Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1906 — Page 2

■ TU F R AllV nFMvimAT I inL UWILI ULIIIUUIIHI ■ ET." ■■ ■ - ■-i ; . RVBBY EVENING, BXOBPT SUNDAI, 8t... I U«w <3. BLUINQMAM- | , .‘SUBSCRIPTION BATES ■ . a * SBnier, per week *’22 n Sr carrier, per year <5.00 H mail, per year <2.50 ■BrT; Single copies. Two Oente. H < AflWrtUlng ratesmade uncwnon application Hi Sntared in the postoffice at Decatur, loflJfet |V M »■ ■econd-olammall matter. B gr- I J. H. HELLE R, MANAGER F 7 COURT ITEMS ■February Term Opened This Morning ■ Appearance by Attorneys in Various ■ Cases-Getting Ready for ■ Business. H : The February term of the Adams KvCJircuit, court convened at 1:30 this |K|sternoon, a delay from the usual HI opening hour having been caused K | ty the funeral of Mr. Holthouse. R The Mayer Glendoning case set at R Portland was resumed this morn- ■ ing and will continue during this Hi week and perhaps longer. H I Peter'Holthouse & Co. K vs J. A. HCTleming. four claims led amounting B to $104.00. R 5 Merryman & Sutton entered ■b their appearance for the defendants »in the case of P. K. Dedriok et al H -vs Peter Baumgartner et al, suit on account. R||l A. P. Beatty entered his presence R| for the defendants in the case of R Theodore Bearbower et al vs Sun R Oil Company, Ira F. France et al ■ vs Calvin Miller et al. G. E. Bursley et al vs W. O. R Allen et al, suit on account, suit fel dismissed at cost of plaintiff. R; Noramn Lennart ;vs A. R. Bell -..Rtet al. Notice of sale of land report RKd and approved, deed ordered. HK— Heller & Son and Merryman & EHsuttou have appeared for the deendant in the case of the State vs BRpred Rohrer, illegal printing of » ballots. H William D. Wood guardian for H Clara Wood and three others, 'filed petition to sell real, estate. ' ■ DICK NEPTUNE. K DENTIST |R®)ffice over Auth’s Jewelry store. ■ ’PHONE 472. Rfe= ~

I I A Card of Thanks I ■pro the Citizens of Decatur and Bes■F idents of Adams and Adjoining Counties: ■We extend to you our hearty thanks for your lib- ■ eral assistance jin making the Decatur Horse ■ f Sales a success, We realize that without your ■ the sales never would have attained ■ | the height of success which Friday’s sale ex- ■ j seeded our fondest hopes, to the newspapers do we take off our hat for ■ their liberal boosts and write-ups. IMWe will in the future, as in the past, conduct these sales in an honorable way, so that they will be ■ ■ a credit to the city of Decatur and vicinity, sale will be on February 16th and every ■■ two weeks thereafter, you.again for past favors and asking you to remember us, we are yours fcr success, Decatur Horse Sale Co. ■

THE X. ... . v ;-' Tour Members 111 and Off Duty.— Other News. Uy United Press News Association. D. C., Feb. s.—Sen Cullom, Hepburn, Gorman and Hale are on the sick list today and willjbe unable to attend to their duties for several days. Fifteen representatives of families who had relatives on the Steamer Slocum disaster are here to appear before the house committee on claims. They advocate the passage of the Suller bill granting damages to victims because the government inspection department was negli gent. A Wonderful Pagoda. The great Buddhist shrine, the Shway Dagon at Rangun, is no temple, but a great pagoda, rising from its platform to a height of 368 feet and al*completely covered with gold leaf. This platform, with a perimeter of nearly 1,400 feet, is the place of worship. The pagoda itself has no interior. It is a solid stupa of brick raised over a relic chamber. A cutting made into its center has revealed the fact that the original pagoda had seven casings added to it before it attained its present proportions. The shape of the pagoda is that of an elongated cone. It is divided by Burmese convention into twelve parts: First, the base surrounded by a great number of small pagodas; then the three terraces, called Pichayas; next the w the inverted Thabeik, or begging bowl; the Baungyit or twisted turban; the Kyalan or ornamental lotus flower; the Plantain Bud; the brass plate for the Htl or umbrella; theHti; the Seln bwiiTor artificial flowers; the vane, and, last of all, the Seinbu or bud of diamonds.— “The Silken East,” by V. C. Scott O’Counor. . < Row Wine* Are Colored. •Most people think white grapes make .JVftlte wine and dark grapes make red wlne, r said a visitor. “That Is a popuWr error. “Red wine Is made by fermenting grape juice and grape skins together the skins giving the color, and white wine is made by fermenting grape Juice alone. “The juice of white and of dark grapes “doesn’t differ in hue. In each sort of grape the juice is almost colorless, like the weakest lemonade. “Champagne, one of the dearest of the white wines, is made of a grape so dark as to be nearly black. But the juic' of that nearly black grape is quite as pale as the juice of tb a blondest white grape.”—Minneapolis J*’— nal. Masculine. Mrs. Hix—Mrs. June strikes me at being entirely too masculine for a woman. Mrs. Dlx—Yes, indeed. Why, every time she has an ache or a pain she makes as much fuss about It as s man would. Discretion. First Lawyer—lt seems to me you let that last witness down pretty easily In your cross examination. Second Lawyer—l had to. He is my tailor, and I owe him .a big bill.

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Swings the Race for the Democrat Diamonds CHANGE IN THE LEADERSHIP Judges are Selected to Make the Final . Canvas of the Total Vote x y LADIES Miss Pearl Burdg, Presbyterian Church t . 5139 Miss Anna Winnes, Eastern Star ■ • .4429 Amanda M. Soldner. German Reformed Church, Berne 4402 Mrs. Ed. Luttman, Zion German Lutheran Church 4053 Miss Francis Bryson, High School... t • . .2879 Miss Dude Voglewede, Bachelor Maids’ Club 2693 Miss Maud L. Magley, English Luthern Church 1850 Miss Bertha C. Hart, Bar Association .... 1645 Miss Wipifred Johnson, High School ........ 743 Mrs. Geo. Louthan, W. R. C 1 jg. 634 Mrs. Clayton Dailev, Ben Hur i• • • • 162 Mrs. Jesse Smith, Pathfinders J, 160 Miss Mayme Smith, Beau Not Miss Edna Ehinger, St. Mary’s Church •••,••••• 101 Miss Pansy Bell, Methodist Church......... XSv- 85 Miss Josephine Schumaker, St. Mrs. Fred Linn, Rathbone Sisters .... .a . »... • • • 12 Miss Lizzie Peterson, Presbyterian Church 60 Mrs. Tom Butler, Eastern Star, Geneva 46 GENTLEMEN D. W. Beery, Elks .’ 4127 L. C. Helm, I. O. O. F • - -3615 Dallas Butler, K. of P... - - 3229 Wid Dor win, Masons . f 2471 Edgar Gerber, German Reformed Church J. - •>> 665 Wm. Darwachter, Red Men 481 Frank Wemhoff, Knights of Columbus 366 Ralph Case, High School 342 M. J. Krohn. Eagles 61 Earl K. Shalley, K. of P., Berne 53 Will Berling, K. of C 52 Ed. Kraner, Masons, Geneva 38 Fred Fullenkamp, St. Mary’s Church • • 38 H.L. Yager,K. of C.... ~...,4.... 34

*«*4:*4;***** * * C. A. Dugan. * C. S. Niblick. * * D. E. Smith. * * J. D. Winteregg. * * J. T. Merryman. * * Will. P. Schrock. * * Shaffer Peterson * *** ******** * 1 Heavy voting was the order of things Saturday and resulted in changes of leadership on both sides. Miss Pearl Burdg passes three candidates and takes the lead, incidently passing the 5000 mark. But 27 votes separate second and third positions who. are occupied respectively by Miss Anna Winnes and Miss Amanda M. Soldner. For the gentlenun D. W. Beery and L. C. Helm are playing a game of see-saw by which tonight we find the Elks favorite leading the race into the stretch. This is the last week of the contest and will no doubt see plenty of hard work done by the contestants and their many friends. Trades and combinations will be the order of the week and one shall see some fine illustrations of the grand old game of American Politics from now on until the close. The friends of Mose Krohn are quietly working and vow that Mose is bound to cut a big factor in the race and will down the other contestants like grain when he makes his finish. His reserve vote is piling up fast and it is said that it has already reached the 50,000 mark. Back your favorite now. In a few days it will be 00 late and then one will hearjthe familiar words’ spoken by the “Judge” m “Maud Muller.”

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4 ... “It might have been.” The above committee of well known business men have been selected to tty canvass the vote at the ckse of the Democrat’s Diamond voting contest. All are men of unquestioned integrity and every candidate may feel assured that perfect justice will be flven in their decision as to who shall receive the trophies. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Candidatet must be members of a regularly organized lodge, club, ohuroh, school, labor, literary or social organization, and living in Adams county. The voting will be by ballots clipped from the Daily Democrat and by voting certificates issued with cash subscription receipts for the Daily Demoorat and Weekly Demoorat. Each ballot clipped from the paper will count one vote for the lady and gentleman named thereon when received at this office before the date of expiration given theron. Certificates for BOTH a lady and gentlemen contestant will be isued with receipts for subscription as follows: DAILY DEMOCRAT-ln Decatur Ten weeks, SI.OO. ...60 votes Three months, $1.30...... .78 votes Six months, $2.50 150 votes One year. $5.00 300 votes DAILY DEMOCRAT—.Ry Molt Six months, $1.25 .75 votes One year, $2.50. 150 votes WEEKLY DEMOCRAT One year, SI.OO 60 votes No certificate will be issued for a less payment than SI.OO. Combinations may be formed between a lady and a gentleman candidate, by which the lady and gentleman votes can be exchangeed.

Wanted: Men, women, boys and girls to represent McClure’s Magasine,’Gocd pay. Address 67 East 23rd St.,N. Y. City. Remember the American fence is the only fence that 'uses all hinge joints and that is the reason it always springs back in place. Loch, Dirkson & Co. A good house and lot in Marion Ind, for sale or will trade for a small farm in Adams Caunty. S. C. Cramer Decatur Ind R. R. 8. Compare the appearance and inrease the value of your farms and property by using A merioan fence. Hold bv woh, Dirkson & Co. a. Any lamp in the house at one fourth off the regular marked price until February 10th. An elegant assortment to select from, Blackburn and Christen„the druggists. Fwl If you are in need of any fence be sure and call on Loch, Dirkson & Co. and examine the American fence and be convinced that they have the best fence made for the money. Five dollars to St. Louis and return via the Clover Leaf, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 10 and 11. Good leaving St. Louis returning until 7:30 p. m, Monday, Feb.l2.T.L.Miller Agt Dr. J. Q. Neptune is still doing business at the same old stand. [Firsit stairway north of First National Bank where he has been practicing for past twenty years. 17t2 You should be oonvined that the American fence, sold by Looh, Dirkson & Co makes the best fehce for all purposes, through the fields and along the pikes. There have times as much of this fence sold in Adams county than any other make. For Sale:—l3s acres, 6 miles from Decatur, good black soil, tiled, good new house, two barns, one is 42x62, good well of water and wind mill. Plenty of fruit, corncrib, grainerys, bob sled, hog pen, chicken coop and close to school on stone road, price SBO per acre. Inquire of Albert Pelz, Pleasant Mills, R. F. D. No. 1.2 mo Improved train service to the east via the Clover Lw» f route. Under new schedule m effect January 7, 1906,“Commercial Traveler”, No. 6, arrives Toledo 8:42 a. m., makint direct connection with Lake Shore train No. 32, arriving Cleveland 11:25 am, Buffalo 3:55 p. m.. New York 4:00 am, Boston 6:30 a. m. Train No. 4 arrives Continental at 9:18 p. m. making safe connection with Nickel Plate train o. 4, arriving Cleveland 1:55 a. m., BuffaloJ7:3s a. m., New York 7:20 p. m. PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will sell at public auction at the residence of Leander Johnson, seven miles northeast of Decatur, Feb. 7th. Three head of horses, 3 head of cattle, double harness, single harness, phayeton, mower, log wagon and many other farm and household articles. Daniel N. Erwin, G’d’n THE KOTOW. —— ffeltlier Ungraceful Nor Degrading •• Performed by Chinese. The kotow (pronounced ker-toe and meaning literally to bow the head) is used 4 as a form of thanks and is not a manner of greeting. The actors kotow to their majesties at the beginning and end of each performance at the theater, first to thank for the honor they are to receive in being allowed to act before them and at the end to thank for the privilege granted- The officials “bow the head” to thank for an audience or any favor or gift they have received or are to receive from their majesties. The kotow is not only made by people at the palace and at imperial audiences; it is sometimes used by equals to each other as a proper manner of thanking for some great favor. To make the kotow the person kneels three times and each time bows his head three times, touching the ground with it The kotow could not be made by a foreigner without looking most awkward and appearing most servile, but the Chinese do it with dignity, and it is neither ungraceful nor degrading. It is a time honored manner of giving thanks, a Chinese tradition surviving from a time when the courtiers were perhaps like slaves, but at present it does not imply any slavelike inferiority on the part of him who performs it—K.atharine A. Caxl in Century. z . W«««n and smuggling. Many a lady smuggles who would bo more tip her ball inU tne better position at crochet than she would cut a throat or scuffle a ship.—Andrew Lang

T a .! nF Se “" on '. \ the rainy season there: “Our rains have set in with all their attendant comforts and discomforts, and they make one feel something like Robinson Crusoe when he made up the list of his blessings and evils. The planters are all rejoicing and are putting out their seedlings and cuttings and generally doing all they should do. The bullocks are beginning to fill out those ugly hollows between their ribs and about their flanks, for the grass on their limited pastures is growing rich and rank, and these patient, half starved beasts profit by it. Our trees have all put on new coats of brilliant green, and the whole place wears a newly washed appearance, very comforting after the dusty, dry season in which our soup tastes gritty and a piece of bread and butter seems to have had a bit of sandpaper glued on the butter side. But. even our rains have their disadvantage?. “When I come home, thoroughly wet and disgusted with everything, and go to bed immediately after dinner, the roof commences to leak, and I have to get out and shift the bed. I interview the landlord in the morning, and he tells me roofs can’t be repaired in the rain and that in all probability as soon as the tiles swell the roof will become water tight of Its own accord. That doesn’t cure either my lumbago or rheumatism, and when I take my bath I discover we are on the Ader Itam water service and have to bathe in pea soup. “I mention the fact to the municipal president over a stengah at the club, and he says,- ‘My dear boy, I’m on the same service and have been combing mud out of my hair for a week.’ This doesn't make me feel any cleaner. The lizards on the ceiling are waxing fat from the issects which are driven into the house by the rain, and I notice that the soup at dinner seems to have more body in it from the same cause. This does not improve my temper.”—Chicago News. , ’ - . ' •-» POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Almost "every one of more sense than he has. * Evei«otice that when your judgment ak in its work it is too late? A many men imagine they would; be governor if the office really sought the man, It is awfully hard to believe that the man who catches you stealing jam found you at it accidentally. When a widower is having a love affair, he must wonder what idiot wrote, “The whole world loves a lover.” When people are too easy with you t be careful. They may be letting out enough rope for you to hang yourself with. Occasionally a man marries to prove that he can do as he pleases and finds when that is done that he no longer can.—Atchison Globe. —1 , • Black Hair Strongrent. Black hair is stronger than golden tresses and will sustain almost double the weight. Recently a German scientist has been experimenting and has found that it is possible to suspend a weight of four ounces by a single hair, provided the hair be black. Blond hair will give way at varying weights, dependent upon the exact tint. A yellow hair will scarce support two ounces, a brown will hold up three without breaking, while a very dark brown will sustain an additional half ounce. The greater vitality of the black hair is declared to be the reason for the preponderance of blond bald heads, and, according to this experimenter, a person with jet black hair will still enjoy a full growth while the blond will have been bald for seven and a half years. The Paddy Bird. One of the best known of feathered creatures in India is the paddy bird. A traveler says of him: “The paddy bird I j not afflicted with shyness. He is far too lazy to be disturbed by the approach of human beings. So confiding is he that the natives of India call him the blind heron. I once saw one of these bird§ standing motionless at the water’s edge within ten feet of a grunting, perspiring washerman, who was dashing some clothes to pieces against a stone in a dirty duck pond. That is the way washing is done in India. * Neither individual took the least notice of the other.” Trnata Verana Bingra. ■“What,” queried the fair maid, “is the difference between a trust and a ring?” “I’m afraid I cannot explain the difference in so many words,” replied the young man in the case, “but if you’H put your trust in me I’ll blow myself for the ring tomorrow.” And she put her trust in him.—Chicago News. Prayerful Revenge. A Puritan preacher named Boyd was In the habit of inveighing against Cromwell. Secretary Thurlow informed the latter, advising him to have the man shot “He’s a fool, and you’re another,” said the protector. “I’ll pay him out in his own coin.” He asked Boyd to dinner and before giving him any prayed for three hours. Succeaa, Not Failure. May Gabble—She’s evidently willing to be friendly with you, anyway. She told me she invited you to her party, but you failed to get there. Bella Rose —That isn’t exactly correct. I succeeded in not getting there.—Exchange. JBot Surprising. Mamma--I’m surprised at you, Johnny. Johnny (thoughtfully)—l wonder if you’ll ever get Used to me, mamma. 1 You’re al ways « rprised at me.