Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1901 — Page 3

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Opera house tonight. Hugh Woods of Warsaw, was iu the city on business Friday. Set of gun-smith tools for sale at a bargain. Enquire us E. Mallonee. 6-3 Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin aids digestion. Sold by Smith, Yager Ac Falk. a R. J. Holthouse arrived home Saturday after a two weeks’ trip over the state. Madam Von Weber of Fort Wayne, was in town Thursday instructing her music class. 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 The remains of Abraham Lincoln will soon be removed to the reconstructed monmument at Springfield, 111., but the exact date of the transfer will be kept secret. 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 One thing needed most in this country is to ston so much talking about the good times that are coming by and by, and do something practical to rush them on in fact, and not in expectation. The most Stubborn coughs resulting from an attack of lagrippe or heavy cold must yield to the wonderful healing properties of Foley's Honey and Tar. which strengthens the lungs and makes them sound. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a 1 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 Owing to the disturbed condition of affairs in Russia.it is now rumored that the Czar will abdicate the throne. He has been rather ill for some time and worry over present conditions is the cause for the rutner that he will abdicate. 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 Isxlv through the natural channel. For sale by Holthouse. Callow At Co. a A Leavenworth, Kansas, dispatch says that the parents of the negro, Fred Alexander, burned at the stake for alleged assault and murder of Miss Carrie Forbes and assault on Miss Roth, claim to have evidence to prove his innocence and to fix the crime upon the guilty person. They have asked for a warrant. 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 Kidney Balm. It cures diseases of the liver and kidneys. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. •* The new three-cent piece soou to bo issued by”the government lias already lieen styled the “doughnut coin" by reason of the fact that the piece is to have a hole in the center. This innovation in the coinage of a part of Uncle Sam's mouey was deemed necessary from the fact that the new coin is the exact size and of the same mater ial as in the present five-cent piece. “Stick To It." George L. Heard of High Tower, Georgia, writes: “Eczema broke out on my baby i , overing his entire body. Under treatment pf our family physician he got worse as he could not sleep for the burning and itching. We used a box of “Banner Salve and bv 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

“A Trip to Tramptown” tonight. Dr. D. D. Clark was at Berne on professional business Thursday. Charles Maim arrived home from Oden, Michigan, Thursday morning. Homer King and Elmer Johnson arrived home from Pittsburg last Thursday. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup of Pepsin is a perfect laxative. Sold by Smith I Yager A Falk a Mr. and Mrs. David Studabaker were at Berne last Friday on a business errand. Harry Miesse of Grand Rapids, at tended to business here the latter part of last week. Don’t forget that Nat Reiss’ big 20th century show, Hoy’s “A Trip to Tramptown, has two brass bands and a mammoth orchestra. \ B. Conklin, Bowersville, 0.. says: “I received more benefit from Foley’s Kidney Cure than from months of treatment by physicians. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a For Sale A fine large lot and house Os ten rooms on Monroe street. A very desirable residence property. Don’t miss this bargain. Harruff & Lenhart, Decatur. 5-4 There is nothing more sad than to see a man carried, like a vessel, away from the straight course of principle, and left a stranded outcast on the sands of dishonor. 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 If Mrs. Carrie Nation would promote a scheme to compel the habitual drunkards to drink themselves to death instead of wastingall the liquor, the country would get rid of both at the same time. 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 At Falk. 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 The Spokesman Review reporter, who has returned from the gold discoveries on St. Marys river in Kootnal county. Idaho, confirms previous reports of the richness of the discovery. Miners can take out from S4OO to SSOO per day. Given up to die with croup. Mrs. P. L. Cordier, 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 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 The other day a Chicago man permitted a strange woman to fall into his arms, apparently in a faint. After she had recovered and gone away he discovered that he had lost his diamond shirt stud in the operation. The next woman who faints in that vicinity will doubtless drop the entire distance. ’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 An experienced mercliant has said that i common mistake of the small advertiser is to include too many articles in a single announcement, thus detracting from the strength and character of the advertisement. “If,” he said, “you have four articles to ad vertise, take four one-inch spaces in different parts of the newspaper rather than the four inch space.”

A goodly number of aged people look back lovingly the days of their youth, when the boys and girls danced on puncheon floors, women boiled the tea kettle on the crane, cooked broad in skillets and reflectors, baked corn pone in Dutch ovens, and worshipped God in the good old-fashioned way, and not by machinery, notwithstanding the many hardships and deprivations of pioneer life, anti the difficulty of sparking in ye olden time. A UsglnK. RoarlngHoml 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 dady. 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 by six bottles. ’ Positively guaranteed for coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles by Page Blackburn. Price 50c and fl.oo. a

Opera house this evening—“A Trip' to Tramptown.” Several Decatur people attended the Beery horse sale at Fort Wayne last Friday. Harry Stevens left last week for Kendallville, where he expects to work this summer. Attorneys Smith. Moran and Erwin were attending to legal business at Geneva last Thursday. Andrew Carnegie has written the Chamber ofCotnmerce that he will In-Ip build a Telegrapher’s Home at Colorado Springs, Colorado. 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 Indianapolis has the distinction of being the only city in the United States that furnished both a president and vice-president. It furnished both Harrison and Hendricks. 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 A; Co a The movement to erect a monument to the memory of General Harrison has been revived bv Senator Fairbanks, who will lead the list of subscriptions with a contribution of one thousand dollars. 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. Holt Callow & Co. a It is reported that a giant gas tnist, to control the output and the price of every cubic foot of gas burned in Greater New York, will be formed when the legislature adjourns. The trust will have a capitalization of nearly $300,000,000.

It is unlawful to kill any wild water fowl until after September 1, and from the Ist day of October to the 10th day of Novemlier. providing a permit from the commissioner of fisheries on same has not been secured. The squirrel is protected by the law during the months from January 1 to June I. 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 l>ox. Cure guaranteed. Sc' ' bv Page Blackburn. a T.. party who vouches for the cor rt- ess of the following has lately returned from the Klondike: “A Winamac baby accidently swallowed a bottle of ink recently and its mother with rare presence of mind adminis tered a box of steel pens two reams of paper and the baby has felt all write since.” 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 been 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 A Co. a “The season is coming on for new diseases,” says Secretary Hurty, of the state board of health, “but they so are common we pay little attention to them. About 2,000 children will die in the state this sprnmer from diseases which might be prevented with proper care. There will l>e disentery diarrhoea, cholera morbus and other afflictions which come from improper pre pared and tainted food.” 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 headache, 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 “One of the greatest crimes anyone can commit,” savsa well known writer, “is to rob a child of his school days. Don’t keep a boy out at home to work a week or two or a month after school begins, and thus greatlv discourage ami handicap him when he begins. If there is anything in the world a man ,can afford to make a sacrifice for, it is the education of his children. They don't need your money. A boy is better off to earn his own money, but what he needs is good training, and there is but one time to get it- while he is young.” A Sad Death. (lan yon describe anything worse than a young person dying by inches with consumption, cut off in thebloom 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 general breaking down of the entire system. These are cases in which people are to blame. Why not cheek 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

YjIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXIXXk' WE ARE - * (AFTER MONEY! 3 . q 1 in order to get it we purpose to cut prices in seasonable goods right and q H _ • . f h — ... — __ ... r ’4 I H 3 HENRIETTAS- , q q Our Henriettas worth Any KID GLOVE Men’s White Shirts P q $1.25 go at 70c, 75c grade ' made by the Gem people q q at 50c, 35c grade at 25c in the house of Dayton, guaranteed h q and 25c grade at 19c. o best muslin and linen h q Latest shades in green, O/C bosom and cuffs, q q the 75c quality, go at 50c, q q $1 quality at 60c, light q q pink, 35c quality, go at q q 20c q 4 H -I —— I ►- q Bring in your produce q q and get the highest price q q gnd goods the cheapest. L -< q q .. We have the sweetest | See those straight front q q li ne Goods in s h or t g oc corsets. Also q q the city. Come and in- inspect our PANDORA, q q spect; I h q ' ioc, 12% and 15c, light q q goods go at I q q 5^ C per yd ! - ; E q q 3 4,000 yards 6c Royal ~ TNT t-i q q Blue Calico, Electric P T\ e very q q Blue and Grey, all of the SEE best of unbleached mus- q latest patterns from 2 to — in oes at h 14 yards, go at THOSE q 3 a. ' FANCY 5c per yd B j 4iC HOSE. I I I M. FULLENKAMP, I q r h q Decatur, Indiana. GASS & MYERS, Managers, q

Integrity is the foundation of all that is elevating among mankind: other qualities may add to itssplendor hut if this essential acquisite be want ing all of their lustre fades. Here's a good one on the Philippine question; “Spain had a tiny little lamb, the meekest lamb around; she sold the lamb to Uncle Sam for twenty million down: then Sam he took it by the tail to lead it home you know, the mutton rare turned out a bear, and Sam cannot let go.” Notice to City 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, anil 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. R Knoff. W. W. Supt. its Erie Excursions to Pan-American Exjxisition commencing April 30th, the Chicago A Erie railroad will sell excursion tickets to Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition. Weekly excursions on May 7, 14, 21, and 2S with 5 days limit, one fare rate plus SI.OO, On all through tickets to eastern points stop overs will be granted at BuffaloaudChautauqua Lake. For information regarding rates and time of trains, call on ynur nearest Erie agent or W. S. Morrison, T. P. A., Erie R. R., Huntington, Ind. t-5 The shirtwaist promises to lie extremely popular this summer. Sales men for the furnisniug houses who are now on the road, are sending in large orders for shirtwaists for next spring, and reports that the demand will probably be heavy. Manufacturers report that the demand for such garments has far exceeded their expecta tions. and that they will Is* compelled to make up many more goods in that shape than they anticipated. 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 all -ds. When speaking of this Mr. D. N. Tiuks, of Troy, Ohio, says: “Some time ago I had a seven' 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 A Co,, drug gists of this place, to try Chameriain’s Pain Balm. They recommended it so highly that 1 bought a Iwttle. 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 A Co. a

In the whole state of Indiana there are just 725,409 church members who own 5,958 church buildings, valuer! at $21,124,528. Last year salaries aggregating $1,646,477 were paid to the different pastors: other exptmses $835,694.

“Last winter I was confined to my bed with a very bad cold on the lungs. Nothing gave me relief. Finally my wife bought a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure that afiected a speedy. I connot speak too highly of that excellent remedy.” Mr. T. K. Houseman, Manatawney, Pa. Smith. Yager A Falk. ts Chicago today is a city of 2,000,000 inhabitants. Do you know what these figures mean ’ They mean that within the municipal borders of that municipality are more people than live in either the states of Georgia, Minnesota. New Jersey. Virgina and Wisconsin, and more than occupy Alaska, Colorado, Delaware. Idaho, Maine and Oregon combined. 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 niusles, 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 SOeents. Page IJlackburn. * ts In the Hebrides human life has been made safer by the introduction of pigs into the island. The cannibals are said to prefer roast pork to roast man. and as the porcine tribe increases among the natives they may give up their feasts on human flesh altogether, excepting when something unusual happens, such as entertaining a king of some other cannibal island or state occasions of rare ceremony. You Can’t Lose Flesh or Appetite. Farmer City, 111., Dec. 20. 1900. Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, 111. Gentlemen:- My seven-months old Imby was troubled a great deal with hie stomach and bowels. I had tried numerous remedies with no good re suits, until the baby lost much flesh and was in very poor health A friend recommended Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. 1 procured a 100 bottle at “Hud’s” drug store and gave the contents to the b.ibv according to direc tions, after which there was a decided improvement in his condition. Have been giving him Dr. Caldwell' Syrup Pepsin for about a month with very satisfactory results, his stomach and bowels being in a good healthy con dition and his former weight regained. Very truly yours. Allie Jackson. Sold by Smith, Yager A Falk. a

Mrs. E. J. Coil returned to her home .at Columbus Friday, after a several weeks’ visit with her son here. "I have been troubled with indigestion for ten years, have tried manythings and spent much money to no purpose until I tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. I have taken two bottles and gotten more relief from them than all other medicines taken. I feel more like a boy than I have felt in twenty years." Anderson Riggs of SunnyLane, Tex. Thousands have testified as did Mr. Riggs. Smith, Yager A Falk. ts The gorgeous parapernalia. etc., used in the magnificent street parade of Hoy's “A Trip to Tramptown” alone represents an expenditure of $50,000. The turn-out of this colossal company is truly a sight well worth a journey of miles to witness. Opera house this evening He Kept His Leg. Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, of Hartford, Conn., scratched his leg 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 Ixittle of Ehctric Bittersand 1.1 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 has no rival on earth. Try them. Page Blackburn will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 cents. a Fergus county, Montana, possesses one of the most remarkable mines in the world the Yogo saphire properties in that the precious stones are found in regularly formed veins like gold, silver and other valuable hietals, whereas in other communities, dia inonds, saphires, opals and other buried treasures are found in pockets Or clusters. A Good Thing. German Syrup is the special prescription of Dr. A. Boschee, a celebrated German physician. and is acknowledg'd to lie 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 iiottles sold annually. Boschee’s (terman Syrup was introduced into the Unit's I States in 1868, and is nowsold in every town and village in the civiliz'd world. Three doses "411 relieve any ordinary cough. Price 75 cts. Get Green’s Prize Almanac. Page Blackbarn, druggist. ts