Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 4 July 1901 — Page 7

Harruff & Lenhart, :• Real Estate Brokers.

We are members of the Central Association of Real Estate dealers whose agencies extend to nearly every state 111 the union, and in thirty days time can place your property before 100,000 buyers. This is a good business proposition and costs you nothing unless sale is made. Here are a few bargains:

I 100 acre farm, three and one half miles from Decatur, oa new stone road; close to church; one mile from school house. beared; all under good fence; all black land, vvell tilled. Good frame house of seven rooms, large frame barn and all necessary outbuildings. Good u. ; cherry orchard of seventy trees; plum orchard of twenty-three IlVi l trees; apple orchard of one hundred trees; all voung thrifty trees bearing select fruit. Good driven well a’nd wind pump; also dug well with iron force pump; both excellent water. I This farm is a bargain at $50.00 per acre. 60 acre farm, three and one-half miles southeast of Decatur, on stone road. All cleared and well fenced; all black laud; good frame house of seven rooms, in good repair; large frame barn in good shape; granaries, cribs and Nil V ot her necessary buildings. Fine young orchard of about 200 HU. J ] apple, cherry and plum trees, fine and thrifty and bearing select fruit. Land al 1 well tiled and very productive; good dug well, splendid waler, with iron force pump. One mile from school and near to church. (.Cheap at $55.00 per acre. Good 40 acre farm in Lorain county, Ohio, four miles south of Grafton Station, and four miles south-west of Belden Station, in good neighborhood; near to school ami church. House of eight rooms in good repair; good barn, horse barn, granary cribs and other necessary out-buildings. Un R Two good, never failing wells, good cistern; orchard of bearllUi u ing trees apples, pears, peaches, small fruits, etc. Laud all cleared and all under good cultivation. Ten acres creek bottom and balance fair clay soil, all in good condition. A desirable small farm. i Cheap at $1650.00; one-third cash, balance in payments to suit ( purchaser, at 6 «>er cent, interest. Five room house on 9th street, north of Monroe, Decatur, lot 66x132 feet; house in good repair, except needs painting outside, well finished inside, gas piped for two Un Ifll stoves, good well of splendid water, good cistern. 45 fruit trees HUi IUI > on lot, apple, pear, plum and peach trees, grape arbor, currant and gooselrerry bushes. This property will make a fine home for the right man. (Price, $900.00. Residence property on north 11th street, Decatur. House of four rooms, neat and in good repair, lot 66x132 feet; nicely situated, with apple, pear, cherry, plum and peach Nd IH9 i trees, bearing and in good thrifty condition; raspberry and HUi lut currant bushes, grape arbor, strawberries, etc. House piped for gas and water piped into lot: good tank cistern. . A fine location and cheap at $650.00.

NO. 9. —Forty acre farm, seven miles from Decatur, three miles from Monroe, one mile from stone road, tinder contract, soon to be built. Land all cleared and under glod fence; all well tiled; fine black soil, except very little, which is sandy loam, all very productive. Good frame house of five rooms, hall and buttry, in good repair; new barn, built 1899, 34x44 feet; good, never failing well of excellent water; fine young orchard of about fSO trees apple, pear, plum and small fruits in plenty; fine grape harltor of excellent gra[>es. This farm lies three miles from postoffice and railroad station; a good grain and stock market, and is a very desirable farm fora home Price. $2200 SIOOO cash, balance in two equal annual payments, at 6 per cent interest; or will trade for good residence in Elwood. Anderson or Marion.

PUZZLES FOR J UDGES SIMPLE WORDS THAT HAVE TANGLED UP ENGLISH COURTS. Some Term* of Almont Everyday t'ae Thnt Proved to Be Too Profound For the IntelliKence of the Learned Bench and Bar. In a cast* thnt came before a famous lord justice some time ago the counsel for the prosecution in the evidence Lad to mention a "blouse.” The judge asked what a blouse was, and it was explained that this was part of a Lady’s dress. But the case came to a dead stop for the time, for the judge did not know which part, and after some hesitation the barrister admitted that he wasn't sure. Several learned brothers gave their opinion, some opining a blouse was the upper half of a lady’s costume, while others insisted it must be the lower half. The entire court, filled with learned celebrities whose heads held all the laws of Britain, from pitch and toss to manslaughter, argued It out. but nobody was sure. The judge thought It was the lower half, but a junior barrister who had lately been married said he thought that that half was called a skirt, but did not feel certain. At length a lady was cabl'd, who set the court right Another odd dilemma happened not long ago when in the Hobson "horse faking" case the word “fetlock” arose. A fetlock, as everybody knows, is the ankle of a horse. The court asked what It was. however, and the prosecuting counsel was nonplused. The witnesses were out of court save one, and he knew nothing. The judge thought a fetlock was a sort of hind knee, otherwise “bock,” but one learned brother was quite certain It was the lock of hair that hangs over a horse’s forehead. The defendant's solicitor opined It was that part of the harness which slips over the tall, the crupper, and another legal celebrity agreed with the judge. Finally the court had to call a stable groom to clear up the mystery. In a case that was settled some years since the recorder was brought up short by a phrase used by the counsel for defense, who spoke of a transaction concerning a pound of ‘‘blacklead.” This Is a common and useful article, but the counsel on being asked to explain Its nature said It was a black substance used for boot polishing. The recorder thought It was a mineral In lead pencils, but another barrister assorted It to be a "tough kind of load used for roofing bouses.” The case was brought to a standstill, and one lawyer, unsurpassed In legal knowledge, declared that blacklead was a slang term for pig iron as produced In the north country. A fourth expounder of, the law vaguely suggested It was the opposite of white lead, and finally a domestic servant put the court right, and the assembly at last learned that It was

used ror oiacKing stoves. Another dilemma was produced a little while ago on the western circuit by the introduction of the words “dry nurse” in an address to the court. This bewildered the judge, who asked it a dry nurse w*.is a nurse who dried babies after they bad been washed. That solution did not occur to the learned counsel, who, after some hesitation, said he thought it meant a nurse who was not addicted to drinking and therefore most suitable to look after infants. Nobody seemed to know what the term really meant, though several more guesses were made, the last of them that a dry nurse was one who could not amuse children. The court was again nonplused by a statement made that somebody concerned in the case supposed to suffer from melancholia was really "as jolly as a sandboy." The judge wanted to know what a sandboy was in order to form some idea as to the exact degree of jollity involved. The counsel could not tell him. though one suggested it was a boy who sanded the roads and the other thought it might be a lad building sand castles on the seashore. The whole court stopped to discuss what a sandboy was and why be was jolly, but they could not solve the problem. It is hardly believable that anybody should not know what a "snaffle” Is. but a London magistrate recently desired to be Informed, and nobody could tell him what, a snaffle might be. A solicitor thought it was the same thing as the “curb.” and the clerk had an Idea It was a kind of cold In the head which horses caught, causing mem to snuffle a good deal.—London Answers. Mr. Lincoln and the secretary bad managed to escape from a man who had been boring them, and as they reached the house the president threw himself Into an armchair and exclaimed: “By jings. governor, wet are here!” Mr. Seward replied by asking in a reproving tone: "Mr. President, where did you learn that Inelegant expression?” Mr. Lincoln immediately turned to several young men who bad entered the room In time- to bear the exclamation and said: “Young gentlemen, excuse me for swearing before you. ‘By jlngs' is swearing, for my good old mother taught me that anything that had a ‘by’ before It Is swearing. I won’t do so any more.”—Youth's Companion. Chronic Condition. Prospective Tenant—Of course the house needs repairs. Owner— Until Did you ever see a house that didn't?—lndianapolis News. The first European book that ever appeared lu the Japanese language was a translation from the German of Heine's songs.

[ 40 aero farm, four miles south of Decatur, onefourth mile from stone road, close to church and school. 371 acres cleared; 2J acres small timber; all black land and well tiled, except one small field. Well fenced. One story Nfl 9 plank house of three rooms and summer kitchen, fair condillUi 4. tion; log barn with sheds on three sides; cribs, granary and j other outbuildings. Good driven well and steel wind mill, water tank, etc. Good bearing orchard. L Price, $50.00 per acre. 80 acres of good unbroken prairie land, in Kid der county. North Dakota, situated 4 miles from Dawson, on Northern Pacific railroad, and 12 miles from Steele, the county Nfl fi seat Kidder county. Church and school near to land. HUi U-{ This land will make a fine home for the right party. If you are in want of a cheap home and a good farm, it will pay to investigate this offer. Will exchange for small house and lot in Decatur. I Is very cheap at $550.00. 80 acre farm, 3A miles east of Decatur, on a good road, one- half mile from school, one mile from church, part black land and balance sandy clay loam, seventy acres cleared, balance in small timber and woods pasture, fences fairly good. One and one half story frame house of five rooms, and sum - mer kitchen, all in good repair, rooms nicely papered, and all in good shape. Barn 46x66 feet, solid oak frame set on stone Un 7 pillars and with slate roof, first class in every particular, good lIU I . granary, corn cribs and other out buildings built apart from barn, good driven well with iron pump, never failing. 85 barrel cemented cistern, good soft water for drinking or washing purposes. Two orchards of nice thrifty young bearing trees, apples, pears, etc; fine grap« arbor, excellent gra]ves. About 50 acres of this farm is now well set down to grass. This is a fine farm in an excellent neighborhood and is a bargain you should not miss at $40.00 per acre. 80 acre farm on good gravel road running from Union City to Fort Recovery. Ohio, J mile from school, near to church, and in good neighborhood. 65 acres cleared and 15 acres in timber maple, oak etc. Land well tiled, fences Un 0 in fairly good repair. Frame house, 11 stories, six nice rooms •** 0 and cellar, all in good shape. Frame barn, shedded on three J sides for stables, two good wells, never failing, and good cistern always plenty of water. Good liearing orchard of all varieties of fruit. This farm lies nine miles from Union City and 61 miles from Fort Recot ary, and one mile from postoffice with daily mail. This is a splendid chance to buy a good farm, and will not be in the market long at the price at which it is now quoted. I Price, $3000.00.

The True I’oker Flat. In 1852 I’oker Flat produced $700,000 in gold bullion in a single month and celebrated the event with a triple hanging. Then came the public spasm of virtue which caused the John Oak-; bursts and the "outcasts of Poker Flat” to depart from thence and die of cold and starvation on the snow bound road to Sandy Bar. There are no “Oakhursts” nor “Uncle Billys” In Poker Flat today, and when the stranger makes the slow descent and suddenly by a sharp turn in the trail comes upon the famous camp he finds in that buddle of cabins little to remind him of the Poker Flat of 1852. The famous slope presents almost a picture of utter ruin. There are but eight persons living In the old town,; while a hundred dead ones sleep In the cemetery. Some of the graves are marked with wooden beadboards, some, with stakes, but many have nothing above them. Nearly all of them were laid to rest without religious rites save a Bible reading by old Charlie Pond,, who, though a professional gambler, was selected for the religious office owing to his excellent voice and oratorical ability. In 1853 and 1854 there were 2,000. souls In Poker Flat and 15 stores. 5 hotels, 3 dance balls and 7 gambling houses. There is but one man left today of that original company. He is an old and grizzled veteran, who delights to tell how in 1850 a circus came to town and sold 1,500 tickets of afimisslon at S2O each.—W. M Clemens In Bookman. A Day Dream of Tennyson. In the “Life of Tennyson” occurs the following: “A kind of waking trance I have frequently had. up from boyhood, when I have been all alone. This has generally cotne upon me through repeating my own name two or three times to myself silently, till nil at once, as It were out of the Intensity of the consciousness of individuality, the Individuality Itself seemed to dissolve and fade away Into boundless being, and this not In a con-1 fused state, but the clearest of the clearest, the surest of the surest, the weirdest of the weirdest, utterly beyond words, where death was an al-: most laughable Impossibility, the loss of personality (If »<> It were) seeming no extinction but the only true life. This might be the state which St Paul describes, ‘whether In the liody I cannot tell, or whether out of the body 1 cannot tell.’ I am ashamed of my feeble description. Have I not said the state Is utterly beyond words? But in a moment when I come back to my normal state of ‘sanity’ I am ready to fight for inein liebes Ich ami hold that It will Inst for irons and toons.” .4 The Romans built London about the year 50 A. D., but London v all was not built entll 306 A. D.

REMEMBER, that if you want to sell your real estate we can find you a buyer, anti if you want to buy real estate we can sell you... No commission unless sale is made. HARRUFF & LENHART. Decatur, Indiana.

Itching Scalp. Scald Head and the mo.t Violent Forma of Eczema an<l Salt Kheum Promptly and Thoroughly Cured by Dr. A. W. Chase*. Ointment. Among small children, scald head and similar itching skin diseases are most prevalent. and the worst feature is that these ailments, which are apparently trivial at first almost invariably develop into chronic eczema if neglected. There is but one treatment that physicians are unanimous in recommending for scald

716 Joseph Chapman avenue, Detroit, Mich., writes: "For three years I have been troubled by an intense itching on my body. So terrible was it at times that I could get no rest night or day. I tried all kinds of ointments and blood purifiers, but could get no relief. Mr. H. A. Nicolai of 379 Division street recommended Dr. Chase's Ointment. A few applications stopped the itching and I have felt nothing since.” Baby Eczema. Mr. F. S. Rose, of 133 Sixteenth street, Buffalo, N. V., writes : "Our baby boy suffered for some time with that wretched eczema, and we were unable to find anything to cure or even relieve his pain. A few applications of Dr. A. W. Chase's Ointment stopped the itching and healed the sores, and a bright, natural skin now takes their place.” 50 cents at all dealers, or Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

A MAN becomes languid, irijtable and de•pondent, through loss of nerve vigor. Life seems a mockery. The courage, force, vigor and action which characterize full-blooded men, are lacking. have kindled the light of hope in many a man's face. They bring vigor to the weak and ambition to the despondent. They permanently check the weakening drains, feed the nerves, enrich the blood and make men over generally. SI 00 per box : (I lioxes 15.00. With a t>s 00 order wc issue a written guarantee to refund the money if no cure be effected. Book free. Peal Mepicink Co., Cleveland. Ohio. For sale by Page Blackburn.

; A fine residence property in Decatur, Indiana, six squares from business center, on a stone street; corner lot 83x132 feet, lies high and dry, fine maple shade trees next to streets; bearing apple and pear trees and grape vines in good bearing condition. One and one-half story frame house of ten rooms, well built and in good repair, piped for gas, well of Nd ini) good water with iron pump, under roof, good dry cellar, good ItUi IUU barn with stable room for six horses; also a large building which has been used for a carpenter shop, can be arranged for dwelling house with small outlay. A very desirable residence property. ! Price, $2000.00, one half cash, balance in one and two years at 6 [ percent. Residence property. — One and one half story frame house of eleven rooms, two large clothes rooms, buttry and china closet, rooms all newly papered, and all in good condition, a large dry cellar, house piped for gas, fine drilled well, iron force pump, splendid water, 85 barrel tank cistern with pump in kitchen, good large wood house and summer Nfl Ifil kitchen, also coal house. This desirable residence is situated HUi lUJ ou a fj nei large lot, on a brick street in Decatur, inside of the railroads, less than three squares from the business center of city. The lot contains apple, pear cherry and plum trees, all I excellent fruit, and is nicely situated in a good neighborhood. L Price, $1600.00. Residence property in city of Decatur. House of five rooms, two clothes rooms and fine large buttry. rooms newly papered and painted last spring, house is piped for gas and city, water,also has fine drilled well of splendid water, new 50 barrel tank cistern put in one year ago, good large summer NO lOA kitchen piped for gas,good barn and outbuildings. This resi ’ ~ I donee is situated on a good alley lot on Indiana street, one-half square west of Fifth street and one-half square from Third Ward school building; lot is 66x132 feet with maple shade trees next to street, also next to alley back of summer kitchen. In good neighborhood and cheap at I $900.00. fIOO acre farm, 3 miles south-east of Decatur, on gravel road. 85 acres cleared and fenced into six fields; good fences; balance timber land; oak. walnut and other timber. Soil black sandy river bottom loam, very productive. House of seven rooms, 1.1 story solid frame, well built and in good shape; also frame house of six rooms, one story, in good con Nfl 4 1 dition. Frame bank barn, 32x50 feet; stable under whole lIUI *t barn, and all in fine shape; cribs, granary and other outbuildings. Driven well with iron force pump, can not lie pumped dry; first-class water; also dug well of good water. Orchard of fine fruit, thrifty trees. This is a fine farm and I has been well cared for and is a bargain. I Price, $4700.00.

InconulMtent. “You are a most inconsistent woman,” said Henpeck, turning at last. “I am. eh?” she retorted. “How?” “You insist upon having and using only tlie most expensive things, and yet”— “Well? You certainly never objected to that?” “No. but do be consistent. Don't use so much talk. It’s cheap” *”• "-•*-■ Many men in China do not marry, the priests who serve in the temples and those who take up literary putsuits abstaining by choice, while many remain single by reason of their poverty. A man of few words and many deeds Is like a garden of many vegetables and few weeds.—Chicago News.

heads and eczema, and that is Dr. Chase'sOinttsent, the great antiseptic healer. It promptly stops the distressing itching which accompanies these diseases and positively produces a thorough and complete cure. Mr. J. H. Grant,

a HEALTH and vitality 9L wRI I II nTI - MOTT’B MEIIVKHIWH I’IIjIjS The great remedy for nervous prostration and all diseases of the generative organs of either sex. such as Nervous Prostration, Failing or Lost Manhood, Imnotency, Nightly Emissions, Youthful Errors. Mental Worry, excessive use of Tobacco or Opium, which lead to Consumption and Insanity. With every ACTED IKliiQ $5 order we guarantee to cure or refund the money. Sold at SI.OO per box, Arlen UOIIW. 0 boxes for $3.00. DK.JIOTT'N CHE.W At CO., Cleveland, OliiaFor sale by Nachtrieb A Fuelling.

a Lesson in Health F FBBSHATEVER the apparent b I Till fansc "• y"' ir ‘H health, are N 1’ ’1 ' ,,;1 absolutely certain that *■ BA Al ( ' ie rea '’ underlying cause 4J isn't disorder in your kidU neys ? Nine chances in ten it's your *. 0 kidnevs that need attention, if the real J F r ..,,t t<> 17 F S k <>r 4 L J E ' ys i> s r v 11 ' ' (ft *L k IM olev's Kidney is P ' Sa V , H Try to-day. A/ iJ J-f t SORE ? BANNER SALVE will heal it. Sold by Holthouso. Callow & Co. .druggists. Decatur. er—WHEN IN DOUBT. TRY TheybareMood the teat otyaarf, .AwKW, PTnnUft r--x * . and cure d thou,ana, of w \ I KiiNiS .XXdCate, of Nervous Diieaaes, mi. I* tty _ | UIIIUIIU K^/ , Debiley, l>u/ines., SleeplcuJw Hr lAIIU I new and Varicocele,A l.ophy.ltu W All® IN They clear the In .iin, st, cr.|;l rei. HUHIH I the circulation, make digestion ( A perfect, and impart a healthy fcJX Jl* vigor to the whole being. AU drain* aid losses are chrclce.i /eremwnrZy. Coles* patient* ire properly, nred, their condition oft. n worries them Into Insanity, Consumption or Death. Mailed sealed. Price »i per bos: 0 boses.with Iron-clad I-*..1 euarantre to cure or refund tha ifyfWc! *a tauucy, Sj.oo. Send ior tree book. Address, PEAL MEDICINE CO., Cleveland, b PagolUlnckburn, druggist. Decatur, Indiana.

tt On Jellies f M preserves and pickle*, spread u thin coating of renaed ■ paraffine] ! WAX I HQR Will keep them absolutely moisture and a id proof Wat it also useful in BK a dozen othnr way* about the house. Full BP W? direction* in ea-’h pound package. f; Sold everywhere. K STANDARD OIL CO. ■