Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1897 — Page 3

■keumatism B Diabetes nnrt Bright's Disease bv Uric Acid and other 1111the blood, which have not «. tie filtered out by the Kidneys the urine. diseases can be I CURED Bhavebeeua cripple with rheumsK -or manv. many years, and suffer l|rin g that time untold agony, at - X ‘” i, [ have rheumatism, but phjsaid I had Bright’s disease. I Eh na i a«ful pai'*« in my back. 3n kidnevs bothered me terribly. I!(irt time ago I got some ot Dr. S m agus Kidney Pills at 1). 11. <ltug store and. I thought 1 tn them and see if they were E'aood. To my surprise my rheuis ills q.peared and my kidneys ceaseil to pair, me any more. Il E be your Sparagus Kidney I’ills |. a ve lixt'd me m such good shape. S [all) nmv a comparatively well man. oil’s »'■« Hll rieht - Alvron 11. (larlipii. Ind. I HOBBS ■hragiis Kidney Pilis. >Y CO..Pbopribtors, Chicago. lii.CaT'-i:. M>., by Store.

■■ Hl I'l It K.K.II’HS, , lii-I . llaileaus and Oilier Importaut Newsy New,. \ u advertise? I! not, can offer any valid reason for this of business neglect? Your interests demand that you show E r ... Vi-s to the public through medium —the newspaper. Bp. vmi a regular paying reader ■[the Democrat. We print all the state, local and legal news week. It is important to yon one t-sue may be worth many K.tbe ’■ubt-cription pri.ce for one Mat. ■ {■Sylvester Miller a resident of Kant tn Jay county, was aeqinta jury m the Jay circuit Km h-t week, of tbe serious of incendiariiy firing his residence, with a view of insurance money in the Win of ¥3,000. ■ •+• exchange says that many who are in the habit of deKrhmg their cattle may be sur to know that when they do ■ they are violating the law* and ■ring themselves liable to a heavy >. It is not generally known, S s T ci-ion was rendered r■Q tiv. So if you get into trouble not say you did not know it. 1.-.u-toii doctor took a long ride t bicycle and reports that this is happened to him: “Parivsin the fourth and fifth fingers, ■D impaired sensibility, and pare- ■*:: du-interrossel, lumbrieals and adductor pollicis.’’ Hereafter of our local bicyclists feel [■idly after a ride, they will know is the matter with them — (.■Thegrading of the Decatur and gravel road is progressing Satisfactorily. It won’t be long B c ' the placing of crushed stone ■[ll begin, after which a new road Rill be more apparent. After this the farmers along this line of will enjoy the full blessings realization of good roads the .^» ar round. With good roads the of Adams county will fully assured. ordinance requiring gas e< m■ni“sto pay 2 per cent, of their ■““s receipts is claimed by the WaA alley Gas company to be ■'“■effectual with them. Such is legal advice that they think ■wnseives safe in contesting the of the ordinance. While we it right for the company to v such a tax as the ordinance there should be a careful inJ gaiion and conference with attorneys bes ire we comourselves to sustaining this ■’ llc y.—Geneva Herald. ext ‘hange says; A practical man of this town remarked the day that she read advertisee“ts in 3 newspaper more closely ■j“ u^ ail ything else. “And long ago,” bu y«>g °f those BL, 0 not advertise. It always ■y s to me that the merchant who ■? ' rtl ’ eß invites me to trade with Bdv’t ’“ 8 one *' no does not Heath ltn P resseß 1116 wll h the Harm at doesn’t care enough Ko I v trade t 0 ask for it- Then, Klvurt n ° W tbe mer cnant who ■L 1R ® 8 bas fresher goods, for the El > f suppose he sells more.”

With the many other virtues I possessed by Decatur people, the ! amount of musical talent displayed j is truly wonderful. In the presents- ■ t’on of that beautiful cantata Ruth,' s X’y-three voices were commingled in vocal unison. Its effect and force was truly beyond commenting expression, amt its realization could I only be understood and appreciated ' by seeing and hearing the vast ar- I ray of talent. The inspiration of song is a virtue within itself. We shall tell the truth though the heavens fall. Our paper of i the people, for the people, to be' paid for by the people. Our relig- j ion—orthordox, with a firm belief in hell for delinquent subscribers Our motto—take all in sight and hustle for more. Our policy—to , love our friends and hate our enemies. If thine enemies smite thee on one cheek, swipe him with haste and dexterity at the butt of the most convenient ear. What we advocate —one country, one flag and one wile at a time Our object—to live in pomp and oriental splendor.— ExAn exchange says that a woman can come to a conclusion without the slightest trouble of reasoning, and no sane man can do that. Six of them can talk at once and get along first rate and no two men can do that. She can safely stick fifty pins in her dress while he is getting one under his thumb nail. She is as cool as a cucumber in half a dozen tight skirts while a man will growl and fume in a loose shirt. She can talk as sweet as a peach to a woman she hates while two men would punch each other’s heads before they had exchanged ten words. She can sharpen a lead pencil if you give h r time and plenty of pencils. The Journal accuses the county commissioners of negligence, in failing to locate the criminal who forged road receipts in this county. If the commissioners failed to do anything they should have done, the Journal will please specify it. They did all they could do, and comparison will show they done more than any republican official would have done. This will not detract much attention and will not interfere with the rights of the taxpayers of the citv to have laid before them an exhibit of Decatur’s financial standing. The people want it, they have a right to have it, and these councilmanic economists should produce. Last Saturday, ■ “dipper” Morehead, who broke jail about four months ago,.walked into the sheriff’s office, seated himself in a chair, looked at the sheriff and grinned a sickly grin. He had evidently become tired of his wanderings and was glad to get home, even if it meant imprisonment in the county jail. Huffman allowed him to rest quietly for a few minutes, then motioned" him gently towards the county bastile. “Dipper” is now behind the bars resting from his long journey. Since the time he broke jail he"has never been very far away from home, and if he bad not given himself, up, no one would ever nave gone to the trouble to hunt him down. —Bluffton Press. At Richmond, Johns and Lacy, two tax ferrets, have been working among records of W ayne county looking up sequestered property for the board of review. Saturday they filed an enormous claim against the Dickason Loan Company, which has thousands of dollars loaned on first mortgages. The claim is tor sl,722,130, which is claimed the company has failed to enter tor taxation. The property against which the claim is filed is distributed over the i following counties in Ohio and Indiana: Williams, Hancock, Allen, Logan, Auglaize, Darke, Defiance, Marion, Putnam, Henry, Miami, Hardin, Shelby, Van Wert, Mercer, Paulding and Union in Ohio, and Randolph, Blackford, Delaware, Wayne, Wells, Henry, Madison, Grant, Cass. Pulaski, Huntington, Howard, Hamilton, Boone, Jay, Adams and Allen in Indiana. The ferrets had previously filed a claim against the company aggregateng §1,400,000. —Marion Chronicle. The Enquirer says: M hen the toiling millions of all the countries come to a knowledge of the truth that the demonetization of silver means their perpetual enslavement to a monyed oligarchy there will be no necessity of an international agreement to bring deliverance. The j United States will be the vanguard j to the army which will inaugurate ; the millennium of prosperity. L nder | the most unfavorable circumstances «ix and a half million of American | freeman declare through the ballot, box that silver should be restored,; and a million more are waiting with ; some impatience for an opportunity |

to change ther votes. The adoption of the single gold standard in Japan, Peru and elsewhere is an’eye-O| ener to many who have been groping in darkness. The attentive observer cannot fail to see that the gold trust is now ruling the world to the infinite detriment of univer-al prosperity. Retributive justice may be delayed, but its coming is certain! The board of state charities have issued a report for the quarter ending April 30. From it we note that the number of male inmates in poor asylums in the state is 1,850, female 1,120, total 3-976, of this number 260 are children of sixteen years and under. They are classified as follows: Feeble minded men 410, feeble minded women 412, insane 378, epileptic 231, feeble through old age 519, blind 149, dealj 53, crippled 506, paralytic 147. The report further states that Marion county poor asylum had the largest proportion,-208, and Ohio county the smallest, five. The average of the ninety-two counties is thirtytwo. The total expense of supporting these ninety-two asylums for one year was 8281,380 33. The ' total receipts from sale of farm pro- ' duct was $24,187.86, leaving a net cost of supporting the asylums for i one year of $257,192 47. This shows I an average cost of supporting an inI mate for one year of - 1186.54, or $1 66 a week and twenty-four cents a day. -4Last vear the employes of the largest cotton and hoop mill in the world, situated at Pittsburg, submitted a reduction of 271 per cent, in their wages in order to alldw their employes to meet the imports invited by the Wilson tariff bill. The proprietors toid them that these imports under tbe ruinous democratic tariff would necessitate a cut in wages, and the men foolishly agreed. Now they are told that, although the Dingley tariff bill is to more than restore those rates, it will be necessary to cut wages again. Naturally, the men cannot see why this is necessary, but their employers tell them that it is a poor rule that does not work both ways, and that if they do not like it they may strike. At the same time the iron and steel manufacturers demand that a cut ot 10 per cent, be made in the wages of their employes. Here are two rich beneficiaries of tbe tariff about to realize upon the efforts of their agents at Washington, and yet compelled, according to their statement, to cut wages below the living figure. Both these industries are members of trusts which control the wages of employes, at the same time they also control output and price of ther products.—Chicago Chronicle. The farmer of the north, now that his brother in the south is to have a protective duty on cotton, should have a bounty on his wheat and corn. If protection is such a good and.glorious thing then let all the people in on the ground floor that they may enjoy the blessings of a system of taxation that will make everybody neb. If a people can be taxed into prosperity why not carry the system to the end and everybody cangetricb. Just tax everything that comes in .and pay a bounty on everything that gobs out of the country. What a wonderful I system it would be indeed. Lay a ' duty or pay a bounty on everything and Uncle Sam will see that everybody is flooded with the richest kind of milk, and honey. Tax everybody and everything and see how quickly the commonest kind of j mortal will 101 l m the lap of luxury'. | A great scheme and the only woni der is that the people did not drop |onto it long ago. And why may I not this universal system of tariff i taxing and bounty paying be the I solution of the money question? Everybody will be loaded down with custom house receipts so that all the government needs to do will be to pass a law making them a legal tender and there you are. Plenty of circulating medium backed up by tiie signature of I ncle Sam. But why does congress delay in this universal salvation by taxation? Let the law-makers in congress assembled speed the day of emancipation from debt by taxing it out of existence. Old People. Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not : stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but ac‘s as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old people find it just exactly what they need. Price fifty cents and $1 per bottle at Page Blackburn’s drug store.

PARASOL SA 1.1 BOSTON STORE. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, July 1,2 and 3.... 98c. !9c. Parasols, plain white India Parasols, choice of complete line silks, worth $1.50; of fancy colored children’s, This sale only parasols, worth 25c and 35; 98c. i9 c - 51.68 $2.29 i, c i t i- -ii Parasols. Brown, red, white, tan Parasols, figured India silks, black.fMwr isn-asols.soldat any color, worth $2.50; $3.50 tb $5.00; this sale only 51.68. -52.29 c. SI.OO * • 75e Par 'sols, changeable taffetta Umbrellas, choice of anysilks, all colors, thing that sold at $1.00; nice worth $1.50; ’ assortment of handles. SI.OO. 75c. LiF'AIl Parasols and Umbrellas at reduced prices, at BOSTSN STORE, 1:0. 0. E. BLOCK. dStIEELER & M&LTZ CO.

Something to Depend On. Mr. James Jones, ot the drit£ firm of Jones & Son, Cowden, 111., in speaking of Dr. King’s New Discovery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with lagrippe, and her case grew so .se.rious that physicians at Cowden and Pana could do nothing for her. It seemed to develop into hasty consumption. Having Dr. King’s New Discovery in store, and selling lots of it, he took a bottle home, and to the surprise of all she began to get better from first dose, and half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound and well. Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds is guaranteed to do this good work. Try it. Free trial bottles at Page Blackburn’s drug store. ' VACATION DAVS. In the Lake Regioos of Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, Minnesota, lowa and South Dakota, along the lines of the Chicago, Wilwaukee & St. Paul Railway, are hundreds of charming localities preeminently fitted for summer homes, nearly all ol which are located on or near lakes which have not been fished out. 'These resorts range in variety from the “full dress for dinner” to the flannel shirt costum for every meal. Among the list are names familiar to many of our readers as the perfection of Northern summer resorts. Nearly all of the Wisconsin points of interest are within a short distance from Chicago or Milwaukee, and none of them are so far away from the “busy marts of civilization” that they cannot be reached in a few hours of travel, by frequent trains, over the finest road in tbe Northwest—the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Send a two cent stamp for a copy of “Vacation Days” giving a description of the principal resorts, and a list of summer hotels and boarding houses, and rates for board, to Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111. THE SUNSHINE STATE Is the title of a generously illustrated pamphlet of sixteen pages in reference to South Dakota, the reading matter in which was written by an enthusiastic South Dakota l ac (y —Mrs. Stella Hosraor Arnold —who has been a risident of the Sunshine State for over ten years. A copy will be mailed to the address of any farmer or farmer’s wife, if sent at once to Robt. C. Jones, Traveling Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, 40 Carew Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.

■ OH! I i R RfllOP Ofl API! i | UIL UuUv u kiJuljj j ss?i . . ip They have bargains that excel all ; ' w others. Read, then.go and see for your- P pi self. Their bargains last week brought pl crowds to see them, who left more than P pleased. They have arranged' to offer T, Pj you many new bargains. Note the folfe) lowing pric.es and compare with others: H . • W A few pairs of ladies’ kid slippers, sizes 2to 3, for the little sum of- -25 c Ladies’ Oxfords, tan or black, - -40 c ® A few pairs of ladies’ button shoes, 75c g ® Ladies' fine green shoes, cloth top ,fl.go || Pi Ladies’ chocolate vici kid, silk vesting top, - - - - - #1.90 p ltd Ladies fine Dongola shoe, lace or button, - - - - - $1.50 g Ladies’fine black kid shoes, - -$2 00 p M Gent's buff shoes, - - - 7QC hi S Gent’s patent leather shoes, - SI.OO ® P Gent's chocolate vici kid, coin toe, $1.75 p] || Gent’s black vici kid, coin toe, - $1.75 fl Gent’s ox blood, coin toe, - - si-75 E® || Children’s shoes, -15 c || I SOMETHING NEW ‘ g A nice line of children s plaid top gjl shoes at prices to suit Call in and p see them. Remember, we have p gftj what we advertise, t to to wXbl IM i j lb uiiob m niUiiyuj. I