Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1899 — Page 8

Cao dies b * B room or tw.idoir n • softly radi- g R : ant Tight from ( >RDO\ x | I ZL-L Nothing uih ccntr’m ~■ monl< the B ■ (VCTO artistic success of • ’■■ -’•' >'on, n E JHIIL tea or diim r. Ti>.-,» t ..ee..rutive ■ ■ candles for icejumme-t or the » I W? nm t ' labornte I ’, ' ’ r * T.’/h Md-s 8 ■ B=5T taue or mr-nsH-'n. J a., in all colors ■ ■ aad the most delicate t uts by Q ■ STANDARD CO. g and sold everywhere. jj[

Miss Gertrude Route has returned to her home ac St. Mary s Ohio. Smokers will find the Burt House cigar stand a short cut to contentment. ,illl Mrs. J. W. Place attended the funeral of Miss Josephine Dolan at Huntington last Saturday. The first of our national heroes married a widow, too. And also, by the way, his name was George. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers purify the blood, clean the liver, invigorate the system. Famous little pills for constipation and liver troubles, Smith Yager & Fallk. 11

In selecting a cigar, it is best to select from a stock selected by experienced selectors who select their goods tn meet the demands of those who smoke select cigars. To be found only at the Burt House cigar stand. 2Stf Mrs. R. Churchill. Berlin: A t., says, “Our baby was covered with running sores. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured her.’’ A specific for piles and skin diseases. Beware of worthless counterfeits. Sminh, Yager & Falk, ts Hunters Take Notice.-- Hunting and trespassing upon the Robinson farm in French township is positively prohibited, and persons violating will be prosecuted to the full extent of the l aw . F B. Robinson, 32tf Resident Manager. The railroads of Australia have never discovered that it is possible to take up tickets on the train, hence the passengers are locked in the cars to prevent any of them stealing a ride, and when they arrive at their station are hustled out through a turnstile and held up for tickets. Word comes from the far west that house-wives expect soon to order their oysters by the piece instead of by the dozen or quart. Fifty barrels of the famous Yezo oysters of Japan, which frequently grow to a foot in length and are said to be of fine flavor, are soon to be planted in the tide waters of Washington and Oregon. A private company that received the sug; gestion from the national fish commission is to have charge of the beds.

Kf’ S' ps Established 1804-. @ W>; — ■«*»sT; irK B'ltf * •» -■' l "”—- — H IL. Y AGER & SONS | 9hni H The Leading | |l I Furniture Dealers 21 Decatur I n . i 1 Have the latest and best designs, also largest stock ever L . before shown in this city. We can show you the best line | and sell you cheaper than any of our competitors. Call and { convince yourself as others have done. It costs you nothing | raS. to look over our goods. Largest and best line of Holiday | goods ever shown in this city. You will miss something | ftp good if you don’t look at our new and up-to-date | | HOLIDAY GOODS. \

Then' will be a partial eclipse of the I m >on December 16 17, visible more or less in North America. L. G. Ellingham attended a meeting of the Democratic state commit- i tee at Indianapolis this week. For. sale—Cheap, if taken at once, j Restaurant, bakery and boarding house. Trade established. For further particulars call on or address this j office. ’ f i Our line for the Holiday trade will be larger than ever before, and will : please you. Special prices for teach- ! ers and Sunday school societies. J. i ’ Martain & Co. I will offer a reward of 85 for the ; arrest and conviction of the parties; destroying the township property j known as school house no. 1, or any of j

the other school property in the town- ■ ship. John Steele, trustee Washing- i ton township. Low Rate of Interest. Money loaned at five per cent, in- ■ terest. pavable annually or semi-an- ■ Dually, at option of borrower, with' privilege of partial payments at any interest paying time. No delay in ’ making loans. F. M. Schirmeyer, Decatur, Ind. 9“ Dr. Edward H. Jenkins, an expert chemist, told the Senate Committee j on Manufacturers, which is trying to i find out all about food adulteration, that in five years experience he has i only found one adulterant that was poisonous, and that was used as coloring matter in a temperance drink. It takes but a minute to overcome ( tickling in the throat and to stop a cough bv the use of One Minute ' Cough Cure. This remedy quickly cures all forms of throat and lung troubles. Harmless and pleasant to . take. It prevents consumption. A famous specific for grippe and its after J effects. Smith, Yager A Falk, ts There are fifty-nine routes for rural free mail delivery in Indiana. These j routes have a total length of 1,475'. miles, or twenty-six miles each, and ' the carriers who make trips six days ' out of every week over them are serv-; ing 50,150 country people, or an ■ average of 850 to each route. Don’t Be Afraid. So many people are afraid to use medicines that are put up ready for use, why this should be we are unable | to say, Dr. Marshall’s Lung Syrup is I a cough medicine that has been sold for twenty years, thousands of people i have used this, and there is not the | least danger in using it, as this medicine is prepared from the best roots , and herbs, known to medicial science bv competant persons, this medicine is guaranteed to satisfy in all cases of coughs, colds and throat or lung' trouble, it can be given to the smallest child without danger, and is very pleasant to the taste, try it. By Dealers. Price 25. 50, and 81. d

“SILENT INFLUENCE.?." A Brilliant Address Delivered at a Recent Masonic Banquet at Fort Wayne, by Dr. J. S. Boyers in Response to a Toast. At a banquet given last mouthy at the Scottish Rite convocation at Fort Wayne. Dr. Boyers of this city, delivered an address which hasattracted no little comment and which is de serving of publication, lhe addre.->-> was given in response to a toast upon the subject “Silent Influences, and was as follows: Standing near the Gohlen Gate amt looking out over the broad Pacific we see how it swells and recedes from the shore to apparent sky as far as the eye can reach, and as we hear the subdued murmur of the boundless waves as thev chafe and fret upon the sand and rocks, as we behold the placid bay as

: it lies shimmering in the sunlight and • see how rugged mountains crowd 1 down upon each other to the water s | edge, and how deep fissures cleave between vallevs, bluffs and mountains—withall this beautiful panorama spread 1 out before us we are stupified by the grandeur of the environments and our minds turn back to prehistoric times, when from “silent influences,, down deep in earth’s bosom came mighty upheavals turning up strata upon strata of rock not only over our vast country but over the whole earth. And now as the water recedes the disintegration of hills and mountains fill up and fertilize the valley and plains and make it possible for the sustenance of untold millions and for the development of our civilization. We see that in all nature her great-j est achievements are produced by I “silent influences,” how from a seed, the leaf, the bud, the beautiful fragrant flower is produced: how from moisture the dew-drop is formed: how heat and pressure upon carbon produce the sparkling diamond; how we live and move, and how all things are held together by atmospheric pressure and by laws of gravitation; and with what perfect precision world after world, planetary system after plantetarv system, revolve with incredible speed some of them appearing and disappearing into boundless space after cycles of hundreds and perpaps thousands of years, all moving in perfect “silent” harmony. Thus it is, “silent influences” ascend all heights, know no bound of depths, span all chasms, prevade all nature and all space. I firmly believe that God has silently gathered together under “the stars and stripes.” the best of all civ ilizations of the earth. Our agricultural products are so varied and abundant that we harvest fabulous wealth every month of the year. The products of our great manufactories are carried by ship to every port upon the globe. Our advancement in the sciences, arts and in literature are unsurpassed by any nation. And as we stand upon the threshold

of the 20th century we are hedged about, unsolicited, by conditions and circumstances which make it obligatory upon us to sot an example to all nations of the earth in polities, m religion and in free institutions. Ami as the search-light of every nation is turned upon us. each one should give a got d account of himself, knowing full well that every true American is the peer of any. potentate in any land. The key to every man is Lis thought and as‘it is the’fountain-head of our lives let us be pure and not live in the mire and slime of earth but sky .ward. To be a true Mason is to be every meh a gentleman. No low, vulgar, unclean word passes his lips. He does not break his marriage vows. He is temperate in all thing's. He lives not for gold alone but for charity and principle. His word is inviolable not only with Masons but with the whole human race. We are judged by our treatment of each other and the world at large. All difficulties between Masons should be settled by arbitration. No Mason has a right to go to law with a brother Mason. At times it is difficult to divest ones mind of undue impressions and look at things in their proper light, but if brother meets brother, heart should beat with heart in happy unison, and a shaking of the hand and a “God bless you” will lift many a cloud and cause you to feel glad for months to come. We have a great work to perform. Everv day we see the sad procession of blighted lives—silent spectres—ragged, lean, pale, trembling, pre- ) maturely old, mournfully passing by, they speak to us in thundering tones ! unutterable and plead for help. In all deeds and gifts of charity let not your right hand know what your left hand does. If possible give to the needy abundantly but in such a manthat you alone know of the gift, then vou give unselfishly and as a Mason. ‘lt is said: “Men walk as the prophesies of the next age,” and that “the greatest achievements consumated are but the preface to mightier things to be done.” What a golden opportunity we hold at this very moment! Words spoken, deeds performed are never lost but are sent ringing down the ages through the infinity of time. And shall we not hasten the time “when the body, mind and soul shall be unshackled and man shall rise those empyrian heights and walk again the flow er-wreathed lawn of that Paradise from which by trangression and sin he has been so long an exile?” Holthouse, Callow & Co. guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and will refund the money to any one who is not satisfied after using two-thirds of the contents. This I is the best remedy in the world for laI grippe, coughs, colds, croup and i whooping cough and is pleasant and | safe to take. It prevents any tendency lof a cold to result in pneumonia.

O “A PERFECT FOOD—as Wholesome as it is Delicious.” A Gfc WALTER BAKER & CO.’S Q | jHsaffiST COCOAS >C tJ ” A “ Has stood the test of niore than too years' use among all z\ fa i I classes, and for purity and honest worth ia unequalled." C> X / I,'jl ( ? 'A —Hadieal and Suryicul Jamal. J\ X( h i ' costo less than ONE CENT a Cup. V O d| fAT Trade-Mark on Every Package. V x WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD., X X TR.os.MARK. Established S 780. DORCHESTER, MASS. X We con beat the band on Holklav Goods. The largest display ever in Berne. Everything and anything you can think of and at prices that please. . Do not forget.., Stengel & Craig, West Main Street. BERNE, INDIANA. p—— 1 _ !■—— ————— The No. 2 I 4-Ugsgfe HAMMOND. j i wiwwi 8 ')/ . F»ortafc»lHty---Welghsonlynine- 111 W-* ■.■ T-.' : /A teen pounds complete, wlt.li travel- J)\ ’J ing ease. V Home Office and FacPlJddvooto. tory:—The Hammond . C Typewriter Co., 403 ' C). ALIGNMENT—Perfect and Perma- an d 405 East 62nd \V !nent. Street, New York. Ji IMPRESSION— Invariably Uniform. , ~ n ,„ .1 TOUCH Soft, Light and Elastic. For Sale at this Offiee ’ I SPEED—2O6 Words a Minute. THE DEMOCRAT, W DURABILITY—The Fewest Parts, Decaiur, Ind. The Best Made. i VARIETY- 12 Languages, 37 Styles send a 5c stamp to the of Type, Paper or Cards of any « ! width or size on one Machine. mailed to you. «(( I I

1 ®wwe will sell this I I llh I a kiih km- « I I® HI llllfl* i I h Its ® j | | I I - ' ja $2.00 Rocker for the next two pM weeks, or as long as they last. ® for only . . . | 99 Cents | t s«