Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1894 — Page 2

p*-- K DIE r OF THE GREAT. jtavorltr Dishc, of the World’* Ulnsfrtotix Generals PhlloHOplier* and Boots. "Man is what he eate, ” said Feuerbach, the German philosopher, or, as ho expressed it in his n live language, “Der mensch ist was er U;t, ’’ a play of wor<ln which is not without its.deep meaning. Man’s food is never without influence o.i his temper, nor is tho choice he makes in bis meals without a certain reflection of his character. John the Baptist’s eating locusts and wild honey was indicative of his mind and motives, as was Zoroaster's predilection for bread 'and water cresses of his ethics and doctrines. Plato was satisfied with honey, bread, vegetables and fruit Mohammed preferred mutton and milk\to all other dishes and drinks. Hannibal, the Carthaginian warrior, lived on olives, while the Roman General Sulla’s favorite meats were wild ass, chickens drowned in Falerian wine, ostrich brain and snails. Charles the Great was a lover of venieon. Henry IV of France had a gluttonous appetite for oysters; Frederick the Great for polenta, a sort of Italian pudding; Emperor William I of Germany for lobsters and oysters. Napoleon I was a passionate drinker of coffett of which he took 20 to 25 enpe daily. Artists, poets and philosophers evince A larger variety in the choice of their meal* and beverages. Goethe was very <hnd of champagne, Schiller of wine. Ktopstock indulged in truffle pastry, ■moked salmon and peas. Lessing’s favorite dish was lentil soup, a predilection which he shared with Kant, while Leibnitz delighted in apple cake. Torquato Tasso was a lover of sweet tilings and heaped his salad with sugar. So did Moses Mendelssohn, who mourned the impossibility of sweetening sugar. Byron took only one daily meal, consisting principally of old Chester cheese, pickles, red cabbage, wine or liquors. He used to drink great quantities of tea. Bismarck in his younger days was very fond of hard boiled eggs and cognac, which he preferred to “pretzel and | beer,” a beverage which he considers the ! chief cause of German pothouse polities and liick of resolute and harmonious action. William 11, the present emperor of . Germany, loves his wine and prefers the sparkling juice of the Rhine, which not ] infrequently loosens his tongue. Cham- j pagne he avoids, lest “it cause his heart { to ran away with his head, ” as he once remarked, but probably because it is too French for him.—Baltimore Sun. Brain Surgery. Sawing out sections of the skull in order to give the brain room to develop ' symmetrically seems a rather delicate and dangerous operation, but it is one that has on several occasions been performed with perfect success. Children apparently in a condition of hopeless idiocy have been treated upon this plan and are in prospect of developing the faculties usual in those of like age. The ! removal of the tone which has become j unduly hardened permits growth, and ■ the clouded intellect nlay become clear j and normal. ->• - Attention has been called to cases in ‘ which calculi had formed, as was supposed, upon the silk ligatures used in internal operations. In one case an abdomiifhl tumor was removed, and some years later there were calculi present in quantity that caused great distress. It was thought that some irritating property was present in the silk, and that this; acted as a nucleus around which the ! gritty particles gather,—New York Led- i Ber- ' ' . ; Population of tlie Ocean. A striking proof of the vastness and variety of the population of the sea has ! been furnished by the results of explore- ' lions made by a committee of tho zoolog- I ical department of the Brjtisji associa- 1 tion in that part of the Irish sea surronnding the isle of Onl of i, 000 specigs of marine ani- f rtalspollected, 221 had never before been 'found in that region, 38 were previously r ytiM'i'own as inhabitants of British waters, and 17 were entirely new to science. Indeed they were animals whose existence had never been suspected. If such discoveries reward a few weeks Os searching in so minute a speck of the sea, how many volumes would be required to contain a list of the still undiscovered inhabitantts of the great oceans? —Youth’s Companion. An Effective Whistle. One of the popular English authors of the day was wholly incapacitated from ■work by a lady who lived next door and straupned through Handel’s ‘ ‘Messiah. ’ ’ His idea of the inviolability of an Englishman’s house did not allow him to send in any message, and he was at his wits’ end till he saw in a daily paper that, steam whistles could be bought to fit onto kettle, spouts. He provided himself with one and put the kettle on the fire in the room nearest the singer. As soon as the whistle began he went out. Os course the bottom came off the kettle, but it cost little to solder it on again, and after two or three solderings the lady took the hint. —San Francisco Argonaut. They Demand That Congress Take Action on the Breckinridge Case. Washington, April 16.—Prominent women of Washington, numbering among them Mrs. Sarah LaPetra, president of the local W. C. T. U., and Mrs. Ellen 8. Mussey, widow of the late General Mussey, held an interesting conference soon after the verdict in the Breckinridge case, was rendered and formulated resolutions calling upon congress to consider the qualifications of the Kentucky colonel for a seat in that laxly. They declare that they must have chastity for chastity under a rule bearing as rigidly upon male as female. They ask that congress take some definite Action to insure a high character of our country’s administration. The resolutions have been sent to the judiciary committee. The ladies subsequently organized the Woman’s Protective League, one obj ’ct of which will be to combat the en orcement of the text

.W th nußOsrauNG. ’ Qiiornm-Connting Rule Adopted by an f| * Overwhelming Majority, :l ; I REPUBLICANS SUPPORTED IT. :l Nothing Startling Attendant Upon the L Crushing «f Old Legislative Barriers In the House —Chinese Treaty Laid Aside. Tariff Agreement Renewed For the [ Week—National Topics. Washington, April 18.—The house ! yesterday, by an overwhelming vote, , decided to adopt a quorum-counting rule which for all practical purposes is the . same as that which ex-Speaker Reed of Maine inaugurated during the Fifty-first congress and which won for him a worldwide reputation. Neither ment nor tumultuous scenes marked tho crashing of the old legislative barriers. Mr. Reed and the Republicans generally were in a delightful humor over the victory they had achieved. Those who expected Mr. Reed would taunt and gibe his political adversaries with their alleged inconsistency were disappointed. Only 15 minutes on a side were allowed for debate, and Mr. Reed, instead of consuming that with an arraignment of the Democrats, good naturedly distributedly most of it to Democrats who desired to oppose the new rules, and when his time was exhausted he jocularly asked for more time to dole out among his friends on the other side. Messrs. Bryan, Cummings, Wheeler, Kilgore and Russell were the Democrats who were thus given an opportunity to protest against the adoption of the rule. When the vote was taken 47 Democrats voted against it, but it secured every Republican vote and carried by a vote of 212 to 47, The Populists did not ■ vote on the proposition. The adoption ' of this rule, taken in conjunction with the decision to enforce the old law of 1846 to dock the salaries of members absent save on account of sickness, will, it is thought, put an end forever to parliamentary obstruction. The enforcement of that law will keep i members at their post of duty, and the j rule will prevent them from refusing to ■ participate in legislation when they are present. After the adoption of the rule it only required a few minutes to straighten out the parliamentary tangle which the house had been m for some days, and the house then quietly proceeded with the consideration of the consular and diplomatic bill. Mr. Hitt made a strong speech, arraigning the foreign policy of the administration, in the course of which he severely scored the president for appointing Van Alen ; minister to Italy as a reward for his §50,000 political contribution. The Indiana members who voted against the rule were Bynum, Conn, Cooper, Holman and Martin. None of ' the Ohio representatives voted in the i negative. i Mr. Reed was surrounded by party ' friends and given an ovation, and some j one sent a large bunch of„ rosis to his I desk. Borne of the Democrats got up a counter demonstration over Mr. Cutchingd. TREATY LAID ASIDE. Senate Delays Consideration of the Chinese Document Until May 3. Washington. April 18. —The senate yesterday, after minor business, Agreed i to the existing agreement for five hours’ ' tariff debate each day for a week longer. During the course of this discussion I Senator Mills remarked that general dej bate on the bill should close on Tuesday j next. “Well, it won’t.” came in chorus i from the Republicans. Senator Hill ’ wanted to know if agreement precluded ' the senate from taking up the free list, i afid it was agreed that it did not. Sena--1 tor Morgan ask“d leave of absence until May 3, which was granted, and then an executive session was begun. Senator Mitchell’s proposition to consider the Chinese treaty in open session was laid aside after some discussion until Mr, Morgan’s return, and open session was resumed. Senator McLaprin of Mississippi made his maiden speech in the senate, supporting the tariff bill, and was followed by Mr. Smith (Dem.) of New Jersey iu an attack on the income tax provision. Hoar’s Lottery Bill. Washington, April 18.—Senator Hoar, from the committee on the judiciary, has made a favorable report on his bill for the suppression of the lottery traffic. The bill was amended to a considerable extent in committee. It provides a fine of §I.OOO and imprisonment for two years for setting up or drawing a lottery, gift concern or similar enterprise offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or for sending lottery tickets through the mails. Mexiro Moving fora Monetary Conference. Washington, April 18.—Another international monetary conference, this time perhaps to be held in the city of Mexico, is among the probabilities. The Mexican government, through its diplomatic representatives, is quietly pressing upon the attention of the powers the feasibility of again undertaking an adjustment of. the monetary question, and the time isTielieved to be ripe for further effort in that direction.’ Lettercarriers’ Salaries. Washington, April IS.—Representative Dunphy of New York has introduced a bill fixing the rates of pay of lettercarrier: in cities of more than 75,000 people: For the first year. §600; second year, §800; third year, §1,000; fourth ; year and thereafter. §1,200. In cities of. i less than 75.000: First year, §600; sec--1 ond year, §800; third year and thereafter, . §I.OOO. NOTES OF THE STATE. i r t Robert Purcell, aged killed by a j train in Terre Haute.',. • Granville luyn, because of separation ? from his wife, is reported to have atf temped suicide. The 12-year-old son of William Hinshaw ' of Shelbyville was hooked by a cow. The r horn of the animal struck him in the face, ? disfiguring him for life. I ’ ’ The contest for the Democratic nominat tion for congress between Brown and

DEATH OF DAVID DUDLEY FIELD. » King of Hale Old Men* He Leaves A Hlmtorlc Kecorcls ( Nf.w York. April 14.—David Dudley Field died yesterday at his Gramercy Park home. Mr. Field returned from abroad Wednesday and when he landed from the steamer a terrible blizzard was in full blast. He remained on the dock fully , an hour to claim his baggage, and was then driven to the residence of his daughter-in-law in Gramercy square. • For the remainder of the day he was , bright, cheerful and entertaining. At « o’clock Thursday morning the household was aroused to learn that Mr. Field ' was suffering from a severe congestive’ chill. The physician \vho was called detected the presence of pneumonia, but ' no great anxiety was felt at the time. The end came to the distinguished jurist as he slept. There has been a steady stream of visitors to th» house of the dead jurist since his death. They called to tender their sympathy to the bereaved family. A mind that began to take in lasting impressions amid the cannon thunders of the last war with Britian and of Napoleon’s Waterloo campaign and retained a marvelous activity for more than fourscore years went out with the death of David Dudley Field. It is only six years ago that Mr. Field, long past the octogenarian mile post, grappled a pompous looking young swell who had brutally assailed a newsboy on the street and shook him as a terrier would a rat. “You are a disgrace to humanity,” said he as he set the astonished dude on his feet “Old as I am, I can thrash you.” A mental and physical vigor so long maintained is phenomenal, and Mr. Field will pass into history not only as the most famous and most influential lawyer of his time, but as a king anio ig hale old men. ‘IB ■ jpihFEr . DAVID DUDLEY FIELD. Mr. Field comes from a family noted for its vigor. His profession was conducive to long life, and this is a period noted for busy octogenarians. Nevertheless a working lawyer on the verge of 90 has to be accounted for on other general principles. He was born at Haddam, Conn., a town nt the foot of the Berkshire hills, in 1805. He was the oldest of 10 children, the most noted of four famous Field brothers. David Dudley attendecTWilliams college from bis 17th to his 21st year, then began to study law at Albany. He was admitted to the New Ycrk city bar in 1828. New York had just cast off the institution of slavery and become a favorable refuge for runaway negroes from the south The runaway slave code was then in force, and Mr. Field first attracted attention in defending a negro against the operation of the law. The practice which gave Win his great fame, hewever, did not begin until the civil war period, when he was 60 years old. MR. YIELD'S STUDY. At the close of the war three Indianians. Bowles, Milligan and Horsey, were serving life sentences for conspiracy to set free the confedeiate soldiers at Indianapolis and otherwise hinder the prosecution of the war. They had been tried by a military commission in a state where ordinary courts were open’and way did not prevail. Mr. Field argued that military commissions were illegal under the circumstances, and the United States supreme court ordered the men released. Afterward Mr. Field was counsel for the shareholders who ousted Fiske and Gould from the Erie railroad. He also acted for the New York police in their controversy with Mayor Fernando Wood, which nearly resulted in a local war. He appeared in the case of the state of Georgia against Grant and other generals. Mr. Field’s highest fame will rest upon his labors in the science of jurisprudence. While a youiig man he began to write upon the necessity for reform and reorganization in the prevailing codes. He continued the agitation from 1839 to 1847. He was appointed state commissioner on practice and pleading in the jitter year and performed the chief part of the work in preparing a code of procedure which was used for 20 years. His penal code was also adopted and is now in force. His civil code, which attempts to codify the common law, he considered his greatest monument. It twice passed the legislature, but was vetoed. Mr. Field retained in his advanced age a stalwart, upright form. -He attributed ins vigor to the habit of horseback riding, which he kept up for 40 years. He hrose at 6 o’clock in the morning, and after a bath passed an hour in the saddle. He walked four miles to and from the office, had an after dinner nap and slept seven to eight hours. This practice, added to temperance, cheerfulness and away of always looking on the bright side of things, he ; thought, maintainerlhisremarkable health and vigor. Legation Attache Killed. , Washington, April 18.—Lieutenant Commander D. Rafael Mansilla, naval attache of the Argentine legation, was thrown from his horse yesterday while riding in the' Soldiers’ Home grounds and died last evening. The officer fell upon his head and fractured the top of his skull. , Complications of a Lockout. Chicago, April 10.—The lockout has been ordered by the building trades for ’ Thursday morning. The Painters’ union 1 has unanimously determined that if the bosses declar id the lockout that men affected by it will refuse to pay rent during its continuance and thus draw prop--1 ertv owners into the fiirht. f Aid

NEW SPRING CIOTUNEK J • •• • ■ - «-4Pete Holthouse &, Co. f GOODSg> IM MMT are coming JT , 4 . , sC is complete m daily WWwMfjWwh in every respect. ln Bplte HATS and CAPS of the Bttrh J ’ '■ in various hard times. + 4 1 - IMfrgiy : - different styles We have ' and colors, a larger stock ■ ’ “y'Zebefore ®SSDFCLOTNiiO with prices to suit the C/ Ur FIYn4AQ XT t C A//V ’ :i ' ? il carr y an immense I Wr line of Piece Goods Confirmation Suits! BrlhW and Domestic The most attractive line iW'v'W Patterns in the city to select your ||| Boys Confirming -Suits from. z At remarkable Come in Low Prices. and select * -7/ (STT/all and eee them. early. PETE HOLTHOUSE & Co> FARMERS’ FEED YARD. NORTH HABBIBON BT., Ft. Wayne, Ind., (formerly ' - DTIHIIn II Stable Boom for 200 Horae*. IIRIIIO ‘ ; 01 HELLO 11. COMMENCING APHIL 1, 1894. lIRUJU. In connection with our Feed Yard, the above named Horses will make /full season, • (Spring and Fall stand) at reasonable prices. All old patrons and as many new ones as may be able to give us part of their patronage, will find the best of accommodation; good wide stalls, a pure well of water and a dry vard. Horse shoeing and Harness shop on premises: also a first-class Farmers hating House where meals are served at 20 cents. Farmers'who should be drawn on the jury, boarded at 50 cents per day, lodging included. We solicit your trade. Your Servants, KENEMANN BROS.

■I . ■ .L. ”* GROCERIES 11 PROPFRIFS ’ ’ UnUULIIiLV • • (SUCCESSORS TO DONOVAN & COFFEE.) , Y\A A AJliLl _ mn This -UMh i :--ijp«'f i Y T Enfr~iriir? . I Everything established BWWw <BWB „ Sir's l n the 11 n e business . 'of house enjoys sX dal iff 71 ■ .as— — household a trade ,/ ■ I . j&lsm i riBMl Hr -a flfriwrß ! necessities second Tn 'T^i 1 WuwTJjr _'. f.Va a re to be to none V&Wm 7W j Wwll**- map . MSA T%WLp.. faff. WW* vaster - found there In the city. m Just received from the Jerome 'B. Rice & Co,, Seed House, Cambridge, N. Y., “New Early Queen and “Early Rose” potatoes. ' of all kinds such as Asparagus Tips, (Club House Brand) Extra French Peas, Deviled Crab, Kippered Herring, Lobsters, etc., etc., sold at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. 25 pounds of Light Brown Sugar for SI.OO Casli r’aicl for And JESgrgo. East Side of Second Street, Decatur, Ind. 4 «> . ■ ■ ■'’■’■ '. . ■ . : ■ ? - '• ’. • ■ .■*. ■/ • ,• -w.-

I MYSTERIES I The Nervous System the Seat of Life and Mind. Recent Wonderful Discoveries. / No mystery has ever compared with that of human life. It has been the leading subject of professional research and study in all ages. But notwithstanding this fact It Is not generally known tbat the Beat Afl -< ~TA. CXX of life Is locaZ/X A 1 \ '"YzY'iXX ted In the up- //?> < A V per part of the //Ij’aOiu IwQ 1 spinal cord, J rw'iSr' y<l T?.—ll “ear the base (6 >f J of the b r a 1 n, (1T )> and so sensl- / V / tlve is thia / a v / portion of the Gn) T Ik§Sav / nervous sysk \ / tern that even c* \ / the prick of a ) \ I / needle will I . iff cause instant | ] j death. Recent discoveries have demonstrated that all the organs of the body are under the control of the nerve centers, located in or near the base of the brain, and that when these are deranged the organs which they supply with nerve fluid are also deranged. When It is remembered that a serious injury to the spinal cord will cause paralysis of the body below the injured point, because the nerve.force Is prevented by the injury from reaching the paralyzed portion, it will be understood how the derangement of the nerve centers will cause the derangement of the various organs which they supply with nerve force. • Two-thirds 01 chronic diseases are due to the imperfect action of the nerve centers at the base of the brain, not from a derangement primarily originating in the organ itself. The great mistake of physicians in treating these diseases is that they treat the organ rather than the nerve centers which are the cause of the trouble. Da. li’manklin Miles, the celebrated specialist,has profoundly studied this subject tor over 20 years, and has made many important, discoveries in connection with it, ch let among them being the facts contained in the abovo statement, and that theordinary methods of treatment are wrong. All dizziness, dullness, confusion, pressure, blues, mania, melancholy, insanity, epilepsy, St. Vitus dance, etc., are nervous diseases no matter how caused. The wonderful success of Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine Is due to the fact that it is based on the foregoing principle. Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine is sold by all druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent direct by Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, $1 per bottle, six bottles for $5, express prepaid. It contains ‘■neither opiates nor dangerous drugs. Sold by all Druggists, - aHaMMMßßM HaMaKWßrv*» n ">w , < B "s < *> , <*» aacaaiaial|aMßMaiNßß Notce to AH. That we will keep constantly on h and at our mill corn, oats, chop, mixed chop, bran and shorts of the best quality, and, at the lowest possible prices. Will delive r free to any part of the cltyf Call and examine stock, and l prices. 34 -ts Hart Brothers. •’ : i- ,