Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1900 — Page 3

I I; kin. Ufa com. J, *A blnaiion. Eureka \ Harness Oil 'A , make* I*”* !,,u Bnil ,h * *>■ lo'".'I o '".' I <t»r. 1...t muk." «<•* <■ ' th,.r toft amt pilable, puts II In con- |IU 1 , dition to last-twice as tong M ;jj it ordinarily would. IM ilifllPliltt 1 ><••<! everywhere in cau»—all |||d* i/MKb 'H. *ixea. Made by iKjnK T~ nLLI\u( standard BKr/’w Chance!

K. B. Allison attended to business at Geneva last Friday. The Rosenthal donation was given to the Evangelical church last Friday. Arthur Rose transacted business at Waterloo. Indiana the latter part of last week. In one day recently twenty eloping couples found happiness in marriage u . ville, Ind. 4 I J. B. Rice was at Huntington last iveek. buying horses and attending to other business of interest. Prof. \V. E. Rauch left for Huntington last Thursday evening, from where he will go to Rochester Mayor Beatty returned from Ellrood Saturday, having attended the meeting of the Indiana Munnicipal LMgue. I Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is ■guarantis'd to cure constipation, in■Sigestion. sick headache and stomach ■trouble by Smith, Yager & Falk, m I Abysinia has a telephone line 300 fciles long, connecting the capital and ■he important citv. It was constructed bv a Franco-Russian company. I Barney Kalver A Son, four dwors south of People’s liverp barn, pay the highest prices for hides, pelts, furs, ron. metal, rubber, rags, Ac, 48m6 There is a great deal more pleasure n shoveling snow than to run a lawn mower. When you shovel snow it is jeuerally too cold for your wife to sit m the porch and boss you. The most stubborn coughs result-) | ng from an attack of lagrippe or leavy cold, must yield to the wonder ul healing properties of Foley’s loney and Tar which strengthens the ungs and makes them sound Not ling else as good. Holthou’ie, Calow A Co. m

RMsiisH I will make Speciak&Sales on all fapey rhe backward season compels me to make this sale, in order to reduce my stock of fancy silks. I will sell for two weeks 51.50 fancy silks, per yard, at SI.OO to sl.lO. • 81.25 fancy silks, per yard, at 89c to 98c. SI.OO fancy silks, per yard, at 62c to 79c. • 75c fancy silks, per yard, at 45c to 57c. 50c fancy silks, per yard, at 29 to 39c. 50c Greneda, all in shades, at •■29 c. You all know when I make reduced prices, that they re genuine. Remember, at these prices they will soon an d lor you to get first choice you must come first. i i. ms i E! s ;l

John Fetzer, the bicycle man, has neit advertisement in another column. Mrs Clint Drummond .is the guest of relatives at Hammond for a few days. . P. iek VanTilburg of Genova was in the City last Thursday, the guest of John D. Riefer. This is the season when the busy bee crawls up the little bov’s p ant ’ s leg and starts a howl. Mr*- W. H. Daniels sp, : ,t Sunday j vwth relativesm il,e . ;t\ s| !t Wus on her way home from Marion. A St. Marys man puts tacks in the knees of Ins boy's trousers so that the lad will not get down and wear out his pantaloons. To heal a hurt, use Banner Salve the great healer. It’s guaranteed for cuts, wounds, sores, piles and all skin diseases. Holthouse, Callow & Co. Baldness, in the judgment of"an eminent physician, is a proof of intellect. The presumption is that the pressure of the intellect forces the head up through the hair. Science has found that rheumatism* is caused by uric acid in the blood. This poison should be excreted by the kidneys. Foley’s Kidney Cure makes them well. ni comes to the front with a man who has invented a celluloid cake of s“p that stingy men can give their wife on washday. He claims the cake will last a life time. “DeW itt s Little Early Risers are the finest pills I ever used.” D. J. Moore, Millbrook, Ala. Thev quickly cur® all liver and bowel 'troubles. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts An exchange says ice will be so plentiful this summer that men in modest circumstances can afford to make chair cushions out of it, and enjoy the luxury of sitting on a cool place. • Sotmd advice to those who have kidney and bladder troubles, is to take a safe, sure medicine like Foley’s Kidney Cure. It always benefits the kidneys. Ho;® >use, Callow A Co. in A convert of heavenly recruits, near Elwood, aftei 8 trance lasting for hours, woke up to say that the world would dissolve in smoke and flame November The exact hourJ of the day she declines to state. * 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-Kieurescorns and warts. 117

Dave VanCleef of the New Fair, Store was at Ft. Wayne last Friday. Rev. W. H. Mygrant, of Wolcottville was among friends here last Friday. T. M. Reed, the salesman Sundayed with relatives in the city, leaving again on Monday. Mrs. (',(). ['rance left Saturday for a lour weeks visit with H. 1.. Confer and family at Sturgis, South Dakota. King \\engeslaus, of Bohemia, had I a garment made in 1367, which cost not less than SIO,OOO of American money of the present dirv. Don’t forget that you can dye all kinds of fibers, cotton, wool or silk at the same time in the same vessel with Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. 8-3 ' I here is quite a difference between holding your best girl in your arms and asserting your willingness to slave and work f® her and using those same arms in manual labor to kedp vour promise. L liable to work. Chas. Replogle of Atwater, ()., was unable to work on account of kidney trouble. After using Foley’s Kidney Cure four days he was entirely well. Holthouse, Callow & Co. m Pheawnts are said to be death on cut worms and other that an noy the fanner and decrease his crops. The agricultural department of the government recommends them as a good thing for the farmer to raise. “After suffering from piles for fifteen years 1 was cured bv using two boxes of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.” writes W. .1. Baxte® North Brook, N. C. It heals everything. Beware of counterfeits. Smith, Yager A Falk, ts A swindler is traveling in this part of Indiana.. He makes purchase's in stores and tends Mexican money in payment. Invariably the money is accepted for its face.'which is a little more than 50 per cent of what it is worth “I had stomach trouble for twenty years and gave up hope of being cured until I began to use Kodol Dyspepsia ('ure. It has done me so much good I call it the savior of my life.” writes W. R. Wilkinson, Albany, Tenn. It digests what vou eat. Smith. Yager ® Falk. ‘ ts 1 Every soldier who has reached the age of 60 years is entitled to the minimum pension of ¥6 whether he is disabled or not. and every soldier who has reached the age of 75 is entitled to the maximum pension under the law which is Sl2 a month. For sale. Sixty six acres of land,located four and one-half miles southwest of Peterson, near Honduras, on the Bluffton and Decatur macadamized road, near Zion and Reformed churches. Sixty six acres for ¥4.000. First payment ¥I.OOO, ten to twelve years time on balance with five per cent interest. ts Rockefeller says be holds his •> alth in trust for his fellow-men. Those of the latter who are over 21 years of age would be pleased to re |ceive their share any time the St#idaid Oil man feels that he would like to be relieved of the trust. Alas! how soon forgotten! is an ache or pain or trouble of any kind when one is well rid of it. and if it happens to be headache or stomach trouble that bothers you take Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin and you are not liable to have it again. The dose is small and pleasant to take. Smith, Yager & Falk. in A Jaycountyj^rmerissaid toreapa good profit from a patch of briars which he allows to grow alone-the road. When the neighbors wive sheep past to market, the animals lose wool on the bushes when he is prompt to go out and pick it off. Miss Florence Newman, who has lieen a great sufferer from muscular rheumatism, says Chamberlain’s Pain Bahn is the only remedy that affords her relief. Miss Newman is a much respected resident of the village of Gray. N. Y„ and makes this statement for the benefit of others simillary afflicted. This liniment is for sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. in Efforts are lieing made to raise money enough to buy 200 Mongolian pheasant eggs, to be hatched out in Lawrence county. It will require ¥IOO to get the eggs and get them distributed, but a number of men have already subscribed to the fund. The eggs .ire to be hatched by the ordin ary hens. Your Nerves will kill You If you neglect them. Cleveland's Celery Compound Tea is an immediate anil permanent cure for nervovs prostration, constipation, indigestion and all the diseases of the blood, liver and kidneys. We will give you a trial package free. Large packages. 25 cents. Holthouse, Callow A iio. Unclaimed letters at the postoffied* this week are for W. C. Archbold, Abraham Steulter, C. 11. Waterman A Son, Mrs. Catherine Wayen, Mrs. Ella Goodrich, T. F. Coleman, W. F. Rice, Mrs. Mary Ray. Geo. \V. Rubl. Jane C. Tucke. Notice We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles orfxj.xesof Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation, billiousness, sick head ’ ache, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour, stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, I or any of the diseases for which it j is recommended. It is highly recom-, mended as a tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid in bottle, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for' either. One package of either guar an tend t<> give satisfaction or money [ refunded. Page Blackburn. ts (

i Will Cowan, of the Big Store, was jat Lima last Friday attending to business. A St. Louis woman lost her babvrin a department si:ire waste basket wime making purchases. Roman Hullhouse was in the city over Sunday. He will finish his season’s work in two weeks. Hurry Shawl sfiipped his stock of han: ss goods to Fort Wayne last Saturday and will henceforth hail from that overgrown village. Pneumonia follows lagrippe. but ,never follows the use of Foley’s Honey and Tar, the great throat and lung remedy. Holthouse, Callow ..V, Co. m The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Philadelphia, has just closed aeon tract with the Egyptian government to build twenty engines. The contract calls for delivery of these engines b® (fetober Ist. Try the new remedy for costiveness Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver ■iblets. Every ls>x guaranteed. Price 25, cents. For sale by Holt house, Callow’ & Co. m The smoking of cigarettes has been officially prohibited on the exposition grounds at Paris. If the smoking of “coffin nails” could be prohibited in every nook and corner of this wide world, mankind would be the gainer. Nine chances in ten it's your kidneys that need attention if you don't feel well. Foley’s Kidney Cure makes healthy kidneys and will make you well. Holthouse, Callow & Co. m Just received by J. D. Hale, a nice line of spring bulbs, including ealladiums, Gladiolus, tube roses and lillies of the valley, also a full line of field, garden, lawn and flower seeds; fresh from the grower. Call while we have a full line to select from. 4-2 m A flower known as the laughing [•ant, which grows in Arabia, is so called because its seeds produce effects like those produced by laughing gas. .ff’he ilowois ar<‘of a iiright yel low, while the seeds resemble small black beans. Alone in on the train, in the house or while at your office duties, you are subject to disagreeable results from irregular or excessive diet. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cures positively constipation, indigestion, sick headache and stomach trouble. Sold by Smith, Yager A Falk. m Suddenly ho ceased gathering her in his warm embrace. “Are we observed?” he whispered fearsomely. “There is the rubber plant,” faltered she. with a shudder, and went and hastily drew the portieres between them and the conservatory. from severe dyspepsia over twelve years and using many remedies w ithout permanent good I finally took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It did me so much good I recommend it to everyone,” writes J. E.Watkins, clerk and recorder, Chillicothe, Mo. It digests what you eat. Smith, Yager A Falk. ts Nothing is so painful at this season of the year as the disheartening spectacle of a nine vear old hen looking through the fence at a man digging a garden, while she exercises her rugged legs and incisive claws on the board walk, just keeping in practice until the garden is ready. Cured a running sore. “I had a running sore on my breast for over a year,” says Henry R. Richards of Willseyville, N. Y., “and tried a great many remedies until I used Banner Salve. After using one half box, 1 was perfectly cured. 1 cannot recommend it too highly, and will never be without it in the house." Holthouse, Callow A Co. m No man can lie truly patriotic and not know something of our country. No teaching is so effective as that which flows from character is rightly formed without the teaching of patriotism. The value of such work, the teaching of patriotic work which has gone permantly into all of our educational institutions of the land, will be fully demonstrated on Memorial Day. J. Q. Hood, Justice of the Peace, Crosby, Miss,, makes the following statement: “I can certify that One Minute Cough Cure will do all that is claimed for it. My wi® could not get her breath and the first dose of it relieved her. It has also lienefiffed my whole family.” It acts immediately and cures coughs, colds croup, grippe, bronchitis, aathmijgind all throat and i lung troubles. Smith, Yager A' Falk. ts “I am here, gentlemen,” exclaimed the pick-pocket to his fellow-prisoners, “as the result of a moment of abstraction.” “And I," said the incendiary, just “becauss of a habit of making light of things.” “ And I,” chimed the forger, “on account of a simple desire to make a name for myself.” “And I,” added the burglar, “for only taking advantage of an opening in a large mercantile establishment." But here the warden separated them. Auguit Flower. “It is a surprising fact,” says Prof. Houton, “that in my travels in all parts of Hie world, for the last ten years, I Ifave met more people having used Greene’s August Flower than any other remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged liver and stomach, and for ! constipation. I find for tourists and salesmen, or for peraons filling office positions, where headaches and gon oral bud feelings from irregular habits exist, that Greener August Flower is a grand remedy. It does not injure! the system by frequent use. and is excellent for sour stomach and indigestion." Sample bottlen free at Page Blackburn's drug store. Sold by dealers in nil civilized countries.

* !»■ ■! mi mii —i i ■ -qii mu mi r laiiin jin min jßn_iii»iunTJ-jTr What • x ’ IS DECATURS POPUllTIOII? I j CZjuosss! To the person guessing the number, or nearest the number. will be given, FREE. t ONE BOX (sO> CIGARS. (Any home made brand.) To tte person making the second closest guess will be given FREE * ONE PIPE AND CASE. To the person making the third closest guess will be given FREE ONE BOX (sO> 2 for 5c CICARS This guessing contest commences Saturday, April 21,1900, and Closes Saturday, June 9, 1900, at 9:30 p. m. For Guessing Cards and particulars call on H, A. FRISTOE. Next door to postoffice. The Tobacco Man. J-fi Schafer, Son & Loch iQi wj (nW I HEADQUARTERS FOR /Q A BICYCLES AND SUNDRIES. ’ R repair e shop... DECATUR, IND.

That ThrQbbing Headache. Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King’s New Life Pills, i 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. Trv them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by I’age Blackburn druggist. An exchange tells•if a man who wears the following sewed on his shirt: “I have been successfuly operated upon for appendicitis " and explains his case in this wa« “You see these are the balmy knifing days of the surgeon. If a man happens to fall in a fit. faint or lose consciousness for any reason, they cart him off to the hospital for appendicitis without waiting for him to come to and say what him I’ve l>een sliced open once and don't hanker for encores." Petersburg, 111.. Oct. 13th, 1899. Peqsin Sprup <\>., Monticello, 111. Gentlemen: Our baby fcsther has never tasted a drop of medicine than Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for more than a year. It entirely cured her of constipation. She is a lovely child and since I gave her your medicine; she has been perfectly healthy, altho'i she had not been well iiiml strong un i til we began using it. We know of others who are using it with equally good results. Wishing y<!n success, Gratefully yours, Mrs. C. A. Truck-j muller. Sold bv Smith. Yager A Falk! in | She was bred in old Kentucky, ; where the ballot box was stuffed:! 1 where the gentle poker player no’ei i yet was bluffed; where the river murmurs syeetly, and the meadow grass is the double-dispell- j ing shot-gun sends conviction into you. Where the sky is ever lovely and the sweetest songs are sung, and the innocent bystander gets a bullet in his lung; where the ladies all are pretty ami the gentlemen are brave, where the jiist-observed bystander gets a decorated grave. , “It is with a of pleasure and satisfaction that I recommend Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,” says druggist, A. W. Sawtelle, of Hartford. Conn. “A lady customer, seeing the remedy ! exposed iu the show case, said to me: i ‘I really believe thftt medicine saved my life the past summer while at the shore.’ and she became so enthusi- ! astic over its merits that I at once imide up my mind to recommend it in the future. Recently a litfeman < .ii.io into nr\ -tore so iMr'iiH' with colic pains tlfit he sank at once to the floor, ["gave him a dose of this medicine which helixsl him.* I iv,posted the dose and in fifteen minutes he; left my store smilingly informing me I that he felt as well as oyer.” Sold by I Holthouse, Collo* A Co. m ' " I

; To the = Churches of ■ Adams County. I * AS American citizens | I we are asked to observe | | one day in each year as A t a day of thanksgiving to * ■ the Lord for His benevo- I | lence toward us... I aim I . to make one day of each , week a day of both be- | nevolence and thanks- I | giving... Brotherly love, | friendship and benevo-_ * ’ lence are the three card I i x | inal*virtues of mankind. | . The topmost of all three f is l*nevolenee, and as wo have lots of worthy | i needy in our midst I I shall adopt a*plan, ; which if emulated by I j | others, will at least as j ’ sist our churches in r helping in the good i | work... Each Friday j ! j from May 11 on and for I this entire year I shall give for the above pur- | | pose and to a different K church of Decatur and Adams jaunty, 5 per * ’ | cent, of the gross re- j eeipts of the sale of my , stock on that day... I would kindly ask the | | different churches to | • send a representative as as early as possible to | | select the dates in which | . " they will , lie interested, ( and hope this gift will | be received as cheerfully I | as it is given. a Very respectfully, j .JUS ROSENTHAL I •• *♦ <«■»*- H M ««■** •• **•