You’ll find a sami * Uh. in my right hand coat pockst.