Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1896 — Page 2

Heart Trouble Quickly Cured. A Convincing Testimonial. Q> W '■ j 'K ny / Miss' ElCa Kurtz. "For 19 years I suffered from heart trouble. During that time 1 was treated by five different physicians. All of them Claimed that 1 could not be. cured. I was greatly troubled with shortness of breath, palpitation and pain in the side. If 1 became excited, or exerted myself in the least, the pain in my side became very severe. At tames it seemed as were shooting through my side. Sometime in the month . of November last. I commenced taking DR. MILES’ HEART CURE and since then I have improved steadily. I can now sleep on my left, side, something I bad never been able'to do before. 1 can •walk without being fatigued, and am in much better health than ever before, I would recommend all sufferers from heart trouble to try Dr. Miles' invaluable remedy without de l ay ." MISS ELLA KURTZ, 518 Wright St., Milwaukee, Wis. Dr. Miles Heart Cure is sold on a positive guarantee that the first bottle will benefit. All druggists sell’it at sl, 6 bottles ft will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by tiic Dr, Miles Medical Co., Elkbart, inti. Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure R «X’itb Sold by all Druggists. No morphine or opium in Dr. Miles’ Pais Pills. < t:itt; All I’.-iin. ' <>ne cent a dose,” 1M)I AXA lItITIMXt.S. The “city. i iimigil of Hartford City lias pas-ed an anticig.'irctte ordinance. Delaware comity grand jury is. investrgating the s les ot cigarettes to boys. All effort is being made at Elwood t< formulate a citizens' municipal ticket. Block coal miners in the Brazil district have decidi'd to .t-k an advance, beguiiting with May 21. Mrs. Margaret Moon of Elwood has fallen heir to 4s.UO;! by the death of tin uncle in Nortlt <'arolina. C. W. Sedgwick has sold the Sheridan News to Cal < limit, for 11 years editor and proprietor ot tlie Zionsville rimes. ' During a snowball matinee at Muncie.! Charles Stuckey. 14 years old. was struck with a brick and dangerously hurt. Curtis Zeigner of liid.ianapol.i.< iost both his legs by being run over by an elective car. The boy was siiowballing“aiid-did not ; see the ear. -v ——■ Charles L. Woods. 8(1 years old. and Miss I Maggie Harder, aged I s . wens married at Greensburg. This is the sixth marriage of Mr. Woods. All but six members of the Franklin tire department have resigned because the city council will not pay a fixed salary instead of so much per lire. During the winter there has been nearly 400 accessions to the various churches of Greensburg, as a result of the greatest religious revival ever experienced in Decatui county. Mrs. Mary Harlan of Coxville celebrated I her lOOtli birthday anniversary Saturday. The k-dy is the grandmother of Mrs. Rob erf Lincoln. Five generations were in attendance. Did Yon Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your i troubles? If not. get a bottle now and get relief. Tills medicine has been found so be peculiarly adapted to the. relief aid' cure of all Female Camplaint.-. exerting a wonderful direct influence in giyjng | strength and tone to the organs. If you have loss of appetite, constipittipn. head- i ache, fainting spells or are nervous, sleep-less,-excitable, melancholy or troubled with dizzy spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and strength are i guaranteed by its use. Large bottles only' fifty cents at Blackburn <fc Miller's drug store... _ __ v »! Blaze In a Livery BarM. Hammond. Ind.. March 23.—A fire Saturday partially destroyed the property of Charles Heimbach, occupied bv Gustave Hallwegas a livery barn. Loss, SI,<MX); insurance. SSOO each in Michigan Fire and Marine, (iefffian-American and the Merchants’. Relief In Nix Hours. Distressing Kidney ami Bladder diseas<B relieved in six hours by the«.“Nuw Gkeai SOUTH Amehican KinxEY cube.'’ This new remedy ig a surprise on account of its exceeding prompt liens in relieving pa ; n in the bladder, kidneys, back and every p irt of lhe urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pam in passing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold bv Holthouse A-Smith, Druggists, Lecotur, Ind Notice to Tea*lierw. Notice is hereby given that then- will be a public examination of teachers at the County Superinteiident'sdfflce In Deca tur Indiana, on the last Saturday of each month. Manuscripts made in other counties will not be received. Applicants must be seventeen ears of age before they will be licensed. Applicants for license must present the proper trustee'- eertTfieate or other evidence of good moral eharnctei - see section 4,4117, R. S. -and pass a creditable examination in orthography, reading, wiii'mg arithmetic, geography, phy-iology; English grainmar. History of tim. I bii.ted.Stales, science of education. ''Scientific Tenipey ance” and satisfactorily luisWi f-;i li-t'of questions on a literary production designated by the State Board of Education. The literary work wilj I i givyi: in examination in the folliiwiim proer, February, |S!M>—Hi-tofC. 'ln'tfodiretion, etc., ahd Acts iFand lIT Uhtipti r fJI v Man'll;—-History. liilroduetri m etc., ai • Acts l ; V«an<l V—-Chapters J 11. 1 V and V.’ April 11 isdi'i" . lirrcdimti.i'nhl .: tin Acts—Chiypier 1 V. May-£hali.esp<dire ! s-j«dX>e Tempest" begim- proii’iptiy". at tTMt a. m. . 'i Resnecttuny, • ’ Btf _ __\J. F Snow. Co Stip’t,

DISASTROUS BLAZE !». „ Fancy Gas Fixture Manufacturers Meet With Heavy Loss. INMATES TAKEN FROM WINDOWS About ?OO Emplo.'e* Escape I ron, the Burning Building Without Injury. Front of the Building Doomed Before the Depart incut Arrived fti‘lo,ooo Loss In an Adjoining Block. I’lili.fiiEl.i'iUA. March 21. —Chestnut street, west of Fifteenth, was visited by a most destructive ‘ire last night, which for a tinie threatened to prove as disastrous as the lire on Feb 3, when the i-story Haseltine building and that ot the Baptist Publication society were destroyed. The lire broke out about 5 o’clock in the (i-story building of the Thackera Manuf act uring company.manufacturers and dealers in fancy gas fixtures and eandelebra. The firm employs about 2(>o hands, who were at work at the time. The fire originated in the front cellar and was not discovered until it had eaten its way through the first floor. An alarm was sounded, but before the engines arrived the entire front part of the building was on fire. Meaiiwhilj; a majority of the workmen made their escape. About a dozen or nil»re. however, were hemmed in and had to be taken from the windows by the firemen. The Thacker.; building runs from Chestnut street to Sansom, a distance of 236 feet and has a frontage of 40 feel . It is owj.uitbv \\ illiam \\ eightimm and is valued at .$300,000. fully covered by insurance. The Tear part was but slightly damaged. The* loss in the building will amount to about $150.000. The Thackera company's stock. machinery and patterns was valued '.at •about $2,50,000... These are a total loss, but are protected by an insurance of about -81.50.000. Hale A Johnson, archi-tects,-occupied several rooms, and met with small "losses. Sharßi ss X Matt-, manufacturers of tiles and mosaics in the Baker building adjoining, lose about $20,000. principally by water. In this same building area number of tenants who occupied the Haseltine building at t-hy time of that tire. lin y. along with a number of other, met yvith small losses. ’ MINERS GETTING RESTLESS, Probability of a Sqi'ike in Illinois and Indiana This summer. SPRIXGFIELb. Ills.. March 24.—James O'Connor, state president of the I nited Mine Workers of Illinois, has arrived here from tin southern Illiilois coid fields yvhepe he has been investigating the coal situation. He states the men are being underpaid and the scale of prices adopted at a state rueeting here some time since is being worked under to a great extent. In many places the miners do not get "more than two or three day# work each‘".week, at rhe lowest wages ever paid. Today he goes to Danville, where he will meet George W. Purcell, president of the .Indiana Miners' Federation, with a view of securing a raise in prices of mining coal for Ijoth stutek. A general strike is not improbable in Illinois and Indiana this summer. Will Not Resume Command. New York. March 24. —Ballington and Mrs. Booth issued a Statement, through Lieutenant Colom-1 (Hen yesterday to tin —effect tinrr They will undt-r no again take command oLthe Salvation Army in the ITiited States. .The -statement was jirompted I>v a report from i.oiidon that eiforts are being made to induce Mr.,ami Mrs. Booth so accept tii-'ir old command. Iron (Ompany AssigOs. Eastox. Pa.. March 24. —Tic-Glen don Iron company, whose' plant near this city is one of tin-(ildest iron imjustries of the Lehigh valley, has made-an as-sign-ni.eut for the benefit of creditors to J. Tatnall Leaof Philadelphia ami Francis (A t iray'of Boston.' The tiimncial'depression throughout thecountry is given bv the comjiainy's officials as the immediate cause of the failure. Ainrrican .Mini- Maiiaicrr’s Trial. Kimberley, South Africa, March 24. —The preliminary examination of Gardner Williams, the American manager of the Debeers mines, took place yesterday'. Dectecfiye Lorner testified to having discovered, on the premises 315 magazine rifles. 536,600 cartridges and 1,950 bayonets. Mr. Williams was. remanded until April 2. After ('neai thed Money. Fort Worth. March 24. —Mrs. 11. Adcock, is here consulting with lawyers about proceeding to recover sljS,ooo found in a well in Huston county, near Fort Valley, 31 iss., a few days ago by a, well digger. She claims her husband a confederate soldi, r, buried file money during the. war and afterwards being killed, did not (liA iilge the hiding- place, io tin ■■family. , Repprfc.il Tn-inciHhiiK Storm. Vl< TORI a, B. March 24. —The steamship Warriiimo. which biis just.arrivi'd, brings new> of th,-di -iri-' iioii of Suva. Ilie, capital of 1 iji. by hurricane <m the Glh inst._ It w.i- th, most ti'eniendeus storm ever known i.n the'southern syas. .The los< of the I'cri'y steamer Pearl nt Brisbane i i\ i r. by w hich 37 person's lost. t,heir lives; i< also reported. T4il’eisoiis Ibirned to_DCath. Cli iRLESTON, \V. ? .Viu March M.— The most hm-rible fatality Hi i has happened in this section f,,r a gi".il w hile was 1 he burning io death ol \Vi, .mi (loyey, his wife and one chi'!- 1 , on p,. ni ci.'<t|,- v<-<-terday. Il app- . ' . -.j ■ cmighf firisand the v,. e.s .. > o epi of)' from l'."' a.].l‘-. 1 s'. O; : .‘I <!;(,; ■., |'> e-c;|[),.<|. (oil .’. lit I|,.| ,l i, . 1,, 1t,.. IH|i 'J ' M. , ,'l ' ■ -JauvOS IM. Allen, who e . " Ptq'vafe l .r- v \ t j’if-t-.-emn f 11 ’ry .on Fri-y haylastp ,s ’tie ..,i„ : . . ds oUtiie I nited St,l l. s eii i‘ ,m , i: J (inited Mate-, t omnfis-inner f Psuod the lA-uriau t.

DELICATE *•«" BILA-IJFIEIxD'S , FEMALE REGULATOR. IT IS ft SUPERB TONIG and exerts a wonderful iniluenee in i strengthening her system by I driving through the proper chau--1 nel -all impurities. HGdltll <10(1 strength are guaranteed to result from its use. My wife Was bedridden for eighteen months, after using BKADFI ELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR lor two months, is getting well.— J. M. JOHNSON, Malvern, Ark. BBADFIKI.1) REGITATOB CO., ATLANTA, GA. Sold by all Druggiats at SI.OO per bottle. At'iKki'il With a Knife. Ix'mvx.xi'oi.is. March 21. — William Curry, an is-year-old negro, was arrested yesterday for attacking Annie Reynolds. a colored woman, with a knife, in a tit of jealousy. The woman has two long stitched cuts in her arm, and' says that the fellow tried to cut her throat. (qiideiiwccl Testimony. Chas. B. Hood, broker and manufacturer's agent. Columbus, Ohio, certifies that Dr. King’s New Distoverv has no equal as a cough remedy. J. I). Brown, proprietor St. .lame- Hotel. Ft. Wayne. Ind., testifies that be was cured of a cough of two years standing, caused by la grippe, by Dr. Klug's New Niscovery. B. F. Jlerrtll. Baldwinsville. Mass., says that lu; has used and recoin mended it and never knew it <•> tail and would rather have it than any doctor, because it always cures. Mis; Hemming. ?■?.’ E 2.sthNt. < hi 'ago. always keeps it at hand and has no’fear ofcroup, because it instantly relieves. Free trial bottle- at Blackburn’s drugstore. M< n S\\,in<lhul. Valparaiso. Ind.. March 21. —lt xvas discovered yesterday that a half dozen busim -s men have been swindled by two ihett- w ho had passed ■'sl and S 2 bills which had been raised to .fib and $2-'». The work was excellent ami the crooks left town before the fraud was discovered. A <D'cut < aiMlidale For your favor is Otto’s Cure for the throat and lungs, and we can confidently reconitreitd it to all as a superior remedy tor cQUL'b-.'eeld*. asthma, branehitis and all lung aflection-. It will stop a cough quicker than any Known remedy. We guarantee it to cure you. Instant relief in all cases of'crouy and whooping cough. It you are suffering, don't <h‘iay. but call on us and get a sample bottle of this great guaranteed remedy and be one of the great party on the road to health. Samples free Large bottles soc. tit Holthbuse <t Smith’s -ole agents. Court’s Quick Work. New Albany, Itjd., March 21.—Joseph Baker stole a bottle.of wine from a saloon yesterday. An hour later he jvas sentenced t■> two years’ imprisoument in the prison south, and he is now Serving his term, .Hand We would be pleased to have you call at our drug store for a package of Bacon’s Celery King for the nerves. Which we are distributing to all afflicted with dyspepsia and all blood, liver and kidney diseases. Bacon’-Celery King is simply doing wonders in building u)> worn out constitutions, and 1-the grand specific lor., nervousness, sleeplessness, headache and all derangemeßtsof the Steinach, liver and kidneys. Samples free. Large' packages 50c. at llolthouse <V. Smith's sole agents. Adolph Boolier of Jackson townsn»p, P'li'i er coutii y.'i- dead. He servefl as lieutenant ill the Si-vi-nty-third Indiana regi-mi-nt and was vaptured and imjtrisoned at Libby. Lieutelumt Boolier was among those whA atiempti-d to escape through .he tunnel, but his great size prevented, Kueklen’M Arnica Salves The best salve in* the world for, cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, cjtapped hands, chi’blains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Brice 25 cents per box. For sale by Blackburn & Miller. Bauk Suit Decided. LaWRENt'EHt !«;, Ind., March 21. —The Buit of the Third National bunk of Greensburg against Hie Citizens’ National bunk of this city, to recover $5,000, lias been decided in favor of the ulaiutiff. Kellef In One Day. South AmehiCan Nkhvine relieves the worst cases of Nervous Prostration. Nervous uess and Nervous Dyspepsia in a single day. No such relief and blcssmghus ever come io the invalids of this country. Its powers to cure the stomach uro wonderful in the extreme. It always cures: it cannot lifil. It radically cures nil wcirkncss of the stomnch and never disappoints. Its < fleets arc marvelbus and surprising..—lt gladdens the hearts ot the suffering and brings immediate .it'liOf it is a luxury to take and always safe. Trial bottles 15 cents, Sold by Holthpqse A: Smith. Druggists. Decatur In-1. FARMERS Wanting shingles for Shed Roof will io well to call on Jno. W. Vail: at his factory, and see his cull staves. They >re very clieap, and make as good a roof as any shifigfe. Call and s/te 'hem. wltf 4 ” ' -■ For Sale, one new Breyman Tile Machitte. nearly new. Very "heap. 51tf Adams Comity Bank F/VT PKOPL'E .--Park Ob'esilw I’tl 1 .-' will ri'duce your weight I’EK tIAMIN •IA from I! to I, pounds a inetii li XU ST’A It VI N<- sic I, 111 or Jn.jurv : to I?I Jtl.K 19 "I . They build op the i.i altli I'bd la '.nt Wa -the <u.atii>Jexion leaving '’"I” XViltl X'KTA'A* 1 or tlnlibiiu S's <»! 'T' I’J S'.xs ai d diftu'qll. broatlunr' stiiely relieved. KXl’ItK ill S'IXT but a seientifti ami positive relief, allopted only after years o| experience. All .orders j-lipplied direct from our office. True ,{><r packageor three pacliai-'i's for ■'fri.oii by mall postpaid.- Ti stimoi inis arid particulars (sealed! All «-orrcgpon<len<'<' Mrlctly <-<>ntMlenlixl. PARK KKIWUIU < <>.,

AN UNLUCKY MACHINE Almost as Destructive as the Patent Corn Husker. JAMES M’COY KILLS HIS BROTHER I . : • . -u ! ' •■* ■ ' . r '“.' Without Wnriiiiitf lie Ihnptiet 11 s lu»tU’in Into His Body nud Then Duiiknrd Colony '*t;u ,; s \V<*st Sorely \tllieled I’uinil.v i nil to Work Indiana Briet Notes. Camurihiie City,- Ind., March 24.— Lust fall, while helping to load a largo ' .metal shear, manufactured by the Barteh comjtany of this city, David I was iiistautly killed, the maI chiite fallingand crushing him to death. The maehine was shijtped to its destination, and it had been in operation but a short time before there came another accident. by which the victim lost an arm. Will Austil, employed by the Bartch company, a few days ago was sent to make repairs, and he has returned home minus two tiiigeis. WHITE MURDER TRIAU Fellow Prisoner Testifies That White Made a Confession of the Crime. '. Lafayette, Iml., March 24. —In the Jessie White murder trial yesterday the state called Everett Moline to the witness stand. Moline is the prisoner in the comity jail, who swore that the defendant. White, admit ted hf him that he killed Mrs. Curtis, saying that he went into details, showing just how it oeciu’red. He first chocked her, hitting her with his fist, and then struck her with a hatcher, a|id he said that the blood spurteji so freely that it was strange he was not covered with it. Moline was not shaken iu his story on crosS examination. ; - I CRIME OF CAIN. — - j ’James MeCoy Kitts Hi- Beotlier. :ui<l Then Ends IHw-Own Life. Noblesville,- nid., March 21. — A double tragedy occurred on the farm of ■William Frost, seven miles northwest of this city, yesterday. Janies and Hehf'y McCoy were two young n'leu who have been living in that neighborhood I for a year or more. Yesterday morning ■ the latter left his home to haul sonic ' wood. When-he retunuxl lie was met I in the yard by his brother James, who. I without a reniark, emptied lhe < ontents of a shotgun into his body. The mur- j derer ended his own life by shooting, himself in the mouth. No cause is assigned for the deed. Young’ .Man Kills Himself. Kokomo, Ind., Mai;<di 24. — John Spradling, aged 24. and man-ietl, was found dead at the residence of Mrs. Frank Price here with a bullet hole through his heart. Mrs. Price says he. tried to kill her, then killed himself. For some time Mr. Price has been at Van Buren keeping a restaurant, leaving his wife here. The woman’s clothing was torn off when found. The dead man is a son of John Spradling, proprietor pf the Apibrican hotel. Dunkard. Colony Starts \V<*st. 'Frankfort, Ind., March 24. —A largo number of Dunkards from Clinton, Tippecaitoe and Carroll counties left today for North Dakota to join the Dutikard colony which has recently been ('stflblished there. They have a special train, together with several ears eontaitiing household furniture and farming impleluents. number of farewell meetings were held yesterday. Friendly suit Filed, Imilax' \i><>LlS,. March 24,—Wiloughby Walling, as guardian of William English Walling, and. Willoughby George Walling, filed a suit in the Marion circuit court yesterday afternoon against. Williani E. English. Rosalinda English ■Walling and Willoughby Walling for the partition of the property in the English estate. Tlte suit is a friendly one, Sorely A ft!i<•<♦•«l Family. Brownstown, Ind.. March 24.—The, family of Sherman Davis of this countyare indeed sorely afllictcd. On Thursday one child died of the measles and on Friday the mother died, and now the father and five children are bedfast with the same disease. Dogs Fail to Work. Windfall, Ind., March 24. —A. H. Zehner’s general store and James Colt's jewelry store were broken into here Sunday morning and robbed by thieves. Bloodhounds from Kokomo were brought Imre, but failed to Tun down the thieves. ’ Indiana happenings. Good loads agitat ion'fiAs reached Fulton county. Noblesville has a new daily paper. The Tiibiinv. (hi fields of Lafontaine still attracts Mrs. Joseph Puckett of Winchester, aged- 64, died yi-sterday of paralysis. The supposed marble qiuirry in Wabash - county proves to be praeticajly valueless. Dr. Matthew 11. Bonnell, 74 years old, died at his home in l.cbanou yesterday* of an acute at tack of .laryngit is. ■ ' 'l'lie $2,5.0110 damage- siiit. brought by Adam llirseh, Jr., agiriitst Henry Rowan at Elwood,, has been sel l !<■<! out of eorii't, Bartholomew Wilkes, a well known stallion, has been -old by Charles Lacvy, receiver, of Coluimlnls, to \\ . T. Newcom . xif-Ciilliird.,.lm.'.s33LL-Fred Bariies, physical instructor, 5 . M. C. A., al Teri'e 'Haute, lias biyir.eleeti'ii superintendCml i:l athletics ijml aquatics at Winona,assfirbly. A VandaJia ii >iu struck four. valmilTle | horses I'floiigiiiy •Io Zimri Sheets, near I Frankfort. All were badly injured i 'they ‘had to be k 11 h d I The I ndianapolis'fcgi‘.m<ml of t.l.ie S.ilvai Hon Aj.my has Receded from the rule.ol ' Geller J -Bool.il io follow the banner ol Bai "I lil!Xl‘ffi l.Jootli, hl--on. i The town ebiiiic.il of Ridgeville has eniiclid nn ordim.iii i' tba: no [iqisim under ■ 18 year- old shall—use —tiobiiuei i —wrl-lyiii Jjie " corporate limits, nor shall they be permitted on tlie’ .streets after early evening, hour.'-.

■ - — ' HOYT’S SURE CURE FOR PILES. • Reiiil wtint n prominent druggist, of Toledo.lms to eny of Hoyt's Sure Cure tor Piles: r j Wo Imve sold Hoyt's Sure Cure lor Piles ever since It Ims liven introduced on the nmrke and hnvr sold it on h gu..rimiee anil have v a er been Called upon to refund the price paid In a single ease, and cm: recoin mem I II lo fliose who are suit er ing wit li the d rend I ill disease. WHaTOI R CI'S i< iM I'.ilS SA Y : Our customers say it is n quick mid sure cine mid will do all that is claimed torn. Respectfully. FONCANON A-CO.. DrugglWls, g KU Summit Si , Tolr do, o. X. <<iiai'aiii>i< <l ■<> ('lire. iioithoim; a sui rif. — S' 9 I —— bb ib Mrt mm Why pay 60 to 00c. a rod for fence when you can make the K EEklPfa best woven wire fence on earth! I EIHuE FOR 13 TO 20 CENTS A ROD? R ■ ■■■VW Horae high, bull strong, pig L __j_xauiiLu- iul»b| i, and chicken tight. A man N <S~XI iXT Axf A-V X and boy can make from 40 to. .; ** 6Orodsaday. Over SO styles. Mgjjgr _-u”u— — Illustrated Catalogue Free. K No KITSELMAN BROTHERS ■ ’ ■ ,r ■_ j " “ I

ONLY EARTHWORMS. YET THEY HAVE CUT QUITE A FIGURE IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY. The Worm Han No Eyes mid No Sense of Hearing, but Is Sensitive twtMrong Light and Vibrations of Sound—Objects of Antiquity Preferred by Earth worms. The eommon earthworm, despised by man and heedlessly trodden underfoot, fulfills a part in nature that would serin Incredible but for the facts revealed by the patiept ami longcontinued researches of Darwin. “Worms, ’’ says Darwin, “have played.a more important part in the history of the than most persons wonhl at first suppose.” Let us foHpw Darwin and see how this appareiwfc insignificant cr ■.Pure has changed the fac.o of nature We will first consider the habits and mo:ie or lite 11 the earthworm. As every one knows, the worms live in burrows in the sup: rl eiai layer of the ground. They can live anywhere in a layer tis earth, provide I it, retains moisture, dry air being fatal to them. They van,-on-the other ha: I.exist submerged in water rbr sever:;] months. They live chiefly in the sin at fwial mold less than a foot below th.' snrfa •«’, but in lung continued dry a.ul iu very cold seasons they may burrow to a depth of eight feet. The bmro s ar« lined by a thin layer of earth, x aided by the worms, and f’id it. ; 11m 11. c.tambers in which they can ti;j'ii iwut.’d. The burrows are formed p rtly by pushing awny the i-arth, but chiefly by the earth being swallowed. Large qualities of ('.afth are swallowed., by the worms for tlte sake of the decomposing vegetable matter contained in it, on which they feed. The earth thus swallowed is voided in spiral heaps, forming the worm citings. In this case- the worm obtains food and at the same time excavates its burrows. In addition to the food thus obtained half decayed leaves aredragged into the burrows, mainly for food, bat. also to plug the mouths of tlte burrows for the sake of protection. Worms are also fond of meat, especially fat. They will also eat the dead bodies of their relatives. They are nocturnal in habit, remaining, as a rule, in the burrows during the day and coming out to feed at night. The earthworm has no eyes, but is affected by strong light if exposed to it for some time. It has no sense of hearing, but is sensitive to the vibrations of sound. The whole body is sensitive to touch. There appears to be some sense of smell, but this is limited to a certain articles of food,’which are discovered by the worm when buried in earth, in preference to other bodies not relished. The worm appears to have some degree •of intelligence from the way in jt draws the leaves into its burrows, always judging which is the best end to draw them in by. This is remarkable in so lowly"organized an animal, being a degree of intelligence not possessed by many animals of more complex organization. For instance, the airt can often bo seen dragging objects along traversely instead of taking them the easiest way. As we have seen, vast, quantities of earth are continually being passed through the bodies of wo.rms»and voided on the surface as eastings. When it is staled that lhe number qf worms in an acre of ordinary land suitable for them tb live in is we can imagine the great effect which they must have on the scitl. They are, in fact, continually plowing tlje land. At one part of the alimentary canal of the worm is a gizzard, or hard muscular organ, capable Os grinding food into fine particles. It is this gizzard which is the main factor in triturating the soil, and it is aided by small stones swallowed with the earth, which act as millstones. In of the immense amount of earth continually being brought to the surface by worms it is not difficult to-understand how objects, such as atones, rocks, etc., lying on the sm face will in courso of time become gradually liu.iied jfi the ground. Owing to the burial of stones and oilv'.r objects by the action of worms, ancient monuments, portiomi of ■ Homan villas ttnd other objects of ant .quity have been preserved. These have bieit gradually buried by the Worms, tyid so preservefl from the - de.strii live effect of rain and wind. Matty Roman reinains were studied by Darwin and traces of the action of worms found,'to which action their preseityatton was mainly due. sinking of thf'’ foinidat ions of old buildings 1 . diu' to tile ii"t ion of worms, ami no build'ing is-.safe ft<jm this unless the foundations tiro laid lower than the level at which th" worms can work — namely, about eight feet below llto surface. Another .useful- effect produced by AVoj'in.s is the prepitratioifiof the soil for the growth of see’Uiugtk By thTir-agency theco.il is jieri'mltcally ,< ired ami expos- ' cd l i the air, and in this way is able to retain moisture am.l altsorb soluble subHt aiw -s»>fuse for t tie. nut rition otplauts.

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