Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1902 — Page 5

More bass have been caught in the St'marys river thi< epilog than for many years. Martin Mvlott and Curley Radenaeker were at Fort Wayne on business last Thursday. Roman Barthal and Martin Brun--I P. ,r a(T came home Thursday from a Uip to Cleveland, ()hio. A man out in Missouri fell dead , vh ‘j] e looking at his wife's new hat. Most men are able to stave it off until the bill is presented. An Illinois woman committed suicide last week to end her troubles, may be surprised to find that she was just beginning them. The modern machine can do most everything but think. If the young man don't want to compete with ma chines, it stands him in hand to polish up his thinking apparatus. Possibly Miss Alice Roosevelt will take as a doubtful compliment the naming of a torpedo boat for her by the Emperor of Germany. The business of a torpedo boat is to blowthings up. The growth of Dawson City is indicated by the fact that the First Methodist church of that city has called to the pastorate the Rev. James Livingstone of Windsor, Ontario, at a salary of $3,000 a year and a parsonage. Joe Jefferson ran three-quarters of a mile the other day to escape from a crowd of women who wanted to kiss him. Eye witnesses say the grand old man put up a sprint that would have lieen wonderful even for a professional. One of the interested spectators at the congressional convention in Ken dallville was the mother of Congressman Robinson. It was indeed a happy occasion for her. and she was proud of her son and the son was proud to have her there. People who are in the habit of selling their old books to the junk man. should keep in mind the fact that an old volume bearing the date of 1567 brought $l,lOO in New York recently. There was nothing valuable about the book but is age.

Tax Commissioner Wingate has issued instructions to assessors directing them to compel farmers to list their meat, lard, horseflesh, etc., for taxation. Heretofore farmers have not been obliged to pay taxes on their meat and lard, while city people are compelled to do so in a round about way. One of our leading physicians, says that now is the best time ever known for the treatment of stomach trouble. He states that his reasons for saying this are easily explained. Beef-steak and some other articles of indigestible food are now so high, that when patients are told not to eat them, they mind the doctor without any hesitancy. 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 Formal 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 A clerk was instructed to prepare a window card advertising “thirty-five cent snow shovels for twenty-five cents.” Through inadvertence the boy wrote it: “Twenty-five cent snow shovels for twenty-five cents." The proprietor was angry at first, but as customers seemed pleased at the honesty of the placard and bought shove’s readily, he decided that the boy was a happy blunderer after all. Osteopathy in Decatur at Burt House on Monday and Thursday from Ba. in. to 3p. m. Examination free. Acute and chronic diseases cured. Head office. Ft. Wavne, Ind., rooms -t, 25, 26, Bass block, over First Na tjonal bank. Graduate of Dr. A. T. Still. Kirksville. Mo,, and licensed by the State Medical Board. Nearly three years in Ft. Wayne with best of references. 4-ts Lately a western evangelist gave this definition of eternity to his audience of miners and brought them to terms in a hurry: “If a Tittle sparrow was to dip his bill in the Atlantic Ocean and take one hop a day across *h® country and put the drop in the Pacific ()cean and then hop back to the Atlantic one hop a day and if he kept that thing up until the Atlantic "as as dry as a bone it wouldn’t be sun up in hell.” Knightsville. Ind., April 22. 189*. Peps u Syrup Co., Monticello, 111. Oentlemen:- I have been selling Dr. < Bidwell's Syrup Pepsin ever since it "as first introduced to the trade. It ts the best seller I have ever had on ruy shelves and gives the best satisfaction to my customers of anything 1 ever offered them. Where I sell it wice they invariably return for more. As a laxative or jts a physic it is par ? x< *ilence, the most pleasant and sat wactory preparation I ever sold. Jours, etc., G. H. Came. Sold by ■' , mith, Yager At Falk. m A Cashier Testifies. Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, 111, Gentlemen:— Aller twenty years of aches and pains constipation brought cuby 'Odentary habits, I have found more jyhef in two bottles of Dr. Caldwell’s ■ yrup Pepsin than all of the hunr«ls of other remedies I have tried. ■ || " l I take pleasure in giving you is testimony, believing you have 4 preparation made for atom '“ troubles. Very truly yours, D. • Lange, Cashier Wabash R. K. East Falk 8 by Smith, Yager At

the new fair store. Dave VanCleef, Prop. DECATUR, INDIANA. Opp. Court House. MUST GO SALE! QWING to the lateness of the season, we find, we have to large a stock of some articles, and have concluded to reduce it. The best remedy we know of is to reduce prices. Don’t fail to take advantage of the following bargains: : : : : : :

25c MEN’S WORKING SHIRTS in woven stripe patterns MUST GO AT 15c

50c MEN’S FANCY PERCALE SHIRTS i n latest stripes, warranted notjto fade MUST GO AT 38c

50c MEN’S BLACK and WHI I E.STRIPED WORKING SHIRTS, extra heavy MUST GO AT 38c

75c HEAVY PERCALE FINE LAUNDRIED SHIRT with two collars MUST GO AT 48c

50c FANCY JUVENILE PERCALE SHIRTS with two detachable collars MUST GO AT 25c

35c MEN’S FRENCH BALBRIGGAN SHIRTS or DRAWERS with double seats MUST GO AT 24c

35c MEN’S JERSEY JERSEY RIBBED UNDERWEAR with double seat drawers MUST GO AT 24c

fl.oo MEN'S WHITE LAI'NDRIED SHIRTS the best made MUST GO AT 50c

EVERYTHING MUST GO WITHIN 30 DAYS. Ail rOT A HTO RA AV 1 Come early and have first choice. Highest prices SALL oIAnI oMA 11. p^ e for Butter and Eggs •. Dont f ° rge * tha

The Gentry Dog and Pony show known as the biggest of the kind in the world is billed for here next 1 msdav and no doubt a good patronage will be given them. \ cold todav 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 wnen it is to easy to get Dr. Geo. UeinniKer h Formal de hyde Cough Cure the best cough remedy in the world for a serious ahd stubborn cowhs and colds. It never fails. Sold for 25 cents on a guarantee by Smith, Y - ger A Falk. ___ _ L.

15c Ladies’Black Cotton Seamless HOSE... MUST GO AT 8c

15c Ladies' Black and Fanev Striped HOSE MUST GO AT 10c

25c Ladies’ Black and Fancy Striped HOSE... MUST GO AT 15c

35c Ladies’ Lace, Black and Fancy Striped HOSE MUST GO AT 25c

121 c & 15c Children’s Fast Black and Seamless HOSE MUST GO AT Kt

Children's extra quality School HOSE with double knees MUST GO AT I 2»

8c Ladies’ White Ribbed VESTS with taped neck MUST GO AT 50

15c Ladies’ Ribbed VESTS, taped neck and arm, also with short sleeves MUST GO AT 10c

An ad. in an eastern paper reads; “Bicycles for sale by a young lady enameled red and geared to 70." Sciatic rheumatism Cured After fourteen years of suffering. “I have been afflicted with sciatic rheumatism for fourteen years." says Josh Edgar, of Germantown, Cal. “I was able to |)e around but constantly suffered. I tried everything I could hear of and at last was told to try Chamberlain s Pain Balm, which I did and was immediately relieved and in a short time cured, and I am happy to say it has not yet returned.” Why not use this liniment and get well? It is for sale by Holthouse, Callow At Co. m

Light Calicos, warranted not to fade MUST GO AT

Good Cotton Toweling never sold for less than 6c per yard MUST GO AT

36 inches wide unbleached LL Muslin, the 6c quality MUST GO AT 4c

The very best black, navy blue and turkey red Calicos MUST GO AT

36 inch wide bleached .Muslin, regular price is 7Sc MUST GO AT 5C

27 inch wide fancy Scotch Lawn, latest patterns, fast colors... MUST GO AT 5c

For the finest line of Dimities and other wash goods come and see us. They MUST GO AT up

10c fancy Ginghams suitable for shirts and shirt waists MUST GO AT

Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Dou't miss it j Emma Fulk nee Bovine, daughter of Henry and Julia E. Sovine, was J born in Adams county, Indiana, on February ‘27, 1849, and departed this j life April 22, 1002, :tg"d 5:! yearn, 1 month and ‘25 days. She was united in marriage with William F. Fulk on , February ‘2,1868, to this union were born five sons and one daughter, two sons and the daughter preceded the deceased in their infancy. The surviving sons are William E., John H., and P. Four grandchildren survive the deceased. While the oldest grandchild preceded her ouly a

The very latest shirt waist styles in Ginghams MUST GO AT 10c Per yd 58 inch wide bleached or turkey red Table Linen MUST GO AT 20c All our 50c Table Linen s , fancy, bleached and unbleached MUST GO AT 37ac White India Linens, mill ends, the 20c quality MUST GO AT 12k Fine Gingham and Percale Sun Bonnets, slightly soiled, former price 25c MUST GO AT 15c 15c and 20c fancy Percale and Gingham Sun Bonnets for ladies or children MUST GO AT 10c Infant’s and chi 1dren’s Lace Bonnets, made of fine material.. MUST GO AT 9c Extra quality Swiss embroidered Infant’s and Children’s Bonnets, worth 35c and 40c MUST GO AT 24c

Good Percale Shirt Waist, full gathered front, pointed cuff , worth 50c MUST GO AT 39c Fancy striped Percale Shirt Waist, tucked back and front, worth 75c MUST GO AT 49c A lot of Kabo make Corsets worth 50c to 75c MUST GO AT 38c All Kabo Corsets, the latest styles, worth SI.OO and $1.25 MUST GO AT 89c Lace Curtains, 36 inches wide, 2'.j yards long, everybody’s price 45c per pair MUST GO AT 30c per pair Lace Curtains, 38 inches wide and 3 yards long, always solo for 85c per pair MUST GO AT 63c per pair Lace Curtains, 54 inches wide and 3 yards long, everybody’s price $1.25 per pair MUST GO AT 98c The best Felt WindowShades. MUST GO AT 8c

few days. During the recent illness of this little grand son this grand parent assisted in administering to the wants and comforts of the little sufferer, they were greatly attached to each other, and as the little sufferer expired copious were the tears shed by the deceased. She was reared almost in the immediate vicinity of her late residence. She possessed all the virtues found in a true wife and mother. Her life was one of effort and care. All the love and respects of a true wife and mother were embodied in her soul. She always lent a willing hand whenever possible so to do, and one of her foremost aims

The best cloth Window Shade in all colors, complete MUST GO AT 22c All of our 5-4 wide fancy Table Oil Cloth... MUST GO AT 15c White Bed Spreads, handsome patterns, hemmed and ready for use, full size MUST GO AT 58c All our $1.75 and $2.00 Bed Spreads, Marseilles patterns, extra size MUST GO AT 51.19 10c and 12ic embroidery Insertings, handsome patterns MUST GO AT 5C 2,3, and 4 quart Granite Coffee Pots, former price 35c, 40c and 45c MUST GO AT 28c 15c Granite W ash Basins MUST GO AT 10c All our 83.00, $4.00 and 85.00 Lamps MUST GO AT $2.50

seemed to be “Do unto others as vou would have them do unto you.” As a Christian she seemed to have an object in view, a home in the “Great Beyond.” Having been an invalid for several years, she could not go about as she desired, but was quick to perceive a wrong possibly indicted and stoutly protested against the improper mistreatment of others. Her lieautiful home was welcome to all, and many are they who can testify to her hospitalitv. The deceased leaves a kind husband, a sister and brother, three sons, four grandchildren, and a number of relatives and a host of friends to mourn their loss.

100 piece Mea ki n Dinner Set, regular price $12.00 MUST GO AT $7.50 Crystal Lemonade Set formerly sold at 75c ... MUST GO AT 48c 12 bars of good Laundry Soap MUST GO AT 24c The best 12 l 2 c bulk Coffee MUST GO AT 9c per lb Try our best handpicked soup Beans ... MUST GO AT 3k 4 cans Wax String Beans MUST GO AT 25c The very best Sugar Loaf Drip Syrup.. MUST GO AT 29c per gal Sweet Cuba fine cut Tobacco, everybody’s price 45c MUST GO AT 38c