Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1896 — Page 6

Suffered Eighteen Years. Patna Departed and Sleep Came. Mrs. Julia A. Brown, of Covington, Tenn., whose husband has charge of the electric light plant at that place, has been a great sufferer. Her ailments and speedy cure are best described by herself, as follows: “For IS years 1 suffered from nervousness and indigest ion. 1 treed every remedy recommended by family and friends, but I could get no relief at all. Two years ago, while being treated by three local physicians, Drs Barret. Maley and Sherod, they / Mrs. Julia A. Bi<o#n. Informed me that I had become drnpfiical, anil that there was little hope for pie. I then decided to try Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine, I was then unable to get to sleep until well on toward daylight, and during all this time 1 had a deep, heavy pain in my left side. I tctis most miserable, indeed, but after taking one-half bottle of the Nervine I could sleep all night just as well as lever did. The Aeri'ine is the only remedy that gave me any relief whatever. I am now welland st rong, and I thank (rod every day of my life for Dr. Miles’ Nervine." MRS. JULIA A. BROWN. Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold on a positive guarantee that the first, bottle will benefit. Alt druggists sell it at JI, 6 bottles forfs, or it will lie sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles’ Nervine Re . s X e aitb 8»ld by all Druggists. No morphine or opium in Hr. Miles’Pais Pills. Cum: All Pam. “One cent a dose." i FOR THE INSURANCE • I Richmond Woman Accused of Conspiring to Burn Her Property, love;r prostrated with grief.! Bick Woman’s Narrow F. scape From Cremation Caught In a Gravelpit Cave-In. ’ Home-Made Cannons Are Dangerous. ' Large Gristmill Burned - Minor Affairs : of Indiana. RiCHMtwb, Ind., April 11.—At mi early hour yesterday uioruhiga building on West Main street, the two upper stories of which were occupied as the dwelling apartments of Mrs. Mollie Davis, colored, caught fire. The interior was' almost gutted, and the. household furnishings damaged to a great extent. It now developes that Mrs. Davis while at Connersville a week ago wrote to a girl who lived in the house with her here asking that she set fire to the house. The girl, whose name is Gertrude: Thompson, has made this state- I meat to the police, and Mrs. Davis has been arrested. The insurance on the; household goods amounted to SBDO. Investigation of tire affair is now being made. , ■. . -•—. ■ - - Marvelous Results. From a letter written by llev. J. (.under-, man. of.Diamondale, Mich., wc are permitted tp make this abstract: "1 m< ' hesitation in recommending Ur.' Knur's j New Discover/, as the results were all: ost marvelous in the case ol my wife. While--1 was pastor of the Baptist t-luirrlt at Rivet s .Junction site Was brought with pneumonia succeeding lagrippe.. Terrible par- I oxysms of cotlghing would last hours with ’ little interruption atrii it seemed as if she i cotild not survive tln im A friend recoin- : mended Dr. King’s New Discovery: it was quick ifi its work, and highly -sit is factory | results.*' Trial, lygd!es»itee at Blackburn 1 & Miller's drug stipe Regular size 50c and $1 .00. There are more tlmq 150 cast-s of measles at Elwood, but no fatalities have been reported. * Riches without charity are nothing Worth. They are a blessing only to him Who makes them a blessing to others.— fc’ieldink. Heller In Six Hours. Kidney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the “New Cheat South Ameuican Kidney Cuuß." This new remedy is a'surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving, pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every p irt of the urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold by Holthouse & Smith, Druggists, becotur, Ind Notice to Teacher*. Notice is hereby given that there will be a public examination of teachers at the County Superintendent's office In Decatur Indiana, on the Fast Saturday of each month. Manuscripts made in other counties will not be received. Applicants uius|, be seventeen years of age before they will be licensed. v Applicants for license must present the proper trustee's certificate or other evidence of good moral character—see section 4,497, K. S.—and pass a creditable exaniinatioh in orthography, reading, writing arithmetic, geography, physiology, Eng.lish grammar, History of the United States, science of education, "Scientific Teinperauce»’ and satisfactorily answer a list'd questions on a literary production designated by the Stale The literary work will be givejiJhiJ’Xiniiination in the following order': ‘t* February. 1898--History. Introduction, etc., and'Acts 11, andl 11—Chapter HI. March— History. Introduction, etc., and ActalV and V- Chapters 111. 1 and V. April History. Introduction tied all the Acts— Chapter IV. . —— May—Sliakespeare’s—“The Tempest/ Examinations begin promptly al 8:j50 a 1U- Respectfully, Bt f J. F. Snow, Co. Supt.

CEREALS ARE HIGHER Steel, Iron and Tinplate Markets Also Slightly Improved, FAILURES FOR THE PAST WEEK. 1 . DtacouragiiK? Crop Keporl.i From the (eiitritl Western states — Number of Hands Employed ' Slig-hf ly Lessened on' Aeeount of >1 like- Export* of Wheat From' Both ( Pads. New York, April 11.—Bradstreet’s says: \\ ))ib- there is no general increase in business there are several onctmraging feature.s. First, the advance , in prices of flour, wheat, corn. oats, pork and sugar, together with that for.steel billets and beams and other iron and Steel products iidmling No. V sou idry ' pig and for tinplates. The advance in’ j wheat has continued so much ‘longer I than expected that the trade are again discussing the- likAbood of this being the beginning of rhe long advance for . Cereals which they' believe must come , after the extreme depression of the past few years. Unfavorable crop reports from central western .states, confirmation of previous short crop reports from , Argentine and Australia, small supplies i in Europe and afloat therefor, but above ■ all a revival of speculative interests in wheat are underneath cereal prices. Exports of wheat (flour included as wheat) from both coasts of the United ; States amount .to 1,704.ffii0 bushels this , week, compared with 1,893,(M)() last I week. •2.93,4.000 in the week last year, I 1.955.005 in the week two years ago and ' with 2,948,000 in the corresponding I week of 1893. Indian corn exports j amount to 1.391,000 bushels this week, compared witli 2.199,000 last week, and | with 814.000 in the week one year ago ; and’2,040,000 two years ago. j Business failures in the United States i this week number 231. against 2311 last I week, and 30 for the Dominion of Uan--1 ada, against 43 last week. DIN’S REVIEW. I Small Increase In Business and Prices Sinye April 1. | New York, April 11. —R. G. Dun & I Co.’s weekly review of The ! volume of business has not on the whole i increased, nor have prices appreciably i advanced since April 1, when the range i for all commodities was the lowest ever i known in this country. Breadstuff's and iron products have risen slightly, but some other articles have declined and the root of the matter is that demand for consumption is still below expectations. The number of hands employed has been slightly lessened by strikes in some establishments and by stoppage or reduction in force in others, but the change during the past week has not been relatively important. The weather has not favored active distribution of spring goods, and uncertainty as to continued employment affects the purchases by hands in a large number of establishments. Failures for the past week have been 209 in the United States against 207 last year, and 33 in Canada against 27 last I ye.tr. PHILLIPS MURDER CASE. Ten Men Are Sentenced For Parti ci pating In the Crime. Buffalo. April 11. — Sentence was passed yesterday upon the men convicted of the murder of Captain Phillips, the ca'iial boatman, and his son at lonI wauda last fall. Captain George llydfre I was sentenced to Auburn prison for life. I Captain Graves, who RleadeiL guilty : to manslaughter in the first degree, was i given 10 years at hard la’hor. Irving Collins and .) hii were condemned :• to 11 years imprisonment.'' Walker, i Nixon and Tanner were sentenced to 0 ! months in the Brie eoniity penitentiary ' for rioting, and Riley to tour months i in the same institution for the same offense. Lest 'r, who pleaded guilty to j 'taking parr in an unlawful assembly, ! was ' lined 810'0 and Go.liiar<i was lined ■ Wheeler freed. STILL UNDER WATER. No Effort Has P.cen MiKlc io Haise the sul,ni<-rged ISlairinore. San Frani in o, April 11.—Nothing has vet been dofie toward raising tire British ship Blairmore which capsized in the bay Thursday and which is now at the bottom of the bay under seven fathoms, of water. The consignees, John D. Spreekies & Co., will have charge of the task of raising the submerged vessel. The expense, will be great. At the British consulate stepshave been taken to provide the rescued men with temporary assistance in the wiijj of clothing and maintenance. A consular investigation of the disaster will be- begun next week. Much adverse comment is expressed for the cap-taiirs-alleged neglect to sufficiently ballast his ship. < „. r Gruesome Kelics. 1 Philadelphia, April 11.—Assistant' District Attorney Barlow announces that all the gruesome relics that figured ' in the trial of H. H. Holmes for the murder of Beniamin F. Pitzel, will be ■ shipped to Airs. F.tzm at Galva, ms., as . .sooh as the law has finally disposed of j the murderer. They will include, besides Pitzel's picture, the fragmentary remains of the three murdered children. i . r ■ ... Boy Miuderrrs to Hang. > Dut.OTH, April 11.—William Verill ’ and Joseph Soular were sentenced yes- * terday afternoon to be hanged for the ‘ murder of Samuel De Mam at Bewabik in Jan. 13 hjet. Verill is 18 years of ■ ugcaiid S .nhii; 17. The, murder was . u most- brutal one and was deliberately , ’ }ilanie«<i. Thf governor’ will fix the date for tim hanguig. For -Eteotion of Senators, ... BOSTON ..April IJ.—Resolutions ftivof- '' 'Hg a com-til litional amendment provi'liMg for the election of United States lenators By direct vote have been adopted by the' executive committee of tho Young Men’s Democratic club of Massachusetts.

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Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when the languid, exhausted feelprevails. when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long am' perhaps fatal billons fevers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache. indigestion constipation, dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50e. and sl.ii() per bottle at Blackburn A Miller s drug store. Thirty new oil wells have been completed in the .Montpelier district within the last eight days, only eight of which proved to be dry. G. A- K. Commander-in Chief Walker of Indianapolis started today to the Pacific coast to visit the departments of California, Oregon and Washington. Special Notice. No medicine was ever given such a severe test of its curative qualities as (Itto's Cure.' We.are distributing sample bottles free of charge to those afflicted with consumption, asthma, coughs, colds, pneumonia, croup, and all diseases of the throat and lungs, giving you the proof that Otto’s Cure will cure you. Don't delay, but get a bottle of us to-day and commence he use of this great guaranteed*reniedy. Sold only by Holthouse A Smith, sole agents. Samples free. Large bottles 50c. Al Sollenberger, who has been on trial at Terre Haute for over a week, charged with forgery, was acquitted. W. B. White and .T. J. Ward of Clinton have applied for the appointment of a receiver for the Clinton Cycling company. Indiana coal roads have agreed to advance the rates on all soft coal 5 cents a tou. The advance is to take effect Alav 1. A Bright Light Ahead. 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FILLED CHEESE BILL Objections Raised to the Tax Features of the Bill. DISCUSSION ON THE QUESTION. •| 5, Bill to Grant ('ivil Service ('oininUsionerH i Moj*e I’owrr In Their Exuniinat inn*. Age of ( nils.-nt Bill Tabled Bill to Shut Off the liulian**’ \\ hi**k.v Other Capital New*. Washington, April IL —Tho house yesterday spent lite entire dav ill general debate on the "tiUed cheese" bill. Today tho bill will be read muter flu* ! o-niimite rule for amendment. A very considerable opposition to th.' has developed ami some of the members interested in its passage fear it will fail unless radically amended. The princiJ pal objection seems to be raised to tin' tax features of the bill—s4oo on tho manufacturer anti S4O on the retailer—- ; while there appears general unanimity in favor of a bill to compel the branding of tilled cheese. Those who spoke in favor of the bill were Messrs, (ii’osvenor (Rep.. 0.1, Tawney (Rep., Minn.), Satierhering (Rep.. Wis.). Barney (Rep., Wis.) and Dolliver (Rep., la.) Those in opposition were Messrs. Otey (Dem., Va.), McMillin (Dem., Tenn.), Tracey (Rep., M 0.4, Brumm (Rep., Pa.), Evans (Rep., Ky.l,Linney (Rep., N. (.).), Shaw (Dem.. N. C.), Clardy (Deni., Ky.) ami Underwood (Dem., Ala.) HOUSE NIGHT SESSION. Mr. McCall Objects t<» Large Pensions For Officer*’ \Vi<iows. Washing ion. April 11. s— At the night session of the house an attack was made on the'Tension committee for recommending larger pensions than the law allows to the widows of officers. Mr. Talbert (Deni., S. C.i, Mr. Baker (Rep., N. IL), Mr. Hemingway (Rep., Ltd.) and Mr. McCall (Rep., Tenn'.) all protested against this course. The latter declared that he was willing Jo attend Friday night sessions if their object was the relief of the poor soldiers who fought ill the trenches, but if their purpose was to vote.' large (tensions to officers' widows he would not be present. Mr. Pickier, chairman of the committee, defended the course of the committee, especially in the case of the widow of Abner Doubleday, where the committee recommended SIOO a month, because of the exceptional circumstances surrounding that case. Mrs. Doubleday, he said, had been constantly at her side during the rebellion and had endured the actual hardships of campaigning. At Sumter she had stood guard. The bill was not acted upon, however, before the hour of adjournment was reached. Among the other bills favorably acted" upon was one to pension Josephine Foote Fairfax, the widow of the late Rear Admiral Fairfax, at the rate of SSO per month. NOT COMPLKTEO. Seirate Disctijjsion on the Question of Sectarian Indian Schools. M'ashington, April 11.—The senate took up rhe question of sectarian Indian schools yesterday, but did not complete it. . The debate was very temperate and no reference was made to the organization which lias been active in opposition to sectarian schools. Air. Carter of Afontana proposed uffstrike out the provision directing that money should be 'Spent On sectarian schools. This led to a general argument in. which Senators Curler. Lodge, Gray. Hoar, Hawley, Allison and Galliiiger participated. An. important bill passed at the close of the day was tlr.tt providing for a transAlississippi and international exposition at Omaha in 1898. " ° CIVIL sEIiVICE. Bill to Grant Commissions Further I’.'nver. hi Their Examinations. Washington, April 11.—The house commjttee op reform in I he civil service yesterday reported favorably a bill authorizing any member or the secretary of the civil service commission in the course of an investigation to admiiister oaths, take affiilavits andj depositions and orally examine. witnesses. / When deemed necessary the commission may employ a stenographer to take the. testimony. Under the provision of the bill the judge or clerk of any United States court shall have power to issue and enforce obedience to writ of. subpena, suim'noning persons to appear and testify before a representative of the commission. Age Consent Bill Tabled. Washington, April 11.—The age of consent bill, which has been supported by many religious bodies, was laid on the table yesterday by the house committee on judiciary and is dead for this congress. The purpose of the bill was to raise the age of consent for females in all territories under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States from 17 to 18 years and-to.fix penalties ranging from one to 15 years’ imprisonment for males who violated the act. .iS- 1 Absconder to Be Transported. “Washing ion, April 11.—Pen-y A. Clay, under sheriff of Arapahoe county, Colo., .appeared at the state department yesterday and was supplied with the necessary papers to secure the delivery to him of Matta. Adams, the absconding clerk of the county court, who is now held under arrest in London awaiting extradition. To Slint Off tliv Indian’s Wlilskv. Washington, April. 11 .—Representative'Al eikeljohn yesterday reixirtcd from the committee on Indian affairs bis hill to prohjbit the sale of intoxicating liquors to Indians holding land allotments-. Its passage is recoin mended by the tecretary of the trciisury. Declare I'*or Both Metals* RORTLANDj-7<fe, April 11.—The Republican state convention, yesterday iifteruobn adopted a platform which declares for the use of both gold and Bilver. The delegates were instructed ♦r> vote r or AteKinh'y for president. j l _ -■ ——- —*-

iHOYT’S SURE CURE FOR PILES. —A—_ J ttfiiel what n prormueiit druggist. <>t Toledo. lug to say ot Hoyt’s Sure (’me lor Piles: • We fisve sold Hovt's'Sure Cure tor Piles ever since It has-been Introduced on the inarke nnd have sold it on a guarantee and have rever been calle<l upon to refund t he price pabl m a single ease- ■! reeorntnenil ft to those whoitre suffeting with the dri iidiiil disease. UIIA I' <»l" It t'l’S TOM F.liS SA V : Pur customers any it is a quick and sure cine and win doallthat is claimed torlt. Respeettully. FONCANON N <’O., Druggists, ini Summit st . Toledo. <> 1 Gnaiantaed to < lire. HIILTHOI Mi A MUTH. ' —-UIiAL-.- — ma'aHl HI ■ ■■ Why pay 6O to 900. a rod for *once whenyou can nuike U> ' k BESf WOVEN WIRE FENCE OK EARThI rTaWsr FOR !3 TO 20 CENTS A ROOI I ■ Dm I WvßFßWffl Horae high, bull strong, pig i_-jaaeauan-S(gSs-f-K and chicken tight. A man Nand boy can moke from 40 to K e BOrodsaday. OverSO styles, -GaCasgG J '5 iiiustraied Catalogue Free.?- *■ kitselman brothers y Ridgevilte, : Indiana. * < - .

ONLY EARTHWORMS. — VET THEY HAVE CUT QUITE A FIG- . URE IN THE WORLD’S HISTORY. i Die Worm Has No Eyes and No Sense of Hearing, but Is Sensitive to Strong Eight •nd Vibrations of Sound—Objects of Antiquity Preserved by Earthworms. The common earthworm, despised by man and heedlessly trodden underfoot, fulfills a part in nature that would seern Incredible but for the facts revealed by the patient and long continued researches of Darwin. “Worms,” says Darwin, “have played a more important part in - the history of tho world than most persons would at first suppose.” Let us follow Darwin and see how this apparently insignificant creature has changed the face of nature. We will first consider the habits and mode of life of the earthworm. As every one knows, the worms live in burrows in the superficial layer of the ground. They can live anywhere in a layer of earth, provided it retains moisture, dry air being fatal to them. They can, on the other hand, exist submerged in water for several months. They live chiefly in the superficial mold less than a foot below the surface, but in long continued dry weather and in very cold seasons they may burrow to a depth of eight feet. The burrows are lined by a thin layer of earth, voided by the wol-ms, and end in small chambers in vjjhieh they can turn round. The burrows are formed partly by pushing away the earth, but chiefly by the earth being swallowed. Large quanties of earth are swallowed by the worms for the sake of the decomposing vegetable matter contained in it, ou Which they feed. The earth thus swallowed is voided in spiral heaps, forming the worm castings. 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 are dragged into the buirows, mainly for food, but also to plug the mouths of the 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 so 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 tire discovered by the worm when burred in earth, iir preference to other bodies not relished. The worjn appears to have stfnie degree of intelligence from the wttyrin which it.draws the leaves into its burrows, always judging which is the best end to draw them in by. This is remarkable inso lowly organized an animal, being a degree of intelligence not possessed by many animals of more complex organization. For instance,,the ant can often be seen dragging objects along travefsely instead of' taking them the easiest way. As we have seen, va.4t quantities of earth are continually being passed through tiie bodies of worms an,d voided on the surface as castings. When it is stated that the number of worms in an acre of ordinary land suitable for them to live in is 53,000, we can imagine the great effect which they must have on the soil. " They are, in fact, continually plowing the land. At one part of the alimentary canal of the worm is a gizzard, or hard muscular organ, capable of grinding food into fine particles. It is this gizzard which' is the main factor in triturnting the soil, and it is aided by small stones swallowed with the earth, which act as millstones. In consequence of the immense amount of earth continually being brought to the surface by worms it is not difficult to understand how objects, such as stones, rocks, etc., lying on the surface will in course of time become gradually buried in the ground. Owing to the burial of stones and other objects by the action of worms, ancient monuments, portions of Roman villas and other objects of antiquity "have been preserved. These have been,, gradually buried by the worms and so preserved froih the destructive effect of rain and wind. Many Roman remains were studied by Darwin, and traces of the acI tion of worms found; to which action their preservation was mainly due. The sinking of the foundatioMS of old build- -- ings is~rhreritrthe acfioirof - worms, and no building is safe from this unless the - j'oiiudations are laid lower than the level at whicl) the worms caiiavork—namely, about eight feet below the suri face. Another .useful effect produced by worms is the preparation of the soil for the growth of seedlings. By their agency the soil is periodically sifted-and exposed to tho air, and in this way is able to retain moisture and absorb soluble substances of use for tiro nutrition of plants. —Knowledge,

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