Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1901 — Page 3

$2.00 Spot Cash Is just what it takes to buy this bill of Every one a necessity. — — ■" 201 b granulated sugar, SI,OO lib can BEST baking powder. 35 1 can table peaches 13 1 can corn 7 SJbs prunes 25 11b Java coffee 20 $2.00 W. W. Moats. TELEPHONE 17 7. ,]. W. Meibers and Bony France were at Montpelier last Friday. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cures headache. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk, j Forepaugh’s shows are billed for Van Wert August 2, one week from tomorrow. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cures stomach troubles. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. j Enos Peoples drove a crowd to Bluffton early Friday morning in time to catch a train to Montpelier. The races were the drawing card. Mr. John Tippis, Colton, 0., says: "Foley’s Honey and Tar cured my little girl of a severe cough and inflamed tonsils." Holthouse, Callow & Co. j It would not be so bad if the people who go away on excursions and outings would not insist on telling the lucky fellow who has to stay at home all about the good time. Thos. W. Carter of Ashboro, N. C., had kidney trouble and one bottle of Foley’s Kidney Cure effected a perfect cure, and he says there is no remedy that will compare with it. Holthouse, Callow <fc Co. j A deputy game and fish warden has filed five charges against Marion oil • operators for poluting the waters of the Mississinewa and Boots creek with refuse from oil wells. Four other operators will be prosecuted. What two cents will do. It will bring relief to sufferers from asthma or consumption, even in the wore cases. This is about what one dose of Foley’s Honey and Tar costs. Isn’t it worth a trial? Holthouse, Callow At Co. j

SPEC IA L — Wash Goods Sale During the month of July. Shirt Waists at less than cost. Every Yard Wash Goods Must be Sold. Fine silk muslin de soi, satin stripes and figured that sold at 50c QQ per yard, to close uuc yd — Fine quality batiste that were sold at 20c per yard, your choice to |O 1 close at this sale I£2 C yd Extra fine quality dimities and batiste in newest designs, a bargain at Q 12%c per yard, they go at this sale to close uc yd Fine quality batiste and dimities in nice patterns, that were 10c a 71 yard, we’ll sell them at this sale to close for I 2c yd Dimities that were 8c per yard, in new designs, a good value, we’re P 1 going to sell them to close at U2 C yd A lot of dimities that were 6c a yard, we intend to close out at the low C figure of Jc yd Choice of our stock of Scotch lawns at 4c yd All shirt waists for less than cost to manufacture. Ask to see them and get your selections. Ladies, we have bargains well worth seeing. Special Bargains in all Departments. Niblick & Company.

Moser and family were at Rome ( ity over Sunday. Joe Sawyear was at Bluffton Friday to see his little nephew who was badly injured several days ago. Fox's ore Favorites. People who try them always buy r“ L ~ ' y , are cris P a “d nutty. l'£h 8 » FO iT X i tter Crackers are iked by all who like fresh and delicious crackers. The undersigned is a proficient electrician and will give moderate prices for all kinds of electric wiring, etc. Call on or address Clark Steven son, Decatur, Ind. jg.g The piles that annoy you so will be quickly and permanentlv healed if you u S e DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Beware of worthless counterfeits. Smith, Yager & Falk. j Lemon juice is famed as an article for removing stains from the skin, but " hen it is a stain on the character nothing has ever been discovered that does the work so satisfactorily and quickly as Lncle Sam’s legal tender. It is easier to keep well than to get cured. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers taken now and then, will always keep your bowels in perfect order. They never gripe but promote an easy and gentle action. Smith. Yager & Falk, j Marion is confronted with a water problem. One night the water in the reservoir fell six feet. A million gallons of water a day being pumped, and the machinery is taxed to the fullest capacity. All the drinking fountains have lieen shut off. A Poor Millionaire Lately starved in London because he could not digest his food. Early use of Dr. King's New Life Pills would have saved him. They strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, promote assimilation, improve appetite. Price 25c. Money back if not satisfied Sold by Page Blackburn druggist, j The Dunkirk Land company, which owns about twelve hundred lots in the vicinity of Dunkirk, is concentrating the money it has borrowed with which to carry on its business, and with that end in view has secured of the Dickenson Trust compay of Richmond twenty-seven thousand dollars. Notice to Wheelmen. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 25 cent bottle of Henry & 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 SOcents. Page Blackburn. ts

frank Railing, Charles Patton, John I Falk and Charles Railing arrived home Sat unlay from a week at Turkey lake. The greatest healer of 'modern times is Banner Salve for cuts, wounds ( sores, piles and all skin diseases It is guaranteed. Use no substitute. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j The Erie railroad company has adopted the “age lock-out” plan. The company will not employ any person over forty-five years of age. Most of the roads make thirty-five the age limit. Science has found that rheumatism is caused by uric acid in the blood This poison should, be excreted by the kidneys. Foley's Kidney Cure always makes them well. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j Thirty years ago appendicitis was unknown because the surgeon with his knife had not then demonstrated that the so-called and fatal inflammation of the appendix, now known as appendicitis. When you want a modern, up-to-date physic try Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Price 25 cents. Samples free at Holthouse, Collow & Callow & Co’s drug store, j Low Rate ol Interest. Money loaned at five per cent, interest, payable annually or semi-an-nually, at option of borrower, with privilege of partial paj’ments at any interest paying time. No delay in making loans. F. M. Schirmeyer, Decatur, Ind. 9tf “1 am indebted to One Minute Cough Cure for my present good health and my life. I was treated in vain by doctors for lung trouble following la grippe, I took One Minute Cough Cure and recovered my health.” Mr. E. H. Wise, Madison, Ga. Smith, Yager & Falk. j Newspaper advertising is always to Ire relied upon as sure to bring the results. From Michigan comes the story of a man on his way to the theatre, who dropped into the office of the local paper and advertised for a boy. He had scarcely got seated half an hour when one fell from the gallery into his lap. Heartburn. When the quantity of food taken is too large or the quality too rich heartburn is likely to follow, and especially so if the digestion has been weakened by constipation. Eat slowly and not too freely of easily digested food. Masticate the food thoroughly. Let six hours elapse between meals and when you feel a fullness and weight in the region of the stomach after eating, indicating that you have eaten too much, take one of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and the heartburn may be avoided. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. j

! The “color line” now stands a good chance of being obliterated in the near future. A Kansas University proses sor claims to have discovered a “germ” I with which he jgan, by inoculation, change the skill■ of the Senegnmbian to the shade or color of the Caucasian.

She Didn’t Wear a Ma.sk. But herbeatuty was completely hidden by sores, blotches and pimples till she used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Then they vanished as well as all eruptions, fever sores, boils, ulcers, carbuncles and felons from its use. Infallible for cuts, corns, burns, scalds and piles. Cure guaranteed. 25c at Page Blackburn’s. j Ice men at Marion who struck for higher wages have been successful. The drivers receive 810.50 and the helpers 89 a week with 20 cents an hour overtime. Ten hours constitute a day's work, but if the route be not covered in 12 hours no demand for overtime will be made. For all time over twelve hours the men will be allowed extra pay. A postmaster writes: “I wish to add my testimony to the genuine merit of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. I have tried many remedies but have found your Syrup Pepsin superior to all other laxatives and stomach medicines. My wife and I both use it and know it does all that you claim for it. Yours sincerely, C. O. Kinne, Alma, Kansas.. Dec. 22, 1900. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. j Get an Island Park program. The Island Park Chautauqua at Sylvan Lake, Rome City, Ind., present's the strongest program for years. The G. R. & I. railway gives patrons along the line less than half fare rates, with one day’s admission to Assembly. Ticket sale begins July 23. Round trip from Decatur and return 81.70. Ask for printed matter giving full Assembly particulars. J. Bryson, agent G. K. & I. Ry. You can never cure dyspepsia by dieting. What your body needs is plenty of good food properly digested. Then if your stomach will not digest it, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will. It contains all of the natural digestants hence must digest every class of food and so prepare it that nature can use it nourishing the body and so replacing the wasted tissues, thus giving life, health, strength, ambition, pure blood and good healthy appetite. Smith, Yager & Falk. j The rose bugs, the ornery cusses, after eating up our peach crop, grapes, strawberries and everything else in sight, and because they had nothing else upon which to subsist, have bowed their heads and “kicked the bucket.” Os all the pests that ever visited this locality, they are the most persistent. They will fattenon “pizeu”and smack their lips over the taste of various bug exterminators. There’s nothing they dislike except the fumes of brimstone and carbolic acid. The latter diluted, say a teaspaonful to three gallons of water use a spray. Notice—We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles orlioxesof 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 During the last year the Lutherans gained in the United States 90,000; Methodists 52,000; Disciples of Christ nearly 32,000; Episcopalians about 1,000: Presbyterians almost 1.000 and the Baptists about 5,000. The percentage of gain is as follows: Lutherans, .56; Disciples, .028;Episcopalians, .026; Methodists, about .0099; Presbyterians, .008. Lutheran membership during the century increased 80 fold or more than six times as fast as the population and the population growth of America astonishes the world. Chronic Constipation Cured. W. R. Trott, 355 Garfield Ave., Chicago writes: “For the past ten years I have suffered with chronic constipation and have tried many of the laxatives on the market, with little or no results. I tried Bailey's Laxative Tablets and was more than pleased with the results. It is the only medicine that has afforded me permanent relief and I take great pleasure in recommending it to any one suffering from constipation and its results.” Chocolate coated. 21) tablets for ten cents, 60 for 25 cents, postpaid. The active principle is cascara sagrad a the only known cure for constipation. Made bv the Lakeside Med- Co.. Chi cago. Sold by Page Blackburn. The Bluffton Evening News tells of a wreck in that city as follows: Two Clover Leaf freights crashed together at the hoop factory at 2:30 this afternoon ami three men wen* injured, two of them seriously. Both engines were smashed io pieces,three cars derailed and traffic generally impeded. The wreck is the worst on the road in months. Freight No. 42,east bound in charge of conductor Hammond, had the right of way and expected a clear track. His train pulled around the curve at full spetsl, directly on west bound train No. 45 in charge of conductor Doolittle. This train was steaming out of the siding at a lively rate of speed and the collision was something terrible. The eastbound was a meat train and one car was smashed, two others being derailed. Westbound had only a few cars on, and did not have a flag out. The injured men are engineer Srfboksand brakeman Byrd, both of Frankfortland Fireman Britchel, Toledo. None will die. *

Big Store. Furniture, Queensware, Notions, Sewing Machines, Stoves, Carpets, Linoleums, Dry Goods, Clothing Groceries Shoes. The Big Store Kern, Beeler & Co. Decatur, Ind.

Ray Center, N. D., March 21, 1898. For years I have been troubled with inflammatory rheumatism, and last winter was confined to my bed help less. I began taking Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm and applied locally the Volcanic Oil Lini ment and was completely cured. J. Allison. For sale by Hofthouse, Cal low Ac Co. j William McCormick, an inmate of the Boone, county infirmary, has gone to South Bend to marry Mrs. Jennie Vincent, a widow worth .510,000. He is 81 years old and the bride is 56. He was formerly a school teacher but met with reverses a few years ago and was forced to the infirmary. He is above the average both in looks and intelligence. He met Mrs. Vincent three years ago in Kansas and a coirespondence follower! resulting in his engagement. White Man Turned Yellow. Great consternation was felt by the friends of M. A. Hogarty of Lexington, Ky., when they saw he was turning yellow. His skin slowly changed color, also his eyes, and he suffered terribly. His malady was yellow jaundice. He was treated by the best doctors, but without benefit. Then he was advised to try Electric Bitters, the wonderful stomach and liver remedy and he writes: "After taking two bottles I was wholly cured.” A trial proves its matchless merit for all stomach, liver and kidney troubles. Sold by Page Blackburn, druggist, j If the Indianapolis News is correct in its surmise the promoters of inter urban lines are up against the steel tiust good and proper. The news savs that three efforts on the part of tfie promoters of the new Indiana Traction lines to get rails from the steel trust have lieen turned down. The new lines will compete with the existing railways. The News says that it understands it to Lie the lielief that the refusal to sell rails to the electric lines is due to an understanding between the officials of the United States Steel company. How'a This? We offer One Hundred Dollars for any case of catarrh that cannot lai cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West Ac Truax, wholesale druggists, Toledo, O. Waiding, Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Price, 75c. per Lxittle. Sold by all druggists, les titnonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. j

DRUNK SODA That is SODA; made from pure SODA; the same kind of SODA that you use in SODA biscuits; the only SODA that is REAL SODA and healthful for SODA drinkers. | ...No Marble Oust <ias in Ours... Holthouse, Callow & Co. Makers of F*ure Soda, MW Gent a Mile Excursions to Pan - ArniefiGan Exposition. —VIA— Chicago & Erie R.R. |J-#y*'The direct line to Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Chautauqua Lake. Also tickets sold daily to al] stations good for ten and fifteen days at low rates. All tickets go<xl for stop-over at Lakewood or Jamestown or Chautauqua Lake. For information see agents or write W. S. Morrison, 14 7 t. P. H-untinftton, in<i.