Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1897 — Page 3

REASONS FOR USING Walter Baker & Co.’s Breakfast Cocoa. 1. Because it is absolutely pure. I 2 - Because it is net made by the so-called Dutch Process in ' ’ W ' A " ch chemicals are used. m ~ M 1 3 ‘ Because beans of the finest Quality are used. ;• H I *‘ ul 4 ’ Becau , s h e 1£ is niade b y a method which preserves unimpaired •’ Ml 4 'ln th “ exc iuisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. '' Mi ' M S ’ ‘ S the most econ °mical, costing less than one cent ! i i I " > I a jil « Clip. < > -A Re i the eenulne ,rt!cle made by WALTER ” BAKER & CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. Established 1T«O. II

brief brevities. gathered from Around and About, condensed for Reading Purposes. A woman should never cease praying tor her husband, it may not avail anything, but it will keep her out of mischief. New designs for paper money are being submitted to the treasury department. Wbat is now in use is good enough if we could only get plenty of it. A Decatur school maam trims her finger nails with her teeth and a boy asked her one day how she trims her toe nails. His position now is standing most of the time. A certain gentleman while driving through the country recently met a carriage containing three daughter, three mothers, two grandmothers and a great-grand mother. There were four persons in all. Who will give a solution to the problem? One of the delegates to the national liquor dealers convention held in Indianapolis, made the statement in a speech that the laboring man constituted the best class of patrons of the saloons and upon which the saloons were mainly dependent. Driving away mice from an infected cellar is an easy matter when oil of turpentine is used. It seems that the little rodents have a very pronounced antipathy for the odor, and some woolen rags saturated

Do you want Rubbers? If so, don't fail to see CLEM AND JOHN. For a good rubber boot, with sole leather insole, guaranteed to be the best for $2.50. Felt boots $1.75 and /2.00. While in the city call in and look at our line of rubber goods. If not in need now, you may be soon. We will be pleased to show you what we have. holthouse & mougey. The Old

with oil of turpentine and placed in front of the holes by which mice enter will keep them away. If the experiment is repeated several times, it will eventually drive the mice away entirely. An interesting case was decided last week tn Naugatuck, Conn. A man who refused to assist a policeman in making an arrest of a troublesome prisoner based his refusal on the ground that as he was an alien he could not be legally called upon to assist in enforcing the laws of this country. He was arrested and was fined $lO and costs in the borough court, the judge holding that while a resident of this country he was subject to its laws. The next assessment will be made under the new dog law, which provides that diligent inqiry shall be made as to the number of dogs owned or harbored by the persons assessed, and that said persons shall pay immediately to the township assessor one dollar for each male dog and two dollars for each additional male or spayed female dog, and three dollars for each female dog owned. The assessor to give each person a receipt for the money paid him. Many of the provisions of the law are very exacting. It is announced that two men in Lebanon, Ky., are to be sold at auction as slaves were before the war. The men are Thomas Hutt and William Reed. They were convicted of vagrancy at the last term of the circuit court, and it was ordered that they be required to work. In accordance with the laws Sheriff Young has posted bills on

the court house announcing that he will on November 1 at the court house door sell the services of Hutt for nine months and the labor of Reed for three mouths to the highest bidder. A dispatch from Eldorado, Kans., says that a farmer came into one of the ba..ks of that city a few d<ys ago and told the cashier that he wanted to pay a $1,500 mortgage " hich the bank held on his farm. Ibe cashier looked it up, and finding that it was drawing 9 per cent interest and was not due until next February told the farmer he w’ould have to let it run to maturity. The farmer argued the matter but the cashier was obdurate. Finally the farmer laid $1,500 on the counter and drawing a levolver, told the cashier that he was going to pay that mortgage right then and there. The argument was conclusive and the mor’gage was paid. The will of the late George M. Pullman is a remarkable document. He left an estate valued at $7,600,000 and from thia his two eons, George, jr., and Walter only receive the paltry sum of $3,000 per year. This because neither of them has developed such a sense of responsibility as is requisite for the wise use of large properties and considerable sums of money. Sufficient was left to establish a manual training school at Pullman, while several charitable institutions and faithful employes were enriched with large sums. Taken as a whole it was a remarkable will—like the man himself, practicable and sensible from start to finish. The bulk of the estate goes to his two married daughters. A restaurant keeper in the Jellico and Coal Creek country of Kentucky has the fallowing business card: “25 cents an Eat 25 cents a sleep, The Edwards House, P. M Edwards, proprietor, Coal Creek, Tenn. Directly opposite Railroad Depot. Not the largest hotel in the berg. Not newly furnished throughout. No free bus to trains. Not the best grub the market affords. But simply clean beds and something good to eat. Tooth picks and ice water thrown in. Try us! Pay np! and if not satisfied keep mum Our city is composed mostly of hogs, diggers, merchants and lawyers, named in order of their importance. Good cross-tie walks on all the principal thoroughfares.”

Which will be the first country neighborhood to put in a telephone exchange? It would cost but little, and once built the expense thereafter would be nominal. Two dollars a mile would pay for the wire; the farmers could furnish the poles and set them; the instruments cost about ten dollars apiece- A score of farmers in any township in the county could build and own a line reaching as far as four miles from an agreed center for four hundred dollars cash outlay. The city company would give them special rates into the city. The fact that the city subscribers would be in constant communication with an entire township would be a big point in its favor and enlarge its patronage. An exchangevery truthfully says: It is no compliment (rather is it an insult) to a young lady to be known as “a favorite with men” and especially if those men be commercial travelers —known as drummers—who travel about the country boasting of their “little lump of sweetness,” at such and such a place. Better be the favorite of but one, be be but the follower of a plow, than a dozen or more who call to bask in the smiles when e’er they make your town. They make a “date” spend the evening, the next night somewhere else with another “date,” but when it comes to make a selection of a wife they turn to one that would be true when they are far away. The favori e might continue, even after marriage, to be a “favorite with men.” Soniethiagto Depend On. Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm of Jones & Son, Cowden, 111., in speaking of Dr. King’s Discovery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with lagrippe, and her case grew so serious that physicians at Cowden and Hana could do nothing for her. It seemed to develop into hasty consumption. Having Dr. King’s New Discovery in store, and selling 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 tiral bottles at Page Blackburn’s drug store. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. It C. C. C. tall to cure, druggists refund money.

CIOIIOPW * BOSTON STORE. November 10 and 11. “last'one of the season - 'j . . -■ - ■ —- -aaaaa Don’t fail to attend. Furs— Excellent line of Fur Collaretts, Boas and Muffs, from one of the best fur houses in the country. Don’t forget the dates, next Wednesday and Thursday, November 10 and 11. BOSTON STORE. I. O. O. F. BIogK. KUebler <& Moltz Go.

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 whisky nor other intoxicant, but acts 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 t 1.00 per bottle at Page Blackburn’s drug store. 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 lady—Mrs. Stella Hosmor 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. Those who believe chronic diarrhoea to be incurable should read what Mr. P. E. Grisham of Gaars Mills, La., has to say on the subject, viz.: “I have been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea ever since the war and have tried all kinds of medicines for it. At last I found a remedy that affected a cure and that was ChanilArlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.” This medicine can always be depended upon for colic, cholera morbus, dysentery and diarrhoea. It is pleasant to take and never fails to effect a cure. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by Smith <& Callow. o Clerk Lenhart issued two marriage licenses this week, the happy people being Ira Baker and Jennie Cook, William F. Stogdill and Dora E. Walters. Croup Quickly Cured. Mountain Glen, Ark. —Our children were suffering with croup when we received a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It afforded almost instant relief. F. A. Thornton. This celebrated remedy is for sale by Smith & Callow. 0

Down to Kock Bottom! We have the exclusive right of the Victor Dining Table — Boards always in place—lmpossible to get out of order. / M K VICTOR. VICTOR. Rockers—Large arm, only $1.50. Carpets and Draperies—new line just in. Jardiniere Stands—oak, green and mahogany, only 75. FURNITURE. - ADTEN & GAY : UNDERTAKING. JAMES K NIBLICK, 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.*