Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1896 — Page 5

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J During the winter of 1893. 1'• M. Martin, ot Long Reach. West Va., contracted a severe cold whielWoft him with a cough. In speaking of how he cured it lie says: “I used several kinds of couth syrup but found no relsvf until 1 bought a bottle of I Chamberlain's Cough lit mt dy, which rcJJeved me almost instantly, and in a short t time brought about a complete cure.” | When troubled with a cough or cold use | this remedy and you will not find it necesB «qbtto try several kinds before you get refl has been in the market for over I and constantly grown iir For sale sale at 25c Zq’Wbottle by- A I deaialL — — Kintz was seriously by a dog which If wcess. W« know it. If you ■Wt - goods and use one package II Bless Dyes for each three-' fl ■nil of goods, boiT'fo:- one ■I fail. Remember that BL, .Wess.Dy es are the only pack■F ■ >;' woolen and cotton manufl ■ighout tile United States. II ■nufaeturers use them? BeI Fadeless Dyes they 11 - ith the su»-x’ii>«ja nf u hiu-b Reif ,<jn dye and get just bs good results. | s*ou can do the same. Sold by W. 11. | Machtrieb. druggist. | Origin of tit, Term | Here is au extract from a latter of C. | W. Ernst: “Boston has added many I words to our mother tongue. ‘A card’ I meaning a personal statement in newsI papers, is a Boston term and dates back I to early times, when men paid their ■ compliments to objectionable crown I by printing a ‘card’ in the 9 newspapers. The idea took immediatefl ly, aud is still popular. When Robinfl eon & Jones give their workmen a I Christmas turkey each, the workmen ■ are apt to put a ‘card’ in the local pafl per. This odd use of the word originated I in Boston before the Revolution. Like I ill Boston inventions, it is convenient ■ *nd ‘real cute.’ ’’ —Boston Journal. I * An Affidavit. I This is to certify that on May 11th, I ■ walked to Melick’s drug store on a pair of fl lies and bought a bottle of Uhamberafory rlieu ■ niatisni which had crippled me up. After Kwsing three bottles I am eomoletely cured. ■ fl. can cheerfully recommend ii. Charles li. fl Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa. ■ Sworn and bubscribed to before me on ■ August .10, 1894. Walter Shipman, J. I’. ■ For sale al 50c. per bottle by all drug ■ A Affidavit In Rooker vase. ■ March 31.—The attor- ■ neys for the stale tiled counteraffidavits |Hill the case of Alonzo Rooker yesterday ■■afternoon. The affidavits contain the ■signatures of 75 well known men who Mbelieve that Rooker can secure a fair {■and impartial trial in this county. The will be argued in a few days. flfl^EMsxF' * —*•—aw* l "....

HAVE YOU HEARD ■| .. . ' _______OUT* ■PORT ARTHUR? I . j The New Deep-water City ■| At Sabine Pass, the new terminus of the great ■| north and south line, .... B The Kansas City, Pittsburg a Gulf Railroad. Hbd the early/rnit and vegetable region of the '"Gulf Coast ■Kof Texas.” The most attractive lands in the United States ■ f or farmers. Ami the best opening for merchants and mechanics. ■I lii tlic Ram Belt and iu Land of Suusliiue and Flowers. full particulars call on or address, ■Il Seymour Worden, Robert Blackburn, Agepts, Decatur, Ind. HBed 11. Rogers, gen. ag’t, 34 Turner building, St. Mo. i.;. r>lwS

A fossil dragon fly 27 inches long, armed with mg iws and teeth, has been found in the c al measures of Com meutry, in the dej rtmeutof the Allier, France. 11 the c ire qf the h-dr were made a part of a lady's educattoirwe should not see so many gray heads, nd the use of Hall's Reuewer would be iimecessary, An Adventur. In the Sahara. Tartarin narrate 1 his latest exploits in the desert: I was sinking deeper and deeper into the sand, and I owe my preservation so sly to the fact of my being premature y and completely bald. ” “You are jestin; ” “Not at all. 'he sun was shining fiercely, a strong ind was blowing at the time; the sand (Sifted about my feet aud rose gradually higher until it reached my chest—in s ort, there was soon nothing to ba seen if me above the sand * but a light eleva ti> tips round as an egg; that was my skull An ostrich, happening to pass closely pursued by the buhters, or ,9 and squatted on my bead. It was bepn|mg to hatch me when its pursuers to my rescue.” —Fanfare.,' M Notice io Contractor*. The trustees of tl : Methodist church of Pleasant Vjls rill receive sealed bids for the carpenter work on a frame buildin? for cburci purposes. The bids will be received up to the 25th day of April, 1896 jit ten o'clock am., when they will be opened. The plans and can be seen at Wm. Armstrong's at Pleisant Mills. The trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Atdreisall communications to J. 1). Winats, Pleasant Mills. Indiana. 4w3 » Siiliunri* Ifonies. In the Lake regions of Wisconsin. Northern Michigan. Minnesota, lowa and Dakota, there are hundreds of charming localities p e-eminently fitted for summer hon es. Nearly all are located on or neai lakes which have not •been flshed out. These resorts are easily reached by railway aid range in variety from the “full dreSs for dinner" to the flannel-shirt costume for every meal. Among the list are tamds familiar to inanyfof our readers ak the perfection of Northern summer resorts. Nearly all of the Wisconsin points of interest are within a short distance of Chicago or Milwaukee, and nonHof them are so far awav from the “busy marts of civilzation” that they cannot be reached in a few hours travel, by) frequent trains, over tbs finest road in the northwest—the Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Paul Rail way. A description of the principal resorts; with list of s,dimmer hotels and boarding houses, and rates for board, will be sent free on application to Robt. C. Jones, Trayelm# t’assenger Agent, 40 Carew Building, Cincinnati, ()

There was a wholesale robbery at Maghy early this morning. The poatoffice and Rob’t Case’s stoic were litterally gutted. Decatur's police force was set lor. Calvary Items. Miss Emma llilyard is quite ill. There will be preaching services at this place Sunday night by the new pastor, Rev. Buhlerd. Mbs Sadie Miller, of this place, who has been working at Van Wert for some tune returned home Sati urday. The subscription school at this place will begin May 4. House cleaning and garden making is the oj-der of the day. W. Chfonister is having a new barn built on his place. E. T. Miller is working for Isaac Smith. Farmers of this place are busily engaged in plowing. Jesse Steele, of Pleasant Mills was in this community Sunday. Miss Lelia Slotes, of Van Wert, spent Sunday with Miss Sadie Miller. . Mr. .M rs. Fairchild departed for their new home in Collins, Ohio, last week. K C. Cowan and F. T. Kawtey, of this place, are attending the Normal at Pleasant Mills. Miss Clara Worden spent Sunday at Simon Traster’s. 11. M. Daniels is working for G. Brodbeck this week. Attention Fioiner-t Anyone having colts to castrate can have the same done by calling on or addressing S. W Weldy. Peterson, Ind., or Dr. E, Il Leßrun, Decatur. 4w4 For L 0. 0. F. Grand Lodge and Re bekah assembly at Indianapolis May 18 to 21, the G. R. & I will sell excursion tickets, May 18 and 19 at rate of one fare or $3 30 for the round trip. Return limit May 22. Berne Item*. i Dick Erwin, of Decatur, was in our city Thursday. John Roher and wife are visiting at Angola. Prof. Snow was on our streets last , Saturday. For the finest and best millinery goods call on Mrs Sheets. Emma Harris went to Ft. Wayne last Saturday to purchase millinery goods for Mrs. D. Sheets. Yoder , & Sprunger shipped thirteen firte working horses to the eastern market Saturday C. Yoder accompanied them to see that they got through O. K Walter Brougbten spent Sunday with his parents. Wm. Sheets and Aaron Baker were at Decatur Monday. The only professional in trimming hats and bonnets you will find at Mrs. Sheets. G. Brun went to Ft Wayne Tuesday where he has accepted a position on the brick yard. A concert was given by a blind trio at this place last Thursday and Friday evenings, but Was poorly attended. Had the concert been in. the interest of “Missionary work for foreign Countries ” as was the one given by the colored people, the Arena hall would have been crowded But when a blind trio come to make money to support themselves and parents the sympathizing people gave them a $7 50 house. It is an outrage Dr Stoneburner and Ed Mohoney were called to Craigvilie Sunday to operate on the child of Dan Neuenschwander by taking a needle out of the calf of the leg.. The child is doing nicely. Fredrick Durr was born in Richland county, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1843, died in Adams county, Ind.’, April 20, 1896, aged 53 years. 2 months and 2 days. The deceased died of consumption leaving a family of five children, one brother and one sister to mourn their loss. He suffered much but died with the realization that all was well.with his soul for the other lanp. Christens Pittikoffer was his first wife They were married Fe.b., 3,1,870. She died July 8. 1575 lie Married Miss A Dec., 1(>, 1877, who died May Hi, 1884. Millinery—the only place in the town that you can find the latest styles is at Mrs Sheets, Berne, Ind. 6w2 ~~ ' ■' For beautiful work and best prices in millinery call on Mrs. Wm. Sheets I Berne, Ind. 6w2

dr. shrady on ventilation. Some Venerable Theories on Thl* Subject That Have Been Kxploded. The ofl'ect of expired air upon aniinal life is iho subject of an interesting aril- . ole in' The Medical Record bj[ Dr. George F. Shrady, its editor. “Wo need not,” says Dr. Shrady, “emphasize the evil efluctH of what is usually called bad ventilation. It is perhaps true that acute diseases are not to he traced ta the same, but it may be safely stated that there is a tlistinc.t deterioration of vital forces in those who are constantly subjected to tho impure atmosphere of badly ventilated rooms. The cause of die sii'keniug sensation which comes over us upon entering an atmosphere contaminated witli many breaths or of the gr.wlual deterioration of the vital forces which follows confinement in such an atmosphere is not known. For :i nunibe of years prior to 1888 . the View prevail'd that the discomfort and danger to wealth and life in badly ventilated rooms were largely due to organic matters cOmarined in the air expired, and that the increase in carbonic acid due to respiration lias but little effect in producing the bad results. Recently, however, several .experimenter; have concluded that the organic matters in the exhaled breath are not harmful, at least to animals. ”, Referring to recent experiments on the subject. Dr. Shrady says : “Thy results justify the conclusion that the. discomfort felt in crowded, ill ventilated rooms is not due to excessive carbonic acid or to bacteria or in most cases to dusts of any kind, but is in reality due to excessive temperature and unpleasant odors. * Nothing in these experiments -shuWA_tba cause of the uupleasant, musty odor of an rm ventilated room, and attention is called to the curious fact that cases of fainting in crowded rooms usually occur in women aud are connected, the authors think, with defective respiratory action due to tight lacing. Finally tliese investi- - gations. the authors declare, go to prove that some of the theories upon which, modern systems of ventilation yrc based are either without foundation or doubtful, aud that the problem of securing comfort and health in inhabited rooms requires the consideration of the best methods of preventing or disposing of dust of various kinds, of regulating temperature and moisture anil of carrying ' off poisonous gases derived from heating and lighting apparatus rather than of simply diluting the air tp a certain standard of proportion of carbouiu acid present. ” THE CRACKED COIN GAME. How the Shrewd Man Wins Bets With a ‘•Hocused” Bit of Silver. Two blithe aud confident young men entered the subtreasury one day last week, and one of them dropped a silver half dollar, or something which looked like it, on the desk before erne of Uncle Sam’s money sharps. It f§ll with a dull and leadlike sound. “Good or bad?” asked tho first blithe young mam The clerk investigated. - “Good, ” said he. ' “Good enough,” said the first blithe young man. “Five dollars, please.” The second young mau, not quite so blithe, passed over a bill, apparently the amount of a bet, aud together they left the place of gold aud silver. The subtreasury clerk smiled and closed one eye.' “It’s a good one,” he said. “I have heard of it before. Guess some of the sharp ‘mis’ are making a good thing out of it. “You see, if you take a silver coin ami, crack R some way or other, ou an anvil say, you can take all the ring out of it without in auy way spoiling the looks of the ccfin. Then all you have to do is to get a confederate and work the saloons and cases for suckers. Bang your coin hard bn the mahogany. The barkeejfer looks at it with..suspicion. Yoq hastily substitute another coin for it tlmt rings like Old Trinity’s chimes, but grumblingly murmur your belief that the first coin is all right. Your confederate offers it isn’t. You do a little verbal fenci back and forth. The sucker comes forward, as he always does, for they are born every minute. The confederate backshim.up with a slap on the back and a confident assertion that the coin is lead. A bet is made. The money is put up. All adjourn to a bank in tlie vicinity to test the matter. The coin is pronounneed O. K., pud the sucker pockets his less. ” —New York World. The Fig's Grunt. The Continued grunting of the pig is of interest as revealing something of the conditions of life of his wild ancestors. A herd of swine scattered in-the Iou s grass or among the brackens of a European forest would soon lose sight of one another. But the grunts of each would still advertise his presence to his neighbors, and so the individual members of Jhe herd would not lose touch with the maim body. Then there are grunts and? i grunts. If one of my readers will imitate the ingenious Mr. Garner and take a photograph to the nearest pigsty, he might get material to make up a book on tlfe language and grammar of the hog. However thick thq jungle, the wild pig could, by taking note cf the pitch ami emphasis of tho grunts to right ami left of him, tell pretty nnieh What his hidden colleagues were thinking about.—North.American Review. ”1 observe, Brother Rocksworthy,” said the Rev. Dr. Fourthly, “1 hat when I spoke in my sermon , yc<terday of the evils of 'ambling ip. stocks, ami expressed the hope that no member of my I congiegirt on JjjZer frequented places I where suUi /rnmblmg was made a bnsi-~ ness, youslafoed your thigh emphatically. I am gl\d if the sentiment met your apptoval. s *X ’ „ “Whyj*M£~tny fact is, doctor,” replied Birther’Umkswortby, “I—l suddenly rem inhered where 1 had left my ambrella " —Chicago Tribune. ' ” „" 5 ’- 7 .■ “ --

AN EASY BET TO WIN. It Took Only a filiort Timo to Collect “More Than Twenty” Fool*. They stepped to the edge of the sidewalk ami looked long and earnestly in the direction oi the cornice of one of the big buildings. Os course under the circumstances the man who had been standing in the doorway felt impelled to join them. He could not see anything extraordinary at tho top of the building, but he kept his eyes upturned because they did. A man who was hurrying along saw tho three, and he at once forgot whine bo was going and what he had to do, and Joined them. “I told you so,” said the man who had first cast his eyes in that direction, and he made a motion as if to point nut something to his companion.. Four mon who were passing saw tho gesture and stopped to investigate, and before they had fairly fixed their gaze upon the cornice three others joined them. “You maybe right,” returned the companion of the man who had first spoken, “but you said 20, you know. ' Six more people, including two women, were now straining their eyes to see what was wrong with the cornice, aud a rumor was in circu’ation that some one had tried to throw a child out of one of the windows. This was promptly denied by the knows it all and wbq is always present on such an occasion. He said tffitt a gang of counterfeiters had been found on the top floor ami had taken refuge on the roof, where they were preparing to do battle with the officers who had been sent to arrest them. Meanwlnlefhelittle group at the edge of tho sidbwaik had swelled to a crowd o/ over a hundred. “Well, are you satisfied now?” asked the mau who had first stopped. “Yes,” replied his companion. “There are more than 20.” “More than 20 what?” anxiously inquired several of those nearest the.two. “Fools,” returned the first speaker promptly, “inspired idiots. You see, we had a dispute as to the number of fools to be seen on the streets of a great city, aud I bet him we could gather 20 arpuud us iu ten minutes by simply standing out here aud looking up at the cornice. Gentlemem there are more than 20 of you here, ami I wiu. ” Then a hundred or more solemn looking men, “and a few women, went cu about their business, and they all felt like kicking themselves without intermission for a period of not less than tWc hours.--Chicago Post. STORY A3OUT LINCOLN. Bete.tor John M. Palmer Tells of Theii First and Last “The first - time I met Mr. Lincoln. ” said iSeuator Palmer cf Illinois, “wasiu 1839, when 1 went to tipriugfield to be admitted to the bar. He was already recognized as a Whig leader. He wore, I remember, a suit of linsey wooleey that could not have been worth more, than SB, even in those days. The last time I saw him was in February of 1865. I had come to Washington, at the request of tiie governor, to complain that Illinois had been credited with 18,-* 000 too few troops. I saW"Mr. Lincoln one afterhoon, and lie asked me to come again iu the morning. The next morn big 1 sat iu the anteroom while several officers were received. At length I was told to enter the president's room. Mr. Lincoln was in the hands of the barber. “ ‘Come in. Palmer,’ he called out, ‘come iu. You’re home folks. I can sbate-before you. I couldn't before those others, aud I have to do it some time.’ “We chatted about various matters, and at length I said, ‘Well, Mr. Lincoln, if anybody had told me that in a great crisis like this the people were going out to a little one-horse town aud pick out a one horse lawyer for president, I wouldn’t have believed it.’ “Mr. Lincoln whirled about in his chair', his face white with lather and a towel under his chin. At first 1 thought he was angry. Sweeping the barber away, he leaned forward, and, placing one,hand on my knee, said. f 'Neither would I, but it was a time When a mau with a policy would have been fatal to the country. I have never had a policy. 1 luive'simply tried to di. what seemed best each day us each day came.-’ ” —New York Sun. Straight to the Point. “Now that we have married, Peuelope, and have nothing to conceal from sach other, how’’— “I'm 29, George. How much did you jive the preacher?”—Chicago Tribune. AMONG THE SHEAVES. O Lord, the fields are ripe with corn; The laborer goeth singing; His joyful heart is heavenward borne On music's pinion winging; The sky is fair, with here and there A downy cloudlet sweeping; Lord, in this time of happy cheer What do I with my weeping! S Oh, shame, among the golden sheavee To stain the day with mourning! Oh, shame on him who idly grieves, God’s harvest blessing scorning! Tho heavens above look down in lovej The earth.smiles back victorious; < By hill and vale where’er you rove Tho harvest fields shine glorious. But on my soul a sadness lies, Made deeper by the story Os nature’s patient sacrifice Th,us perfected to glory-. Each faithful heart hath borne its parK The autumn treasure sharing, - But I, I only know the smart Os failure and despairing. O Lord, had all those weary days. These Wasted weeks of grieving, Been spent in showing forth thy praise; I had had corm for sheaving. Not empty hand and empty land Had been uiy harvest measure, Nor sad and stricken should I stand, A mark for thy displeasure. Lol yet there comes a thought to me, I seo tho poor and lowly With bended head and bended knee Golgleaning, gleaning Slowly. They did not sow, they did not mow{ Dropt e-ars is all they gather. Wouldst take such labor even now— My gleanings, O my Father! —E. E. Kitton iu Good Words. — => . ... . )

WILD With Excitement—Our I'ity in a Fever of Excitement Over flic Wonderful, Cures Performed by the Wonder Workers. The Deaf Macle to Hear and the Lame to Walk. ' rv/ Frank Geary, a Helpless Cripple from Rheumatism, came upon crutches. His crutches were broken before the audience and he was made to walk in less than fifteen minutes. Israel Btonebnrner and Mrs. Ellen Debolt both deaf 29 years, and others were treated upon the stage for Deafness and made to hear in a whisper in a few seconds. ' 4. Nothing Like it Ever Seen in Decatur Before. Dr. Jeffers, A Accompanied by a staff of physicians anil surgeons from the Jeffers institute of Philadelphia and Elkhart. Indiana, came among .us Tuesday and lectured to large atfffiences in the open air. The doctors ara graceful and forcible speakers, and held the large audience in closest attention while they explained the theory and usefulness of their wonderful discoveries. As the lecture progressed, many prom- , ises were made for the cure of. the afflicted which seemed impossible to believes but when the doctor invited those who were hard of hearing to come forward and be cured. Israel Stoneburner and ol farmer aged seventy years, came upon the stage and was made to hear a whisper in a few seconds. The doctor then called for cripples and Frank Geary a helpless cripple from that giant disease, rheumatism, came forward. The Wonder Worker told the audience that he would make the young e man walk in a short time and he was taken to the sample room of. the hotel for treatment. In leSfs than fifteen minutes he reappeared walking and entirely free from pain,-aW. as he walked along on the street home, the audience fairly went wild. 'ITo say that the vast audience=-was astonished and wild would be but putting - it mildly. Atthe conclusion ot t he lecture the doctors .were warmly congratulated. The Wonder Workers will remain in Decatur two weeks and may be consulted free of charge at the Miesse hotelTheir office hours are from 9 a. m. to «4 p. m.. and the rich and the poor are invited to callon these eminent and successful healers Health is far better than - wealth, and the doctors will frankly tell you whether or not they can help you. Rheumatism, catarrh, deafness, neuralgia and all chronic diseases of all kinds both men and women successfully treated and cured. Under the influence of their wonderful remedies all aches and pains fade away like morning dew before the noon day sun. No one can afford to be sick, and every one should avail themselves of this'-op-portunity. The Wonder Workers will lecture on 1 Saturday at" 2:39 p. m. in front of the court house. Every one this morning feels like putting his arms around the Wonder Worker and welcoming him for the wonderful work done last night It seemed like a dream, bur yet it is real. Ministers and doctors were in the audience. and seemed as much pleased as any. The Wonder Workers axe very isotial and pleasant gentlemen and have completely captured our citizens, Everyone now wants to see and hear the Wonder Workers. im’se ar<‘- no cures by . . . -Laying on of Hands” ' Bnl by Science. Skill ami Medicine. . v • J- .