Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1901 — Page 3

Some Reasons ! Why You Should Insist on Having EUREKA HARNESS OIL Mnequaled by any other. Ren.i ers hard leather soft. I Especially prepared. Keeps out water. A heavy bodied oil. Harness A'i excellent preservative. Reduces cost of you’- harness. N ev cr burns the leather; its Efficiency is increased. Secures best service. Stitches kept from breaking. Oil fs sold in all Localities Manufactured by Standard Oil Company. Two Married Men. Dwight Peterson was among the gripp sufferers of last week, but is improving. They will make you laugh Two Married Men. opera house Monday, January 28. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin convinces you of Its merit the first dose yoa take. Smith, Yager & Falk, j Dr. 11. E. Keller has recovered from his recent attack of -the gripp with which he was affected two weeks or more. Chapped hands, cracked lips and roughness of the skin cured quickly by Banner Salve, the most healing ointment in the world. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j

The postoffice department is again urging everyone to use envelopes with a return printed on. It would certainly save great annoyance to those using the mails as well as to the department. Save doctors’bills by giving Folev's Honey and Tar to infants and child ren in time to prevent pneumonia or croup, which are fatal to so many thousands of babes. Holthouse. Callow & Co. j It might be said the grippe epidemic is all over the world. Tn this country it is everywhere. In NewYork there is said to be over 900,000 cas-s, while Chicago is reported as having more than 100,000 cases. The most soothing, healing and antiseptic application ever devised is DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, it relieves at once and cures piles, sores, eczema and skin diseases. Beware of imitations. Smith. Yager & Falk. ts It is said that nearly two hundred persons who have been confined in the Delaware county jail during the past seven months, have signed the temperance pledge at the instance of religious workers who have been conducting meetings in the jail. Cut this out and take it to Holthouse, Callow & Co's, drug store and get a free sample of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, the best physic. They also cure disorders of the stomach, biliousness and headache. j Everybody is now wondering whether Mayor Fleischman will grant a permit for the Jeffries-Ruhlin fistic contest in Cincinnati next month. Everybody seems to want it save the ministerial association, and the Mayor is at a loss to know which course to take. Tried five doctors. Mrs. Frances L. Sales of Missouri Valley, la., writes: “I had severekidney trouble for years, had tried five doctors without benefit, but three Itottles of Foley’s Kidney Cure cured me.’’ Holthouse, Callow & Co. j A woman walked into a local grocery the other day and bought four cents’ worth of postage stamps and gave the proprietor five cents in pay -j ment. He started to give the penny in change due the lady but she told J him she would take one cent's worth of pickles. Then she aske to have the pickles delivered. Pepsin preparations often fail to relieve indigestion because they can digest only albuminous foods. Then* is one preparation that digests all classes of food, and that is Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It cures the worst cases of indigestion and gives instant relief, for it digests what you eat. Smith, Yager Ac Falk. ts Don’t get gay with the editor man. Even the worm will turn. A young woman jx>ked fun at the editor of the Bluffton, Ind., Banner, liecause his trousers was patched. The editor went home and sued the young lady’s husband for fourteen dollars he owed on subscription. Montpelier Journal. To Whom it May Concern: We wish to notify the citizens of this county that we have secured theagen ey of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, the great cure for constipation, indigestion, sick headache and stomach trouble, and guarantee it to do as recommended. Wealways keep the best drugs on hand and solicit a call, promising the very liest of everything. Yours truly, Smith, Yager At Falk j One of tire funniest scenes in Two Married Men is the initation of Carnaby Fix into the mystic order of hod fellows. Everybody can appreciate it and to many it will bring back fond recollections of the night they “rode the goat.” The characters in this merry comedy are ail well drawn and are interpreted by a company of actors especially adapted to farce comedy. They come highly recoin mended by the eastern press and will no boubt rejieat here the success which has attended them in the eastern cities. We corned v will appear at the opera house Monday, January 28» r’-wT •

' Two Married Men, opera house Monday, January 28. Jack Schenneman, of Jackson, Michigan, Sundayed with his numerous friends here. The petit jury was discharged by 'Judge Heller last Thursday after about five weeks duty. Two Married Men. the laughable farce comedy, will appear at Bosse’s opera house Monday, January 28. James Waldron was at Portland the later part of last week looking after the buying of ashes. If Banner Salve doesn’t cure your piles, your money will be refunded. It is the most healing medicine. Holt house, Callow & Co. j “Duke” Stoops, editor of the Petersburg Democrat, was here last week to attend the funeral of his uncle, Norval Blackburn. DeWitt, la. Pepsin Syrup Co. Gents: I cannot recommend Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin too highly. It has been a great benefit to me. Very truly, Ray Buckley. j Notice is hereby given that the office day of the trustee of Kirkland township will be Monday of each week at my home. Wm. D. Hoffman, Trustee. 39m6 A Vermont town has declared the ringing of church bells and the crowing of roosters a nuisance and has passer! an ordinance prohibiting both. It is needless to say that the old town is largely republican. After LaGrippe - What? Usually a hacking cough and a general feeling of weakness. Foley’s Honey and Tar is guaranteed to cure the “grippe cough” and make you strong and well. Holthouse. Callow & Co. j

The oldest woman in Indiana lives in Clinton county. Her name is Elizabeth Parrigiu and on Friday last, she celebrated the 104th anniversary of her birth. She has lived under every president elected in the United States, and is yet in good heatlh. J. A. Lambert, of Rachel, N. C., writes: “I heartily endorse Foley’s Kidney Cure. It does what you claim it to do, and there is nothing equal to it, and I thank you for the good it has done me.” Accept no substitute. Holthouse Callow & Co. j Notice. All people owing the firm of DeVilbiss & Archbold are hereby notified to call at the office of Dr. Roy Archbold and settle same as soon as possible, either by cash or note. Miss Fanny DeVilbiss. 43tf The number of trusted men that are found to have been long robbing the funds in their keeping, shows that public offices and private concerns ought frequently to check up the accounts of every man that has opportunities to steal, no matter how much he may lie trusted.

Lingering LaGrippe Cough. G. Vacher, 157 Osgood St., Chicago, says: “My wife had a very severe case of la gripp, and it left her with a very bad cough. She tried a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar and it gave immediate relief.” Price 25c. and 50c. Holthouse, Callow k. Co. j When steel pens were first made they were so costly that the manufactures advertised that they would make such repairs to their pens as might be necessary for a stated time, generally about six months. When a man damaged his pen he carried it back to the factory and had it mended by an experienced mechanic. Your Nerves Will Kill Vou If you neglect them. Cleveland’s Celery Compound Tea is an immediate and permanent cure for nervous prostration, constipation, indigestion and all diseases of the blood, liver and kidneys. We will give you a free trial package. Large packages 25 cents. Holthouse, Callow & Co. There is one comfort in the coming on of cold weather. Statistics indicate that outbreaks of insanity are most frequent in the hot season, and that suicides in the summer months as compared with the winter months, are as three to two. Whence it would appear that even our reason and our love of life are best kept on ice. Rememlrer that Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the only dyes in the world that arc guaranteed to give satisfaction. If you use Putnam Fadeless Dyes and are dissatisfied, send the empty envelope to Monroe Drug Co., Unionville, Mo., and they will forward yon lOe for every envelope of Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. The controller of the currency has decided that tipping railway porters, steamship stewards and other such officials is necessary, and that government officials’ expenses ou that score will be allowed if reasonable. The case considered was that of Captain Irvin, who paid $3 to a steward coming from Porto Rico to New York, and the expense is allowed. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for sick and nervous headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up vour health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by Page Blackburn, druggist. If we were to announce that you could get this paper thirty days for the price of three beers, every decendent of Adam would know that means fifteen cents. Bin if we were to say it would lie sent three months for the price of a gospel hymn Itook half of them would’ent know whether wo had raised the subscription rate or were giving it away. Van Buren News.

Two Married Men at opera house Monday, January 28. Dan Tyndall has been among the list of grip suffering for a week past but is improving. A. R. Bell was looking after business interests at Union City last week, returning home Friday. The Farmers Institute last Thursday and Friday was the banner one of the associations history. The office day of the undersigned trustee of St. Mary's township will be at his home Tuesday of each week. Chas. P. Yager. 41-6 The circuit court adjourned last Friday and Saturday to allow the Farmers Institute the use of the court room. Such little pills as DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are very easily taken, and they are wonderfully effective in cleansing the liver and bowels. Smith, Yager & Falk ts According to the theory of evolution it takes a monkey millions of years to make a man of himself; but we know a young man around here that makes a monkey of himself about every time he opens his mouth. If troubled with a weak digestion, belching, sour stomach, or if you feel dull after eating, try Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents. Samples free at Holthouse, Callow's Ac Co’s, drug store. j It will require 835,000 more money and six months to complete the Soldiers' and Sailors' monument at Indianapolis. The regents say the work has been delayed by the Chinese war. LaGrippe coughs often continue for months and sometimes lead to fatal results after the patient is supposed to have passed the danger point. Foley’s Honey and Tar affords positive protection from these coughs. Holthouse, Callow A; Co. j Low Rate of Interest. Money loaned at five per cent, interest, payable annually or semi-an-nually, at option of borrower, with privilege of partial payments at any interest paying time. No delay in making loans. F M. Schirmeyer, Decatur, Ind. 9tf

The U. S. Senate passed the Burleigh reapportionment bill just as it came from the house after only five minutes’ consideration, shortly before 5, Friday afternoon. When signed by the president it will lie a law. This bill increases tl • size of the house to 383 members. To the Deaf. A rich lady cured of her deafness and noises in the head by Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, gave 510,000 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 A man in Philadelphia takes five daily papers, just to read the patent medicine advertisements. He imagines, when reading the symptoms of any disease, that the malady is growing unseen within his body, and he skips off to the drug store and buys a remedy. During the past two years he has taken 772 bottles of various proprietary preparations. 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 50 cts. Yi-Ki cures corns and warts. lE7 It anybody has 20,000 gallons of sauer kraut they should notify the commissary department of the regular army at Washington because Uncle Sam needs it for his army in the Philippines. Somebody has discovered that sauer kraut is good eating for the tropics and the war department has decided to try it on our soldiers over there. An Editor's Awful Plight. F. M. Higgins, editor Seneca (Ills.,) News, was afflicted for years with piles that no doctor or remedy helped until he tried Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He writes two boxes wholly cured him. It’s the surest pile cure on earth and the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Gnly 25 cents. Sold by Page Biackburn, druggist. The attraction at the opera house next Monday, January 28, will be Geo. R. Edeson's latest comedy success of Two Married Men. The press where ever they have appeared speaks in the highest terms of the company, and our theatre goers will no doubt turn out to greet them on their appearance here on that evening. The policemen of Pekin are armed principally with small drums, which they beat loudly in order to let lawbreakers know they are coming. All night long the guardian, of the peace beat a tattoo in the streets, anti as a consequence, are said to make a few arrests. The blind also use drums to announce their coming anti to warn othe people to get out of their way. Notice to Wheelmen. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 25 cent bottle of Henry A 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 uOcents. Page Blackburn. ts

B J. Terver is able to be out after an illness of several weeks. The rollicking farce comedy, Two Married Men, opera house Monday, January 28. H. L. Confer and Curley Rademacher were at Fort Wayne Thursday evening to see “Zaza.” Quality and not quantity makes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers such valuable little liver pills. Smith, Yager Ac Falk. ts Barney Kalver & Son, four doors south of Peoples’ livery barn, pay the highest prices for hides, pelts, furs, iron, metal, rubber, rags, etc. 25tf George Wemhoff is able to attend to business again after several weeks indoors with a broken arm received in a runaway at New Haxen. The merited reputation of curing piles, sores and skin diseases acquired by DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, has led to the making of worthless counterfeits. Be sure to get only DeWitt’s Salve. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts The girl that stabbed the young man with a hat pin because he kissed her, inflicting a wound from which he died, ought to be punished for her violence. But she ought not to be imprisoned or anything like that. She ought to be sentenced to never again kiss another man as long as she lives. The recent census figures gives an average of $27 worldly possession to each of Uncle Sam’s children includ ing all his foreign possessions. Evidently somebody has more than his share, though, for one can name hundreds of hard working men who haven’t 27 cents. When threatened by pneumonia or any other lung trouble, prompt relief is necessary, as it is dangerous to delay. We would suggest that One Minute Cough Cure be taken as soon as indications of having taken cold are noticed. It cures quickly and its early use prevents consumption. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts It is amusing to the editor to see a man who imagines that he has been neglected or abused and comes and stops his paper and says he has no time to read it. The amusing part about it is when he again meets the editor he looks so surprised and wonders how the editor can possible keep up without him. There are Hirers. Full Price for the Empty Buttle. 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 cases which other remedies failed to relieve in the slightest. We will give you a trial bottle of this wonderful remedy free. Large bottle 25 cents. Holthouse, Callow & Co. Bonne Terre, Mo., although containing a population of 5,000, it is not properlv speaking a city or town. It is merely an aggregation of houses, streets and folks. There is no mayor, no assembly no commissioners of this or that. The township authorities look to the peace of thecommuity and transact all other necessary public business. Window Cliffs, Tenn., May 10, ’9B. I had been suffering a long time with liver and kidney trouble, and was unable to move myself in my bed. Finally I procured two bottles of Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm. As I finished the second I bebame able to go about my work as usual. I gladly recommend it. W. T. Marra. Sold by Holthouse, Callow & Co. j It is a far cry from the heart of a child to Richard Croker. Nevertheless, William Allen White, in a char-actor-study of Tammany’s ruler, insists on a certain childlike simplicity in the nature of this political “boss.” The article is written with that brilliancy which distinguishes the author, and its effect is to explain something of the mystery in Croker's power over his fellows. This season there is a large death rate among children from croup and lung troubles. Prompt action will save the little ones life from these terrible diseases. We know of nothing so certain as One Minute Cough Cure. It can also be relied upon for grippe for all throat and lung troubles of adults. Pleasant to take, Smith, Yager & Falk. ts The last official act of Gov. James A. Mount was the granting of a parole to Thomas Bloom of Huntington county, who was sentenced to the state prison for shooting an oil man fatally. The story of the shooting is that Bloom, who had previously borne a reputation as a good citizen, hadlieen bothered by thieves and one night seeing a man in his dooryard fired at him. The bullet struck the intruder in the leg and wounded him so badly that blood poisoning set in and the man died. Bloom was sentenced to prison.

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 an<! 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 Unitixf 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

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