Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1901 — Page 3

— thn accompanied by When lilt ie ■a tn Colli* tions on the sk * n . Hair rails Aaa* swollen glands, aching muscles fIHII 3,1(5 lx>nes, the disease is making "’ll rapid headway, and far worse svniptoms will follow unless the blood is nromp’lv and effectually cleansed of this Potent destructive poison. SS.S. >• the on *y sa * e a,l< * infallible cure for this disease, the only antidote (or this specific poison. It cures the worst cases thoroughly and permanently. Mi Condllloo Could I contracted II lochl S .. ... Poison. I tried Have Been No Worse. did me no good ; I was getting worse all the time niy hair came out, ulcers appeared in mv throat and mouth, my body was almost covered with copper colored splotches and offensive wrfs I suffered severely from rheumatic pains in mv shoulders and arms. My condition could have been no worse ; only those afflicted as I was can understand tny sufferings. I had about lost all hope of ever being well again when

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I decided to try S. S. S., but must confess I had little faith left in any medicine. After taking thethird bottle I noticed a change in my condition This was truly encouraging, and I determined to give S. S, S. a thorough trial. From that time on the improvement was rapid; S. S. S. seemed to have the discare completely under control; the sores and ulcers healed and I was, won free from all signs l of the disorder ; I have

been strong and healthy ever since 1,. W. Smith, Luck box 611, Noblesville, Ind. is the only purely vegetable blood purifier known. Ji.ooois is ¥1 tb-jB offered for pt oof that it contains a par*tele of mercury, potash or other mineral poison. Send for our free book on Blood Poison; it contains valuable information about this disease, with full directions for self treatment. We charge nothing for medical advice ; cure yourself at home. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.

Another watch sale at Hensley’s during February only. 48tf Noah Mangold is selling stock for the Decatur Oil & Gas Company. 1847 knives and forks at Hensley’s, or Hamilton for ¥4.25 any time during February. 48tf Schafer, Son <Sc Loch have their bicycle line for this season on display and they are a handsome lot. Piles of people testify to the merit of Banner Salve in curing piles. It is guaranteed. Holthouse. Callow & Co. f Thomas A. Edison, in a recent interview, declares his belief that electricity should be introduced in the public schools as a study, to rank in importance with spelling and arithmetic. A sufferer gives the following as some of the symptoms of the grip: ‘‘A wheeze, a sneeze, bones ache, brains bake, eyes read, can’t smoke, no joke, can’t sins', ears ring, can.t talk, can’t walk, don’t care, rip, swear, take pills. Doc’ bills. When you want a physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and pleasant in effect use Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents. Samples free. Everv box guaranteed. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. ’ f It ii a mad world, mv masters. E. B. Bruce, a Baltimore man worth 1300,000, commited suicide because he had too much work. Atjabout the same time in Chicago a poor man killed himself because he had no work to do. Frequent coughing inflames the lungs. Foley’s Honey and Tar stops the coughing and heals the lungs. The ordinary cough medicines which are simply expectorants, will not do this, as they keep the lungs irritated in throwing off the phlegm. Holthouse, Callow & Co. f , A Chicago firm, wholesale dealers in "‘ !, f t °b® cco » slais stopped handling the 1900 Wisconsin crops and will close all its warehouses in that state atonce. The firm is canceling all contracts made for the 1900 crops on the ground that it is damaged to such an extent it cannot be handled safely. $30.00 Chicago to Portland. Seattle lacoma and North Pacific Coast, via Chicago Ac North-Western Railway, optional routes via St. Paul or Omaha. Tickets on sale each Tuesday, Feb ruary 12 to April 30. Shortest time enroute. Finest scenery. Dailv tourist ear excursions personally conducted semi weekly. For tickets, illustrated pamphlets and full information inquire of nearest ticket agent or ad Chicago & North-Western R’y, -2 fifth avenue. Chicago, 111. 49-6 1 ..® ena s° r Kittinger will introduce a bill to increase the salari'w of Madi- ?° n county officers to the following ncures: Clerk, $6,300; recorder, auditor, $6,500; treasurer, H,800; sheriff, $6,200. Madison county >s reguarded as one of the counties in which the present system is unjust, ■ake is another, and it is said to be ‘“■ plan to make a few increases and in counties where contk , lfi have radically changed since '*e law of 1895 was enacted. .. ,„ A "nd ne«th Fight. Mr. W. A. Hines of Manchester, la., of his almost miraculous es ■ape fro m death, says: “Exposure ter meaales induced serious lung rouble, which ended in consumption. ; “ il ‘‘ , frequent hemorrnges and "’tighed night and day. All my doc(,rs said I must soon die. Tlapi 1 lieKan the use of Dr. King’s New Dis'"ery for consumption, which com L;iuL c . tne. I would not lie p’thout it even if cost SS.(X) a bottle, in, i ” * iave "a** s ** on *»v recom‘"'’ation and all say it never fails to '• throat chest ants lung troubles." l 3r 18r r S,Ze r,Oc «’OO. Trilli store frW at pHge Blackburn’s drug

Don't miss the watch sale at Hensley s during February. 48tf _. T - M. Ited Sundayed with his Docatur fnenas and relatives. K- Holthouse is the guest of Wolfe Bros. Columbus, Ohio, this week. Mv clocks I have reduced from $5 to.<l. Ul y .sl, to $3. $3.50 to $2.50 during February only at Hensley’s. Mrs. E. J. Bailey entertained a number of friends last Friday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Clever." H the poor people did but know how litttle some millionares enjoy their wealth there would be less envy in the world. I’ rostbites and chilblans quicklv cured by Banner Salve, the most healing remedy in the world. Holthouse. Callow & Co. f , Don Quinn, Roy Archbold and Will Schrock were initiated into mysteries of the Mark Master degree of Masonry last Friday evening. Notice is hereby given that the office daj’ of the trustee of Kirkland township will be Monday of each week at my home. \\ m. D. Hoffman, Trustee. 39m« After a thorough canvass of the goose Irone, the hOg melt and the groundhog prophesies, it is safe to announce that the summer will be warmer than the winter. Like bad dollars, all counterfeits of De\\ itt’s Witch Hazel Salve, are worthless. The original quickly cures piles, sores and all skin diseases. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts If the legend about the issuance from bis winter retreat of the groundhog, in search of his shadow is true, winter will soon end and roseate spring will put in an appearance. To stop a cold. After exposure or when you feel a cold coming on, take a dose of Foley’s Honey and Tar. It never fails to stop a cold if taken in time. Holthouse, Callow & Co. f Frank Wall, on trial at Huntington for safeblowing, claimed that the nitroglycerin in his possession was procured as a heart tonic, one drop each evening, and he introduced expert testimony sustaining this plea. Experience has taught us that the best remedy for the aged is Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier. It strengthens the nerves and builds up a vigorous and healthy appetite. For sale by Holt house, Callow & Co. f

A lecturer on sociology wants to know why a man has to have twenty pockets and a woman only one, or none at all. That lecturer should formulate a logical answer to his own question if he is looking for a short cut to fame. 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 Huntington isasked to put up.? 10,000 to secure the power house and headquarters of the Southern Traction company. A representative of the company says they will expend $185,000 in buildings and equipments and employ from 75 to 110 men. For the weakness and prostration following grippe there is nothing so prompt and effective as One Minute Cough Cure. This prepraration is highly endorsed as an unfailing remedy for all throat and lung troubles and its early use prevents consumption. It was made to cure quickly. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Report comes from Venezuela that a party of Americans have discovered petroleum in great quantity on the island of Margarita, in the Caribbean sea. The Standard Oil company should loose no time in declaring the product worthless and then securing a monopoly of the entire find and output. Recent experiments show that all classes of foods may be completely digested by a preparation eallwl Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, which absolutely digests what you eat As it is the only combination of ail the natural digestants ever devised the demand has become enormous. It has never failed to euie the very worst cases of indigestion ami it always gives instant relief. Smith, Yager X Falk. ts One hundred and sixty miles an hour is the speed aimed at by a new electric railway company in Germany, under the direct patronage of the Emperor. Cars with accommodations for fifty persons each are now lieing built and will be tried on a thirtykilometer track. It is intended to use electricity only for the express passenger service, as for freight the local traffic steam is expected to remain the power for a long time. A Woman’s Words of Praise. Ne osho Falls, Kans., Nov. 18. 1900. Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, 111. Dear Sirs: For almost fifteen years 1 suffered from indigestion, and last winter thought I would die, when my doctor, Dr. A. J. Lieurance of this place, advised me to try Dr. Cald well’s Syrup Pepsin, which I did, and two bottles cured me. It not only relieved me. but it cured meso that I have not been troubled since. If any one should offer me SSOO for the good Syrup Pepsin has done me I would not think of taking it. No one can take your medicine without being ‘ convinced of its more than wonderful cures. I recommend it to all mv friends as a laxative and stomach remedy. Yours with gratitude, Airs, j. Morgan. Sold by Smith. Yager X Fulk. ’ m ,

Lewis Koennernan was at Hoagland last Friday on business. Now don’t get sick next month because you did not visit Hensley’s watch sale during February. 48tf Airs. Kate Bunlge and Mrs. Maude Gilliom are at Cincinnati looking after spring styles of hats. Diamond patent flour, twenty-five pound sack 48 cents: fifty pound sack 95 cents, at Jas. K. Niblick's. 44tf Mr. and Mrs. Ames left last Friday for their home at C hamberlain, >S. D., after a several days’ visit with relatives here. Watches at $2.50, $4.50, $6.50 and $8.50. In gold filled ladies or gents at $10.50, $12.50, and $14.50 at Hensley’s during February only. 48tf \\ inters are not growing appreciably milder in the Klondike. Sixtyeight degrees below zero is the record thus far this season. Persons who cannot take ordinary pills find it a pleasure to take DeWitts Little Early Risers. They’are the best little liver pills ever made. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts The indications are that instead of baseball clubs occupying the diamond this year, the large and growing army of league organizations will have to have both the diamonds and outfields to settle their differences A great many women have the idea that sickness is the righteous inheritance of their sex. This is wrong. Dr. J. H. Ale Lean’s Liver and Kidney Balm will correct irregularities peculiar to their diseases. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. f A Chicago street railway company has issued an order prohibiting its conductors and motormen from eating onions. The odorific little animal from which Chicago derived its name has had its laurels threatened in many ways in the ‘ city by the lake,” but this order will remove one of the polecat's most formidable rivals. Reports show a greatly increased death rate from throat and lung trollies, due to the prevalence of croup, pneumonia and grippe. We advise the use of One Minute Cough Cure in all of these difficulties. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Children like it. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts At a recent social function given in Ossian, part of the evening’s amusements was in guessing the names of flowers from a sentence or group of words having some relation to the name. The originality of the following certainly deserves a chromo: “What flower represents a joint smasher ?- Cart rie (nation.’’ A bill is pending before the Indiana legislature appropriating $75,000 for a governor's mansion. A like measure is pending in the Oregon legislature and Governor Grier of that state has requested that the bill be defeated. He states that his salary enables him to live comfortably while serving as governor, but if required to maintain a mansion he would lie bankrupted. . So many people wonder and ask themselves why it is that among so many cough syrups Dr. Marshall's Lung Syrup is so far superior for coughs. This is not so strange; this medicine was a life-time study of Dr. Marshall, and perfected by him w hile searching for his own health. The purest drugs are used in its manufacture hence the results. The only way we can convince you of the true merit of this medicine is for you to givewit a trial. It is guaranteed to give satisfaction. Price 25, 50 and SI.OO. Sold by druggists and dealers. f

t The latest thing in combination is 1 said to lie the tiu-can “combine,” with ea capitalization of $10,000,000. At a present there are 105 tin-can factories y in this country, but when the new ar e rangeinent goes into effect, which will be the first of April, one-third of these - will drop out and the rest will lie controlled by the American Tin canComj pany. Glorious Me*.« Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile of Washita, I. T. He writes: “Four Ixittles of Electric Bitters has cured I Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had I caused her great suffering fur years. r Terrible sores would break out on her C head and face, and the Ijest doctors t could give no help; but her cure is complete and her health is excellent.” This shows what thousands have i proved that Electric Bitters is the • I>est blood purifier known. It's the . supreme remedy for exzeina, tetter. > salt rheum, ulcers, Ixiils and running < sores. It stimulates liver, kidnev and ' bowels, expels poisons, helps diges- • tion builds up the strength. Only 50 > cents. Sold by Page Blackburn, druggist. Guaranteed. A. McKeeman will sell at public sab at his residence one ami one-half miles southwest of Monroe, commencing at nine o'clock a. in. on Tuesday, March 12. the following property, towit: Seven years old horse, twelve years old horse, two 2 v ears old colts, yearling colt, two milch cows, fresh in a few weeks; five sheep, brood sow with 8 pigs, ten head of shoats. full blooded Poland China boar, threeinch tire road wagon, binder, mower, two horse corn plow, riding hay rake, spring tooth harrow, pair hay ladders, set of heavy harness, nearly new; ninety shocks of fodder in field, hay ' and shreded fodder in barn and numerous other articles. Terms of 1 sale: Sums of $5.00 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of nine months will lie given, the purchaser giving note with approvisl security, bearing 7 per cent, interest after maturity. Seven |»*r cent, off for cash.

! Saturday Special Sale. I pSPi - -.— _________________________, fiwE ll# I I I ~ I I gpU ‘ ' i || Dry Goods Department. 25c Mufflers for- 19c El Black Cat Hose, ribbed, size oc u^ ers or " ~ 39c M stoio at 13c; 2 for 25c. Reg- /r,c for- 50c i ular price 25c SI.OO Mufflers for- -69 cSg mi tj- txr 150 Mufflers for- 98c h All our Ladies Shirt Waists, Ig n choice 69c and 98c. These are g rare bargains. Grocery Department. y . 10 bars of Santa Claus or ® Clothing Department. Lenox Soap for- - 25 c f Choice of all Gent’s Puff Ties at 19c. These are our 50c and Don t forget the great bargains B 75c grade. in our Shoe Department. I Saturday Saturday I | March 2 f\ L 2 Marnh 2|

Barney Kalver & Son, four doors south of Peoples’ livery barn, pay the highest prices for hides, pelts, furs, iron, metal, rubber, rags, etc. 25tf Wilda Watts attended to business at Battle Creek, Michigan, the latter part of last week. A misunderstanding. Misunderstood symptoms of disease lead doctors to treat something else when the kidneys are out of order. Foley's Kidney Cure will bring you health when other medicines have failed. Holthouse, Callow & Co. f Owners of the famous stone quarries in southern Indiana, who repre sent a capital of over $1,000,000, have combined to advance the price of building stone and to regulate the methods of grading and the terms of selling their product. The price on all kinds of stone will )>e advanced 3 cents a foot. How to Cure the Grip. Remain quietly at home ami take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as directed and a quick recovery is sure to follow. That remedy counteracts any tendency of the grip to result in pneumonia, which is really the only serious danger. Among the tens of thousands who have used it for the grip not one case has ever been reported that did not recover. For sale by Holthouse, Callow X Co. f Brittson Bros., the hardware dealers are doing business over a very wide scope. On last Friday they shipped one buggy, two spring wag ons, one farm wagon, robes, dusters and whips to parties in Arteonu. This firm are real hustlers and can compete with houses of larger cities. There mamouth new ware buildings have been completed and are being rapidly filied with goods of various kinds. A powerful engine cannot lie run with a weak boiler, and we cannot keep up the strain of an active life with a weak stomach; neither can we stop the human machine to make repairs. If the stomach cannot digest enough food to keep the body strong, such a preparation as Kixlol Dyspepsia Cure should be used. It digests what you eat and it simply can't help but do you good. Smith, Yager X Falk. ts Chickens are now yluckisl in a wholesale manner by the use of pneumatic machinery. There is a receptacle in which the bird is piqued after being killed, and into this are turned several cross currents of air from electrical fans revolving at the rate of S,(MM) turns j>er minute. In thetwink ling of an eye the bird is stripped of its feathers, even to the tiniest particle of down, ar.d the machine is ready for another.

“I have always used Foley's Honey and Tar cough medicine, and think it the best in the world," says Chas. Bender, a newsdealer of Erie, Pa. Holthouse, Callow X Co. f The microbe experts have succeeded in charging to the mosquito the responsibility of disseminating malaria germs, and have made the same accusation in connection with the house fly and typhoid fever, will have rendered a real service to mankind when they have succeeded in telling us how to get rid of Hies and mosquitoes. Danger of Colds and LaGrippe. The greatest danger from colds and lagrippe is their resulting in pneumonia. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy taken, all danger will lie avoided. Among the tens of thousands we have yet to learn of a single case having resulted in pneumonia. which shows conclusively that it is a certain preventative of that dangerous malady. It will cure a cold or at; attack of grippe in less time than any other treatment. It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Holthouse, Callow X Co. f The strike of 4,000 silk workers at Scranton, Pa., has become a lockout. The mill owners declare they will not reopen their mills until the girls are willing to resume at the concession of 25 cents a week, recently offered. The strikers have asked all silk workers in the country to strike if the mills at which they are employed handle Scranton material. Jesse V. Laisure will offer for sale at his residence, three miles north of Berne and three miles south of Monroe. beginning at 10 a. m. on Thursday. Mandi 7, the following property, to-wit: Five head of horses, consisting of one Norman mart' 6 years old, with foal; seven years old mare; six years old horse: colt will lx» two years old in spring, and one spring cull, fresh cow; two cows will lie fresh soon; three Pole Durham calves, five bnxxl sows, three with pigs by their sides; two will farrow in spring; four Poland China male pigs, will weigh 125 pounds; one male hog, will weigh 3(M) pounds; one two horse wagon, buggy, set of harness, good as new; single harness, breaking plow, riding breaking plow, riding corn plow, walking corn plow, hay rake, hay ladders, two tons of clover hay in barn, shredded fodder, ten dozen cmekens, five turkeys, four white Emden geese, four Pecan ducks and numerous other articles. Terms of sa 1 •; Sums of $5.00 and under cash, over that amount a credit of nine months will be given, the purchaser giving note with approved security, bearing 8 per cent, interest after maturity. Fred Reppert, Auctioneer.

Chinese law and custom forbid the drinking of cow's milk. Man should not rob animal’s of their own proper food, and of all animals the cow is the most useful to man. The sellers of milk blacken their souls for gain, but those who drink milk do so in the foolish belief that it is good for them. W. L. Yancy, Paducah, Ky., writes: “I had a severe case of kidney disease and three of the l>est physicians of southern Kentucky treated me without success. I was induced to try Foley’s Kidney Cure. The first bottle gave immediate relief and three bottles cured me permanently. I gladly recommend this wonderul remedy.” Holthonse, Callow & Co. f Grand Army men are stirred over reports issued by authoritative posts in the east giving the number of deaths in the United States of members of the organization during the last year. The year 1!KX) shows the greatest morality in fifteen years, the percentage lieing 3.50 or more than 10,(XX) deaths, almost at the rate of 1,000 a month. The total membership of the Republic is now estimated at 278,652.

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