Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1900 — Page 3

¥ J • y.-ofcould do anything with in or woman in uncomfort-*l,l.-SHOES. But the little god o f love finds wearers of our footwear an easy mark for his darts, The shoes we sell are stylish without being uncomfortable, durable without being clumsy, and of excellent quality, though far from high priced... Consider these prices and judgrfor yourself: Ladies’fine shoes, 63c. 95c, SI.OO. Ladies’ slippers, 63c, 75c, SI.OO. $1.25. Gent’s fine dress shoes, $1.49, $1.75. ‘Gent's fine tan welt, H. S. Ac H. make, guaranteed to be the best, vour choice, - - $2.29 John Mougev Mayor Beatty took in the Carnival at Marion last week. Mrs. S. P. Beatty and children were the guests of friends at Montpelier over Sunday. 98 cent shoes for men all sizes, black aud tan latest styles. Saturday only, The Big Store. Mr. and Joseph Lower attended the Sunday school convention at Bluffton last week and report splendid meetings. Cycling has its ups and downs*. After the downs, use Banner Salve if you are cut or bruised. It heals the hurt quickly. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j When Jerry Simpson established his "BiF<met" in Kansas he said it was to fill a long felt want. In transferring the paper to another man he says he has loqg felt a want to let it goCall at Holthouse, Callow Ac Co's, drug store and get a free sample of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Thev are an elegant physic. Thev also improve the appetite, strengthen the digestion and regulate the liver and bowels. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. j

A Hot Dav •*" For competition in .-- • A .-- -1 .ZZ ZZ Z Z*2 ZZZZZZ ZZZ X. 11 11 1 >J• 11 • iii i i ; ■ Millinery hi ■ i ’ "C'Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z 7*2 Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z >" ’ •> Saturday, June 23 We will close out our stock of Ladies' and Children's Hats—xvw At prices as below: 15 Women’s Turbans, worth $3.00 at - $1.98 25 Women’s Hats, worth $2.00 at - -98 c 15 Women’s Hats, wojth $1.50, at - - 75 c • #■ 15 Children’s Leghorns, worth $2.00, at - 98 Broken lots in street hats, to close at less than cost. Walking Hats, to close at 48c Flowers and Foliage, to close, at cost. Como early and see the greatest bargains ever offered in Decatur in MILLINERY.... The Big Store. Watch Our Window.

Dick Townsend was at Columbia City on business last week. Mrs Jeff Bryson was the guest of her sister Mrs. E A H-.ir Marion last mk A ' Huffman at Watch our window, a line of 98c shoes, black or tan for men, Saturday only. Ihe Pag Store. 15t2 ? Miss Minnie Orvis entertained the Evening Musical Club last Fridav evening in honor of Miss Olds of Fort a yue. A fatal policy is to neriM a back ache or ot her sign of kicßey trouble. Foley s Kidney Cure is a sure remedy for Brights disease, diabetes and gravel. Holthouse, Callow Ac Co. j V . iß .“f )t l s" r P rißi “g that “To Have and to Hold is a popular book. Everybody hkes to have and to hold things, from pretty to public orbees. Men may differ in politics, religion or finance, but all who have tried Banner Salve are agreed as to its worth for cuts, burns, sores, piles and skm diseases. It’s the most healing medicine in t»* world. Holthouse. Callow & Co. The Indiana state fish comissioner and his deputies are exerting them selves to enforce the law during the closed season of May and June, and in the northern part of the state a min ister has been arrested for violating the law. 8 To the Deaf. A rich lady cured of her deafness and noises in the head by Dr. Nicholson’s Artificial Ear Drums, gave SIO,OOO to his Institute, so that deaf people triable to procure Ear Drums, may have them free. Address _No. 2616 The Nicholson Institute, 780 Eighth Avenue New York. 14yl Cephas Roberts of Winsted, Con., who has advertised for a thief pre ferably “one who has lieen in a state prison for two years’’ to occupy a house and farm that he offers for rent, makes the explanation that he would watch the thief, whereas by not watch ing the alleged honest men he has had for tenants he had come out loser. Glorious Newi Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of Washita, I. T. He writes: “Four bottles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had caused her great suffering for years. Terrible sores would break out Ju hethead and face, and the best doctors could give no help; but her cure is complete and her health is excellent.’’ This shows what thousands have proved, that Electric Bitters is the r»est blo<xl purifier known. It’s the supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and running sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion, builds up the strength (Inly 50 cents. Sold by Page Blackburn, druggist. Guaranteed.

John Meibers jr., was a sight see-er at Marion last Thursday. F. M. Schirmeyer was looking after business interests at Toledo the latter part of last week. M e have the best tan shoe on earth for n> nat $1.98, all sizes. A $3.50 welt; The Big Store. I he census enumerators in t his city, Earl Adams and Clark Coverdale have completed their duties and are making up their reports. T -,^, n . 1 . a^. “ 1 s * ze or in results are DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous little pill that cleanses the fiver and bowels. They do not gripe. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts 1 here are pearl button factories in lowa, working up shells procured from the river beds. Nearly l.otJtl people are employed in®the factories alone. Carpet rags dyed with Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not fade, are brighter and* will not stain if you should spil] vinegar or other fruit acids on them. 10» per package. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. 14-2 William Hannan, the Burt House porter, is scheduled for two balloon ascensions at Piqua, Ohio, on the afternoon and evening of July 4th. Billy knows his business and is perfectly at home when dangling among the clouds. Reports show that over fifteen hundred lives have been &ved through the use’of One Minute Cough Cure. Most of these were cases of grippe, croup, asthma, whooping trough, bronqfritis and pneumonia. Its early use prevents consumption. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts For Sale Cheap A good five year old driving horse, single top buggy, robes and dusters. Must sell soon and will make price for the outfit reasonable. For further particulars enquire of William Woodward. Tenth street, second door north of Monroe street, east side, Decatur Indiana. The cucumber season ha» set in, aud a man is waked up at 2 o’clock in the morning after dreaming that an elephant is sitting on Ins equator, to experience a violent regret that he had not attended church more regularly in his youth. For two years Ira W. Kelley of Mansfield, Pa., was in poor health on account of kidney trouble. ® He con suited several physicians and spent considerable money for medicines without obtaining relief until he tried Foley’s Kidney Cure, and now writes, “I desire to add my testimony that it may be the cause of aiding others.” Holthouse, Callow & Co. j loye of a Kansas City packinghouse has invented a scheme for blowing the feathers off fowls by an arrangement of electric fans, which is a great improvement over the old method of plucking bv hand. If it can be applied to.whiskers, as well as feathers, we may witness great changes in politics. 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 Gen. Greely of the signal service, has received word from t|je Philippines that communication, has been established between the islands of Cebu and Behu by means of acetylene gas and heliograph. The bright light produced by the gas is reflected by mirrors just as the sunlight is used in ordinary heliography. ® * Consumption, the Snake. Consumption is the serpent of diseases, it creeps upon its victims and fastens its deadly fangs without warning. Don’t neglect that cold of yours. Cleveland's Lung Healer will cure it without fail. If it doesn’t, you can , have your monev back. We will give you a trial bo:free. ■ nrge 'jottles 25 cents. Hoiinouse, callow Ac Co. A farmer in a nearby town was in a store the other day and someone asked him to listen to a phonograph on exhibition then*. The operator handed him the ear tubes, fixed them in shape and started the machine. The fanner dropped the tubes hurriedly, saying: •■Gosh, there comes a brass band," and I left the mules untied.” “One time I suffered from it severe sprained ankle.” says Geo. E. Cary, editor of the Guide, Washington, Va. “After using several well recommended medicines without success, I tried Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, and am pleased to say that relief came as soon as I began its use and a complete cure speedily followed." Sold by Holthouse, Callow Ac Co. j A bunch of girls were discussing their beaux, Friday evening, just as girls do. When a certain lad who wears a baseball mustadtie was being disected one girl convulsed her companions by exclaiming, innocently, “Well that boy's mustache tickles me.” It was some time liefore she understood why theyUaughed. A good cough medicine. It speaks well for Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy when druggists use it in their own families in preference to any other. “I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for the past five years with complete satisfaction to myself and customers,” says Druggist J. Goldsmith, Van Etten, N Y. "I have always used it in my own family both for ordinary coughs a nd'colds and for the cough lullowing lagrippe, and find it very effiacioua.” For sale by Holthouse, Callow At Co. j

..Harness Shop.. At old stand, next door to Gus Schlegel’s blacksmith shop. . . '■ * We are Headquarters for • 0 • • Horse Collars, Sweat Pads, ? M , z z Carriage Trimming, tJpholstering, Harness, Collars, Whips, ——- * .• /yn vvv Robes, Dusters, and // / \ Harness Oil. All the Best in the market. A full line of Everything in Harness. • THE BEST OF WORK will be done on the shortest notice. We do the cheapest Repairing— ® » • All hand-made, and use only the*BEST of stock. • All kinds of Harness made to order on the shortest notice. Now is your time to get a bargain at the @ nr" I. !■! I ! I !■!■ ■».■■■ I llil.il. , |,|,| New Harness Shop, . North Second Street, Decatur, Indiana.’

®C. L. Ayers, the insurance agent .was visiting his family here over Sunday. Hons. Henry Eickhorn and A. N. Martin of Bluffton were here on legal last Friday. See our line of 89 cent shoes for women, a lot of broken sizes worth $3 to $t a pair. The Big Store. A number Decatur eitizens are at Fort Wayne to-day attending Sells Ac Forpaughs ’circus, which exhibits there this afternoon and evening. Cheap Insurance. Many a man has been insured agaitist disease, diabetes or other dangerous ailment by a fifty cent bottle of Foley's Kidney Cure. Take no other. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j * Ballbons are used for drying linen in Paris laundries. Bamboo frames are attached to a captive ballwon, and the clothes are attached to th-’in. The balloon makes six ascents daily, to a highth of about 100 feet. Backache should never lie neglected. It means kidney disorder which, if allowed to run too long may result in Bright’s disease, diabetes or other serious aud often fatal complaints.' Foley’s Kidney Cure is guaranteed I for the kidneys. Holthouse, Callow ' & Co. j Great Britain does not hesitate to employ women in responsible posi tions. The head of the postal depart ment at Gibratlar is Miss Creswell, who receives a salary of J 2.740. At the same place Miss Edith Shore' is a medical officer. I'nless food is digested quickly it will ferment and irritate the stomach. After each meal take a teaspoonful of Kodol Dyspepsiar Cure. It digests what you eat and will allow you to eat all you need of Mhat you like. «Jt never finis to cure the worst cases of dyspepsia. It is pleasant to take. Smith, Yager A; Falk. * ts Chicago has been eating a hundred thousand goats per year under the impression that it was spring lamb. But if goat tastes all right what’s the difference! Since the goat thrives on tin cans, why not can him! Thon when we eat the canned goat, we can feed the can to another goat, can that goat and continue to go it. Os course we can. Wavelai< 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 I constipation, billiousness, sick-head»i ache, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, oy any of the diseases for which it is recommended. It is highly recommended as a tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid in Ixittle, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One package of either guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. Page Blackburn. ts

The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. M. Gilson, Saturday June 23, at 2 p. m. Mrs. Vesey and daughter, of Fort Wayne attended the Studabaker and Champer receptioy here Tlttftsday. Miss Carlie Olds, of Fort Wayne, who has been the gueflt of Dr. McMillen and family for several days, returned home Monday morning. AU sufferers of piles will lie glad to learn that DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve will gixe them instant and permanent I relief. It will cifre eczema and all skin dieases. Beware of counterfeits. Smith, Yager Ac Falk. ts The crack of tne sjambok, the favorite whip of the South Africans, sounds b’hy a pistol shot. This instrument of punishment is made from rhinoceros hide and its effects are as severe as those of a cat-o’-nine-tails. B. F. Mouser, druggist at Chetopa. Kansas, says: “I have the la st sale on Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin of any article in my store.” So has Smith, Yager <V Falk. It cures constipation, indigestion, sick headache and stomach trouble. J The sale of city directories in Chicago has been prohibited this year by the publishers, it has been determined to lease them so as to head off certain advertising schemes St the expense of the company. *Hie are to be returned at the end of five years. Do you have sick headache, with nausea and vomiting, chilliness, yawning and general lassitude? That condition is caused »v a disordered hvCr. Take Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney IMmaml Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and- Kidney Pillets and a com iffete cure will result. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. j ’ An electric clock has )s<qp on the southeast side of Picadilly circus, London. Electric lamps are fixed along the moving lands, and there an* electric stars fixed at each figure. The clock is worked on the Synchronome syndicate’s <ystem in conjunction with a number of other clocks. Free of charge Any adult suffering from a cold settled on the breast, bronchitis, throat or liuWf troubles of any nature, who will call at Page Blackburn’s drug stare, will lie presented with a sample bottle of Bos chee.s German Syrup, free of charge. Only i no bottb- one person, aud none to children without order fft’in parents. No throat or lung remedy ever had such a sale ns Bohchee’s German Syrup in all parts of the civilizwl world. Twenty years ago millions of bottles were given awsiy, and your druggists will tel) you its HUceesswas m:i ivelous. It is really the only throat mid lung remedy generally endorsed by physicians. One 75 cent bottle will cure you or prove its value. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries.

Mrs. Will Porter, of Delphos, Ohio visited her here last week. Barney Kalver A. Son, four doors south of People's liverp barn, pay the highest prices for hides, pelts, furs, iron, metal, rubber, rags, <kc. -18m6 Several Decatur people attended the ball game between Fort Wayne and CbimnWus Monday and saw champion Jeffries umpire. If you were to bump your head against a brick wall you could not feel worse than does anyone who suf fers from stomach troubles. We Iftvo a positive cure in Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Smith, Yager & Falk. j Unclaimed letters: J, D, Henry, .Mrs: Pheobe Seha. James Goff, Mrs. L. Gfass, Jacob Mull. Saul Howk, Isaac Chronster, WalterCemter, Mrs. Lousa Campell, M. F. Aspy, Chas, Snyder, J. C. Crainer, Jno. Burnett. Fatal mistakes are mode by those who'do not heed the earlier symptoms of kidney or bladder trouWe that often* end in Bright's disease or diabetn When Foley's Kidney Cure makes the kidneys well, how foolish it is to delay. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j An Oklahoma man has patented a pair of shears which are provided with doulil.t-. utting t“lge S> the bladesls iug semicircular in cross section and attached to the handles in such a manner that either j>.iir. f handles can be brought into position. ® Quick Relief for Asthma. Miss Maude Dikens. Pill Cons, Kans., writes: “I stiffen*! eight years with asthma in its worst form. I had several attacks during the last year and was not expected to live through them. I began using Foley’s Honey and Tar, and it has never failed to give immediate relief.” Holthouse. Callow X Co. j Miss Josephine Niblick attended commencement exercises of the Fort Wayne High school last Friday ingUMtnMJ Cannot *e Cured By hx-al applications, as they CUmoi reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies, Dt<af*-ss is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a Minbling sound or im[>erfeet faring, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, anil of the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will he destroyed forever; nine eases out of ten are easued bv catarrh. * w hich is notlujig an inflamed eon dition of the™nucous surfaces. We givglne hundred dollars for anv case of deafness (caused by eatarrah) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. J. F. Chenney A Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold bv druggists, 75e. Hall's Family Pills are tin- best j '