Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1898 — Page 3

The Song of the Cradle. a Bye. bye’Hope rises hlgrh: There’s a sweet little craIB Est £ ' V die hung up in the sky; •> A dear little life that is coming to bless ; J 7 ) Two soft chubby hands Hffyfly t ] c that will pat and caress; . pure little soul wingl KV? Z ing <lown from above; A darling to care for, a In the baby to love. days when .q Eve sinned /7F ' it was writ- t ' ten that » Y 5 \ motherhood I ■. should here- Q !U\ £ ll « after be ac- I vl II eotnpanii-d ’v ,'L-J 1 *» J with pain kj ( / ,• and sorrow; Ml H Mllv z 1 but this Wi px- nJ curse upon pur fore- /*/ x I parents has > //’ \ sfi 'rf', fed nfore J/ and more/f|[ \®«-Il {I as man kind/ E; have learn-CA W ed to rise superior to many of their sins and mistakes. One of the grandest agencies which enlightened Science has discovered to relieve motherhood from excessive suffering is the “Favorite Prescription” devised by Dr. K. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician of the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y. This wonderful “Prescription ” imbues the entire nervous system with natural, healthy vitality; gives elastic vigor to the delicate organism spe- | cially concerned in motherhood; renders the prospective mother strong and cheerful and makes the coming of baby entirely free from danger and almost free from pain. The delighted gratitude of Mrs. Pearl Walton, of Alvo, Cass Co., Neb., will find an echo in the heart of every expectant mother : “Previous to the birth of my child.” writes Mrs. Walton. " I had no appetite, was sick at my stomach, had headache, could not rest at night, was completely worn out in every way. I, com- i menced to use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and began to improve -ight away. 1 used two > bottles of this great medicine and felt like a new person. At the time of confinement I was in labor but a little while and I owe it all to that great remedy—Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.” Dr. Pierce’s Pellets cure constipation.

"' Additional Locals. YI-KI cures coms and warts. Its Mrs. Kate Champer spent Sunday with friends at Bluffton. Robin red-breast is again with us and spring can not be far off. A. R. Bell was looking after lumber business at Huntington last Friday. Eli Sprunger was buying stock at Willshire the latter part of last week. Attorneys Teeple and Mann were at Fort Wayne last Thursday on business. There is room for everylxxly in this big world, but we can’t all have front rooms. The world is full of people trying to live in three story houses on a basement salary. A Kentuckian says the luckiest man he ever knew was drowned in a vat of whiskey. M. F. Rice was a visitor at Peru last week in the interest of the Adams County Lumber Company.

| I I I I I — -- | I Our spring stock is in, and we are 9 I ready to show the finest and | most stylish line ever brought to the city. We have a full line of medium grades at your own ® price-. If we haven't got what I you want, we’ll get it. fe I s Your Price is Ours. S I Call in and see us, whether you i buy or not || I fi ri ! I I MOUGEY | I AND I ■ 8 LOfKE. I Holthouse Old Stand.

Miss Mattie Albers spent Sunday at Fort Wayne the guest of friends. Stoves at Cost To close them out. Call and get prices at Ellsworth, Myers & Co. 51-3 Wonder how many young wives will be willing to let their hubby go and “shoulder up his musket?” Uncle Sam has bought a little matter of 10,000,000 pounds of smokeless powder just as an experiment to try its virtues. The biuscuit trust has a capital of $55,000,000, and yet there people who seem to fear there will be a shortage of biscuits. To Cure a cold in one day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists, refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. 26tf An abandoned railroad tunnel running a mile under the streets of Edinburg has been used for some years as a mushroom farm. The Tyrol is the only country in Europe where the government pays head money for the extermination of poisonous snakes. For Sale. —House and lot two squares and a half from the Old Adams county Bank. Easy terms. Enquire at this office. 48tf For the best and cheapest repairing on boots and shoes call on N. Nix, north Second street, opposite Old Adams County Bank, 511 A small war would be interesting just to see how many of the boys who have been “whoopin her up" would send proxies to the front. There are three varieties of the dog that never bark the Australian dog, the Egyptian shepherd dog and the “lion-headed” dog of Thibet.

M. V. B. Archbold, the book man. was looking after the interests of the firm of Archbold & Haugh at Fort Wayne the latter part of last week. American families are so busy that it frequently happens that the members only get a chance to become acquainted with each other at funerals. A scientific expedition has gone from Australia to Ellice islands to test Darwin’s theory that coral reefs are constructed on gradually sinking islands. The season so far has lieen unfavorable for maple sugar making, although it is safe to presume that the usual amount of that article will lie offered for sale. Clover Leaf herd of large English , Berkshire, headed bv Model 3374, Perfection 6578 and t’earl 6580, for sale. Address Willis L. Magner, Monroeville, Ind. 47-7 Miss Hattie Wertzberger is at Cincinnati attending a millinery opening and getting the latest styles of hats. ; She will look after the millinery dei partment of Simison & Soldner large store at Berne.

In a big mass of clear amber, dredged up out of the Baltic sea recently, there was distinctly visible in its interior a small squirrel fur, teeth and claws intact. A California orange grower has succeeded in developing an orange tree which will stand a temperature of 12 degrees and yet yield a sweet and well favored fruit. Thomas A. Edison has discovered a new metal or alloy, which, admixed with iron, renders cast iron as tough and strong as wrought iron. He will yet make a moon out of green cheese. It is a fact that a person buried in a snow bank hears distinctly every word uttered by those searching for him. while his loudest shouts fail to penetrate even a few feet of the snow. The reason why many a woman looks as though she had been struck by a cyclone is because she has thought that the clothes that were becoming to another would be so to her. Disfigurements for life by burns or scalds may be avoided by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles and for all kinds of sores and skin troubles. W. H.Nachtrieb. Clark Crecelius’ old war horse, “Voltaire,” recently died at Leavenworth, aged 37 years. For the past eleven years the animal had been a pensioner on the generosity of the owner. On March 1 and 15, the Clover Leaf route will issue low rate excursion tickets to all points within home seeker’s territory. Ample return limit. For full particulars see any Clover Leaf gent. T. Rheumatic, a never failing cure for rheumatism in all stages and conditions. Try it and be cured. Manufactured by the T. Rheumatic Cure Co., Huntington, Ind. For sale by all druggists. John L. Phelan was dismissed from the postoffice department at Toledo. Last Deeemlier he married, under name of Kelley, Miss Maude Moran, of Indianapolis, and deserted her in Chicago, after a day. Children don’t think a party is Complete unless there is someting to eat, and men howl if there is nothing to drink. A woman is quite satisfied without either, so long as she has on her best clothes. Carrier pigeons are to be used in connection with the' United States naval service. They probablj’ will be used to inform the department that the war ships are still afloat, but headed for a mud bank. The case is reported of a man out West who just before committing suicide announced that the spirit of his dead wife was at his side asking him to “hurry up.” It only shows how tenacious the force of habit is. The great Dean peach orchards in Clark county, are to be sold at sheriff’s sale to satisfy a judgment of $8,334.40 held by the JEtna Insurance Company. The orchards are among the most exetensive in the United States. Farm for Sale.- A well improved farm, known as the Bunn farm, with thirty acres of heavy timber, located two miles east of Ossian, in Wells county. For particular call on or address W. H. Rfpright, Ossian, Ind. 44-3 mos A Pennsylvania legislator has introduced a bill “to abolish book agents.” It can’t be done; even a bounty of $2 on their scalps would fail. But it is doubtful whether the author of that measure would know a book if he saw one. To those who drink whiskey for pleasure; HARPER Whiskey adds zest to existence. To those who drink whiskey for health’s sake; HARPER Whiskey makes life worth living. Sold bv Luttman & Burdge, Decatur, IndL A stock company has been formed at Evansville, Ind., to be known as the Farmer Airship Company. The object of the (Sampany is stated to be the construction, use and sale of machinery, ships and appliances for aerial navigation.

The “warmest” novelty at the cycle show in Paris was a pedal for cold weather. The feature of the pedal was a little stove within. You put a cake of charcoal inside, apply the match, and there you are, as warm as a morning in hay time. If you wish to reach Alaska it will lx* to your advantage to call upon nearest agent Clover Leaf route. Through tickets via San Francisco or Portland at lowest rates. Full particulars upon application to C. C. Jenkins, Gen’l Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. Will Wood, the young man who was suspected of being an accomplice in the murder of Pearl Bryan near Qincinnati two years ago, was a clerk on the battlesliip Maine, wrecked in the harbor of Havana, and is reported as one of the missing and is supposed to have perished. An exchange tells the story of a tramp who rang a doctor’s door lx‘ll and asked the pretty woman who opened the door if she would kindly ask the doctor if he had a pair of old trousers he woidd give away, “j’m the doctor,” said the smiling young woman, and the tramp fainted. For Sale or Trade. I have the following properties for sale, or will trade for desirable property in the city of Decatur: One farm of 60 acres, one farm of 100 acres. Two houses and lots in good shop town of 10,000 inhabitants. City property will trade for country property. Will sell on terms to suit the buyer. 43tf Richard K. Erwin.

WAR MAY COME! BUT THE NEW SPRING GOODS ARE HERE AT BOSTON STORE. All of which are Open for your Inspection. All the Fashionable Weaves—Bayaderes, Whip Cords, Poplins, Bareges, Homespuns, and Tweeds. Worth $ wa.b.cco. X Worth | Worth £ktrt. | Skirt. Skirt. I You Have | ’ —— I Should You f Lemtk | Buy it. Seen - | Perfect Ts ? NONE GENUINE WITHOUT Shape ABOVE TICKET. Prices Guaranteed the Lowest. We have a Complete Line of Skirts in Blacks, Brocades, and Novelties, at $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 Ask to see them at the BOSTON STORE. I. O. O. F. Block. Kuebler & Moltz Co.

Men exposed to the rigors of the Alaska winter never wear moustaches. Thev wear full beards to protect the throat and face, but keep the upper lip clean shaven. The moisture from the breath congeals so quickly that a moustache becomes imbedded in a solid cake of ice and the sac» is frozen before a man knows it. The railroads of the United States represent a larger disbursementof funds than the government. It is said that 800,000 men are employed by the roads, and that the disbursements, of what is called a prosperous year for the roads, amounts to $1,200,000,000. Is it any wonder the railroads cut a big figure in politics f A short time ago certain railroad companies issued very stringent orders about employees visiting saloons. The brewing interests of the country notified them to recall the orders or thyy would not ship a keg of beer over their line, and it would result in many hundreds of dollars in freight. The orders are said to have been cancelled. The postoffice department has awarded to the Klondyke, \ ukon and Copper River Company a contract for carrying the mails for four years from Seattle, Wash., to Dyea, Alaska, and including Juneau, Sitka, Skagua and other intermediate points. There are to be five round trips each month throughout the year, and the compensation is to be $15,250 per annum. It is said that Whitley county is arranging to make a practical test of the plan of consolidating the district schools. It is proposed to combine some of the smaller and contiguous districts, establish a graded school and provide conveyances for the clildren living within the territory who can not walk the distance. If successful the scheme will be adopted generally over that county. A few months ago, Mr. Byron Every of Woodstock. Mich., was badly afflicted with rheumatism. His right leg was swollen the full length, causing him great suffering. He was advised to try Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. The first bottle of it helped him considerably and the second 1 wttle effected a cure. The 25 and 50 cent sizes are for sale by Smith & Yager. f

The latest information with reference to rates for tickets, railroad train schedule, sailing dates of steamers, cost of freight per ton, etc., to Alaska and Klondike gold fields will be cheerfully given upon application to ticket agents of the Chicago & Erie R. R. Are you going? If so, you may find it pleasant to join one of the numerous parties we are constantly sending. Full particulars will be furnished by sending your name and address advising date you wish to start to W. S. Morrison. T. P. A., Huntington. Indiana, or to F. W. Buskirk, A. G. P. A., Erie R. R., Chicago, 111.

No bugs or worms in your meat if you use Lee’s Hickory Smoke Extract. It is better than the old fashioned way of smoking meat. Price 35 and 75 cents per bottle. Sold by Holthouse & Callow, druggists, next door to Boston store. 52-2

We wish to call the attention of our readers this week to the new serial story, “Coeur D’Alene,” the first chapter of which is published in this issue. Don’t miss it or you will regret it. The story is highly recommended and is by the talented author Mary Hallock Foote. We will not attempt to outline the plot of the story as it would simplv be anticipating the greater pleasure of reading the story yourself. I have given Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a fair trial and consider it one of the very best remedies for croup that I have ever founk. One dose has always been sufficient, although I use it freely. Any cold my children contract yields very readily to this medicine. I can conscientiously recommend it for croup and colds in children. —Geo. E. Wolff, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Fernandina, Fla. Sold by Smith & Yager. f If the tramp is to be eradicated he must be compelled to work winter and summer until he is willing to seek and continue to work on his own account, and, failing in this, he should be kept at work indefinitely. In order to compel him to work he must be given something to do, and the industry that is capable of readiest adaptation to the solving of the tramp problem is that of road-making. The tramp should make the roads, not tramp them at his own will. The largest lump of quartz and gold ever found in the United States was found in Sierra county, California, during the early days of placer mining, by Louis Blanding, and was valued at $90,000. Australia claims the distinction of having produced the largest lump or nugget of gold in the world. While working a claim in New South Wales, called “Hill End.” the owners took out a lump the value of which was $148,800. The owners were poor men before this streak of luck. The Sure La Grippe Cere. There is no use suffering from this dreadful malady, if you will only get the right remedy. You are having pain all through your body, your liver is out of order, have no appetite, no life or ambition, have a bad cold, in fact are completely used up. Electric Bitters is the only remedy that will give you prompt and sure relief. They act directly on you liver, stomach and kidneys, tone up the whole system and make you feel like a new being. They are guaranteed to cure or price refunded. For sale at Page Blackburn’s drug store, only 50c per bottle.

Eli W. Peterson and wife takes this method of returning their sincere and heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends who assisted and sympathized with them during the illness and death of their baby. The Wabash and Huntington papers have lieen telling some wonderful stories about “sink holes,” quagmires that cannot lie filled. A few days ago, says the Wabash Plain Dealer. Thomas Charles found his driving mare buried in one of these places with nothing but her head visible. She was with difficulty rescued. Load after load of stones were afterward dumped into the hole, but they soon sank out of sight. Mr. Ward L. Smith, of Frederickstown, Mo., was troubled with chronic diarrhoea for over thirty years. He had become fully satisfied that it was only a question of a short time until he would have to give up. He had been treated by some of the best physicians in Europe and America but got no permanent relief. One day he picked up a newspaper and chanced to read an advertisement of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He got a bottle of it, the first dose helped him and its continued use cured him. For sale by Smith & Yager. f Township Assessor Walsh is preparing for the annual spring assessment of personal property and improvements. He has already received several hundred applications for appointments as deputies. This year the deputies will be appointed March 20. and they will, under the law of 1897, be required to give bond. This is because the laws were so amended as to require the assessor to collect dog tax as the assessments are made. Mr. Walsh thinks this requirement will operate injuriously, as it will require a number of additional deputies at greater expense to the county. He thinks less revenue will lie obtained from the dog tax, in the end, by this system than by the old system of paying dog tax with the general tax. Fort Wayne Journal. A Narrow EscAPE.Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton. S. D. “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs, cough set in and finally terminated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth. I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King s New Discovery for consumption coughsand colds, I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank Govt I am saved and now a well and healthy woman." Trial bottles free at Page Blackburn’s drug store. Regular size 50c and SI.OO. Guaranteed or price refunded.