Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1893 — Page 4

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' ®he democrat HBf 1 ‘ J*. RLAOKRURN, Proprietor. r —T '~ FRIDAY, J AX. <i. UM. Rates of Subscription. 6, One Year, tn advance fl 50 ■ . Six Months Four Montes .... All subscriptions not paid during the year K will be charged at the rate of f-’.OO. Office In Democrat Building, east side of Second Street— ground floor. fe. 1893. * In our latitude the year 1893 came ' in with a fine snow. There is one good way to keep a dairy. Keep it clean. ~ . I The new year is suggestive ot new ideas. The new is always in d 'mand. ■ . I" Dispose of your old resolutions I a* some second hand store and make I pew ones. Isaac P. Gray, Postmaster-Gen-eral. Yes, that’s all right, it sounds good. ________ A steady gas fire is not a bad thing to have about when mercury is hugging zero. The new Columbian postage stamp will not fail to attract attention. It is nearly large enough to pay postage on. The second Indiana state conference of charities and correction will be held at Indianapolis January 16 to 18. The Cincinnati Enquirer says the estate of the late Samuel J. Randall figured up jast}'§7B9.74. But his brains and integrity were beyond all price. If Senator David B. Hill dos not want to “die with his boots on” he does not want to be continually thrusting his political fist in the face of the coming administration. The' power of habit is strong. This can be demonstrated by trying to write ’93 instead of ’92. The habit was only twelve months in forming but it has us firmly bound at times. Under the old law the sheriff never took more than one prisoner at a time to the penitentiary, for the reason that it paid him. Now he takes the whole grist at once and is allowed actual expenses only. | It seem from the affairs of our state in different particulars that it ■ is necessary to amend our constitu--7 tion, and in all probability it will | be one of the most important things | before the present legislature. “T - —___—_ 17,000,000 pike and perch were d f tributed in the rivers and lakes of Indiana the past year, also 100,- | 000 white fish eggs; 200 cary, 10,000 trout and 2,500 others. The r expense of the state Fish Commission for the last year was £1,400. . The indebtedness of the defferent & counties ot the state of Ohio amounts to $75,000,000, while their state debt comes up near ours. Their county indebtedness for the past year increased over £12,000,000. —— ’’ The breweries of Pittsburgh, Pa., have combined. The lover of “la- | ger” will be cofnpeled to pay five Ei cents for a schooner now while heretofore they could get two lor a nickel. Combines are always i K against the consumer. g We will have more Sundays this year than any year for a long time, because it came in on Sunday and goes out on Sunday. This may be one of the reasons for our Coucrress asking to Columbian Ext position closed on Sundays. We have talked tp enough of our firmers to know how they stand on I the County Fair question. There gL is scarcely a progressive farmer in g the county who does not accord EE,With our views. They know the [By value ot a fair. They are heartily . in favor ot one, and they will sup- | port a move toward having one. L Oiganizing ability is. what is necK: easary at present. io-

, Washington was president two r terms and was the first president of the United States. But’regardless of all this he only countedjone. It will soon be said of Grover Cleveland that he was president two terms and although he is only one he will count two, being the twenty-second ) and twenty-fourth president. ’ Some of the Republican papers of ’ the state are advocating the theory of putting the benevolent institutions of the state in the bauds of non-partisan boards. That might : do under Republican rule, but no better reform is needed than to put them in the hands of good honest Democrats. Let Dave Hill go ahead and oppose the administration, and not allow any appointments to be made : unless they are his own political i henchman. What will the Democrats say when Cleveland is asked why the appointments in New York has not yet been made, and Republicans are still retained in power, and he answers, “I want to put New York ■ Democrats id, the Federal offices in i New York, but Senator Hill will not consent unless I abdicate to hipi I the right to appoint, fixed by the law in the President, which 1 can not and will not do.” Do you think the honest Democrats of New York ; will stand such actions from ony one, even Dave Hill? The last year has been a prosperous one to Decatur. No great or sudden [change has taken place but a steady growth has added materally to our city. The year ’93 must not be one noted for backward steps. This is an age in which judgment and discretion must be used. Every step we take toward the front must be taken with deliberation. In many respects we are behind the average towns of onr size but we can not cover the distance by one long stride. At the beginning of ’93, let us wake up and “wade” into our city affairs with our eyes wide open and do not go “loping” along as though we’are’people withot experience. It is said of the present House of Representatives that the man with the longest name is Archibald Henderson Arrington Williams, of North Carolina. The heaviest man is John W. Rife, of Pennsylvania, and a special cbair is provided for his use. The handsomest man is Allen Cathcart Durborow, of Illinois. The homliest man is William F. Parrett, of Indiana. The oldest man is Edward Scull, of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1818. The youngest man is Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, and he was born October 6, 1863. Ihe best dressed man is Henry 11. Bingham, of Pennsylvama. The tallest man is Newton M. ( Curtis, of New York, and his height is six feet six inches. The shortest man is John R. Fellows, of New ! York. The richest man is John L. Mitchel, of Wisconsin, and has £25,000,000. The best story-teller is John M. Allen, pf Mississipi. The contest to control the different legislatures in some of the western states is quite spirited, and ■ from all reports the Democrats have ' fthe best of it. In Montana the I Democrats captured the organization of both branches, insuring the election of a Democratic United Senator. In California the Demo- ' crate control tb<v House and the Republicans the Senate, each party having a bare working majority, i Two independent members of the House have joined the Democratic forces, giving them a majority’ on I .joint ballot, and making the election ■of another Democratic United States Senator assured. In Colorado the I thing is. a little bit mixed. The . Republicans will control the House Lian# the Populist—Democrats the . Senate. In Nebraska tl;e Populist i-—Democrats have captured the organization of the House and the indications are that the re-election of i Senator Paddock has “gone glim- ■ menng.” The Wyoming legislai ture is Democratic. With thg as i surance of these Democratic>’United States Senators it puts that body in the undisputed control of the Democratic party.

Are We Progressive? To the great majority of the people of Adams county we arc putting this question. The farming portion in particular are the ones to whom we are directing this qtierry. Wxi must progress. If we do qot, we will be aroused to the fact sooner or later, that the world has moved on without us. There is no standing still. We may refuse to progress but others will still continue to move on. We can learn how to improve by watching others who are progressive. The farmers can watch the merchant and vice versa. Our merchants watch the markets closely and they always aim to in vest their money in something that will suit the desires or fancies of their customers. The farmer must watch the market and try and pro duce that which the market demands. To illustrate, we have be fore us the Daily Merchant Review, a paper devoted to the commercial interests of Buffalo, N. Y. In this paper is to be found a well written article which appeals to the sheep breeders of the west and to the intelligent farmers of the counliy. The dressed meat wholesale dialers of New York and other eastern cities are taking a decided stand against a certain grade of dressed lamb. Would it not be well for our farmers to study the markets and get their lambs in a suitable shape before trying to sell? If they are not in the proper shape the farmer will loose from 50 cents to £l.per head on probably the very best lambs of the flock. We would say to our industrious, bard working farmers that there is as much in careful management as there is in work. Prepare your stock for the market and do not allow this advice to pass without investigating our meaning. Converse with men who understand the markets and they will tell you the beauty there is in having your stock in shape for the markets. If your stock is poor, you will always be compeled to take what you can get, as no one wants it. If it is good you have a ceance to set your own price as it is in demand. A good grade of stock should bi found the county over. Farmers, wake up and allow yourselves to be satisfied with nothing else. The holidays are over and the average country editor pushes a pair of polished cow-hides under an exchange covered table, and glancing over the communications and personals that have been banded in, realizes that the labors of’another year have dawned upon him. Did you ever think of the task of an editor? He is considered the encyclopedia of the neigborhood, he is presumed to know everything, and people too generally find fault with him for not knowing more. If his paper isn’t full of news people wonder why it is, and grumble, never thinking that there was no more news to be had, or if there was and they knew it, they selfishly kept it to themselves. The editor is always anxious to know of anything that is to the interest of the county in general, or anything of a newsy nature. Week after week the paper is got out and each time to please' its readers, but to please everybody is a thing that can hardly be accomplished. If an article be copied from the pages of “Cleo’s” book it would not please all, or if he would by words paint tbe most magnificent piece of scenery that exists, some would say “now what’s in that?” r l'o you who are of that stripe remember that you are not the only reader of the paper but that there is hundreds besides you and when you read ah article that don’t suit your fancy, just think there is some one else that it may suit, ami when the proposition is put to you ftiat “thot idilor is a divlish smart mon,” don’t ask what he has done, but, “well just let it go at that.”

Water Works. 'Bo the Editor of the Democrat: Since my article last week I have received a copy “of the Van Wert licpMican, published Dec. 29, 1592, showing the financial condition of the water works plant iti that.city, in which it -is shown that their water works have just 298 patrons wiilr-a gross ■income of $2 604.00 per annum. The 'tinning expenses for the same time are $3,640.00, leaving a r.et loss on the running of it over the income, of $936.00. To which may be added as expense of the plant, the interest on the bonded debt incurred in buildirg the plant, which interest amounts so $6,225 00 which lidded Io the expense of running the plant over the income, makes a net ou'lay from the city treasury-over and above all income of $7,16100 I find also from the \an Wert Times, of Dec. 30, 1892, that their tax in the city of Van Wert is $3 17 . ' J

on the SIOO 00, largely no doubt made ao high by thia water works plant. 1 « l(t0 have a Utter from one of the officers ot he Bluffton water works plant in which he states that there are just fifty patrons with a gross income ot $1,500; that the cost of the fuel bill and engineer is just $1,500, so that the other expenses <>• run ing the plant, such as repairs, water works commissioners and interest on the bonded debt, must be made up b> taxation. It is fair to «av though that the officer gives it as his opinion that they will be able to do heller next 1■ ar Why is it that these plants will not pay ex penses? One reason is the towns are 100 small. They were built before hey were needed. Another .reason is they have no hlng but hard limestone water to sell precisely the same kind of water th: t Decatur would have to re'l if she built a plant. It is as I sgid in my first commuira'lon. people wont buy hard limestone water to any great extent when they have cisterns and wells of their own. We ought profit by the eperience of our neighbors. David Stcdbakbr. Knew What He Was Talking About. Dr. Gladden's letter calls to mind a little matter that happened some rears ago. The pastor of one of the prominent churches in a large city met the Rabbi of a Jewish church upon the market place of the citv in which they chanced to Jive, and the following conversation t< ok place between them: Rabbi—Good morning Doctor Pastor —Good morning Rabbi Rabbi—Doctor, I see by the papers that you preached a great sermon the other day against secret societies, and that you gave them Hail Columbia, especially the Masons. Pastor —Yes, the papers gave a good account of my remarks. It is a shame, Rabbi; a curse, a crime and a sin in the sight of God to allow these secret societies life. I am amazed that people calling themselves Christians should become members. Rabbi —z\re you a member of the Masonic order, Doctor? Pastor —No, thank God I am not a member. Rabbi —Are you a member of any secret order? Pastor —No sir, I am not. Rabbi —Vel, I vos vifty years olt next veek. I preach by my peoples twentyvive years, but I never don’t preach by my peoples about somedings vat I don't know sorted ing about. UniotTTownshlp items. Ibe jingle of the sleigh bells can now be heard. Rev. Haines is holding a protracted mee'ing at Clarke’s chapel. Mr. George Seibold, of Fort Wayne, was the guest of Mi s Rosa Brothers oj.fr New Years. The schools of this township coin menced 1 'st Mondav after a week's vac >• tion. Several of our young people atler.de ' watch meeting at 'he colored church eas' of Greenwood, Ohio, last Saturday evening- .. 7 ‘' Writing rclv'ol at li«rd-crable scho 1 house every Wednesday evening Everybody invited to attend. Charles Kurbur is preparing to build a large barn. James Worden paid rel stives at Fort Wayne a visit las; week. Urvin Hower is attending school at Fo't Wayne. Chamberlrin & Co., Demoines, lowa desire to inform the public that they are manufacturers of the most successful preparation that has yet been product d for coughs, colds and croup. It will Io >sen and relieve a severe cold in less time thap any other treatment. The article referred to 0 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It is a medicine that has won fame and popularity on its merits and one that can always be depended upon. It is the only known remedy t> at will prevent croup. It must be tried to be appre mated. It is put up in 25 cent, 50 cent and si.oo bottles. Fm sale by W. H. Nrchtrieb, “The Druggist ” j important Notice. I will be a' the City Hotel, Bluffton, Tuesday, Jan. 10th, at the Miesse House Decatur, Wednesday, January -nth 1593 ZJI persons male or female, sulfeiing from blind, bleeding, prolapsing, ulcera ion or itching piles, are kindly requested to call and see me. NO EXAMINATION. no operation. Medicine placed direct to the diseased parts by yourself. I claim the most com pl-te, successful, driginal and sensible method ol treating this terrible disease ever off. red to the public. By this treatrr.ei.t, ulc ration in the rectum can be healed is well is if the ulcer were on the ■Aju-side. Come and see me and learn something new. It will save you hundreds of dollars. Most kindly yours. ntf 8- U. Tarney, Auburn, Ind.

% Notice of Assignment. Notice is hereby given tli.it the undersigned has been duly appointed assignee of Frank Farrell, of Decatur, Indiana, In his voluntary assignment for the Ik-neflt ot ills creditors. The creditors of said Frank Farrell are notified to file their claims with the undersigned lor adjustment and and allowance. Wm. h H. Franck. Assignee. France & France. Att'ys for Assignee. 42-3 W. L. DOUGLAS S 3 SHOE And other specialties tot Gentlemen, Ladies, Boys and jL Misses are the Best in the World. See descriptive advertise wfe &A j ment which will appear in this paper. Igijßrßb Take no Substitute, but in’ l ’* o» having W. L. DOUGLAS’SHOES, with name and price stampad on bottom* Bold by s For Sale by Henry VVignes, Second door West of Adams County Bank, Monroe St. . '.-'T i

■ ■■ n . W V DH. L, L. OARMER. Stricken Down with Heart Disease. Dr. JUilet Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Genti.kmt.n : 1 feel it my duty, as well tu o pleasure, to publish, unsolicited, to the world Hie benefit received from n». milxs- Hc»Ton»Tiva RCMroite. I was stricken down with Heart JMeeaoe and its complications, a rapid pulse varying from 90 to 140 beau per minute, a choking or burning sensation in the wind pipe, oppression gion of the heart and below lower rib, pain In the arms, shortness of breath, sleeplessness, weakness and general debility. Tbo arteries in my neck would throb violently, the throbbing of iny heart could be heard across a large room and would shake my whole body. I was so nervous that I could not hold my hand steady. I have been under the treatment of eminent phueieiano, and have taken gallon* of JPatent MedMne without the leaet benefit. A friend recommended your remedies. She was cured by Dr. Miles’ remedies. Ihavetaken three bottles of your New II Ml- IS Heart Cure and two bottles Nervine. My pulse is normal, I have no more violent throbbing of the heart, 1 *m a,wrcc m«n I sincerely recommend everyone with symptoms of Heart Disease to take Dr. Milct' Rcetora. tire Remediee and bo cured. Gvpsum City, Kans. L. L. Carmeb. SOLD ON A POSITIVE GUARANTEE. FRY DR. MILES’ PILLS, 50 DOSES 25 CTS. Dr. Miles' elegant books free at Druggist. • TO EXPEL SCROFULA from the system, take AVER’S Sarsaparilla the standard blood-purifier and tonic. It Cures Others will cure you. Dr. I. ftnd &k, Consultation free. 0® 7 PioTtlnent Cures In Docatur, and other Places. A tape worm taken from a lady on Main street in 1 'ecatnr elghty-six lect long. The lady says -he has' spent hundreds of miliars, but got no relief until Dr. Townsend removed the tape worm, now she feelswell can sleep and eat. Mr. William Bennett says Dr. Townsend lias cnrtd me of Fits. Miss Celia Young says: Dr. Townsend has cured me of Catiirrh in the head and Nervous Prostration. Mrs. R. Angle says; After having Female Weakness and Heart Disease and Sciatic Rhbuinalism. I am now well can do my own work. The remarkable skill of a noted Cincinnati Physician, formerly Professor in Medical College, will give special attention to difficult cases other physicians have failed to cure, both male and female; For tlie past four years the afflicted have been flocking in great numbers to see him aad they always return filled witli tile, greatest enthusiasm and the stories they tell of his remarkable diagnoses and wonderful cures, border on that of the marvelous. Onesays: “1 went thereon crutches and came away without them.’’ Others say that they had been sick and suffered for years, and they were cured. To see him and be treated by him, means health. He asks nd questions, but. gives a full history of each ease as soon as lie aees the patient, telling better liow’a person feels than they can tell it themselves. His knowledge seems perfect and his medicines are specific. They never fail. Tlie work he accompiishes is truly astonishijig, There Is no need to live in constant misery. It costs nothing to sec him. The fullest examinations are free, a cine can he had for the more cost of the medicine. He is the sick man’s friend, and p<> one is turned awav unaided. Tlie merchant mingles with the artisan in seeking relief at his hands, and hundreds are cured every year. Some of our inoss respected citizens have been cured bj’ Dr. Townsend, who have been given up l>y other physicians as incurable. Hundreds of testimonials can be seen at his office. Bluffton Oliver Home Parlors, Thursday and Friday Jan. 5,6, '93. Decatur Burt House Pai-lors Saturday, and Sunday .lan. 7,8, ONE DAY ONLY. ,„~ Poor patients treated free, 7 to 8 o’clock A.MAddress, 1, s. Townsend, M. 0. Box 1408. Cincinnati, Ohio. lotMFMSeljleMt of Estate. Notfeo U hereby given to the creditor', lieii a and legatees of CbrisUsn Neu»hft|imer <lcceased, to appear in UlO Adams < jroult < ourt. held at Decalur;-4ndimiH. oniho-4<li January. 1893. and show cause. H any. why tbo final sotllemept accounts with the estate <>l Mid deoeJent riwild not bo approved: and sail heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive tholr distributh’° I j;x „ xu . w(M . A. M. NMIBXSOWANPEIq P’ . I Decatur, Ind , January ~. •>

A HAPPY NEW YEAR I*o ■ All Our Patrons! v GIWETI«TG£J:--We feel deeply grateful to the public for giving us, during the past year, the largest Patronage we have ever enjoyed lias this been true with our holiday Goods, And, now dear friends, aS we step into the new year, we do so with happy greetings to all our Customers. And we promise you even better service, if possible, in the future than we have given in the past. Thanking you again and again for your many kindnesses and courtesies, we remain, Sincerely Yours, . Sprang 6 & True. ? J Ys £ U: ) A -J , V r A 'fervTX f * — * -— has stood test, soaps wiwsg m Brot Mo CL AO S . 3 3 , ms HOUSEMANS The Lyon & Healy Organ is the best and most saiable Organ of the Organs sold on Installment Payments at Low Figures. SEM) I'OZ: CATALOGUE. Fred K, Shafer, figt. BERME l IND. USII -Ji r s’ You can see one at Yager’s Furniture store. They an* sole agents for this county. fiRANGEBLOSSOM H B - POSITIVE CURE FOR faattgV»ALL FEMALE DISEASES.?® onuir HE THE CVUDTfIU'; ■ A tirod. languid feeling, low spirited and despondent, with ao nonarout cUMt Ur InC OHWriUmu. cause. Headache, pains in tho back, pains across tho lowerpart ot bowels. Great soreness in reJon of ovaries. Bladder difficulty. Frequent urinations, Louairrhtßa Constipation . bowels and with sll tnese symptomii n terrible nervous feeling is experienced by the patient. HIE OftA NC . 11l <IBBO4I TREATMENT remove's all theeo by a thorough process of absorption. Internal remedies v.t < t never remove female woukues.,. There must be remedies applied right to tbo parte, and then tbero is permanent relief obtained. every lady can treat herself. O B Pile Remedy. I ,£sl-00 for one month's treatment. 10. B. Stomach Powders. O. B. Catarrh Cure. I —phkpahhd by— i I O. B. Kidney C nee. J. A. HrtcGILL, CO., t panorama place, Chicago, ill. TTOTk, B-AuT/K tsv Jlolthniiec & Blackburn, Decatur. Aak for Dcacrtptlve Circulars. HOFFMAN & GOTTSCHALK . # Keep a full line of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Groceries, Lamps, Tobaccos, Cigars, and a general stock of Merchandise. Prescriptions carefully compounded. LINN GROVE, IND. A — ■■ ■■ .-■■■■. . yu At Magley, keeps a large stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries, Boots, Shoes B I la in fact everything kept in a general O store. Buys all kinds bt Country Produo ■ OsJ ffiiJ wiM 0 or kighesl market price is paid. —'in ! I I.FI. ..U-LUJ J I .' l ■teSSSSSB I !J._L.. H MANHOOD BESTORED I i s it H ut.J , -J ten auavnntec tocuro nllnervoiu dlsonacn, such ns Weak Mcmorr Wt, 735. V 1.0.. of BrnlnJPowcr, nendachv. Wnk.nalneiw, I.ontJHonliASl hood. Nightly F-inl.alon.. Qulekuc... KvjiDreum.. Lack of X? Aai/ V /nJ Confidence, >ervou»ne.«. AMMltude, all drains and loasof V tSeH t , power of tbo Generative Organs In either sex caused by over exorA /W? 1 tdF’WSy. h,>n, youthful errors,or excowlve>uro of tobacco, opium or slime. —--w' ATS. .Ji'--" lantswhlch soon lead to Ir>tirtnHy, Consumption and Inmnltv I’ut OOP convqnlenl tocuiTy In vest P>«ket. Rent by mall In uIMn piciinio abv address for SI. or <1 for Sh. (With every tvn order vee " “’ Ve ttWr, ‘ to “ -«• ‘•ofuad the money.®