Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1900 — Page 3

John Schug, the traveling salesman, Sundayetl at his home here. George Houser and wife of Hammond, are guests of Adams county friends. A Ernst Neihoff attended to insurance business at Geneva the latter part of last week. When you want prompt acting litile D ills that never gripe use DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts C. L- Avers, special agent for the John Hancock Insurance company, ffas in the city Saturday attending to business. The successful man is the one who learned early in life to round off the corners of individuality, so as to fit in society without friction. Today take Foley’s Honey and Tar. It positively prevents pneumonia, or other serious results. It may he two late to morrow. Holthouse, Callow & Co. n There is but one man in all the work! that interests the girl who is in love, and if all the others were suddenlv to drop out of it she wouldn’t miss'them. After exposure or when you feel a rold coming on, take a dose of Foley’s Honey and Tar. It never fails to cure, and will prevent pneumonia or consumption. Don’t accept substitutes. Nothing as good. Holthouse, Gallow & Co. u It is now claimed that the Chinese discovered America 1,000 years previous to the time Columbus spied these shores, but as the inhabitants at that time had very little laundry work to do they dropped it until a more favorable opportunity. Chicago Record. Both makers and circulators and counterfeits commit fraud. Honest meu "ill not deceive you into buying worthless counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. The original is infallible for curing piles, injuries, eczema and skin diseases. Smith, YagerA Falk. ts The next thing in order is the newspaper reports of the annual crop of accidents to the quail hunters. The country is thronged with them and it would be wise for those who indulge in the sport to take every precaution to prevent accident t.) themselves anil Others Many people worry because they beli. ve they have heart disease. The ch: s are that their hearts are all rigfi' but their stomachs are unable to i est food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cur b zests what you eat and proven' he formation of gas which mu •'he stomach press against th he,< ft will cure every form of i diz im. Smith, Yager & Falk, tt

T Oldest, the Largest and the Best. .end Capital 9123,000 iJsrzDiJLisrjL i Stell and Swiical Wife No. 10 W. Wayne Street. f z DR. J. W. YOUNGE, W . WM President American Association kJ*' pW' Medical and Surgical Specialists MP* G$ This ablest Specialist in the country Cl I WILL BE AT THE A j MIESSE HOUSE, k.Monday, Dec. 3. AND AT Berne, Wednesday, Dec. 5. f ' I - ''' ’ l ' ■ 1 “’ *** thr-'d.M-t.-r- ••: •'•• HTWe can cube Epilepsy. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE. . DR. YOUNGE has treated over 40,000 patients in the State of Indiana •nice 1872, and with perfect success in every ease. A STRONG STATEMENT. Dr. Younge has deposited One Thousand Dollars in the bank as a forfeit that he has treated more Diseases and performed more remarkable cures than any other I 'Sts in the state of Indiana. fnmaM W niMh( xlsof treatment and new remedies used. All Threat, rmkles treated successfully—such as diseases of the Brain. -., . ' p t ,| ha | e Eye and Ear, Stomach, Liver. Kidneys (Brirht’s XBases. Impotency, Gleet. Seminal Emissions, Nervous Diseases, Catarrn, nup.ur rl *es, Stricture, Diabetes, etc,, etc. Consumption and Catarrh can be Cured. Cancers and all Tumors Cured without pain or use of knife tor A?.® Od has P re P ar ed an antidote for the .sin-sick 80u1, 90 h * s 111 prepßr< lw » diseased-sick body. 1 hese can be found at the lounge’s Medical and Surgical Institute. be n A , , l9r Rn ex «mlnatlon we will tell you just what we 11,1 patients can be treated «uX”.? r n Ure >' ,,, ‘* wt! wlll frankly and honestly telljouso. ‘■ !“ p< *s’fuHy at a distance. Write for examination and question mai a arrlagea direct to the Institute. Call on or address J. W. YOUNGE. A. M. M »». 10 W. SMITH ’ AyNBI IND '

Yager & Falk. gnpe ’ Sn ” tE ,h ” wi " >“ - Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver tablets cure biliousness, constipation and headache. Thev are easy to take amJ Pleasant meffect. For'sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. n According to Darwin’s theory it takes a monkey several million years to make a man but a man can make most any four-footed beast of himself in a very few minutes. Druggist Morgan of Crawfordsville Ind., says: “Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a medicine I can conscientiously recommend as it does just what vou claim. It is the best laxative I ever saw. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. The first Thanksgiving day of this government was December 13, 17S1 when congress appointed the rest and directed prayers for the American arms. It was really much more praise than supplication, for the war was practically ended, since Cornwallis had surrendered. When you feel that life is hardly worth the candle take a dose of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will cleanse your stomach, tone up your liver and regulate your bowels making you feel like a new man. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co, n The quarantine that has been on the town of Wheeling for the past two months will be lifted Monday. The quarantine was lifted from all other parts of the place some time ago. During the siege of smallpox in the town there were eighteen cases of the disease and no deaths. 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 constipation, billiousness, sick-head-ache, 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 hittie, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One package of either guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. Page Blackburn. ts

Barney Everett of Blue Creek townSatn’rday " ith a profitable call . Mrs. Frank Leslie of Van Wert, is the guest of D. F. Quinn and family for a few days. Earney Kalver & Son. fStir doors south of Peoples’livery barn, pavthe highest prices for hides, pelts, furs, iron, metal, rubber, rags, etc. 25tf Dick Christen is now on duty at he City News Stand, having accepted he position made vacant bv the resignation of Harry Helm. I or drain tile throe to fifteen inches, brick and hollow building blocks, as good as the best, and at prices the lowest. Z. 0. Lewellen, Monroe, Ind. v , , . 31m3 Not only during the preserving season, but all the time; should every woman strive to preserve her good looks and every man his integrity. If you have seen a child in the agony of croup you can realize how grateful mothers are for One Minute < ough Cure which gives relief as soon as it is administered. It quickly cures coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles. Smith, Yager & Falk, ts John W. Trindall, an editorial writer on the Chicago Inter Ocean, whose death occuired vesterday, was formerly from Indiana, and did his first work on the Tipton Times. He was a fluent writer, vigorous in his ideas and feerless in their expression. Many of your friends, or people whom you know of, have contracted consumption or pneumonia by neglect of a simple cough. Foley’s Honey and Tar a safe, sure and pleasant cough medicine wou! 1 have saved them. It is guaranteed. Holthouse, Callow & Co. n Persons who are in the habit of using standard silver dollars as targets in pistol practice will find after today that their amusement will cost them dear, for the government has decided not to redeem any coin which has in any way been mutilated. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve will quickly heal the worst burns and scalds and not leave a scar. It can be applied to cuts and raw surfaces with prompt and soothing effect. Use it for piles and skin diseases. Beware of worthless counterfeits. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Every man in the state of Oregon who drinks intoxicating liquors is required to pay 85 for a license todoso. He must present his license when he wants a drink. The license is good for only six months, and upon the re newal of the same the name of the person wanting it is published. He didn't Care. Housewife. My dear, I see a two-column article in the Sunday paper about how even flour is adulterated. Husband. Well, I don't care, ner need you. We can’t git nothin’ with our stomick if we take Dr. Caldwill’s Syrup Pepsin. All druggists sell it, or see Smith, Yager & Falk. n I The discovery was made at Indiani apolis Thursday that the legislature of 1897 abolished capital punishment in Indiana by the law of 1887 when it changed the state prison south to the Indiana reformatory. It was not intended to abolish a death penalty, but as the law now reads no person can lie legally put to death in the 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 ami find health and happiness. Sold by Page Blackburn. Price 50 cts. Yi-Kicuresowns and warts. 157 The state board of medical registration intends to ask the legislature to make closer requirements for licenses to practice medicine in Indiana. It is proposed to have all applicants for licenses to pass an examination whether they are graduates of a recognized school of mtxlicioe or not. It is said that such a law will be urged by all the medical men in the state. "I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and find it to U* a great medicine,*’ says Mr. E. S. Phipps, of Poteau, Ark. ‘‘lt cured me of bloody flux, I cannot speak too highly Os it.” This remedy always wins the good opinion, if not praise, of those who use it. The quick cures which it effects even in the most severe cases make it a favorite everywhere. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. n

Crime is on the decrease, according to the statistics furnished by the large cities. This is due apparently to the fact that the laws are adjusted lietter and that they are enforced more rigidly than in former years. The secret service department show s that because of speedy, sure and adequate punishment, counterfeiting is not nearly so frequent as formerly. It is shown by the police records of the large cities that less than six per cent of criminals escape punishment Greensburg. Pa., July 11, 1898. About four years ago one side of my abdomen began to enlarge from a growth inside. It grew to such pro portions that it seemed to fill up the abdomen. Then dropsy began and swelled both legs and stomach to twice their normal size. The doctors called ' the trouble enlargement of the spleen, and told me I must die. 1 was removed from the hospital and sent for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm. I took seven bottles and continually gained and am well in every way now. The dropsy entirely disappeared and left the growth very small. Michael O’Neil. For sale by Holthous, Callow & Co. n

Oscar Lankenau of the Boston Store, transacted business at Berne last Friday. Trustee Boknecht wishes to notify the taxpayers and others, of Root township, that his office day will be Tuesday of each week, at his residence. T , r , , . 37t6 D. E. Smith and Charles Helm ar rived home Friday from Indianapolis, where they were promoted to the highest degree of Masonry. Notice: Belgian Hares We have for sale first class Belgian hares of imported and domestic strains. Price $4,00 and upward. Particulars furnished on request. W. J. &A. J. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind. 37-2 One of our subscribers asks us how to tell a bad egg. The best information we can give is that if you have anything bad to tell break it gently. Do not allow dealers to sell you something just as good as Putnam Fadeless Dyes. There is no such a thing on the market. Insist on having Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. A Washington paper says that “congress will not improve the present postage stamps, having decided to stick to the old issue.” If congress sticks to the old stamps it will have to furnish its own mucilage. Geo. A. Points. Upper Sandusky, Ohio, writes: “I have been using Foley’s Honey and Tar for hoarseness and find it is the best remedy. It stopped the cough immediately and relieved all soreness.” Holthouse, Callow & Co. n Those perjury cases in Kentucky are bewildering. When a man swears that he lied when he swore he wasn’t lying, it is a question whether he may have been bribed to swear that he was lyiqg or bribed to swear that he was lying whe he said he wasn’t lying. Mrs. T. Briddleman, Parshallville, Mich., was troubled with salt rheum for thirteen years and had tried a number of doctors without relief. After three applications of Banner Salve her hands became better and in a short time were entirely cured. Holthouse, Callow & Co. n State Auditor Hart, now that he has been re-elected, may be expected to bring forward his proposed reform in insurance matters. He will advocate the fire marshal system. He will also put forward a suggestion for a law to prevent rebating among life insurance companies and their agents. J. W. Bryan of Lowder, 111., writes“My little boy was very low with pneumonia. Unknown to the doctor we gave him Foley’s Honey and Tar. The result was magical and puzzled the doctor, as it immediately stopped the racking cough and he quickly recovered.” Holthouse, Callow & Co. n The mayor of Nelsonville, Ohio who is also the editor of the local paper there, attacked the high school teacher in the columns of his paper. They met at the post office and amid a spectacular performance the mayor was knocked out in the first round.’ Teachers sometimes have muscle as well as brains.

There is no pleasure in life if you dread going to the table to eat and can’t rest at night on account of indigestion. Henry Williams of Boon ville, Ind., says he suffered for years, till he commenced the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, and adds. “Now I can eat anything 1 like and all I want and sleep soundly every night.” Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will digest what you eat. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Until a few days ago Brown county bad neither railroad, telegraph or telephone within its borders, but now has a telephone line to Nashville, the county seat, from Columbus. On a clear day wiV.i a field glass the hills of this county can be seen from soldiers’ monument at Indianapolis, yet is a hundred years behind the times, within fifty miles of the state capital. Always make love to your wife. Remember sheiis just as sweet and dainty now as when you used to hold her by the hand and look into ber eyes and tell her-she was your only love, your heart's -delight. Half the petulance and distress that makes you so irritible comes from indigestion. You can cure it i>y taking Dr. Calk! well's Syrup Pepsin. It is guaranteed by Smith, Yagw & Falk. n The winter girl will be a very radiant picture this season in her velvet gown, her swirling plume-laden picture hat, her rich furs and ber big granny muff. Whatever else «die may economize oil she will not <«mt fur from her wardrobe, for not for manv seasons has fur been given so prominent a part in the drama of fashion. It is decidedly the vogue, and furs of all kind will will be used and iu ways undreamed of iu the years tluut are gone.

' A Good Thing. German Syrup is the special prescription of Dr. A. Boschee, a celebrated German physician, and is acknowledged to be one of the most fortunate discoveries in medicine. It quickly cures coughs, colds and all lung troubles of the severest nature, removing, as it does, the cause of the affection and leaving the parts tn a strong and healthy condition. It is not an experimental medicine, but has stood the test of ; years, giving satisfaction in every lease which its rapidly increasing sale every season confirms. Two million bottles sold annually. Boschee’s German Svrup was introduced into the United States iu 18(18, and is nowsold in every town and village in the civilized world. Three doses will re lieve any ordinary cough. Price 75 cts. Get Green's Prize Almanac. Page Blackburn, druggist. ts

II! kJ 111 st — . 0 11, Has some rare bargains to offer you for winter wear. © @ . Overcoats for men, boys and youths in every new style, pattern and price. ©1 p Whether you want a small Raglan coat, a Zero ulster, or a coat for the roughest usage, we are prepared to suit you in price and quality. T The women, misses and children we © @ can please with our complete selection of Jackets, Capes and Furs. We carry the famous Puritan hosiery _ and underwear in cotton and wool. £ Plaid Dress Goods for children’s school dresses, ioc to 25c per yard. Felt boots, socks, leather felt bootsomething new; all kinds of overshoes. ©ll© The celebrated Klondike lubber boot // and Thistle brand of rubbers. High cut shoes, Leggins for men, women and children. © @ Fancy Slippers of all kinds. ©1 p Our winter stock is immense. See our bargains before buying On second floor is the finest display of queensware, glassware, toys and noF tions in the city ® ® Take the elevator to third floor where you will see the best furniture in the city. Anything you want at right prices. K B SB. KERN, BEELER & CO. DECATUR, IND.

Full Price for the Empty Bottle. If Cleveland’s Lung Healer doesn’t cure your cough, return the empty bottle and get all your money back. But it will cure you. It has cured thousands of eases which other remedies failed to relieve in the slightest. We will give you a trial bottle of this wonderful remedy free. Large bottles 25 cents. Holthouse, Callow & Co. The wholesale price of potatoes has jumped up ten cents on the bushel in the past few days. It is expected that before the winter is far advanced the retail price to be charged up to the public will reach at least 25 cents a peek, whereas the prevailing price for the last month has been 15 cents a peek, A famous painting may be worth millions or a big pumpkin may take the first premium, but Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin brings mon* joy everyday as it becomes better known and more generally used for constipation, indigestion, sick headache and stomach trouble. Get it at Smith, Yager & Falk’s. n We bear of a young lady who recent ly undertook to cultivatetheacquaintance of a pretty calf, and after reaching her home she discovered the loss of her kerchief. She immediately re turned to the field only to find the calf dead. Upon examination it was found that the calf had died from the effects of lint on the lungs caused by chewing the rag. Your Nerves Will Kill You Ts you inglect them, Cleveland’Celery Compound Tea is an immediate and permanent cure for nervous prostration, ccMistipation 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 Co. Present conditions indicate that the members of theG. A. R. will not hold their nest auual reunion in Denver, the place selected at the Chicago encampment for the 1901 meeting. Unsatisfactory rate arrangements with western railroads are exiiected to turn the veterans from the Colorado capital to some city, probably Cleveland, in the eastern lines’ territory.

Good Advice. The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver com plaint. More than seventy-five per cent, of the people of the United States are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects, such as sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness, palpation of the heart, heart burn, waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stom ach, yellow skin, coated tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, com ing up of food low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of August Flower for 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you. Try it. Get Green’s Prize Almanac. Page Blackburn, druggist. ts

To remove a troublesome corn or bunion: First soak the corn or bunion iu warm water to soften it, then pare it down as closely as possible without drawing blood and apply Chamberlain’s Pain Balm twice daily; rubbing vigorously for five minutes at each application. A corn plaster should be worn fora few days, to protect it from the shoe. As a general liniment for sprains, bruises, lameness and rheumatism, Pain Balm is uneqnaled. For sale by Holthouse Callow & Co. n The church furniture trust has closed down the second factory in Richmond, Ind. About a year ago the trust absorbed both the Indiana and National plants, closing the former down at the time. Thursday it was announce that the other factory was closed down indefinitely, and the men told to look for other positions after they had voted for the "full dinner pail,” "prosperity,” “trusts” and other luxuries. And Wayne county is the banner republican county of Indiana. Whoop pee!

BAD BLOOD, BAD COMPLEXION. The skin is the seat of an almost endless variety of diseases. They are known by various names, but are all due to the same cause, acid and other poisons in the blo<xi that irritate and interfere with the proper action of the skin. To have a smooth, soft skin, free from all eruptions, the blood must be kept pure and healthy. The many preparations of arsenic and potash and the large number of face powders anil lotions generally used in this class of diseases cover up for a short time, but cannot remove permanently the ugly blotches and the red, disfiguring pimples. Eternal vigilance /« the prion of a hoautllul oompluxlon when such remedies are relied on. Mr. H. T. Shobe, 3704 Lucas Avenue, St X/>uls, Mo , says : “Mydauahtci wo afflicted fur years with a disfiguring eruption on her face which resisted nil treatment She was taken to two celebrated health apt ings, but received no benefit. Many medicines were pres, ritied, but without result, until we decided to try S. S s , and by the time the first bottle was finished the eruption began to disappear A dozen bottles cured her completely and left her akin perfectly smooth. She is now seventeen years old. and not a sign of the embarrassing disease lias ever returned ’’ S. 8. 8. is a positive, unfailing cure for the worst forms of skin troubles. It is the greatest of all blood purifiers, and the only one guaranteed purely vegetable. Bad blood makes had complexions. MMM purifies an d tuvigoML rates the old and makes new. rich blood th a t nourishes the Wre body and keeps the skin active and healthy and in proper condition to perform its part towards carrying off the impurities from the body. If you have Eczema, Tetter, Acne, Salt Rheum, Psoriasis, or your skin is rough and pimply, send for our book on Blood and Skin Diseases and write our physicians about your case. No charge whatever for this service. SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, fl A.