Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1897 — Page 6

Weak Lungs Hot weather won’t cure weak lungs. You may feel better because out of doors more, but the trouble is still there. Don’t stop taking your Scotti Emulsion because the weather happens to be warm. If you have a weak throat, a slight hacking cough, or some trouble with the bronchial tubes, summer is the best time to get rid of it. If you are losing flesh there is all the more need of attention. Weakness about the chest and thinness should never go together. One greatly increases the danger of the other. Heal the throat, cure the cough, and strengthen the whole system now. Keep taking Scott’s Emulsion all summer. For uUe by all druggists at 50c and THEY TALK OF CL BA MINISTER WOODFORD AND DUKE OF TETUAN CONFER. Value of the Bicycle for Army Service — Two Cases of Leprosy Reported to the Authorities at Washington—Pension Money—lndiana Post masters. Washington, Sept. 31.—1 t can be stated, in reference to the Paris publication purporting to give the substance of General 'Woodford’s communication to the Duke of Tetuan, that there has been a misapprehension on the part of the Temps correspondent on several important points, notably in respect to an ultimatum and the setting of a time limit for the conclusion of the war. Instead of fixing the end of October next as the date for the termination of the war, that particular date was mentioned as the time when the Spanish court would return to Madrid from San Sebastian, and when consequently it might be in order to return an answer to the latest representations of the United States government through Mr. Woodford. It is declared at the state department that while Mr. Woodford did, according to the original idea of his instructions, set out the deep interest the United States had in witnessing a cessation of the deplorable conflict in Cuba, he did not deliver himself of an ultimatum, but simply made a statement of our deep interest in a settlement of the Cuban war as a reasonable explanation for intervening in any manner at this time. Mr Woodford’s telegram regarding his conference with the Duke of Tetuan is now before President McKinley. In the dispatch referred to it is stated that Minister Woodford said to the Duke of Tetuan “that Secretary Sher-

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man had desired him to declare to the Spanish government that it was evidently impossible for Spain to end the rebellion in Cuba in a reasonable time, and, further, that if the war was continued Cuba would be devastated and of no utility to Spain or to the Cubans. The minister is said to have insisted courteously but firmly upon the necessity of terminating the war, declaring if it was not terminated by the end of October the United States would feel justified in taking measures to secure the independence of Cuba." MILITARY CYCLING. Value of the Bicycle to the Army, a. Reported by Janie. A. M 0... Washington, Sept. 21.—The war department has made public the report of Janies A. Moss, Twenty-fifth infantry, who commanded the bicycle corps which made the long journey from Fort M <- soula, Mon., to St. Louis last summer. It is in part as follows: Military cycling in our army is tn its very infancy, and no one but a person who has had actual experience In this line can fully appreciate the possibilities of the wheel as a machine for military work. The bike has a number of advantages over the horse—it does not require as much care, it needs no forage, it moves much faster over fair roads, it is not as conspicuous and can be hidden from view more easily, it is noiseless and raises but little dust and it is impossible to determine direction from its track. Furthermore, the fighting strength of a bicycle corps is not diminished by "horseholders.’’ Under favorable conditions the bicycle is invaluable for courier work, scouting duty, road patrolling, rapid reconnoisance, etc. LEPROSY. Two Well Developed Cases In North Dakota Among Scandinavians. Washington, Sept. 21.—Acting Assistant Surgeon F. R. Smyth of the Marine hospital service has written to the surgeon general informing him of the existence of two cases of leprosy in Walsh county. North Dakota. The victims are Scandinavians and the disease is said to be well developed. One of the patients is said to be anxious to return to Sweden. Dr. Smyth says he is uninformed as to what precautions the local authorities have taken to prevent the spread of the disease. SYNCHRONOMAGRAPH. New System of Telegraphy Which Transmits 4,000 Words a Minute Washington, Sept. 17. —Postmaster General Gary has received from Lieutenant George Squire and Professor Albert C. Crehore a report of their recent experiments with their synchronomagraph system of rapidly transmitting intelligence by the alternating current upon the lines of the British postal system, for which they recently went to England. The apparatus was set uu in the general office of London. On Aug. 8 messages were sent over a copper and iron wire from london via Leeds to Glasgow and Edinburgh, and return via Newcastle, Tyne and York to London. The distance was 864 miles. 44 of which were underground. It was found that slightlv under 4.000 words a minute could be sent, and the speed might have been increased. About 650 complete waves of the alternating current were employed, or 1,300 single impulses of current. The postmaster general has replied to the communication congratulating them on their experiment and asking that they keep him posted as to future experiments.

Vila VIS Fifty Years Ago. This is the cradle in which there grew That thought of a philanthropic brain; A remedy that would make life new For the multitudes that were racked with pain. •Twas sarsaparilla, as made, you know By Ayer, some 50 years ago. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla was in its infancy half a century ago. To-day it doth “bestride the narrow world like a colossus.” "What is the secret of its power ? Its cures! The number of them ! The wonder of them! Imitators have followed it from the beginning of its success. They are still behind it. Wearing the only medal granted to sarsaparilla in the World’s Fair of 1893, it points proudly to its record. Others imitate the remedy; they can’t imitate the record: 5o Years of Cures.

North Dakota Letter. Hague N. D Sept. 20 f 897 The readers ot the Democrat will be pleased, no doubt, to bear bow tie northwest is progressing under McKinley prosperity. Owing to the rush which ; usually attends the gathering of the golden grain, no word was received; from me. Time is more plenty now. i and you can expect more news. With the exception of a tew extensive farmers. shock threshing is mostly complet- | ed. Teams can be seen in every direc ; tion drawing the golden grain to eleva- j tors. A glimpse of Dakota before! threshing would he enough to convi ce | you that the price of wheat must slide j down, but after the grain is g-thetd it ' shows the true state of affairs. The: yield rarely exceedes twenty bushels, while in many cases it falls below six bushels per acre. It is plain that from | < the amount of acres sown an enormous \ number of bushels are laised, hut not! as much as if the yield were greater per! acre. Farming in Dakota is like plan- 1i boards. One side is worked then tinother side is turned up and is worked i The farmers of Dakota are a class ot! people whose predominating power shows itself in the form of governorship over laborers. Laborers are considered ■ as many machines from which work is expected regardless of their constitu- I tional condition. He is lower than the j slaves of Africa, and yet this is a civil- | ized country. He is not looked upon as a being endowed with the same peculiarities as himself. Sundays has not ; made its appearance here yet. It is | rarely ever observed. Their senses are turned in the direction of gaining almighty dollars. Their neighbors are wary of each other, least one gains wealth easier and faster than his friend Missionary work in the form of law. would tie a benefit to them. Adams county farmers mav well be proud of their county. Their advanced stage of civilization is a proof of their love of law and liberty. I would venture to say that half of the inhabitants rarely, if ever, attend church. They wiH send their children to Sunday school, while the hired man cuts wheat, threshes or plows. It is more of a pleasure for me io he in a community where Sunday is observed. Prosperity has at last found its way to Dakota, but it does not stop. The supporters of g -Id are the ruling class, yet it is queer to see prosperity pull on through and never stop. It would come in sections every week or so. some of it is passing. It is kept in sacks and boxes and drawn in wagons covered with what used to be muslin. The wagons are drawn by a few skeletons with skin stretched over them, and usually followed by so-called animals of the same sort. Prosperity, if it is as good as some expect, cannot exist long here. The Jersey mosquitoes would devour it in a few minutes. Evidence of prosperity greet you on every hand. Enter the smallest town and you will see it sitting on a box or sidewalk asking you for five cents to sustain life a while longer. This class of prosperity consists of foreigners of all nationalities They ate more numerous than the summer mosquitoes, yet the people talk of the coming prosperity. The atmosphere at this writing is rather chilly. Overcoats are comfortable in the morning and evening, while at noon it is as pleasant as an Indiana i summer’s day. Little rain has fallen for the past month and prospects indicate an early winter. Everybody Says so. Cascarets Cand v Cathartic, the most wonderful medical discovery of the age, p easant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively ou kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and trv a box of C. C. C. to-day; 1 0, 25. 50 cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists.

HANGED BY A MOB. Firn Men Taken From Jail and Strung Up. Versailles, Ind.. Sept. 16- —The bodies of five men hanging to an elm tree near the jail met the gaze of the citizens of this place yesterday morning. They were Clifford Gordon, Bert Andrews, Lyle Levi, William Jenkins and Henry Shulter. The citizens have taken the law into their own hands in this locality before, but never to such an extent as yesterday. The Reno brothers were lynched together at Seymour, Ind., 20 years ago and the Archer gaug, three in number, were strung up together at Shoals, Ind., 12 years ago. There have been numerous lynchings of one at a time, but the “job lot” of five yesterday breaks the record. That an unusual state of feeling existed is shown by the determination of the mob which led it to the ferocity of first killing three of the men in the jail and then dragging the living and dead together and hanging them to the same tree. It is notable, too, that no outrage that usually rouses a mob’s vengeance—no murder—was charged against the victims, but their £eath was decreed because of long and exasperating suffering from robberies, some of which were accompanied by torture of victims. The excitement of the day was not lessened by the suppressed hints that more objects of the people’s wrath would be made to suffer in the same way. These men composed a gaug of toughs, who for several years have been committing depredations in and about A ersaiiles. The officers had run down Pete Hostetter, a member of the gang, and he agreed to trap the others to secure his own safety. Saturday night it was planned to rob Wooley Bros. ’ general store at Correct, south of Versailles. The officers were notified and caught the men in the robbery. In the shoot- I ing back and forth Sheriff Bushing was shot in the hand by Gordon. The men i escaped, but were afterward captured I and jailed. Badly Broken Up. Dillsboro, Ind., Sept. 21. —William Lieve of Friendship, a small village eight miles south of here, and his wife, while driving, were thrown from their carriage in a runaway accident, breaking Mr. Lieve’s spine, leg and arm, and Mrs. Lieve’s collarbone. HOW TO HND 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 is evidence of kidneyitrouble. 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 DO. 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. the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain iuj passing it, or bad effects tollowing use of liquor, wine or 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. It 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 sent free by mail. Mention Decatur Democrat and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton, N. Y. The proprietors or this paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer If you want rich, red blood, new health and strength; if you want your wife or daughter to forget there ere such thing* a* nerves, headaches, despondency and weakness and to see them have rosy cheeks and bright eyes; if you want to have the pale, weak children restored to the cheerful, natural health they should enjoy, get a bottle of Brown’s Cure, a perfect family medicine. It is pleasant to take a> d >8 the grandest remedy known for all troubles of the liver, kidneys and bowels. A certain cure for dyspepsia and all stomach troubles, sick headache, nervousnses, constipation and loss of sleep. If you or any of your family are suffering try this great remedy now and find happiness in its cure. Sold by Page Blackburn, druggist. Price 75 cents. Yi-Ki cures corns and warts, 15 cents. An Important Question. If vour friends or neighbors are suffering from coughs, colds, sore throat, or any throat or lung disease (including consumption.) ask them if they have ever used Otto’s Cure. This lamous German remedy is having a large sale here and is performing some wonderful cures of throat and lung diseases. Smith A- Callow will give you a sample bottle free. No matter what other medicines have failed to do, try Otto’s Cure. Large sizes 25 and 50 cents. “I have never had a days sickness in my life,” said a middle-aged man the other day “What a comfort it would be,” sighs some poor invalid, “to be in his place for a year or two.” Yet half the invalids we see might be just as healthy as he. if they i would only take proper care of themselves, , eat proper food—and digest it. It’s so strange that such simple things are overlooked by those who want health. Food makes health. It makes strength—and strength wards off sickness. The man who had never been sick was strong because he always digested his food, and you could become the same by helping your stomach to work as well as his. Shaker Digestive Cordial will help your stomach and make you strong and healty by making the food you eat make you fat. Druggists sell it. Trial bottle 10 cents.

Perpetual Misery IS THE WIT t RHEUMATIC SUFFERER DESCRIBES ft A Prospsrous Farmer’* Wife who has for About Seven Ycartk. Sufferer from Rheumatism in its Worst Form, Tells **” how She was Successfully Cursd. Frem thtE’ew Era, Qreentburg, /nd.

Among the well-to-do farmers living near Newpoint. Decatur County, Ind., is Mr. Sefton Hart. A representative of the Ara Era while out driving recently met -Mr. Hart at his home who related an interesting expen*UUpon the invitation of Mr. Hart the reporter went to the house where Mrs. Hart was found preparing herdinner. She stopped, however, in the midst of her work, and related the story of her illness, and the important factor Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People have played in her life. ... “About seven years ago,’ said she, I began to fail in health, I was, previous to this, very strong, and in the i>est of health. I had’ exposed myself to the elements in the fall and rheumatism set in. This was followed by neuralgia and kidney trouble, and later on mv heart became affected. 1 was under the doctor’s care all one winter, but instead of getting better I gradually became worse. I tried physicians from Newpoint and Batesville, but’they did not agree as to what my trouble was, and how to treat it. My trouble continued, notwithstanding constant doctoring, and each year 1 became worse, especially in the spring and summer. “ These years of confinement was almost perpetual misery. I suffered continual pain. Sharp pains would shoot up and down my back, mv knees and back would be stiff, and mv’feet would swell and hurt me so that I could hardly stand it. At times I was in agony. The pains and nervousness affected my heart, and my condition was considered •erious. “ I would have severe attacks which would keep mein bed for several days, then I would be up and around the house for awhile. My back would become stiff, and when I would sit down. I could hardly arise. It was also a great effort for me to get up in the mornings.

Boots i Almost at your (111(1 oW n P riGC f° r p\i Strictly Gash... Shoes < 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, vicikid viscal enamel, cordovan, etc. HEAVY SHOES- Kangaroo, Kangaroocalf, 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 BOLISH— 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. — IFe have no rent or other large expense to meet, therefore can sell cheaper than those that .ia\e large rent and big expense, he a ‘j’° have had 32 years of experience in the boot and shoe business. SMALL PROFITS and QUICK SALES. GEO. W. ROOP. Second Street. DFC4TUR. Opposite Hale’s Warehouse. ** ‘ Sixth Annual Public Sale Thoroughbred Poland China Hogs Thursday, October 14, 1897, On my farm, two miles and a half south of Peterso Fifty head of good hogs. Two short- horn bull calves. Two years old Clyde Norman mare. All old customers and friends are invited, as well. . Free lunch at 11:00 a. m. Sale to begin at Joshua Brigh & Peterson. i n J W. McKEAF, I . .. GEORGE E. DAVIS, f Auct >oneers.

Sometimes after being nn fa, . . feel better, bitt this’would 1 M My nights were often spent nmi PBB little sleep I could catch did J 4 me, My appetite was also very I could scarcely eat. it seetneS uJ" had no appetite, and what 1 did.'A 0 "/ 1 agree with me. eat fiiunot "Some of the doctors said I had a rheumatism, and others said ft " trouble. It was evident that ray “2 in a bad condition, and 1 tried s’eve .uS medicines. 1 used many kind. tarv medicines, but none benefited 2?'* ‘ We noticed articles about Dr u’nPink Pills for Pale People in and Jonathan Wise, a neighbor .s■ W f a * to trv them as they’ had cured a box and gave them a triad wAtP 1 * using any other medicine. I wa , ‘ nh °« encouraged with the results of the that I procured some more. I hav about eight boxes of the pills and have entirely well since. I feel no sign, J? trouble returning, and feel sure that X* manently cured. 1 weigh as much merly, and can sleep and eat n Williams’Pink Pills tbr Pale effiy cured me, and I owe mv life to them * Arthur Davis was very sick and I a j nw i him to try the pills, and they cured J most at once, and Mrs. Copper, of a.so cured herself of a severe disease W 1 ing Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale PJi ou my advice.” ” Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for P a ] e are sold in boxes (never in loose form b»K dozen or hundred, and the public are’ej. tioned against numerous imitations sold » this shape) at 50 cents a box oraixbox«i» $2.50. and may be had of all drureista » direct by mail from Dr. Willianu’ Ma’iww Company, Schenectady, N.Y.