Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1898 — Page 3

“A PERFECT FOOD —as Wholesome aa it is Delicious.’’ 8 WALTER BAKER & CO.’S 8 |>*BREAKFAST COCOAS X *5 “Hm Mood the test of more than ioo ye.rs'use amon e »11 >< 0 Ift -’ Th classes, and for purity and honest worth is unequalled." O 8n i’ vi. —Medical and Surgical Journal. /X V SH i'Util Costs less than ONE CENT a Cup. W \Z i " j Trade-Mark on Every Package. XZ WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD., A X Established I 780. DORCHESTER, MASS. /X

Additional Locals. Miss Maud Rice was a Fort Wayne visitor last F riday. Our merchants all did an excellent business last Saturday. M rs VT. Lvnch is visiting friends here after spending several weeks in Arkansas It is time for candidates with forlorn hopes to begin to get accustomed to plenty of salt. D’French Quinn and R. K, Allison were business visitors at Berne the latter part of last week. About 1,300,000 pounds of piekies and sauces are exported yearly from England to other countries. Good progress is being made on the Weber building and Mr. Moore will soon have his bowling alley in operation. When a woman pulls down a fokliu<r bed and then looks to see if there is a man under it she shows an abiding faith. The lecture course for the season of '9B and ’99 is now an assured success. and Prof. Brittson is busily engaged selling tickets. In the school geographies which areinusethissession.au island will be described as a body of land surrounded by numerous diplomatic complications. The cost of keeping up the drinking fountains and cattle troughs in London is 88.500 per annum. A single trough in a busy thoroughfare costs 5’250. •■Do vou think if we put corsets on the cows they would give condensed milk’" asked the newest member of the Milk Producer’s association during the secret session. Delays sre dangerous. Many of vour friends, or people whom you know of have contracted consumption pneumonia or other fatal disease by neglect of a simple cold or cough. Folev’s Honey and tar. a safe, sure and pleasant cough medicine, would have saved them. It is guaranteed. Holthouse. Callow & Co. n

Special Cash Sale OF— «® RUBBER GOODS. On Saturday we will sell for CASH Our best Snag Proof Rubber $2.90 Boot, guaranteed, for- ■ Mi®.™! Our best Gum Boot, guaranteed $2.50 to be the best, for- ■ Boys’Rubber Boots, guaranteed, - - _ Ladies’ Rubber Boots, - - Misses Rubber Boots, - ■ ' sl-35 Childs Rubber Boots. - - - Men's snag proof Overs, for felts, $ j _QQ guaranteed, for- ~ » Men’s best Gum Overs, for felts, $1 55 guaranteed, for Our combination Felt §2.00. $2.25, $2.50 Boots, guaranteed, - ■ We will sell you Men’s combin- $1,50 ation Felt Boots for-- — Guaranteed to be better than other dealers sell at $1.75If you are in need of Rubber Goods come in. We can save you 25C on every p • Mougey & Locke.

YI-KI cures corns and warts. Its ’ t Mrs. Clara Moon visited friends at X an Wert last week. Mm. H. Niblick transacted business at Geneva last Thursday. An Indiana war revenue collector 1 was in the city last Saturday looking ; after business. The ladies of thePrsbyterianchurch will serve dinner and supper down street next Thursday. 1 A Chinese athlete says that the ' brains of a duck are the most strengthening food it is possible to eat. ’ Hon. A. N. Martin of Wells county, i spoke upon the political issues of the day at Monroe last Friday evening. ’ A man’s meaning is the same durl ing courtship and after marriage, but it is expressed in different language. A telephone company in the inter- ’ ior of Pennsylvania paid one cent recently as the revenue tax on its income for one month. James Barnett of Geneva, was in ' the city last Saturday on his way to i Van Buren where he has accepted a ' j position in the oil fields. The foot ball team of the Decatur 1 High School will go to Van Wert next I Saturday where they will meet the • Van Wert team upon the gridiron. The Cameron concert company ! which will hold the boards at Bosse’s ' i opera house tomorrw evening, is said 1 to be one of the finest musical attrac- ’ tions on the road. * j The Ohio’river is said to be the greatest freight producing stream in I the world. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Louisville and Evansville, are the principal cities on its banks. It Hits the Spot. When suffering f from a severe cold and your throat i and lungs feel sore, take a dose of i Foley’s Honey and Tar, when the : soreness will be at once relieved, a warm grateful feeling and healing of the parts affected will be experienced 1 and vou will say; “It feels so good. It hits the spot.'” It is guaranteed. 1 Holtbouse, Callow &Co. n

How to prevent a cold. After exposure, or when you feel a cold coming on, take a dose of Foley’s Honey and Tar. It never fails. Holthouse, Callow & Co. n According to the latest available statistics the United States has this year canned 4,500,000 cases of tomatoes. Less than fifty years ago people did not know that tomatoes were good to eat. You can’t afford to chance it. A heavy cold may lead to pneumonia or consumption, Foley’s Honey and Tar taken in time affords perfect security from serious results. Holthouse, Callow & Co. n Michigan City is making a strong effort to be chosen as the home of the new Episcopalian diocese. One parishioner offers to give 810,000, and the Trinity church will donate its proper- : ty for cathedral purposes. Everyone should lookout for counterfeit money now. Marion appears to be leaded with spurious ten cent pieces, dollars, etc., and there are a large number of bills reported to be in circulation throughout the country. Despite the facts that hundreds of persons have killed themselves because they have been ruined by the Vienna municipal lottery, the Viennese continues to regard the institution with favor. It keeps down the taxes. 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 longest stretch of road suitable for bicycle riding in the world lies between Calcutta and Lahore, The distance is 1,300 miles, and the road which is level, concreted and dustless, is bordered for the greater part of the way with trees. A mean and unprincipled wretch at I Anderson made the remark that a certain lady of that city, who prided herself on having a fine form, was made lup of cotton and sawdust. She I smacked him with the law, and asked j for SIO,OOO damages. The jury gave her $156. Constipation prevents the body from ridding itself of waste matter. DeWitt’s Little Earlv Risers will re- ! move the trouble and cure sick headache, biliousness, inactive liver and 1 clear the complexion. Small, sugar ! coated, don’ gripe or cause nausea. Page Blackburn. The management of Bosse’s opera house begs to announce that he has ■ secured the foremost musical organization now before the public and that 1 “Cameron” the phenomenal soprano, with her great company will positively appear for one night only, Friday evening Nov. 4th. No lover of music and art can afford to miss this great event.

CLOAK SALE AT BOSTON STORE ALL THE TIME. $1.50. $2.75. Jackets.- Good quality Beaver. Beaver Cape.— Good sweep. All large sizes. Worth $3.50 Fur trimmed collar. Satin to $5,00. Our price to close, piping. $1.50. $2.75. $2.50. | $3.50. Plush Cape.— Good sweep. Extra Heavy Beaver 25 inch length Sold every- Cape. 30 inches long. Satin where at $3.50. Our price, piping trim’d. Thibet edging. $2.50. $3.50. I . THIS LABEL 15 A GUARANTEE /\T FOR THE WEARING QUALITIES AND BRILLIANCY OF THE FAMOUS buy a Crushed Plush Cape unless it has this exact lable on sLsIvJI V-• ag j£ j s a guarantee that you have _ K thebest. I. O. O. C. BLOCK. 'W. None it* Without this Label

Cure a Cold in One Dey. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q on each tablet. 34-6 Wanted.- Salesmen to sell lubricating oils from samples, on commission. Liberal terms. The Euclid Oil Company, Cleveland, Ohio. It goes on record that the middle of October, 1898, passed, and the trees were in full foliage, nearly as green as at any time during the summer, and vegetation had the appearance of spring growth, rather an unusual circumstance. Rheumatism Cured in a Day. “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia radically cures in 1 tod days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits. 75 cents. Sold by Smith & Yager, Druggists, Decatur. Gas logs are made nowadays in various sizes and with the imitation hickory logs of which thev are formed piled in various shapes. The gas log is designed as a sightly and convenient means of giving out heat. There is an imitation electric grate fire that is intended for ornamental purposes only. This fire is composed of pieces of ruby and amber glass. A Quer(?) Medicine. There is a medicine whose proprietors do not claim to have discovered some hitherto unknown ingredient, or that it is a cure-all. This honest medicine only claims to cure certain diseases, and that its ingredients are recognized by the most skilled physicians as being the best for kidney and bladder diseases. It is Foley’s Kidney Cure. Holthouse Callow & Co. n Alma Seger, a pretty school teacher at Witchie, Kansas, was bitten by an ant on the face. She went insane in a few hours and died of hydrophobia late the next afternoon. Miss Seger was attempting to open a window when the ant ran out of a hole and bit her. It was of the big red species. The physicians say the ant bite caused her to go insane, and she died in spasms. Greensbvro.Pa., July 11, 1898. About four years ago one side of my abdomen began to enlarge from growth inside. It grew to such proportions that it seemed to fill the abdomen. Then dropsy began and swelled both legs and stomach to twice their normal size. The doctors called the trouble enlargement of tne spleen, and told me I must die. I was removed from the hosoital and sent for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm. I took seven bottles and continually gained and am well in every way now. The dropsy entirely disappeared and left the growth very small. Michael O’Nell. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. n

Fodder twine for sale at the Bazaar. For Sale- Fence machines for the weaving of farm and lawn fence. It ,is the best and cheapest fence in the market. Address Harry Karr Monroe Ind. 21m6 An old deed to which the name of Gen. Lafayette is signed has been unearthed in the land office at Washing- ! ton and it has served to settle the question as to how the great French- ! man wrote his name. The signature ; shows that he wrote it as one word j with a small ,l s” and not as a capital I “F.” A Case of Kidney Disease given up by four doctors. Beaver, Dam, O. My daughter, after being treated by four doctors and given up for lost, a neighbor reccommended Foley’s Kidney Cure. To-day she is able towalk several miles without fatigue. I feel we would have lost her if it was not for your medicine. Respectfully. Mrs. J. M. Baily. Hothouse. Callow & Co. n Bicycles next year bid fair to be a shade lower. From advance price j sheets it looks as though SSO will put J one in possession of a high grade one. | Some may be cheaper than that, al- j though one may not expect to get the very best at that figure. Many of the ’99 wheels will be built with a 30 inch wheel instead of the customary one 28 inches in diameter. The Best Plaster. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the effected parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with a pain in the j chest or side, or a lame back, give it: a trial. You are certain to be more I pleased with the prompt relief which it affords. Pain Balm is also a certain cure for rheumatism. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. n The New Zealand assembly has just passed an odd pension bill which applies to all persons over sxity-five years old. The pensions amounts to but S9O a year, or about $1.75 a week, and no one who has an income of over $5 a week or property worth more than $2,700 will be entitled to it. Twenty years residence in thacoloney and ten years exemplary conduct are among the other qualifications, the vagrant and the drunkard being thus shut off. A Sure Sign of Croup. Hoarseness in a child who is a subject tocroup is a sure indication of the approach of the disease. If Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is given, as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough has appeared it will prevent the attack. Many mothers who have croupy children always keep this remedy at hand and find that it saves them much trouble and worry. It can always be depended upon and is pleasant ‘to take. For sale by i Holthouse, Callow & Co. n I

i From New Zealand, Reefton, New ! Zealand, Nov. 23. 1896. I am very , pleased to state that since I took the . agency of Chamberlain’s medicines ' the sale has been very large, more especially of the Cough Remedy. In , two years I have sold more of this ■ particular remedy than of all other makes for the previous five years. As ;to its efficacy, I have been informed ■; by scores of persons of the good re- ' I suits they have received from it and ■ know its value from the use of it in 'I my own household. It is so pleasant to take that we have to place the bottle beyond the reach of the children. E. J. Scantlebury. For sale by , Holthouse, Callow & Co. n The Cuban flag, which promises to go out of existence, is about 50 years 1 old. It is of Masonic origin and is said to have been designed by a body of fighting Masons in the Southern states of America who started a movement to get Cuba freed from Spain and divided the island into three seperate states after its annextion to this country. The flag has been the emI blem of Cuban independence ever , I since. How to Look Good. Good looks are really more than | skin deep, depending entirely on a I healthy condition in all the vital organs. If the liver is inactive, you have a bilious look; if your stomach is disordered, you have a dyspetic look; j if your kidneys are affected, you have I a pinched look. Secure good health. ' and you will surely have good looks. “Electric Bitters” is a good alternative and tonic. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kidneys, purifies the blood cures pimple, blotches and boils I and gives a good complexion. Every i bottle guaranteed. Sold at Page : Blackburn’s drug store. 50 cts per bottle. Some wonderful stories of the “wonderful corn” raised near Kewanna this year, issued yesterday from the stove circle at a south end hardware store. It is told that seven men were shucking at one time on one shock and not of them knew of the presence of the others. One man cut down a large stalk jn his field and four rabbits ran out of it. The stalk was hollow. Stove circle corn production is the greatest ever known.. —Rochester Sentinel. An Interprising Druggist. There are few more wide awakeand enterprising men than Page Blackburn who spare no pains to secure the best of everything in their line for their customers. They now have the valuable agency of Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. This is the wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over the country by its many startling cures. It absolutely cures asthma, brochitis, hoarseness and all affections of the throat, chest and lungs. Call at above drug store and get a trial bottle free or a regular i size for 50 cts and sl. Guaranteed to I cure or price refunded.