Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1902 — Page 3

T DOCTOR '■fe. E. J. Beardsley, «< trol Practice and Surgery. »-■ s l „.<*l*il Attention given to Ej <*. hr. IHwases Expert in Fittiou Wasses. _ - k A (ll ...h'v f'>r treating Eye Ear. Throat and Catarrhal cases. CALLS answered, day or night. ■ (>EPICE-over poßtuffioe. UESII'EM'I cor. Monroe an : Ninth sta ngce Hours— 8 to H a. nt. 2to < p. m.

ST" Bad Boy at ojtera house. ’ W 7. K. .1 Holthouse was at Columbus ' ihfe week attending to business. BMjix' Rice <he popular cloak man Cincinnatti was in town several last week. t '.ildwell'sSyrup Pepsin that's keeps your head dear, your Kwels regular. Sold bv Smith. Kger & Falk. f Reid come home Saturday hH- f r lnl a three weeks trip to the Pacific Ho reports the gas engine M siness good. To Cure a Colp in One Laxative Bromo Quinine TabAll druggist refund the money it fails to cure. E. W. Groves sig is on each box. 25c. ts I For Sale. Two acres of kind, wi h i^H n * r> mi house and summer kitchen, and cistern, half mile south < f Mil ■n ,e Enquire of Miller Hendricks. Kd nroe, Indiana. 47-2 t HI For Sale or Trade I have some ■o , g>xxl farms for sale or exchange. I ;Balso .1 list of city property for sale at K, bargain. Money to loan at live per I Bcent. P. K. Kinney, Stone Block, IgMi The German singing societies of \. w York are planning musical feat FgHurcsin honor of Prince Henry of t Wit-rnium for whose coming visit the EaM whole American nation is arranging a royal welcome. O M hen you want a phisi? that is I S mild and gentle, and pleasant I :XB in effect, use Chamberlain's Stomach | '*■ and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents. I W Samples free. Every box guaranI W teed. Sold bv Holthouse, <’allow A B °°' I S For Sale Two farms, one 120 acres I®l and one of St) acres. Located three I .W miles and a malf southeast of Deca | SB tur - Good land and practically all ■ lln( l er cultivation. For particulars see any of those interested n the j® Aver’s estate. 40tf ■W The state reports 9.000 children had iw to quit school on account of their I eyes. Adams county had 15 of them ;-Jg Are you going to join them when you j|| can find if vour eyes are defected at Hensley’s free. 30-ts < Street salutations are among th'J3 most pleasant of polite amenities, ij While it is not necessary to start down street with head hinged and Si' constantly bowing, even that, is preferable to the frigid, far away look adopted by the average aristocrat. Enk Preparation No. 31 is a posi five cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. For all manner of stomach tioubles it will be found beneficial and very rapid in its action. Relieves congestion from excessive use of alcoholic drinks. Sold by HolthouseCallow A Co. and Nachtrieb & Fuell * ing. ts

A JACK OF ALL TRADES. nhJinfl I BTwi/fll I i L «taj it ■' ’ll If u - jc.. J f.< ', J ACK Os all TRADES »i ' MAO* BV 1 FAIRBANKS MORSE4CC | TSLJtt: ’'MCV# *■'*•■* * .., "' '• v C:. I pump water, shell corn, saw wood, grind feed, chuin butter, run sewing mach nes, and am handy for a hundred other jobs, in the house or on the farm. 1 can work 24 hours every day. Weather does not affect my work, hot or cold, wet or dry, wind or calm, it is all the same to me. I have the strength of 15 men. It costs nothing to keep me when not working. It costs between one and two cents per hour when 1 work. I can pump 600 gallons of water per hour. You have just to start me and I will do the rest. Call and see me working at ~ ROSE <fc BELL.

Peck’s Bad Boy and his Pa, Fridav Feb. 7. Sleighing parties were all the go the latter part of the week. A number of Decatur people were at Fort Wayne attending "The Royal Rogue” by DeAngeles. Frostbites and chilblains quickly cured by Banner Salve, the most healing remedy in the world. Holthouse, Callow & Co. f A man may accredit himself with the discovery of a good thing when iu reality it was just the result of an accident. 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 A man laughs when he feels like laughing. A woman laughs when she thinks other people think she ought to laugh. The great beauty about Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is in its certainty to cure constipation, indigestion, sick headache and stomach troubles. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. f Andrew Carnegie gave away $40,000,000 during 1901. He can duplicate the amount this year and still have many millions left to keep the wolf from the door during the remainder of his life. Tried five doctors. Mrs. Francis L. Sales of Missouri Valley, la., writes: “I had severe kidney trouble for years, had tried five doctors without benefit, but three bottles of Kidney Cure cured me. Holthouse, Callow A Co. f 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 Low Rate ot Interest. Money loam*! 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

Jean Gerardy, the French cellist has unfortunately been obliged to abandon his proposed t iur to the Pacific coast. His manager announces that ihe bookings lor Gerard y in the east have been quite unusual and make it quite impossible for him to make a western tour. A great many women have the idea that sickness is the righteous inherit ance of their sex. This is wrong. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm will correct irregularities pecu liar to their diseases. Sold by Holthouse, Callow A Co. f Sousa's Band has just set out on its nineteenth semi-annual and sixth transcontinental tour. In New York and Boston the baud has had most enthusiastic receptions and is evidently as popular as ever. Sousa's own compositions were among the favor ites on the different programs. Mr. Wheeler go’, rid of his rheuma tism. “During the winter of 1899 1 was so lame in my joints, in fact all over my body, that I could hardly hobble around, when I bought a bottleof Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. From the first application I began to get well, and was cured and have worked steadily all the year. R. Wheeler, Northwood, N. Y. Sold by Holthouse. Callow A Co.

Hear Rev. Nuget at the opera house Saturday night. L. G. Ellingham arrived home Friday evening from Washington, D. C. You will laugh and laugh again if you visit Peck’s Bad Boy at the opera house Friday, Feb. 7. Peek’s Bad Boy as presented by Mr. Geo. Heath, the onlv authorized company on the road. Opera house Friday, Feb. 7. I have One Hundred Thousand Dollars SIOO,OOO, to loan on real estate at 55 per cent interest. No oommision. D. B. Erwin. ts It would lie interesting to know just how many people in the country are drawing pensions for no other cause than wounded feelings. Piles of people testify to the merits of Banner Salve in curing piles. It immediately relieves and quickly cures. No other salve so healing. Holthouse, Callow & Co. f Herbert Witherspoon, an American basso of the first rank, is making several tours this season. In April and May he will make a three or four weeks tour in the west and give about a dozen concerts. To cure a cough stop coughing, as it irritates the lungs, and gives them no chance to to heal. Foley’s Honey and Tar cures without causing a strain in throwing off the phlegm like common cough expectorants. Holthouse, Callow A Co. f A bill has passed congress raising the pay of rural free delivery carriers from SSOO to S6OO per annum. This will meet with general approval. At S6OO they can make no saving after keeping their outfit and horses in condition. J. A. Lambert of Rachel, N. C., writes: “I heartily endorse Foley’s Kidney Cure. It does what you claim for it to do, and there is nothing equal to it, and I thank you for the good it has done me.’’ Accept no substitutes. Holthouse, Callow A Co. f An Allen county constable last week swore to the following affidavit: “I hereby solemnly swear that the prisoner set upon me; calling me a lobster, a scarecrow, a pauper and an idiot, all of which I certify to be true.

Holthouse, Callow A Co., the druggists, will refund you your money if yo 1 are not satisfied after using Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. T iey cure disorders of the stomach, biliousness, constipation and head ache. Price 25 cents. Samples free, f There will be more fun to the square inch at the opera house Friday, Feb. 7, than has ever been seen before, because that imp of mischief known as Peck’s Bad Buy will bo there, and every school boy knows what that means. Drop in and see it for awhile and have a good laugh. If you have catarrah, there is only one remedy that will cure it to stay cured. Dr. Geo. Leininger’s For mal-de-hyde Inhaler, drivesail thecatarrh germs out of the body. This is the common sense way of curing catarrh. Sold on a guarantte at 50c. by Smith, Yager A Falk. ts The cold wave swept over a wide extent of the country. It started in the west and settled over most of the northern states as far as the Atlantic seaboard. In some of the states a heavy snow proceeded the artie wave. In the prairie states range cattle are suffering severely and many died. The only cure for tuberculosis is Enk Preparation No. 26. Price $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 Holthouse, Callow A Co. and Nachtrib A Fuelling. ts There will be lots of fun at the opera house Friday, Feb. 7, for Peek’s Bad Boy will be there then, and that means sum fast and furious. The play has been re-written and is fun nier than ever. It is always safe to prophesy a sure thing, aud we do not hesitate to prophesy a welcome, good and strong, for Peck's Bad Boy. 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 A Falk. ts Maud Muller the same old Maud once more was out engaged in her old time chore. But as she raked at the meadow hay, she was all togged out in a scrumptious way. and all could see as that way they trod, that there was nothing special the matter with Maud. Aud she had a saucy squirk in her eye and the old judge stopped as he rode by; but when through the gate he fain would pass, Maud cried, “Say Whiskers, keep off the grass. ’ Good Advice. The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than seventy-five js>r cent, of the people of the United States are afflicted with these two diseases and their efftK-ts, such ns sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness, palpation of the heart, heart-burn, waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food aftereating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of August Flower for 75 cents. Two dosea will relieve you. Try it. Get Green’s Prize Almanac. Black burn A Christen ts

Peek’s Bad Boy and don’t you forget it. Friday, Feb. 7, opera house. The city campaign will soon be on in earnest and in just a month from tomorrow it will all be over. Some men are so stingy that they I would not be willing to start to heaven without they could see excursion rates advertised. “I have always used Honey and Tar cough medicine, and think it the best in the world,” says Chas. Bender, a news dealer of Erie, Pa. Nothing else as good. Holthouse, Callow A Co. f Japan has forbidden the practice of homeopathy; New York is considering the certification of osteopathists as practicing physicians. Here is a chance to compare Orient and Occident but in favor of which? Experience has taught us that the best remedy for the aged is Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier. It strengthens the nerves and builds up a vigorous and healthy appetite For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. f A bill has been introduced in the house of representatives which seeks to create a state board of examiners for barbers. Those working at the trade will be taxed sl, and $5 will be charged all who hereafter take the examination. Short and to the point. Gentlemen: Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is the finest preparation for the stomach and bowels that I have ever used. Wishing you continued success, I am, Yours very truly, W. C. Kirnbel, New Troy, Mich. Smith, Yager & Falk, f On account of several cases of small pox the secretary of the Wabash board of health has issued an order excluding from the city schools all pupils who do not present a certificate, within a reasonable length of time, showing that they have been successfully vaccinated. “I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for a number of years and have no hesiteney in saying that it is the beet remedy for coughs, colds and croup I have ever used in my family. I have not words to express my confidence in this remedy. Mrs. J. A. Moore, North Star, Mich. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. When the jeweler said he had a clock that would run eight days witli» out winding, the cheerful idiot wanted to know how long it would run if wound. When a merchant says that his business is running all right without advertising, you may safely ask him the same question. Lingering lagrippe cough. G. Vacher, 157 Osgood St., Chicago, 111., says: "My wife had a very severe case of la grippe, and it left her with a very bad cough. She tried a bottle of Honey and Tar and it gave immediate relief. A 50-cent bottle cured her cough entirely.” Take no substitute. Holthouse. Callow A Co. f Ex-Govenor Shaw did not get started for Washington to take up his new duties on schedule time. The reason a dressmaker, whom Mrs. Shawhad given orders carte blanche and of whom she obtained about $3,000 worth of suberb gowns, failed to get them done in time. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw departed Tuesday. 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 malde 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 A preacher once said: “Editors dare not tell the truth. If you did you could not live. Your newspaper would lie a failure.” The editor replied: “You are right. And the minister who tells the truth about the church members, alive or dead, will not occupy the pulpit more than one Sun day and he will find it necessary to to leave town in a hurry.

Free Kidney Cure. We have arranged to distribute free trial treatment of Dr. Geo. Leininger’s Formaldehyde Kidney Tablets. These have proven to be the only positive cure for all kidney and bladder diseases as they drive the kidney dis wise germn out of the blood. Come and get a free trial treatment at once. Smith, Yager A Falk. ts The state and Iwal boards of health of Ohio, before adjourning their annual session in Columbus, adopted resolutions declaring it to be the sense of the organization that hygiene should be taught in all schools and colleges of the state and that paiier money should be destroyed and reissued long liefore it reaches the filthy stage, in which it is often seen. The menib* rs of the boards of health believe that dirty money is the root of much evil in the form of disease. A Gentle Hint. In our style of climate, with its sudden changes of temperature, rain, wind and sunshine often intermingled in a single day it is no wonder that our children, friends and relatives aro so fro quently taken from us by neglected colds, half the deaths resulting directly from this cause. A bottle of Bowline’s German Syrup kept about your home for immediate use will prevent serious sickness, a large doctor bill and perhaps death, by the use of three or four doees. For curing consumption. hemorrhages, pneumonia, severe coughs, croup, or any disease of the throat or lungs, iU success is simply wonderful, as your druggist will tell you. Get a sample bottle free from Blackburn A Christen. Regular size 75 cts. Get Green's Almanac.

The man who associates with devils during his waking hours need not ex pect angels’visit in his dreams. W. W. Umbarger, grocer of Mar shall, Mo., writes: “Foley’s Honey and Tar is the best cough cure on the market today. I have used most all kinds and am sure that there is no other so good for both young and old and especially for children. We are never without it in the house.” Holt house, Callow & Co. f

One of the first brick schook houses built in Indiana is being torn down at Columbia City. The building was erected in 1836. It was a one story structure, 24 by 27 feet in size. Joseph Brown was the first teacher to hold sway in the building and in those days school was not dismissed on Christmas. Cure your Catarrh now. V. Van Dorn, 2011 Avenue B, Birmingham, Ala., writes: “I have had catarrh in one of the worst forms for 20 years, and after using Dr. Geo. Leininger’s For-mal-de-hyde Inhaler for two days feel entirely relieved and believe by its continued use I will get cured.” Sold at 50 cents on a guarantee by Smith, Yager A Falk. ts Over in Kentucky they actually captured four bank robbers and recovered all the stolen money. Such conduct as this on the part of the people of Kentucky will greatly tend to discourage the noble and profitable calling of bank robbing in that state and will drive them to other states where their profession is held in high er esteem. Mrs. D. T. Morris, of Maple Grove farm, south of Union City, Ind., was cured of an inflammation of the bladder, of twenty years’ standing, after she had spent over §I.OOO and submitted to a serious surgical operation without relief. She used four bottles of Enk Preparation No. 39 and is entirely well. Sold by Holthouse. Callow A Co. and Nachtrieb A Fuelling, ts In the republican congressional convention for the Eighth district Adams county will have 11 delegates, Delaware 55, Jay 22, Madison 66, Randolph 34. Wells 15. Cromer expects to be supported by every county except Madison, and his friends say that he will have the majority of the delegates from that county after the complimentary voting. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Has world wide fame for marvelous cures. It surpasses any other salve, lotion, ointment or balm for cuts, corns, burns, boils, sores, felons, ulcers, tet ter, salt rh’eum, fever sores, chapped hands, skin eruptions. Infallible for piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents at Blackburn A Christen’s drug store. f The farmers around Fremont, Mich, believe in canning factories. A year ago they and the local business men subscribed the stock necessary and established a plant. A dividend of 50 per cent has recently lieen declared on the stock, and the capital stock and the size of the plant will tie increased before the next canning campaign begins. 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 kid-1 ney sufferers who have been restored to perfect health. These Tablets drive the kidney disease germs out of the blood, and prevent accumulation of urie acid in the system. We urge all sufferers to give this seientifi • and successful kidney remedy a trial. They come in two sizes, 25 and 50 cents. Come and get a trial treatment free at Smith, Yager A Falk, ts At Columbus last week a bill was passed unanimously fixing life imprisonment for assault in Ohio upon the president, vice president or any cabinet officer, and from 20 years to life for an assault on the governor or lieutenant governor of any state. In case of death the jury can recommend mercy as in any other murder trial in Ohio. Grip germs cannot attack you if you use Dr. Geo. Leininger’s For-mal-de-hyde Inhaler. It kills all the germs and puts the system in such a condition of health and activity that I new grip germs entering cannot live! and breed in it. In connection with ' the inhaler also use Dr. Geo. Leininger’s For-mal-de-hyde Cough Cure which prevents pneumonia. We al- j ways take pleasure in recommending Dr. Geo. Ijeininger’s For-mal-de-hyde remedies to our customers.. Smith, Yager A Falk. ts A man was afraid of thunder and crawled into a hollow log as a place of safety, says a truthful exchange. The thunder roared and the rain poured down in torrents. The log began to swell and the jxxir fellow was wedged in. Past sins began passing before him. Suddenly he remembered that he had not paid his newspa[M*r subscription and then he felt so small that he was able to back right out. Something that will do you good. We know of no way iu which we can lie of more service to our readers than to tell them of something that will lie of real good to them. For this reason we want to acquaint them with what we consider one of the very best rem edies on the market for coughs, colds and the alarming complaint, croup. We refer to Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. We have used it with such good results in our family so long that it has become a household necessity. Bv its prompt use we haven’t any doubt but that it has time and again prevented croup. The testimony is given upon our own experience, and we suggest that our readers, especially those who have small children, always keep it in the house as a safeguard against croup/ Camden (8. C.) Messenger. For sale by Holt house, Callow A Co. f

A Eahy's As is very much like the blossom- / ing of a flower. Its beauty and I perfection depends entirely ' I upon the care bestowed upon I its parent. Expectant mothers I should have the tenderest care. I They should be spared all worry 1 I and anxiety. They should eat . I plenty of good nourishing food and take gentle exercises. This will go a long way toward preserving their health and their beauty as well as that of the little one to come. But to be absolutely sure , 1 of a short and painless labor they should use Mother’s Friend regularly during the months of gestation. This is h simple liniment, which ( is to be applied externally. It gives ' ! strength anti vigor to the muscles and ( prevents all of tne discomforts «>f pregnancy, which women used to think , absolutely necessary. When Mother’s Friend is used there is no ' danger whatever. Get Mother’s Friend at the drug store, SI per bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA. GA. i Write for our free book, “ Before Baby It B«rn. w Mortgage Loans. Money Loaned on favorable terms. Low Rate of Interest. Privelege of partial payments, Abstracts of litle carefully prepared. F. M. Oof. Second and Madison Decatur, Indiana. Dr. 6. V. Goriqell, Veterinary Surgeon Dentist. . . OECWWIi, INDIAN*. • -y •. Offioo-I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and Toronto Veterinary Ilcntal behool. | Treath all diaeaa.■» of dou'erticated animala ■ Calin attended to daj or night. Ratatillahed 1872. Capital liee.WO. Purplup J The Oid Adorns County Bank Dei Indian o * Does a f<‘neral banking business, makes eollectlOM in ail parts Os Kuys | town, township and county balers. Foreign I and domestic exchange bought and sold. Interest naid on time denoslts. ! Officers— W. H.Niblick. President; D. Stude- , baker. Vice President ; R. K. Allison, (’ashler, C. S. Niblick. French Quinn, Ass’t Cashiers J. D. HALE, DEALER IN Graiq, Seeds, Wool, Oil Salt, Goal, Lirne, Fertilizers. Ele» ton on the Chicago & Erie rind Clove Leaf railreada. Offlee and retail store aonth east comer of Second and Jefferson Streeta tW Your uatronaitesollclu-d i MANN & CHRISTEN, Architects. Are prepared to do an) kind of work In their line. Persons Cont<‘tnplatli g building can save times, trouble and money by conruitlng them. Office- MANN A CHBISTKN, Bowers Block. Monroe st. Architect* ■ ■ r*CCr. Williams'lndian Pile ■ 43 Q H J 2% ntlnri.t .-.o .Ulnl K 'III I **lbe<-dl'iir ai .1 lu..i!, | A fa.Pl.* '- Il Hl' ■ii-.'.'.lh tiimors. ■ X allay*, the ucl- ur at * *.< * . acts * I ■■ <a a • ill i< r i ■ -at n ■ ■lief. Hr William* Imii.in Idle Dim- ■ nwnl Is prepared for Plies ,uni Il< li M Ing nt the privat. parts. Every box is " warranted. By dnug" is. by mall on re crlnt of price c< nt. ano if I.<lo. WK DIMS MANUFACTURIMG CO . Frops.. Cleveland, Ohio. Nachtrieb A Fueling.