Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1901 — Page 3

Opera house, Friday April IS). Opera house Tuesday night - Quo Vadis. # Famous Barlow Minstrels, opera house. Friday April 19. Barclay Smith of Berne, attended to business about the court house last Friday. Dr. Caidwell’s Syrup Pepsin aids digestion. Sold by Smith, Yager Ac Falk. a John W. Meiber will go to Fort Warne tomorrow to elerk the horse sale for Beery. The Pentacosts held an informal church meeting in front of the Big Store Saturday. Love is like the grip. Everybody in the world has either just had it or is waiting to get it. Wait for the big parade at noon April 19. The famous Barlow Minstrels give a swell parade, fine band and orchestra. 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 Unclaimed letters at the post office are for Mrs. Chas. McDonald, P. D. Miller. John K. Miller, Frank Shireman, E. W. Douglas. Mrs. H. C. Grant. Best Way to cure Backache. Backaches are caused by disorder in the kidneys. Foley’s Kidney Cure will make'the kidneys right Take no substitute. Holthouse, Callow A; Co. a The hen lays a single egg in a day and cackles for all its worth, while the turtle lays 150 eggs and keeps quiet. There are a great many men who are constructed on the hen principle, and are mighty few of thqturtle oraer. The most Stubborn coughs resulting from an attack of lagrippe or heavy cold must yield to the w onderful healing properties of Foley's Hon ey and Tar, which strengthens the lungs and makes them sound. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a I have purchased J K. Niblick's upholstering business and 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 A British commander of yeomanry who traveled with six cooks and a wagon load of champagne, and who was surprised by the Boers, has l>een dismissed from the service. By time the British soldier gets down to one blanket and a dog tent he will escape from many of the incidents he “regrets to state.” When you become aware that the distress you suffer comes 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 KidneyBalm. It cures diseases of the liver and kidneys. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. a A man in a little village in Kansas was the father of two sons; and a widow in the same village was the mother of two daughters. The father married the widow's eldest daughter, the eldest son married the widow, and the youngest son married the youngest daughter. If you can figure out the kin the cake is yours. ’TIs Easy to Feel 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 Editor George M. Ray of Shelbyville, who was sentenced to the penitentiary several weeks ago to serve from two to fourti'en years, has l>een assigned by Warden Schideler to employment in the woolen mill. His duties are to keep track of the manufactured product that is turned out by the mill. He will have nothing to do with the editing of the Shelbyville Democrat as has been published by a nunfber of the papers of the state. Notice to Wheelmen. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 25 cent iwttle of Henry At 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 SOcenls. Page Blackburn. ts

Barnes’White Flyer Triplett F*osiiive'ly TO BE GIVEN AWAY. For information cfill 0n... t ««SCHAFER. SON & LOCH.

Opera house, Friday April 19. Fun and laughter, Barlow Minstrels to-morrow night. Sam Simison of Berne, was a Decatur business guest Friday morning. W. A. Lower of Indianapolis, Sundayed with his parents and other trieuds. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup of Pepsin is a perfect laxative. Sold by Smith, lager Ac Falk a Attorney D. E. Smith was looking after business at Berne and Geneva last Saturday. Quo \ adis at the opera house next 1 uesday evening is one of the best shows on the road. The Sellemeyer house is being remedied for the convenience of David Flanders and family, who will move there within a few days. ' /^nklin, Bowersville, 0.. says: “I received more benefit from Foley’s Kidney Cure than from months of treatment by physicians. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a There are only two kinds of women in the world the kind that won’t be nice to you unless you kiss them, and the kind that won't be nice to you if you do. If troubled by 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 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 Shrewd farmers say that the hog is the mortgage lifter, the sheep the farm fertilizer, the cow the barn builder and the hen the grocery bill payer. This quartet, and a man and woman not afraid of work in caring for them, will insure prosperity on any farft. B. Presson, Pressonville, Kane., 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 lagripjte Not a single bottle failed to give relief. HoltCallow & Co. a There were 894 inmates in the penitentiary at Michigan City at the close of last week, which was the largest population since 1897, when the southern prison was made a reformatory. The new guards’ room is so situated that almost every cell in the prison can lie seen through a glass partition. Given up to die with croup. Mrs. P. L. Cordier, of Mannington, Ky., writes: “My three year old girl had a severe ease of croup, the doctor said she could not live and I gave her up to die. I went 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 There are to-day 45,000 fashionable lap dogs in the city of Paris. They have almost as much attention after they are dead as during their comfortable lives. The dog’s owner pays 10 francs a year to the city during his life. If it becomes sick it is taken to a special clinic for the treatment and housing of dogs in poor health.' “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. We used a box of “Banner Salve and 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 & Co. a Abraham Sherer of Bucyrus, com mitted suicide last Thursday, and half an hour before the funeral his daughter Bertha, who kept house for him was married. The daughter's marriage had been postponed twice on account of death in the family, and she concluded that she would not postpone it a third time. Caught a Dreadful Cold. Marion Kooke, manager for T. M. Thompson, a large imjiorter 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 and made me unfit to attend to my work during the day. One of mv milliners was taking Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for a severe cold at that time, which seemed to relieve her so quickly that I Ixiught some for myself. It acted like magic and 1 liegan to improve at once. I am now entirely well and feel very nleased to acknowledge its merits?’ For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. . a

Quo Vadis at Bosse’s opera house Tuesday evening. Frank Braden of the Portland Review, was transacting business here Saturday. A number from here are arranging to attend the oratorical contest at Portland, May 3. • Sam Kee, the Chinaman, was at Berne Thursday to establish an agency for his laundry. A number of young people from out of town were here Friday evening to attend the contest. A good minstrel show will make you grow fat. Barlow Minstrels does the work every time. Opera house Friday April 19. The Sioux and Blackfeet will, at parting, dig their spears in the earth, as a sign of confidence and mutual esteem. This is the origin of the term “Burying the tomahawk.” The editor of the Fordville, Ky., Miscellaneous, writes as a postscript to a business letter: “I was cured of kidney trouble bv taking Foley’s Kidney Cure.” Nothing else. Holthouse, Callow & Co a Kiilnapping for a ransom is made a capital offense by a bill recently passed by the Illinois state legislature. It carries an emergency clause, giving it immediate effect, if the senate takes similar action end the governor agrees. Whose 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 Ac Falk. a Andrew Carnegie’s secretaiy, James Bertram, has written to President Jay of the Marion school board, the $50,000 promised to Marion would be forthcoming in such installments as are made necessary by the progress made in the erection of the building. 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 Holt house, Callow Ac Co. a Special agents of theinterior department are working among the Kiowa. Comanche and Apache Indians, of Texas, to induce them to sell 480,000 acres of land which is desired to open up for settlement. If the scale is made and ratified by congress It will provide farms for 3,000 additional home seekers. 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 Ixxlily eruptions it’s the best salve in the world. Price 25c a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Page Blackburn. a About the 25th of this month Postmaster Andrews expects to receive a large consignment of the new PanAmerican postage stamp series which are said to be the finest ever turned out by the government. The stamps will be on sale by the first of May. Thev will be issued from all offices in the United States. 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 Here is something worth a trial. It is said that rats have so great an antipathy to castor oil that when it is smeared lightly about the places they frequent, or on the articles they attack, they will give wide berth and make themselves conspicuous by their absence so long as the objectionable oil is in evidence in and about their haunts. 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 paiu which it affords. When speaking 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 by Messrs. Geo. F. Parsons At Co., druggists of this place, to try Chamerlain’s Pain Balm. They recommended it so highly that I bought a Imttle. I was soon relieved of all pain. I have since recommended this liniment to many of my friends, who agre with me that it is the best remedy for muscular rheumatism in the market.” Sold by Holthouse, Callow At Co. a

THE BIG STORE’S Shoe Department Specials - =Sahirday, April 20.= > e < 36 pairs Women's Cloth Top Oxfords, Worth $1.25, Saturday Only Special Sale on Plow Shoes. . .THE BIG STORE.. BERN, BEELER & CO.

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 & Co. a The usual habingers of approaching spring are now visible. Shade and fruit trees are being trimmed, the paper hamrers and painters are on the move, the streets are being scraped, the small Ixiy has gotten out his kite and marbles, spring hats are beginning to bloom forth in all their glory, and on every hand there are indications that the vernal will soon be here. Notice—We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxesof 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 guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. Page Blackburn. ts Perfect health is the kev to beauty’s sanctum, and pure air and wholesome food are the words to that key. Yet there are women who sleep in rooms from which every breath’of fresh air is excluded as carefully as if it were chlorine food and wonder whv they are losing or have lost their complexions. It is always possible to admit fresh air without allowing a draught to strike ones bed. 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 happiness and prosperity are before them. A very sad death indeed. Is it not a fact that most cases of this kind are brought about by a cough, only slight at first, then more violent, followed by night sweats and a gen eral breaking down of the entire sys tom. 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 SI. a Pennies do not consist of copper alone, there being in them 2 percent, ot tin and 3 per cent, of zinc to 95 per cent, of copper. They eost the gov ernment about 42 cents a pound, ex elusive of stamping, and there are 148 in a pound, so that the government makes a fair profit on every pound minted, since, while they are redeemable in gold, but few are ever present ed. Good Advice. The most miserable lieings in the world are those suffer ing 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 pt .ns at the pit of the stom ach, yellow skin, coated tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up ot foul aftereating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a Irottle of August Flower for 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you. Try it. Get Green’s Prize Almanac. Page Blackburn. ts

For Sale- A fine large lot and house of ten rooms on Monroe street. A very desirable residence property. Don't miss this bargain.—Harruff & Lenhart, Decatur. 5-4 The enormous growth of the use of the telephone in the United States is shown by the report of the corporation which until recently practicaly monopolized this device. In 20 years the number of subscribers has increased from less than 50,000 to considerable over three-quarters of a million, with nearly two million miles of wire employed in the business. A Paging, RoarinffFlood 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 best doctors in Oakland. Neb., Sioux City and Omaha said I had consumption and could not live. Then I began 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 The renowned Indian Chief, Geronomo, will be an “attraction” at the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo. Arrangements are being madeb r Os.ptGeorge W. Gaines to have about six hundred Indians, including bucks, squaws and papooses, representing 42 different tribes, at the big show. His scheme has the approval and sanction ] of the government and he ig now at St. Louis in the promotion of his pro ject. Notice to Cltv Water Consumers. I hereby wish to notify all persons who are delinquent on city water accounts. that the books have been charged up to January 1, 1901, on all meter and past due accounts, and the said books are at City Treasurer Wm. Archbold’s office, and 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 be attached after that date. H. B. Knoff, W. W Supt. Its In ancient Egypt there was no mar riage ceremony, so far as archeologists have been able to discover, but there ' was a contract which secured to the wife certain rights, one of which was that of complete control over her husband, who promised to yield her implicit obedience. Women, both married and unmarried, according to Biblia, participated-with the men in all the pleasures of social intercourse. A Goal 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 tne 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 introd need 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 : eta. Get Green’s Prize Almanac, j Page Blackburn, druggist. ts

The best 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 nothing equal to Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, one dose of them will do you more good than a dollar bottle of the best blood purifier. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at Holthouse, Callow A; Co’s drug store. a He kept His Leg. Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, of Hartford, Conn., scratched his log with a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood poisoning set in. For two years he suffered intensely. Then the best doctors urged amputation, “but” he writes, “I used one bottle of Ehctric Bittersand 11 boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and my leg was sound and well as ever." For eruptions, eczema, tetter, salt rheum, sores and . all blood disorders Electric Bitters I has no rival on earth. Try them. . Page Blackburn will guarantee satis faction or refund money. Only 50 cents. a If the reports arecorrect, the Celina reservoir will soon be depopulates! .and the finny tribe which has furnished amusement and profit for anglers for so many years, will be sought for in vain in the watery solitudes in that far famed resort. The fish are dying in great numbers and the contributing cause is said to be the influx of ! salt water into the great basin from the I numerous oil wells located there.

Rock=a=Bye Baby These are sweet words, but how much pain and suffering they used to mean. It’s different now. Since Mother's Friend has become known expectant mothers have been spared much of the anguish of childbirth. Mother’s friend is a liniment to be applied externally. It is rubbed thoroughly into the muscles of the abdomen. It gives elasticity and strength, and when the final great strain comes they respond quickly and easily without pain. Mother's Friend is never taken internally. Interna) remedies at this time do more harm than good, if a Zxjß || 7 J ■H’ woman is supplied with this splendid liniment she need never fear rising or swelli"g breasts, morning sickness, or any of the discomforts which usually accompany pregnancy. Ths proprietor of a large hotel In Tampa, ' Fla., writes. "My wife had an awful time with her first child. second 1 pregnancy. Mother's Friend was used and I the baby was born easily before the doctor I arrived. It's certainly great." (let Mother's Friend at the drug .tore. *1 per bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO, Atlanta, Ga. Write toronr free Uliutraied book, ** Before Uabp la Horn. ''