Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1881 — Page 4

Tie Hahy-Tower or Shanghai. Tim baby tower! Look through that rent in the stone-work —not too clone, or the stream of effluvia may kill you. You nee a mound of‘tfisps and Isintlto* straw. It seenis'td move, hut it is only the crawling of the worms. Sometimes a tiny leg or arm, or a little fleahlcss i>ono, protrudes from the straw. The lower is not so ftjU now as I have seen it; they mhst'have cleared it out recently. Is tifis a cemetery or a slaughter jiouso? The Chinese say it is only n tomb. Cbtlins are dear and the jteasnntry poor. When a child dies the parents wrap it round with bamboo, throw it in at the window, and all is done. When Hie towey la fnlj the proper >m411< trities'burn the heap and spread the ashes over the land. There is no inquiry, ho check. The parent has mifitiiited power to kill or save. Nature speaks in the heart of n Chinese mother, but want and shame shout louder -tiff. There is a foundling hospital in the Chinese city, with a cradle outside tile door and a hollow bamboo altove it. rltrikea Idow upon the bamboo and th”cradle is drawn inside. If it contains an infant it is taken and canal for. and no questions asked. There is also a system of domestic slavery in China. At an early age a child is worth ft dollar. A father or mother may for money delegate without losing it; for although the father niav have sold his son ton stranger, or although a mother may have sold her daughter to prostitution —and concubines in China are only thus to lie obtained—the duty from child to parent remains unimpaired, and is strictly perfortaled. The incentives thus offered by Mato tuon and the alternative preferred by native charily may save lives that 'would otherwise be destroyed; bitt this baby tower is a terrible institution. It stands there, close to the walls of a crowded city, an intrusive invitation to iLfimt icicle. Married vs. Shirin. Those who are in the habit of looking on a state of single blessedness as the most conducive to health and happiness, mid who exemplify their faith in their opinion by living in celibacy, will find some fruitful themes for study in the results of the researches of the French savant, Dr. Bertillon. After having studied the morality statistics of every country of Europe, lie comes to the conclusion that marriage is productive of health, long life and morality, ami is, so to speak, a limited insurance against disease, crime and suicide. According t< his finding, a bachelor of twenty-five has not a better prospect for life than a married man of forty-five; mid among widowers of from twenty-five to thirty the rate of mortality is as great as among 'married men of from fifty-five to sixty. ‘Taking the French hills of mortality, ho shows that while the annual death rate among married men between twenty and twenty-five years of age is rather under 10 per 1,000, bachelors of that age die at the rate of 16, and widowers at the rate of 19 per 1,000. With advanced life the difleroneu goes on increasing. With regard to crime, Dr. Bertillon asserts that offences against tne person are 10 per cent, less, ami against property 45 per cent, less among married men than among unmarried. The difference is still more remarkable among women, amounting to 250 [>er cent. The number of suicides is at the rate of 628 ]ht million for widowers, and 273 per million for bachelors, and 24(1 per million for married men. In the face of the nltove statistics we strongly advise Iwtchclors and maidens, and—we were going to say widows, but of course they do not need advice on this subject—to get married without delay. Have Patience. “The mills of the gods grind slow but they grind ex'-eedingly fine.” Have [>atieuce. Whatever may have lieen done to yon by an enemy, if it be really an evil thing, n detestable tiling, a thing i that is bad in itself, so that it stains the soul of the door, you need not break a commandment to have revenge. Lift no ! finger, do no overt thing, say not a word • —above all, pray no prayer that punish- : ment may fall upon the one that has ! despitefully used you, but lie snre it will i fall. The time will come when, if you ! have any pity in your soul, you will j gladly do nuglit in your power to help | the one who has to-day stabbed you to your heart’s core. Forin the accomplishment of a cruel deed, in the doing of a ' shameful act, in the very utterance of words that injure, forces are set to work the [lower of which cannot be comprehended. The man who followsanother into the

shadow of some sweet green place, slid 1 for reveuge or love of lucre “etui* him i at 11is prayers,” perhaps —for men do not always pray upon their knees— kills him, and "so he goes to heaven.” But what has the monster done to hinuself? He i has made himself a murderer. Far bet- i ter death than life with such a conscious- , ness upon it —with that horrible dead j face glaring at it from the shadows, aud ' those bloody hands that ail the waters j of the ocean cannot clean. So, in the ! hurling of a neighbor, a man hurts himself, turns his steps into 11else paths in . w hich retribution awaits him, and sei- ' dom fails to meet it. Be less sorry for , yourself, if harm befalls yon, because of | the cruelty or treachery of any other mortal, than for that other; for the mills of the gods never rest. The Origin of (roquet. Croquet players who have considers!'* I liking for this favorite and fashionable ! sport, will lie interested in the origin of i the game. Croquet is not, as many sup- < jiose, of modern birth, but may be true-1 cd through its various stages to Persia, [ as fur back a» the eighth century. Its. origin was |>olo, which the Persians play- i cd with a long-handled mallet callwl i Chilean. In the ninth centnry Ibe game I made its way into the Eastern Empire, j the original mullet changing its form to! a staff ending in a Broad bend till*! - with a network of gut strings. “Thus,” ; snys a writer on the subject, “there sp)>enred in the East, as belonging to the ! great sport of ball play on horseback ! the first shapes of two implements which remodeled the whole play life of meditevid modern Europe, the clmgan being the am ester of the mallet used in croquet, ami of an endless variety of other plaving clubs and bats, while the bent stall', w ith its net-work, was a primitive racket.” * We find t list the original ball games!

in which sticks were used were played! on liorselgick, aud instead pf polo ix-ing ! an outgrowth of these *]M>rts played on loot the latter »re the changeu Hinde iu the Persian came of chugsn, which, ae has been said, was the parent of all onr games in which artificial means are used on foot, was easy and ’natural, and the substitution of a club came bv gradual changes, the hand Wing probably the original implement, which was superceded by the rounded stick. A Verbena Mound. I must tell you about my vefoena mound. The invention was all my own, but as I never had it patented rou are relcouie to it, writes Mrs. M. L, kittling io the Floral Cabinet. I had four hexacn frames made of plank a foot w ide,of graduated sires. The largest frr.me was three feet each side, the smallest not quite a foot. The largest frame placed ' on the ground was tilled with prepared ; Soil. Then I took a piece of stove-pipe three feet long and punched it full of '

--- -- e - - ----- —- holes (don’t laugh till 1 get through), i and stuck it up in the centre of the bed, I ' Then the frame next iu site was placed on the filled m>e, and secured from sac■ping by cros,—pieces. This also was filled, and so -with the next two; no soil, of course, Wing thrown into the pipe, the top of which came level with the i top of the smnlleet frame, and was con-| cealed by s large vase containing a a*-ar-' let geranium. The frames were then painted green, nnd verbenas set out iu the step-like I-ed*. Every evening during the summer I had several pail* of water poured into the pipe, and how they did Woetn! hundred* of blossome displaying themselves all summer to the best ]*’*sible advantage.

AincnJ 1. Its origin ; Amenisn IJcbretv qronl, of Hebrew origin. Prior to the time of Christ, it was found in no other language lull the Heiirew. Pagans did not make use of it in their idol-worship. But w ith the introduction of Christianity, it has found its way into the language of all nations who have received the Christian as well as their religion. In the Greek, Lutin, German mid English tongues, it is .he same in orthography, signification, and with very slight deviations, also in pronunciation. It has been left untranslated, and has lieen transferred from the Hebrew just ns it is - found there, because there cannot be found in any language only one word that expresses its precise and complete meaning. 2. Its sense: Luther, in his small Catechism detines it thus : “Amen, Amen—that is. Yea, it shall be so.” Jruden says of it; "Amen in Hebrew lignifies true, faithful, certain.” It is tsed in the end of every prayer, in testimony of an earnest wish, desire or as.uraiicc Io la- heard ; Amen, lie it so, so so shall it be.” Webster says: “Amen, is a noun, signifies truth, firmness, t.ust, ■onfidenco ; as u verb, to conform, estate lish. verify ; as an adjactive, firm,stable.” tn English, after the Oriental inanm-r, Ais used nt the Iteginning, but more generally at the end, of declarations and prayers, in the sense of be it firm ; Is? it established.” All these declarations agree in making Amen to mean “verily, tine, certain, be it so, so shall it be.” I Some ancient forms of ritual have rendered it into English, viz : “So mote it be.” It is used tn address by man to bis Maker, ami by Him to ns, and accordingly, as used by either, differs somewhat in application, as must be evident. For man asks favors, and God b“stows them; God make’ promises, anil man pleads them. When man says Amen, he claims the Divine assurance; when God says Amen, He confirms it. Pavers. If yon want to be happy, never ask r. favor, (rile as many as you can, and if any are freely ottered, it is not necessary to lie too proud to take them ; but never ask for or stand waiting for any. Who ever asked a favor at the right time? To lie refused is a woful stab to one’s pride. It is even worse to have a favor granted hesitatingly. We suppose that but of a hundred who petition for the least thing—if it lie even for an hour of time —ninety-nine wish with burning cheeks and aching hearts, that they had not done so. Don't ask favors of youi nearest friends. Do everything for yourself, until yon drop, and then if anyone picks yon up, let it Itelteeattse of his free will, not from any groan you utter. But while yon can str.nd.be n soldier. Eat your own crust, ralhcr than another’s dainty meals; drink cold water rather than another’s wine. The world is full of people asking favors, and people tired of granting them. Love of tenderness should never be put aside, when its full hands nre al retched towards you; but so few love, so few are tender, tiiat a favor asked is apt to be a creel millstone around your neck, even if you gain the thing you want by the asking. As you cast your bread on the water, and it returns, so will the favor you ask, if unwillingly granted, come back to you when von least ex|>ect or desire. Favara conceded on solicitation are never repaid. They are more costly in the end than an overdue usurer’s bill. forking Before Breakfast. A bad custom is prevalent in many families, especially among farmers, of working an hour before breakfast, attending to “chores,” hoeing the garden, cutting wood, mowing, etc. This is convenient on many accounts, ’out it is not conducive to health. The prevalent opinion is that the morning air is thj purest and the most healthful and braeI ing; but the contrary is tiie fact. At no | honrof the day is the nirmorefilled with l dampness, fogs, and miasmas than altont j sunrise. The heat of the sun gradually : dissipates these miasmatic influences as j the day advances, Everybody knows , the langour and faintness often experiI enced for the first hour of the morning, ■ and this is increased by exertion and want of food. We do not agree with i the boarding school rule, which prescrilt- ■ ed a long walk before breakfast as a means of promoting health. Probably the best custom would l<e to furnish every member of the family—especialy, those who labor out of doors —a cup of coffee immediately after rising frotr 6ed. Household Hints.

If two or three bottles of ammonia, left • anntopped. are put iu prominent places j tn n room, all insects will soon leave. | Keep the house as clear as possible of ■ rats. If they will not enter the trap set 1 for them, cltvp a little oil of rhodium in the trapsjt • will attract them. If ail steel '. tinware it well rubbed i with lord ann .nen with common nns lacked lime bevre being pat away, it j I will never rust. This is alno the best ;>lau to remove rest. To keep n lawn fresh and green, put , on frequently a plight sprinkling of salt , or bone duet, or any good fertilizer. When the soil, js soft run the roller over it; it improver, the apjtearance. The a|> ftlication of a l.'-tle ground gvpsum also ' teips it. But above nil, nse the mowing machine frequently. The Cranberry as a Hoose Plant. | The common cranberry is a most attractive plant when ]>ro]terly cultivated j in pots, anti can endure a good deal of neglect which would be fatal to other plants. A compost of niuck anti sand is the proper nt.-iterial for potting it in. 1 Although usually regarded as aquatic in . its nature, it will not do tc lutve the soil | I sgterated with water. What it requires I I :s that water lie within reach of its roots, . and that the soil shall l>e one through 1 which water can rise readily by capillary • nttraction. Let the pot stand in al-ouf , an inch of water anti it will thrive bet k ter *!i:in at any greater depth. The eran- • b;rr roots readily from cuttings, or it nan he propagated by bending down tl.e sprays mi l covering them with moist compost. It is beautiful at all times of the year nwd esjteelally so after the f fruit commences to ripen. Its red Iter- i ries will remain on the vine for a long r time, and are highly ornamental. '

.wo Many Studies hi the Public School*. < “Our schools are burdened with too ‘ many studies, ologten, fems, and < rotchet* 1 of eccentric exaniinera, wlto exact of 1 others what they could never do Utera 1 ;-.lves,” lately said an experienced 1 •eacher in the publicttchools; and there whs ample justification for the remark. A boy or girl who ha* only a few years to spend in a -hool, and who must leave it to earn a living, ha* no time tn waste in learning things not necessary, and hardly time Io purMie those branches which are tbe prime oltjects of rudimen'ary training. Our most intelligent and Eiithful principal* of grammar schools tire well awrre of this fact, and would gladly simplify lite course of instruction, bnt they are powerless to do X Crotchety trustee* and tontmissioners have tine theories of education, which they are Itouud to try at the eff oeuae of both teachers and piijHia. Canning Green Cora. j 1

To every six quarts of corn take one ounce of tartaric acid, dissolved in boiling water; cut the corn from the cob and place in suflkient water te cook - putt lie acid in while the corn i* wking; when done, seal in glass cans. To prepare for the table, pour off the sonr water and 5 save it; put enough fresh water to the ’ corn to cwdt It; for every quart of corn , »dd one small teaspoonfn! of ssleratns, and let it eta nd a few minutes before I cooking; while cooking put in a ten- . sjoonfnl of sugar; If th- corn toms yelI low, tee mnch Mlsnitus Pm Wea used ■ I , I pour bork tome of the sffl water till it , I turns white again; season with salt, 1 1 errmn, ’>’itter and pepper, some as fresh sorn.

•s ’ 1 ' ’" Ji- ’ Pouring OH on Troubled Waters. A New York paper says: Pouring oil on troubled waters is generally regarded by sea captains more asa tins sentiment than as a practical hint to lie observed in time of danger, but as fur back us 1770, a Dutch East Indian trader claimed to have been saved from shipwreck on a treacherous reef, by pouring a jar of olive oil on the sea. Liter, another instance is recorded in which a vessel having been wrecked in a hurricane, a cask of lamp oil, which was kept in h small boat, became broken, and soquieted the sea in the immediate vicinity, that most of the crew succeeded in getting to an island near by. Captain Jarman, of the ship Konmdal, stated to a reporter, thnt although he had long known oftho wonderful effects !af oil poured upon a rough sea, yet lie had never put his knowledge into practical use until the last voyage. The ■mbject having been recalled to his mind lately bv n little article in one of the leanum’s tracts, he determined to test the recijte. He caused to he made two •anvus siu ks, shaped like h bottle, each having the capacity of about three gallons of oil. These he filled with common lamp oil. Soon after, in the midHe of the Atlantic, he encountered a violent hurricane with terrible seas, which lasted about twenty hour .. The waves broke over the stern and threatened to swamp the vessel. Remembering his oil, he punctured the canvas bags, and caused one to be towed over each quarter. The eflect, he said, was magical. The waves, although remaining nt the same height, no longer broke over the stern; several yards around, where the oil had spread on the water, there was apparently * calm. The ship was thus relieved from the tremendous shocks of heavy seas breaking over her, mil the danger was considerably !e«s- --; cned. Captain Jarman thinks that the use of oil tn case of a ship hove to in a storm, would lie ft very gtsnl thing. He says that alt hough this was the first time he had evrr tried the experiment, it was not novel by any nieniis. He hail known cases in which crows had escajicd from vessels when it would have lieen impossible to lower a l>oat without ils being swam]>ed, except that oil was thrown over the ship's side and the sea thus suffieienlly ealnted Io allow the boat to be lowered without danger. lie has also seen whaling vessels lying quietly, while near by other vessels were tossed about. The whaling vessels were so thoroughly saturated with oil that the water remained calm all about them. He says that tho method is so simple end so inexpensive that he intends to have oil bags always ready for use hereafter. Ingersoll on Intemperance. Intemperance cuts down youth in its vigor, manhood in its strength, and ago in ils weakness. It breaks the father's heart, licreaves the doting mother, extinguishes natural affections, erases conjugal love, blots lilial at tnclimcn’s,blights jiarenlal h<q>e, and brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grave. It makes wives,widows; children, orphans; fathers fiends, and all of them paupers and | beggers. It feeds rheumatism, arouses goiit,w<lcoinescpidemi--.«,inviteseholera, imports pestilence, and i nibraec* consumption. It covers the hind with idleness and crime, it fills your jails, supplies your almshouses, and demands your asylums. It engenders controversies, fosters quarrels, and i heri.-hes riot. It crowds your penitentiaries, and furnishes victims for the scaffolds. It is the blood of the gambler, the element of the burplar.the prop of the highwayman, and the support of a midnight incendiary. It countenances the liar, resjiects the thief, esteems the blasphemer. It violates obligations, reverences fraud, and honors infamy. It hates love, worns virtue, and slanders innocence. Incites the father to butcher his helpless offspring and the child to grind the parental age. It burns up men, consumes women, detests life, curses God and hates heaven. It sulkihis witnesses, nurses perfidy, defiles the jury box mid judicial ermine. It bribes votes, disqualifies voters, corrupts elections, ]sillu;es our institutions, and endangers government. It degrades the citizens, debases the leg islatitre, dishonors the statesman, and disarms the patriot. It brings shame, not honor; terror, not safety; desjiair, not hope; misery, not happiness; and with the maevolcnce of a fiend, it calmly surveys its frightful desolation, and unsatiated'with havoe.it kills peace, ;>ouK>ns felicity, ruins morals, blights confidence, slays reputation, and wipes out nati nal honor, then curses the world and laugh' at its ruin. It does that and more—it murders the soul. It is the sum of all crimes, the mother of nil abominations, the devil's best friend and God’s woret enemy. A Beautiful Experiment. Perhaps some of the boys and girls mar be interested in the fidlowing experiment. It is easily performs!, and rill give some idea of the manner in which crystals are formed. Remember that the solution is poison, and must lie kept where it cannot be taken by mistake. Procure from nn apothecary half an ounce of sugar of lead, sometimes called leud-acetate. Put this into a widemmithed l>ottle, an empty horse-rad-ish bottle will do well, and fill the bottle nearly full with water. When the 1 sugar of lead is all dissolved, posh t.ro or three nieces of copper wire into the cork, and let them run down into the liquid in the bottle. Bend tho lowei ends into hooks, and hang on them a small piece of sheet-zine, taking care , that it touches all the wires. After the bottle has stood for a few ! lours, crystals of lend form upon the owcr ends of the wires. These rapidly tiercase, and soon the entire bottle is , filled with Isantiful fern-like crystals. L/siking carefully at them, the branches Are all formed to start oiu nt tlie saint fugle, thus showing that the force which uodneed them nets constantly in the Kune direction. ' Weary. Some people are always tired—nn feignedly so. When they get up tired In the morning, they should try and ascertain the cause of the trouble. It is 1 very often due to defective ventilation of the bed-room, or from lining nn undue amount of wnnu bed-clothes nnd 1 bedding. Feather beds are too soft stid yielding, and partially envelope the sleeper, time prodneing profuse [«rspiration. The habit of lying too woih nn- ’ der blankets is also very [lernicioua, by 1 reason of the carbonic and exhaled by 1 the sleekier licing respired. Again, it a 1 common error to suppose that by simply I opening a window a little at the top, a 1 room can l>e ventilated. People forget that for proper ventilation there must lie an inlet for the air. In lied-rooms there is often neither, and if there is a fire-place, it is generally closed up. Again, it is a mistake to suppose that foul air goes to the top, for the chief impurity, the carbonic acid falls to the bottom. There is nothing so efficacious in removing the lower strata of air as the ordinary open fireplace, especially if there is a fire burning. Divertixo Attkstios.—A child naturally cries when it is hurt, and it is cruefto try to liush it* cries by threats. A thowand times better it is to soothe it by kindly stories, by explaining pietun*, or by providing it with pew toys. "We have many • time.” says a famous doctor, “in our professional ex[*rience as to sick children, found more benefit to be derived from a beautiful or interesting toy thnn from a dose of physic.” The greatest hnmanity a mother can exhibit In respect to her sick child is to divert it in all pleasing ways possible, as we ourselves, »lio are larger children, feel sometimes really sick, when a cheerful face and mi*cb-k>ved friend has come in, and before we know it, we I have forgotten what was the matter with us.

THE DECATUR WOOLEN MILLS RUNNIMC AGAIN! Having purchased the Eicher IVoolen Mills we are prepared to announce to the publie generally that we have for sale at Bottom Prices at our factory on the corner of Ist and Jefferson streets a fine line of strictly ALL WOOL GOODS, Os our own Manufacture. We earnest ly solicit all former patrons of the Eieher Woolen Mills to come and see us, as wo expect to reciprocate your patronage by honest, fair dealing. We will pay you the 4 highest market pries in cash for your wool, or make nnv exchange for goods. Call and ! seeour stock of FLANNELS, BLANK ETS. SATTINETS, JEANS ami STOCKING YARNS before purchasing elsewhere, we promise to furnish you a better article for LESS MOUEY! Than you can buy anywhere else. ; MY EKS BROS. Dceatur, May 5. 18S1. ts ■CTxxcl erta.lc.lrk®. HISKEY 4 BROADBECK. UNDERTAKERS Opposite Adams County Bank, Call the attention of the public gcnerallv i to a large and ccmblete line of EURIAL CASKET AND CCFFINS, ! And to the fact that 'hey are using the ' L ANTI-SEPTIC FLUID, I I For Emhulminp. Mnaimifrinp. Disinfect, ing and Piirfumiiig the Hesb of tbe dead, and of Preserving the Feature* in » natural state. A fine lice of i SHROUDS i Are alto kept on hand. n Addition to their undertaking eetablieh "tent they have the largest and moet complete stock of FURNITU S Ever offered to the people of Adame Conn ly. Dot t purchase one dollar's worth of Furniture before examining th‘i” stock and prices. HISKEY & BROADBECK. Decatur. Ind.. Sept. 3, 'SO ly. Dissolution ol Co-Pninerwblp By mutual agreement we, the undersign, ed, have this d.y dissolved partner. I ehip. For a lime we will eseh occupy onr ' present office for the purpose of aenling up and disposing of all uuflniiiebed lira, ' business. Those indebted to tbe firm will [ ple.ee eall at an early day and eetile either by eaeh or note. Tbsuking our friends who bare iu the pest favored us with their > business and trnsilng we may meh be favorably remembered in the future wo re- I main, yours very truly. DAVID BTUDABAKER. I JOHN P. QUINN. Decatur, Oct. 2otb, 1660. nSOtf. ' Town Prop*rtyfos*Male.— 1 The residence now occupied by Capt.! J. J. Chubb, and business room ocen pied by John Wagoner, both on Second street. Also the residence on tbe cor- i ncr of and streets' new occupied by J E. Stoops. For further particulars call on J. T. Mer- j ryman, at the Adems county bank, or I address John Bogart, Columbus Grove, i Ohio. vol. 25-21. ts. - Carry the Sewn »• Mary. I have a g»«d farm «f 100 aeres. 40 seres cleared, and 00 aeres g-«d timber, 2t*i!ns eastof Deeatnr. Will sell reasonable. B H. I'EbT.

A NEW LEAF TURNED OVER. AT THE “OLD RELIABLE" Cash and Produce Trumps! o EVERYBODY READ! o NIBLICK, CRAWFORD & SONS Ilavinz tried lb** credit system long enough to test it® impracticability, have concluded ' to takes uew tack, aod, instead of having to put their good* ata price high enough to make tip for bad debts, they are now de- , termined to give their patrons the benefit of the MONEY SAVED BY THE "READY PAY SYSTEM,' In the reduced prices th.y »re thue enabled to afford their customers. In thia way they can “LIVE ATSFD LET LIVE I” It li true, Jaoliees and Constables may object, as it interferes with a business which to them, bar proven quite a lucrative one But under the new order of things, out friends will find goods nt the store in the Adams County Bank Block so much lower than formerly, that they To e> Astonisilioci! at the change which ready pay has wrought. It is folly to say much about It in onr ad vertisetuent, as far as particularising in concerned. The truth in this respect can only be satisfactorily learned BY A VISIT TO THE STORE! Where all hands take pleasure in making known the huge bargains they have to offer in LADIES DJi ESS GOODS, MUSLINS, READYMADE CLOTHING, CARPETS, QUEENSH'ARE GLASSWARE, GROCERIES, ETC. TPlko Hl®laoot YKendrlKot Price 3Petl<s for Country T’rodmoo. I -.!■ „O— I STAND BY TIIEI “OLD rLESIL.IA3BIL.U3.’ AND IT WILL STAND BY YOU. Niblick, Crawford & Sons. Decatur. Inti.. Slav 16.1879. POPULAR PROGRESSIVE and ■ ENERGETIC. o ROOT AND COMPANY'S I I Dry Goods and Carpet Establishment, No. 4H and 4S Cal-1 houn Street, FORT WAYNE, IND. n iAND THE BEST HOUSE ■ of its kind in Northern Indiana and equal in quality of goods j variety and assortment of styles and uniform low prices to anv Retail House in the eoiintrv. • — GIVE US ACALL! . I Root cl la cl Coixvpsaxsr CALHOUN STREET, EORT WAYNE, IND. NEW GOODS! I Boots A n d Shoes. o THE UNDERSIGNED HAS OPENED UP AT THE OLD STAND Os Conter & Holthouse a new stock of Boots and Shoes, and invites all his old friends, and customers of the old firm, to call and see him. Everybody come and see MY NEWGOODS. II l'i A. HOLTHOUSE

I i IK THE DOCTOR’SF.TESTIMONY. A. S. Rrsftl i.i.. of Marion, Wayne county. N. 1 . says: Tbe wonderful ,^ c 3 cess of ’ntomns’Eelectric Oil iu .11 cases of ac ute and cltroniu ittflumu.ati,,, catarrh, bronchitis, lame back, etc., mnkr the <<• >n<iud f.,r it very grr«t. THE DRUGGIST’S TESTIMONY. Coi.t M>:t h, 0.. Feb. sth, IbSii. Messrs. Foistfk. Mil.burn A Co.: Regarding the .vale of Thoma* Eelectric Oil. wc are gratified in being I inform you that since we took the .genev, three months ago. f„ r the s»| e an j j introduction of Eclectric Oil. our very large sale, prove eoncltiaively to j inindf. this remedy has extraordinary merit* as witneaaed by the I sale. We anticipate a large incre.ee in the aule, as its virtues become m nre I generally known. Yours, truly, R. JONES 4 SON, Dealers in Drugs and Surgical Instrutnem.i Sold by Dornin *. llolthonae. Decatur. Ind. Oo to Dorwin 4 liolihnuse for Mrs. Freeman « New National l»ye«. For brigbancJditrabihiy of color are unvqualed. CoLr fram 2to 6 pound.. Priee 15c.

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