Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1902 — Page 3

doctor E. J. Beardsley, General Practice and Surgcrv. But Special Attention given to Eye. Ear Nose, Throat and Chronic Diseases. ’ ' Expert in Flttioa Glasses. Thoroughly equipped for treating Eye Ear Throat and Catarrhal cases. CALLS answered, day or night. OFFICE—over postoflloe. RESIDENCE—oor. Monroe and Ninth sts Office Hours—9 to 11 a. tn. 2tol p. m.

G. A. R. hall Friday night, 10c and 15 cents. For Sale A good business in Decatur. Address P. K. Kinnev, Decatur, Indiana. 501 Go to the G. A. R. hall tomorrow evening. Washington birthday exercises. Admission 10 and 15c. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin that’s what keeps your head clear, vour bowels regular. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. ' f Twelve million New Year’s cards passed through the Berlin city post office on January 1, exclusive of those sent out of town. To Cure a Colp in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggist refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c. ts Will the gentleman with the faded whiskers who called at this office last November and predicted an open winter please drop around again. He may hear something that will be of interest to him. When you want a phisic that is mild and gentle, and pleasant in effect use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25 cents. Samples free. Every box guaranteed. Sold bv Holthouse, Callow & Co. ’ f 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. 40tf The state reports 9,000 children had to quit school on account of their eyes. Adams county hail 15 of them Are you going to join them when you can find if your eyes are defected at Bensley’s free. 30-ts The editor is thankful to Mr. Lewis Dill for some of that sweet cider that stimulates but does not intoxicate, it has a ticklish feeling to ones palate and throat, the same that Whitcomb Riley described in “When the Frost is on the Pumpkin.”—Redkey Times. A great many women have the idea that sickness is the righteous inheritance of their sex. This is wrong. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm will correct irregularities peculiar to their diseases. Sold by Holt house, Callow & Co. f The police in the gas belt cities are looking for a forger who stole the name of a township trustee of Grant county. It is thought he is the same man that operated in Blackford Co.and succeeded in swindling some Mont pelier citizens some time ago. Holthouse. Callow Co., the drug gists, will refund you your money if you are not satisfied after using Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cure disorders of the stomach, biliousness, constipation and head aehe. Price 25 cents. Samples free, f

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Get your moneys worth at the G. A. R. hall Friday evening. frostbites and chilblains quickly cured by Banner Salve, the most healing remedy in the world. Holthouse, Callow & Go. f The prospect is that Indiana may have her treasury reimbursed to the extent of $700,000 by an old war claim which congress seems disposed to allow. 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 Schwab the steel magnate, had a half hour last week with King Edward. It is not knowd whether they compared notes or not on the matter of bucking the tiger. But both have been up against the game to their discomfort. 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 & Co. f Attention Farmersl- 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 buv them and pay you the highest market prices. Horses of every kind wanted. Elmer Johnson. 43tf 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 thauk you for the good it has done me.” Accept no substitutes. Holthouse, Callow & Co. f 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 An officerseeker has resorted to mandamus proceedings to secure a coveted nomination. If beaten, he would probably try the same methods to gain the desired office. Verily the mandamus and injunction are working overtime in this excessively legal age. “I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a number of years and have no hesitency in saying that it is the best remedy for coughs, colds and croup I have ever used m 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. f The influence of heredity is shown in the running powers of Jerry Pierce, a graduate of the Carlisle Indian school, who is one of the best distance runners in the country. He is a grandson of the famous “Deer,” whose equal as a long distance runner the world has never seen, 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 ac“umulation 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 treatment free at Smith, Yager A Falk, ts

Attend the G. A. R. entertainment at their hall tomorrow night. 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 The young man who starts out with the idea that his character is his capital, and that his whole manhood is pledged for every dollar of indebtedness, will usually succeed. 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 Chicagoites have been startled by the discovery that there are four slaughtering establishments in that city from which the meat of playedout horses, mules and donkeys are sold. Beef is said to be tabooed in these establishments. 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 withoutcausinga strain in throwing off the phlegm like common cough expectorants. Holthouse, Callow & Co. f President Eliot, of Harvard says that success in athletics does not affect the number or the quality of the students that go to college. This will be news to many who have re garded the foot ball season as so much advertising for the winning institutions. 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 & Falk. ts Ignace Paderewski, the noted pianist, has just arrived in this country accompanied by his wife. It is reported that she heard of the kissing to which young Kubelik, the violinist, was subjected and that she is here to forestall any such action at her husband’s conci rts. Enk Preparation No, 31 is a positive dbre for dyspepsia and indigestion. For all manner of stomach troubles it will be found beneficial and very rapid in its action. Relieves eongestion from excessive use of alcoholic drinks. Sold by HolthouseCallow & Co. and Nachtrieb & Fuell ing. ts

One of the first brick school 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 ot 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 &>Falk. ts Allison Armour, of Chicago, and Burtis Brown of Boston, wearing knee breeches and silk stocking, with little swords hanging at .heir sides, were presented to King Edward by Ambassadors Choat the other day. The Americans after kissing King Edward’s hand, made their exit, walking backwards. 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 Formal de-hyde Cough Cure does not please you. It will cure consumption aud all serious and stubborn lung and throat diseases. Sold at 25c on a guarantee by Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Few persons realize that navigation on the Great Lakes is accompanied with the gravest of marine risks, but the fact that several vessels were four days in emminent risk of being crushed by the ice and that within sight,of Chicago, shows that the inland waters have their share of dangers for those who “go down to the sea in ships.” Free Kidney Cure. We have arranged to distribute free trial treatment of Dr. Geo. Leininger’s Formal 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 germu out of the blood. Come and get a free trial treatment at once. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts An endless chain letter scheme started by some person unknown to the officials of the McKinley National monument association, is giving serious work to clerks of the organization both at Cleveland and Canton. Already $1,0(0 has been received through the chain letters, each of which contains ten cents. These letters are being sent to Judge Wm. R. Day, at Canton, and the office force of the association there has found it impossible to handle the big volume of ms ’ Been hunting twenty years. Winfield, la., Nov. 24, 1900. Gentlemen: 1 write to say that I have been troubled with dyspepsia and indigestion for the past twenty years, aud have tried many medicines and spent much money to no purpose until I trits! Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. 1 liave taken two bottles and am entirely relieved all stomach trouble. I cannot say fpo much in favor of this remedy. 1 TOeerfullv recommend it to all suffers from indigestion or dyspepsia. Yours truly. Wm. Ruebsam. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. f

I have One Hundred Thousand Dollars SIOO,OOO, to loan on real estate at 5J per cent interest. No commision. D. B. Erwin. ts “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 & Co. f Gov. Taft, of the Philippines, has discovered another sultan in those islands, making two instead of one. Spain has been cheated and if she hears about the new discovery’ will very likely ask for $20,000,000 more. 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 budds up a vigorous and healthy appetite For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. f Wanted: Homes for boy and girl babies and for 16 boys from 4to 6 years old. 6 boys from Bto 13 years old. 4 girls from 7to 12 years old, 5 from 3to 7. Address Indiana Children’s Home Society, 132 East Market street, Indianapolis. 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. Kimbel, New Troy, Mich. Smith, Yager & Falk, f Notwithstanding the big fuss made over the failure of the potato crop last year, and predictions that the price would soar skyward, they can yet be bought in most cities at one dollar or less per bushel at retail. However, there is time for them to go higher before the new crop is on the market. 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 aud Tar and it gave immediate relief. A 50-cent bottle cured her cough entirely.” Take no substitute. Holthouse, Callow & Co. f At Vincennes the other day there was a social function, “the past time of the afternoon” being a vaccination contest, a doctor officiating, after which refreshments were served. It goes without saying that in such a contest as this, however it might be conducted, all would start from scratch. 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 confind to bed four and five months. Sold by Holthouse, Callow & Co. and Nachtrib & Fuelling. ts The agricultural department is soon to begin a regular aud systematic inspection of all American dairv products intended for export. Heretofore unscrupulous exporters have handled inferior or adulterated articles, until our dairy products have earned a bad name. The government proposes to put a stop to this. 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.” Holthouse, Callow & Co. f Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang stopped at Ft. Wayne Thurs ay f0r.... hour enroute from Grand Rapids to Washington City. A Journal-Gazette reporter tried to interview him but before he got his fountain pen to letting down ink the distinguished Chinaman had asked and received answers from the reporter to 31 questions. He then declined to talk further except to ask several ladies where their husbands were.

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 whoopiug cough and croup. Once tried you will never use any other Sold ou a guarantee at 25 cents Smith, Yager & Falk. ts C. O. Gautier, a druggist, of Greencastle, has received from Germany his share in the estate of an aunt who is supposed to have been drowned while coming to thiscountry more than forty years ago. German law provides that the government shall take charge of all property belonging to all citizens of that country who are believed to be dead, but of whose death there is no proof, and to retain possession of it for twenty years, without division. Mr. Gautier had forgotten all about the estate, until the draft arrived. Something that will do you good. We know of no way in which we can be 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 remedies 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. By 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 L’amdon (S. C.) Messenger. For sale by Holt bouse, Callow & Co. f

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 SI,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 & Co. and Nachtrieb & Fuelling, ts Professor Daniel C. Gillman, who has just been elected president of the Carnegie University, has already been president of the University of California, and of John Hopkins Univer sity at Baltimore. He is a graduate of Yale and has the degree of L. L. D. from six of the leading universities of the country, besides honors from many foreign learned societies. Mr. Wheeler got rid of his rheumatism. “During the winter of 1899 I 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 & Co. f The paper sock, the invention of which was heralded some time ago, has now become a merchantile commodity and can be bought for ten cents a pair. It comes in a variety of shades and patterns to suit the most fastidious and is hygenic in that it is a sure preventative of cold feet. It is not laundried. When you get through with one pair you toss it into the waste basket and get another from your sock book. 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, tetter, salt rheum, fever sores, chapped hands, skin eruptions. Infallible for piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents at Blackburn & Christen’s drug store. f An Indiana man called his servant girl “an old hen” because she lay on the sofa every day, and now she proposes through her attorney to show him “eggsactly” how much it costs to call a hired girl “an old hen.” The average hired girl is a bad egg when you once get her feathers ruffled, and if this Indiana girl ever gets a hold on that old rooster’s leg she will be pretty apt to pullet. A cold today means consumption tomorrow. Consumption is more often caused by a neglected cold than any other way. It is poor judgment to buy a “common" cough syrup when it is so easy to get Dr. Geo. Leininger’s Formal de hyde Cough Cure the best cough remedy in the world for all serious and stubborn coughs and colds. It never fails. Sold for 25 cents on a guarantee by Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Current report isthat James J. Netterville, of Anderson, will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for congress in the eighth district. When Mr. Netterville was asked for a statement he said: "I have not announced myself a candidate. Several of my friends have talked to me about the matter, but as yet I have not given serious consideration to sugges tions that I should be a candidate. Mr. Netterville’s friends say they will urge him to decide in a short time. 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 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 always take pleasure in recommending Dr. Geo. Leininger’s For-mal-de-hyde remedies to our customers.. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts Very low rates during the months of March and April via Chicago & North Western Ry, $30.00 from Chicago to Helena, Butte, Anaconda. Ogden and Salt Lake City, $30.50 Spokane, $33.00 Portland. Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, Victoria and a large number of other points. Tourist sleeping cars every (lay from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. For maps and particulars apply to nearest ticket agent or address A. H. Wag tiner, 22 Fifth avenue, Chicago, 111. 40 2m. An Adventist minister, Rev. Amos Messier, was arrested at Indianapolis last Sunday morning under thecharge of having embezzled S7,(XX) from his brother, a farmer at Marion. Rev. Messier was about to go to the church to preach the morning discourse, at Marion when he learned that his brother was in the city with his attorney. He boarded an interurban car for Indianapolis, but was arrested before leaving the car. He belonged to the seventh day Adventist church. Catarrh Cannot be Cured With local applications as they cannot reach the seat of thedis«-ase. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional dis ease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucus surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucus surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co. Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. f

_ IS LIKE Z DELICATE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT In good condition she is sweet and lovable, and sings life’s song on a joyful harmonious string. Out of order or unstrung, there is discordance and unhappiness. J ust as there is one keynote to all music so there is one key note to health. A woman might as well try to fly without wings as to feel well and look well while the organs that make her a woman J are weak or diseased. She must be healthy Inside or she can’t be healthy outside. There are thousands of women suffering silently all over the country. Mistaken modesty urges their silence. While there is nothing more admirable than a modest woman, health is of the first importance. Every other consideration should give way before it. Bradfield’s Female Regulator is a medicina for

women’s ills. It is thesafestandquickest way to cure leucorrhea, falling of the womb, nervousness. headache, backache and generalweakness. You will be astonished at the result, especially if you have been experimenting with other socalled remedies. We are not asking you to try an uncertainty. Bradfield’s Regulator hasmade happy thousands of women. What it has done for others It can do for you. Sold in drug stores for $1 a bottle. A froe illustrated book will l>e sent . to all wlio write to Z THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. T] Atlanta, Ga.

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Mortgage Loans. Money Loaned on favorable terms. Low Rate of Interest. Privelege of partial payments, Abstracts of litle carefully prepared. F. M. SGHIRMEYER, Go/. Second and Modlson ste. Decatur, Indiana. Dr. G. V. Goqqell, Veterinary Sufgeon Dentist. . . DECSTL'K, INDIftSR. Office:—PEOPLES'LIVERY BARN. ] Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and Toronto Veterinary Dental School. Treateall ciUnitwwof domenticated animate j Calls attended to day or night. Established 1872. Capital |l2O,tM». Surplus SIM>.OCV The ()ld«> Adams County Bank Decatur, Indian*. Does a general hank ing business, makes col- >’ lections in all parts of the country. Buy* * town, township and county coders. Forviim and domoHtic exchange bought and sold. In ten>st uaid on time d»‘uoslts. Officers— W. H. Niblick. President.; D Stude ■ baker. Vice President; R. K. Allison.('ashler, C. S. Niblick. French Quinn, Ass t Cashier* J. D. HALE, DKAt.r.n tn Grain, Seedn, Wool, Oil Salt, Goal, Lirne, Fertilizers. Elev tors on the Chicago A Erie and Olov« Leaf rail reads. Office and retail store south east corner of Second and Jefferson Streets IMF" Your uat ronnge sol lei ted. 1 MANN & CHRISTEN, Architects. ’ Arc prcpHrcd to do any kind of work In their line. Pernoiih cent. ni|ilatlt'ir building f can n.ivn tiuies, trouble ami I money by conbiiltlng tbeui. j Office- MANN A CHRISTEN. | Bowen Block, Monroe at. A.i'iiltecta Q ■ •» QDr. William'.' Indian Pile •WWR F ■ LJkOintini'ut will''ire Blind ■ ■■ I r V lllrvilou‘ n,l ILelitn,- ■ ■ B iwPlh s. Il übsori'. the inniorH. KHV ■ I ullayi the lU b'iit: nt once, octa ■ Bte ■>., poidtli. . i iv, <ln '.ii i re- ■ Het. Dr. Wllitemtt'JndiimPileOlav ■ merit fspreperrd for Pllt and Itch- „ H Ing of the private parte. Ev« ry boa lx " warranted. Hy <lnir«l*tK by mall on re eclpt of price. Jl> cchta and St.tie. WILLIiMS I MANUFACTURING CO . Propa.. Cle-.ctatid. Wo. f Nachtrleb A Fuelling.