Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1905 — Page 2

fnt uailt utnnuuKAi — , ■■ — BVBKT BVBXIWO, BXCBPT IVNDAT, BT U■ W •.•■LLINaHAM. IUBBCRIATION R AIT C B Bt Mrrlrr, per work tOc B» earner, per jr»r *4.00 By Ball, per uonUi ~ *BO B* mail, per y<-«r ... tt.SO silngle copiet. Two Cent* Mrortlslns rkteiumcle kaownoa application BBlered tn Ibe poetoffiee nt b.catur, Indi* *«•. ** neeond-elna* mull matter. 4. M. H (LLC R , MANAGER Pay Up. We are mailing statement* to all whose subscriptions to the Daily Democrat have expired. The statement* are being sent with a ▼tew of nettlement, and we hope that promptness will l>e exercised by those reviving these reminders State Line John Book was at Wren on business Thursday. Ollie Gaunt was busy hauling oats to Wren for a few days past. Joe Johnson and Oliver Harmon of Wren, were in the vicinity in the interest of the Wren Telephone oomjiany, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Troutner of near Monroe, was visiting with J. 8 Lichtenberger and family Thursday Mrs. Clark Hindenlang and family and Henry Fell of near Pleasant Mills, were visiting with J. S. Licht?nburger and family Thursday. Mrs. Dayton G*uf» and Son William. and Mrs. Ohio Gau*e of near Willshire, were x,siting with friends and relatives in this vicin i’y, Thnrscay. Miss Tina Alexander, who has been att?nding school at Marion, returned home Friday, after finish ing a term of teu weeks at the notmal of that place. The harness races at the Grea Noithern Indiana Fair, at Decatur Ind., August 29, 30, 31 and Septem her 1. will be the best races to be seen this year. Their total purseaggregate over r.’.000. No one cat afford to miss them. For Rent —A nine room house at ♦he corner of Ninth and Jackson streets; cement cistern and hydrant water on the lot. Inquire of P. J. Hyland. l*4dlmo Salesman Wanted—To look after our interest in Admas and adjacent counties. Salary or commission. Address Clover Oil and Paint Co., Cleveland. O. d3t See Worley this week for melons. Twenty-five pound melons f>r sis teen cents. Everybody get a melon at the Holf'ouse cell ir. All melons delivered to all parts of t ie oity for fifteen cents. l»>9d<s Mexico nineteen hours neares Double daily through service. Iron Mountain route. Ask ticket agents G.or A. A. Deane. Jr., T P A gon Sentinel Blds . Indianapolis MONEY WANTED! Have von money drawing you little or no interest ? We can place same for you on first mortgage secnritv a* six and sevenper ent. DECATUR ABSTRACT ALOAN CO. 168d2wks Lost—A hiack and white silk patasol. between the Catholic chi rch and Bik>r <V R?i"hirts restaurant Lost last Ft’day. Finder kindlv return tn L-u Kintz at above named restar'ant. 190d3

Colorado f AND RETURN IB ■ I From Chicago da»ly, August 30 to September 4, with IB ■ I correspondingly low rates from all points via the I ■ 11 Chicago, Union Pacific and North-Western Line 1 1 Bl Only one night to Denver. Two fast through trains daily f ■ VSPECIAL TRAINS G. A. R.// Bk\Through trains personally conducted, without leave Chicago 10.15 a. m. and x0.30p. 0 Saturday, September 2. Itineraries, hotel lists, descriptive booklets, etc., free on application. A B WAaOHIW Tr«t.l.t>«A(A. \ 1 1 fl I I .'2 rtrtb aw . ill.

The rationale at the causation of tha ordinary "cold” I* pretty well understood at the present day, and It la generally conceded that when circulatory disturbances or vital depression Is produced as th* result of localised or general chilling of the body surface | newly entend or already present pnthogenlc bacteria are enabled to attack the body with very go«l chances of aucce**. At such times It la said that , the |H>wers of resistance are below i par, and consequently the bacteria | gain an easy victory. This point was , Illustrated In telling fashion by [ Durck. who found that rabbits infect- . ed with pneumococci developed pneu- < mouia If they were subjected to severe I cold. wherosi* 4b l Hied control animals survived.—Medical Record. H.putatlon, A certain pompous Individual from the state of Massachusetts was once strutting about the cupitol at Washington. A western senator said to Senator Hoar: “Who la that person F “That." res|K»nded Hoar, “Is General Blank of my state." “Does be cut as wide a swath In Massachusetts as be does In Washing- { ton?" “No.” said Senator Hoar, with a merry twinkle. “No. General Blank's reputation is pnrv.'y national.”—Life. Prnytna For flood lloslsands. A picturesque ceremony takes place every year in Haute-Vienne. All the girl* in the place on the day of St. Entropium file in procession to St. Junlen les-Combes to the cross which is erectled near the church to the saint Each girl hangs her left garter on the cros* I and prays that she may have a goo. ■ husband and then gives way to th. next girl. The cross is so smothered In | garters of different colors that at a short distance It looks as though It were covered with flowers. Prepsre.l. A Kansas City druggist says a | wealthy west side man came Into bis j store Sunday morning and. throwing a I Aline on the show case, said: “Give me two nickels for that, please.” "Going to try a slot machine?" asked the druggist pleasantly. "No." replied the wealthy man. “I'm going to church."—Kansas City Times. Quite a Illßttiirflon. “If you will be very careful to eat p.ain food." said the physician, "you will enjoy good health” "If I have to eat plain food.” answered the epicure. "I may have good health, but 1 won’t enjoy it”—Washington Star. The way of the world is to make ’ laws, but fallow customs — Montaigne SENTENCE SBvCMONS. Tbe alcslcs* Ilf* cannot b* th* cadtess Ufa. A rough dtaucud is worth much polls!.e 1 dirt There is co comfort wtera no compassion Is Th"j who put pleasure Erst er* th* lost to find IL Awkward deeCs are better than eloquent dreams Th* finest music beard In heaven is made *a earth. No *ran ever reached a joy by jumping over a duty. Vdenderlng af«r la not essential to the welcome of home. Last—A buck-kin moxtitdn Finder return to this office and receive reward. Notice. AU persons interested in the Stcgmeyer and Doris Haugk ditches will pleas- report at this office on Wednesday, August 23. 'OS. to have hear ing on ditch sssessmen's L. L. Bai mgartxeb, Surveyor. Al! persons interested in the J N. Kerr tile drain please report at thia office Saturday. August 28, to have hearing on di'ch assessment. L. L BAUMGARTNER. Surveyor.

At One Time • Ta* W*. Ksaete* I nr <hn Prlvllrar. In day* gone by the wearing of * beard was a privilege that bn I to I* paid for, the tux ou every beard of a j fortnight's growth being 3*. td. in thi gracluu* days of Queen Elisabeth For over half a century the monarch* of Russia unde their male subjects who wore board* pay Into th* national 1 exchequer. This tux was Imposed by j Peter the Great In Hofi. the noble* bav- | Ing to disburse lou ruble* and the lower classes 1 ko|>e< - k The tux ou beards 1 wa* kept up by I'etar't four successors ■ on the thrvue of all the Russia*, aud It | was finally repealed lu 17*8 by Cath urine 11. France, too, at one time itupoeed a beard tax upon the clergy, which wa* paid by those who could afford it, although the large majority had to yield to the raxor's onslaught. In the fourteenth century shaving wn* popular with young men. while the old men were attached to forked beard*. The latter custom is referred to by Chaucer, who in describing an assembly says, “A merchant was there I with a forked beard.” Beards were worn In various shapes and forms during the reigns of Elisabeth. Jarno* I. ' aud Charles 1., as tbe poems, plays and other literary productions of those periods amply testify, lu hi* " Ana to- ’ mle of Abuses" Htubbs alludes to the I barber who was accustomed to ask ■ bis client whether he wished bls beard "cut to look terrible to your enemy or amiable to your friends, grim and stern lu countenance or pleasant and demure." William Harrison, a clergyman from whom one gains many peeps at the sixI teeuth century, refers to some of th* j styles of beards at that period. If a : face happened to be "platter-like,” a iong. slender ts-arl would make it «eem tbe narrower. If ft I>e weasel tanked, then "much be ir left on tbe cheekes . will make the owner looke like a bow- , died bed and so grim as a goon.”— Loudon Standard. BUTTER WEIGHT. Whnt One Observer Learned Prom a 1% l«l< to a Grocery. Live aud learn. I bear-1 a resin-ct-able looking, motherly soul, making | purchases for tbe family, say to tbe grocer. "Be sure to give me butter weight, now, for I've been a long time customer of yours.” "Certainly, Mr*. MacLaren,” be replied cheerily, “you are entitled to it if any one is.” Yet she bought no butter i "What is butter weight?” 1 Inquired when she had gone. "Why, that's just a ittie sop we baud out to some of our old customers." sal-1 the salesmen. | “Instead of mekiug an exact pound of anything they buy we make It a frac- - tiou over, wbb-h tickles them nearly to death. Os course we are particular : tu let them see they are getting more , than their money's worth; hence w< . keep tbeir trade. ’ ' I next asx-.-d how tbe store made up tor this extra allowance. "That's dead ' easy,” was the reply, “but as it is s trkk of the trade I don't think we ought to tell everybody.” ‘Te’baps other customers receive short weight?” I 'lf they do, we don't let ’em know it." i "Maybe your prices are just a fraction over the market?” "Never! We j sell cheaper than anybody.” "Maybe | your goods are inferior?” At that be quailed. Referring to a diet onary. I learned that butter weight is an allusion to a custom of exacting seventt-eu or eighteen ounces or even m >re to tbe pound of butter, p i-sibly on the ground that the water in it would soon evap -rate and bring tbe pound down to sixteen ounces, lu Sotland tron weight (twen-ty-one to twenty-eight ounces to the pc ma) was used in buying butter.— Few York I'ress. ' ' When Wnirner Fled. Richard W a i r, the < omposer, was rn ardent republican in 1549. In th* archives of Dre-elen there Is a document setting forth a case of high treason against the musician. He was sccused of having written to a friend a letter pro; o-lng to turn Saxony into a republic, “But whom shall we make 1 president?” he asked. "I see nobody tompeteut for tbe office except our present sovereign, Frederl- k Augustus II.” Frelerick Augustus does not seem to have appreciated tbe humor of tbe suggestion that be should doff the crown aud content himself with tbe dignity of a republican president. Fo» this fia»b of unconscious fun Wagner had to bolt to Switzerland Artificial Eyew. The first false eye was a metni band which gripped the bead and was fitted with a plate to cover the blind eye, covered with leather on which an “Ty* was painted. Then came shells, Zke halves of nutshells, of gold, silver cr copper, enameled or painted to resemble an eye and inserted under tbe eyelid. As an improi ement upon these, artificial eyes were made of porcelain and at last of glass. It* Pecnllarltr. “Did yon ever nonce anything funny about hl* conversation ?” “Funny? I should say not. There’* Absolutely no point to it.” "That's tbe funny part of It. Harin* no point to It. how Is it that he bores *o quickly ?”—Philadelphia Press. A Place For Him. First Floorwalker—Poor old Bjonos fins completely lost his hearing. I’m afraid he will lose his job. Second Floorwalker—Nonsense. He's to r»e transferred to the complaint desk.— Philadelphia Record. Posted. Mr*. De Style—Bridget, will you : please hang up my skirt and jacket? j The Maid—Yis. mum. Sh’ll I g!t‘ two I ticket* on ’ra. or only wan f'r th' two i of ’em?—Cleveland Leader.

COLORED SKIN. A Thr.,r» That It I* ■" lnt*rm»dl«rv lll** nt llevrlopmewt. The origin of colons) *klu, or white either. I* Mill unknown. If the <un I* really th* active agent In It* evolution, tbe power of »unligtrt mmrt have been curtailed when peopl* took to wearing clothe*. Tbe slightest protection. n« «een in the n»e of lndl<-*' veil*, keep* the white skin pure. Therefore, If there I* nny protection afforded by uaturnl durk skin, an equivalent I* obtained foi! white people by tbe n*e of clothe*. Vn J HI white |>vople l-eg'n to discard cloth, | lug In lb* trupl.* their «kiu will r* thalu white. Sunburn mn»t not be confounded with pigmentation of the «kln. Sunburn I* merely a tanning of tbe epidermal cell* on the surface of tbe *kln whereas pigmentation I* caused by a deposit of dark matter within thr dee|H-r layers of lhe true skin. Summing the whole evidence up. considering all argument* derived from bl*tory. anthrojadogy. ethnology and general evolution. It »eem* to me that the colored skin I* an Intermediary stage of development between ->ur primate ancestor* and tbe pure white | or Caucasian skin. My general con- ■ tent lon is that white skinned people* come from the oldest stock* of humanity and that In the proeeM of evolution they became white by the use of clothes.—Dr. T. F Macdonald. CHURCH ALES. An Old Fnallsb fnatnm nf llnlslna Muney For Church V*e. A curioe* light Is thrown on ancient church buu irs nn-l charity bull* by certain recool* kept in some of tbe churches in England. For instance, in the record* of Yuteley church, which date from I'-13. are frequent reference* to "church* ales," the object of which was to get money for church expetMes. The feast was organized by the church wardens, “who provided a g--od spread at -o much a bead, aud credlte-I the profit® to the church expenditure." I It first appears a* the "ebureb ale.” then as the "king's n'e,” then later a* : “our banquet at Whitsuntide.” It was - probably held In the ebureb and went | on until IGI3. the year after the civil | war broke out when probably the, Puritans put an cud to such festivities. 1 It was popular evidently. One enter]>ris!ng churchwarden hasp left on record all the good things which were prepared for the Crondall; “church ale” In the year 1587. They' had a bar. 1. brtwed a quantity of ale, ( and made a profit of (42. As money j was then worth nearly ten times a* ; much as now, tbe “church ale" may be ' said to have brought in about (4'o. i which was Just 100 per cent on the.' outlay. The band was hired for four i' days. THE SENSE OF TRAFFIC. A Good Thin* For Those In Crowded tenter* to Cnltlrnte. Every town dweller should cultivate! hi* "sen-e of traffic.” At first this means that be will take every step In a- - thoroughfare with a reasoned consciousness. He will never think of his business or his pleasure while be Is in the street but only of the way In which he is going, of what is before him. of what is on either side of him and of what he is leaving behind him. i At every crossing lie will settle bis course, so to speak, and look out for dangers from every point of the compass. After very few weeks of this careful self regulation he will develop the "sense ot traffic." Without knowing it he will see and hear and realize all that moves about him. He will automatically avoid collision, and It will tie as itup-'ssibie for him to take a step at the wrong time a* it was formerly difficult for him to take it at tbe right one. He will at tbe same time preserve his person aud lighten the labors of the policeman. Street accidents occur to those who have no "sense of traffe.”—London Lancet. A < urhniM Story. In “A Diary From Dixie," by Mary Boyd Chesnut, there is a curious story of a beautiful Washington girl, Mattk Reedy, who, weary of the abuse that her northern friends showered upon tbe southern general John Mor gin, took up the cudgels in his defense. “What's your name?" asked an officer, turning fiercely upon her. “My name| now Is Mattie Reedy," was the answer, j "but, please God. I shall one day call myself Mrs. John Morgan.” Up to this time she had never met or evenj seen John Morgan. Somehow tbe ( story came to his ears. He sought het out, courted her and married her. The First Oj»t«-r Enter. The gluttonous Vitellius is reported to have eaten 1.000 oysters at a sitting. “He was a very valiant man who first ventured on eating of oysters,” King James was wont to declare, a sentiment *cbo<>d by the poet Ga.V: The man had sure a palate covered o'er With braes or steel that on the rocky shore First broke the oozy oyster's pearly eoat And risked the Uvln* morsel down hie throat Ancient >er**u< ••pvrnsaiewm. It is popularly believed even in this 4ay and age of tbe world that bees di* almost Immediately after using their •ting*. This may be true; in fact, 1 believe that it Is so stated on good authority. But what do you think of th* idea of. a poisonous serpent dying as soon as be has inflicted tbe fatal bite? FTlny, a writer of the first century after Christ, says: "Serpents, no odds bow poisonous tbe variety, can hurt but once; neither kill they many together. to say nothing bow. When they have bitten or stung a man they dl* for v?ry grief and sorrow that they have done such a mischief, as If they bad tozat or conscience after

SAVE YOUR EYESIS DR.J.W. HARTZOG Expert Optical Specialist of the Fort Wayne Optical Parlors WILL BE AT Burt House* Decatur, Aug. 23^24,1905 DON'T NEGLECT NATURE'S BEST GIFT. If your head eye* water, muoclee jerk, blur when reading, «ee objects double, i D . ffamed eyelid*: if you are nervou*, YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION and are calling for help. Crow eves straightened without tb* use of the knife. We examine your eyes in a ecientific manner. a D d not Co!y guarantee a perfect correction, but a perfect fitting fra mt . CONSULTATION FREE. Remember the dates. Cnme early.

GERM DISEASES OF SUMMER No one Need Fear Sickness if Mi-o-na is Used.

It i* the person with a weak atom ■ch who first fall* victim to the germ diseases of summer. People with strong stomachs and natural digestion are orlinarily not subject to bowel troubles, diarrhoea, and other germ diseases that are so common aud dangerous in the summer months. A Mi o na tablet taken before each meal will give such health aud strength to tbe weakest stomach that he whole system will become strong and will, and so clean and sweet that there will be no chance for disease germs to become B’tive. Mi-o-na acts directly upon the whole digestive system, soothing and healing tbe intlamed stomach lining, strengthening the nerves of the solar plexus, and build-

FERRY'S MISSION TO JAPAN Friendship and Trade Were What He Went to Secure. The letter which Commodore Perry bore from our government to the mikado asked for a mutual treaty. The original instrument was drafted in May, 1851, by Daniel Webster, then Secretary of state, and was signed by President F.llmore. There it rested. In November. 1552. Mr, Webster's successor. Edward Everett, flshed it out of tlio departmental pigeonholes, took it to pieces and I 'fashioned it. Three copies were prepared and were splendidly engrossed in Emtlisb. Dutch and Chinese. These were inclosed together In a sumptuous gold ease, and to make the whole presentment still more Impressive to the Japanese mind the gold case was enshrine,] In a coffer of rose wood. The document intrusted to Commodore Perry asked of the Japanese court two things, friendsh p and trade—first amt foremost, friendship, for the safety of our seamen. Many a hapless crew had been driven into their ports by storm or wrecked on their rocky coast, escaping the perils of the deep only to be welcomed by those truculent , islanders to a dungeon or a cage on shore. This wrong must be stopped at all hazards. And If. in addition, we could' persuade Japan to enter into friendly relations of trade the two countries by mutual interchange of I productions might each promote its ; own prosperity and the welfare of the other. It was thought that orientals might see that as well as Yankees. In j the end tl. y did. But it cannot tie , said that Japan any more than an oyster ever really yearned to be “opened Cen’ury. a rv-w < ontanaencaea. “You have to take a few chances It you play the races.” "Yes," answered young Mrs. Torklns, “so Charley tells me. If you pick the best horse, and he happens to be fit, and the jockey understands his business and hasn't been tampered with, and you manage to get through the crowd and persuade the bookmaker to take your money, and the sheet writer remembers the number of your badge, and you don't get your pocket picked, you may come out ahead.”—Washinge’ertflot Against Healer. ( Oct. 7.—The jury tn the case of uaura 1. Funk, the Christian Science "healer,” on a charge of practicing medicine without a license, returned a verdict of guilty and assessed tne minimum tine of costs. The case is the first of a number that the Indiana state board of medical registration Intends to bring against Christian Science “healers” who have been practicing in thia state without license. An laaalnnnalon. May—Frer beeu jilttHl. Edith? Edit* —No, dear. What Hoes it feel like?

icg up goal flesh, firm muscle. and perfect health. A great many people imagine that their headaches, dizzines. heart biun or general despondency and weakness is a sign of fatal illnees.wben the wb le ’ trouble is the direct result of a weak , stomach and imperfect digestion. A 50c box of Mi-o ns tablets wiU w by the great gain in health, that the i stomach is the cause of the poor health and that Mi o na is the only remedy ; that will drive out all weakness, deb.l- --! ity. and disease. Mi-o-na is so nearly infallible in >! curing the deceases resulting from a i weakened stomach, excepting can-er of the stomach, that The Holtfa, ,»• Drug Co. guarantee to refund the • money should the remedy not give perfect satisfaction.

BOSSE OPERA HOI JUST ONE NIGHT Tuesday, Aug. 22. ED ANDERSON'S MASSIVE SCENIC PRODUCTION The Midnight Flyer The illuminated Scene Pr*r* The Macmotn Ship > ■ \r - r - The Storm at Sea JLL Th® Realistic Ship W The Adrondacks The Railroad Scene. I The Season’s Big Surprise L_LClever Specialties by Clever People PRICES: 25, 35 and 50c. Ponies at the Fair. One of the features of the Grot Northern fair here next week, which will be of special interest t > the children is the pony exhibition, and everyone who owns a pony ' any kind, is urged to enter him The premium is thirty dollars, divided into tive four dollar and five two dollar prizes. It s an easy i way to make the money, and the • children will enjoy it. 188dfl NOTICE. i I will start my cider mill next . week, and will make cider every t Tuesday and Friday until further l notice. P. KIRS H, Factcry north Third street. 188d6 a Notice. 1 have plenty of money to loan 1 on farms. D B. Erwin, Attorney at law.