Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1902 — Page 3

DOCTOR E. J. Beardsley, General Practice and Surgery. Hut Special Attention given to Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat and Chronic DiKases Expert in fitting Glasses. Thoroughly equipped for treating Eye. Ear, Throat and Catarrhal eases. CALLS answered, day or night. OFFICE—over postoffice. RESIDENCE -cor. Monroe and Ninth sts Office Hours—9 to 11 a. m. 2t04 p. tn.

I have watches from SI.OO to $85.00 which will make you buy at Hensley’s. 30-ts I have One Hundred Thousand Dollars SIOO,OOO, to loan ou real estate at 5.1 per cent interest. No eommision. D. B. Erwin. ts Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no pay. Price 25 cents.* ts Notice to The Public We will start our mill at Pleasant Mills, Dee. 2nd. 1901. We will grind chop and meal at 24 cents per bushel until May 2nd 1902. Cowan \ Smith. 39 8 Another gas shortage was caused last week by the smashing of the big pump in the Jay county field. A bolt came loose and before the machinery could be stopped the tear-up came. Chapped hands, cracked lips and roughness of the skin cured quickly by Banner Salve, the most healing ointment in the world. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j Bring in your horse, we du the rest. Have just put in a set of stocks and can handle anything in the horse line from a flying kicker to a man eater. Charles Heppner, the Preble shoer. 414 Tan footwear, the most lasting fad ever known in the shoe line, is dead. Out of the thousands of dollars worth of shoes ordered by local merchants for spring, not one order was for tan shoes. The styles will be broad toes and heavy sole for 1902. A cure for lumbago. W. C. Williamson, of Amherst, Va., says: “For more than a year I suffered from lumbago. I finally tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm ami it gave me entire relief, which all other remedies had failed to do. - ’ Sold by Holthouse, Callow & Co. j 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 delav in making loans. F. M. Schirmeyer, Decatur, Ind. 9tf

[AWBBD ABOUT WRAPS] |JI I Aave been offering some special inducements in Ladies’ Wraps. Many g have taken advantage of our saving prices during the season end sale. S 3 We still have a few rare bargains. These garments are the best tailored pro- gg § I ductions of the season in swing, style and individuality. If you have not ® bought your winter garment we can surely interest you ———— ® C - ® ll■ r~- '■ • ® Qfln Ladies’long garments, tan and castor, ® q]d- Laches cloth capes VOL the acme of style, CJQ 98 Jr A 1 Ladies’ plush crushed CQ fJQ ' w V and plain, 3-in sweep. V 0.01/ A few choice fur Q f(J $2 9g - Ladies' jackets, tan, castor, black, | fo?’. ua ’ y ’ ?10,50 . value 86.98 i to s iT. : a T 75 ? 98c | garments. sß.4B *°°, in all color8 ’ $2.69 1 4 Ladies ¥12.50 black gar- GO AQ Childrens long garments, GO 1 os | merits. Flinches tpO.TXO red and naw, ¥6value.. VO. X vz KJ • II I ’ C 2 I IJZZZZTZL,. 1 — I

Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin sweetens the breath. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. j I have the finest stock of rings and watches now on exhibit in Decatur. Call and decide for yourself at Hensley’s. * 30-ts Fatal kidney and bladder troubles can always be prevented by the use of Foley’s Kidney Cure. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j The state reports 9.000 children had to quit school on account of their eyes. Adams county had 15 of them. Are you going to join them when you can find if your eyes are defected at Hensley’s free. 30-ts Life is a race not for a silver cup, but for character that is the goal. The prize is Heaven, but the race must always be run, and life, to many, is outward defeat, and to a larger number, inward defeat. Stop it! A neglected cough or cold may lead to serious bronchial or lung troubles. Don’t take chances when Foley’s Honey and Tar affords perfect security from serious effects.of a cold. Holt house, Callow & Co. j If domestic life has its cares and .responsibilities and what life has not? it also has its sweetness and its consolations, its joys and its benefits, that are infinitely superior to anything that can possibly be obtained in hotels or flats. If troubled with a weak digestion, belching, sour stomach, or if you feel dull after eating, try Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents. Samples free at Holthouse, Callow & Col drug store, j For Sale Two farms, one 120 acres and one of 80 acres. Located three miles and a malf southeast of Decatur. Good land and practically all under cultivation. For particulars see any of those interested in the Ayer’s estate. lOtf This is the time of year when the horse should have the best of care. After a drive to town, a heavy pull or other exertion, the sweaty horse should be well blanketed the moment he is hitched to a post. The human person will always take good care of his faithful friend,

Why suffer with your kidneys’ The discovery of Dr. Geo. Leininger’s For-mal-de-hyde Kidney Tablets, has proved a blessing to thousands of kidney sufferers who have been restored to perfect health. These Tablets drive the kidney disease germs out of the blood, and prevent accumulation of uric acid in the system. We urge all sufferers to give this scientific and successful kidney remedy a trial. They come in two sizes, 25 and 50 cents. Come and get a trial treat ment free at Smith, Yager A Falk, ts

No time for tears in Uncle Hez. Cough cured quickly by Foley’s Honey and Tar. Refuse substitutes. Holthouse Callow & Co. j We notice through the columns of one of our city dailies that a southern judge ruled that beer is not intoxicating. This comes from elevating men to the bench who have comparatively little practice at the “bar.” A life at stake. If you but knew the merit of Foley’s Honey and Tar you would never be without it. A dose or two will prevent an attack of pneumonia or lagrippe. It may save your life. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j We don’t want to buy at your place we won’t trade there any more; you’ll be sorry when you see us going to some other store. You can’t sell us any stale goods, we have opened wide our eyes; we don’t to trade at your store ’cause you do not advertise. Exchange. It Girdles the Olobe. The fame of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, as the best in the world, extends round the earth. It's the one perfect healer of cuts corns, burns, bruises, sores, scalds, boils, ulcers, felons, aches, painsand all skin eruptions. Only infallible pile cure. 25c a box at Blackburn & Christen’s. j A natural gas explosion at Ft. Recovery did considerable damage to a two-story brick store building. The gas accumulated in the basement and in some manner became ignited and exploded, with the result of several hundred dollars damages to the building and contents. The many friends of G. A. Hausan. engineer L. E. & W. K. R., at present living in Lima, ()., will be pleased to know of his recovery from threatened kidney disease. He writes: "I* was cured by using Foley’s Kidney Cure, which I recommend to all, especially trainmen who are usually similarly afflicted.” Holthouse. Callow & Co. j A western editor is said to have hit upon a plan to keep subscriptions paid up that takes the cake. Every time a delinquent subscriber is mentioned in his paper his name is inverted. For example “sauof uqop is spending a few days in Chicago." Every other subscriber understands what it means and there is a grand rush to get right side up again. In bed four weeks with la grippe. We have received the following letter from Mr. Roy Kemp, of Angola. Ind. “I was in bed four weeks with la grippe and I tried many remedies and spent considerable for treatment with physicians, but I receiveci no relief until I tried Foley’s Honey and Tar. Two small bottles of this medicine cured me and I now use it exclusively 'in my family.” Take no substitutes. : Holthouse, Callow & Co.

If Banner Salve doesn t cure your piles, your money will be returnd. It is the most healing medicine. Holt house, Callow & Co. j There is reason to believe, despite the recent denials, that the large express companies of the country intend to consolidate. It is said that plans are under way for the formation of su«h a trust. The prevention of consumption is entirely a question of commencing the proper treatment in time. Nothis so well adapted to ward off fatal lung troubles as Foley’s Honey and Tar. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j Attention Farmers' Have you horses for sale? If so bring them to James Rice’s livery barn on First street, Decatur, Indiana, any Saturday and I will buy them and pay you the highest market prices. Horses of every kind wanted. Elmer Johnson. 43tf While a man doesn’t see much of a girls family when he's courting, he is apt to see a good deal of it when he’s housekeeping; and while he doesn’t marry his wife’s father there is nothing in the marriage vow to prevent the old man from borrowing money of him. Cut this out and take it to Holt house Callow & Co’s, drug store and get a free sample of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, the best physic. They also cure disorders of the stomach, biliousness and headache. . j The first official bulletin on forestry in Indiana has just been issued by Secretary Will Freeman, of the state board of forestry. The report shows that in Indiana there are 18,269,974 acres of farm land. It contains complete information for starting and raising all trees common to Indiana. Children Poisoned. Many children are made nervous and weak, if not killed outright, by mothers giving them cough syrups containing opiates. Foley's Honey and Tar is a safe and certain remedy for coughs, croup and lung troubles, and is the only prominent cough medicine that contains no opiates or other poisons. Holthouse, Callow & Co. j The county treasurer’s office of I Rawlin’s county, Kansas, at Atwood, was entered by burglars at 1 o’clock Sunday morning, December 22, 1901, who blew open the safe and looted ; the same of about $1,750 in money. I The board cfcornmissionesof Rawlins I county offer SI,OOO for the arrest and ' conviction of of party or parties and j the governor of Kansas offers $250 I additional. To Cure a Colp in One Day i Take Laxative Bromo Quinine TabI lets. All druggist refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c. ts

For Sale or Trade I have some very good farms for sale or exchange. Also a list of city property for sale at a bargain. Money to loan at five per i cent. P. K. Kinney, Stone Block,' Decatur, Ind. ' 40tf Enk Preparation No. 31 is a posi-' tive cure for dyspepsia and indiges-1 tion. For all mgjiner of stomach troubles it will be found beneficial and very rapid in its action. Relieves congestion from excessive use of alcoholic drinks. Sold by HolthouseGallow & Co. and Nachtrieb & Fuell ing- ts We have at the present time a season of high-priced staple farm commodities, such as the country has not known for many a year. Corn, oats, forage of all kinds, potatoesand vegetables of all sorts are at a point of scarcity, and are likely to remain there until a new crop is produced, which is going to make the keeping and feeding of all stock for the next nine months a very serious problem. Personal. The lady who had to leave the donation party the other night before it was over will please call at our drug store and get a bottle of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. She has indigestion or she would not have taken sick, and if she had taken Dr. Caldwell s Syrup Pepsin she wouldn’t have had indigestion. In 50c and $1 bottles at Smith, Yager & Falk’s, j When the civil war ended, in 1865, there were 1,050,000 on the rolls of the Union army, but there were actually on the firing line in all the armies of Grant, Sherman and Thomas, east and west, only 262,000 men. The others were guarding thousands of miles of railroad, rivers,and seacoast. They were also guarding prisoners, acting as provost guards, or were in hospitals. The Money-Back Cough Syrup. Means a lot to people who are tired of experimenting with the “ordinary” cough preparations you are not out a cent if Dr. Geo. Leininger’s For-mal-de-hyde Cough Cure does not please you. It will cure consumption and all serious and stubborn lung and throat diseases. Sold at 25c on a guarantee by Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Don't ask for credit if you can possibly avoid it. If. however, you find it necessary to ask credit, be sure to meet the obligation when due. Business men of experience and intelligence generally look on the credit system as the breeder of extravagance the abettor of dishonesty, the estranger of friends, the murderer of hopes. Pay as you go and you will escape many temptations and lead a happier life. The Cough Remedy for Children. Is one that contains nothing to harm them. “Common" cough syrup is not safe. Dr. Geo. Leininger’s For-mal-de hyde Cough Cure is especially recommended by physicians for the treatment whooping cough and croup. Once tried you will never use any other. Sold on a guarantee at 25 cents Smith, Yager & Falk. ts

Thousands of rats have invaded this county says a Tipton dispatch. Corn cribs, wheat granaries, barns, cellars and chicken coops are overun with the rodents. Kats of all kinds and sizes are visible and they are desperate in their boldness. Farmers have slain thousands, but the ranks are rapidly filling again. Where they come from is a mystery, but there is no question but that they travel in schools. Free Kidney Cure. We have arranged to distribute free trial treatment of Dr. Geo. Leininger's For-mal-de-hyde Kidney Tablets. These have proven to be the only positive cure for all kidney and bladder diseases as they drive the kidney disease germn out of the blood. Come and get a free trial treatment at once. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts These are strenuous days in the literary department stores of literary Chicago. A busy man sent over yesterday to a book counter for Eugene Field’s “Trumpet and Drum" and was electrified by the arrival of a huge package containing these noisy but popular articles of celebration. And now he is congratulating himself that he did not ask for "The Complete Angler," which would have been nothing short of a ¥IOO fishing outfit. The only cure for tuberculosis i Enk Preparation No. 26. Price S 3. Its effects are felt from the first dose. There is hope in these cases as long as there is life. We have plenty of cases where the patient has been con find to bed four and five months. Sold by Holt house. Callow & Co. and Nachtrib A Fuelling. ts The Kansas experiment station during the past winter fattened 130 head of calves for what is called “baby beef.’" They were divided into nine lots. One lot of ten had been raiser! by hand with skim milk and another lot of ten had run with their dams in small pastures until weaning. Both lots were put in fattening yards at weaning and were fed for several months on alfalfa hay and corn. The average per head was: Calvos raised with dam, 135 pounds; skim milk calves. 110 pounds. A Heep Mystery It is II mystery why women endure backache, headache, nervousness sleep lessness. melancholy, fainting and dizzy spells when thousands have proved that Electric Bitters will quickly cure such troubles. “I suffer ed for years with kidney trouble,” writes I’hebe Charley, of Peterson, la., "and a lame back pained so 1 could not dress myself, but Electric Bitters wholly cured me, and, although 73 years old, I am now able to do all my housework.” it over comes constipation, improves appe tile, gives perfect health. Only 50e at Blackburn & Christen’s drug store, j

Bat These are sweet words, but how m pain and suffering they used to mean, different now. Since Mother's Friend 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. Internal remedies at this time do more harm than good. If a 0155 woman is supplied with this splendid liniment she need never fear rising or swelling breasts, morning sickness, or any of the discomforts which usually accompany pregnancy. The proprietor of a large hotel in Tampa, Fla., writes: “My wife had an awful time with her first child. During her second pregnancy, Mother’s Friend was used and the baby was born easily before the doctor arrived. It’s certainly great.” Get Mother’s Friend at the drugstore. $1 per bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Write for our free illustrated book, “ Before Babj la Bor;;.”

Window Cliffs. Tenn., May 10,159 b. 1 had been suffering a long time with liver and kidney trouble, and was un able to move myself in my bed. Finally I procured two bottles of Dr. J. IL McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm. As 1 finished the second I became able to go about my work as usual. , 1 gladly recommend it. W. T. Massa. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co; j A Kansas woman has been driven to suicide through brooding over a poem treating of the woes of life and the bliss of death. Most of the poetry written is dismal enough to drive Us readers to crime, but there is no use in taking it seriously. All young poets, for some unaccountable reason, prefer to write in a lugubrious stiain. and probably the author of the l'ne • that led the Kansas woman to ;t' grave were written by some li j young creature who knew nothing A death and little of life. ■ . . "Some time ago mi y caught a severe cold. SheK | ▼ of pains in her chest and I ►*- cough. I gave her Cii Cough Remedy according, tions and in two days si I and able to go to school. I I W this remedy in my family fl g seven years and have nevtil w to fail,” says James Pn : merchant. Annato Bay, Jam | India Islands. The painsir. i indicated an approaching- / pneumonia, which in tbii , was undoubtedly wardeal Champerlain’s Cough Reml counteracts any tendency of 1 I ward pneumonia. Sold by Hi I Callow & Co, The man who started th] should be given the leather “A farmer near St. Marys hail he wanted split and as it wi tough he got a stick of dynarn tending to blow the log to si eons. He laid the dynamite] by the barn door and went in 4 put bis team away. A pig fours dynamite, swallowed it and vL into a stall where a span of i\ was tied. Or," of the mules kicked the pig the jar set the dynamite off. The explosion blinded t'e farmer? killed one mule, tore tin' harness oflj the other blewr-the end out of the! barn and nearlykilled th? pg/’ Are You Constipated . Do you have that tired feeling? Are you billions or out of sorts generally? Do you have sick headache? Pimples? Sores? Liver troubles, or other re suits of constipation? Tobe healths the sewer of the body the bowels, must be kept in active, healthy condition, and nothing does it so well as Bailey’s Laxative Tablets. They cure constipation, bring clear, rosy complexion and make you feel energetic. 10 ct packages contain 20 tablets and 25 ct packages 60. Chocolate coated. A tablet or two at night makes vou fee] fine in the morning. Sample free. Made by Lakeside Medicine Co., Chicago Sold by Blackburn. & Christen. ts

Uncalled for letters in the Decatur post office this week are John Burget, A. Bnrgkart, Emma Furhman, W. E. Murray. Miss Della Droege, David W. Moore, Miss Nora Omshitz. W. P. Wherry. H. A. Miller, Earl Hauzer, Davis Dailey and John Mayer. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank J. Chenev makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney \ Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State of aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of oxi. uondiied dollars for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use.of Hall's Catarrh < 'ure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this lith day of Dewy hr. A. D. IBMi. |Seal| A. W.GIw , Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh \ is taken internally, and \ on the blood anti mucotM \ the system. Send fiar , t\ free. F. J. Cheney Sold by druggist s, re. uiiX ily Pills are the besl