Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 24 November 1898 — Page 6

Scrofula, a Vile Inheritance. Scrofula is the most obstinate of blood troubles, and is often the result of an inherited taint in the blood. S. 8. 8. is the only remedy which goes deep enough to reach Scrofula; it forces out every trace of the disease, and cures the worst cases. My son, Charlie, was afflicted from infancy with Scrofula, and he suffered so that it was impossible to dress him for three years. Hi s head and body were a f mass of sores, and his I I eyesight also became fj Lj affected. No treatment v J*/ was spared that we thought would relieve \ “1®? < him. but he grew worse' 1 IF Jx / until his condition was|Ujfyjr indeed pitiable. I hadjWV J x.! almost despaired of his ever being cured, when J / by the advice of a friend Tt 7 / VF jl we gave him S. S. S. •• V’JTX/ / (Swift's Specific). Ade- ’ ’ cided improvement was the result, and after he had taken a dozen bottles, no one who knew of his former dreadful condition would have recognized him. All the sores on his body have healed, his skin is perfectlv clear and smooth, and be has been restored to perfect health. Mrs. S. S. Mabry. 350 Elm St., Macon, Ga. For'real blood troubles it is a waste of time to expect a cure from the doctors. Blood diseases are beyond their skill. Swift’s Specific, S.S.S&BM reaches all deep-seated cases which other remedies have no effect upon. It is the only blood remedy guaranteed purely vegetable, and contains no potash, mercury, or other mineral. Books mailed free to any address by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. % i Classtke Hraarar new. [Copy, gh'. 1897, by J B. L pp n.ott Co.] "That's a pretty formidable lot of ‘ifs,’ I should say. How many people do you suppose know anything about this particular wreck?” “That depends how often Padre Julian has talked of it in his cups. ' When he found that he must have said ■ something to me about th affair during one of his irresponsible periods, h“ ! attempted to pass it off as a yarn; then he shut up on the subject like a clam. I doubt his having an idea that it would ; be possible to recover anything from the galleon, or that he thinks the mat- ■ ter anything'more than a church secret which his regulations would forbid him to reveal. In that case, possibly two other priests besides himself may know of the facts; but it isn't likely that they have disturbed the old fray's coffin to verify them. On the other hand, there is a chance that his reason for leaving the island where he has remained sc long may be a determination to consult nautical authorities it; Manila and figure out the prac- > ticability of locating the wreck." "Then, even if we should consider the matter seriously, there would be no time to procure diving-apparatus from Yokohama or elsewhere? If the padre really has anything of the kind , in view he might complete his prepat ations and return by the next steamer at the latest, mightn't he?” “Easily. That would give him six months away—time enough to get almost anything he wanted. But. old chap—it is the strangest coincidence I ever knew —there are a complete div-ing-suit and equipments on this very steamer, new. in the after hold." "What! You don't mean it! Why. i how the dev—” We were glaring at each other excitedly and with an al- | most superstitious feeling. From j mere speculation, the subject was assuming a tangible reality that was fairly startling. “Yes. I do mean it. It seems as if the fairy godmother had determined : to shake our skepticism just when we 1 were denying her existence. Old Ap- I pleby, in Singapore, had an idea a year ago that he wanted one of the best and latest improved diving-suits that money could buy. Whether he intended to go hunting for treasure I’m- \ self or not. I don't know—the Malay pirates lost hundreds of their luggers in tlie strait —but when we were loading for London he handed me 50 sov- I ereigns to bey one for him. and on reaching port I got the finest thing of the kind to be had. It can be used either with or without an air-pump. There is a knapsack chamber which is , provided with chemical arrangements for renewing the oxygen and can be charged with compressed air by means of a geared pump so that the wearer may stay under v. ater for three hours: I believe it's an improvement on the. Bouquayrol idea. Well. I was quite pleased with the thing, and knew Appleby would like it; but when I made Singapore again they told me the cholera had been too much for the poor fellow, and his executors refused to accept the package. There was r.o mention of it in his accounts, and no one wanted to buy the suit: so, as I seemed to have fallen heir to it. I stowed the thing away in thelazareet. and have lusrgcd i‘ around ever since.” "Well. I'll be—! Say. Dick, this seems to pretty effectually dispose of your biggest ‘if:’ how about the others? See here, old fellow; you and I may go to our craves without ever seeing a million of money, or the hundredth part of it: yet I don't believe there are two m< n on earth who could enjoy life n.ore If they had such ' a sum. At this moment I don't know where to turn for an immediate income. If you should get into difficulties with your owners you might be pretty short for awhile, yourself.

Now. the whole combination of circumstances since yesterday afternoon seems providential to me. and I feel like making a determined attempt to get that money. Why, suppose we should have the luck to recover a million each! Do you know what such a sum would mean in London or New York?” i “Do I? Well —1 By the great horn spoon, I'm with you. Harry! But how i in—? I can't leave the ship, you know. And it would be folly to depend upon | j being sent out here next trip. The ! Countess is only chartered, and they hate like the mischief to employ any- : thing but Spanish bottoms —" “Well, now, hold on; one thing at a time, and we'll get ahead faster. How long before you expect to get through the islands this trip? There may be time enough to do something." “About 17 or 18 days, from the time ! we arrive at Yap to the day we leave | 1 Guajan. But, don't you see. that won't help us any. Guajan is the last stop; j I go straight back to Manila from there. You might get from Yap to , Guajan on one of the catamarans, but; the natives are no navigators, and it would be pretty risky business.” “It would be out of the question to, make Guajan first. I suppose?" “Bather. Os course it might be done, but at the risk of losing my com-1 mission and getting into hot water be- ! sides. You sec, the regular trip for ■ i years has been to make Yap first, because the Caroline and Belew governments there include two lieutenant colonclstas gobernadors. against one j in the Ladrones. From Yap the ship I goes to Pouynipete. or Ponape. the largest island in the Carolines, and, from there to Guajan. This trip, as it i happens, I’m instructed to take in | Kusaie also, at the east end of the ! | group; so you see a change of course ' might raise considerable unpleasantI ness.” “If these islanders were afflicted ' with either push or discipline, it might. But they seem to take life pretty easy—don’t trouble themselves about little things. Couldn't we think up a valid excuse for changing the course — machinery or coal — something of that kind?" “Coal wouldn't do. We’re carrying more than enough to get back on. and there’s little or none in the islands. As \ for machinery —m’—w-e-I-I — Look here. Harry: w° can't put a thing like this through without assistance. We'll have to take some one into our confidence, though it may not be necessary ■ to do so entirely Now, McPherson my engineer, has sailed with me. off and on for several years, and is under obligations to me besides. The nature of those obligations I won't discuss: it is sufficient that while I don't take any stock in average human, nature. I can rely upon 1 is doing any’hir.g in the woyld for me: and if we stc-‘ ■’ get held of that money I'd like Mac to have a share of it. even if it were only a small one We won't tell him the wh e scheme at first, but be can help us more than anyone e’se. and will keep his month shut. too. What do you say? Shall wc let him in?" "By all means. From what I've seen of Mac I like him very much: and, as you say. we need a. 1 the assistance we can safely get.” Halstead sent one of the quartermasters below for McPherson, and in a few minutes He appeared in the doorway. Glancing along the deck to see that no one w;.s within hearing*, the , captain elosed the door and said: “Mac. I’ve know n yon and'Stevens so i long that I tho ught you should be better acquainted with each other. We | were talking of the voyages you and I have sailed together, and thought we’d like to have you join with us in a | little speculation. Whether there will i be much of anything in it or not we can't say: in fact, it wouldn’t be fair to raise your anticipations by going into the particulars. But we are willing to agree that if the scheme should be | successful we'll do what's right. I guess you know me pretty well, and I’ll ; answer for Stevens. Now. are you will- j ing to help us with no more of an ex-I planation than that?" “Aa think ye needna' ask me thit, Tlaalstead. Ye kin mak’ yersel’ easy thit Aa'll do onything ye saay wi’ lit-' tie adoo aboot it. We be three amang i faariners oot in this parrt o’ the warld. an’ Aa fancy we'd best pull tagithcr.” “That's what I thought you’d' say. I Mas. Now. it seems to me necessary i that Stevens should get to Guajan as soon as lie possibly can. He will go ashore there and start things moving. Whether we will be able to communicate with him again this trip is rather doubtful; but if we don’t, you and I have got to put it up for another voyage out here when we see Kamirez. It the compania happen to have the other ‘ boat ready, it'll be no fool of a job.' either. The question just now is. how are we going to change cur course without getting into trouble with the government? With some ironclad, reasonable excuse, we might do it How much coal have you?” • “Saemthing oonder a thoosan’ ton. Tha government 'ill pay for but nine j knots an boor, an’ thit’ll leave a plenty for emairgencies. oover an', abuve what Aa’ll burrn in tha foor wiks.” “Then you could-safely shove her up to 12 or 13 knots, if we wantedito hustle a little, without running short ?” “Ay; ye can have mair es necessary. I She's made her foorteen in smooth water.” “Well, the Yap people are the only j ones who would really kick. Even they would stand five or six days all right ■ as far as leaving for Manila goes. But if we happen to have any sea-sick passengers. they'll never forgive the extra days of unpleasantness as long as they j live; and I don't remember whether any of them are going to Tomil or not —" ‘There's but cne for Yap—thacura — tha ycongest of tha twa padres.” “And one padre is fifty times worse to deal with thau the ordinary pas-

1 senger; the chances are that he can [ turn the whole machinery oLgOvrrnment against a fellow if he chooses. “Av. thit’s verra true. But es ye've j tha padre’s eenfiuence wi’ ye. it’s quite anither matter. Aa’ve a thocht in ma Laid thit ye may arrange it wi’ these I twa." “Let's have it. Mac. That's what we want to get at.” “Weel. tha oold padre's a verra eenj flential mon. Aa’m toold thit he s tae be tha haid o’all tha Ledrron.es, an' | he’s verra ainxious tae reach Saipan at once; he’s bezziness there on Padre Julian’s accont. Tha yoor.g one says but little, yet Aa nootice thit he’s verra deeferential whin th' itber's aroond. Noo, Aa’m thinkin thit es Aa wair tae s top th’ aingine—say three days from this —an’ gaive oot thit ma j shaft wair cracked, ye might say ye wair foorced tae put in at Apra, where ye'll get a coople o’rings from - tha wrickaige o' the Dutch tramp thit wair cast a shoo re there twa year a goo. ' Aa kin scrratch tha shaft sae ’twill hae th’ appearance o' a errack tae ma ■ Spennish aingineers. an’ there’s na ither pless where ye’ll be laik tae find a | bit o’ macheeuery. Then ye 11 aixi plain tha seetuation tae tha padre, an’ saay thit es he’ll gie a repoort in ' Maneela hoo tha chenge o the coorse kern aboot. ye’ll carry him tae Saipan ; —thet he’ll not hae tha treep tae mak’ on a prooa.” Halstead l and I looked at each other. McPherson's idea seemed practical and plausible. There was no question ■ whatever that a padre of sufficiently good standing could smooth over about anything he pleased, and. if an l obligation to himself were part of ! the iregularity, it seemed very likely j that he would see there were no ques- ' tions asked. While we were discussing the matter. I couldn’t help mentioning my instinctive dislike to Padre Sebastian. He was one of your plausible, fat and oily men, who study human nature almost from their infancy and lead your thoughts in spite of you. In fact, my acquaintance with the Jesuits in the east had given me a wholesome respect for that marvelous penetration which is so important a factor in the influence they exert upon all classes. Both the captain and the engineer agreed with me that the padre was a dangerous man in more ways than one, but could see no reason why his peculiar influence si. ould be exerted against us. Having come to a definite understanding that we would investigate the wreck of the galleon as far as lay I in our power, it was difficult to get 'he matter out of our minds. Several times we were on the point cf taking McPherson more fully into our roofidence. but. while wc trusted him ns or e of ourselves, it seemed that matters were scarcely ripe for that yet; and I don't think he had the faintest snsnlcion &£ to the exact nature of "he scheme. What the tie was between him and Halstead I never knew, but it was sufficiently Strong to make the engineer follow friend's suggestions. blindly; and his assurance that Mac should be squarely treated if the speculation proved successful teemed to have all the weight cf a I bond. We agreed that it would be unwise so; - us to be seen in frequent conversation; so. beyond an occasional inspection of the machinery in l.is company. I saw very little of McPherson. [to rm coxtinttsd.] It Hits the Spot. Whet suffering I from a severe cold autl your throat 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 la* experienced i and you will say; “It feels so good. It hits the spot. ’ It is guaranteed. Holtbouse, Callow &Co. n Spanish Cruelty. The cruelty of the Spaniard, or rather j his callousness, bis recklessness cf the i lives of others, and even cf his own, is I i a mediaeval and oriental survival, says | I Irving Babbitt in The Atlantic, and' then, too, there underlies the Spanish - temperament I know not what vein of ’ primitive Iberian savagery. Mme 1 d'Aulnoy relates that on a certain day of the year it was customary for court j gallants to run along one of the main I streets of Madrid, lashing furiously their bare shoulders, and when one of these penitents passed the lady of hit choice among the spectators be bespat ; tered her with his blood as a special marl: cf bis favor. Insensibility to the snff'ering of animals, though general in Fpain, is not any greater so far as my own observation goes, than in the other Latin countries. Possibly medimval religion in so exalting man above other creatures, in refusing to recognize his relation to the rest of nature, tended to increase this lack of sympathy with brute creation. The Spanish peasant belabors his ass for the same reasons that Malebrancbe kicked his dog—because he has not learned to see in it a being Organized to feel : pain in the same way as himself. Slow Eat in" May Be Bad. According to The Journal of Mental ; and Nervous Diseases, slow eating is las bad as fast eating. “The important point is not that we eat slowly or fast. I but that when we do eat we chew with en< rgy. Os course w here the haste is due to some mental anxiety this may injuriously inhibit the secretions. Slow eating begets a habit of simply mumbling the food without really masticating it, while the bnriitd eater is inclined to swallow his food before proper mastication. Hence hurried eating is bad, but rapid mastication is advan-t-ageovis. It concentrates cur energies on the act in question, and hence more thoroughly accomplishes it. Moreover, I energetic chewing stimulates the secretion of saliva in the most favorable manner. These various points arc so commonly misunderstood, at least bj* tbe laity, that they demand enr frequent attention."

WOMAN AND FASHION. A Girl’s Stylish Frock-Hat For Toung Woman or Girl—The Graceful Tea Gown. The stylish little frock shown in the illustration is made of tan cloth, with the circular skirt, trimmed in apron fashion, with a kind of white cloth, striped with bands of braid the ebaue of tbe cloth. The blouse bodice has a flat, plain yoke of the cloth both back and front, framed with a fancifully shaped collar lij JpS. I f;:ock for a girl. ■ oil white cloth. Below this is a revers oollar of the cloth, bordered with white cloth, striped with tan braid, while in the middle of the front there is a pretty little vest of white cloth, with a box plait in tae center, studded with three little gold buttons. The belt of white cloth is striped with braid. Tbe collar band of tan cloth is beaded at the back, with a plaited frill of white silk, and a soft cravat bow of the same white silk makes a dainty finish in front at the collar points. The fitted sleeve has a puff at the shovdder, with the fullness laid in box plaits round the arm and held in place by little gold buttons, below which is a band of white cloth, striped with braid. At tbe wrist there is a flaring cuff of white cloth, striped with tau braid.—Philadelphia Ledger. Hat For Young’ Person. A very pretty hat for a young girl or a young woman is shown in the illustration. Tbe form or body of the hat is of black felt The trimming consists of a drapery of black velvet. In front is worn a tropical bird in a metallic green color. Tbe color scheme is brightened somewhat ly tbe addition of two white i rr f THREE COLORS IN COMBINATION, plumes. This style of hat is particularly appropriate for those whose beads are large or whose features are rather prominent. The brim is quite wide and the drapery is raised gradually toward the back.—New York Telegram. The Graceful Tea Gown. There is no variety of dress more graceful or more becoming to the majority of womankind than a handsome neglige gown or “tea gown.’’ as it is called, and every woman who can afford it indulges in the luxury of at least one of these artistic creations. In this garb a pretty woman is fascinating and the plainest of women become attractive. With its long, flowing lines, the soft and oftentimes rich materials of which it is composed, the fluffy laces and chiffons with which it is garnished, it is the most delightfully feminine of creations and imparts an ideal grace and distinction to its fair wearer. The business woman wraps herself in its semiloose folds when she returns home and revels in the delicious sense of ease and luxury and freedom which it gives. The young matron dons it on every possible occasion in her own home and no trousseau is complete without at least one handsome gown cf this description. —Providence Journal. Whi‘.*7 Silk Underskirts. there is something so exquisitely daruty in a pure white silk petticoat that it is small wonder every trousseau contains one, and that they are especially favored for evening wear. They may be elalwrately plaited, flounced and ruched with regal effect, but the most refined women will select those made like the muslin models, with a gcred top and deep Spanish flounce, with rows of point de paris inserting let in between clusters of the tiniest tccks and having a full fall of the same lace, rather deep upon tbe broad flounce, and numerous dust ruffles. These skirts cleanse beautifully and can be worn with a variety of outer shades.

The Gloved Paaho. Mustapha Pasha Fehmi. prime minister of Egypt, decorated by Queen Victoria with the grand cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, is known throughout Egypt ns the gloved pasha, owing to the fact that no one has ever seen his left band bared since the day two and twenty years ago when, as one of the chamberlains of the late Khedive Ismail, he helped his colleague, Sabini Pasha, to strangle the Egyptian minister of finance at the close of a supper party given by the wicked old khedive on board bis steam yacht, lying at anchor in tbe Nile at Cairo, just off the palace of Gezereh. The Firecracker. The firecracker so extensively used by Americans in celebrating Independence day is a Chinese invention and is supposed to have been us< d in China in prehistoric times as universally as it is now used in the Flowery Kingdom upon nearly all ceremonious occasions. Its original use is supposed to have been to frighten away evil spirits, and in some parts cf tbe Celestial empire it is still regarded as an effective weapon against ghosts and hobgoblins. Ten nillion Wheelman. It is stated by competent authorty that there are ten million people in America who are bicycle riders. Probably each one gets an average of one hurt in a season, and that is just when Henrv & Johnson's Arnica A Oil Liniment gets in its good work. Nothing has ever been made that will cure a bruise, cut or sprain so quickly. Also removes pimples, sunburn, tan, or freckles. Clean and nice to use. Take it with you. Costs 25 cents per bottle. Three times as much in a 50 cent bottle. We sell it and guarantee it to give satisfaction or money refunded. Page Blackburn druggist. Home Influence!. Each one of us is bound to make the little circle in which ho lives better and happier; each cf us is bound to sec that out of that small circle the widest good may flow; each of us may have fixed in his mind the thought that out of a single household may flow influences which shall stimulate the whole commonwealth ar.d the whole civilizec world. —Dean Stanley. “I Was Weak, Nervous and Run Down.’* I want to testify to the good Brown’s Cure has done me. I was weak, nervous and run down in vitality when I commenced taking it: it has done everything for me and I am now a new being. A number of my friends also speak with gratitude of the good your medicine has done them —it is indeed a grand remedy. Yours Gratefully, Mrs. L. V. Criig, 907 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. There are no “professional jurors" ’ in Mexico. Nine of a man's peers try j him, and a majority is a verdict. li the nine are unanimous, tliete is no appeal. To serve on a jury cue must have a diploma in law, medicine cr seme other preftssion, or an income of .SIOO a mouth, or he must be a member of a family whose Lead Lus :.n income cf $2,000 a year. There are 250,000 Inuians in tbe United States, distributed throughout 25 of the states and territories, the largest number, 72,000, living in the Indian Territory, with 35,000 in Arizona, 18, 000 in South Dakota, 13,000 in Oklahoma, 12,003 in California, 10,000 in Wisconsin, 5,200 in New York and > Sen -M Ncrtb Carolina

I CmsumpilM I Do not think for a single L moment that consumption will E ever strike you a sudden blow, r It does not come that way. It creeps its way along. First, you think it is a little cold; nothing but a little hacking cough ; then a little loss in weight; then a harder cough; then the fever and the night sweats. B The suddenness comes when you have a hemorrhage. Better stop the disease while it is yet creeping. You can do it with Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral You first notice that you cough less. The pressure on the chest is lifted. That feeline of suffocation is removed. A cure is hastened byplacingone of Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Plaster over the Chest. A Book Free, It is on the Diseases of the Throat and Lungs. n Frealy. If you Lave any complaint whatever and des re the best med cal advice voa can possibly receive, wite the doctor fl I freely. You will receive a prompt reply. Without cost. Address. ( DR. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Mass. ||

IF THE «wer,„ fad , e| 1 d« BBM .‘ soon becomes so foul that if is not safe in it. That is ; ' what happens to you when the Liver or Kidneys fail in th . work. The first little signs are backache, poor appetite, chan in urine and sometimes bowel troubles and dropsical swelling Do not neglect any o f theseDeadly disorders may f o H ow ’ STOP the mischief in time MKMcLeans ImKMdii which is sure to bring speedy re lief and finally a permanent curAt druggists, $i ,oo per bottle." THE DR.J.H. MCLEAN MEDICINEea ST. LOUIS. MO. U '" Ee o. For sale by Holthouse. Callow too HENRY B. HELLEH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office, rooms] and 2. Stone Block, op^ ite Ccllections. n, tary Pubfe ■— RICHARD K. ERWIN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFicr.-l 'orner Monroe n nd Second street, Ution P ° ntr ’ C,U ‘ rw ,or ™S JAMES T. MERRYMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DECATUR, IND. Office-Nos. 1. 2 3. over Adams Co. Bank I refer, by permission to Adams Co. Bank. R. S. PETERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DECATUR. INDIANA. Block™ 8 1 and tLe Anthony A. P. BEATTY j r MANN & BEATTY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW And Notaries Public. Pension claims prose, cuted. Odd Fellows building. John Schurger. DaveE.Smltl SCHURGER & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Money to loan at lowest rates of interest Abstracts of t itle, rval estate and collection! Rooms 1. 2 and 3 Welfley block. 3' DeVilbiss & Archbold, DENTISTS. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. „ I Office. 42. Phone , Kvtilichw . <). TVJErTTJINITT EROS. DENTISTS. N -w located over the City X'ewe JtaidKJ prepared to do all work pertaining proh Hbion Gold tilling lb use of Mayo’s Vapor they are enttW ectr»»ct teeth without i aiu. ’'oikguarantee J. D. HALE DEAI.EK IN Grain, Seed, Wool, Salt, Oik Coal, Lime, Fertilizers. Elevators on the Chicago & Leaf railreads. Office and east corner of Second and Jefferso ny* Your uat mnatjesolicited. Capital $120,000. Established-:-the old ADAMS COUNTY BAM Decatur, Indiana. Does a general bank!' g ‘kP lections in all parts of tht j. ‘fort'J town, township and county ' isand dornestic exchange lought andsoi terest pi.fd on time Officers—V . ll.Niblick.l taker. Vice President ; K. h- AIHW". and C. S. Nllilick. Assistant Caster MORTCA6IIO® Meney Loaned on LOW RATE OF Frivelege of I’arti* l ' Abstraets of 1 ille Carefnlh F. M. SCHIRM eYER ' Cor. 2d and Madison Sts--I»K< A” - MOORE'S extant. It e JJ,XctD DO< M r ‘ il ’ Lh AGENTS get fifty ? er w/it"eli>t w f“R«re w NeSt., New Yur*.