Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1896 — Page 8

THE - = LATEST. Is wb;lt everybody wants. Q a || on t] lc CITY The ® & “■ o,d MEAT MARKET And sec the finest line of Groceries in the city. Fresh and Salt Meats and a Full Line of OFANCY GROCERIES. delivery of Meat and Groceries.- «: DYONIS SCHMITT. -

Dr. Chas. E.' Mijler. will again Ue w at. prsJJoyers office Saturday, July nth. , Those who need glasses and those who have lad difficulty in getting glasses are especially invited to call. Lost—On last Sunday evening a lady's gold watch and fob chain. It was lost in Decatur or on the road between here and Monmouth. The tinder will please return the same' to this office and get reward. 703dtf-lpw2 The Clover Leaf Boute will issue low rate excursion tickets to Denver and return July 3rd and 4th. Ample return limits. See nearest agent for full particularsor adding, C. C. Jenkins, Gen’l. Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. To all owners of lots in the city of Decatur: ~Yoirlire hereby notified to cut down and destroy all weeds and and remove all rubbish, tilth, manure or other putrid or perishable matter whatsoever to the center of the street or alley bordering on your lot. in the | ‘city of Decatur, Ind , now owned or i occupied by you or controlled by you as j agent, at once. M. F, Cowan. 699dttt-» Marshal. Notice. Notice to contracors, that the undersigned wilLrecieve seaiea bids for the construction of a brick school bouse in district number one, (No l,).in Union township, Adams county, Indiana. a. The plans and specifications may be seen at the oftice of the county superintendent. of said county, where the bids will be recieved up to Saturday, July 11. at 12 o’clock tn. The undersigned reserves the right to reject any and all ] bids. 14w4 I John D N idi.inoei;.Trustee. | . - '• I I 2000 perch, good foundation stone on band. Also hercules powder, fuse, and caps, tor stump extermination. •50tf John S. Bowers A Co. I have lands in North Dakota and ' Texas. I will sell or trade for lands | in Adams oradjoiningmoifm ies and in J proper case will give difference in i money. 52tf David StudabakeiV For Sale, one Tile Machine. nearly new. Very cheap. •51tf Adams County Bank I m :

* -mi, - , . L, **r — * ... That is what everybody says who visits the store of Jake Fuilen- " katn-p, an<l k>oks (>ver his-hninense ». 'stock o! . . IB W, Wl» <•> . v ' ■" r - — ** CAB PETS,. LACE €i'RTABSS. ' GRQGBIUES, Queensnsrare sW Earthenware. EVERYTHING UF TO BA ISFIt wi l l pay \on to \ i~-iT (mr sfort 1 . \ * ■■ .... \ ■ - JAKE FUUENCAMP.

; |M. E church-social July 3rd south of ; court bouse. •">.('(id people can be seated in the great amphitheatre on the 4th. Ten pins at Pete Schneider’s, knock them down an get the reward. 705dtf 6wtf Ten pins, ten pins, ten pins, at Pete Schneider's. Near the C. <k E. depot. 70-sdtf 6wtf For Rent—A house of nine rooms, piped for gas good water. Will rent cheap, Call on or address Mrs. Elsie Bollman, or this office. 730dtf-l 1 wtf. All other games discounted by the ten pins. Near the C. <fc E. depot 70-sdtf 6 wtf I. J. Miesse will start out. next week, to supply our farmers with all kinds of fruit trees, shiubry. flowers, and house plants-. His.stock will be of t-tie obest , that is sold. 7i><«4- !6w! i Democratic National Convention, I Chicago, ill., -July 3rd to 6th return limit July 12th, one fare for the lotrnd trip, via Erie lines, for full information call or address. J. W. DeLong Agt. (io to Geo. W. Roop's for the cheapest hand made boots and shoes in Adams countv. Men and boys calf and kip shoes. Leather and rubber cement. Patching a specialty. 5!»2d6m0 4w6mo Fourth of July—The Erie road will sell, within a radius of 2<H> miles, round - trip excursion tickets at one fare for round trip. Tickets sold July 3rd and 4th. Return limit July 6th. When I J. Miesse is absent, all orders for cut flowers and house plants will’ I receive prompt attention if left with Kit Miesse, at the county oflice. - 700f14-16w1 Call at Pete Schneider s and try the tenpins. 7i>sdtf 6wlf People’s Party National Convention, I One Fare Rates. —The Clover Leaf Route will issue one fare excursion tickets to St. Louis and return, from all stations July 19, ru. 21. Ample return limit. Make early application to nearest agent or address C. C. Jenkins, Toledo, ().

•alTday SUCKERS." THE IOUV I* FILL OF • THK’I. Willi THE MH K OX HIE OI IIEH EX l». V Mk.i Fakir !><»<•* 1 Land O»l« Ind < .ill- H>» \ ivllmo Fo.il-. Y'-stl-rdav morning i rat In r sleek looking individual, w ith a bamlfttl ( of two by twice dodgers, atinoiinciui» that he -would appear on the public square in thv evenin'.', and give a grand free exhibition of his unlimited supply of gall. As usual, a large crowd congregate 1 to see the “show.” After talking about an hour, or until he he thought the front seats were about all tilled with “all day suckers” he announced that he had a book to sell that would tell how* to .make anything they might ever need. It would tell them how to make gold dollar-’ out of old rubber shoe. Am’, he use an phi shoe to grease his tongue with. After* calling the people fools, and telling them why he Doled them, the ajidtejice crowded a'bout his buggy, and- 'he didn’t do a thing but sell’ thirty, dollars worth of books, at fifty cents each, in less time than it takes yon to read this. He then people how ranch had made, laughed at the purchasers, and drove away. The books were of some old damaged stock, and cost him about three dollars per gross. But the suckers wanted them, and he could have sold them for one dollar each, as easy and quicker than he did at fifty cents. Wfe presume all the purcbasersare satisfied. If they had spent that amount with a home merchant, they would not have been humbugged. But as Barnum •said, they wanted to be humbugged. They wasn’t looking for a square deal. wa€ eve A thus in De.:,.■'Sir. Our city fathers should put out the inu4 -of protection for these poor creatures, and prevent this everlasting humbuggrey. Have . your change ready, there will be another fakir along erelong that will bleed you. There will, no doubt be many of them here next Saturday and we will publish the names of all those who patronize them. Now here’s a chance to get your name in print. FIRST TO PUT IT UP .And W«- shall t><- tin- La-l to Take It Down. Being the tirst.paper in this state to put the name of our governor at the masthead, we will be the last to take it down. With Governor .Matthews at the head of the ticket, Jet the platform be what rt may, we can wm. Our people have not had a chance to vote for a western man for a long time. Give us a chance and you will see that the people have confidence in the man, and that the best interests of the people will be the acts of the chief magistrate. W'iat the people want in confidence in the government and then there' can be no 'doubt of our ability to take care~of ourselves. But confidence impaired the moneyed men become distrustful and the farmer; and laborer s.u ( ffer thereby. With Matthews at the head of the ticket, confidence would, to a great extent, tie res to red,-ami _the countryyput. in a'better financial condition. Tli< > f'nii't to be Ont. . Experts agree that every merchant who has anything to sell in ,slimmer should do some summer advertising, and that, it is a mistake to stop altogether., Louis James, a New York expert says: “Some New York merchants do that, but most of the larger and shrewder advertisers continue about the same as at any other time. They believe that there '’is no fHoiith m the year when the business f can afford to be out of the newspapers.” The example of the merchants who succeed is worth more than all The theories upon the subject.

The sheriff of Van Wert county. Ohio, had a warrant for a man named Moyer, one day this week. 1 He overtook his man in a wagon with his father, and ordered them to halt. The young man jumped out of the wagon and run. i lie was again ordered to halt, but [he heeded it not. The sheriff then i iriw his revolver and fired two LhoTV 1n the air, but tins had no effect in getting him to stop. Lite .next -hot was aimed at the fugitive, which took eff-et in his jback. He fell, was picked up and carried to the j ’.tl, wli re medical aid was summoned. The ball was located tn the abdominal cavity. He is getting along ail right. The lightning rod swindlers are at work on the farmers at this time of the year. The farmers of this countv should give them a wide berth. One man living west of the city near the Wells county line got swindled out of by the sharks. Then east of the city, near the state line, another farmer go 4 *2OO worth of rods that ativ of our merchants would have sold him for *3O, ami at abv time in the near future they would have -fixed any needed reo urs. But the swindler is a smooth •talker, ami dur merchants are only common,- plain people who have no desire to defraud the farmer, so ‘that that may account for the farmers trading with the “slick" gentleman r - A Cai>alil» Pulpit Woman. Rev. Margarel Jj. Barnard of Chelsea. .Mass., having satisfied the committee on fellowship of her fitness for the Unitarian ministry, has Ven commended to the ministers and churches of the Unitarian denomination. The paper is signed by 1). M. Wilson, chairman, and D. W. Morehouse, secretary. Miss Barnard has preached regularly for some time in Chelsea and elsewhere, including Salem and Marblehead. During the past year she has preached ill some of the oldest churches in this part of the country. In several cases she was the. first- woman to occupy these pulpits.— Boston Woman’s Journal. Four Prize Wlurers. Miss Clara Langenbwk of Cincinnati has won the Bryn Mawr fellowship founded' by Lwfss Mary ElGßarrettr of Baltimore and named by her in honor of President Thomas. The fellowship i* granted for the first time this year and is of the value of SSOO. It affords one year’s residence and study at some foreign university. Miss Virginia Ragsdale has won the Bryn Mawr European fellowship, and Miss Winifred M arren has taken the Mary E. Garrett European fellowship, while Miss Ellen Rose Giles of Philadelphia has gained a graduate scholarship in Semitic languages for next year. Fashionable Ont-01-Dooi- Life. It is ttie fashion this summer to live on-tbe lawn. After the English mode it.must be done, and since the warm weather began in the spring, lawn canopies have sprung up in every green door-yard, like big gav mushrooms. The smart lawn tent is made of aw.ning striped in brilliant ban<s of red and yellow, or red, yellow, and blue. It is square, like a canopy, upheld by four gilded stakes, and edged all about with gaudy fringe This tent is usually pitched beneath, ft Dee/dr at that point whence the best Vffw is secured: and beneath the awning is spread a big. bright, Sapanese jute rug. Then the furnishings are done all in undressed wicker; the light easy-chairs are provided with cushions covered with striped Algerian cloth, and the central place of honor is heal by a big wicker table. On this the family eat their breakfast, arrtl afternoon tea is served; for up todate society, so carefully -boused, 1 w chary of over-exposing its fragle self to , M'lr.shiriH and breezes, njist and fresh air, has developed a positive passion for robust living. So. early in the morning, the tea-pot with its spirit-lamp, the alchol egg’-bojlsr, and a capacious I cbaiiinfi-disli are brought, out, and the household takes its morning food in the open air. Now all this, of course, makes a very gay picture on the lawn. Banjos, novels, lounging, very informal visiting, naps among the cushions, and bright "cottpii dres.4'"s'"ire' jiipl'dei*; and lhe lawn parlors, except in actually stormy weather, are crowded, .and the merriest corners til the seaside resorts and country settlements. I’he.v are very cheaply arranged, too; lor awning- cloth is only twenty-live cents a yard, jind wicker furniture ami .pile rungs cost very little. One woman ’ whose cottage is a mite of an aifnir. entertains excfiisive and ’very inex- > pensively under her cotton roof. She gives strawberry teas there, and outdoor minstrel concerts, and has hung some home made .Lilian harps in the boughs above the can pay. She finds it 1 vastly more amusing than the recep- - turns in her stuffy little rooms, while 1 her daughters are cultivatjjig the most , wonderful sunburned complexions, that are .all the mode this .season.—Prom “Society Paris” in Demorest’s Magazine for July. J 9 .

A GALA WEEK. Excellent I’rosrTin* at Malm Jowepli xdioolx Itiii-iiig the Week. During this week there has been given, it the St. Joseph school, a series of entertainments which were among the Imst ever given in this city and are dup to the great skill and management of Kev. Eather Wilkins and his crops o| teachers in the school;Monday evening a program of iaenty-three numbers was rendered by the younger members of tl;6 school, 1 and .which deserves great praise for the excellent manner m which it was carried out, as not one part was omitted. On Tuesday evening at the same -place occurred the second annual commencement of the St. Joseph school. There were six graduates tins year, five girls and one boy, which shows an increase of four over last year. The following is a list of the graduates: Estplla B Wemhoff, in a very becoming manner, welcomed one and all to their commencement, and later in the evening delivered an interesting oration on, eleetrictiev, which was delivered in her usual pleasing way of delivery. She was followed by Bertha Holtliouw, who spoke on ll;e subject, “Decatur,” which was also very good. Ida Ehinger then in an unhesitating manner spoke on the simjxyCf,-“Mariner’s Compass.” The next subject, “Modern Weapons of War,” grace G. Hale, was also delivered with a clear voice. Agues N. Geary then talked on the subject, “Steam.” Which was discoursed in a clear tone of voice. Benard Adelsperger closed the class pr< -. gram with the subject, -’“Dur Country,” after which he delivered the valedictory in an excellent manner. At the close of which Kev. Father Wilkens presented each member with a diploma. I’he mandoln clulFUfrnished some excellent music during the evening, and thus closed the commencement exercises, which were second to none. On Thnrday evening the third and last of the entertainments was given, which was in the form ot a play entitled -‘Doloras., 1 ’ which was, equal to any play given by home talenl in t.ii.S city, and deserves much credit for the manner in which it was rendered. Betsy And I are Out. The circuit court docket shows the following divorce cases filed since our last report. A. J. Reynolds asks to be divorced from Rachel Ann Reynolds. Rose Brown seeks legal separation from John Brown. /tli<- Jloiii-<><- Doctrine. It L plainly and truthfully explaineiUMjy the„. Bloomfield (Ind.) News, as follows:" No foreign Nation shall come over hcre and slide down our cellar door, nor climb our apple tree, nor hunt eggs in bur barn; that England and France cannot hang on our front gate to do their courting; that they can’t chew our wax; foi a little bit;tha‘ Russia •cuTn't spank her neighbor’s children with our butterpaddle. In short, the Pdonfoe doctrine notifies all nations that our playgrounds extend from ocean to ocean, and that the man. who joins farms with us on either side had bett.er not move the boundary fence until he talks to us about it; and that lie .can’t rent a patch of, his farm to anyone, unless wo■■irnrmtfMi'cifE’ttraT the newJenanl will make a good neighbor for. us. ' * -rs - _ 'l'hat is..about all there is in i,t. ' - A yoiini! man who claims to be a tea selling agent hss swindled a number of ’ women in nearby counties, and as he I ' , i may be coming this way it behooves Adams county ladies to give him a vigerw.iH brooming if called' upon. The ■ kcheiHe is to pelsuade the lady of’the house to buy ft pound of lea at SO cents. f 0 ; promising to give her a parlor lamp as ( a premium. lie also sells tea" at $1 35 ■ per pound, with which he promises to t give in addition to the lamp, a smaller II one. The gifts, he says, will arrive by ( express the following Saturday. The . women he lias duped are still looking for their premiums.

Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair, DR, F CREAM BAKING pewoffl MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free f rom Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. Letter Ll«t. List of unclaimed letters remaining n the postotHce at Decatur. Ind., for the week ending June 27. 1896. Fannie Scboomoner, John Bogletnan Tim Forbes. Persons calling for the above will please say advertised. John Welflky P. M. Nopne in ordinary health neeeil become bald or gray, if he will follow sensible dreatmeht. We advise clegnlinesss of the scalp and the use of Hair iu newer.THE DECATUR WASHER .J . « - 1 ■ ■ ' : i ■ M n - i Superior to ail other washing machines This washer is made from first-class material, has a heavy galvanized iron hoi tom, not nailed like most of the ! cheap washers that are now made. The bottom on this machine is gained into the sides and ends, and is warranted not to leak. It is easy to operate and washes clean. If you are in need of a washer give ft a trial. Manufactured by PETER KIRSCH, Factory North Third St. Decatur. Indiana. .1. S. ■ S. .1. launnrl. — - JSBOWERS&CO Has to otter to the public, the largest and most complete line of- _ - ■ jE3C Sash, Doors, Blinds,Glass, K White Lead, Faints, j Z% Linseed and f-HE Machine E Oils. tiotveje: SEWING MACHINES Steel finish, easy running, Noiseless and durable Hay Loaders, Tedders, Lakes and Carriers, • Pr i ncess and Bryan Plows, Disc and Spring Tooth harrows, Walking and riding Cultivators, Studabaker Melburn ami Capital Wagons. liarness, . * . Kobesand Whips. specialty of the finest line in the city. Don’t fail to g;et prices on a quality such as was never offered here before.. A car load.of at. wry low priws. . On Binder Twine we are lieadtiuarfers; don't fail to get ‘ our prices before you buy. CHAMPION MOWERS; I You will missrit if you don’t set*, the latest pnd binder ever till< red. 1 With a disposition" full of , ■ good motives we can convince > everybody ill need of goods in ■ our line that \ve are/the coimY-l . jjany, and how to find out is , by giving us a cJiance. To do - so, study this careful and ■ profit by it. J. S. BOWERS W CO.