Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1900 — Page 3

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Portland fair, September 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2643 The races were a grand success last Friday, and so will those of tomorrow be. Mrs. H. L. Con ter and son, France, were the guests of Fort Wayne friends over Sunday. Coroner C. S. Clark was attending to duties concerning the Weeder murder case at Portland Friday. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are prompt, palatable, pleasant, powerful, punfving little pills. Smith, Yager A Falk. ts Capital for a lifetime; a course at Indianapolis Business University, Heeb When Bldg. Special offer to begin now. 27-5 Miss Clara Kohn returned to her home at Fort Wayne Friday, after a visit of several days with B. J. Terveer and family. Ulcers, open or obstinate sores, scaldsand piles, quickly cured by Banner Salve, the most healing medicine in the world. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s The Chinese invented gun powder, and we are strongly inclined to believe that they knew how to lie before the grandparents of Ananias were born. Millions of bushels of corn are now used in the manufacture of smokeless powder, and for this purpose much of the grain is shipped from the United States to foreign countries. When you want a pleasant physic try the new remedy, Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Price 25 cents. Samples free at Holthouse. Callow & Co. s The Ladies’ Historical Reading club will meet with Mrs. Jane A. Crabbs next Tuesday, at 7 p. m. Owing to the extreme hot weather the club has not been holding meetings, as per program. • “I had a running sore on my leg for several years,’’ writes Mrs. Jas. Forest of Chippewa Falls, Wis.,"and spent hundreds of dollars in trying to get it healed. Two boxes of Banner Salve entirely cured it.” Holthouse, Callow & Co. 8 The two bicycles given away at Sheets' restaurant, Berne, on the even ing of the Fourth were drawn by No. 5526 and 6871. Parties holding these lucky numbers will present them at my place of business and receive the wheels. Wm. Sheets. 18tf In addition to the complete up-to-date exhibits in the various buildings, the Portland fair has secured the most exciting special feature ever exhibited on a fair ground, the daring and captivating Silviuis family each day of the fair, Sept. 25, 26, 27 and 28. 2643 Debtors in Siam, when three months in arrears, can be seized by the creditors and compelled to work out their indebtedness. Should a debtor run away his father, his wife or his children may be held in slavery until the debt is cancelled. The emergency bags sent by a church society to Kansas soldiers in the Philippines contained among the necessities a box of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, the well known cure for piles, iujtiries and skin diseases. The ladies took care to obtain the original DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve knowing that all the counterfeits are worthless. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts A Noblesville lawver is preparing a bill to submit to next legislature, establishing a whipping post, where habitual drunkenness, abuseof family, profanity or vulgarity in the presence of women, disturbing meetings and insulting women on the street or in other public places will lie punished. Uhanmerlain’s Cough Remedy a great favorite. The soothing and healing properties of this remedy, its pleasant taste and prompt and perwant cures have made it a great favorite with people everywhere. It is esy prized by mothers of small children for colds, croup or whooping as it always affords quick retk a8 H contains no opium or other harmful drug, it may be given m confidently to a baby as to an adult, rorsaleby Holthouse,Callow & Co. s Special excursion to Toledo, Put-in 'I Vu/w '“k” resorts, Sunday. Sept. , 1900. Fare from Decatur to Tole'to, round trip, $1.25; Put-in-Bay, ®t-m. No baggage will be checked in tins train. Baby cabs and bicycles on' 1 1 taken care of by parties in wii Attractions extraordinary, in l ',i’’. r " lr win company, 35 people, Ihe Vagabonds,” at Lake Erie ri . Blld Casino. Fifteen cents, nn.L jriP' ih’duding admission to L 8 theater. Get tickets and inciation frotre'Clover Leaf agents.

Erm-st Neihoff returned from Bluffton r nday evening. Grant Williams and tamilv, ofMarwwkdiana ’ '’ iS ‘ ted friend ® h erelast Mr and Mrs. L. G. Ellingham and daughter were at W inchester the latter part of last week. M. \ . B. Archbold arrived home Friday from an Ohio trip in the interest of the Chicago book company. To prevent consumption, quickly cure throat and lung troubles with V“ e C ° Ugh Cure - Smith, lager & Falk. t s Those who cannot go to Paris this year, can be put off at Buffalo next year, and have a good time for a great deal less money. Reports come from Virginia that the peanut crop is a failure. Young America will have to get together and pass resolutions of regret. The jig is up for the tan shoe fad so far as the women are concerned. It has been discovered that a foot clad in tan is considerably magnified. You can spell it cough, coff, caugh, kauf, kaff, kough, or kaugh, but the only harmless remedy that quiclv cures it is One Minute’ Cough Cure. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Money-making education; write to President Heeb for particulars showing how quickly and cheaply the Indiapolis Business University prepares you for a salaried position. 37-5 A Lima woman amputated her own toe the other day. but that’s nothing; look at the prominent politicians who have cut off their own heads since last summer. Allen Halverson of Prairie, Wis., says: “People come ten miles to buy Foley’s Kidney Cure,” while J. A. Spero of Helmer. Ind., says: “It is the medical wonder of the age.” Holthouse, Callow & Co. s The man at the restaurant who talks loudest of business is generally the one who orders a toothpick and a match. It may be the same way with Mark Hanna, who so loudly claims McKinley’s election. Foley's Kidney Cure is a pure medicine and contains no concentrated form, remedies recognized by the most skilful of the medical profession as the most effective agents for the cure of kindey anil bladder diseases. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s The entry bocks of the Portland fair are now ojten. Entries in the speed department dose at lip. m. on September 15. Entries in the exhibition department close Septemlier 24, 1900, at 6 p, m. Make your entries now. C. O. Hardy, Sec’y. 26-t3 “She who wears the lilac will never wear the wedding ring," runs the old English proverb, and, although, the scent of the flower is sweet and its tints are fresh and universally becoming, it is contraband among the village maidens of England. Have you a sense of fullness in the region of your stomach after eating? If so you will be benefited by using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Thes also cure belching and sour stomach. They regulate the bowels too. Price 25 cents. Sold by Holthouse, Callow & Co. s A small boy who evidently reads the patters and digests what he reads more thoroughly than might be expected, was recently asked by his teacher in in geography, “how is the earth divided ?” "Between the sugar trust, the coffee trust and the Standard Oil C 0.,” he replied. Large sun spots, astronomers say, caused the extreme heat this summer, and doctors declare nearly all prostrations were induced by disorders of the stomach. Good health follows good digestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat. If you have indigestion or dyspepsia it will quickly relieve and permanently cure you. Smith, Yager Ac Falk. ts The cricket plague has accomplished one good at least. The young woman, who six weeks ago screamed and took tantrums at the sight of a little red ant on her shoulder, has grown so used to the crickets swarming over her that she can reach up and quietly remove a half dozen from her neck-ribbon and back hair without even slacking up on her chewing gum. 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. If 7 Nearly two hundred people left here at twelve o’clock Sunday for Marion on account of the Clover fifty cent excursion. Os course the ball game was the principal attraction and the enthusiasts who attended report an excellent game. Toledo, who were advertised did not appear, but New Castle were on hand and put up a splendid gairte, the Marion boys winning by a score of five to three. Notice We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxesof Baxter h Mandrake Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation, billiousness, sick-head-ache, jaundice, loss of appetite, *our stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, or anv of the diseases for which it is recommended. It is highly recommended as a tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid m bottle, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One package of either guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. Page Blackburn.

S. A. Graham made a business trip i to Wayne last Friday. The 24 o’clock system is to be introduced throughout Spain on Janu-' ary Ist. Ed Menefee was at Elwood the latter part of last week looking after business for Smith & Bell. American beet sugar, made by the factory at Bay City, Mich., has been awarded the highest premium at the Paris exposition. Strike for more pay; the surest and quickest way -a course at the Indianapolis Business University, Heeb When Bldg. Special offer now. 27-5 Will Rieter. Rollin Laughner and Teddy Brock left Monday for Lafayette, where they will enter Purdue university to take various courses. The most daintv and effective pills made are DeWitt's Little Early Risers They are unequalled for all liver and bowel troubles. Never gripe. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts J. S. Peterson was at Warren Sun day to meet Mrs. Peterson, who has been visiting at Indianapolis and Alexandria. They returned home Sunday evening. A good many consumptives would be cured and the worst cases comforted and relieved by using Foley's Honey and Tar. Suggest it to those afflicted. You should do this as a friend. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s According to the republican logic expressed in their printed averages, any tramp in the country should be happy. Have not he and George Gould $30,000,000 between them, an average of $15,000,000. Two candidates for the insane asylum saved themselves from the stomach troubles that drive folks crazy by taking Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. It is guaranteed to cure every form of stomach trouble. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. s To be a legal voter in Indiana requires a residence in the state six months, in the township sixty days and in the precinct thirty days. You should not move from one township to another after Sept. 6th, if you do not want to lose your vote. Chemistry has done many things for mankind, but the discoveries of 1891 that led to the manufacturing of Putnam Fadeless Dyes, was the master stroke. With these improved dyes, cotton, wool or silk can be dyed with one operation in half the time and with less labor than any other. Sold by Smith Yager & Falk. 26-2 It is unlawful to kill ducks between April 15th and September Ist, pheasants and quails between January Ist and November 10th, turkeys between February Island November Ist,squirrels between December 20th and June Ist and prairie chickens lietween February Ist and September Ist. No relief for 20 years. “I had bronchitis for twenty years,” said Mrs. Minerva Smith of Danville, 111., “and at times have been bedfast. I never got relief until I had taken Foley's Honey and Tar. It is pleasant and gives quick relief, and is a sure cure for throat and lung diseases.” Take nothing else. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s Experiments in Michigan prove that sugar beet leaves make a most excellent stock food. They are placed in trenches when cut from the beet, salted and covered with ten or twelve inches of dirt. They are left in this condition until the middle of the winter —about the first of January—when they are removed and cattle relish them greatly. How Bright’s disease starts. Indigestion, biliousness, blood poisoned with urea and uric acid (which should have been excreted by the kidneys), rheumatic pains in nerves and joints, causing irritation of the kidneys, then pains over the small of the back, mark sure approach of Bright’s disease. Do not delay taking Foley’s Kidney Cure, for it makes the kidneys right. Holthouse, Callow & Co. s Tq all appearances Mrs. Eliza Walker, of Carthage, Ind., diet! one day last week. Preparations were made for the funeral, but no one thought of getting a burial permit. To this oversight Mrs. Walker probably owes the fact that she was not buried alive, for while the messenger was gone for the necessary document she opened her eyes and sat up. She is now as well as ever. Walling, Tenn., April 29, 1898. 1 was very bad, down nearly all the time suffering with my side, 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 lieen in good health since. James Fisher, Sr. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. s A mahogany coffin, bearing a gold monogram on the lid, gold-plated handles at the sides, and elaborately chased with gold and silver, figures among the pledges in the windows of a Cardiff pawn broker. Notice to Wheelmen. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 25 cent bottle of Henry Az 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 especially 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. M

Miss Frances Bollman is the guest of friends at Bunker Hill, Indiana. Miss Bertha Fullencamp was the guest of friends at Lima several days last week. The Krag-Jorgenson rifle balls will penetrate forty inches of pine wood or a half inch of sheet iron. Insures a salaried position; a course in business, shorthand, telegraphy at Indianapolis Business University, Heeb When Bldg. Particulars free. 27-5 China has one-fourth of the world’s population, one-twelfth of its land surface, and is likely, in the future to have the largest graveyard on record. Don’t sling mud. Don’t lose your head. Talk politics but don’t get mad. Then go to Smith, Yager & Falk’s drug store and get a trial bottle of Dr. Caldwell’s s In China the coinage is pierced with a square hole in a center, and in place of a purse John Chinaman carries a piece of string, on which the coins are strung Russia and other foreign countries are in the markets of the United States to buy our corn, wheat, etc., and also to borrow money. America commands a proud position among the nations of the earth. Half the world in darkness as to the cause of their ill health. If they would start to treat their kidneys with Foley’s Kidney Cure, the weariness of body and min’d, backache, headache and rheumatic pains would disappear. Holthouse, Callow & Ca. s A diamond worth a million and a half dollars has been stolen from a local dignitary in India. We remember to have lost the gem in 1899, somewhere in this town, and how it got to India is a vexing mystery. Poisonous toadstools resembling mushrooms have caused frequent deaths this year. Be sure to use only the genuine. Observe the same care when you ask for DeWitt’s Hazel Salve. There are poisonous counterfeits. DeWitt’s is the only original Witch Hazel Salve. It is a safe and certain cure for piles and all skin diseases Smith, Yager & Falk. ts A British army officer, who was recently collecting cavalry mounts in Australia, received the following note from a horse breeder: I can supply you with horses for cavalry, artillery and infantry. But I think my specialty is in the hors de combat, as the French soldiers call him, whichmeans officer’s war horse or charger. Cuts and bruises quickly healed. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm applied to a cut, burn, bruise, scald or like injury will instantly allay the pain and will heal the parts in less time than any other treatment. Unless the injury is very severe it will not leave a scar. Pain Balm also cures rheumatism. sprains, swellings and lameness. For sale by Holthouse, Callow Az Co. s “What is the bloomer dress!” asks a correspondent. The bloomer dress is a pair of trousers, very baggy at the knees, abnormally full at the pistol pocket, and considerably loose where you strike a match. The garment is cut decollette at the south end. and the bottoms are tied around the ankles to keep the mice out. You can easily tell which is the right side to have in front by the button on the neck band. Bitter fighting does not necessarily mean personal abuse or unsavory remarks. Keep your temper. Work for your party and stand by your convictions work all night and talk all day if you find it essential to your success. It will irritate you and cause dyspepsia, but you can find relief for that in Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, which is guaranteed by Smith Yager & Falk. s

The New York Journal and its Chicago edition, the Chicago American, continue to publish illustrated articles about our city having an ordinance against lovemaking on the streets after 9 o’clock at night. The items in reality refer to Peru. 111., but if the papers keep on in their mistake it may possibly embarrass tie anyway and make us feel almost as guilty as if we had such blue law restriction. Peru Journal. Me Fooled the Surgeons. All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of West Jefferson, 0., after suffering 18 months from rectal fistula, he would die unless a costly operation was performed; but he cured himself with five boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, the surest pile cure on earth, and the best salve in the world. 25 cents a box. Sold by Page Blackburn, druggist. Dr. G. W. Chapman, of Van Wert, Ohio, who was refused admission to Hopkin’s theater yesterday, because he insisted o.i going into the house with a shirt waist and no coat. He also was refused admission at several restaurants. He talks of seeking legal redress from the Hopkins theater management, from whom be had bought a ticket. Chapman's money was refunded him.—Chicago TimesHerald. A Life and Death Fight. Mr. H. W. Hines of Manchester,la., writing of his almost miraculous es ■ cape from death, says: “Exposure after measles inducecf serious lung trouble, which ended in consumption. I hath frequent hemorrhages and coughed night and day. All my doctors said I must soon die. Then I began to use Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, which completely cured me. I would not be without it even if cost $5.00 a bottle. Hundreds have uswl it on my recommendation and all say it never fails to cure throat, chest and lung troubles.” Reg ular size 50c anti SI.OO. Trial bottles free at Page Blackburn's drug store.

Will you wear Our ’ Clothes? A complete stock of Fall and Winter Clothing is now on display at The Big Store. Raglan Suits and Raglan Overcoats. A nice selection in Vest-Two suits. A variety of patterns in Reversible Shirts. The newest and most stylish garments that the market affords are found at The Big Store. Come in and look at the new things we have to offer. If you buy it at The Big Store IT’S PROPER. I

Buggies painted for $2.50 to $7.00. Surreys painted for $3.50 to $9.00. Nicely striped and ornamented and guaranteed not to crack or scale off. Work promptly done. Enquire at Smith & Bro's, wagon shop. To the Farmers. Notice is hereby given that I am now running my cider mill every day. Bring your apples to my mill on North Third street. Satisfaction guaranteed. Peter Kirsch. ts E. P. Menefee has purchased the right of Adams county for the J. C. Simmons portable fence, which has been on display on Short street by Adolph Hart's barber shop for several weeks. The fence is one of the best that has come to our notice for a long time. Farm rights are now for sale bv E. P. Menefee, who may be seen at the office of Smith Az Bell. 20-ts The Alabama, a new battleship, required to make sixteen knots an hour for four hours, on her trial near Boston, easily made seventeen knots and can do better. It will be ready lor service in about six weeks. She is called the “Queen of the American Navy,” and was built by the Cramps, at Philadelphia. Some Tonic.* Moke Drunkords But Cleveland’s Celery Compound Tea contains no alcohol —it is the quickest and surest cure in the world for nervous prostration, constipation, indigestion and all diseases of the blood, kidneys and liver. There is health and vigor in every ounce of it. We will give you a tree trial package. Large puckage 25 cents. Holthouse, Callow At Co. A new feature at the north prison is the manufacture of chewing tobacco for the prisoners. The expense for tobacco for the prisoners' use for the last few years has been about $1,500 a year. A good grade of plug is turned out. The prison officials expect by “home manufacture’' to save money. The prison garden turned out well this vear. This institution will lie able to supply some of the other state institutions with produce. Free of < harge. Any adult suffering from a cold settled on the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung troubles of any nature, who will call at Page Blackburn’s drug store, will be presented with a sample bottle of Boschee.s German Syrup, free of charge. Only one bottle given to one person, and none to children without order from parents. No throat or lung remedy ever had such a sale as Bos chee’s German Syrup in all parte of the civilized world. Twenty years ago millions of bottles were given away, and your druggists will tell you its success was maivelous. It is really the only throat and lung rem edy generally endorsed by physicians. One 75 cent bottle'will cun' you or prove its value. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries. ts

Unclaimed letters—J. T. Teeple, Henry Wagner, Dan Togie, Mrs. J, W. Hake, Wm. D. Miller. Now on Hand. A goal, even lot of foundation and bridge stone, fine crushed stone and stone screenings. J. S. Bowers. 21m2 Rev. H. C. Duckett was at Winona last Friday to call upon Earl Fristoe, who is very sick with typhoid fever. The Appetite of • Goat Is envied by all pour dyspeptics whose stomach anti liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's New Life Pills .the wonderful stomach and liver remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular balily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25c at Page Blackburn’s drug store. Indiana is the red clover belt of the world. Here it perpetuates itself by seeding. A few counties in Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, are in the belt, but practically Indiana furnishes the world with red clover seed. Every crop, except wheat, has a clearly defined belt. 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 money back. We will give you a trial bottle free. Large bottles 25 cents. Holthouse, Callow & Co. 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 unable to procure Ear Drums, may have them free. Address No. 2616 The Nicholson Institute, 780 Eighth Avenue New York. 14yl Public Sale The undersigned will sell at public auction at his residence 8J miles north of Linn (trove and 2.1 miles east of Vera Cruz, Tuesday, September 25, the following property, to-wit: Four work horses, three milch cows, two yearling calves, 46 head of sheep, three bras I sows, will have nigs soon; 100 head of ehichens, yearling colt, three spring calves, three steers, eleven shouts, Deering binder. Deering mower. Milwaukee mower, selfrake, two farm wagons, disc harrow, spring tooth harrow, grain drill, hay rake, cultivator, fanning mill, three breaking plows, set work harness, set driving harness, 30 tons timothy hay, 500 bushels of oats, 300 shockscorn, sleigh, hand cider mill, copper kettle, iron kettle, household and kithen furnitme, and many other articles. Terms of sale all sums of $3.00 and under cash in hand; for all sums over $3.00 a credit of 12 months will be given, the purchaser giving note with two approval sureties. Fred Reppert, auctioneer. Abraham Beberstiue.