Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1895 — Page 5

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The Influence of the Bible on Society. There ie so much to be said upon this subject that I can only give you a few outlines of the remarkable influence of the Bible on society, for the reason that I am not very well acquainted with the defendant (society), and have only just commenced the study of the plaintiff (the Bible). Away back in the beginning of things, hen Adam, Eve and the devil had their little trouble, it became evident to the Great Jehovah that man, with his free moral was going to need seme laws, and so like a kind father, He talked to his people, and advised them as to what they should do, but like the advice of earthly fathers, the children disregarded it, and by their actions said “we want to learn by experience.” They went to the bad generally, and there came a time when they were, all bad except Noah and his family. ‘ Then the Great Jehovah said, “there is no use to talk to these childrenV 1 will just have to drown them all except good old Noah and his family.” So when the boat was filled with the animals and Noah’s family, the Creator pushed down that part of the earth and let the ocean in on them, and they were all drowned. When good, kind old Moses led the chosen people up out of Egypt, and they stopped to rest at the foot of Mt. Sinaii, the Great Jehovah called Moses up. and gave him ten written laws to govern so ciety. That you know was several thousand years ago, and all classes of society have been studying them ■ever since—some for love, others for criticism, and no one will say at the dawn of the 20th century that those laws contain a word which should have been left out, nor have they found anything which should have been included, which is not there. Mr. Ingersoll tells us (for fifteen hundred dollars a night) of the m istakes of Moses, but while standing at the grave of his little nephew he said, “It is sad, indeed, but he has gone to a better land.” Millions of men will be profiting by good old Moses’ talks with God years after Col. Bob has been forgotten. Those laws to day, softened by the life of the matchless divine Son Os God, form all the foundation on which true society can rest. .Os the thousands of laws on our statute books to-day, all of them come directly,or indirectly from the Commandments. 1 mean good laws. We have a law against murder —the Bible says “thou shalt not 9 kill.” We have volumes of laws against all manner of stealing—the Bible says “thou shalt not steal.” Property rights are recognized in «thpu shalt not covet.” The moralist flaunts his morality in our faces, and boasts that he does not need to be a Christian to be a good man, forgetting that he has stolen the principles of the ten ; commandments, and like a cowardly thief, refuses to give “honor io yfhom honor is due.”

There is only one true foundation fur society, and that is the one Moses and Christ gaye us, to “love the Lord thy God with all thy'soul, and with all thy strength, and thy neighbor as thyself.” There is a great deal of society based on the principle to “eat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow we may die.” Their appetite is their god, and they worship at his .shrine until they get the gout, dyspepsia or the tremens, and then bring the old wreck to the Lord and ask him to help repair it. - The nations of the earth are working closer to the divine law each year. Supposing the Behring sea fisheries trouble had come up one hundred years ago; war, with all of its horrors, would have been the inevitable result. Now it has been settled by arbitration, thus keeping the commandment “thou shalt not kill.” What the world needs to-day is “smiling Christians.” I do not mean an icy, perpetual grin, like Carkers, will freeze the marrow in your bones, but a real warm, God-bless-you-can-I help you-to-day-smile. iSmlte, and the world smiles with you, Laugh, and the world will roar; Whine, and the wprld will leave you, And never come-back any more. We cannot all be handsome, Nor all of us wear fine clot hes, But a smile—it is not expensive, And covers a world of woes. The influence of the Bible is being felt all over the world, and the closer society keeps to the principles which it.teaches the more perfect it will become. Civilization is but the Bible lived. Take it for your guide, and when it conflicts with your ideas, change them. Do not disbelieve it because you do not understand it. Neither can you understand how a blade of grass grows. After the human race has been perfected by thousands of years of education and prayer, they will understand more of its mysterles than we. But no one will understand it all until we pass over the river, and amid the beauties of eternity we meet Him face to face. J. Bryson. The Tyrant Potato. Mrs. Rarer evidently indorses Marion Barland’s view of the “tyrant potato. ” Says the former: “Life is too short tobe spent in digesting potatoes. I never eat them in any form. You might as well put pieces of mica into your stomach as fill it with Saratogakchips. ” It is undoubtedly true that in many households nowadays the potato habit is much lessened. Time was when potatoes fried for breakfast, baked for luncheon and, mashed or plain boiled for dinner was the logical course of table events in almost every well regulated family. The breakfast cereal has practically banished it from the first meal of the day, it is often absent from the luncheon board, and it is really only at dinner that it is apt to be in perennial evidence. A dish of boiled rice or samp or baked hominy will be found an excellent substitute for the berated Irish tuber, which, while not perhaps guilty of all the indictments against it, might well be relegated to an occasional rather than an everlasting appearance.—New York Times. . . STOVES down to rock bottom prices to make room. Call and get prices. 227tf Ellsworth, Myers & Co. ■ '

BERNHARDT AND SARDOU. ' The Quarrel and Reconciliation of tho DrainatUt rjid. Artren. Speaking of Sardou and Bernhardt, the following story concerning the great French actress and the equally renowned playwright is vouched for by the correspondent of The Courrier des Etats-Unis: The two who have achieved the greatest triumph in “Gisnionda, ” M. Victorien Sardou and Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, were at swords’ points in the beginning. This dislike dated from “Daniel Rochet, ” which Sardou gave to the Corned ie Francaise after his nomination to the French academy. Sarah Bernhardt expected that Sardou would select her to create the role of heroine in the play, but he chose Mlle. Bertet instead; hence the anger of Mme. Bernhardt When the actress and the author met, the former passed on the other side; the latter pulled his hat down over his eyes. Each murmured something not at all complimentary to the other. - Then Sarah Bernhardt left the Comedie'Francaise, went to America, where she made her first triumphal tour, and returned to France. Upon her arrival in Paris she entered into negotiations with Raymond Deslande, manager of the Vaudeville. She asked nothing better than to play there. But what should she play? She did not wish to return to classical roles. She wanted an entirely new play, which should bring out all her qualities. “There is only one man who can write the play you want,” said Deslande. “Thatjnan iS Sardou. ” “Sardou!” •tried the actress. “Such a disposition, incapable of doing justice to an artist. Moreover, irritable, brutal, a man who runs up against everybody, who”— “Very well, ” replied Deslande, "let us say do more about it ” He went to see Sardou and told him.that he must have a play for Sarah Bernhardt “Sarah!” exclaimed the writer. "Sarah! Snch a disposition! Crabbed, disagreeable, quarreling with everybody, who”— “Very well, very well, it is quite understood. ” And three months after Sardou read “Fedora” to Sarah, who, radiant, threw herself on the author's neck in the presence of Deslande. “Ah! Deslande,”saidSardou, “what did I tell you? How gentle she is! How sweet! How adorable!” “And he!” rejoined Bernhardt “How amiable he is! How he appreciates real talent, and how obliging! Embrace me, Raymond!” ... i—■_ CAT ELECTRICITY. Those Who Rely on It For Curative Purposes Can Get It In Other Ways. Tho London Lancet says: The electrical effect produced by rubbing a cat’s back is of course well known. It is also well known that this is frictional electricity, or, perhaps more correctly, the electricity of contact; that it is a surface effect produced by the rubbing; that- it does not point to pre-existing electricity stored in the body of the animal, and that the person who, having concluded a massage, sinks into a chair declaring that his exhaustion is consequent on the loss of “the living galvanism” which he has imparted to the patient is a charlatan. It is to be remembered that friction between any dissimilar substances always produces electricity, and in illustration of this the electrical effect sometimes produced in a dry atmosphere when the hair is combed on the body quickly divested of a flannel jersey may be instanced, or the classic experiment of rubbing a stick of sealing wax on a rabbit’s fur may be. called to mind. Those who are accustomed to rely on the curative effect of stroking a cat’s backmay find consolation in the last named experiment, inasmuch as it teaches them that when their “feline favorite” is no more health and strength may still be secured by gentle friction on its skin. Apart, however, from questions of electro-physiology, it is instructive to learn that the presence of white in the color of a cat, unless the animal be whole colored, is a sign of weakness. Promotion. “How’s thatboyo’yonrngettin along in the city, Josiah?” asked one farmer of another. “He’s workin his way up right, along.” “What’s he doin?” “He’s workin fer the city. ” — “You don’t tell me! What's he doin fer it?” “He’s driyin one o’ them things they call a street sweeper—kind o’ wipes up the road nights, you know. ;; But, my, he’s bein promoted! Fust off he wus workin in the Twenty-fust ward. By an by be writ me that he wus workin in the - Eighteenth ward. Last week he writ that he was in the Twelfth ward now, an, I swan, you see if that feller don'ti-fetch up in the Fust ward with his swcep.cart yit!”—Youth’s Companion. ‘ Vandyke’s Place In Art. So far as portraiture goes, Vandyke occupies, with . Titian and-Velasquez, the first place. His works have an air of elegance and distinction and a mundane grace and courtliness naturally befitting his title of ‘ ‘painter to the king. ’ the Italians called him “il pittore cavalieresco. ’* Without the stamina and natural robustness of his great master, Rubens, his portraits are better in point of refinement and grace. But one must know his master to form a just appreciation of his position.—T. Cole in Centurf. A comparison of the maximum temperature in different parts of the world shows that the great desert of Africa is by far the hottest This vast plain, which extends 9,000 miles ffom east to west and 1,000 from north to south, has a temperature of 150 degrees F. in the hottest days of summer. W’■""I ——- Norwalk, Conn., is said to have an Indian origin, but there is an English village of this name. <■>

A NOVEL GUARANTEE. A COMPANY THAT FURNISHES CERTIFICATES TO WOOEftS. A Boon to tho Bnay Mm With • Marriageable Daughter—Rather One aided, aa tho Wife la Not Bound—An Interviewer of Whom Something Waa Known. Seeing the sign over the door, I entered. “If you wish to confer with the president, sir,” said the young man in front, “you will find him in his private office, ” and thanking him I entered the rear room, where a pleasant faced map greeted me cordially. “Won’t you be seated?” he said, grasping me by the hand. “Is your business—er—confidential?” “Not at all,” I replied. “As I was passing by I thought I would stop in and inquiro into the nature and scope of the Lovers’ Guarantee company, which I see advertised so extensively. ” “Certainly,” he responded. “I shall be only too glad to inform you what we are here for. The Lovers’ Guarantee company was formed for the purpose of securing good husbands to all maidens matrimonially inclined, and the great success we have met with thus far proves that there is an excellent reason for our existence. The average man of affairs has little time to look up the character and antecedents of the young fellow who applies for his daughter’s hand. We look him up, and if he is satisfactory he gives us a bond, which entitles him to a certificate guaranteeing him to be all that he claims. This bond may be good for five or ten years. A man’s financial status is of course easy to determine, but it is into the finer attributes of character that we examine particularly. Our certificate is an absolute guarantee of the man. Os course we have to be particular, for should the wife at any time insist upon a separation and show cause under the contract we would have to pay all her legal expenses and furnish her a new husband or make over to her certain payments. ” “But suppose,” said I, “after the man is married off, there develops some hidden trait, some idiosyncrasy that causes unhappiness, but not separation, what do you do then?” “Such cases, ” replied the president of the Lovers’ Guarantee company, “are rare, but of course they do occur. In a case like this we examine into the cause of the difficulty, and if the man be wrong the fact that he is under bond gives ns a power over him, and generally we bring him to terms. ” “But,” said I, “suppose the woman in the case is wrong?” “This, ” explained the president, “is extremely unfortunate, as we have no means of reaching her direct, having no power over her. We can, however, advise the man what to do, generally with most felicitous results. As a rule, these differences come from ignorance on both sides. Where they are extreme and a separation Is advisable we have in our employ the best lawyers, and divorces are obtained in the.most private way. “We have in our employ one of the most eminent phrenologists in the country, who examines the heads of all applicants. Our head physician, who gave up a large practice to come with us, has a growing staff of assistants, and these look carefully into the physical condition of tho applicants. You may depend upon it that when an applicant has successfully run the gantlet we lay out for him he will make a good husband. Wo advise all young married people to have homes of their own, no matter bow humble, and have a home bureau through which a member can obtain advice on the most desirable way to live, the best locations, a list of houses and apartments and the lowest rents. By this means we aro enabled to make an arrangement with landlords so that our patronscan obtain Certain discountsand privileges. Were you thinking—ahem! —of entering upon the new life?” “Oh, no,” I replied modestly.; “I am already married, and,” I added laughingly, “I don’t suppose cases of this sort come under your jurisdiction. ” “Indeed they.do, ” replied the president of the Levers’ Guarantee company. ‘‘We have lately formed a department for the benefit of married people and find it to boa great success. For a small sum yearly, in advance, we furnish ladies with advice as to the proper management of husbands and direct them how to act in special emergencies. For instance, should a husband bo called away too frequently at night ‘on business, ’ imbibe too freely—l may say this is one of our greatest obstacles —or should he become ill natured or non tractable, we tell her what to da ” ‘‘ls this department secret?” “Not at all, ” he. responded. “Indeed wo invite publicity. Such is our reputation that the* mere fact made known to a man that his name is on our books will have a tendency to bring him to his senses. ” “Aly dear sir, ” said I warmly as I rose to go, “you aro accomplishing a great work, and 1 am glad I called in to see you. ” Then, thanking him, I was about to depart when he stopped mo courteously. “Excuse me, ” he said, “but would you mind giving mo your name? I always like to take down tho names of all our friends. ” - “Certainly not, ” said I. “I, would just as soon as not, as it is just possible I may want to advise with you myself later on. My name, sir, is Witherby. ” A bright and engaging smile came over tho face of the president of the Lovers’ Guarantee company. “Ah, yes, ipdeed, ”he exclaimed. “J. Scott Witherby, isn’t it?” ' - ? “That’s it,” I replied, dumfounded, a lump rising in my throat “How the mischief, sir, did you learn my name?” “Very easily, ” he responded cheerfully as he reached over into his desk and handed me pamphlet B 146, on-’'lf You Are a Husband, Don’t Be a Crank. ’ ’ “Your wife waa in here only yesterday."—J. Scott With er byin New York World.

FASCINATION BY SNAKES. The Tongue Play of the ReptUee a Lure For Their Frey. The pheasants which farmed the subjects of the following observations were hatched out in ah incubator from eggs kindly given me by Sir Cecil Miles. The eggs were taken from the hen and transferred to the incubator a few days before the young birds were due to emerge. Two pheasants were hatched out at about 8 p.m. That evening, at about 6:80. a finely chopped egg was placed bo fare them, but they showed no signs of peaking at it, nor did they peck at grain or sand next morning at 11 a. m. At 4 p. m. they began to peck, but seized very little. One struck repeatedly at a crumb of egg on the other’s back, but failed to seize it, though the other bird was quite still. The little birds showed no signs of fear of me. They liked to nestle in my warm hand. My fox terrier was to get at them, much keener than'with chicks, probably through scent suggestion. I placed two of the young pheasants, about a day old, on the floor and let him smell them, under strict orders not to touch them. He was trembling in every limb from excitement But they showed no signs of fear, though his nose was within an inch of them. When.the pheasants were a week old, I procured a large blindworm and placed it in front of the incubator drawer in which the birds slept at night On opening the drawer they jumped out as usual and ran over the blindworm without taking any notice of it Presently first one, then another, pecked vigorously at the forked tongue as it played in and out of the blindwarm’s mouth. Subsequently they pecked at its eye and the end of its tail. This observation naturally leads one to surmise that the constant tongue play in snakes may act as a lure for young and inexperienced birds, and that some cases of so called fascination may be simply the fluttering of birds round this tempting object I distinctly remember, when a boy, seeing a grass snake, with head slightly elevated and quitemotionless, and round it three or four young birds fluttering nearer and nearer. It looked like fascination. It may have been that each hoped to be the first to catch that tempting but elusive worm! Presently they would no doubt be invited to step inside.—Nature. HE HAD A NEW THING. And Genius, as Is Always the Case, Got - Two men were seated at a small table near the front door waiting for their sandwiches and coffee when they were approached by a shabby stranger, who touched his hat and said: “bentlemen, may I ask a favor of one of you?” They were silent It was no new experience to them. “What I wished to ask was, gentlemen,” continued the stranger, “how to spell the word balloon.” They looked at one another in evident surprise and one asked, “The word ‘bal-. loon, ’ you say?” “Yes, gentlemen. I got into a discussion with a friend, who says there is but one ‘l. ’ I maintain there are two. ” “Your friend's right,” said one of the men at the table. “No, he isn’t,” retorted the -other. “ You’re.right. Two 'l’s.’ “Let me see, now,” : Said the first ”B-a-l-double-o-n-bal-oon. I think yoti’re wrong, Bill, ami that this man's friend wins the bet. ” “It’s no bet, ” said the shabby stranger. “Wesimplygot into an argument You can see for yourself there is chance for an argument. If I had a pocket dictionary, I could tell in a n-iinute Gentlemen, would one of you loan me a dime with which Jo purchase one?” They looked at him coldly for a moment and then each pulled out a dime and gave it to him. “You’re a good thing,” said the first; one. “Yes, you’ve got something new,” added the other. But theshabby stranger did not smile i He dimply thaiikol them, and said he ’Would buy one for his friend also. — Chicago Record. Orchids For Cut Flowers. So many beautiful flowers drop their petals soon lifter cutting that they are , out of favor with purchasers. The efforts of florists are generally.in 'the direction of introducing such flowers as; will hold their own for some time after cutting. It is possibly one of the leading advantages of the carnation that it lasts so long on the parlor table, and this is found to be true with many species of orchids which aro coming into favor for" cutting purposes, quite as much on account of t/ris persistence as on account of their rarity and sweetness. In this closely related family the cyrripedium is found particularly valuable. There are not only persistence, sweetness and curious features in the forms and colors of the flowers, but they also have .the long stems which enable the American florists .to use them without tho necessity of lavishly stemming them.— Meehan’s Monthly. ■- S ; • Free Lunch With n String to It. In most of the free lunch places down town there is a nickel in the slot machine device, which is placed in close proximity to the lunch. Sb big is the gambling propensity in mpst men that thev will frequently drop enough nickels into one of these machines to pay for a square meal and never “win out.” These machines more than pay for the lunches set up by the proprietor.—Chicago Tribune Bursting Flywheels. From a recent discussion regarding the bursting of flywheels it appears that, although a sudden change in momentum, as from putting on a load, may fracture the arms, it is probable that centrifugal stress from increased speed is a far more prevalent cause of flywheel accidents. —New York News.

PRACTICALLY KILLED. Test Vote On the Currency Bill Be* suits In Defeat. ADVOCATES DUMBFOUNDED. Call For the Previous Question Leet Ny • Vote of 134 to 139—Bland Expreaoea the Belief That the BUI Cannot Bo Be▼lved—Democratic Senators’ Interpretation of the Adverse Vote In tho House. Washington. Jan. 10.—The Carlisle currency bill, which has been under debate in the house for about two weeks, was ignominiously ditched yesterday. It had not strength enough to surmount the first parliamentary obstacle placed in its path. The committee on rules, ia obedience to the decree of the Democratic caucus on Monday, brought in aa order to close general debate and proceed under the 5-minute rule until Saturday, when the final vote should be taken, but the supporters of the bill showed lamentable weakness. They were unable to order the previous question,,the demand therefor being refused, first by a rising vote of 92 to 101, and then on a yea and nay vote by 124 to 129. The advocates of the bill were dumbfounded when they discovered that they had been beaten in the preliminary skirmish, and the order was withdrawn. This was the first reverse the committee on rules had suffered in four years. An analysis of the vote shows that all of the 124 votes in favor of the motion were cast by Democrats, while 82 Republicans, 39 Democrats and eight Populists voted against it. Os the 39 Democratic votes against the motion it was pointed out that 24 were cast by Democrats defeated for re-election. How Mr. Bland Views It. Representative Bland, the exponent of the silver element of the house, wh® aided in the defeat of the bill, said: “The vote undoubtedly means the abandonment of all hope to pass the Carlisle bill in its present form. But it is too soon to say that it ends the possi - bility of any legislation by this congress. As long as the effort is made to give a monopoly to national banks and silver, the plan will be fought. There may yet be time to frame a measure adequate for the present situation, but it is certain that any such measure will give proper recognition to silver.” The view of Mr. Bland and his associates le<l many members to believe that the reverses of yesterday might yet be turned into victory by making concessions to the silver, men. Their votes would lie much more than sufficient to carry the rule and the bill. It would be such a radical step, however, in bringing silver into the question that the conservative men do nos regard the plan as feasible. It was. however, the main topic of prospective action. On the Republican side the opinion was general that the defeat of the rule ended all chance of currency legislation in this congress. SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE. Adverse Vote on the Currency Bill In the House Will Prompt It to Act. W ashington-, Jan. 16.— Many of the Democratic senators - received the announc iiient of the adverse vote on the currency bill as a summons to the senate to take the question up. and find a Way out of the diflieiilty with which the country finds itself confronted. Senator Voorhees took the first step for the formal consideration of the matter by issuing a call for a meeting of the finance committee to be held this afternoon. This meeting is for the purpose of canvit.-sing the entire situation and if possible devising means of improving ” the condition of the treasury. So far as can be learned no measure has been prepared for submission to the committee, but the movers for the meeting hope that the general ftschange of i views ,on the part of members of the i committee will indicate general lines upon which a bill may be framed which ( would stand a chance of receiving.the approval of the Committee dud of the -somata. It is «lse understood that Senator Vest has in mind the outline of plan for a bill which he may submit to the 1 e.unmittee and whighkmay prove the basis of future action. The two principal features of the plan I are; First, to authorize the issuance of I U sufficient number of low rate bonds to retire the $346,000,000 worth of green* | backs, and second, to provide for the- ' ’ purchase and ■ coinage of a sufficientquantity of silver to increase the silver ' issuance to $150,W0,000, which would an increase of adxiut _ $1507000,000 r This is suggested as..a compromise upon which the ixmd ajkKpcotes and the silver hum can agree, but the scheme has not ; metwifh general favor so ..far as it lias -, been canvassed. e ~— ;• In the, Seiiater A f WA st 11N s ton.J am 10. —Mr, CuCkrelll—(dem.. Mo. ffrom the appropriation com : inittee, r p >rt: I tha urgency deficiency bill to-the senate ydstthdayl In aeply to a question (.rep., Pa.) Mr. - Cockrell said the committee had made no umoiulments to the bill as passed by the house to the provisions relating to the income tax. Mr. Quay thought an amendment should be made, to the law requiring a publication of the names and salaries of the employes of the, eoiqxnations, and in this connection he created something of a sensation by saving that a gentleman high in political Circles in Philadelphia, had given as •’ reason why he could not preserve f d faith and couljl not do what < to be done regarding an important nomination, that he was under a heavy salary from a great corporation, and was compelled to do what the corporation desirM. The bill will be called up for consideration today. Test Vote on Canal Bill. Washington, Jan. 10.—Arrangements have been made for % test vote on the Nicaragua canal bill some time this week. A motion will be made by Senator George of Mississippi to lay the bill on the table. If this motion is defeated • ' by any such decisive vote as the friends of the- measure claim, it is then proposed push the bill to an early' vote, I ... r ~■ ■ ■ • ( • v—-. ■ ;