Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1897 — Page 3

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V ACL NEWS. n | W ell:in> tbHt I onian.X Somi- ■ thing ol Everything. •Georgia inventor has invented Hjbthai i'i intended to straighten Kinkiest kind of hair. •nan i« pretty stingy who will •till spring to buy his wife a Ker coat in order to get it cheap. Kvernor Mount intimates that •jrtorney-general may conduct ■vestigation before the Ripley ■v grand jury if that body fails Kike a report on the recent K Kfairmount girl sent 25 cents to Kw York advertiser to find otr ■to whiten the hands. She got in a few days, “soak ’em jK*h water.” It tickled her tired nearly to death. K neighboring editor remarks ■ there 250,000 words in the jHi.ti language, and most of them on Sunday by a woman after coining out of ■ch, that her hat was adorned 9|itag on winch was written: ■need to $2.40.” Indiana editor was recently ■nnfiil in a suit against a desubscriber who “had never the paper,” but who, it is bad regularly called for it |Mtaken it out of the postoffic for The court ordered that pay subscription ac- ■> to 13, and $lO tor the cost of

Holthouse & Mougey. THE Oflf Os Q Iflfl A QO .Gull uUu HulluG. The system of selling Boots and Shoes at a small profit, and a thorough reliable quality, is strictly maintained by this up-to-date shoe store. We carry a complete line of Ladies and Gent’s fall and winter goods, which are the neatest, best and most perfect in style and fit that can be had at a very reasonable price. We have the best line of school shoes on earth, and give free with each pair a beau tiful present. Boys and girls, don’t miss it. Our goods are manufactured by the well known firm of J. B. Lewis & Co., Hathaway, Soule & Harrington, Emerson Sons, and the Alter & Julian Company, who are known the world over as doing first class work, on a cash basis, giving us a liberal discount. This we take advantage of and give to YOU, which our competitors and smaller dealers are unable to do. Come in and see us. It costs you n 0... ing to look at our line of goods. holthouse & moucey. The Old Stand.

The oyster season is with us once more, and the time has now come for bringing out oyster statistics. So here goes. It is shown by government reports, for instance, that of the 35,000,000 bushels of oysters consumed thornghout the world each year 30.000,000 bushels are supplied by the United State o , and the oyster fishery excels any other fishery in importance. The co’or now current, of the two-cent stamp, is soon to be changed from carmine to green, according to a dispatch from Washington. The ten-cent stamp, which is now green, will be changed to some other color, possibly carmine. It is thought green is a more desirable color than carmine, besides saving the government about $lO,000 tn difference in cost between the two inks. •4The following is an extract from the Klonkyke Lyre: “Our esteemed townsman, Bud Gravel, placed on our desk yesterday a handsome shaped gold nugget. It weighed twenty-seven pounds. We have credited him with three months’ subscription to the Lyre. We are pleased to see that Mr. Graved, who is one of our best citizens is doing well. He is one of a syndicate who expect to buy a quart of whisky Saturday night.” Convicts in the penitentiar will no longer be permitted to receive delicacies from outside friends. Fa. vored convicts will now have to take their bread and coffee and bean soup along with the rest of the herd. There are quite a number of high toned convicts who have been living on the best that their friends

on the outside could ?.ff >rd to give them. Chicken, pie", cake and all kinds of sweetmeats were daily furnished the lurk’ ones, while the poor devils would look on and could only wish for the g< od things. A certain minister when preaching on cleanliness mentioned h'>w he had seen a brass monkey in bis town set up in a store with a cigarette in its mouth It was automatically arranged so that after the cigarette was lighted the monkev would draw in the smoke and puff it out again. The works stopped on one occasion and the monkev was taken apart to discover the cause, when the works were found to be clogped and in a filthy condition. Thn moral was drawn by the preacher thus: “If smoke irom a cigarette will stop the works of a brass monkey, what will it do to yon?” The supreme court made an important decision a few days ago. It held that a person who has returned a false or fraudulent list of his taxable property to the assessor at anytime since 1881 is liable to a penalty of from SSO to $5,00 for each year that such false or fraudulent list was returned. It also holds that the ommission of a tax certificate or other species of property from the schedule in a year when no specific inquiry was made for that particular class of property subjects the owner to the penalty, since he is bound to list all property not expressly exempted by law. Alaska cost the United States $7,200,000. It seemed to many people an extravagant price at that time, but it has proven a good investment. Alaska has given back more than its purchase price in whalebone alone The returns from this article are now $9,600,000 a year. Up to date Alaska has paid us $103,000,000. This sum has been derived from furs, herring, salmon, cod, ivorv, whalebone and gold. It is a prevalent but mistaken idea that Alaska produces only gold and things of the sea. Even in Klondike vegetables grow in profusion. Hay is higher than a man’s head. There is plenty of game and every river is stocked with fish. An exchange very pertinently remarks. Let the boy who has an opportunity to become a good farmer stay on his father’s farm, and there, when he cannot attend school, ; figure out life's problem as he himl self sees it. The greatest men of I past years began on a farm, the 1 greatest men of the present came i from the same place and the world | is in need of thousands more from i the same source. Let the winds of spring blow the dust in your eyes, boys; be proud of the name “nay seed” and by your brain and brawn show to the world that energetic, i substant.al and true men are what j go to make up a good community and that you are cut out for just that purpose. After all that has been said that can be in favor of the state fish laws it must be admitted that the laws fall short of meeting the approbation of the great majority of those who fish with rod and line. They say the carp bids fair to destroy most all other kinds of game fish. I'hey also allege that the flesh of carp is not good eating and that the larger a carp grows the less palaatable the flesh is- Many fishermen say that seining the rivers with an average sein would be an advantage for the growth of other and better fish. Under the present law some very large carp may be expected to be found in the river, but bass and pike, they predict, will be scarce as time goes on, and this class of fish will become extinct in waters inhabited by carp—Ex. Now, who lost? A banker sauntering home for his dinner saw a $lO bill lying on the curbstone. Os course he picked it up and took the number in order to find the owner. While at home his wife remarked that the butcher had sent in a bill amounting to $lO. The only money he had with him was the bill he had found, which he gave to her and she paid the butcher. The butcher paid it to a farmer for a calf and the farmer paid it to the merchant, who in turn, paid it to the washerwoman, and she owing the banker a note of $lO, went to the bank and paid the note. The banker recognized the bill as the one he found and which up to that time had settled SSO of debt. On a careful examination he found the bill was counterfeit. Now will some of our financial friends teli us what had been lost in the transaction and by whom, if any? It Saves the Croupy Children. Seaview, Va.—We have a splendid sale on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and our customer coming from far and near,speak of it in the

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WE WANT To call your special attention to our elegant line of fine Carpets, Draperies, Rugs and Stand Covers. They are all of the latest design and style. Dining Tables. Mouldings and Pictures Are also very handsome. Our fall line of Rook Cases, Rockers and Novelties Are coming in. Come and see the immense stock in our new store room. We keep the best of everything. Undertaking a specialty. AUTEN & GAY. Ellsworth & Meyers Old Stand. lamesohbliTk, THE GROCER. Can supply you with all kinds of Staple and Fancy Groceries, and the prices can t be discounted any place at any time. Goods delivered promptly to all parts of the city. Call and see us and permit us to place you upon our list of regular customers. James K. Niblick. Donovan & Bremerkamp’s Old Stand.