Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1901 — Page 3

j r, Grater was a business visitor at Portland last Friday. John H. Runyon of Geneva, attend e! l to business here Friday. Window shades complete, from 8c ,i|>, at the New Fair Store. Miss Lucile Locke of BlufTton, vis*ited girl friends here last week. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin aids digestion. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. a Mrs. B. J. Terveer was quite ill several days last week, but is improvuow. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup of Pepsin is a perfect laxative. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk a Falk's Juvenile Orchestra gave an entertainment at Pleasant Mills last Friday evening. Rev. P. S. Oaks of Kendallvqle, was the guest of Rev. Martz over the Sab--I,atb, and conducted quarterly services. Notice is hereby given that the office day of the trustee of Kirkland township will be Monday of each week at m y home. Wm. D. Hoffman, Trustee. 39m6 The dairymaid wearily milked the goat, and frowning stopped to mutter: •I wish, you brute, you’d turn to milk,” and the animal turned to butt her. Best Way to cure Backache. Backaches are caused by disorder in the kidneys. Foley’s Kidney Cure will make*the kidnt>ys right. Take no substitute. Holthouse, Callow k Co. a The longest bridge in ludiaua is on the Wabash railroad over the Wabash river aud Pine creek at Attica. The structure is 1,844 feet long, more than a third of a mile aud is built entirely of steel. I have purchased J. K. Niblick’s upholstering business aud have located on Monroe street, opposite the Journal office. lam prepared to do all kinds of upholstering, furniture finishing and feather renovating. Will pay a good price for old geese and duck feathers. B. V. Green. 2-8 The supreme court Thursday upheld the ration of the Nicholson law providing that the applicant cannot secure license within two years after the application has been rejected once on account of a remonstrance by a majority of the voters in the township, etc. A decision in the case from Porter county was appealed in 1899. Given up to die with croup. Mrs. P. L. Cordicr. of Mannington. Ky.. writes: “My three year old girl had a severe case of croup, the doctor said she could not live and I gave her up to die. I wtrnt to the store and got a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar, the first dose gave quick relief and saved her life.” Holhouse, Callow & Co. a

The Oldest, the Largest and the Best. InrorporitltMl. Capital §1*25,000 xisnDXj^isr Medical ai Snriical Wife • No. 10 W. Wayne Street. DR ' J ; w ' YOUNGE ’ Monday, April 22 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE. DR. YOUNGE has treated over 40,000 patients in the State of Indiana since 1872, and with perfect success in every case. A STRONG STATEMENT. Dr. Younpe has deposited One Thousand Dollars in the bank as a forfeit that he has treated more cat*-* of Chronic Diseases and performed more remarkable cures than any other three specialists in the state of Indiana. New methods of treatment and new remedies used. All Chronic Diseases and Defortuities treated successfully—such as diseases of the Brain, Heart, Limits, I nroat, Kye and Ear. Stomach. Liveri Kidneys (Bright’s disease), Bladder. Rectum, Female Diseases. Impoteucy, Gleet, Seminal Emissions, Nervous Diseases, Catauh, Rupture, Piles, Stricture, Diabetes, etc., etc. Consumption and Catarrh can he Cured. Cancers and all Tumors Cured without pain or use of knife Am Hod has prepared an antidote for the sin-sick soul, so has He prepared antidote: for a diseased-sick body, 'ihese can be found at the Younge’s Medical and Surgical Institute. After an examination we will tell you just what we can for you. If we cannot benefit or cure you. we will frankly and honestly tell you so. t successfully at a distance. V\ rite for examination and question blanks. tW .Streetcars and carriages direct to the Institute. Call on or address J W. YOUNGE, A. M„ M. D., President L J. YOUNGE, M. D., M. C., Manager. No. 10 W. Wayne St. FT. WAYNE. IND.

A number of horsemen attended the sale here last .Saturday. Roman Holthouse enjoyed Easter with his family in this city. b red Hoffman of Buena Vista, was a business caller in town Saturday. A full sized white bed spread for oOc, next Saturday at New Fair Store. W. H, Niblick looked after business interests at St Louis the first of the week. Earl and Margerite Hughes Sundayed with M. L. Byers and family at LaG range . All scenery used in “Lost in Egypt” is carried by the company. Next Saturday, April 13. Andrew Clark of Van Wert, Sundayed with his brothers, Drs. C. S. and D. D. Clark. All men are born free and equal, sayß an exchange. Yes, but it seems that some men are born more equal than othor men. \ . B. Conklin, Bowersville, 0.. says: “1 received more benefit from Foley’s Kidney Cure than from months of treatment by physicians. Holthouse, Callow k Co. • a Tin molders in the Peru steel casting plant are striking against the mode of registration enforced by the company in entering and leaving its shops. If troubled bv a weak digestion, loss of appetite, or constipation, try a few doses of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Every box warranted. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. a A Chicago newspaper man has just been declared a bankrupt with liabilities $13,000 and assets of $135. How he happened to have the $135 will probably never be satisfactorily explained. Low Kate 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 John H. Murphy, general manager of the Central Energy Telephone Co., of Frankfort, has admitted the company's inability to pay its indebtedness of $30,000, and the application of Stromberg-Carlson Company of Chicago, for a receiver will be granted. A Testimonial from Old England. “I consider Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the best in the world for bronchitis," says Mr. William Savory, of Warrington, England. “It has saved my wife’s life, she having lieen a martyr to bronchitis for over six years, being most of the time confined to her bed. She is now quite well.” Sold by Holthouse. Callow & Co. a

Judge Heller discharged the Feb- j ruary petit jury Saturday. B. G. Lynch left Saturday for Cincinnati on a business trip. Mrs. Claudo Cole was at Fort Wayne last Friday visiting relatives. The school trustees were at Anderson Friday to attend the teacher’s institute. John Spuhler of Fort Wayne, was the guest of friends here the latter part of last week. One of the finest productions on the road, “Lost in F.gvpt,” opera house Saturday evening. Miss Stella Wemhoff, who is attending school at Fort Wayne, spent Easter with her parents here. If you want to see beautiful scenery and fine acting, and a first class entertaimeut, see “Lost in Egypt” at opera house Saturday evening. J. 11. Word, Justice of the Peace of Kirkland township, will make out your exemption blanks in proper form. Collecting promptly attended to. Call and see him. 2 4 No more laws nor lietter laws are needed but a profounder respect for a more rigid enforcement of those we have would immeasurably contribute to a better civilazation. The editor of the Fordville, Ky., Miscellaneous, writes as a postscript to a business letter: “I was cured of kidney trouble by taking Foley’s Kidney Cure.” Nothing else. Holthouse, Callow & Co a The almanac says spring is here and that should settle the question, though the temperature and the stormy weather is trying to contradict the fact. The first day of spring was a turbulent and unruly youngster. B. Presson, Pressonville, Kans., writes: “Nothing like Foley’s Honey and Tar” is the universal verdict of all who have used it, Especially has this this been true of coughs accompanying lagrippe. Not a single bottle failed to give relief. HoltCallow k Co. a Pocket Map of China Latest indexed map of Chinese Empire, with enlarged map of portion of China where difficulty exists, and other valuable information relating to present crisis. Copy mailed on receipt of two cents in postage by W. B. Kniskern. 22 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111. 52-6 Next low rate, personally conducted excursion to all western and southwestern points via “Clover Leaf Route” Tuesday. April 6, 1901. Low rate Colonist tickets to California and the northwest every Tuesday in April. For full information write C. W.'Hordoff, A. G. P. A., or E. L. Browne, T. P. A., Toledo, Ohio. 4-2 Not many people are aware that poke berries, which grow so abundant ly in many waste places and which are Yegardcd by many people as poisonous, are, when made into pies with a few grapes added to disguise the sweet taste of the berry, nearly equal to huckleberry pies. “Stick To It.” George L. Heard of High Tower, Georgia, writes: “Eczema broke out on my baby covering his entire body. Under treatment of our family physician he got worse as he could not sleep for the burning and itching, i \Ye used a box of “Banner Salve aim by the time it was gone he was well.' The doctor seeing it was curing him said: “Stick to it for it is doing him more good than anything I have done for him.” Holthouse. Callow k Co. a After much deliberation, Judge Tom Buskirk, of the Washington circuit court, in the suit brought by Thomas B. Cauble, to recover the wooden rooster that for years perched on the court house steeple, holds that it is the property of Eli W. Menaugh et al. The intrinsic value of the rooster is about 70 cents, but many dollars have been spent in litigation over right of possession. 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 bottle, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One package of either guaranties! to give satisfaction or money refunded. Page Blackburn. ts One of the most complete productions of melodrama ever presentod at the New Kensington opera house was “Lost in Egypt,” which was present ed Saturday eveuiug to n large and well pleased audience. The play is replete with funny comedy situations and exceedingly catchy songs. The flagship Olympia, a magnificent piece of scenery, is one of special scenery carrried for “Lost in Egypt.” Should the company come to Kensington again the opera house will have to put up the S. R. O. sign early on the evening of the jx'rformaneo. Kensington Dispatch. Bosse’s opera house next Saturday night. how to Incrcaur Your lie«utv. Beauty aud health go hand in hand. The healthier you are the prettier you will get. One of the grmtest detriments to good health is constipation. Coustipation causes pimples, sores, eruptions, moth patches, liver spots, sallow skin, blood poison, sick head ache, etc. You cannot lie bountiful unless you are well, healthy and hap py. The only known cure for consti patiou is Bailey’s Laxative Tablets. Small and chocolate coated. They produce natural movements, and work while you sleep. Make you feel active and energetic. Price 10 and 25 cents. Made by the Lakeside Mod. Co., Chicago. Sold by Page Blackburn.

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Running sores, ulcers, boils, pimples, etc., quickly cured by Banner Salve, the most healing salve in the world. A sure cure for piles. Holthouse, Callow k Co. a Now is the time for property holders to begin cleaning up about their premises, in alleys and other places. The sanitary officials will soon give you a reminder if you don’t. Whoso Girl are You? Do you ever have the headache so you can’t go to the theatre with him? Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cures headache, and if you take it according to directions you can prevent its return. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. a Y T ou should remember in connection with the Boer war for their independence, that it took our forefathers eight years to win the revolutionary war; and then there were times when our cause seemed more hopeless than that of the Boer’s war. Job Couldn’t Have Stood It If he'd had itching piles. They’re terribly annoying; but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve will cure the worst case of piles on earth. It has cured thousands. For injuries, pains and bodily eruptions it’s the best salve in the world. Price 25c a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Page Blackburn. a A patient in the New York hospital for the insane was instantly restored to sanity after having been struck on the head by a cuspidor thrown by another patient. The only trouble about the general adoption of that method of treatment is that it is just as likely to kill as to cure. If you have contracted rheumatism no matter what form, Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm will cure it. This medicine so regulates the kidneys that the poisonous products which cause the disease are removed from the body through the natural channel. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. a Count Tolstoi, the brilliant author and philosopher, has been banished from the Russian Empire, the reason assigned by the Emperor being a suspicion that he was not in full sympathy with the government and that his writings and utterances were calculated to encourage anarchy. The test blood purifier. The blood is constantly being purified by the lungs, liver and kidneys. Keep these organs in a healthy condition and the bowels regular and you will have no need of a blood purifier. For this purpose there is uothiug equal to Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, one dose of them will do you more good than a dollar bottle of the test blood purifier. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at Holthouse, Callow k Co’s drug store. a After all we must come back to the old truism; that men and women are like water; they always find their true level. And where you live happiest, that is your level. There’s pointed water and there’s clear water. But one law is inexorable; the closer you get to Nature, the truest aud simplest thing there is because it is the closest to God, the clearer always you will find the water. April Ladies’ Home Journal. Notice to Wheelmen. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 25 cent bottle of Henry k Johnson’s Arnica and Oil Liniment, if it fails to cure bumps, bruises, scratches, chafes, cuts strains, blisters, sore musics, 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 liottle; one three times as large for 50cents. Page Blackburn. ts Dog owners have begun to hide the canines in deep cellars and beneath beds as the assessor will get them if they don’t watch out. The dog laws are strict. William Smith was sent to the |>enitentiury from Delaware eouu ty a year or two ago and is still there, for swearing falsely concerning the sex of his dog. The same thing will happen again if there is any more perjury, assessors say. Those who own or harbor dogs are required to pay an anuual tax. A Sad Death. Can you describe anything worse than a young person dying by inches ! with consumption, cut off in the bloom |of youth, when bright prospects of I happiness and prosperity are before I them. A very sad death indeed. Is ! it. not a fact that most' cases of this | kind are brought shout by a cough, only slight at first, then more violent, followed by night sweats and a gen eral breaking down of the entire system. These are cases in which people are to blame. Why not check this slight cough, Dr. Marshall’s | Lung Syrup is guaranteed to cure. It will prevent consumption. Use it before it is too late. By druggists. Price 25, 50 and *l. a

The most Stubborn coughs resulting from an attack of lagrippe or heavy cold must yield to the wonder ful healing properties of Foley’s Honey and Tar, ivhich strengthens the lungs and makes them sound. Holt house, Callow & Co. a White men who go to Oklahoma in hopes of marrying one of the Indian heiresses there, might as well understand that they can not do it unless they have a thousand dollars to pay for the license that figure having been fixed to shut out such happenings. When you become aware that the distress you suffer conies from improper action of the liver, and such distressing symptoms as biliousness, jaundice or torpid liver appear, take Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm. It cures diseases of the liver and kidneys. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. * a H. C. Bourquin, a young man of St. Mary's, has filed suit against Mrs. Sarah B. Ruble, a pretty young widow of that place, for $2,000 damages, because she refused to marry him. Mrs. Ruble recently obtained a verdict against the L. E. & W. Kailnoad company for the death of her husband. ’Tis Lasy to heel Good. Countless thousands have found a blessing to the body of Dr. King’s New Life Pills, which positively cure constipation, sick headache, dizziness, jaundice, malaria fever and ague and all liver and stomach troubles. Purely vegetable; never gripe or weaken. Only 25c at Page Blackburn's drug store. a Now is a good time for the average man to carefully study the trust question and see what tearing it has upon his own individual interests. It is not necessary for a man to be a college graduate to be able to discern the es feet of these new methods of controlling trade and American manufactures. A Raging. Roaring Flood Washed down a telegraph line which Chas. C. Ellis, of Lisbon, la., had to repair. “Standing waist deep in icy water.” he writes, “gave me a terrible cold and cough. It grew worse daily. Finally the test doctors in Oakland. Neb.. Sioux City and Omaha said I had consumption aud could not live. Then I tegan using Dr. King’s New Discovery and was wholly cured bv six bottles.” Positively guaranteed for coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles by Page Blackburn. Price 50c and SI.OO. a Congressman Cromer has a large consignment of garden seed at his office in the Johnson block, which he is anxious to dispose of free of charge. The seed is regularly sent out by the agricultural department. Much of the seed was misdirected, however, aud instead of tieing sent back to Washington. was sent to Mr. Cromer. Ho does not wish it togo to waste and will be pleased to receive calls from any person nee ling seed. Muucie News. Caught a Dreadful Cold. Marion Kooke, manager for T. M. Thompson, a large importer of tine millinery at 1658 Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, says: “During the late severe weather I caught a dreadful cold which kept me awake at night anti made me unfit to attend to my work during the day. One of mv milliners was taking Chamberlain’s Cough Remcdv for a severe cold at that time, which seemed to relieve her so quickly that I bought some for myself. It acted like magic aud 1 tegan to improve at once. I am now entirely well and feel verv please*! to acknowledge its merits.'’ For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. a Notice to City Water Consumers. I hereby wish to notify all persons who are delinquent on city water accounts, that the books have lieen charged up to January 1. 1901, on all meter and past due accounts, and the said books are at City Treasurer Win. Archbold’s office, ami every one knowing themselves in arrears for water are requested to settle the same on or before April 20, 1901, or 10 per cent, penalty will te attached after that date. H. B. Knoff, W. W. Supt. Its A Good Thing. German Syrup is the special prescription of Dr. A. Boscnee, a celebrated German physician, and is acknowledged to te* one of the most fortunate discoveries in medicine. It ouickly cures coughs, colds and all lung troubles of the severest nature, removing, as it does, the cause of the affection and leaiiug the uiirts in a strong aud healthy condition. It is not an experimental medicine, but has stoixl the test of years, giving satisfaction in every case which its rapidly increasing sale every season confirms. Two million tettles 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 congh. Price 75 jets. Get Green’s Prize Almanac. IT’.igo Blackburn, druggist. ts

A couple Valparaiso business men are advertising for fifty men to split 50,000 rails to fence in the city of Valparaiso so that they can keep out all people who have not already been driveii from that city by the early closing of business houses. he Kept Mis Leg. Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, of Hartford, Conn., scratched his leg with a rustv wire. Inflammation aud hi odd poisoning set in. For two years he suffered intensely. Then the best doctors urged amputation, “but” he writes, “I used one bottle of Elictric Bitters and 1.1 boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve aud my leg was sound and well as ever.” For eruptions, eczema, tetter, salt rheum, sores and all blood disorders Electric Bitters has no rival on earth. Try them. Page Blackburn will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 cents. a The danger of the growing wheat from winter killing has been passed The frost is out of the ground and the roots of the growing plant have settled in the nourishing earth. Up to this date the prospects for a wheat crop are good in this section. Good Advice. The most miserable teings 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 aud 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. ts Jot Goar, the Muncie baseball pitcher, has signed a contract to play with the Indianapolis Western Asst) ciatiou team this season. While he was in Muncie recently he stated that his wrist, while not what it had lieen, was strong again and be hoped with warm weather to have it back in shape again. The Best Remedy for Rheumatism. Quick relief from pain. All who use Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for rheumatism are delighted with the quick relief from pain which it affords. When sjieaking of this Mr. D. N. Tinks, of Troy, Ohio, says: “Some time ago I had a severe attack of rheumatism in my arm and shoulder. I tried numerous remedies but got no relief until I was recommended byMessrs. Geo. F. Parsons & Co., druggists of this place, to try Chamerlaiti’s Pain Balm. They recommended it so highly that I bought a bottle. I was soou relieved of all pain. I have since recommended this liniment to mauy of my friends, who agre with me that it is the best remedy for muscular rheumatism in the market.” Sold by Holthouse, Callow k Co. a Fifty dollars to California and back this summer An illustrated book, which will te of much interest to all who are expecting to take advantage of the low rates to California this summer, at the time of tho Epworth League Convention, to be held in San Frauciseo in July, has just been issued by the Chicago & North-Western R'y. Much valuable information is given relating to the state, variable routes, etc. The rate by this line will be only $50.00 for the round trip from Chicago, with corresponding rates from other points. Copy of this book may be had free upon application to Mr. W. B. Kniskern, 22 Fifth Ave., Chicago, Illinois. 1-6 The Indiana supreme court has handed dowu a decision as to what constitutes a distinguishing mark on au election ballot, holding that to invalidate a ballot on the mark must te such as to impute on its face that it was meai t to mark the ballot. A mark which is apparently the result of an accident or the want of cart* on the part of the voter will not cast out the ballot the court held. You Can’t Lose Flesh or Appetite. Farmer City, 111., Dec. 20, 1900. Pepsin Syrup Co., MontiOollo, 111. Gentlemen: My seven-months-old baby was troubled a great deal with his stomach and tewols. I had tried numerous remedies with no go<xl results, until the baby lost much llesh and was in very poor health. A friend recommended Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. I procured a 10c bottle at “Hud’s" drug store and gave the contents to the baby according to dimtions, after which there was a decided improvement in his condition. Have boon giving him Dr. ('aidwell’ Syrup Pepsin for about a month with very satisfactory results, his stomach and bowels being in a good healthy condition and his former weight regained. Very truly yours, Allie Jackson. Sold by Smith, Yager k Falk. a