Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1899 — Page 7

Rert Harruff Will be at Berne 2d week in April. Geneva 3d week in April. With proper blanks and affidavits tt . it h which exemption to the amount , sj(K) in vour assessment can be n;ui. These blanks properly filled out and i rt .uted can be given the assessor i proper credit for same made by l in Have them ready. Have a .‘emplete mortgage rec-ord of the countv and will attend to all applicants without delay. Bert Harruff. Wo I •' -A The Nicest Wall Does not cost near so much as you will expect, if you will come to my store to buy. This spring there are more beautiful patterns than ever before, and the prices are lower than you will find anywhere else. Come in and see what delightful effects the makers have produced this season. Page Blackburn. r2_l3 THE DRUGGIST.

TAKE ADVANTAGE Os the EXEMPTION LAW, which entitles you to S7OO Exemption from your assessment. Have your Blank Affidavits ready when the assessor comes around. GET THEM OF ... DON I. QUINN. In the office of F. M. Schirmeye-. Pk m g 0 Dr. Williams’lndian Pile IB ■ B will cure Blind. 181 and Itching ■ H ■ t Piles. Il absorbs the tumors, F J I allays the itching at once, acts a On as a poultice, gives instant re- ■ lief. Dr. Williams'lndian Pile Oint- ■ ment is prepared for Piles and Itching of the private parts. Every box is warranted. By druggists, by mail on receipt of price. 50 cents and fl.(Hi. WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO.. Props.. Cleveland, Ohio. Nachtrieb & Fuelling. HEALTH, POWER, ENERGY. K ' M /A TRADEMARK., n i Stop forever all weakening drains feed the brain, replace wasted ti> y reftXrFTwn s 11 e and send rich, ilesh-building 277xf blood bounding through every part yCT f of the system, makingevervqrgar ///A act, and causing you to glow and tingle /✓//>vritn newly found strength. lou re a new man, and can feci it I The greatest NERVt A TONIC ever di covered. Pal mo Tablet! ’COcure quickly and forever Nervous DebitAfc . ity Varicocele, Atrophy, Loss of Memory, Sleeplessneßß,Dyspepsia,Kidney Diseases /Vy* 50c a box; 12 boxes (with guarantee, good as gold), $5 00. Sent anywhere. Smith & Yager, Dacatur. Ind. W <*SSS‘ 3> » I—Keeley | . Corel F AirnL/xl Produce each a disease w k '•ltOnOh having definite pafhol- £ B O'JV. Trie disease yields H H Upturn* easily to the Double ■ rTnhArrn 1 hloride of Gold Treat- J B ‘vUdLLU ment as administered at 4 ■ llcinn a* the Keeley Institute M I VSing V at Marlon the only ■ w Keeley Institute in Northern Indiana. w g Communications Confidential. 2 p 1903 South Adams Street. SEND US ONE DOLLAR !*" ,H,, ° I’Olrm birh-ier.de RESERVOIR COAL AMI WOOD 100 k MOVE, by freight C.0.D.. subject to examination Examine it at Jour freight r depot and if -rgT. found perfect- i" v "5.1 *y satisfactory MEygU-.'-’* •nd th- greatest jKMif tjt Sto>r Bar. nMTiWtdKW ® Al s you Iti ev tr saw tx ‘JST/ or heard of.Pay the -——— IVnt'b-s 1 F/ WRITE FOR OUR BIG FREE <krhr & STOVE CATALOGUE, an l freight charges Thi° stove is size No. 8. oven is u^ xlSxll - is <2x23; made from best pig iron, extra flue®, heavy covers, heavy lining® and prate*. ° v . en heavy tin-lined oven door, handsome pi a ted ornamentations and trimmings, extra *“*ke ieep. genuine Slamikh porcelain lined resenoir. hand ®ome i?.rge ornamented buse. Bet>t eoal burner made, and f e tl,rr Hsh FREE an extra, wood grate, making it a perwet revd bnr»er. WE IBSV2 A BiMHXG (if ARAM EK "H" r«,Lr v . H^ve an< * guarantee safe delivery to your raib Your b>cal dealer would charge y<-u t*. a stove, the freight is only about fl.oo for eath o nifles, to we save you at least flO.fMi. Address SEARS, ROEBUCK ACO.dNC.) CHICAGO,HI tteetuek &Ca. are thsrcoh'hly reliable. —Eddor.)

A FAMINE IN RUSSIA IS RAGING OVER MORE THAN T W ENT Y-SEV E.N PR( >V IX< 'ES. Government Has Decided to Forbid Temporarily the Export of Grain. Suffering Said to Be Greater Than In 1801 and 1877 —Typhus Fever. Berlin, April 15.—1 tis announced here on official authority that the Rus- ■ sian government, in the hope of relieving the appalling suffering resulting | from the famine now raging in more j than 27 provinces of the empire, has decided to temporarily forbid the export of grain. This news is of the utmost importance to American agriculture and grain markets. The average annual exports of wheat from Russia is 4,000,000 bushels and if this amount cannot be supplied by Russia it will have to be furnished by the United States, as in 1891 and in 1877, when the Turko-Rus-sian war closed the grain ports of southern Russia. It is to be feared, however, that this extreme measure adopted by the Muscovite government, with the object of relieving the sufferings of the starving peasantry and laboring classes, will prove just as inefficacious as in 1891. On that occasion there was no means of economic transport of the grain to the districts where the famine was raging most fiercely, aud in consequence thereof the only result of the stoppage of the grain exports was that vast quantities of corn simply rotted away. The most frightful accounts reach here regarding the extent of the suffering caused by the famine, which is asserted to be more terrible thau that of 1891, and as both bovine and human typhus have broken out in ail the famine stricken districts, diseases mainly due to the character of the food to which man and beast are reduced, another fierce epidemic of cholera may be expected. Among the measures devised by Count Witte, the minister of finance, who has been deputed by the czar to take charge of the department of the interior in the place of Minister Gorymykiu, dismissed in disgrace on account of the famine is that of forbidding the exportation of grain. The disgraced minister of the interior is held largely responsible for the misery which now’ prevails, for not only did he make no provision for the famine, but he went so far as to deny its existence to the czar after it had been raging for some time. So severe was the censorship exercised by the minister of the interior upon the newspapers that the latter were not permitted to mention the famine, and the czar only became aware of its extent by sending a member of his own household, of the name of Klopoff, on a voyage of inspection and investigation. MURDERED BY REDSKINS Three Persons Whom Choctaws Believed Practiced Witchery. Antlers, I. T., April 18. —Deputy marshals brought eight Choctaws here yesterday and put them in the Antlers jail, charged with being accessories of Solomon Ho Tema in the killing of three persons and wounding of another on Friday near Cold Springs, eight miles west of Grant. A great deal of sickness of a peculiar type has prevailed in the neighborhood for several months, and it was believed that the persons killed Friday had bewitched the Indians and that by killing them the plague would be removed. Disorder has prevailed in the neighborhood for three or four days, but the arrest of Sam Tyantubbee, the medicine man, has restored quiet and a feeling of safety. DEFAULTER Blows the Top of His Head Off—He Was SIO,OOO Short. Humboldt, Neb., April 17.—S. W. Grinstead, aged 37, cashier of the bank in this city, committed suicide by blowing off the top of his head with a revolver. Friday Bank Examiner Wilson called at the bank to examine the books and Cashier Grinstead admitted to him that he was short in his accounts $lO,000. The examiner immediately took charge of the bank. The bank will continue business. OPEN DOOR Chinese Government Has Assented to the Opening of Three New Ports. London, April 15.—The Chinese government, according to a dispatch from Shanghai, has assented to the proposal to open three new ports iu the province of Kiang Su, Kiang and Negan Hewi or in Hui. Tendereda Regiment From New Jersey Washington, April 18. — Governor Voorhees of New Jersey was at the white house yesterday to tender to the president a regiment of New Jersey volunteers in case it should be decided to enlist additional volunteers. The president expressed his gratification at the offer, but informed the governor that his latest advices from the Philippines were to the effect that the voluuteei < there were willing to remain until the fighting ceased. Ex-Pnblic Printer Clapp. Washington, April 10. — Almon M. Clapp, at one time United States government printer, died at his residence here yesterday afternoon in the 88th year of his age. Mr. Clapp was born in Killingly, Conn., iu 181 Land came from one of the oldest families iu New England his ancestors having come to this country on the Mary aud John soon ! after the landing of the pilgrims. He was a delegate to the Pittsburg convention that founded the Republican party, i aud in 1869 was appointed public printer. Ou retiring from that office m 18< < he < bought an interest in the National Republican of Washington During the : last 11 or 14 years he had been living in retirement, but retained his interest m . politics. I

Trusts don’t enter here. A Nook In thi» Clgjar Trade That Biela Defiance to Monopoly. While trusts are multiplying and the centralization of capital in all business is accepted as on ’of the inevitable conditions of the day there is at least one business in New York in which small capitalists can engage. That is manufacturing cigars. With a capital of S2O any cigar maker can start in business as a manufacturer, and while he may not become rich can make a living. There are at least 2,000 cigar manufacturers in New York who work as journeymen when there is a demand for their services and by the expenditure of a few dollars become manufacturers when work is slack. All that one of these small manufacturers needs in order to start in business are a few pom ds of “wrapper” leaf, the same of “fillers, ” a pound or so of “binders” and skill. He will have to get bondsmen, as each cigar manufacturer must have two sureties in SI,OOO each before he can get a license, but there is usually no difficulty in securing the bondsmen. “The security looks large for such small manufacturers as sometimes engage in the trade,” said an authority, “but it is easy to get. The grocer and landlord will usually furnish the bonds, but occasionally they are furnished by a security company. In these little shops she proprietor very often does not make as much as a journeyman, but he must do something or starve, and it is second nature with the cigar maker alternately to turn journeyman and manufacturer. The grocers are willing, as a rule, to take cigars for groceries rather than give credit. Then some of the cigars are sold in the manufacturer’s own store, in many cases the store and workshop being in the same room. Sometimes the owner is manufacturer and workman all by himself and at other times the members of his family help. “Occasionally the journeyman who becomes a manufacturer sticks to the manufacturing and prospers. The first outward evidence of this is the appearance of a wooden Indian outside the shop door. It will then be fonnd that the store and workshop are separate, the latter being in the rear, and that the proprietor employs at least one journeyman.”—New York Sun. QUEER LEGACY. It Was Left by an Enßlinhmnn Who Died 180 Yearn Ago. A curious annual custom was observed the other day in a little village in Surrey whereby all boys between the ages of 12 and 15 are benefited to the extent of $lO through the will of an eccentric gentleman who died 180 years ago. To obtain this reward the boys, who must be natives cf the village, are required to attend in the parish churchyard, lay their hands upon the marble monument erected to the memory of William Granville, the founder of the custom, and repeat from memory the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed and the Ten Commandments. read aloud the fifteenth chapter of St. Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians, and write in a legible hand two verses from the same epistle. This year 18 candidates walked solemnly into the churchyard, where the whole of the village community had gathered to watch the proceedings. The weather was cold and frosty, and the children were very much frightened as they laid their hands cn the gravestone and commenced to repeat the Lord’s Prayer. All managed this fairly well, but the commandments as well as the creed proved a sore stumbling block. Then the 18 frightened little men were marched into the village school room, where they struggled manfully through the chapter of Corinthians and the two verses to be written. The examiners conferred for a few minutes and seven little urchins were handed two golden sovereigns each, while the remaining 11 disappointed ones were bidden to try again in 1900. Then the children all received a good dinner and were sent home.

I*. I). Armour’s Name. It is told of Philip D. Armour of Chicago that be was not christened Philip at all. He was named after his father, Danforth Armour. Mr. Armour is quoted as giving this explanation recently of how he got the name of Philip: “I was named Phil after a colored man who lived in our neighborhood and was the terror of all the boys. The name of the fellow was l-’hil Morgan, and he was up to all sorts of capers, and I suppose because I was so full of pranks myself the boys called me Phil too. The ‘D’ in my name stands for Danforth That was my father’s name. But the boys insisted on calling me Phil, and Phil I remained, my mother finally consenting to call me Philip D. Armour.” Feeding Hens on Newspapers. The latest and most novel use for old newspapers that has come to our notice occurred Saturday when a gentleman stepped into this office and purchased 100 or more to feed bis hens. He tears the paper into shreds and soaks it in sour milk until the whole mass becomes a pulp, when he feeds it to the bens, and he claims that it adds greatly to their egg producing qualities. Tbe newspaper is gradually extending its field of usefulness. From food for thought it has expanded until within its sphere is already included food for goats and hens. —Lisbon Patriot. Tit For Tilt. When Peter Dunn of Dooley fame was at the Players' club some months ago, to him was introduced Richard Harding Davis in facetious mood. “Why, Mr. Dunn,” he said, surprised, “I expected to see you inchin whiskers!” “Why, Mr. Davis,” Dunn replied, with equal surprise, “I expected to find vou it. a shirt waist I” —New Y’ork Commercial Advertiser.

XVlint Is n Dny t Nine persons out of 10—yes, 999 out of every I,ooo—if asked how long it takes the earth to turn once on its axis would answer 24 hours, and to the question. How many times does it turn on its axis in the course of the year? the answer would be 365*4 times. Both answers are wrong. It requires but 23 hours and 56 minutes for the earth to make one complete turn, and it makes 366 '4 turns during the year The error springs from a wrong idea of what is meant by a day. The day is not. as is commonly supposed, the time required by the earth to make one turn on its axis, but the interval between two successive passages of the sun across the meridian—that is to say. the time which elapses after the sun is seen exactly south in its diurnal course through the heavens before it is again seen in that position Now, in consequence of the earth's revolution in its orbit, or path round the sun. the sun has the appearance of moving very slowly in the heavens in a direction from east to west. At noon tomorrow tbe sun will be a short distance to the east of the point in the heavens at which it is seen at noon today. so that when the earth has made one complete turn it will still have to turn four minutes longer before the sun can again be seen exactly south. A Matter of Home Discipline. A child should never be discussed w : thin his own hearing Unfortunate is that family where the little ones learn that they may appeal successfully from one parent to another or where upon one falls the onus of every necessary denial or reproof, while the other stands sponsor for every pleasure and indulgence Let us spare no secret effort as parents to appear a unit to the child. — Elaine Goodale Eastman

SOMETIMES when you have lame back and fee! poorly, you stop working for the day. But all you do is take the rest and go right to work again when the symptoms quiet down. That is no way to head off a terrible disease that is fastening its grip upon you. Stop the first leak or you lose the ship. DdHftleairs Lhr&i&Wolin quickly cures those first irregularities and thus repels Bright’s Disease, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Jaundice and Female Troubles. Druggists have it, SI.OO a bottle. THE DR.J.H.MCLEAN MEDICINE CO. ST. LOUIS, MO. For sale bv Holthouse. Callow & Co

Frazer Axle Grease Tfa AR TWICE Bl AS ANY OTH, EK ’ Not affected by Heat or Cold. Highest Awards at Centennial, Paris and World’s Fair. Manufactured f RAZER [ UBR | CATQR Factories: Chciago, SL Louis, New Yoric

SEEDS Bulbs and Plants have gone to thousands ct satisfied Customers for a half century and to celebrate the 50th year in business we have issued a Special Golden Wedding Edition of Vick’s Carden and Floral Cuide. which is a work of art. It has 24 pages lithographed in colors. 4 pages souvenir, and nearly 100 pages filled with handsome half-tone illustrations of Flowers, Vegetables, Plants, Fruits, etc., elegantly bound in white and gold A marvel in Catalogue making ; an authority on all subjects pertaining to the garden, with care for the same, and a descriptive catalogue of all that is desirable. It is too expensive to give away indiscriminately, but wc want everyone interested in a good garden to have a copy, therefore we will send the Cuide with a DUE BILLi for for 25 cents worth of and vegetable seeds iucis It tells how credit Is given for full amount of purchase to buy other goods Vick’s Little Cem Catalogue A perfect little gem of a price list. It is simply the Guide condensed, finely illustrated, DDCV and in handy shape for reference. 1 iiuu Vicks Monthly Magazine, enlarged, improved, and up to date on all subjects relating to Gardening. Horticulture, etc. Regular subscription price 50 cents a year. Special 1599 oiler—the Maya-ine one year and Vleli’s Garden and Floral Guide, for 25 cents. Ot’J? 2VEW PLAN of selling Vegetable Seeds gives you more for your . . • money than any other seed house • in America, ♦ JAMES VICKS SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y a

Electric Locomotive*» Whistle. Electric locomotives, and also motor cars, are provided with a whistle, just as steam locomotives are. In appearance the whistle is similar to the ordinary steam whistle, and it is operated as to the actual blowing of it in the same manner, but compressed air is used instead of steam. A part of the engine equipment is a pump operated, as the engine is, by electricity, which stores air at a suitable pressure in a reservoir made for the purpose. When the whistle valve is opened, the compressed air rushes in just as steam would do. In place of the bell there is commonly used on such engine or motor car an electric gong.—New York Sun. Dchcj'm Insignia. The distinguishing insignia of Dewey’s rank as admiral will be as follows: On the lower end of the sleeve there will be three stripes of gold lace. Two of the stripes will be 2 inches wide. Between these will be a stripe 1 inch wide. Just above the three stripes will be a gold star. On each side of tlie coat collar will appear two gold anchors flanking four silver stars. Thirteen Burned to Death. New York, April 8. — Fire yesterday destroyed the handsome residence of Wallace C. Andrews, and 12 persons sleeping in the house were burned to death. Fire brands carried by the wind were blown into an open window in the home of Albert J. Adams, two blocks distant, setting fire to the house and causing the death of a servant. All of the 13 bodies were recovered. Battleship Massachusetts. New York, April 11.—The United States battleship Massachusetts passed out of quarantine last night bound south to join the North Atlantic squadron, which was reported to have sailed from La Guayra for Trinidad. To Pay Interest on Philippine Bonds. Madrid, April 11. —The queen regent has signed a decree granting a credit for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the Philippine bonds. “There's no fool like tbe old man who married a young woman. ” “I don’t know. There’s the young woman who marries the old man.” —

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liavcYou Heard Olli? ♦ You may have heard J about SCOTT’S EMULSION J 1 and have a vague notion 0 that it is cod-liver oil with 0 ? its bad taste and smell and J S all its other repulsive tea- S | tures. It is cod-liver oil, the J | purest and the best in the ? 0 world, but made so palata- A 0 ble that almost everybody • ? can take it. Nearly all © children like it and ask for I 9 more. f j SCOW'S | « EMULSION | 9 looks like cream; it rour-£ ishes the wasted body of 5 O the baby, child cr adult & > better than cream or any 0 ether food in existence. It I ij bears about the same rela- e 9 ticn to other emulsions that 0 cream does to milk. If you f d have had any experience X 9 with other so-called “just as £ x good” preparations, you f o will find that this is a fact, o 2 The hypophosphites that arc ] * 9 combined with the ccd-liver oil ’ i A g’vc additional value to it because X they tone up the nervous system <) and impart strength to the whole A ® body. • ® 50c. ardsi 00. all druggists. ® A SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. A e . HELP WANTED-.lf A LK. AG-ENTS get fifty cents on each dollar: no experience neoessarv Write lor agent’s outfit. Address Tbe Catholic News, 5 Barclay St., New York-