Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1891 — Page 5

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©he democrat Rates 0/ Subscription, One Year, in advance 11 GO Six Months 75 Four Months 50 All subscriptions not paid during the year will be charged at the rate of $2.00. Office in Democrat Building, east side of Second Street—ground floor. W. C. T . U. Notes. Regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. on next Monday evening at the hall. The W. C. T. U. Temperance Hospital in Chicago, has been very successful in treating patients without alcohol. It is proposed to erect a SIOO,OOO hospital. In Kentucky, and some other states as well, a girl of twelve years can sell herself soul and body, and the law throws its pro tecting arms around the degraded wretch who wrought her ruin, while the same child has not the power to give away her d ijl, or give herself in honorable marriage until she is eighteen years old. Who dare siy there is no necessity for woman law makers. Mrs. Ada H. Kepley, editor of the Friend of Home, says: “When woman are allowed to run for office in Illinois, the editor of this paper is willing to run for mayor in Effingham, and she knows she can stop a great many things that it is now declared can’t be stopped, and she will only use the powars granted her by law, too. - We know the preacher and the city, and have the facts on good authority. The preacher’s field lor several years, of his own choice, has been in the poor quarter of the* city.« Not only does he preach to great crowds of the poor, but he has established comfortable sleeping quarters for the shelterless, and other much needed charities. Not long ago he invited a rich brewer to visit his dormitory fpr the homeless. He showed tne brewer the long rows of those who, “in a whole city full, home, had none,” and after they had gotten out into the street the preacher said. “These are your people; the fruit of the stuff you make and sell.” The beer maker saw the truth too plainly for denial, and then and there handed over fifty dollars for the support of the good work. Probably this brewer had never before been brought so fully face to face with the results of his work, and there are many who do not realize the ruin fliey are causing—including those who vote to legalize the liquor-sellers business. Christian Standard. Program. | Farmers’ Institute, Monroe, Saturday, August 22nd, 1891, as follows: Committee of Arrangements. Geo. H. Martz, William Jackson, Mrs. C. W. Hocker. V. D; Bell. Music, 9:30. Invocation. Welcome Address J. W. McKean. Response, W. A. Aspy. Music. Sheep Raising D. C. Waggoner. Discussion led by Sylvester Campbel). Horticulture, ....J. H. Beatty. Discussion by W. H. Myers and Samuel Doak. Roads and Road Making,...Jonathan Fleming. Afternoon Session, 1:30. Music. How to keep the boys on the farm Mrs. Martin Herr. Dairying...... ..John Woy. Discussion led by Mrs. Ed. Moses. The county fair and the benefits derived from it, ..Hon. S. W. Hale, G. W. Gladden, Geo. H. Martz. How to keep up the fertility of the farm Wm. Jackson, Henry Miller. Horse Raising..... .. .C. H. Bell, L. Kauaman. Music. A Sate Investment. Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised druggist a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for consump ian. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used tor any affection of throat, lungs or chest, such as consumptipn/lnflammation ot lungs, bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough, croup, etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectlv safe, and can alwa. sbe depended upon. Trial bottles free at A. R. Pierce’s drug store. Real Estate Transfers. The tollowing real estate transfers have teen filed with the recorder during the week ending July 24, 1891: William Fields and Charles H. Bell to > Michael Gottschalk, July 15, 1891. Inlot 122, Buffalo, $550. John Blakeslee to Hannah I. Bennett, July 15, 1891. South part inlot 229 Crabb’s 2nd addition to Decatur, $650. Philip Stump to Michael Kruhns, July 15, IS9I. Southeast quarter, section 15, township 25, range 15, 40 acres. Quit claim, sl. A National Event. The holding of the world’s fair in a city scarcely fifty years old will be a remark able event, but whether it will really ben efit this nation as much as the discovery of the Restorative Nervine by Dr. Frank lin Miles is doubtful. This is just wha -the Ame i-an people need to cure theii excessive nervousness, dyspepsia, head ache, dizziness, sleeplessness, neuralgia nervous debility, dullness, confusion o mind, etc. It acts like a charm. Tria bottles and fine book on nervous an< heart diseases, with unequaled testimon ials, free at W. H. Nachtrieb’s. It ii warranted to contain no opium, morphini or dangerous drugs. 'its..-it 'i .■ Sa*.

Homes tor the Veterans. To a Chronicle reporter Tuesday Governor George W. Steele talked of the recent trip of the Board of Managers and their official visit to the various branches of the National Soldier’Home. Starling from the Daytjn Home the party visited that of Leavenworth, at Santa Monica and at Milwaukee, In all was apparent the crowded quarters and the press ng need of additional room In speaking o the comparative advantages of the different branches, Governor Steele said: In comfortable barracks, Marion leads them all; for in none of the other homes are to be found the modern conveniences, the cozy natural gas fires, or the ample water facilities. The home at Santa Monica, of course, is blessed with a pleasen climate, and overlooking the ocean commands a fine view, but it has the disadvantage of being away from any city, and placed in a region where agricultural is conducted on an extensive scale. The home at Milwaukee has the finest natural scenery. Besides the National branches we visited a number of state homes, wh’ch are also under our supervision. The National government partial'y keeps up these by paying SIOO annually for each inmate, while the state erects the buildings and provides the rest.” “Eighteen to nineteen thousand soldiers are in homes under the management ot the board. Twenty three hundred are in the Leavenworth branch, while the veter ans at the Santa Monica branch number about the same as those at Marion. The individual expense tor each inmate, as estimated shows, that the Marion branch is among the cheapest, owing undoubtedly to free fuel and light. “The Board of Manages at their recent meeting arranged for u.e expenditure of all the money appropriated on the Marion branch, but the trouble is there has not been enough appropriated. It is hard to tell what congress will do. Certainly nothing will be left undone to secure money for the erection of bui'dings that are absolutely necessary. In states where there are no homes the poor houses are halt filled with old soldiers, unable to be cared for. It would certainly be too bad, since congress has so liberally started Off the work, not to be able to carry it out; and very foolish economy not to complete a home when fuel and lights are free, when blessed with a temperate climate in the center of population, and beautiful country. Six new barracks are absolutely needed by the Marion branch.” When questioned as to the advantage of a Soldiers’ Home to a city, the govern or replied that they were undoubtedly great. “Two hundred thousand people visited the Dayton home last year. The city of Leavenworth is beginning to enjoy a prosperity for which there is no apparent cause, other than the building of a magnificent Soldier’s Home. Dayton didn’t realize the advantages of its home for sis teen years; though it has been the chief cause of building up the city. To Marion it will be the same as a beautiful pari , with shrubberry and drives and green sward. “As to keeping veterans who draw a large pension, there has been a law provided, which says that no soldier shall be admitted, who receives a pension of over sixteen dollars per month. The members are only allowed such ot their pension as will give them sufficient spending money, while the rest is reserved until they are discharged or go away on a leave ot absence. “No, it is impossible to know what will be done with the homes when the soldiers are all dead. It will be twenty-five years yet, at the least, and then you know that will be the lookout of the younger generation. If nothing else, it is possible that in the large cities that they may be used as military bartacks. Besides the national branches there are fifteen or sixteen state homes, and all have better accommoda tions than the regular military posts. Again, they may very properly be purchased by the various states to be used as homes for the vnfortunate—insane, deat and dumb, or aged.— Marion Chronicle Delays are Dangerous. There are those who are morbidly anxious about their health, watching every symptom and dosing thetnselves oh the slightest provocation. There are others who never give the matter a thought, but permit real symptoms to lapse into the certainties of disease. Between these two extremes the wise man steers —never un duly anxious, and yet not permitting genuine symptoms to develop. He knows that delaj s are dangerous, and he knows, moreover, that the medicine most likely to be effective is that which goes straight to the seats of disease, and tones up the digestive organs, strengthens the system and purifies the blood. He takes a few doses of S. 8. S , and soon finds that all the symptoms haie disappeared, and that he is in a better condition than ever. The great vegetable remedy has no lival. Have fait!' in your own town, says an exchange. Speak well of its improvements; help along all public enterprises; cheer and encourage* the men who invest . in it; remember that every forward move helps vou individually; shut your ears to the croakers and keep eternally at it and the town will grow. Children Cry for ’ Pitcher’s Castoria.

A Move for Better Roads. A recent publication o < the subject of our road wavs is entitled, “A M >ve for Better Road>.” It is a collection of essays, and referring to it The Nation says it is one of the first results of that awakening on the question of common roads which is fortunately taking place in this country. The development of our wonderful system of railroads not on y diverted private capital and public moneys, but the attention and interest ot the nation away from these imp irtant aven e< of local communication. This neglect wrought its evils so gradually tha* ge er ations of larmers have grown up accustomed to making the best of the difficulty without realizing the detriment to their interests occasioned bv the rough and ill made roads, and the long, steep hills over which they have always been compel ed to haul their crops to market. Certainly it will be a suprise to thousands to read in the first prize essay in this excellent col lection, that if a practically ievel ro id can be made around a hill where formerly the grade had been one toot in fifteen, by increasing the length of the road one mile, which would cost about SIO,OOO, one hundred farmers obliged to use this road and doing an ordinary amount of hauling, would, in saving of time and cost of maintenance of their teams alone, be benefited $6,750 a year 0$ $67.50 for each farmer, as a direct consequence of this improvement. It will also set many minds thinking to be told that it only requires a tractive force of 46 pounds to draw a long ton on a level Telford road, whereas on a level road made of gravel 147 pounds would be required, and on a common earth nad the force needed increases to 200 pounds. It is estimated that the actual loss to the larmers in Pennsylvania to the deplorable condition of their roads over what it would cost them to do their haulage on first-class macadamized roads, is $4 000,000 per annum. The total loss from this cause in the whole United States would foi m a startling figure. It is evident that there is need enough for such a book as this. lifcidentally it discusses the economic aspects of the problem, but the essayists waste little space in apologies. They proceed to the practical details of construction and maintenance, and it is doubtful whether such a thorough, exhaustive description o: the proper methods for every kind of roadbuilding has ever before been published. It is clearly, simply written, avoiding abstruse technicalities, so that whoever takes any interest in this move tor better roads can without difficulty find instruction in its pages. What will, however, appeal to the intelligent general reader is the fact road-making is not the simple affair it is usually thought to be; that it is, on the contrary, a problem of engineering, requiring wide knowledge and good judgment. This explains why so little good has resulted from the appropriations and from the labor expended in recent years under the direction of incompetent commissioners — The Farmers' Home, Talk gravel roads, we need them as bad as anybody, and can have them just as well as other people. Preble. Rheumatism Can be Cured. Although it has baffled our best physicians, it car be permanently cured by the proper use of Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup, which cleanses the blood of all poisonous matter and induces a healthy action of the kidneys and liver. To secure the best results, Hibbard’s Rheumatic and Liver Pills, and Strengthening and Rheumatic Plasters should be used in connection with the Sy: up. Sold by W. H. Nachtrieb, druggis . 28-* , G. A. R. Excursion Rates. For the 25th Encampment to be held in Detroit, August ’9l, the Clover Leaf Route, Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R. R,. will sell excursion tickes to Detroit an return at extremely low rates. Tickets will be sold Aug. 1, 2 and 3, with return limit until Aug. 18th, with extension of limit if desired until Sept. 30th. Special inducements to large delegations, choice of routes via Lake Shore, Michigan Central or via Lake Steamers from Toledo. Steel steamer Idlewild via “short route” or new steel steamer City of Toledo via Put-in-Bay. Double daily train service, St. Louis to Toledo and Call on r arest agent or address, C. C. Jenkins, Gen’l Pass. Agent, Toledo, O. Bucklen’s Arnica halve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by A. 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