Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1898 — Page 2

a artist who is io search itudes descriptive of , and poses depicting ng, need not go to the Christian martyrs of old. if he could only see through the walls into tens of thousands of homes all over this land, he would see women undergoing tortures in silence without complaining, N before which the debrief ordeals of the martyrs pale into woman can tell }* ‘J the story of the suffering, the ' —- — despair, and the despondency endured by women who carry a daily burden of ill health and pain because of disorders and derangement of the delicate and important organs that are distinctly feminine One of the worst effects of troubles of this kind is upon the nervous system. The tortures so bravely endured completely and effectually shatter the nerves. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is an unfailing cure for all weakness and disease of the feminine organism. It makes it strong and healthy. It allays inflammation, heals ulceration and soothes pain. It checks exhausting drains and tones and builds up the nerves. It fits for wifehood and motherhood. Good medicine dealers sell it, and have nothing “just as good.” “ Since my last child was born, thirteen years ago, I have suffered from uterine trouble,” writes Mrs. Paul Devraine, of Jellico, Campbell Co., Tenn. " I consulted several doctors and took much medicine, bitt found no relief. I had very bad health for twelve years. Every month I was in bed a week before’ the monthly period and a week after. I was obliged to keep tn bed for four months last summer. I was just like a corpse. I lost twenty-six pounds in four months. I was coughing so much I was considered in consumption. I suffered severely from pains in my back, bearing down pains in the womb, chills and cold sweats. After taking four bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery my coughing stopped, and after six bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription my periods became regular and were passed without pain. Now I am fleshy, more so than ever liefore. My neighbors are surprised to see me in such good health after having seen me so low.” Constipation causesand aggravates many serious diseases. It is speedily cured by Dr, Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. SEDITION RAMPANT IN SPAIN BECAUSE OF BANKRUPTCY AND RUIN. Senator Frye of the Peace Commission Becomes Disgusted With Senor Rios’ Quibbling—Judge Day’s Terse Remark as to What Constitutes a Peace Treaty. London, Dec. B.—The Paris correspondent of The Daily Telegraph says: “According to trustworthy news from Madrid, Spain is seething with sedition born of bankruptcy and ruin. One of the best informed men in the kingdom assures me that the chauees of revolution are increasing by leaps and bounds. “Carlism exits in three provinces only, but the disaffection toward the present government is co-extensive with the entire Spanish race.’’ ARE STILL HAGGLING. Spanish Peace Commissioners Continue to Indulge In Technicalities. Taris, Dec. 6.—The history of the document which will certify the passing of the oldest colonial power in the world and the advent of the newest was epitomized by Judge Day last evening in a single sentence: “A peace treaty can contain anything which the victors put into it.” The Americans had listened for hours with their customary patience to the technicalities evoked by the Spaniards with their customary shrewdness and persistency against every proposal making for the dismemberment of their empire. Darkness had come on and the liveried attendants, mobilized by the French authorities, had placed a tiny lamp at the elbow of each commissioner. Senator Frye, whose unconcealed contempt for diplomatic quibblings excites the astonishment of the punctilious Castilians, had stalked home, his patience exhausted. The burden' of the Spanish arguments was that matters outside the bare cession and evacuation of the conquered territories, which the Americans proposed to cover by treaty, were beyond the legitimate and customary scope of a peace treaty. Behind this bulwark Senor Montero Rios, president of the Spanish commission, fortified himself, bombarding his opponents with a supply of arguments and precedents which inspired the freely expressed admiration of the Americans. Finally, Judge Day summarized the American position in the foregoing memorable utterance. It was given and Zaken in good spirit, and from that moment the proceedings were entirely friendly. The session accomplished much. Eight open questions were canvassed, seven being practically settled without noteworthy friction. The commissioners decline to say what conclusion was reached, but the bargain for a ooaling station in the Carolines was not cemented and, according to present prospects, it is likely to fail.

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The temper of the Americans in this matter is: We made you a good offer for an island. You may take or leave it. The Spaniards seem disposed to leave it. The Americans do not regard it as a prize which they can demand as one of the natural fruits of war, while the whole policy of the Spaniards is to confine the negotiateons as narrowly as possible to the letter of the protocol signed in Washington and to exclude all extraneous matters. The result of this policy may be the leaving of many details involved in the change of sovereignty over the various possessions to settlement by the regular diplomatic processes when normal relations between the two governments have been resumed. To Honor Miss Gould General Wheeler Wants Congress to Thank and Give Her a Medal. Washington, Dec. 6. —General Joseph Wheeler of Alabama has introduced in the house, through Representative Stallings, a resolution providing that “in recognition of the patriotic devotion and bounteous benevolence of Miss Helen Miller Gould to the soldiers of the army of the United States during the war with Spain the thanks of congress are hereby tendered her. and congress hereby authorizes and directs that a gold medal, with appropriate designs, be prepared by the director of the mint, and that said medal be presented to her by the president of the United States at such time and in such manner as he may determine." Complete Cleanup Highwaymen Relieve an Ohio Man of His Clothes ami False Teeth. Toledo, Dec. 5. —Patrick Shacker of Portage, 0., reported to the police that he was held up on the country road six miles south of here by two masked highwaymen, who took S3O in money, his overcoat, coat, vest, shoes, watch, gold cross, and wound up by compelling him to hand over his false teeth, and when they saw there was gold in them they carried them off, too. Benevolent Bequests. New York, Dec. 3. —The will of David T. Leahy, a reputed millionaire, who died last month, has been filed for probate. The Catholic University of America at Washington is given SIO,OOO, and $71,500 is distributed among 12 charitable institutions of Brooklyn, including the Newsboys’ home, which receives $5,000. Portland’s Victims. Boston, Dec. 5.—A1l the bodies of the victims of the Portland disaster so far recovered have been identified, 24 in all. The last two of the bodies brought up from the cape yesterday -were those of Samuel H. Smith, a saloon man, and Charles Cholera, a steamboat porter. Holland’s Queen Told a Little Fib. A prominent government official who has just returned from the Dutch coronation festivities explains the circumstances that gave rise to the rumor of an attempted assassination of Holland’s young queen. He was told by one high at court in The Hague that immediately before the coronation, while Queen Wilhelmina was enjoying a horseback ride, she fell from her horse not far from the Castle Londyk. The courtiers who accompanied the queen ran to her assistance. She said that the horse had suddenly reared and that she had become frightened because she heard a shot from a thicket on the side of the highway. The attendants in their hearts did not believe the queen’s explanation, and attributed it to her majesty’s vanity. They thought she sought some excuse for her lack of good horsemanship. —Philadelphia Bulletin. Funny Toothache Core*. Before the days of dentists, and when people generally believed in the value ofr charms, there were ever so many mysterious ways of preventing toothache. One of these was to dress the right side of the body first—right stocking, right shoe, right sleeve, right glove. A favorite plan in Scotland was to draw a tootb, salt it well and burn it in full view on glowing coals. In Cornwall many save their teeth by biting the first young ferns that appear. The custom of catching a common ground mole, cutting off the paws while the little creature still lives, and wearing them, is traced to Staffordshire, England. Some people who are fond of exercise believe that walking 12 miles —no more, no less—to get a splinter of the toothache tree that grows particularly well in Canada and Virginia will drive away the worst ache and pain that ever tortured a poor tooth. The belief that toothache is caused by a worm at the roots is prevalent in many parts of the world; hence this cure: Reduce several different kinds of herbs—the greater variety the better — to a powder. Put a glowing cinder into this powder and inhale the incense. Afterward breathe into a cup of water and the worm will be anna

OLR ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. Expert F. L. Hunting Makex an Examination And Report. Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 28. 1898. Electric Light Committee, Common Council,City of Decatur. Ind. At your request I inspected your electric light plant on the 23rd inst., ami bog to report as follows regarding same: ALTERNATOR. I found the alternator in very much better condition than I would have expected it to have been in considering that it has been run over a year and the commutator has not been trued up. The commutator does not now need trueing up and shows no sign of sparking or excessive wear. The commutator of these machines will indicate neglect the quickest of anything about them, and 1 must say it lias been well taken care of. The exciter for the alternator is in good condition but it is about time that the commutator was trued up. This exciter has been doing its work well and has been well taken care of or it would have been necessary to true this commutator long ago. FORTY LIGHT ARC DYNAMO. I examined this machine carefully before it was started and again after it was in operation. This machine is in good condition and was working much better than I would have expected after having been out of the factory over a year. If this machine continues to operate as it was operating when I was there, the commutator will last for years and will not need trueing up only onee in a great while. You are fortunate that it has not had to be trued up since you had it. The regulator of this machine was in much better condition than I find them .in, in the majority of muncipal plants. EIGHTY ARC LIGHT DYNAMO.

I found this machine in practically as good condition as the forty light machine. This machine being of double the voltage of the other one, the commutator was naturally not quite as smooth, but the condition of commutator indicated that it was working well, which I found to be the case when this machine was started on the street lights for an hour or two in the evening. The regulator of this machine was in good operating condition. I would recommend that you buy new large friction wheels for the regulator on each arc dynamo for the reason that these occasionallv need turning up, and as I understand the facilities for turning up the wheels of this kind are not very good there, you could by having an extra set return the worn ones here to us to be turned. These wheels should be turned up very soon. PLANT IN GENERAL. I was well pleased with the plant in general, and with the way the arc lamps were operating. I took occasion to measure the voltage of the incandescent lamps at various places about the town to see that the voltage was not too low nor too high. I found the incandescent lamps running at as nearly the proper voltage as you could expect, and I congratulate you that you have not run the voltage way above the rated voltage of the lamps in order to make the incandescent lamp look like a Welsbach burner. If you had. you would destroy the life of the limps, they would depreciate in candle power very shorty, and you would in a short time have a great deal of dissatisfaction. The only time when the lamps would appear satisfactory would be when they were new and first put on the circuit. A great many plants make the mistake of running the voltage too high for the lamps. I am pleased to note that you have not. I found the plant neat and clean and showing every sign of having been well cared for. The fact that the commutators of vour machines have not been turned off more than they have is the best of evidence that the apparatus has been in competent hands. When you fail to properly take care of the apparatus, you will have good sized repair bills. I understand that you have spent practically nothing in the way of repairs on these machines, which is further evidence of the care that the machines have had. I noticed that the clutch pulley for driving the forty light arc dynamo has two broken spokes in it, and I would certainly advise communicating at once with the Falls Rivet & Machine Works, and arranging to get a new wheel for this clutch pulley. It may run as it has been running with these broken spokes for months or years, but if anything should cause it to go to pieces completely, it would cause damage which would amount to many times what it would cost now to fix it and avoid the possibility of such an accident. The broken part is the least expensive part of the pulley, the greater expense being in the clutch itself. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Hunting.

The Art Loan under the management of December and January sections of the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church to be given in the lecture room Dec. 14th 15th and 16th promises to be a rare treat to all. Many curios and relics from all parts of the world will be on exhibition, good music will be furnished each evening and light refreshments will be served. A good social as well as profitable evening can be expected by all who attend. Admission ten cents. An elderly Philadelphia woman, Sarah Loura, recently went to St. Mary's hospital and asked to be relieved of distressing noises in her ears. Experts who were given charge of the case found a living spider that had made a nest in her ear. This was successfully removed and the old lady now hears as well as ever.

Business Men’. Lecture Couree. The Business Men's Lecture Course will open at Bosse's opera house next Friday evening with "Shakespeare and his Infidel” by Byron W. King. Mr. King has lectured in all parts of the United States and Europe. He was a personal friend of Bixith. the great tragedian,(and studied under the same teacher. He has the largest school of oratory, elocution and dramatic culture in the I nited .States and the largest faculty of expert teachers on speech work in America at his home in Pittsburg, Pa. He has the happy faculty of being able to know justwhat will please his audience and can readily adjust himself to their needs. He is graceful in action, musical in utterance, and inspiring in personal appearance. Judging from what others have said we believe that we are getting a man who has no superrior as a gentleman, a reader and a lecturer. The following quotations will give you some idea as to how many of our great lecturers regard Prof. King: Mr. King’s plan is correct. It is the only way to gain and control an audience. —John B. Gough. You have upon this lecture course the man who stands King of his profession. I certainly do not know of his superior as a gentlman, reader and a lecturer. Russell Conway. Mr. King’s work is that of a master. Ido not wonder you prefer it to the dry lectures. Ignitus Donnelly. I introduce to this senate a man who has no equal in his profession, who is an orator, scholar and lecturer of the highest rank. Senator Hogg, Senate Chamber, Ohio. The course is made up of five entertainments. We sell a course ticket which admits you to the five for one dollar. A single admission ticket to this or any of the other entertainments will cost 35c. See Holthouse & Callow at once, secure a course ticket and reserve your seat. Remember that those who have course tickets reserve their seats for the full course. All who expect to get a course ticket should get it immediately. Do not delay longer. Two New York detectives wanted “Eddy Barnes.” All they knew about him was that he was colored and that he was a bicyclist. They stood along the boulevard and yelled “Eddy” at every black bicyclist. When Eddy came along he slowed down to see who had called him and was arrested. Country roads in China are never bounded by fences, but are entirely undefined. While the farmer has a right to plow up any road passing through his land, drivers of vehicles have an equal right, and they exercise it, to traverse any portion of the country at will. After pondering over the matter during the summer months, some of the large ice companies generously announce a substantial reduction in prices. If the clothing houses can now be induced to shade the figures on seersucker coats, straw hats and linen suits, we shall be able to get through tne winter very comfortably and inexpensively. A noted cook says that the secret of good cranberry sauce is the use of very little water and quick cooking. Eight or ten minutes is long enough, as otherwise the bitter taste of the seeds is developed. A small cup of water to a quart of cranberries is sufficient. The sugar is added just as the sauce is taken from the stove. This receipt is given to the ladies of Decatur for what it is worth.

Legal Advertising. XJOTICE OF ELECTION OF TRUSTEES. Notice is hereby given that at the next stated meeting of Decatur Lodge, No. 571, F. & A. M„ to be held in their ballon Tuesday. December 13. 1898, at 7 o’clock p. m.. there will be elected by the members of said Lodge, three Trustees thereof, one to serve for one year, one to serve for two years, and one to serve for three years, and that at each annual election thereafter there will be elected one Trustee for said Lodge to serve for three years, as is provided by the By-Laws of said lodge. John H. Lenhart, Secretary. Decatur. Ind., Nov. 23, 1898. 37-1 OTICE TO TEACHERS. Notice is hereby given that there will be a public examination of teachers at the county superintendent’s office in Decatur, Indiana, on the last Saturday of each month. Manuscript made in other counties will not be received. Applicants must be seventeen years of age before they will be licensed. Besides the statutory branches and Science of Education, applicants will be required to answer a list based on selected literature—the selection made by the State Board of Education For the six months beglning with November, the questions in the Science of Education will be based in part on Plato's Republic, following the Township Institute Outlines. 1898 9 and from General Pedagogy. Beginning with January two or three questions in the history examination will be drawn from "Social Elements." Teachers’ examination begins promptly at 8:30 a. m. Yours very truly. IRVIN BRANDYBERRY. County Superintendent. TO NON-RESIDENTS. The state of Indiana, county of Adams, ss. In the Adams circuit court, February term. 1899. Samuel Simison. 1 No. 5822. c<)Diplaint on noteJohn Hyatt. J Demand 1125.00. It appearing from affidavit filed intheabove entitled cause, that John Hyatt. the above named defendant, is a non resident of the state of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said John Hyatt, that he be and appear before the Honorable Judge of the Adams circuit court on the Sth day of February. 1899. the same being the Ist juridical day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the court house m the city of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the Bth day of February A. D. 1899, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in his absence. Witness, my name, and the seal of said court hereto affixed thia Sth dav of December, 1898. JOHN H. LENHART. CLERK By E. Burt Lenhart. Deputy. Lutz & Snow, Attorneys for plaintiff. 39-3

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Notice of election of directors OF THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders of the Decatur National Bank, of Decatur. Indiana, that there will be held a meeting at the rooms of said Bank, on Tuesday, January 10,1899, between the hours of 10 a. tn. and! p. in., for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors for said Bank for the year 1899. C A. DUGAN. 39-4 Cashier Decatur National Bank, OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given, that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county. State of Indiana, will receive sealed bids for the construction of the macadamized road in said county, known as the Washington Road and Decatur and Monroe Road, and also for the construction of the macadamized road in said county known as the East Washington Township Road, up until 10 o'clock a. m . on Thursday, January 5, 1899, at a special session of the said Board of Commissioners. called for that purpose, to be held in the Commissioner's room in the court house in the city of Decatur. Adams county, Indiana. Seperate bids will be received for the construction of each of the said roads in accordance with the plans and specifications and report of the viewers, which are now on file in the Auditor's office of said county, said roads to be built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bld in twice the amount of the bid upon each respective road upon which bids are offered, conditioned for the faithful performance of the said work and that the bidder will, if awarded the con tract, enter into contract therefor and complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the hid filed. Ail bids shall be so made so as to give the amount at which each seperate road will be constructed for cash, payable on estimates to be made by the engineer in charge, not to exceed 80 per cent, of any one estimate, out of the fund to be hereafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Both of the above named roads shall be completed not later than November 15,1899. The Commissioners reserve the right to re-

ject any and all bids, NOAH MANGOLD. 37.4 Auditor Adams Co.. Ind. g HERIFF'S SALE. The State of Indiana. Adams county ss: In the Adame circuit court of Adams coun ty, Indiana. International Building and Loan! Association, a Corporation, I vs. 1 Kn 5782. Charles H. Arnold, / rio ' Minnie M, Arnold, Jabez Shaffer. Anna W. Shatter. By virtue of an order of sale _ to me directed by the clerk of the Adams C Court, of said county and state. I b» n levied upon the real auctioned and will expose for sale m*tbe tion at the East door of the Cour, ■ city of Decatur. Adams county, Ind ana, 4 tween the hours of 10 o clock A. M. o'clock P. M. on Friday, December 30,1898, The rents and profits for a “ o L,”hbed ing seven years, of the Indireal estate, situated in Adams County, ana. to-wit:

Commencing ata point that is twentr^' 8 (35) feet north of a war of the fourteen and one-fourth (14M fee* rter of southwest corner of the northeast q ine the northeast quarter of section tweny in township twenty-five (25) rods; teen (14) east: thence north eight i ht thence east four (4) rods: thence so (8) rods; thence west four (4) rods to n £ of beginning, in Adams county, 1 ndiana. ~ Andon failure to realize »“ d amount of judgment, interest gn)f costs. I will at the »«“e simple manner aforesaid, offer for sale the of the above described premises. Taken as the property S'’i’“ r ‘!" e H 'tb‘is"w* et al. to satisfy said order of s»ieday of December. 1898. DAN ERWIN. Sheriff- _ Lutz A Snow, Attorneys for Plaintiff-