Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1897 — Page 6

GET YOUR FAIL SUIT MADE BY

THE HOUSEHOLD. An Excellent Idea For Bookshelves. Some Favorite Embroideries--A Useful Kitchen Table. It is always a difficult matter to know what to do with our books, especially when we are not lucky enough to possess a room which can be turned into a library and dedicated to their special use. Bookshelves are easily made, as the amateur carpenter knows only too well, but different ideas for their manufacture are rare, and there is apt to be a dreary sameness in the rows of shelves he turns out with so much patience and care. An excellent idea for bookshelves in a room which boasts of several doors, one of which may be closed without inconvenience, is suggested in The Decorator and Furnisher by a contributor who thus disposed of a door which was never by any chance opened and through which a cheerful draft whistled and blew. To obviate this and to hide the woodwork, which was by no means a thing of beauty, shelves were fixed at equal distances apart to the framework of the door, the breadth of the shelves fitting into the depth between the wall and the door. Os course this plan could not be carried out on the side of the door which comes flat against the wall. That side, in case of necessity, can always be bidden by a curtain. The edge of each shelf was finished off and made to look quite smart by a piece of dark green leather about four inches deep cut out at the edge in a pattern and fastened to the shelf with ornamental brass nails. The bottom shelf was fixed about six or seven inches above the wainscot, and from this a curtain, run cn a brass rod, was hung, forming a convenient spot in which to stow away guidebooks and time tables and those magazines and newspapers which must find a place somewhere waiting to be bound. The height of an ordinary door is seven feet, so that the shelves could be seven in number, with a distance of nine inches between each shelf, the space between the bottom shelf and the floor being 21 inches, which would leave plenty of room for odds and ends and shabby volumes. Favorite Embroideries. The new cross stitch, well shaded and rich in design, figures prominently in the holiday work of those who like to take their embroidery out of doors in summer weather, as it neither soils nor fades readily. Perhaps this is the outcome of the rage for everything pertaining to the early part of the Victorian era that has been the fashion of late, ; but in any case it is extremely effective and will prove welcome to many workers. It is questionable whether our present state of artistic culture will incline our admiration in the direction of moss rosebuds carried out in cross stitch, but it is quite certain that the conventional I designs, with their black outlines, will j prove acceptable. These black outlines on teacloths, i

Scott’s €mitlsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites, can be taken as easily in summer as in winter. Unlike the plain oil it is palatable, and the hypophosphites that are in it aid in digestion and at the same time tone up the system. For sickly, delicate children, and for those whose lungs are affected, it is a mistake to leave it off in the summer months. The dose may be reduced if necessary. We recommend the small size especially for summer use, and for children, where a smaller dose is required. It should be kept in a cool place after it is once opened.

For sale by all druggists at 50c. and sx.oo

DON’T l_E~l - ’ |V K W-’ _ W*1 • fany 1 i«s I Ms fc If a package of Powder will cureth e m. They are sold under positive guarantee. PAGE BLACKBURN, Decatur, Ind. STENGEL & CRAIG, Berne, Ind.

sideboard s».ps auu many another knickknack for the house need only to be . filled in with soft shades of brown, red, gold and blue, which are the favorite colors for this work. The effect from a little distance is splendid and will be r all the more appreciated when it is r found how little labor is needed to pro- . | duce it. A Useful Kitchen Table. 1 A small table supplied with strong casters is of great convenience in a 5 kitchen. It can be rolled everywhere, , and it saves many steps. When a per- - son is frying crullers or cooking griddle ( cakes, the table can be put near the 5 range, holding all the articles required. I During the preserving season such a ta- ; ble will be invaluable. Quick Icing For Cake. Three minutes is said to suffice for , j making this icing, and it will dry on . the cake in about 10 or 15. Allow one ( I cupful of sugar to one egg, which will I frost an ordinary sized cake. Beat the , white slightly till it begins to froth, ( then stir in the sugar and spread the . icing on the cake while warm or cold, ’ , as is most convenient. i I Worth Knowing. A novelty in curtains are lace ones, , ! decorated with ribbon work. For cracked ice come cut and frosted i glass bowls with silver rims. t China sugar baskets, decorated in floral designs, are finished with silver bands and handles. Dainty table accessories are sugar bowls and cream jugs in decorated china, set in silver standards. To weigh the baby come scales surmounted by a willow basket. The basket can be detached and the scale used for other purposes. Canned fruit, as soon as it is cool, should be put in a cool, dry, dark place. Light has a tendency to make the fruit spoil and at any rate impairs its color. The newest bath seat is suspended in the tub from nickle plated hangers, resting on the edge of the tub and having ! adjustable attachments by means of which the seat can be fixed at any height to suit the convenience of the user. Australian Gold Discoverer. The first man who discovered gold in Australia was haugtaj for his pains. He was one of the first convicts transported to Botany Bay, and when he learned the great secret he brought a sample to show his success and was promptly hanged by Governor Phillips I for attempted escape and to keep the demoralizing discovery unknown. Silver Corn Forks. The Jewelers’ Circular tells that silver corn forks shed a refining influence i i on the homely process of eating corn ' ■ from the cob Thrust into the ends of the ear, the cob is, so to speak, mounted ; with silver handles Job For Pugilists. The happiest disposition to make of our alleged and unalleged prizefighters is to make League umpires of them and ■„ henever they open their months hit ’em with a bat or interject a ball.He Always Does. Chorus of Excited Voices—Heavens' i A boat wrecked, you say, and none of its occupants escaped? Life Saver (grimly)—Only the fellow who rocked it.—New York Truth. Not Startled. “Hold on tight, ’ said the driver of the Deadwood coach. “I may give you a sudden tip. ” “I’m used to ’em," said the senator A Greek Gift. Visitor—Does mamma give you anything for being a good boy? Tommy—No. She gives it to me when I ain’t—Chicago Flips. Thirty-three different kinds of pearls are found in various parts of Russia, 17 being peculiar to the country. It would pay to fish for them systematically, but at present most of them are found by ignorant peasants, who sell them for a few roubles to merchants, to whom they are worth 100 or more. One who has made a study of dyspepsia claims that in a large number of cases the disturbance is due to the use of lard. He suggests the liberal use of beef tallow to the exclusion of all pork fat as a remedy. He says a person who is fond of grease can saturate his food in this with no resulting digestive disorder.

DOTY, The Tailor.

Catarrh Poifeon*. Catarrh is capable of changing all the life-giving secjrtiona of rhe body into scalding fluids, which destroy and in flame every part they come in contact with. Applications to the places affect ; ed by catarrh can do little gooo save to : soothe orfquiet disagreeable symptoms. Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atomizers and inhalants only serve as tern porary relief. Any medicine to effect a core must be taken into the system. So long as the irritating secretions o f catarrh continue to be formed, so lona will the membranes continue to be in flamed, no matter what treatment is used. There is but one remedy that ■ has this most desirable effect, and that remedy is Pe-ru-na. This remed> 1 strikes it once to the root of the ca tarrh bv restoring to the capillary vessels their healthy elasticity. Pe-ru-na is not a tempo!ary palliative, but a radi ical cure Send for Dr. Hartman s latest book, sent tree for ashott time. Address. The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co . Columbus. Ohio HOW TO FIND OUT. Fill a bottle or common glass with urine and let it stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or settling indicates an unhealthy condition of the kidneys When urine stains linen it is evidence of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in the back, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO I»O. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy fulfils every wish in relieving pain in I the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It corrects inability to hold urine and ! scalding pain in passing it. or bad I effects following use of liquor, wine or I beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists, price fifty cents and one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and pamphlet both sen 1 , free by mail. Mention Decatur Democrat and send your address to : Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bingbampton. N.Y. The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer. Why Pay Kent! Better own a farm! Start now! Cor- | respondence solicited from intending ! settlers. The North-Western Home- I Seeker gives practical information to | those interested in the pursuits of agri- | culture, dairying and cattle raising | Send for free copy to C. Traver, Rooms ■ 3 and 4, Marine National Bank Build- ■ ing. Pittsburg. Pa. Clover L°af will issue reduced rate excursion tickets, from principal stations, to various resorts east and west. : and to upper lake points. Special low ' rates to camping-out parties. For further particulars call on nearest i agent. 17-6 ; The Chicago & Erie railroad will sell : Home Seekers excursion tickets to points in the west, northwest, south and southwest at one fare for round trip plus $2.00. Tickets on sale August I7th, September 7tn and 21st. and Oct. •sth and 10th. Return limit 21 days. J. W. DeLong, Agent. Remington Brothers of 309 Broadway, New York, have opened a western office i in the Chamber of Commerce Building, | Chicago, for the better handling of i their increasing western business, their eastern office remaining, as heretofore, at 309 Broadway. The firm will continue at both offices with their specialty of county seat dailies and weeklies.— Extract from the Newspaper Maker, July 1,1897. One fare excursion tickets are on sale : (schedule permitting) between Clover ' Leaf stations. Limit date of sale apply to nearest agent. Bucklen’a Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, 1 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 25cents per box For sale by Page Blackburn. ■ No stranger visiting Chicago should be without a copy of the “Souvenir of j Lincoln Park." It can only be procured by enclosing twenty-five (25) cents, in I coin or postage stamps, to Geo. H. Heafford, general passenger agent, 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111. On account of the centennial and international exposition, the G. R. & I. will sell round trip tickets to Nashville, Tenn. Round trip season good to return Nov. 7th at rate of $17.25, Round trip limited to 20 days from date of sale $12.65. Round trip limited to 10 days from date of sale $9.00. Tickets to be sold on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week after April 29th. J. Bryson, Agent.

PEOPLE OF THE DAY. Leslie M. Shaw, the Republican nominee for governor of lowa, is a new figure in the politics of the state. A year ago he was not thought of as a possible candidate for any office. It was during the last presidential campaign that he came to the front. Platform speakers were in great demand, and Mr. Shaw, who had some local reputation ns an eloquent courtroom pleader, was asked to go on the stump for McKinley. He did, making 60 speeches during the LESLIE M. SHAW. campaign. They were good speeches. His arguments were clear and convincing and his peculiar, dry humor pleased his hearers greatly Mr. Shaw was born in Vermont about 50 years ago and settled in lowa while still in his teens He was educated at Cornell college, Mount Vernon, la., and at the lowa College of Law. He began the practice of his profession in Denison in 1876 aud has lived there ever since He has built up a large and lucrative practice and has accumulated a considerable fortune. Seeks the South Pole. Arctic expeditions are common enough, but you can count on your fingers the explorers who have braved the unknown terrors of the antarctic seas in search of the south pole within the last century. One of the few well equipped expeditions that has ever been sent into the antarctic region is now on the way, having sailed not long ago from Antwerp. It is a Belgian enterprise and is \v// I '7 CAPTAIN ADRIEN DE GERLACHE. commanded by Captain Adrien de Gerlache. He is accompanied by 17 Belgian army officers and scientists, and his vessel, the Belgica, is manned by siNorwegiau sailors. The daring explorers will be landed near Cape Adare, if they can penetrate the ice wall, and they will spend the winter exploring the unvisited wilds of South Victoria Land. An attempt will also be made to penetrate as far as the south pole by traveling over the ice cap with sledges and ski. Minister to Russia. Our new minister to Russia, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, is a prominent and successful business man of St. Louis, who has never been active in politics and has never held an office before. He is a descendant of that Revolutionary hero wbo captured Fort Ticonderoga “in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental congress. ” His grandfather married the second daughter of Ethan Allen. Henrv Hitchcock, bis faSTS >7 v. fe: JBt. ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK. ther, was born in Vermont, but remove# to Alabama, where he had risen to be chief justice of the state at the time of his death. Ethan Allen Hitchcock was bom in Mobile 62 years ago. While still a young man he removed to St. Louit and engaged in business. For 12 yean he represented a big commercial firm in China and returned to St Louis to be come president of several large manu facturing concerns. For sevefal years he has been on terms of intimate friend ship with President McKinley. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cent*. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak ! men strong, blood pure. 60c, SI. All druggists.

§12.60 for Cheapest Suit §19.50 for the very best

A Sufferer Idieved] A Tale of Suffering and! Subsequent Relief. I From the Preu. Cblumhue, Ohio.

One of the many persons in Columbus, Ohio, who have been benefited by the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People is Miss Jerusha McKinney, of 50 South ( entre Street. Miss McKinney is well ami favorably known especially in educational circles, as she has been for a number of years a faithful and progressive school teacher. For some time she has been very ill ami the sufferings and tortures endured by her for months nave been unusually severe. The tale of her sufferings aud the subsequent relief aud final cure which she derived from the use of Dr. V» illiams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, aroused considerable agitation among her many friends and others. A reporter was detailed to obtain a reliaHe account of this marvelous case, and when he called he found Miss McKinney at her comfortable and cozy home where she cheerfully complied with his request. She said: “The first indication that I had that anything was radically wrong with me was about three years ago. I suffered the most excruciating pains in different parts ol my bodv and was almost crazed at times. My sleep was disturbed by horrible dreams and 1 had begun to waste away to almost a shadow. To add to my other afflictions the malady assumed a catarrhal turn and I was soon a victim to that horrible as well as disgusting disease. I consulted the family physician who gave me some kind of a nostrum and 1 was foolish enough to imagine that it benefited me. I followed the advice of the physicians but noticed no perceptible improvement in my condition and was about i to despair of ever becoming a strong and well woman again. “ Some of my lady friends were calling on ' me one afternoon and before them I hap-1 pened to mention my troubles, when one of them recommended that I try Dr. Williams’

Boots « i Almost at your and ° wf i f° r r a i - t Strictly Gash... Shoes /**«*«— J For the next 60 days I will close out my stock of Boots and Shoes at COST PRICE. The stock consists of summer, fall and winter goods, such as FINE SHOES— For Girls, Boys, Women and Men. in tan, willow, wine, chocolate, enameled, calf, patent leather, vici kid, viscal enamel, cordovan, etc, HEAVY SHOES- Kangaroo, Kangaroo calf, Never Rip, Hardpan, Satin Calf, Matchless Lace, Owl Calf, etc. BOOTS -Heavy and light rubber, nit felt, leather and all grades of Over-Shoes and Sandals POLISH — We handle the famous Whittemore Polish, for any and all colors of shoes. Price 15 cents per bottle. HAND-MADE WORK TO ORDER. Points of Interest.— Be have no rent or x other large expense to meet, therefore we can sell cheaper than those that have large rent and big expense.. IFe also have had 32 years of experience in the boot and shoe business. SMALL PROFITS and QUICK SALES. GEO. W. ROOP. Hecoud Street. IIP/'ATI’E IND. Opposite Hale’s Warehouse. ULtAH .

AGENTS WANTED. FOR The Official Guide to the Klondvke Country And the Gold Fields of Alaska. RETAIL PRICE, S.-00. Intensely in'eresting and strictly authentic. The actual experiehce of miners and their marvelous discoveries of gold. The information contained in this book has been carefully prepared from the most reliable fsourecs. and will be the means of leading thousands to fortune in the Gold Fields of the NorthThe book contains 300 pages and is illustrated with 32 full page photographs taxen especially for this work, and also 8 pages of official maps. He are the sole publishers of The Official Guide to the Klondike Country’;” any other publications purporting to be it are imitations Our usual liberal commissions. Send 50 cents at once for complete book, together with agents’ outfit. W. B. Goqhey Gornpaqy, 34135a Dearborn Street. CHICAGO.

Eink Pills for Pale People. T <, E had any faith in medie lni - s n f paid but little attention :■> the *" d ■ It was not long after this, hUe^Y' 0 "; ■ again heard the pills highly ree n ,n ! ■ by several persons, and tl»m it ™“‘e'Hl decided to give them a trial and iat I ■ i one box of the pills. J eo „ n t an improvement in mv condition i the whole box bad I,’ee.i taken a y was so mueh improved that 1a as a1,,;,,, ■ to begin singing the praises of l> r Wiu- W ■ Pink Pills for Pale P. L “I was not yet thonui-.-hly decided to wait a while before groX‘ M I thusiastic over the n-.-ults and Tad ’"‘‘B on the second box before I \'a, ■ that I had at last found a medirine tn«l the requirements of my case. I disc 011ti S I my cal s to the physicians and hav‘" 2 ■ them alone since. lam now as we '| ■ strong as I ever was in my life; am wi Z I free from all pains and never f,.] t | wtt TJ ■ ray life. I eat regularly and sleep isl, . ■ babe No more are n,vslumbers haup j I with tearful dreams ami when L ■ night I go to sleep at once. I reear.i n, ■ Wilbams’ Pink Pills f„ r Pale People as Sj I salvation, and would recommend them toI ladies troubled as I was. The pi]], are “ ■ than what is claimed for them and anvow I giving them a trial will soon come to'the ■ same conclusion regarding their merits that ■ have.” 1 ■ Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People I contain all the elements necessary to rive ney I life and richness to the blood and restored# I tered nerves. They are sold in boxes never I in loose form by the dozen or hundred: atso I cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, and maybe I had of all druggists or directly bv mail from I Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, j peoeo I tady.N.Y. I

MORTGAGE LMK Money Loaned on Favorable Terms LOW RATE OF INTEREST I’rivelege of Partial Payments* Abstracts of Title Carefully Prepared • F. M. SCHIRME yER ’ Cor. 2d and Madison Sts. DECATt R- 1