Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1900 — Page 3

Christmas trees and trimmings., and candies of all kinds at Martin & Co. J. W. Tyndall was at Portland attending to business Friday of last week. Colchin quotes extremely low pricey to teachers and Sunday-school com* mittees. 40 t 2 Frank Hisey of Chattanooge, Ohio, m ade us a pleasant and profitable call last Saturday. Notice That Colchin is the only one that makes home made candies. Try them. They are fine. 40-t2 The street railway now looks like a sure thing, and the year 1902 will probably see same completed. Elder W. H. Daniels and wife of Fort Wayne, were in the city over Sunday on account of quarterly meet ing. The most effective little liver pills made are DeWitt’s Littie Early Risers They never gripe. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Don’t be bothered with poor coal o il. Buy eocene oil. ft makes a clear bright. At Blackburn’s drug store. 40-t4 Ned Bobo, formerly a printer of much merit on the democrat, but for some months with the North Judson News, is home on a two weeks vacation. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are dainty little pills,, but they never fail to cleanse the liver, remove obstructions and invigorate the sys tern. Smith, Yager & Falk ts The Peoria Y. M. C. A. has acquired by purchase the desk used by the late Bob Ingersol when practicing law in that town, and it will be used by the secretary of the railroad branch of that organization. If you would have an appetite like a bear and a relish for your meals take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They correct disorders of the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels. Price 25 cents. Samples tree at Holthouse, Callow & Co’s, drug store. d The comptroller of the currency wants a law that will put national' bank directors and officials on the I same footing with the other customers when it comes to loaning the funds of the bank. He says the lack of such a law is responsible for two-thirds of the bank failures. Help is needed at once w hen a person's life is in danger. A neglected eough or cold may soon become serious and should be stopped at' once. One Minute Cough Cure quickly cures coughs and colds and the worst cases of croup, bronchitis, grippe and other throat and lung troubles. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts

SANTA CLAUS' HEADQUARTERS The Big 4>O FEET OF FLOOR SPACE, Loaded down with Christmas Delights for the children.. JVv No other three stores combined can equal our display of beautiful gifts for old and young for Xmas time. Our second floor for Holidays is a Veritable Bower of Beauty.

Art Gallery. Filled with elegant picture studies for home or club rooms. Medallions. A large line at 25 cents and 50 cents. Toy Furniture Os all kinds. Children’s Blackboards: Children’s Roll Top Writing Desks; Doll Go-carts and Cabs. Albums. Teachers’ Bibles; Music Rolls, Holiday Books from 1 cent to 98 cents.

Fancy Work Baskets, Whisk Brooms, Clocks, Jardiniere and Stands; Chamber Sets, Water Sets, Pocket Books, Cuspidors, Carpet Sweepers. Umbrella Stands, Wall Pockets, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Glove Boxes and Trinket Boxes.

Third Floor filled with New Furniture for the Holiday Season... ./Fpie “BIG Store”.. DECATUR, INDIAINA. KERIN, BEELER & CO. ,

and P Sundav e s°) D Pi ! ni l’ es to teachers Martin & Co. b 1 Com >nittee’s at ib 7 i , J9t3 I Z'»ke and Daisy of Missouri r- i fame, are for n °! r (,lr l house tomorrow night. 8 Of*™ A trust is hard to beat but T r. once more got the right kind* cam ins’ 8 Ca “ d "' B tilat are Pure atColchr’ 40-t2 If anybody should ask von .. watermellon has water in fl tell them s P ring?’ ttU8 ° “ WM Planted in Old Arkansaw,, you laugh and hen you cry. Chicago pape? a Jbe greatest comedy drama of the “ e ”’ B P a P er writer suggests that “ tbe fools be uniformed, but he neglected to say who should separate the fools from the wise. * Gen. Joe Wheeler said in a recent speech: “The progress of ourZmtry is due more to the Christian religion and its practice than all else combined. « * C^ d ’- °, r lagr ‘PP e can be nippedl in the bud” with a dose or two of holey s Honey and Tar. Beware of substitutes. There is nothing so good. Holthouse, Callow A d This is bound to be a hard winter for the poor. A meeting of the bottle trust was held recently and an agree nient was reached by which the price of champagne bottles is to tie advanced from 9 to 12 per cent at once. Have you headache? Do you feel tired? Is your tongue coated? These are premonitions of liver and kidnev troubles, and can be promptly checked by taking Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. d Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Heller entertained at six o clock dinner Saturdav evening. and the affair was a social success, the reports of a most pleasant time reach us and we doubt not the truth of such miners. Among the 'guests were Rev. and Mrs. W. H. j Daniels, Fort Wavne; Rev. and Mrs. C. G. Hudson and Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bryson. No one can reasonably hope for good health unless his bowels move once each day. When this is not attended to, disorders of the stomach arise, biliousness, headache, dyspepsia and piles follow. If you wish to avoid these ailments keep your bowI els regular by taking Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets when required. They are so easy to take and mild and gentle in effect. For sale I by Holthouse, Callow & Co. d

* Goto Blackburn’s drug store for pure spices and flavoring extracts. ..rr, • 40-t4 jhe 1 rip to the Circus” company did not materialize Friday evening as announced. As usual Colchin will have the largest and best assortment of X-mas trees to select from. 40 t 2 A play never forget Old Arkansaw. W ill be here in all its vast entirety. Opera house Friday, Dec, 14. J It isn't necessary for you to be an acrobat in order to tumble to the fact tluit this is the best puper for your family to read. For sale One billard and three pool tables for sale cheap, together with stocks of cigars. For information call at this office. 39t4 There will tie no rush on the part of one-night stand managers to secure Sarah Bernhardt and company. A guarau.ee of $4,500 a performance is required. Lady Correspondent Wanted.—l want to hear from any lady who has stomach trouble. 1 will recommend Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin and guarantee it to cure. Your truly, Smith Yager & Falk. d A tramp near Ottawa made a meal from several pounds of dried apples which he stole from a farm house, and three doctors worked over him all day to save his life. He wasn’t accustomed to such swell dinners. For hoarseness, Beni. Ingerson, of Hutton, Ind., says he had not spoken a word above a whisper for months, and one bottle of Honey and Tar restored his voice. Used largely by speakers and singers. Holthouse, Callow & Co. d There is talk among some of the 1 Indiana congressmen, says the Indianapolis Press, of pushing legislation in the present session of congress looking to improve the Wabash river so that there may be navigation as far as Lafayette. In the earlier part of the. century there was steamboat navigation on the Wabash as far as Lafayette, and the question is, cannot the Wabash be opened again with profit to the towns and the country along the river? How to Cure Croup. Mr. R. Gray, who lives near Amenia, Duchess county, N. Y., says: “Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the best medicine I have ever used. It is a fine children’s remedy for croup and never fails to cure.” When given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough has developed, it will prevent the attack. This should be borne in mind and a bottle of the ■ Cough Remedy kept at hand ready for instant use as soon as these symptoms appear. For sale by Holthouse, I Callow & Co. ’ d

Silverware. Knives, Forks. Children's Sets from 10c to $1.40. Dolls and Doll Heads. Dolls—Big and Little, from 1c to $2.50. Lamps. The most esquisite things in Parlor Lamps from 98c to $5.98. Toys Galore! Rubber Toys, Mechanical Toys that jump run and perform antics as living things, make the children happy. Horns, Drums, Whistles, Shoo Fly, Hobby Horses, Swinging Horses—rare treats for the boys and girls.

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The largest and most complete line of Xmas, furniture in northern Indiana, at Gay & Zwicks. 40t2 T. H. Reed, the popular salesman for Whitmore’s polish is at home on his holiday vacation. The river and harbor committee of the house is figuring on a bill carrying about $10,000,000, at this session of congress. Ihe latest designee in fancy rockers and dining room chairs, at prices to suit the customers at Gay & Zwicks, 4012 Getting personal advertising by receiving an “internal machine” seems to be having a revival in various sections of the country. A visit to Gay <& Zwicks mamouth furniture store will convince the most skeptic that they are the people to see when in need of any kind of furniture. 40t2 The Potter crusade against vice, in New York city, is much more vigorous than its predecessor, the Parkhurst crusade, even if it doesn’t employ so large a staff of press agents-. For Pneumonia, Dr. C. J. Bishop. Agnew, Mich., says: “I ha -e used Foley’s Honey and Tar in three very severe cases of pneumonia with good results in every case.” Holthouse, Callow & Co. d The foot ball season has closed with a record of nine killed and a score of players more less seriously maimed, some of them for life. And yet foot ball is upheld by the same people who strenuously object to prize fighting on the grounds of extreme brutality. When you need a soothing and healing anti-septic application for any purpose, use the original Witch Hazel Salve, a well known cure for piles and skin diseases. It heals sores without leaving a scar. Beware of counterfeits. Smith Yager & Falk. t s Gas is being found in paying quantities north of Delphos, Ohio. The gas has always been piped in from the south but not until recently was it supposed that gas existed north of the town. The last well drilled showed 400 pounds rock pressure. Among the tens of thousands who have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for colds and lagrippe during the past few years, to our knowledge, not a single case has resulted in pneumonia. Thos. Whitefield & Co., 240 Wabash avenue, Chicago, one of the most prominent retail druggists in that city, in speaking of this, say’s: “We recommend Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for lagrippe in many casese, as it does not only give prompt and .complete recovery, but also counteracts any tendency of lagrippe to result in pneumonia.” For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. d

Our 6c, 10c and 15c counters are groaning under the most com - plete assortment of useful and ornamental articles for Christmas time ever collected in this city. You should not fail to visit them when you call. K

TERRIBLE PAINS Often accompany a fit of acute indL ♦ gestiqn. The agony may either sooW _z-Cw subside or last for hours. U-KO-MA Pink Tablets • v 1 i 3 ie ever re^a hle remedy for this distressing affection. Don’t suffer J pains and discomfort as the penalty for eating—take U-KO-MA and have easy di S estion - All druggists, “ f *v * 10c. and 25c., or by maii, prepaid. d THE U-KO-MA REMEDY CO. 1

The person who disturbed the congregation last Sunday by coughing, is requested to call on Holthouse, Callow <s Co. and get a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar. It always gives relief. ' d It is claimed that before Schlatter became a full-fledged “Messiah,” he served two terms in a lunatic asylum in Switzerland and spent many years in trying to capture “perpetual motion. ' There’s a fine preparation. The latest song and how it goes is always of interest to some but the condition of one’s health should be first in the line of consideration. If you take Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin you can’t have indigestion .or stomach trouble. That is certain. Smith, Yager & Falk. d At the recent election a large number of justices of the peace were elected. Under the law of 1897 justices were to be elected in 1898 and every four years thereafter. Vacancies caused by death or resignation are filled by the board of county commissioners and the appointees serve until the election in 1902, hence justices elected this year have no title to the office. Good Advice. The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver complaint. 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 stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food aftereating, 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

Games. Carrom, Checkers, Crokinole, Lotto, and every conceivable new game at your disposal. Imported Vases. Special sale of the finest vases at one half their cost Fancy Dishes. Cabarettes, Salads. Fruit Sets, Chocolate Pots, Celery Dishes, Cups and Saucers, Rose Bottles, Olive Dishes and anything you want in this line. Phonographs. Edison’s latest design. The marvel of the age. A delight to the home circle. SIO.OO, $20.00 and $30.00. Best in the world.

Cold and cough cures are numerous, but the one t hat leads all others in merit, is Foley’s Honey and Tar, which is in great demand these days. Holthouse, Callow & Co. d The killing of 15 English soldiers and the capt ure of 400 more by the Boers has caused England great surprise. They thought the war was over, but it will last as long as a Boer is able to carry a gun. Don’t use any of the counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Most of them are worthless or liable to cause injury. The original Witch Hazel Salve is a certain cure for piles, eczema, cuts, scalds, burns, sores and skin diseases. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Frank B. Robinson the resident manager of the Robinson acres in French township, is now with his family living in Bluffton. His fam ily have continued their residence in Richmond until now they are located nearer God’s country, and where Frank will see them frequently. 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 in a strong and healthy condition. It is'not an experimental medicine, but has stood the test of years, giving satisfaction in every case which its rapidly increasing sale every season confirms. Two million bottles sold annually. Boschee’s German Syrup was introduced into the United States in 1868, and is now sold in every town and village in the civilized world. Three doses will relieve any ordinary cough. Price 75 cts. Get Green's Prize Almanac. Page Blackburn, druggist. ts