Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1906 — Page 6

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SOUPS AND BROTHS. They Are Stimulating, but Have Little Nutritive Value. Soups and broths made of the meat I pieces alone and without the addition of meat substance, efcgs, vegetables or cereals have little nutritive value, although they do possess stimulating properties. A dog would starve to death in ten days if fed upon beef broth pure and simple. Soup interferes with digestion whenever a full meal is eaten. I consider it as being entirely superfluous and advise its discontinuance in a substantial dinner menu. Soup, being practically all water, plays an important part in conjunction with the large quantities *of other liquids injected during mealtime in delaying and interfering with digestion and laying a foundation for stomach trouble. Through it and the other liquids used the stomach is not only overfilled and unnecessarily burdened, but the gastric secretions are so weakened by dilution that they can act but slowly upon the food mass. Here again we have the food remaining in the stomach for too long a period, and there is likely to be produced all of the symptoms and signs of an intoxication due to the absorption into the system of the products of decomposed foods. Soup eaten by itself or with a light meal, as a rule, does not act harmfully. —What to Eat. Wedding* In Wales. Many and curious were the old customs in Wales relating to marriage. The following is an account of the bidding ceremony, an old custom which is said to be celebrated even to this day in rural parts of Wales: The bidder goes from house to house with a long pole and ribbons flying at the end of it, and standing in the middle floor in each house be repeats a long lesson with great formality. He mentions the day of the wedding, the place, the preparations made. etc. The following is a specimen: “The intention of the bidder is this: With kindness and amity, with decency and liberality for and , he invites you to come with your good will on the plate. Bring current money—a shilling or two or three or four or five—with cheese and butter. We invite the husband and wife, children and menservants, from the greatest to the least. Come there early. You shall have victuals freely and drink cheap, stools to sit on and fish if we can catch them, but if not hold us excusable, and they will attend on you when you call upon them in return. They set out from such a place and such a place.” A Pride’s Diicmmn. A successful schoolteacher married al wealthy widower. The man had lived alone with l:is servants since the death of his first wife. On the morning after the bride’s arrival in her new home the cook appeared for orders. Now. the little woman was far more familiar with the classics than with roasts and stews, and she was not a little dismayed when Mary innocently put the question: “An’ how will ye have the beef cooked, mum?” For the merest instant she hesitated Not for a fortune would she have the old servant suspect her absolute ignorance of cookery. But ler years in the schoolroom bad not been in vain. Calmly and sweetly she answered: “You max cook it your way today. Mary, and then another time you can try my way.” And the cook went downstairs with a high opinion of her new mistress.— New York Press. Superstitions of Farmers. Farmers “stick to the moon” in re- I gard to planting corn aud other crops. Some of them will not under any eir- I cumstances plant corn on moonlight nights, claiming that corn planted then will produce a tall stalk with a short ear. Others just as successfully plant when they are ready, when nights are dark or moonlight, as the case may be. Other notions are indulged in, such as ■throwing the cobs in running water to keep corn from firing. Some farmers Wo Td under no consideration burn pin er hulls, the seed of which is to be use for planting. .They must be scattei- -along a path or highway, to be tro- ' C. en upon in order to secure a good crop. Green butter bean bulls must be thro—n in a road after being shelled for t ible use from day to day to insure a rood crop the following season.— Charleston News and Courier. Any One Can Spell Shakespeare. , One is not in danger of misspelling the word Shakespeare. Some one has discovered 4,000 ways, of which the following, as they actually appear in old documents, are examples; Shakspere, Shaxpere, Shakspire, Schaxper, fihakispere, Shagpere, Schakspeyr. Shaxespere, Shaxpur, Shaxper, Sbaksper, Schackspeare, Saxpere, Shackespire, Shakespire, Shackespeare, Shakaspear, Shakspear, Shaxpeare, Shaksphere, Shaxpure, Shackspeyr, Shakspear, Schakesper, pto. If the chirograjihy of Shakespeare himself is any authority twenty-two of these ways are correct. Unappreciated Liberality. *You are going to be tried before a very liberal judge,” said a lawyer to his client “I am glad of that.” “You needn’t be. If you are found guilty he’ll give you all the penalty the law allows.”

SCOTCH SUPERSTITIONS. Curiuda Method. That Were Adopted In Sickne.a and Death. A method much in vogue in Scotland at one time of ascertaining whether a sickness would prove fatal was to dig two holes in the ground, one called the quick grave, the other, the dead hole. The sufferer was then placed between the two, and the bole toward which he turned indicated what would be the outcome of his jnalady. Sometimes a piece of rock was broken over the bead of a person whose last agonies were painful alike to himself and to those who witnessed them. It was believed that the heart of the sick man would thus be broken and his release hastened. Windows and doors are always thrown wide open in order that the departing spirit may have free egress from the house and escape from the evil ones that hover around eager to Inthrall his soul. During the interval between death and burial hens and cats were kept carefully shut up. A person meeting these animals at such a juncture was doomed to blindness in the future. Moreover, unless a stream divided the two houses, farmers frequently refrained from yoking their oxen or horses before the body was “laid under the turf of truth.” Many women with the greatest reverence, their bridal attire to cover them in the coffin. Bread and water were placed in the chamber of death, for during the night prior to the burial the spirit of the departed one came to partake of them. Stillborn children and little ones who had not been blessed by the minister were buried before sunrise. In this way. their admission to the land of promise was assured. Not to observe the practice was to destine the souls of these bairns to wander homeless and disconsolate. The fate of the suicide is lamentable. His body cannot rest in the kirkyatd, for it would taint the souls of those who lie therein. Frequently he was buried in a lone dike which separated two lairds’ estates, and passersby were expected to cast a pebble at the rude stone which marked the place. MUSIC AT SEA. « Conditions Under Which Ships’ Sails Sometimes Sing. Some curious facts have been noted with regard to the sound conducting qualities of ships’ sails. When rendered concave by a gentle breeze, the widespread sails of a ship are said to be.excellent conductors of sound. A ship was once sailing along the coast of Brazil, far out of sight of land. Suddenly several of the crew, while walking along tlje deck/noticed that when passing and repassing a particular spot they always heard with great distinctness the sound of bells chiming sweet music, as though being rung but a short distance away. Dumfounded by this phenomenon, they quickly communicated the disccv ery to their shipmates, but none 1 of them was able to solve the enigma as to the origin of these seemingly mysterious sounds which came to them across the water. Months afterward, upon returning to Brazil, the crew determined to satisfy their curiosity. Accordingly they mentioned the circumstance to their friends and were informed that at the time when the sounds were heard the bells in the cathedral of San Salvador, on the coast, had been ringing to celebrate a feast held in honor of one of the saints. Their sound, wonderful to relate, favored by a gentle, steady breeze, had traveled a distance of upward of ICO miles over the smooth water and had been brought to a focus by the sails at I the particular locality in which the sweet sounds were first heard. I This is but one of several instances of a similar kind, trustworthy authorities claiming that this same music is often heard under somewhat the same circumstances and especially in a moisture laden atmosphere.—London TitBits. English Regard For Teaching. If there is one occupation which Englishmen are unanimous in condemning as degraded and degrading it is that most fascinating, most difficult, delicate and important work, the training of the mind. In what are humorously called “the higher walks” of teaching there are respectable salaries to be earned and agreeable rooms or houses for occupation. Here, purged of the dross of utility, a man may once more take rank as a gentleman, and if he becomes head of a house the supreme uselessness of his position commands universal and silent respect.— Nineteenth Century. Fifth Monarchy Men. The fifth monarchy men formed a religious sect that sprang up in the days of Charles I. of England. They were I so called from the fact that they' as--1 serted that In the last days the sou? ttacient monarchies, the Assyrian, the I Persian, the Babylonian and the RoI man, would be restored, and to them I would be added a Christian monarchy, i or fifth monarchy, of which Christ I would be the king. I —— ——— *- Awkward, Master—What! Both want a holiday tomorrow? I can’t spare you both at once. Mary, you can have tomorrow and John the next day. John—Thank you, sir, but We wanted to get married, and I’m afraid, sir, it can’t be J done that way, but I’ll inquire—Lon-

BLACK ROD OF THE LORDS. Hla Last Public Appearance aa an Executive Officer. Black Rod is an important and pic turesque functionary of parliament He is at once the policeman of the bouse of lords and the parliamentary messenger of the sovereign. He executes the warrants issued by the upper chamber for the arrest of the persons who have been adjudged guilty of a breach of Its privileges or a contempt of its dignities. But in these days the curiosity of the public or Its love of sensation is never piqued by the appearance of Black Rod in the role of a policeman. Indeed, it is nearly a century now since a poor, trembling wretch stood, in the custody of Black Rod, at the bar of the house of lords, charged with having outraged Its awful majesty. He was a tradesman of Westminster. One winter evening, after he had. put up the shutters-of his sfaop. he strolled across Old Palace yard to hear a debate In the house of Jords. He had with him an umbrella, which he deposited in the charge of one of the doorkeepers before he entered the stran gers’ gallery. He never saw the article again. Another stranger, yielding to a too common weakness of frail humanity, carried it off while its rightful owner, trustful of the might of the imperial parliament to protect, at least within its own sacred precincts, the property of its subjects, was drinking in political wisdom from the lips perhaps of the Duke of Wellington. The tradesman of "Westminster war naturally indignant over the loss of his umbrella, but the expression of his feelings assumed a form highly subversive of the ancient privileges of parliament. He actually issued a process against the doorkeeper of the house of lords for the recovery of the value of the lost article. This was more than the house of lords could stand. One of its doorkeepers summoned to appear as a defendant in a court of law! Black Rod was dispatched to arrest the daring shopkeeper, who was brought forthwith to the bar and soundly rated by the lord chancellor on his presumption in outraging the dignities of the house of lords because of the loss of a miserable umbrella. Happily he was not consigned to the tower. He humbly apologized for his conduct, promised to take no further action against the doorkeeper and after another severe reprimand was escorted by Black Rod to Old Palace yard and there discharged. That was the last public appearance of Black Rod as the executive officer of the bouse of lords.—London Chronicle.

Cniortunate inventor*. “Trevethick,” said an inventor in a bitter tone, “invented the first steam locomotive. He exhibited it in London on a circular track. It ran fifteen miles an hour. Trevethick, though, made nothing out of his invention. People laughed at it. They’d have none of ;t. All Trevethick accomplished in his life was to pave the way for Stephenson’s success. He died in poverty, poor fellow. “Koenig invented the steam printing press. His partner, Bensley, cheated him. Koenig, to support life, had to sell his patents. He died a poor machinist, working for about $8 a week. “Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, didn’t make a cent out of his idea. “Howe,, the inventor of the sewing machine, sold his patent rights for a passage to England. He was a mill hand when his machine was putting millions in the pockets of other men. “Jacquard, the inventor of the famous loon», might have become a billionaire. This unselfish Frenchman, though, gave his invention to the government, and all he got in return—all he asked in return—was a pension of SI,OOO a year.” Hainan Life the Music of the Gods. Somewhere it is said that human life is the music of the gods—that its sobs and laughter, its songs and shrieks and oriso ts, its outcries of delight and of despair, rise never to the hearing of the immortals but as a perfect bar mony. Wherefore they could not desire to hush the tones of pain. It would spoil their music! The combination, without the agony tones, would prove a discord unendurable to ears divine. And in one way we are like unto.the gods, since it is only the sum of the pains and the joys of past lives innumerable that makes for us. through memory organic, the ecstasy of music. Ail the gladness and the grief of dead generations come back to haunt us in countless forms of harmony and melody. Even so-—a million after we shall have ceased to view the sun—will the gladness and the grief of our own lives pass with richer music info other hearts, there to barter, for one mysterious moment, some deep and exquisite thrilling of voluptuous pain.—Lafcadio Hearne. Write a* Yon Feel. If you would write to any purpose, you must be perfectly free from within. -Give yourself the natural rein; think on no pattern, no patron, no paper, no press, no public; think on nothing, but follow your impulses. Give yourself as you. ate—what you are and how you see It Every n?an sees wire his own eyes or does not see at alt— Emerson. A GUARANTEED CI RE FOR PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Druggists are. authorized to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to in 6 to 14 days 50c.

SUBTERRANEAN RIVERS. / Yacataa'a Ogly Stream* Flow Beneath Coral Rock. There are no streams in Yucatan which flow above the ground, but the whole peninsula is one vast table of coral rock and beneath it are immense sheets of fresh water, with regular though ill defined tides and currents. Along the coasts these subterranean waters are quite near the surface, but in the interior, where the calcareous layer is of great thickness, the waters are low down. At intervals they break into caverns formed by earthquakes by pressure of their own force or by the infiltration of surface water into the natural grottoes of the coral rock and wherever the water can be reached, whether through artificial pits or by the operations of nature, the place is called a cenote. There are a great many of them scattered all over Yucatan, and those near Merida are utilized as public bathhouses, affording most refreshing resorts. Centuries ago the Indians marked the courses of the subterranean rivers by heaps of stones and always built their cities close by the water caves, as their rains show, and it is interesting to note to this day all the civilized centers of Yucatan have arisen around these natural reservoirs. There are many forms of cenotes. When the flows at a slight depth and the calcareous layer has been only partially eaten away there follows an irregular sinking, which forms a cave, opening from side to, side, but when the crust is thicker and the underground stream has a regular course the soil is generally corroded in a circular space and the vault thus formed, lacking support, falls in, making an immense open wall. Often the crust is so deep that the soft parts only crumble down, leaving a small aperture toward the top. fashioning areal grotto, with stalactites and stalagmites galore. Again, it happens that the crus,t is exceedingly thick, when a colossal subterranean passage, like a tunnel, is formed. In short, all the variations which an undisturbed stream may produce in a friable soil by the silent work of ages may be here witnessed. The cenote of which I write is a natural cavern nearly fifty feet deep, broken down at one side, thus forming a gigantic arch. Within It appears every form of stalagmite and stalactite, and its roof is perforated with holes, in which are thousands of birds’ and hornets’ nests. At the bottom of it, reached by a flight of stone steps from the charming garden above, is an extensive sheet of clear, fresh water, containing a multitude of tiny fish (Pescado cenote) similar to those found in the Mammoth cave of Kentucky, only these are not eyeless. The overhanging roots of trees fringe its broken arch, affording shelter to innumerable lizards, and iguanas, which dart along the ledges like embodfcd sunbeams, while above them countless swallows circle in masses so dense that the whirring of their wings produces a deafening noise, echoed from below In hollow reverberations. The Italian Baby.. No infant receives a warmer welcome to the world or is more happily born than the Italian baby. No infant is the object of more caresses or is more fondly admired. Indeed, no matter how poor the mother and father may be, no matter how large the family, they have very merry times when another son or daughter comes to them. The neighbors are invited in, a feast is prepared, a gallon or two of cheap wine is procured, and the merriment sometimes lasts several days. The Italian considers there are only three great events in the life of man—namely, his birth, marriage and death. These three events never pass without a gorgeous and elaborate celebration. In this simple way they strive to carry out the tender life lesson: “When you were born you wept while those around you smiled. So live that when* you die you alone may smile and those around you weep.” And so they laugh and drink wiue and sing, for they believe it w’ill have an effect upon the life of the quivering form soon to take its place among them.—Loudon Standard.

Enough Money. Half a dozen brokers were discussing Russell Sage and his peculiarities when one of them told this story: The financier was once asked, “When does a man get enough money, Mr. Sage?” i “When he gets SIO,OOO more,” said Uncle Russell as he stopped at an apple stand for a moment. Then he passed . on without b 'ying. . t His Part. i “Look here,” remarked the thrifty . man to Ws extravagant wife, “you’re i carrying top much sail, my lady.” , “I don’t know why you should bothI er about that,” she retorted. i “No?” said he. “I think I should, . since I have to raise the wind.” ! / ’ | Brought Down the House. i Critic—l hear that the new man’s det- > ing brought down the house. Manager . —Yes, it did. In one week it brought j down the house from 800 to 10 people I and the attendants. In the Doctor’* Waiting Room. Doctor (entering suddenly)—Which, of you has waited longest? Shears (sulkily)—l. I have waited six months, andi you haven’t'paid me for that last suit yet! The First Son. Nodd—l can’t make up my mind what college to send that boy of mine I to. Todd—How old is he? Nodd— Nearly three weeks. Misery assails/ riches as lightning . does the highest towers; or, as a tree , that Is heavy laden with fruit breaks ■ its own boughs, so do riches destroy 3 the virtue of their possessor.—Burton.

THE TIDY TADPOLE. How Thia Cheerful Little Cannibal Eat* and Develop*. A wonderful spirit of tidiness seems to pervade the tadpole world. They always eat whatever has become useless—their own eggs, their superfluous companions. Even those who are only weakly are cleared out of the way and the victims take it all as a matter of course. I have disturbed a strong member of the community just as he had begun to dine off the tail of a weaker brother, but the sufferer has not troubled to escape—be simply waited till the fratricide returned to complete his deadly work. For some time there is no grave change in the tadpoles, Taey simply grow and become so far transparent that their internal mechanism, which consists of one coll of intestines, is plainly visible. When, however, they are about three months old a careful observer can distinguish a tiny foot on either side of the base of the tail. These grow slowly, but seem unable to move independently until shortly before the border land is passed which leads to perfect froghood. The hind legs have reached their full size before ttie front ones appear, and, while the feet grow slowly, the hands are ready made and can be used at once. For a day or two they can be seen under, the skin they venture forth, and their possessor is very restless and excited. He rushes madly about, jostling his comrades, and no doubt being voted a bore; then a more vigorous effort breaks the skin and the tiny hand and arm appear. There seems some rule about the order of precedence here, as there is when the whiskers go, for last year my tadpoles, almost without exception, had their right hands some hours before the left, while on previous occasions I have had an entirely left handed crew.—Chambers’ Journal. At Victor Hugo’* Table. Victor Hugo—a titan in laboriousness—suffered in childhood from constitutional' delicacy, wrote Henry Labouchere. He kept an Irish cook, who had learned how to roast in the service of the dean of Jersey or Guernsey. She hated “messes” and “stock” gravy and herself attended her master at table, not allowing the parlor maid to go near him. If she thought a dish unwhole some she refused to let him partake of It. She had her re-ward in the heartiness with which he ate of her roast and boiled viands. She and Mme. Drouet, the tactful friend and secretary of Victor Hugo through the greater part of his literary career, were agreed in satisfying to the full his fondness for early spring vegetables and new potatoes. As he insisted on them being passed around the table, which was spread for many disciples, admirers, hangers on and courtiers, they must have cost a fortune. I sometimes saw asparagus served without, stint that would have cost from 11/.I 1 /.- francs to 2 francs a stalk. Victor Hugo helped himself largely and called for more. He Was Insane. A representative from New York enjoys nothing better than to recount a story which, he declares, he had from an official in the pension bureau. One day, so the tale runs, the bureau -was in receipt of an extraordinary communication from the west, in which the* writer, among other things, made this astounding statement; “I am now drawing a pension of $25 a month. Recently the Lord has prospered me; so, being convinced that 1 am not entitled of right to this money, I desire that my name be stricken off the roll.” As soon as the bureau recovered in a measure from this staggering intelligence an investigation was set on foot. The examiner in the field reported as follows: “I have the honor to inform you that the person who desired that the name be stricken from the pension roll Is now in an insane asylum in this place and has been for some time.” When Spencer Traveled. When Herbert Spencer went on a long railway journey it was his practice to have reserved for him a first class compartment. Across the carriage he used to have a hammock swung, in which he traveled to avoid i -the vibration and concussion’. There i was something funny in the spectacle i of the staid philosopher traveling in this fa&hion, and so it appeared to the people who witnessed the preparations • for his departure. The inquisitives t were soon disappointedjror as soon as Spencer recognized tffat he was being made the object of unsolicited attention he would shout out in stentorian tones to the porters—he used to have ; four to look after him—“ Draw down those blinds!” Origin of Ox Tail Soup. , During the reign of terror in Paris in 1793 many of the nobility were reduced to starvation and beggary. The abattoirs sent their hides fresh to the . tanneries without removing the tails, r and in cleaning them the tails were t thrown away. One of the noble begj gars asked for a tail, and it was willingly given to him. He took it to his lodging and made (what is now famous) the first dish of ox tail soup. i. He told others of his good luck, and i thpy annoyed the tanners so much that , a price was put upon them, t — ——— Ambition. Ambition becomes displeasing when it Is once satiated. There is a reaction, 1 and as our spirit till our last sigh is al- » ways aiming toward some object It * falls back on itself, having nothing else i on which to rest and having reached the summit it longs to descend.—Cor- ; neille. 1 I have lived to know that the great i - ( secret of human happiness is this: Never suffer your energies to stagnate.— 1 Adam Clark.

Indiana’s Leading Specealist in Chronic and Private Diseases of Men and , Women. PRESIDENT Fort Wayne Sanitarium 221 W. Wayne St. Fort “Wovne/| Indiana. Will Be At The Murray Hotel Monday, June 11 And Every Four Weeks Thereafter. Sixteen Years of | Success. More Genuine Mecieal Diplomas Than Any Other Specialist in the States. Absolute Cures. I Never Disappoint My Patients/1 Fulfill Every Promis and Never Hold. Out Reports. I TREAT SUCCESSFULLY Catarrh, Brohchitis, Lung Trouble, Eye Diseases, Beadachs, Deafness, N uralgia, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Heart Disdase, Cancer. Tumors, Goiter, Rupture, Epilepsy, Appandictis, Sterility, Constipation, Piles, Fistula, Skiu disease, Eceema, Hydrocele, Faricoccle, Lost Vitality, Weak Nerves, Blood Poison, Liquor Habit, Opium Habit, Bladder Trouble, Kidney Trouble, Ssomach and Liver Trouble. WOMEN troubled with irregular, suppnessed or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoe, displacement or ulceration of the Womb, that bear-ing-down feeling, inflammation of the ouaries, backach, bloating, [flatulence,] general debility, indigestion or nervout prostraiion, or are beset wile such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, hot flashes and tin d, worn-out feeling, should call and 1 will explain my home treatment to them. t I Guarantee to Cure in the Shortest Possible Time. BLOOD POISON. My treatment for this .-errible disis tho best know n to the Medical Science. I have yet to find the tare that will not yield to my treatment. The lisease rapidly disapyears and a cure is certain in every case. •" NERVOUS DEBILITY. Are you suffering from that peculiar weakness that makes life a bore? [ treat and cure thousands of cases every year. The nerves are strmjgthed, every portion of the stronger, and perfect health and strength result from my treatment. VARICOCELE. Any sufferer from this disease knows its terrible effects upon the mind and body. Unless cured it results in ' some special weakness. I cure vari cocele speedily and without operation, STRICTURE Is usually accompanied by some other trouble. such as inflammation of the prostate gland, kieney or bladder trouble. My treatment is a true specific and quickly removes every vestige of the trouble, leaving the portions with normal strength. KIDNEY, BLADDER AND PROSTATIC DISEASES. I cure all irritation, frequent desire, stoppage, pain in the back, brick dust sediments, scanty flow and catarrhal condition 3. If you are troubled, you should consult me at once, because Bright’s Disease may develop, unless you receive the attention of a skilled specialist. PILES AND FISTULA. I cure without the knife, cautery or operation^ a pain or detention from WjTCg* guan®teed to cure the most severe cases. REMEMBER, DR.*TUcOR Will cUfe you at your Ume' iff the shortest time possible. His treatment will bringback jodf old timevigor and make you yourself again. If you are suffering from any chronic or private disease, come and consult him free, and find out just what is the matter. If your case is durable, he will cure you. " If not he will honestly tell you’so. He has cured,hundreds right here in J Adams county. » 1