Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1899 — Page 3

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Additional Locals. YI-KI cures corns and warts. Its Hugh Woods of Columbia City, was a Sunday visitor in Decatur. Miss Grace Daniel was the guest of friends at Richmond over Sunday. James Dailey of Bluffton, transacted business in this city the latter part of last week. First-class photos all sizes at reduced prices. All work guaranteed. Knoff’s old stand. 44tf Mrs. L. G. Ellingham and daughter Winifred, were the guests of friends at Winchester over Sunday. A number of Bluffton young people attended the Oratorical contest at Boss ?’s opera house last Friday ingRev. 11. H. Smith of Wren. Ohio, formerly minister of the Baptist church of this city, was on our streets last Friday. A life for 50c. Many people have been cured of kidney diseases by taking a 50c bottle of Foley's Kidney Cure. Holt house, Callow A Co. a Excepting grape wine, the oldest alcoholic beverage known to man is sake, a rice wine. It has been used by the Japanese for over 2,000 years. The X-ray was tried on a little girl of Paulsboro, N. J., who has been t. cate 1 two years for nasal catarrh, and a gutta percha button was discovered in her nose. Riming sores, ulcers, boils, pimples, etc., quickly cured by Banner Salve the most healing salve in the world. Price 25c No other “just as good.’’ Holthouse, Callow & Co. a Miss Bee Dorwin who is serving as nurse at the Hope Hospital, Fort Wayne, returned to her duties last Thursday after a several days visit with parents and friends here. Do not sneeze and cough your head off when a few doses of Dr. Sawyer's Wild Cherry and Tar will cure your cold and cough and prevenj any further lung or bronchial complications. Nachtrieb & Fuelling. a

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Jacob Butcher of Geneva, attended to business here last Thursday. Dick Boyd was at Delphos on business the latter part of last week. Amos Foreman and Frank Linn were at Columbia City on business the latter part of last week. Superintendent Reynolds of the C. I & E. railway company, was in the city last Friday looking after business. Rev. J. F. Horton and family of Monistique, Michigan, were the guests 'of Albert Brittson and family over Sunday. For Sale or Trade A span of mules. Will exchange for heavy team lor sell and give reason able time. J. W Place. 4tf i The wives of Siamese noblemen cut I their hair so that it sticks straight up i from their heads. The average length i is about one and one half inches. Kidney diseases are the most fatal | ■to all diseases. Foley’s Kidney Cure i a guaranteed remedy or money refunded. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a At the launching of J. Pierpont | Morgan’s new yacht, the Corsair, in New York, fourteen of the guests represented a total amount of wealth in excess of §300,000,000. Just received a large stock of fresh lield, garden, Lawn and Flower seeds ; for sale in bulk, in quantities to suit i purchasers. Phone No. 8. J. D. Hale, I Jefferson and Second Sts. 2-6 “Hail Columbia” was written in 1798 by Joseph Hopkins (1770-1842), J vice-president of the American Phil■osophical Society and president of the < Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The new educational law provides a plan by which towns of 1,500 population or less, which are out of debt, may discontinue town school boards and transfer all school property to the township trustee. Glad tidings to asthma sufferers. Folev.s Honey and Tar gives quick i and positive relief. It is the great j remedy for the respiratory organs like | asthma, bronchitis and hoarseness. I Holthouse, Callow & Co. a

Charles Sether was looking after the cigar tradeat Bluffton last Friday. Dr. Sawyer's I katine never has, and we do not see how it can. fail to cure kidney disorders. It gives nature the aid needed, and nature thus aided never fails. Nachtrieb & Fuelling, a In Iceland, men and women are in every respect political equals. The nation, which numbers about 70,000 people, is governed by representatives elected by men and women together. Don't scratch your life away, but use Dr. Sawyer's Witch Hazel and Arnica Salve for eczema, piles, hives, burns and cuts. It soothes, relieves pain and positively cures. Nachtrieb & Fuelling. a Internal laughter is the very latest thing recommended to the health and beauty of all who indulge therein. Persumably you may be expected to swallow a feather and feel immensely tickled. Pneumonia, lagrippe, coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough readily yield to One Minute Cough Cure. Use this remedy in time and save a doctor's bill or the undertaker’s. Page Blackburn. ts C. S. Strode, of Decatur. Ind., has taken the place of G. W. Smith at the C. & E. tower, “Smithy” having been transferred to the Kenton depot as night ticket agent and operator. Spencerville News. Dr. Sawyer's Little Wide Awake Pills give purity of blood and vigor of thought by perfectly regulating the bowels and cure biliousness, inactive liver and constipation. Nachtrieb A Fuelling. a “A Thrilling Night's Ride” is the title of a very interesting illustrated story, which will be mailed free upon receipt of two cents postage, by A.H. Waggener. 6 Jackson place, Indianapolis, Ind. 6-2 People who have once taken DeWitt’s Little Early Risers will never have anything else. They are the famous little pills ' for torpid liver and all irregularities of the system. Page Blackburn. ts The supreme court has decided that telephone companies 'nave no right to cut limbs off of shade trees in front of dwelling houses, and that the owner of the property has a right to ownership in them which cannot be interfered with. At Monte Carlo, the male patrons are not permitted to enter the gaming rooms with trousers turned up. It is feared that they may surreptitiously drop money in the gaping hems. There is no objection, however, to leaving the rooms with pockets wrong side out.

If you have contracted rheumatism, no matter what form Dr. J. H. Me Lean’s Liver and Kidney Balm will cure it. This medicine so regulates the kidneys that the poisonous products which cause the disease are removed from the natural channel. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. a The Grand Rapids and Indiana company will do considerable in the way of replacing wooden bridges with iron structures the comimr summer. So far arrangements have been completed for putting in new bridges at Fountain City and Geneva, Ind., and Plainfield, Mich.—Richmond Telegram. Rheumatism Cured in a Day. “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease im mediately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits. 75 cents. Sold by Smith & Yager, Druggists, Decatur. It is said that if the edges of carpets are saturated with alum water it will effectually destroy moths. If the floor is unpainted it is always well to take the precaution of washing up with a solution of alum before laying the carpet. The same liquid is also an excellent remedy for black ants. Little neglected scratches and wounds frequently result in bloodpoisoning. Better heal them quickly with DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, a thoroughly anti septic application with a record of always curing piles, old ulcers, sores.cuts, woundsand skin disease. Page Blackburn. ts A German doctor, who has been collecting information ab nit the habits of long-lived persons, finds that the majority of those who attained old age indulged in late hours. Eight out of ten persons over SO never went to lied till well into the small hours, and did not get up again till late in the day. If you have piles, cure them. No use undergoing horrible operations that simply remove the results of the disease without removing the disease itself. Place your confidence in DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It has never failed to cure others; it will not fail to cure you. Page Blackburn. ts In India, that land of iron caste, a barber’s son must be a barber, and must marry a barber’s daughter. He goes about looking for trade, and shaves his customer on the street, both squatting on their heels while the operation is being performed. He is a manicure and a chiropodist as well, and sometimes works in a family for 81.25 to $2.00 a month. Such is the testimony of thousands concerning Brown’s Cure, a Perfect Family medicine, the Ijest remedy known for the liver, kidneys and bowels, a positive cure for dyspepsia and all bowel troubles, sick headache, nervousness, constipation and loss of sleep. If you suffer try this great remedy and find health and happiness. Sold by Page Blackburn. Price 5c cts. Yi-Ki cures corns and warts. 157

Soap has been in use for 3,000 years and is twice mentioned in the Bible. A few rears ago * a soap-boil-er's shop was discovered in Pompeii. The soap found in the shop had i:ot lost all of its efficacy although it had been buried 1,800 years. Pains in the back cured. A. B. Farrington, Constantia, N. V. writes: I was troubled several years with kidney disease and suffered severe pains in the back. I used Foley’s Kidney Cure and one bottle cured me. I recommended it to my friends it has given perfect satisfaction. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a Ground has been broken for the Indiana Oddfellows’ home for indigent members and orphans at Auburn. On May 17 tiie corner stone will be laid, and on the first day of the new century the first fraternity home in Indiana will be dedicated. It will represent an expenditure of $35,208. It is built to accommodate 200 people. When you become aware that the distress you suffer comes from improper action of the liver, and such distressing symptoms as biliousness, jaundice or torpid liver appear, take Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm. It cures diseases of the liver and kidneys. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. a Attorney Levi Mock, of Bluffton, entered the old fiddlers’contest at Marion Wednesday night. He easily carrien off the prize for the tallest fiddler an iron bedstead. Bill Owings, the school teacher a can of coffee for playing the oldest fiddle in the bunch. Levi Mock also got the second prize for playing “Hell on the Wabash.” In almost every neighborhood there is some one whose life has been saved by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, or who has been cured of chronic diarrhoea by the use of that medicine. Such persons make a point of telling of it whenever opportunity offers, hoping that it may be the means of saving other lives. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. a Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, recently acted the part of Hamlet in a translation of his own from Shakespeare before the exar and exarina and Russian court. “The grand duke’s conception of the part wav quite original,” says the London Daily Mail, “and his portrayal of the character differed from that usually seen on the stage.” Working. Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever wasmadeis Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, listlessness into energy, brain-fag into mental power. There,rs wonderful in building up the health. Only 25c. per box. Sold by Page Blackburn.

John Hammell, the Eaton man, who was arrested last January for operating a saloon in that place, without the proper license, is still in jail, and is working day after day on a fine of Sl3O. Hammell was engaged to take care of the saloon of a friend who was called awav, or at least said he was compelled to leave for the home of his son who was seriously ill. Muncie News. If troubled with rheumatism, give Chamberlain’s Pain-Balm a trial. It will not cost you a cent if it does no good. One application will relieve the pain. It also cures sprains and bruises in one-third the time required by any other treatment. Cuts, burns, frost bites, quinsey, pains in the side and chest, glandular and other swellings are quickly cured by applying it. Every bottle warranted. Price 25 and 50 cts. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a An order has been issued at the Soldiers' Home at Marion requiring veterans seeking admission to sign an order authorizing the treasurer to pay to their wives three-fourths of their pension money. Yeterans not complying therewith are refused admission. As a rule the order is obeyed although occasionally ex-soldiers are I found refusing to attach their signatures. Lingering lagrippe cough cured. Mr. G. Vacher, 157 Osgood St. Chicago. My wife had a severe case of lagrippe three years ago and it left her with a very bad cough. She tried a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar and it gave immediate relief. ASO cents bottle cured her cough entirely. Now we are never without a bottle of this wonderful Cough Medicine in the house. 25 and 50c. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a Governor Mount has honored re quisition from Governor Bushnell, of Ohio, for the return of Fred Nelson, who is under arrest at Marion. Nelson is wanted for burglary and larceny which he is said to have committed in 1896 and has since been in hiding. Nelson had the misfortune to fall from a telephene pole and break his leg and in .telegraphing to his relatives his identify became known. He was regarded as a good citizen.

Beware of ointments for Catarrh that contain mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through themuscous surface. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's CatarrahCure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists. Price 75c. per bottle. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. a

FINE PERCHERON STALLION. $ MARESCOT, INO. 34 561. j$ » MAKESCOT „, m W jet black. Nowbite $ ' except small star. ($ fikl Graceful in style and j'j. ■ ■ /.'.Twa"-:, - a? finish; possessing all / i the merits found in '4* ,lie Nor- $ l'A/ I '»«"• A perfect mas- £• cuhne f< rm. Plenty •F ! *mS .. ‘4 I and with a foot unequakd. Guaranfee a transmiter of -’■/ form and color. Sixteen hands high; weighs 1900 in moder■•F ate flesh. A sure foal getter. All persons who contemplate ($ breeding mares will make no mistake in breeding to this \ wonderful merited horse. Being a gold medal winner at w Montaug, Oren, in 1893. Montaug, Oren, is the national : horse show of France. He was purchased at this show by the Singweastor Keiser Company, of Keota, lowa, and has tad La proven a prize winner at the lowa state fair, having won first w and grand sweep stakes three years in succession. ' TERMS:—MARBBCOT will stand the ensuing season at R->inb'-rs , ’s Hr) liven-and sale barn, Decatur. Indiana. Fees lorserviee |I2 0.) to insure mares In foal; sls 00 to insure colts to stand and Ruck ; single leaps Slo.(M), Hfcl LX nayab eat time of service. Great care will bo taken to prevent accidents, L/> but owne s will no" be responsible should any occur. v/Ws) ' t^ r ncnAOmlbov--rhr best Is what rnunts. The outlook for good horses never was better. t Percheron Horse Breeding Association, f * DANIEL ROHR, Keeper.

Red Hot From the Gun Was the ball that hit G. B. Stedman of Newark. Mich., in the civil war. It caused horrible ulcers that no treat ) ment helped for 20 years. The Bucklens Arnica Salve cured him. i Cures cuts, bruises, burns, boils, fel-1 ons, corns, skin eruptions. Best pile I cure on earth. 25 cts. a box. Cure ) guaranteed. Sold by Page Black burn. Prof. J. Wesley Yantis, pastor of Newark C. U. church, Newark, Ohio, will give a lecture at Zion C. U. church, ■ on the night of April 22. Subject. | “The Ideal Young Man.” Everybody come When your heart flutters, that is not heart disease. That is no terrible heart failure; that is indigestion, the the prime cause of all short breath and jumping of the heart which so frequently follows on exertion of any kind, Go to the drugstore. Get a bottle of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. No more need be said, for after you use it once, you will never fail to keep it in the house. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a When a young lady declares that “she would not marry the best man living” she does not to be understood as meaning she would not marry any man living, but only that she is too modest to aspire to be the wife of the best man aforesaid. If you suffer from tenderness or fullness on the right side, pains under sloulder blade, constipation, biliousness, sick headache, and feel dull, heavy and sleepy your liver is torpid and congested. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers will cure you promptly, pleasantly and permanently by removing the congestion and causing the bile ducts to open and flow naturally. They are good pills. Page Blackburn. ts Within eight more centuries leap year will become a relic of the present time. By that time the extra 11 days lost to make up the changes from the Julian calender to that of the present day will all have been duly accounted just 365 days and no more. “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. An ostrich egg was brought to Lima from Africa a few weeks ago and placed in the window at Mell’s pharmacy. The warm rays of the sun assisted nature and last Friday night the shell was bursted and a beautiful young ostrich came forth. Mr. Mell will endeavor to raise the little stranger Notice We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles orboxesof Baxter's Mandrake Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation, billiousness, sick-head-ache, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or any of the the diseases for which it is recommended. It is highly recommended as a spring tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid in bottle, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One package of either guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. Page Blackburn. A discouraged editor asks the following question: “If Bob Ingersoll, insists that there is no hell, will he state what becomes of the man who takes the paper three or four years without paying for it, and then tells the postmaster that he does not want it?” Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the pubbic to know of one concern in the land who is 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 that it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, bronchitis, hoarsness, and all diseases of the throat, , chest and lungs are surely cured bv it. Call on Page Blackburn, druggist, and get a free trial bottle. Regular size 50c. and sl. Every bottle guaranteed or price refunded.

A farmer said this morning he was making money. Sold his potatoes last fall for thirty cents a bushel and is buying them back now for eighty cents a bushel. The editor riseth in the morning and knoweth not what the day may bring forth. If he telleth all the news, he runneth a groat risk of having a thin ear put on him, and if he telleth not the news the people say he isn.g. r and there is no joy in it. And all hisways of woe, and his days are full of sorrow. Remarkable cure of rheumatism. Kenna, Jackson Co., W. Ya. About three years ago my wife had an at - tack of rheumatism which confined her to her bed for over a month and rendered her unable to walk a step without assistance, her limbs being swollen to double their normal size. Mr. S. Maddox insisted on my using Chamberlain’s Pain-Balm. I purchased a fifty-cent bottle and used it according to the directions and the next morning she walked to breakfast without assistance in any manner, and she has not had a similar attack since. A. B. Pearson. For sale by Holthouse, Callow <& Co. a An exchange says that it is a fact well worth remembering to users of incandescent electric lights that broken wires in the bulbs may often be mended in a simple manner. By turning the current on and shaking the bulb the broken ends will often come together and the electri. i y will weld them firmly, making them as good as new. Try this the next time you have a broken lamp; it may save the cost of a new one. Brave Men Fall Victims to stomach, liver and kidney troubles as well as women, and all feel the results of loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backache, nervousness, headache and tired, listless, run-down feeling. But there’s no need to feel like this. Listen to J. W. Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He says: “Electric Bitters is just the thing for a man when he is all run down, and don’t care whether he lives or dies. It did more to give strength and good appetite than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on life.” Only 50c. at Page Blackburn’s drug store. Every bottle guaranteed. A St. Louis judge has made a remarkable decision to the effect that under certain conditions a husband has the right to beat his wife. In speaking of this particular case the learned jurist said that “the wife was more guilty than the husband for trying to contradict and thwart her husband’s will in the presence of the children and setting them a bad example, which he had a right to rebuke. There are times when a wife irritates her husband to such an extent that he cannot control himself and uses his hand or fist. As long as no serious harm i i done I don't believe in punishment." “Every’ Advertiser Lies." Is the general impression among people who do not read. Fortunately there are very few people who have eyes and do not read. The more one reads, the more one knows, and the more one learns. Now, if we failed to put this advertisement where vou may read it, we would be doing vou an injustice, for like as nor, you are this moment suffering and maybe do not know what is the matter with yoii. After you have read this advertisement, go and spend 10c for a trial bottle of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. It costs 10c a line to tell you anymore about this, so we will not enlarge on this subject. Try this. You can get it of Holthouse, Callow & Co. a We wish to say to the music looking citizens of Decatur and Adams county. That we are prepared to meet all competition in the piano, ori gan and musical merchandise line. > We carry a fine line of goods, we own our stock, and we purchase it of the • manufactures. Most dealers carry ■ pianos and organs on consignment. We can discount the price of such ‘ dealers 20 per cent. We sell mandoi lin picks and all kinds of strings at one half the price charged in Chicago. We can demonstrate these statements . to your satisfaction. Call at our store ■ or write us if you need anything in , our line. Don’t for get we own our • stock and buildings and are on the ground floor. Cunningham Bros.. Portland, Ind. 4w4