Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1898 — Page 3

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Additional Locals. YI KI cures corns and warts. Its An ordinary piano contains a mile of "ire. George Flanders was a Ft. Wayne visitor last Thursday. Xorval Blackburn is improving his residence on Third street. Albert Brittson was looking after business interests in Ohio several days ]ast weekMiss Fae Werder, of Van Wert, is a guest as her uncles, W. A. Wetter and T. R. Moore. Tbree-teuths of the earnings of a Belgian convict are set aside for his benefit upon his release. Warren Moses of Fort Wayne, spent several days the latter part of last week with friends here. Mrs. Clara Sweeney ami daughter, of Chicago are in the city, the guests es C. S. Niblick and family. For Sale—Good Myers force pump and piping, in good condition and will be sold cheap. J. K. Niblick. 20-4 A single sniff of highly concentrated prussic acid will kill a man as quickly as a shot through the heart. The highest inhabited place in the world is the custom house of Ancomaraca. in Peru, 16.000 feet above the sea. This country will harvest 40.000.000 acres of wheat this year, the largest and perhaps the best crop in the country's history. To Cure a cold in one dav. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists, refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. 26tf In the United States Senate there are twelve Senators who served in the Union army and twelve who served in the confederate army. The weather is so warm in Cuba that many of the soldiers feel overburdened'with no uniform on but a cartridge belt and a straw hat. Senator Mason, of Illinois, has in his possession the Spanish flag that floated over Cavite fort at Manila May 1. when it was surrendered to Admiral Dewey. Wonderful! Marvelous! are expressions frequently heard about Foley's Kidney Cure. Do not fail to try this great remedy for all kindey trouble. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j According to an estimate the people of the United States have within the last month or two expended over 52.000.000 in the purchase of national flags, and the demand has not yet ceased. It was once customary in France, when a guest had remained too long, for the host to serve a cold shoulder of mutton instead of a hot roast. This was the origin of the phrase “to give the cold shoulder.” Fourteen of Spain's war vessels wiped out at the cost of one American killed and ten wounded, not one of our vessels materially damaged. Never before did the world see anything in naval fighting like it. Quick relief for asthma. Foley's Honey and Tar is guaranteed to give prompt relief in cases of Asthma. Do not class this with other medicines that have failed to give relief. Give it a trial. Holthouse, Callows A Co. j

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Miss Blanch Dibble spent Sunday with Bluffton friends. Mayor Quinn was a business visitor at Bluffton last Friday. Barney Kalverisky was a business visitor at Fort Wayne last Thursday. Miss Jessie Carver of W inchester, spent Sunday in the city, the guest of Miss Bessie Schrock. The patriot who is after a commission or a contract is still very much in evidence at Washington. Miss Nannie Peterson of Albion, spent a few days with relatives here the latter part of last week. The various saloons in the city are trying to outdo each other in preparing fine lunches for their customers. One of the largest achievements in chemical science is a pellet containing the concentrated elements of coffee, sugar and milk. One benefit to the illiterate part of Spain is that they won.t be under the necessity of learning the map of their possessions all over again. Charles F. True and family returned Friday evening from Oden, Michigan, where they had been enjoying the lake breezes for several days. Don't stop him! He has a bad attack of colic and is making for Holthouse, Callow & Co’s drug store after a bottle of Foley’s Colic Cure 25c. Matt Schaffer celebrated his wife’s birthday last Friday evening in elegant style. Lunch and other refreshments were plenty. The City Band furnished the music. The Austrian poor law gives every man sixty years of age the right to a pension equal to one-third of the amount per day which he usually earned during his working years. There is no ? about it. Noquestion indeed with those who have used it, but that Foley’s Kidney Cure is absolutely reliable for all kidney and bladder diseases. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j The Postmaster at North Lansing, N. Y., has held the office 70 years. He was appointed under the administration of John Quincy Adams, and has served under 19 Presidents and 34 Postmaster-generals. “I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in my family for years and always with good results,” says Mr. W. B. Cooper of El Rio, Cal. “For small children we find it especially effective. For sale by Holthouse, Callow (t Co. J A system for the prevention of marine accidents proposes to place strongly smelling chemicals on light buoys and bell buoys. In a thick fog it is claimed that sailors would thus be able to know when they were near a dangerous coast. Ringling Brothers have the largest herd of elephants in the world. There are twenty-five of these interesting and intelligent animals, ranging from the tiniest of baby elephants to the mammoth, towering above all livingcreation, and weighing many tons. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions. and positively cures piles or no pay required. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Page Blackburn.

The Supreme court of Ohio has decided that women cannot constitutionally be notaries publics in that state. Seventeen lawyers in the State senate said last spring they knew better, and aided in the enactment of a law giving woman the privilege. Attention, old soldiers. The manti facturers have instructed Holthouse, Callow & Co. to give a bottle of 25c size of Foley’s Colic Cure free to the first soldier of the civil war that applies for same. It is the great remedy for Chronic Diarrhcee, cramps, colic and bowl complaints, j Drivers of traction engines must remember that there is a strict law providing for a severe penalty for drivers who do not send a man ahead to warn teamsters of the approach of the engine. The law is a wise one and will save a great deal of trouble if followed out. Natural gas has been flowing for ages in several sections of the Caucasion provinces bordering the Caspian sea. Many of these gas wells haveconstantly emitted flames for a period beyond the memory of living men, and are supersitiously spoken of as the “eternal fires.” When you take vacation the most necessary article to have with you (after your pocket book) is a bottle of Foley's Colic Cure. It is an absolute prevention or cure of all derangments of the bowls cause t by change of water. You are likely to need it. Holthouse Callow & Co. j The commissioner of pensions has received about forty applications for pensions as the result of wounds and deaths in the present war. but none can be granted until the military records of the applicants is made up. This is entirely proper and no more delay than is actually necessary should be allowed. Ministers and justices of the peace can no longer unite couples in holy bonds of wedlock without individual loss to themselves. The government classes matrimony among the luxuries and demands that preachers, squires, and all others authorize to perform the marriage ceremony, place a ten cent revenue stamp on each marriage return. Prediction is made that peaches, unless something not now in view, happens, will be plentiful and cheap. A fruit grower who has just returned from the fruit belt of Indiana, says he never saw a better prospect for a bountiful crop, especially in southern and eastern Indiana. He noted one orenard in Fayette county that will yield no less than 2,000 bushels of “Yellow Crawfords.” Write your initials across the r war revenue stamp on every document it is placed. The penalty is heavy for failing to do so, but the intent of the law is that the stamp shall be affixed and that they shall be duly canceled. When good faith is exercised, where there is no intent to defraud, and where no fraud is actually perpetrated, there is not likely to beany serious trouble over technicalities, lack of information or ignorance. Notice. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25-cent bottles of Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation. billiousness, sick headache, or any of the diseases for which it is recommended. Also will refund the money on aSO cent bottle of Down’s Elixir, if it does not cure any cough, cold, croup, whooping- cough or throat or lung difficulty. We also guarantee one 25 cent bottle of either of the above to prove satisfactory or money refunded Page Blackburn. Several romantic weddings have occurred down in Chickamauga already since the war broke out. Thus far Co. E has escaped an occurrence of this kind, but this week will see a wedding in her ranks. A young lady from Craigville has bought a marriage license, and is now on her road to Camp Thomas. When she arrives, a noncommissioned officer of Co. E, will be tied up in wedlock with her. After a short visit she expects to return home, while he will go on to Porto Rico with his company.—Bluffton Chronicle.

Our baby has been continually troubled with colic and cholera infantom since his birth, and all that we could do for him did not seem to give mon* than temporary relief, until we tried Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Since giving that remedy he has not been troubled. We want to give you this testimonial as an evidence of our gratitude, not that you need it to advertise your meritorious remedy.- G. M. Law, Leokuk, lowa. For sale by Holthouse Callow & Co. j It has been announced that the express companies have agreed to raise the rates five cents on each package if they are compelled to pay the revenue tax? Should they do this it would not only compel their patrons to pay the war tax but also four cents above the present rates. The report certainly cannot be true; but if it is; there will be a greater demand than ever for legislation to prohibit such corporations from taking advantage of the people. A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has lame back and weak ‘kidneys, malaria or nervous troubles We mean he can cun* himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole svstem, acts as a stimulant to liver and kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures constipation, headache, fainting spells, sleeplessness and melancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try

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Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c a bottle at Page Blackburn’s drug store. The highest price ever reached by wheat was $5 per bushel in 1812. The extraordinary price was due to the failure of the English crop and a very high tariff on cereals. In November of 1866, wheat sold at $2.05 in Chicago and during the following spring a “comer,” sent the price t;.> $2.35 byMay. In 1888 wheat went up to $2 as the result of a “corner” but such instances are rare. The recent Leiter “corner” brought the price up to about $1.50 in the local market for a few days. Several exchanges tell how merchants in their home towns have been swindled by a new game. A party of women visit dry goods stores and secure a quantity of such goods as they can upon the pretext of taking them home and showing them to their mother, getting the goods out of the store, and it is needless to say the goods are not returned. The swindle is a successful one, and local merchants are hereby warned to be upon their guard should the ladies decide to visit this city. Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles of this great medicine; and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, bronchitis, hoarseness and all diseases of the throat, chest and lungs are surely cured by it. Callon Page Blackburn, druggist, and get a trial bottle free. Regular size 50c. and a sl. Every bottle guaranteed or price refunded. One or two insertions of an advertisement seldom pays. It is consecutive, continuous, consistent efforts that win in advertising as in all other affairs of business. The 12th advertisement carries part of the weight of each of the preceding 11, and thesoth is worth ten times the first. The first is simply an introduction and few people remember the introduction unless subseqent meetings serve to impress it upon them. Friendship ripens slowly and through constant association. ' This is true in social life, in business, in advertising. Persons troubled with diarrhoea will be interested in the experience of Mr. W. M. Bush, clerk of Hotel Dorrance, Providence, R. I. He says: “For several vears 1 have been almost a constant sufferer from diarrhoea, the frequent attacks completely prostrating me and rendering me unfit for my duties at this hotel. About two vears ago a traveling salesman kindly gave me a small bottle of Chamber-

lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Much to my surprise and delight" its effects were immediate. Whenever I felt symptoms of the disease I would fortify myself against the attack with a few doses of this valuable remedy. The result has been very sa.isfactory and almost complete relief from the affliction.' For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. Ringling Bros.’ great circus is this season especially notable for the large number of equestrian stars embraced in its roster of famous riders. Among them are Wm. DeMott, Mike Rooney, Willie Cook, Elena Ryland, Rosa Dockrill, Marion Leslie, and a score of others almost equally famous. No circus in the world presents half so many riders, and none who have such world wide reputations. In presenting to my millions of American patrons this, my eighth annual announcement, I take the liberty of defining my position in the amusement world. My Great Allied Shows that will exhibit at Decatur Friday, J uly 29 are now recognized and declared to be one of Amercas leading amusement institutions. I offer no apology in making this statement. The recources at my command, and the basis on my enormous enterprise is organized for the season of 1898, fully justifies this declaration. While my amusement enterprise has been prodigously enlarged in each and every department by theaddition of numberless features. I have added a large collection of wild animals. Embracing elephants, camels, lions, jaugars, hyenas, eieyets, , ocellots, tigers. Many rare unique , and heretofore unseen wild animals and the largest living hippopotamus , on exibition in the world. This mammoth collection of zoological attractions constitute my Golden Menagerie, and is the largest to be seen with any traveling organization exhibiting in America at popular prices. I feel under no necessity of laying , stress on this fact. Every one knows , that my show has grown, for in the ( years history of my amusement enter- . prise each year has seen its unex- ( ampled growth and increase in size over the proceeding one; and I take , pride in announcing that the season of , 1898 has been no exception to the ( rule. In fact, the additions and en- . largements for this year have been so prodigious as to be a source of a great surprise even to my most sanguine friends and patrons' In beginning my . eighth year in amusement history I j have no misgiving as to the outcome. I am confident that the present year of- - effort and success in amusement presentation will meet with the full measure of appreciation < my patrons have always accorded me. j And for which I beg to tender my j warmest gratitude. Respectfully , your amusement servant. , J. H. LaPearl. | Try an ad in the Democrat.

Chicago & Erie Excursions. Chautauqua Lake, N. Y. Round trip Niagara Falls, N. Y. Round trip rate $17.00. Lily Dale, N. Y. Round trip rate $14.75. Saegertown Pa. Round trip rate $12.50. Lake Brady, Ohio. Round trip rate $8.50. Omaha, Neb., On sale daily, account Trans-Miss. Exposition. Round trip $28.70 J. W. DeLong, Agt. improved Schedule to Florida Beginning July 6th Via Southern and Queen 6c Cresent Route, On account of increased travel to Florida and other southern points, The Southern Radway, in connection with the Queen & Cresent route, have inaugurated, beginning July 6th, through vestibuled train service on accelerated schedules from Cincinnati and Louisville to Atlanta. Fernandina, Jacksonville, Tampa. Miami, etc. On this new schedule, the train leaving Louisville 7:40 a. m., and Cincinnati 8:40 a. m., arrives at Atlanta 12:00 midnight, Fernandina 6:30 next morning, Jacksonville 9:40 a. m., Tampa 5:50 p. m. Vestibuled through train with first-class day coaches and Pullman sleepers from Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Chair cars from Louisville to Lexington connecting therewith. The night train leaving Louisville at 7:45 pm. making connection for all points South. By these new schedules of the southern Railway, in with the Queen & Cresent route, the time via these lines to Florida and other Southern points, is many hours quicker than via any other route. For information apply toany agent Southern Railway or collecting lines. Wm. H. Tayloe, Ass’t Gen’l Pass Ag’t, Southern Railway, Louisville, Ky. 18-3 A prosperous people, South Dakota farmers are out of debt. They will be lending money to Eastern farmers within a year. Don’t stop to sell your worn out farm. Let the mortgage take it. Go to South Dakota and buy a rich black loam prairie farm for cash or on crop payment plan. ‘No hills, no stones, no stumps. Good schools, good churches, good water, fine climate, and the best people on earth for neighbors. For railway rates and information regarding along the lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul Railway write to H. F. Hunter, Immigration Agent for South Dakota, 291 Dearborn street. Chicago. 111., or Geo. H. Heafford. General Passenger Agent. Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111. 18-3 For Sale I have vacant lots desirable for building purposes and improved farms on longtime with lowrate of interest. Improved city property to trade for farm property, will pay difference. Call and see me before investing. 12tf R- K. Erwin.