Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1899 — Page 9

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Miss Mattie Albers spent Sunday ff ith Fort Wayne friends. Attend the 28th annual Jay county fai^p ‘-^ 26 ’ 27 - 28 aud 29 - 263 See the “Coons” play ball here next Monday and Tuesday. A great attraction. When you hear the band play you w ill know that Sherman’s budget of fun has arrived. Xt Wardburv, Norway, the longest day lasts from May 21st to July 22nd without interuption. Theodore Droppieman, of Jeffersonville is the guest of friends. He „ill remain about three weeks. Mrs. Jesse Townsend and son Burt, aD d Mrs. R. B. Allison and daughter, Miss Mary returned from Oden, Michigan last Friday. Piles cured. If sufferers will use Banner Salve according to directions a positive cure will be the result in worst cases. Guaranteed 25c. Holthouse, Callow & Co. In spite of the Dreyfus affair and the strong anti-Semitic agitation in France, the French army has about three hundred Jewish officers, among them brigadier-generals and even generals of divisions. Irritating stings, bites, scratches, wounds and cuts soothed and healed be DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve,—a sure and safe application for tortured flesh. Beware of counterfeits. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Statistics which have been collected in Wisconsin show the average cost of raising wheat to be 54 cents a bushel, and the cost of corn 27 cents. In both cases there are included interest on the value of the land, with the cost of implements and horses added in. Hamilton Clark, of Chauncey, Ga., savs he suffered with itching piles twentv years before trying DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, two boxesof which completely cured him. Beware of worthless and dangerous counterfeits. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts The Sultan of Turkey has built at Mecca the biggest house in the world. It is intended for the accommodation of pilgrims, anil is capable of sheltering 6,000 persons. The next biggest house in the world is in a suburb of Vienna. It accommodates 2,112 tenants. Tomoto growers in Wabash county are making enormous profits on their crop, which this year is immense and of fine quality, the yield is running SSO to $75 an acre and canning company agents have made numerous offers’of S6O an acre as it stands. The growers have refused this sum, believing that they can make more. A Frightful Blunder Will often cause a horrible burn, scald, cut or bruise. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, the best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures old sores, fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, all skin eruptions. Best pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Page Blackburn druggist. The Automobile Club of America, with principal offices in New York City, has been incorporated by the seereeary of state at Albany. The purpose is to maintain a social club devoted to automobilism and to its development throughout the country. The club will arrange for pleasure runs and encourage road contests among owners of automobiles. From a Methodist Preacher Clay City, Ind., Jan. 12, 1897. Pepsin Syrup Co.. Monticello, 11lGentlemen: —It affords me great pleasure to speak in praise of your most excellent medicine. I have suffered quite a great deal from sick headache, the result of sedentry habits and sluggish liver and bowels. Your remedy corrects these troubles and my headaches are stopped. J- C. Boone, Jtistor M. E. Church. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s A man may wear trousers one season with legs so big that the whole family can travel in one of them; the next year the legs are so tight that a pair of fleas couldn’t play leap frog without scraping the hair off their backs; but, thank heaven, he has never yet been addicted to such follies as the shirt waist with its neither portion flapping to the breeze like the wings of a Dutch windmill. A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminated in consumption. Fourdoctors gave me up saving I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God, I am saved and am now a well ami healthy woman.” Trial bottles free at Page Blackburn’s drug store. Regular size 50c. and SI.OO. Guaranteed or price refunded.

Two papers one year for SI.OO. Henry Hite was looking after business at Fort Wayne last Thursday. Watch for the parade next Thurs- 1 day. The Shermans will be in town. The Herbs Medicine Company did a large business here last week with their concert. The all-American Colored Tourists will positively play ball here next Monday and Tuesday. A fine band and orchestra accompanies Sherman’sJ comedians, at opera house next Thursday night. The new Floral Hall at the Portland fair will contain more fancy articles than ever on exhibition at a county fair before. 26-3 Wait for Dan Sherman’s comedians, the funniest lot of fellows you have seen for a long time. They will be at the opera house Thursday, Sept. 28. Don t fail to see the all-American Colored Tourists play ball in this city next Monday and Tuesday. They give a grand street parade in full dress uniforms. Don’t be imposed upon. Always insist on getting Foley’s Honev and Tar. as it is positively, absolutely and unqualifiedly the bestcough medicine. Accept no substitute. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s A somewhat singular feature was developed in the examination of a pension of Frank Mitchell at Kansas City, the other day. Mitchell is a bachelor, who, so far as he is able to find out, has not a relative, near or remote, on earth. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dyspepsia because its ingredients are such that it can’t help doing so. “The public can rely upon it as a master remedy for all disorders arising from imperfect digestion.”- James M. Thomas, M. D., in American Journal Health, N. Y. Smith,Yager & Falk, ts Complaints were made in Seatie, Wash., recently that the fire alarm system of the city was working very badly. Investigation of the boxes showed that “yellow jackets” had clogged many of them by deposits of clay, which had hardened. The wasps had crawled through the keyholes and built their fire-proof houses. “Our baby was sick for a month with severe cough and catarrhal fever. Although we tried many remedies she kept getting worse until we used One Minute Cough Cure,-It relieved at once and cured her in a few days.” B. L. Nance, Prin. High School, Bluffdale, Texas. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts The Porter county council made a reduction of nearly $50,000 in the estimates of county officials, The largest cut was made on court house repairs, bridges and circuit and superior courts, the estimates for which amounted to $30,000. No reduction was made in the tax levy. This is said to be the heaviest cut in the state of Indiana. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for sick and nervous headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by Page Blackburn druggist. All the summaries of the world’s crop conditions made by foreign experts show that Europe’s grain yield will be below the average, and that of United States above the average. This condition of things is reflected already in the heavy exportation of food products from this country. A good market will be offered in the Old World for the surplus food of the United States. Notice—We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxes of Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation, billiousness. siek-head-aehe, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or any of the diseases for which it is recommended. It is highly recommended as a 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. ts When a man gets in trouble the first thing he thinks of is his newspaper, says an exchange, at all other times lie don't seem to to worry about them in the least. When men have a grudge against some one they invariably call upon the newspaper man to pick the chestnuts out of the fire for them. Some men are of the opinion that a newspaper is a public grindstone on which every ax may be ground. Those outside the newspaper profession have no idea how many people there are who think the newspaper exists only for the purpose of doing their dirty work. Story of a Slave. . , To lie bound hand and foot tor vears bv the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D. Williams, of Manchester, Mich., tells how such a slave was made free. He savs: “My wife has been so helpless for five vears that she could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters she is wonderfully improved and able to do her own work.” This supreme remedy for female diseases qmcKly cures " nervousness. sleeplessness, melancholy, headache, fainting amt dizzv spells. This miracle working medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50cents. Sold by Page Blackburn druggist.

Miss Cora Gottschalk, of Berne was in the city several days last week. M. C. Moore, of Huntington was here last Thursday evening to open the bowling alley. See the “coons” play' ball here next Monday and Tuesday. The greatest exhibition game ever seen in the state. Not Sherman’s march to the sea, but Dan Sherman’s fun makers at the opera house next Thursday, Sept. 28. Closing out entire line of watches, clocks, jewelry, silverware, &c., at cost. Closs Jewelry Store. 26-3 A Decatur young man is said to have received" very rough treatment at the hands of the strong woman at the Van Wert fair last Thursday. H. L. Conter and wife reiurned from West Baden, Indiana last Friday evening. They speak very highly of the springs and expect to return at some future time. The healing properties of Banner Salve are truly marvelous. It is a thorough antiseptic and heals all wounds, cuts and burns without leaving a sear. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s Another raise in the price of envelopes and all kinds of flat paper is announced. Job printing should bear a corresponding raise, but like in all other lines, it is uphill work to raise prices, and the result is the printer is getting the worst of the deal. The trust, however is flourishing. Stopped the back-ache. A. R. Bass Morgantown, Ind., write: I was afflicted with kidney disease and had to get up quiet often during the night and suffered severe pains in kidneys and with back ache, I used Foley’s Kidney Cure, after taking three bottles, lam entirely cured. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s The great trouble with some people in most towns, says an exchange, is that they will not cast their bread upon the waters unless they are assured in advance that in a few days it will come back to them a full-grown sandwich, all trimmed with ham, butter, and mustard and rolled in a warranty deed for one-halt of the earth and a mortgage upon the other half.

Such is the testimony of thousands concerning Brown’s Cure, a Perfect Family medicine, the best 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. IE 7 At 9 o’clock one week ago last Saturday morning a peculiar coincidence was noted by many citizens of the world, and particularly the business men. The peculiarity was in the calender, and will never occur again in its entirety. It was nothing more nor less than the ninth hour of the ninth day of the ninth month of the ninty-niiith year of the ninteenth century. No relief for twenty years. I have been troubled for the last twenty years with bronchial affection, attimes have been bedfast. Have tried many cough remedies but found no relief until I tried Foley’s Honey and Tar. I can honestly recommend Foley’s Honey and Tar as a quick relief, reliable. pleasant to take and a sure cure for diseases of the throat and lungs. Minerva Smith, 414 Washington Ave., Danyflle, 111. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s Saysjan exchange: “It the cistern water smells bad and you are positive there are no dead animals or reptiles, lift the cover and churn the water thoroughly, using a strong pole with a board securely nailed to the bottom. Anything to plunge into the cistern suddenly and stir it up from the bottom. This gives it air, and two good churnings will purify a whole cisternful of sour, foul water.” Notice to Wheelmen. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 25 cent bottle of Henry & Johnson’s Arnica and Oil Liniment, if it fails to cure bumps, bruises, scratches, chafes, cuts strains, blisters, sore musles. sunburn chapped hands or face, pimples, freckles, or any other ailments requiring an external application. Lady riders are especiallv pleased with Arnica and Oil Liniment, it is so clean and nice to use. Twenty-five cents a bottle; one three times as large for 50cents. Page Blackburn. A French aeronaut has invented a “balloon bridge,” which is not a bridge sustained by balloons in the air, but supported by small balloons or air- bags on the surface of the water. For a river one hundred yards wide, 200 bags are required, and 100 men can build the bridge in less than an hour. A platform of twenty-one wooden rafts, end to end, and tied by ropes, is laid upon the bags. This new pontoon is actually in use in the French army. How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheny for the last fifteen vears, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West Truax. Wholesale druggist, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale druggist, Toledo, Ohio. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Hall’s Family Pills are the best, s

Rev. Theodore Wilkens was at Bucyrus, Ohio several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hale attend ■ ed the Bond Zollars wedding at Ft. Wayne last Thursday. In Berlin the pawnshop is a royal and philenthropic institution. Any profit that is made is spent on charity. The All-American Black Tourists play ball like clock work. You can see them here next Monday and Tuesday. Money to loan at the very lowest interest. Abstracts made on short notice and at the lowestrates at Schur ger & Smith’s law office. Mrs. L. G. Ellingham and daughter Winifred and Mrs. M. B. Miller returned home from Petoskey Michigan last Friday, after a several weeks stay at that very popular resort. All weak places in your system effectually closed against disease by DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. They cleanse the bowels, promptly cure chronic constipation, regulate the the liver, and fill you with new life and vigor. Small, pleasant, sure; never gripe. Smith, Yager & Falk, ts The farmer who gets on the jury at this time of year is generally a mad man. He is ruthlessly torn from his corn cutting, plowing and seeding. The only time he is a little angrier is during the spring term, when corn planting is on. In December and February the average farmer likes jury work, but at this time he feels like licking somebody. From an old Soldier. Knox, Ind., Jan., 14, 1897. Gents — I have every confidence in recommending your Syrup Pepsin. I am 72 years of age and am broken down, the trouble having been brought on by my experience in the war. Your medicine has done me more good than a hundred doctors and am just about well of stomach troubles. Yours truly, Jefferson Wilhelm. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s George Miller, proprietor of the famous “101” ranch in the Ponca reservation, near White Eagle, Okla., is said to be the most extensive watermelon grower in the world. His patch is 80 acres in extent, and in one corner of it is a sign which reads: “Five Dollars Fine for Any Man Who Drives By Here Without Taking a Melon.” Miller has already shipped 200 ears of melons to northern cities ; this season.

Spain's Greatest Need. Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Electric Bitters, America’s greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country , needs. All America knows that it . cures liver and kidney trouble, puri- . ties the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. ' Sold by Page Blackburn druggist. • The Indiana chute over the falls of the Ohio is being covered by crib ■ dams, so that the improvements on the falls may be pushed rapidly ■ during the low water. The river is now lower than at any time since 1895 , and the crib dams will enable the blasters to get down to the lower strata of rock that, now obstructs navigation, which is all to be taken out of the channel, deepening it so that boats may pass through it as 1 readily as through the canal. A Wonderful Cure of Diarrhoea. A prominent Virginia editor had ' almost given up, but was brought ‘ back to perfect health by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. From the Times Hillstille, Va. I suffered with diarrhoea for a long time and thought I was past being cured. 1 had spent much time and money and suffered so much , misery that I had almost decided to give up all hopes of recovery and , await the result, but noticing the advertisement of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and also some testimonials stating how some wonderful cures had been . wrought by this remedy, I decided to try it. After taking a few doses I , was entirely well of that trouble, and I wish to say further to my readers and fellow sufferers that lam a hale , hearty man to-day and feel as well as , I ever did in my life. O. R. Moore. Sold by Holthouse, Callow & Co. s Henry D. Miller, an old resident ' of Baton Rouge, La, when in Wasn- ' ington recently, stated the original 1 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was still stand- ' ingon the estate of Joseph Henry, in Natchitoches parish, Louisiana. Its identity was established, he says, a good many years ago. The original of “Legree,” the villian of the story, ' was an old Scotchman named McAlpin, known to many of the earlier residents of the state.

20 Cents Given away Cut this out and take it to the druggists named below and you will receive a regular 25c size bottle of Dr. Sawyer’s Ukatine for sc. Ukatine positively cures all forms of kidney difficulties, Dyspepsia, consti- DV pation, headache, rheuma- D ! tism, puffiing of the eyes. Ukatine cures pimples and blotches, and makes sallow and yellow skin white. Do not delay", but take advantage of this great offer, as thousands l>ear evidence to the wonderful curative powers of Ukatine. Nachtrieb N Fuelling, Decatur, Indiana.

if A PERFECT FOOD —as Wholesome as it is Delicious, 99 O WALTER BAKER & CO.’S 0 | COCOA 8 111 4 * Has stood the test of more than 100 years’u»e among all Jx M daises, and for purity and honest worth is unequalled.” XZ Is Im —Medical and Swjtcul Jwvd. ZX Bl Vll] Costs less than ONE CENT a Cup. Zx KIII £ k J Trade-Mark on Every Package. V XTfe&ifj WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD., X X TMO.-MX. Kctabilshed 9 780. DORCHESTER, MASS. X

The New School Books. The County Board of Education at the September session ordered that the new adopted school books be placed in the schools at the beginning of the school term, and that the change be made complete instead of gradual, thus giving the patrons the full benefit of the exchange prices. The following is a complete list of the adopted text books used in Adams county. We also give retail and exchange prices: Retail Exc’ge Price. Price Fry’s Complete Geographyso 75 $0 55 Fry’s Introductory Geography 0 30 ]_ 0 23 Indiana Ed. Srs. First Reader 0 10 Ind. Ed. Srs. Second Reader 0 15 Ind. Ed. Srs. Revised Third Reader 0 25 Ind. Ed. Srs. Revised Fourth Readero 30 Ind. Ed. Srs. Revised Fifth Reader 0 40 New Advanced Arithmetic 0 45 0 35 New Elementary Arichmetic 0 35 0 25 New Era System of Slant Writing (1-6).. 005 New Era System of Vertical Writing (1-6)... 005 Montgomery’s Leading Facts of American Historyo 65 Hyde’s Practical Lessons in Englisho 25 Hyde’s Practical Lessons in English Grammar 0 40 Spelling Book 0 10 Primary Physiology... 0 30 Advanced Physiology.. 060 If it is desired to make an exchange the person making it must give for the “new book” a copy of the “old book” and the exchange price as given above. No book now out of adoption can be sold to any pupil by any dealer or trustee in lieu of the newly adopted books. Very truly, Irvin Brandyberry, County Supt.

A word to mothers. Mothers of children affected with croup or a severe cold need not hesitate to administer Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy . It contains no opiate nor narcotic in any form and may be given as confidently to the babe as to an adult. The great success that has attended its use in the treatment of colds and croup has won for it the approval and praise it has received throughout the United States and in many foreign lands. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. s A clergyman has designed a combination stick that leaves a combination knife a long way behind. It is made of the finest tube steel, and in addition to its use as a walking stick, it can be made' to serve as a seat, a hook for reaching out-of-the-way objects, a stand for a camera, and a stilt for looking over the heads of a crowd. It contains tweezers, railway key, wire cutter and microscope, telescope, pipe, match box. bottle, and several other things. Walling, Tenn., April 29, 1898. I was very bad, down nearly all the time suffering with my back and kidneys, and would have been dead long ago without relief. After taking Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm a few days I found it was helping me, and by the time the second bottle was gone I was well and have been in good health since. James Fisker, Sr. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. s

Jerusalem Is now nothing but a shadow of the magnificent city of ancient times. It is about three miles in circumference and is situated ou a rocky mountain. “While it cannot be denied that all men are liars,” said the coni fed philosopher, “yet not all liars are men.”— Indianapolis Journal.

“BEFORE BABY IS BORN.” A Valuable Little Book of Interest to All Women Sent Free. Every woman looks forward with feelings of joy indescribable to the one great event in her life, compared with which all others pale into insignificance. How proud she will feel when her babe nestles on her breasthow sweet the name of “Mother!” And yet, her anticipation of this event is clouded with dread of the pain and danger of the ordeal, so that it is impossible to avoid the feeling of foreboding which creeps over her. The danger and suffering attendant upon being a mother can be entirely prevented, so that the coming of the little stranger need not lie looked forward to with fear. Every woman who reads this, can obtain free a valuable little book entitled “Before Baby is Born,” by sending her address to the Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta Ga. This book contains priceless information for all women, and no one should fail to send for it.

raoTECTroN THAT PROTECTS. i WB I \l / mmi I I — Ute I STRONGER UN THE WORLDo THE EQUHABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETYo i .i Some Decatur Policy Holders. Date of Policy. Amt. John T. Francelßß4slsoo C. F. Truelßß4 1000 D. Spranglßß4 1500 J. C. Patlersonlßß4 1000 A J. Smithlßß4 1000 A. R. Belllßß4 2000 A. A. Nicholslßß4 1000 John Buhlerlßß6 1000 Peter Kirschlß9B 1000 M. V. B. Archbold.. .1899 2000 For rates etc., apply to HUGH MILLER, Agent, Decatur, Indiana. U IE Miesse wo. House* I. J. MEISSE, Proprietor. First-Class Hotel. ..KATES.. $1.50 and $1.25 PER DAY. Opposite Court House. Carriage Painting, Interior Decorating, Paper Hanging, Hardwood Finishing ft-n worn Glian'ariteed. < 59, — MPr. Williams' Indian Pile ointment will cure Blind. Bleeding and Itching les. It absorbs the tumors, the itching at once, acts wultlce. gives Instant re,'il,Sams' Indian Pile Omtepared for Piles and I white parts. Every box is oelpt of price. 50 cents and # a.OO. WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO.. Props.. Cleveland, Ohio. Nachtrieb & Fuelling. g HEALTH, POWER. EHER6Y. /A TRADE MARK. * Stopan weakening drains jfeedthe brain, replace wasted ti* sues. and. send ncn, flesh-building Iblood bounding through everypar i I 'T~'. , C f the system, making even, orgar £ /act, and causing you to glow and ting. L with newly found strength, lou re> a new r<tZmnn,audcanfeelit! The greatest NERY? 1 TONIC ever discovered. Talmo Tablet. ■ curegnick’yand forever hervowj Detel ZZj.'J ity Varicocele. Atrophy, Lore of SleepleseneeaDysrepsia, Kidney Di , ZJ * sOc a box boxes (with guarantee, good , *’ 00 ' Bent anywhero ' Smith 4 Yager, Decatur. Ind.