Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1895 — Page 7

I' j™!}" c f I iinLT*- *?=?! ■ I the Implement of Iron MU I tDe reBOUrCO!I Os bSW-aHki.iii • Vhxliio HSSESSSESSSSSS! K 111 R[ i advantage over a com|H i'b'i.H. Ice as much advertlHing This ■. jgg;' Loans —— |H to any f 1 who went around the K lujc ch of Joy never found it itertnlf |B donkey lias to draw the 9M there as soon as the M .oAi>r ilia’s’i 1 ■ l ltn Jg of Chicago Aldermen In gk I'Kkclprehenslble act The tire K c Iccldentally been cominnnl--3? I i>o e thing of value. ■ H i ■*ork.*-.J asks if the great |B "’"jy a future. Not yet. Up I --mnly succeeded In acK il 3 a present ■ —■ g? jof Johore is dead. It can M this potentate that though i.i the possessor of $10,000,000 H monds he was never teniptK ea negro minstrel. K > iper, to be published in ihe B guage, will be issued in the K tico. The dispatches say it ■ ndly to the administration. M ’’ : will not be published. H e the claim is made that h. an old story, written in fact M -Hrs ago. However, the agilH hlch the Just-discovered tale ■ Its way towards a printing H It suggestive of extreme age. ■ K, ... .' -LU S B napolls murderer on trial for H - mltted on the witness stand K as “afraid he shot the other B the scuffle.” Maybe that’s B 4 ‘other fellow” died; gunshot B the scuffle are likely to prove B .f of Yale’s graduating class is S| ' lever to marry. But it is Just B ]to stumble into matrimony as B ■* half. A young man doesn’t B <’ at he will do until the right B ' s along and tangles him in her B lany persons the early age of ■ ssed is sowing in their minds ■ that are most suitable to their H tons; the middle age goes on in ■ ag and maturing those vices; ■ iast dge concludes in gathering and anguish, the bitter fruits most accursed seeds. looming of the bloomer is an . I ing declaration that a woman B legs, and as such it is regarded B, painfully good as hurtful. Yet B tomical fact has not been a seny observing person knows that ■ <s come in pairs, and that few ra buy a single garter at a time. Se ttlings," observes Mr. Depew, happen to a man who works and without relaxation. In the ce he becomes nervous, irritable dto get along with. In the Recce the grade of his work falls be is liable to err in his judgB In the third place he dies sudH ’ The country is full of steady B rs who have reached the first B latest touch of the fantastic as U Id to the income tax is that the B lard Oil Company will seek to get ■ k paying the tax on the ground ■ fell is a direct product of land, and B jerefore, to be looked upon as in B jature of rent. Rockefeller owns Blind (and uses it himself), but the Mighty pays him rent, in oil. Os all Wllppery thievery proposed to dodge ■aw this is the cap sheaf. lUI He village of Wllliamsbridge, when ■found she was going to be annexed ■&city of New York, hurried up B? issued SIBO,OOO of sewer bonds, ■they are now saddled on the city. By were negotiated quietly, as they Bld be under the law, and sold at a Bp premium. There is a fuss, but Bfinal result will be that they will Be to be recognized, and the interest B principal paid when due. The ■stion is not one of legality. It is B of honesty. ■?" ■he case of the British ship Why Not, ■ich was abandoned by her captain ■I crew while burning, and subseIntly beached by her deserted pasKgers, ought to furnish material for Kovel, or at least for a comic opera. [. Clark Russell could find material lit for a thrilling tale of the heroism I the British sailor. It seems that |e phssenger got ashore with the capfo and crew. He swam after them, d they had to take him along, greatagalnst their will. Those passengers ho remained on board have, of course, good claim for salvage, and the capin has earned the right to a support r the rest of his life in some more or os comfortable Jail. Cincinnati Enquirer: “Are bloomers roper?” asks an anxious correspondit, a lady, we Judge, from the writing. Ze hesitate to arbitrate this question, here are so many styles of dress unit the general name of bloomers, prlnpally in the pictures in the newspaers and millinery magazines that a itegorical answer to the question Is freely possible. We should say that jejgttginal bloomer costume, in ven tod ; nd worn forty or fifty years ago tar the ite Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, of lowa,

imagination a delight, would insist all the requirements of beauty, modesty and practicability. The objection that skirts are in the way in bicycle riding is overruled. What is the matter with taking a cable car or a hack? “Electric funerals” are the very latest thing in Harrisburg, Pa. The trolley wire leads to the cemetery and the enterprising company which has the streetrailway franchise has constructed a special funeral car and rents it to mourners who desire to bury the departed according to the ultra modern ideas -of this electric age. This comes as near tp “galvanizing the corpse” as modern science can and it is a step in advance of St Louis’ electric hospital car. In that city an ambulance car makes its regular trips, picks up candidates for the surgical ward in tho city hospital and conveys them with neatness and dispatch to the operating table. It remains for Chicago to adopt St Louis* electric hospital car, fit up an electric car for the coroner, borrow Harrisburg’s electric funeral car, book them all together and be at rhe head of the procession. When the victim is dug from beneath the electric car be can be taken into the hospital car. If he dies the carrier can ring up six passengers to serve as a Jury, hold his inSuest and pass the legalized corpse ack into the funeral car without causing the company to lose a single nickel through a moment’s delay. Theprovlsionsofthe new Illinois libel law cannot fail to be satisfactory to the people of the State, for while it protects newspapers against ill-advised or blackmailing libel suits, it also safeguards the citizen against malicious attacks on the part of a newspaper proprietor or his employes. The tenor of the law is that in action for libel the plaintiff shall only recover actual damages, If it shall appear that the publication was made in good faith and that a retraction was made immediately after the falsity of the publication was brought to the knowledge of the newspaper publisher. It is further provided that in no case shall exemplary or punitive damages be recovered unless the plaintiff shall before bringing suit give notice in writing to the defendant to publish a retraction or correction of the libel, and allow the defendant a reasonable time for that purpose. The proof of such retraction or correction shall be admissible in mitigation of damages and as an evidence of good faith on the part of the defendant The object of this law is to relieve newspaper proprietors from the presumption of malice in the mere publication of what may come to them in the course of news-gathering. It shifts the burden of proof as to malice, and while it holds publishers to a strict accountability as to actual injury inflicted by the publication of a defamatory statement, it protects them against punitive damages at the hands of a too sympathetic jury. The law affords no protection for recklessness, or spite, or hatred, or revenge on the part of a newspaper publisher, but It guards him When he has shown good faith and honesty of purpose In the dissemination of news. Wind in Geology. The part played by the air in geology Is turning but to be more important than was generally believed. It is not only that It shifts the sands of the desert or the shore, and abrades the rocks with a kind of natural sandblast, and conveys the ashes of volcanos tq.great distances. By the friction of the atmosphere it fuses meteoric stones and scatters their dust far and wide. A peculiarity of this meteoric dust is that it contains numerous little hollow pellets and tubes, as well as scales and angular fragments of vitreous matter. These pellets are discovered in ordinary air by the microscope, on the towers of cathedrals, and on the snows of the Alps, as well as in the Arctic regions. Moreover, they are found in the ooze at the bottom of seas and oceans, and also in the sedimentary rocks which have been deposited by ancient seas. They are formed by the air acting on the melted surface of the meteoric stone, and are, in fact, a kind of airbubble of microscopic size. M. Daubree has proved, by experiment, that granite perforated by a blast of nitro-glycerine gases develops such pellets on the fused lining of the blast hole; and quite recently M. Meunier, another French geologist, has found that the lava wool, formed by the wind blowing on the molten lava -of the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Loa, after the manner of “slag wool,” consists chiefly of such mineral tubes and pellets. Many Crippled German Professors. An American in Germany was surprised to find a number of cripples among the celebrated college professors —men whose high standard of learning makes them famous the world over. One Berlin professor is wheeled into his lecture room every day, and there art others similarly, though, for the most part, less painfully afflicted. This is due partly to the fact that, under the military regime in Germany, when a boy is disqualified for the army, he is trained tor science or the law. When a man is in love with & woman it is very hard for her to please him whan with other men.

that Was “Heard Around the First Patriot Blood. The first collision in that memorable Struggle which, gave a new nation tothe world was the battle of Lexington. That first shot, which the poet has aptly said was “heard around the world” kindled the flames of war, and in these flames the thirteen colonies were fused into the fabric of the American nation, now the greatest, the most prosperous and the most freedom-blessed among the powers of the globe. Not only was the battle of LexPAUL BEVEBE. Ington and Concord the introductory to the surrender at Yorktown and the birth of a new nation; it was the introductory to the subsequent political changes in Europe, when dynasties were swamped, tyranny overthrown and the people for the first time were made aware of their powers, their duties and their rights. It was the sponsor if not the . parent of democracy in Europe. Prior to the initial outbreak at Lexington the provincial authorities were preparing for a struggle and had collected at Concord provisions, arms and ammunition. Unhappily these were not to obtain. On TCgfflflgc jmgAprii 19, 1775, only W twelve field pieces J yAjk could be counted in , Massachusetts, but |jb there had been colul' lected In that colony 2L549 firearms, 17,441 pounds of powder, 22,191 pounds of WW bal1 ’ 444,699 flirts, ’ 10,108 bayoneta, 11,• DB. JOSEPH WABBEN 979 pouc ljeß, 15,000 canteens. There were also 17,000 pounds of salt fish and 35,000 pounds of rice, with large quantities of beef and pork. Surely twelve field pieces and 17,000 pounds of salt fish were not a great encourageil THE OLD NOBTH CHUBCH, BOSTON. From whose spire Paul Revere was signaled to begin his ride. ment upon which to enter into a contest with the greatest military power of the world, but the contest came sooner than either side expected and lo! a new nation arose as if by magic and throwing out her arms embraced the Pacific and the Atlantic. ' t Paul Revere’s Ride. It was upon the night of April 18, 1775, that Paul Revere set out on his memorTHE HOME OF PAUL BEVEBE. - able ride from Boston to notify the patriots in Concord that the British contemplated raiding the place and confiscating the military stores. He was sent by Dr. Joseph Warren, head of the Committee of Safety in Boston. To be doubly sure Warren sent two messengers, one of them, Revere, to proceed by .way of Charlestown through Lexington to Concord, and HABBINGTON HOUSE AND HIGH SCHOOL. (In the left foreground is the home of Jonathan Harrington, who was wounded in the fight bn Lexington green and who dragged himself to the door and died at his wife’s feet.) the other, William Dawes, to take the route byway of Roxbury. A certain signal was to be given from the church tower of North Church by the sexton, Robert as to the route the British wert

——- — to take in making their raid. Tho signal vWttHMCk and Idßmid was Joined by Dawes. Together tho two messengers rode ont of Lexington for Concord and were joined on the way by Dr. Prescott. At Lincoln the three were confronted by a squad of British soldiers and Revere and Dawes were taken prisoners. Prescott, however, escaped arrest and continuing his journey, bore the important news to Concord. Lexington and Concord. Meantime the British troops under command of Col. Smith had left Boston and at daybreak the advanced guard, under Major Pitcairn, approached Lexington. When tho main body came up the entire force took up a position on Lexington green and found themselves confronted by a couple of score of Americans under command of Capt. John Parker. “Don’t fire unless you are fin’d on," were the words of Capt. Parker to his men; “but if they want a war let it begin here.” It began there; the Americans were fired on, losing all told eight of their number killed and nine wounded. They made an ineffectual reply, wounding three British soldiers and the horse of Pitcairn. The rest of the Americans retreated, and receiving reinforcements, pursued the British toward Concord and attacked them with desperate fury, capturing seven prisoners —the first prisoners taken in the American war. Then followed the fight at Concord, where 450 Americans rallied to meet the British. The principal fighting was done at the north bridge and there the American captain, Isaac Davis, fell. The Americans opened a galling fire and the British detachment fell back in disorder.' Their main body was too strong to be attacked and after committing a few depredations lilt ■ -gates; THE FIGHT ON LEXINGTON GBEEN. ' First conflict in the War of Independence between the Americans and British. i they began their return march. It ended in flight. The American minute men from behind every tree and house poured in a deadly fire and the British would have been forced to surrender before reaching Lexington had not Lord Percy arrived < with a reinforcement of 1,200 men. Even with this support the British fell back, for the Americans were pouring to the scene in hundreds from Dorchester, Milton, Dedham and other towns. The struggle was on. The fight at Lexington electrified the colonies. The day before there were not many who thought of war; the following day the British were beleaguered in Boston and the possibility of a war became a certainty. In New York, Philadelphia, Charleston and Savannah the news of the fight was received with enthusiasm. That raw, provincial troops should have faced and routed the British army was not only a surprise, but an impetus to the grand struggle that gave England a rival amid the nations of the earth. FOURTH OF JULY REVIVAL. I Interest in the Old-Time Patriotic Festival Awakens Anew. The revival of the Fourth of July is a ! sign of the times. All over the broad 1 land the interest in the old-fashioned, ' patriotic festival is awakening anew, and this year every sizable village in the Unit- ? ed States resounds to the cracking of the miniature bombs which John Chinaman has taught us to use for expressing our ’ joy - , . A new thrill of national pride is running through the people; and it is followed by a desire to manifest that pride. Fourth of July furnishes exactly the chance to give vent to the feeling of exuberant energy—the mysterious tendency to expansion, and the old self-assertive fever. The uncontrollable desire to “hear the eagle scream” shows that the nation knows its strength and means to use it. We menace nobody, but we mean to “gang our ain gait,” without paying much attention to objections or obstacles. Columbia was never stronger than she is on this one hundred and eighteenth anniversary of her birth in the sacred old Independence Hall at Philadelphia. - She came of a heroic race; - A giant’s strength, a maiden’s grace, 1 Like two in one. seem to embrace, . And match and blend and thorough-blend, f in her colossal form and face. ; Her forty-four stalwart daughters are *■l -dike their mother, I And over her —and over all, For panoply and coronal — The mighty immemorial And Everlasting Canopy and Starry Arch and Shield of All. Whatever Americans may sefe to be dissatisfied with in the present situation of their country, they cannot recall her history and think of her resources without feeling that whatever is unwhole--1 some in existing conditions is only temporary, and the result of all clear-sighted Fourth of July meditation must be to reestablish confidence in the grandeur of the destiny of the republic. An Off Night. ’ Dashaway—Are you going around to ! Miss Summitt’s to-night? Her father is ) going to have a fireworks celebration. Cleverton—Oh, yes: of course. Are you? j Dashaway—No. She doesn’t want me . to come. . — ’ Cleverton— Why pot? t Dashaway—She says there will be too t much light.

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THE FOURTH AT PIKEVILLE. Trials and Tribulations of the Committee on Ceremonies. THE Fourth will never be forgotten at Pikeville. The program was prepared at a meeting thirty days beforehand. The meeting was exciting. Miss Laura De Sha was elected to read the Declaration of Independence. “She’s the only young lady that can read, I suppose,” whispered Mrs. Ames, and she glanced at her five grown daughters. Whimpers continued until twenty women had agreed never to buy even a yard of calico at Mr. De Sha's store. Six young ladies said they would not speak to Miss De Sha any more. Dr. Bunkerman was elected orator. . “Maybe he’s the only man in town that can make a speech,” muttered Lawyer Tibbs, and his gold-headed cane struck the floor. “I wouldn’t have him doctor a canary,” said Mrs. Tibhs. Two lawyers, one doctor and four district school teachers agreed with Mrs. Tibbs. The grocer, Mr. Brown, proposed a foot race. “I object!” thundered Squire Midd. “Let’s have a jumping contest. My Thomas can jump any of the boys, but he can’t —...» ” run. o The majority, however, voted for the foot race, and Squire Mudd and nineteen others said they would get their groceries in Swamptown for the future. The blacksmith, William Bonn, moved to adjourn. Joseph Scanlan and Johnny Gray opposed the motion, but it was carried, and Mr. Scanlan, Mr. Gray and ten more said their horses should go unshod rather than be taken to Bonn’s. For weeks after this meeting people passing the homes of Miss De Sha and Dr. Bunkerman late at night could hear her reciting the “Declaration” in a sweet voice, and the doctor rehearsing his oration, now softly, now in tones loud enough to be almost sublime. Many stopped and listened, looking up at the shadowy gestures on the window curtains. These rehearsals were heard until even the little boys on the streets were shouting, “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary,” and “Fellow citizens of Pikeville.” At night men were seen here and there running in alleys and pastures by starlight They were practicing for the foot race. The 3d of July came. Until midnight mothers and daughters ironed white dresses. Dissatisfaction with the pro--gram would ke£p no one at home to-mor-row. All would celebrate. And everyone was delighted that the sun had set iu a clear sky, arched by two rainbows, and that now at midnight all the stars shone. kittle birds were awaking one by one on the morning of the Fourth, when all the windows in all the houses of Pikeville rattled. People leaped from their beds to close the shutters. The lightning flashed. Women ran into cellars. Rain fell heavily all day, and no one went out of doors. FLAG OF THE FREE. It Carries with It the Power and Dig* nity of the American Nation. < z- " NDEPENDENOE Day carries us btfekward to the time when America becanle scene of a bloody conflict. The “tiger strife” with the red man was scarcely passed when the gauge of battle thrown down "h’- 3 before the British army in the streets of Boston. Theu followed the disastrous riot eleven days afterward, and the destruction of tea in Boston harbor, and then in succession the battles of Lexington and Bunker’s Hill. Over the grave of the first victim was opened a mighty chapter in the world’s history. One cannot read the graphic descriptions of these events in history without the stirring of his patriotic spirit, and it may be ’commended as a wholesome exercise to read the opening chapters as a preparation for the proper observance of the Fourth of July. We need not tell over the old well-worn tale of hardship, patriotism and heroic endurance of the thrilling conflict whose pathos will ever make strong men weep. Coming to a latei period iu our history, we mark the time when on the 13th of April, ISIS, put beautiful “Star Spangled Banner” was first hojgted over the hall of representa tlvej at Washington. The Star Spangled Banner from that time to the present has continued to be the national standard o! the American Republic. At first it contained but thirteen stars, representing the thirteen original States but now forty-four stars herald the birth of forty-four States, with more to follow. As we contemplate our national symbol

on this Indepencence Day, we may use it as an object to conjure by, for we hold sacred the American flag. It is the emblem of liberty, and as star after star flashes upon its banner, it becomes the record of prosperity, and the hope of our country’s tranquility. Many scenes and incidents of our history have abiding interest because they are linked to the flag of the Union. The immortal national song, the “Star Spangled Banner,” was penned by Francis Scott Key while he was watching from the British fleet the bombardment of Fort McHenry. His soul was wrought to intense anxiety for the safety of the flag, and he exclaims, “O, say! can you see? O, tell me! Is it still floating? Can you see it?’ As the night wore away and the morning dawn revealed the Stars and Stripes still floating, the poet broke forth into a strain that is reverberating in other continents—- “ And the Star Spangled Banner forever shall wave O'er the laud of the free, and the home of the brave.” When the great Empire of Brazil declared herself free, the Star Spangled Banner with Brazilian colors was adopted as the emblem of the new Republic. The Stars and Stripes are moving on, over land and sea, carrying with them the power and dignity of the American nation. ij-fA -_ y i‘ '■l i I HEARD it ring all through the night In joyful tones supreme As though from freedom’s far off height The melody did stream; And liberty O! liberty— Its only constant theme, And liberty i O! liberty— It shouted through my dream. It seemed to lift, to rise, to float Me on the joyful strain; The pukHlig accents seemed to gloat On that one rich refrain; And liberty O! liberty— It echoed through my brain, And liberty O! liberty— It called and called again. All through the dreamful, happy night I heard its voice outpour— The “poor old bell”—the people said “Would ring ah! evermore-” But liberty O! liberty— I heard it o’er and o’er And liberty O! liberty— As in the days of yore. And does it ring no more—ah me! They spoke who were not wise, Its voice is rolling round the world— Such music never dies. -Still liberty , O! liberty— Unceasingly it cries And liberty ( O! liberty— A listening world replies. 73 *Great Expectations.” 0 . !>■» Obliging. Miss Slimson—l am so glad you have come, Mr. Featherstone. The children want you to help them setoff their fireworks, but don’t keep them up later than ten. Featherstone —No, I won’t And can I see you afterward, Miss Clara? Miss Slimson—Oh, yes; you can coma ground to-morrow night, if you like.