Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1902 — Page 3

DOCTOR E. J. Beardsley, general Practice and Surgery. „,. special Attention given to Eye. Ear, Thrw" anil Chronic Diseases. Expert in fitting Classes. equipped for treating Eye, Ear, Tborougn sd(l Caurrhal cageß CALLS answered, day or night. OEVICE -over postottice RESIDENCE eor. Monroe and Ninth sts Office Hours--# to » a. tn. 2 to 4 p. tn.

For Sale -A good business in De catur. Address P. K. Kinney, Decatur. Indiana- 50-4 I have One Hundred Thousand Dollars §IOO,OOO, to loan on real estate at 51 per cent interest. No commision. D- B. Erwin. ts The man who borrows money is like the boy who slides down the banisters: he comes down fast, but it is a slow climb up again. 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 Potatoes that will grow. Home grown on clay up land, yielded well last year. Crisp, solid fellows, the kind to plant. 81.50 per bushel. Geo. Tricker. 1-2 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 cent. P. K. Kinney, Stone Block, Decatur, Ind. 40tf The man who is accustomed to dissemination discredits the story that Washington could not tell a lie'. The lax individual does not see how a man so handicapped could get along. Raw or inflamed lungs yield rapidly to the wonderful curative and healing qualities of Foley’s Honey and Tar. It prevents pneumonia and con sumption from a hard cold settled on the lungs. Holthouse, Callow A Co. m Harry S. New of Indianapolis, has declined the first assistant postmaster generalship offered him two weeks ago by President Roosevelt, through Podmaster General Payne. Mr. New’s letter to the postmaster-general has not been made public. It is understood that he declines for business reasons. Dangers of pneumonia. A cold at this time if neglected is liable to cause pneumonia which is so often fatal, and even when the patient has recovered the lungs are weakened, making them peculiarly susceptible to the development of co rsumption. Folev’s Honey and Tar will stop the cough, heal and strengthen the lungs and prevent pneumonia. Holthouse, Callow A Co. m

10 yards of Calico, regular 4A - bolt goods, I V U One dollar purchase in any department entitle you to ten 4A - yards Standard Prints for IU U Limited to ten yards to each party. Twenty pounds of Granu- A(| lated Sugar for - yQu Lion Coffee 9c a pound. Limited to two lbs. to each party, Fine LL Muslin for y| q y|| These prices effective until further notice He Big Store, Kern, Beeler &. Co., Decatur, Ind.

nevs fn I n Cure makes the kidnothini ‘ . bl . addw nght. Contain* nothing injurious. Holthouse, Callow Wanted : A good girl for general louse work. No washing, wages S 3 Address Mrs - W. J. Vesey, Sa Th s2-3 8 °“ AVe " Ft Wayne ’ In,fi Nothing makes a woman so happy wasa Phi* t0 the time she a little thing with long, curly Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds. Cures bronchitis and asthma. Cures croup and whooping cough. Cures hoarseness and bronchial troubles. Cures pneumonia and la grippe. Holthouse, Callow & Co. m A fight to a finish occurred in the Kokomo high school. A teacher asked a student to dissect a frog ami the student replied he would rather dissect the teacher. When the fight was over the rebellious young man was outside the building. Horseless carriages, fuelless engines and the wireless telegraph are the greatest innovations. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is next and cures constipation, indigestion, sick headache and stomach troubles. Sold by Smith, Yager A Falk. m Prof. Ogg, superintendent of the Kokomo schools reports to the board of education that out of 1,300 boys in the city schools 400 are addicted to the cigarette habit and in consequence are two years behind the nonsmokers in their studies. Headache often results from a disordered condition of the stomach and constipation of the bowels, A dose or two of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets will correct these disorders and cure the headache. Sold by Holt house, Callow A Co. m Blackford county commissioners have substituted coal for gas to heat the court house. The gas bill for February was §89.36 and in addition the coal and wood used during the month amounted to over §77. That struck the commissioners as rather expensive. At the same time they found that in one hour’s time the meter ran up a bill of §2.15 and they concluded to quit on the spot. Notice—We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles orboxesof 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. Blackburn A Christen, ts

How are you, anyway? Dr. Caldwell s Syrup Pepsin is a perfect laxative. Sold by Smith, Yager <fc Balk. • m 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 Great beds of locusts are encountered by ditch diggers near Bloomington and the people are concerned. It is believed that warm weather will bring out the pests and confirm the prediction of State Geologist Blatchly that this will be a locust year, Changes in the weather mean slight “spells” of headache or effect your appetite. Irregularities in eating causes dyspepsia. Take Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and feel good regardless of these elements or habits. Sold by Smith. Yager A Falk. m 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 A modest young lady went into a drug store to purchase a bath sponge, but when the good looking clerk stepped up suddenly to inquire her wants, she got rattled and said she wanted a sponge bath. Then it was the clerk’s turn to get rattled but he didn’t. Cough Settled on her lungs. “My daughter had a terrible cough which settled on her lungs,” says N. Jackson, of Danville, 111. “We tried a great many remedies without relief, until we gave her Foley’s Honey and Tar which cured her." Refuse substitutes. Holthouse, Callow A Co. m A school teacher was telling her class of small pupils something about anatomy. She said: “The eyes are to see with, the nose to smell with, the feet are to run with. ’ At this point a little boy interrupted saying: “That isn’t the way with his papa. His nose runs and his feet smells.” This happened in Bluffton. 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 •ommon-sense way of curing catarrh. Sold on a guarantte at 50c. by Smith, Yager A Falk. ts Insurance companies in Indianapolis have notified property owners along one street of an advance of 50 cents on the §IOO. The reason assigned for the raise is the fact that the street ear company has a large cable in front of the buildings that will make it impossible to effectually fight fire.

Walhalla. N. D.. March 15. 1898. For loss of appetite, general debility and convalescence after any illness, there is nothing so beneficial as Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier. lam enjoying vigorous health from its use. E. A’ Sharpe. For sale by Holtheuse, Callow A Co. m Here are a few of the news items gathered at large from the press of the country about the new secretary of the treasury: He does not drink, smoke, swear, chew, dance or gamble, ho eats pie three times a day and has six toes on one foot. These are given on the authority of a number of the most prominent journals. 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 driv£ the kidney disease germn out of the blood. Come and get a free trial treatment at once. Smith, Yager A Falk. ts

In his speech to the singing socities of New York Prince Henry said: "Every German who has become a citizen of the United States should be as loyal and good a citizen as he would be if he had remained in Germany.” The sentiment was heartily applauded. It is approved by all true-blue Ger-man-Americana. Working 24 Hours a Day. There’s no rest for those tireless little workers Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Millions are always busy, curing torpid liver, jaundice, biliousness, fever and ague. They banish sick headache, drive out malaria. Never gripe or weaken. Small, taste nice, work wonders. Try them. 25c at Blackburn A Christen's. m The backbone of the winter seems to have been broken, a mantle of sunlight covers the land, the snow and ice have melted and been absorbed by mother earth, the birds again warble their tuneful notes among the bare branches of the trees and the spring poet has already shipped in bis first consignment of poetic effussiveness. Thus we know without a doubt that gentle spring with its many joys will soon lie with us. Good Advice. The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than seventy-live per cent, of the people of the United States are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects, such as 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 aftereat. ng. low spirits, etc. Go to jour druggist and get a bottle of August Flower for 75 cents. Two doses will relieve vou. Try it. Get Green's Prize Almanac. Black burn A Christen ts

La grippe coughs vHd quickly to the wonderful curative qualities of Foley’s Honey and Tar. There is nothing else “just as good.” Holthouse, Callow A Co. m It is reported that one of the teachers received the following note from an irrate parent: “Please mum, I don’t want you to teach our Sadie Ann any more about fisology, ’cause when she’s to home now she’s alus fellin’ us about our insides.” Pneumonia follows a cold but never follows Foley’s Honey and Tar. It stops the cough, heals and strengthens the lungs and affords perfect security from an attack of pneumonia. Refuse substitutes. Holthouse, Callow A Co. m Senator Fairbanks has received a number of petitions recommending the passage of the measure introduced by Representative Dick, chairman of the National Guard committee, which provides for forming into national reserve the various state militia organizations, Enk Preparation No. 31 is a positive cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. For all manner of stomach troubles it will be found beneficial and very rapid in its action. Relieves congestion from excessive use of alcoholic drinks. Sold by HolthouseCallow A Co. ts Attention Farmers! Have you horses for sale ? If sobring 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 Attorney General Knox, the father, has been requested by the Humane society to relieve the tention of the overdraw check reins on his fast horses, and Attorney Knox, the son, has been arrested and fined for fast driving. Hard knocks, 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 hfe. We have plenty of eases where the patient has been confind to bed four and five months. Sold by Holthouse, Callow A Co. ts In a suit tried in Fulton county the court decided that the county superintendent had the right to rent a telephone for use in his office the same as the sheriff and auditor. The court also held that the commissioners were not liable for toll bills made by any county officer. Mrs. C. E. Van Deusen of Kilburn. Wis., was afflicted with stomach trouble and constipation for a long time. She says, “I have tried many preparations but none have done me the good that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets have.” • These Tablets are for sale Holthouse. Callow A Co’s, drug store. Price, 25 cents. Samples free. m The gambling rooms at Warren were raided a few days ago and several fines have been assessed against the proprietors. Those who took part in the games have left town, but they need not have done so as it has since been learned that under a peculiar version of the law they cannot be prosecuted. 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 A Falk. ts The custom of throwing rice at a departing bride originated in China where it was first used to thwart the evil designs of the great golden pheasant who might destroy the bride. Rice was thrown at the door of the sedan chair in which she was to be carried so that she could pass unharmed while the “spirit bird” was eating the grains. Will Vou Do This? We ask you to try Dr. Marshall’s Lung Syrup on these conditions. After using one bottle and you find that it has not proved beneficial, return the same to the druggist you bought it of and he will return the money paid. You cannot ask formore. This medicine is the best cough syrup in the market and for lagrippe and influenza it has no superior. Will you give this cough xyrup trial, you will certainly not regret it. Price 25, 50 and §l. By druggists. m The practice of clipping horses was introduced by race horst* and livery men some years ago and many people at first considered it brutal and inhuman, but now it is looked upon as being anything but brutal and inhuman, in fact it is regarded as beneficial and healthful. Not only does it improve the appearance of a horse, but it seems to fatten them and strengthen them. It brings them out, so to speak. A Woman’s Words of Praise. Neosho Falls, Kans, Nov. 13,1900. Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, 111. Dear Sirs: For almost fifteen years I suffered from indigestion, and last winter thought I would die, when my doctor. Dr. A. J. Lieurance of this place, advised me to try Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which I did. and two bottles cured me. It not only relieved me, but it cured me so that I have not been troubled since. If anyone should offer me §SOO for the good Syrup Pepsin has done me I # would not think of taking it. Noone can take your medicine without being convinced of its more than wonderful cures. I recommend it to all my friends as a laxat*eand stomach remedy. Yours with gratitude, Mrs. J. Morgan. Sold by Smith, Yager A Falk. m

Special Inducements! To Thrifty Buyers at The New Fair Store. Best LL Brown Muslin, 36 inches wide, all you want, 31c yard. Ijght Shirting Prints, warranted not to fade, 31c yard Standard Calicos, war- A J ranted not to fade - - /C* 10c and 15c Embroidery £7 J will be sold at - - - yd If you are in need of Window Shades Q 1 Q 'XQ we have some special bargains at - Z/C Lace Curtains.— The cheapest line in Adams county. It will pay yon to look at our line Q/A perpair before you buy. We have them jl I/* r from ------ an d U p Inspect our line of Fancy Dress Ginghams suitable for Shirt Waists warranted not to fade, J only /2Cya

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 hail spent over 81,000 and submitted to a serious surgical operation without relief. She used four bottles of Enk Preparation No. 39 and is entirely well. Sold bv Holthouse. Callow & Co. ' ts Here we have a baby. It is composed of a bald head and a pair of lungs. One of the lungs takes a rest while the other runs the shop. One of them is always on deck all of the time. The baby is a bigger man than its mother. He likes to walk around with his father at night. The father does most of the walking and all of the swearing. Little girls, you will never know what it is to be a father. 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 In deciding the case of the Hunting ton County Loan and Savings association against Mary E. Fulk, the supreme court Tuesday held that a cir cuit court has no authority to appoint a receiver for a building and loan association on the suit of a stockholder on the ground of insolvency until the auditor of state and the attorney general have taken action to have a re ceiver appointed. Why suffer with your kidneys? The discovery of Dr. Geo. Leininger's For mal-de-nyde Kidney Tablets, has proved a blessing to thousands of kid ney 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 incut free at Smith, Yager A Falk, ts Night Wm Her Terror “I would cough nearly all night long,” writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alex andria. Ind., ‘'and could hardly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfull and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three SI.OO bottles of Dr. King's New Dis covery wholly cured me and I gained 5s pounds.” It’s absolutely guaranttswl to cure coughs, colds, la grippe, bronchitis and all throat ami lung troubles. Price, 50c and SI.OO Trial bottle free at Blackburn A Christen’s drugstore. • ‘Aa

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.” Sol<l at 50 cents on a guarantee by Smith, Yager & Falk. ts The democratic city committee which was chosen at Friday’s election met Monday evening and organized by electing Joshua Parrish, chairman : John J. Mayer, secretary and Peter Mougey, treasurer.

“Pin Your Faith to Enk’s”' wr * 1 s “THEY’RE GOOD.” Good to take, good to taste and good in their affects; gratefully received and greedily assimilated by an impoverished system. DR. JOSEPH ENK'S HOMEOPATHIC PREPARATION NUMBER 19 CI'REH COLD IN THE HEAD Acute catarrhal conditions, with Inflammation of the mucous mtnubi ane of lira 1 and t.hrout, with or with'-ut cough. Bet tn for ■ cold ever formulated. !><»<•» not suppress a cold an<! leave it In the eystnin to curie up at Home future time, but remove* it entirely without any aftei effei t ckest in action, 1 »ort often curing a bad cold in an many h >ur*. On* doee taken at the beginning of a cold will abort it at once. W V Miu’t, traveling agent, for the American Blcvcle Co ,«»n the Pacific < uast,*ays “There is no other remedy that• ven approaches yoer ' > H' for a cold. 1 think 1 have tried all of them and a number of pin-h lato ’ prescription*. My flr*t expert* Mee *Hh it 1 shall always remember I took mj flrat done in a Paul, anole rail" to train in the < hl - cago depot,and w ent toi h enshortly aftei 1 woke up at Ixigamq'ort, one hundred mil»* south. wlth«»ut a t ra-o fra> >hl ln< hicaffo 1 had mersed all day, my nose wascompletely obstructed and sore: iny eye* were inflamvd and watery . in short I hail the xUi t <>! av • v I ■ II cl it many times and it has never failed mv." Our pamphlet. “ Short Road tn Health.” free to all by mall or of druggists. MEDICINE CO., Union City, For rale by Hol’.lioute, Callow ft to.