Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1897 — Page 3

REASONS for Walter Baker & Co.’s

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Breakfast Cocoa. ’l. Because it is absolutely pure. 2. Because it is net made by the so-called Dutch Proofs in which chemicals are used. rrOCKS in 3. Because beans of the finest quality are used. 4. Because it is made by a method which preserves unimnaired the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. * a^up. iS the m ° St economical > CoStin K less than one cent RAiepP*& r co h r»H yo ft **’* wnuln* article made by WALTER . " bcrche,ter ' Ma «- Established 1780.

local news. Hlwellaiicons Paragraph* About Everybody and Everything.. The forthcoming report of War ij eD Harley, of the state pn«on, will gbow that the expenses have been within the limits of the appropriation of 190,000 for maintenance. It doesn’t pay to drill holes in coins and wear them as jewelry any more. Under an act passed by tbe last Congress a person defacing told or spver coin of the United States is liable to e fine of S2OOO and five years in prison. This stops the bangle fad along with other forms of coin defacement. Paving blocks made of meadow grass are now manufactured. It is impregnated with oil, tar, and resin, pressed into blocks and then bound with iron straps. The advantage claimed for these blocks is that they are noiseless and elastic, resist, wear well and are impervious to beit and cold. The inventor is a clergyman. It is a somewhat significant fact that an Illinois judge disqualified a young man from giving evidence in a case at law, on ground that the witness was an inveterate cigarette imoker, a “fiend” in other words. The judge held that cigarette fiend’s viewsof things could not be straight, and normal. This gives a new phase to the growing and pernicious practice ot cigarette smoking.

Two little tots were about to be put to bed and were kneeling at their mother’s knee saying the

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Lord’s prayer. The oldest one warepeating it after his mother, and when he reached the passage where it reads, “Give us this day our daili bread,” what was the mother’s surprise when the other tot exclaimed, “Hit him for pie, Johnnie, bit him for pie. A new style ot swindling is now going on in the northern part of the state. A smooth chap is selling the farmers grains of corn for so much per grain, taken from an ear of corn of immense size. Four cobs have have been joined together and the grains glued to the cob, making it the size of a stove pipe. Farmers have just found it out and they freely acknowledge the corn. Word comes from Lafayette that a serious condition of affairs confronts the trustees of the Soldiers’ Home near that city. There is not room enough at the institution to accommodate all who wish to become inmates and fully eighty applicants, it is said will have to he kept waiting. There are now about 500 inmates at the home and all the buildings are crowded. The approach of cold weather has driven an unusual number to seek refuge at the home. Recent corrections in the statistics at the Union army in the C’vil war swell the aggregate of recorded deaths to 360,207. The number killed outright in action 67,058 and 42,581 died of wounds,but this total of 109,629 was lees than half that of the deaths, which aggregates 250, 568. An army of Union soldiers, numbering 23,498 died in prison. It seems that there are more than two chances to one that the soldier

who dies for bis country will be ,-arried off by disease instead of a 1 ullet. '1 he figures show the great "train of army life upon the vital powers. In speaking of a local newspaper 'he other day, a friend said that he “never knew a local paper so onery that it didn’t save a cireful reader more than its subscrip'ion price.” He argued that in 'he course of a year his family saved many times the cost of his newspaper by reading the advertisements—often more han the price of the home paper in a single purchase—and that the pleasure and knowledge afforded him in scanning the news columns was mental pr< fit to be added tothe more sordid gain from the business columns. An Elwood man has purchased a “German farm.” This is perhaps the first time such a transaction has occurred in Indiana. German farms are indeed a rarity in this country. Sauer kraut is indigenous, while at the end of each apple in the orchard will be found growing an adult pretzel. There is a strain of Pabst beer in the farm wells, while the pigs squeal in low dutch and the cows give little chunks of Limburger cheese with the cloth on them, instead of milk. Dutch picnics flourish in every fence corner and taken in its entirety a “German farm” offers many inducements which a United States farm does not possess. The Elwood man is to be congratulated on bis remarkable purchase.—Anderson Herald Justice of the Peace, James H. Smith has arranged a new marriage ceremony, winch will be given at reduced rates for a short time. Here it is: “Wilt thou take her for thy pard, for better or for worse, to have, to hold, to fondly guard, until hauled off iu a hearse? Wilt thou let her have her own way, consult her many wishes, make the fires and help her wipe the dishes? Wilt thou give her all the stuff her little purse will pack, buy her a little monkey boa and muff, a little seal skin sacque? Wilt thou comfort and support her mother and father, Aunt Jemima, Uncle John, thirteen sisters and a brother.” The bridegroom’s face is supposed to grow pale and pink, as through the floor he would like to sink, and say: “I wilt.” Mr. W. W. Wiley of the United States department of agriculture has written to Fort Wayne parlies regarding the sugar beet culture, aud in bis letter he says: “I lately visited a number of places in Indiana where the people are interested in this subject, and from the observations I made I am of the opinion that Indiana, especially the northern part ot it, will in the near future be a great sugar producing area. Fort Wayne is in the sugar beet belt, and Allen county, from what I know of its soil and climate, is well suited to the growth of sugar beets with a high saccharine content.” This should also interest the farmers of Adams county, and they should give this matter careful attention. Get together and study the matter of sugar beet culture, and it may prove beneficial from a financial standpoint. This matter is being thoroughly agitated, end in a short time we expect to see a sugar beet factory located somewhere in this vicinity and we know of no place better situated for such an industry, than Decatur. Let ns join hands and work together in this matter, and we may find something of financial interest to the people of this county. The columns of the Democrat are always open for the betterment ot the commercial and agricultural interests of this community, and we ask the farmers and others interested, to take a firm hold that they may be able to cope with the matter when it presents itself for investigation. Grocery keepers are a patient set of fellows and a class of people who are very much imposed upon. Said a grocery man today: “Do you know, as a class we are eaten out of house and home by the meddlesome man; the fellow who goes nosing around with his fingers in everything? I mean the man who is too stingy to eat enough at home but who is a habitual “taster when feasting upon the preserves of another.” He is a familiar cuss. He goes from barrel to barrel. From the prunes he dives into the raisins. He samples the cheese and washes it down with a glass of sweet cider if he is fortunate enough to reach the faucet. He always did like dried apples because they are inclined to swell and fill “a long felt want,” and dried peaches were always his huckleberry. “Them maple molasses ara fine,” cause be has tasted ’em and has aright to know. One banana don’t amount to much so he yanks ’er from the stem and

BgK 3 cent Cinghams. Apron Checks, liijht and dark stvles. good, heavy cloth, sold everywhere at 5?. our price 3c. WHS Tennis Cloth, 5 cents. Dark Styles, heavy, tlsecv Cloth, worth Seven cents, our price. 5 cents. 25c Ladies’ Vests. Faucv weave, heavv fleece, never retailed at less than 33 cents -25 cents. KBuKHK All Dry Goods at similar prices at BOSTON STORE.

throws the peeling on the floor. So with a bunch of grapes in his hand and three plums in his mouth he passes out and the forbearing grocer, who has been systematically robbed in broad daylight, heaves a sigh of relief at bis departure. That’s just the way hundreds of people get a living. It looks like a small thing to complain about, but ten or fitteen fellows a day for 313 days in a year and you surely won’t wonder at our having to resort to wire screens to our barrels and boxes. Yes, we lose hundreds of dollars worth of goods annually, for which we pay spot cash by the professional taster.”

The three-year old boy of J. A. Johnson, of Lynn Center, 111., is subject to attacks of croup. Mr. Johnson says he is satified that the timely use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, during a severe attack, saved ins little boy’s life. He is in the drug business, a member of the firm of Johnson Bros, of that place and they handle a great many patent medicines for throat and lung diseases. He had all these to choose from, and skilled physicians ready to respond to his call, but selected this remedy for use in his own fam ily at a time when his child’s life was in danger, because he knew it to be superior to any other, and famous the country over for its cures ot croup. Mr. Johnson says this is the best selling cough medicine they handle, and that it gives splendid satisfaction in all cases. Sold by Smith & Callow. n Unclaimed letters are at the postoffice for Sallie Steele, Daniel Sopher, James Dunnigan, Mrs. McEix, Dan Dalton, A. F- Witter, Jane Work, John Feeney, Mrs. Liza Miller. Household Voth, The ancient Greeks believed that the Penates were the gods who attended to the welfare and prosperity of the family. They were worshiped as household gods in eyery home. The household god of to-day is Dr. King’s New Discovery. For consumption, coughs, colds, and for all affections of throat, chest and lungs it is invaluable. It has been tried for a quarter of a century and is guaranteed to cure or money refunded. No household should be without this good angel. It is pleasant to take and a safe and sure remedy for old and young. Free trial bottles at Page Blackburns drug store. Regular size 50e. and SI.OO.

Down to Rock Bottom! We have the exclusive right of the Victor Dining Table — Boards always in place—lmpossible to get out of order. /’""’’TT’j——’A ■" "—" ■ ■ • •. VICTOR. VICTOR. Rockers—Large arm, only $1.50. Carpets and Draperies—new line just in. Jardiniere Stands —oak, green and mahogany, only 75. FURNITURE. = AUTEN & CH: 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. Niblicks Donovan & Bremerkamp’s Old Stand.!