Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1897 — Page 3

REASONS FOR USING Walter Baker & Co.’s H Breakfast Cocoa. C'V' ’• R ecause ’*’ s absolutely pure. 2 - Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in ®**X winch chemicals are used. 1 \ 3. Because beans of the finest quality are used. H 4 ' S 4 ' Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired L • tin tht> exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. ffi i ’| U 5. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent Rfl i ■ ' a cup. M : _ Be sure that you pet the genuine article made bv WAITED BAKER & CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. Established 1780.

BV PARAGRAPHS. [fs of Intereat and Importance from a Miscellaneous Standpoint. lawyer sent ti e following telehiccondolence to the widow of fl ltO r; “I cannot tell you how ( d [ was to hear of your hns- | going to heaven. We were friend*, but now we shall !f meet again.” mtold of a farmer in lona iiv, Michigan, who used green o< for corner posts for his barn, the poets have taken root and r and that the buildi'g is jderably higher than it was e limbs have also come out to r hie harness on. eta nickel’s worth of nitrate of , r at a drug store and put it into mbler of water from the well, lhe water is pure it will turn r If impure, it will turn milky, this simple manner you can lifyour well needs cleansing, possibly head off a run of tyd fever. be most curious use to which iris to be put is that suggisted be blotting paper towel. It is w style ot bath to« el, consistof a full suit of heavy blotting er. A person, upon stepping of his morning bath, has only irray himself in one of these i, and in a second he will be dry. 'hen the frost is on the counter, the cobwebs on the shelf, and e’snoone in the store but your disheartened self, and your

Holthouse I & Mougey, the: I our nn inn n on | LUUU l 0 Uu llUlluu. I The system of selling Boots and Shoes S at a small profit, and a thorough reliable quality, is strictly maintained by this upj to-date shoe store. We carry a complete line of Ladies and S Gent’s fall and winter goods, which are the j 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 S earth, and give free with each pair a beautiful present. Boys and girls, don’t miss it. Our goods are manufactured by tLe well \ known firm of J. B. Lewis & Co., Hathaway, Soule & Harrington, Emerson Sons! and the j 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, J which our competitors and smaller dealers =j are unable to do. Come in and see us. It costs you noth ? ing to look at our line of goods. holthouse & mougey. The Old Stand

stock is getting shelf worn—your groceries getting stale, and bills enough are coming due to make a banker pile; oh, then’s the time a fellow is a-feelin’ kind o’ blue, and is puzz'ed with the thought of the proper thing to do. In such a situation but one remedy applies: If yon want to get the customers; you’ve got to advertise. And, here is another way to outwit the law, as gathered from an exchange: A Wisconsin man who had been a millionaire hut was about to lotse his property for debt to despondent creditors in the hard fisted east, induced his wife to sue for divorce on the grounds of cruelty. The divorce with alimony was secured, and he immediately turned h>s property over to her for settlement of the alimony judgment. In a few weeks they were remarried. Go north, young manThe spectacle of a min at work seems to posses an irret-istable faeination for people who are idle. P. T. Barnum well understood this weakness of humanity when he hired a man to issue from his museum with an armful of bricks, deposit them one at a time on the sidewalk, then gather them up and carry them back into the museum. Crowds followed the man into the museum out of idle curiosity. Merchants since P. T. Barnum’s time have utilized the same idea. A man in a show window engaged in the most ordinary vocation will attract more attention than a box of monkeys, Indiana is a famous state. It lays cla'm, and truthfully, too, to many points of prominenc not found in

any other state in the union. It claims the oldest inh ibitant and the oldest twins, the heaviest man and one of the smallest, the best school laws, the greatest, gas belt, the fastest trotting horse, the champion middle weight pugilist (an honor?), swiftest sprinter, and the greates' number of pretty girls, and now comes Monrovia, Indiana, with the most honest man. Some time ago he returned his pension because he was cured of his ailment, and it is »aid of him that he refused to enter a house which was being built by him until all the workmen had been paid. -•AThe finest organization of ex-sol-diers the world has ever seen has reached high tide, and the great wave is receding, the men who were 26 and 30 years old when the order was organized are now 57 and 61; the men who were young when General Logan was commander-in-chief are now old and are dropping out of the ranks. The Grand Army of the Republic was organized thirty-one years ago, when there were not many gray heads among the members. It gained in membership up to the present year, but the meeting at Buffalo marked the turn of the tide. There are few or no recruits, ana the death list is growing longer with each succeeding year. From this time on the death roll will not be offset by the roll of new members—it will net-loss to the legions of the Grand Army. The Rochester Post Express tells a story of an old colored coachman who, as a slave, attended his master’s church, the Episcopal for thirty vears. After the war the master gave up hie carriage, and the coaohman shifted for himself. Taking advantage of his freedom, he began visiting various churches, and finally made a new connection. Meeting his old master one day he admitted with some embarrassment that he had “done change,” and “jined de Mefodis.” He said be liked ’em bettah,” and when pinned down told why: Well, I’ll tell you mas’r; you knows when you goes to de Mefodis’ chaich jes’ as soon as you gits inside dey settles right down to business, a preachin’ ob de gospel; but in de Piskerpal chaich it takes ’em too long to read the proceeding ob de Jas’ meetin’.” Business men and others are often puzzled to know what can be written on a postal card to pass through the mails and be in conformity with ; the laws of the postal department. ; A threat or a dun is not permissable, and caution should be taken in framing notices of a business nature. An opinion is given by James N. Tyner, assistant attorney-general for the postoffice department, in which he says: “Please call and j settle account, which is long past due and for which our collector has called several times” is mailable on a postal card if written without display. But if are added the words, “If not paid at once, we shall place the same with our lawyer for collection,” the card is unmailable. Judge Tyner says a card to be mailable must not contain language of a threatening character or language calculated to reflect injuriously upon the character or conduct ot the person addressed. Warden Harley of the State’s prison at Michigan City, has a plan for providing work for the convicts: “I do not know that it is possible to put my scheme into operation,” said he recently, “but I am convinced that the project I have in mind would be a successful one. In the neighborhood of the prison are about fifteen thousand acres of swamn land. I would have the prison lease about one thousand acres of this land, and would let the improvements on it pay for the lease. Several hundred men could be set to work at once draining it and making it ready for cultivation next year. It is the bestjproducing land in the world after it has been drained, and it can all be drained. “On this land, with the labor of the convicts, I would grow potatoes, cabbages, onions, celerv and other vegetables that are consumed in the state’s benevolent and penal institutions. I find upon inquiry that several state institutions consume about 40,000 bushels of potatoes annually! 1 could produce so many bushels and could supply the other institutions at the market priceThe cabbages grown I could have made into kraut, which could be barreled and sold to the other benevolent and penal institutions. The land in question is splendidly adapted to the growing of celery, and I could produce all the other institutions could use. Onions, too, could be produced in any quantity. Bv furnishing each man with noth ing more than a hoe I could give 500 men employment.” A few weeks ago the editor was taken with a severe cold that caused

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WE WANT To call your special attention to our elegant line of fine Carpets. Draperies. Dugs 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 Book 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. JAMES K. NIBLICK, THE. GROCER. Can supply you with ail 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.