Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1902 — Page 3

ShcTOK E,J. Beardsley, General Practice and Surgery. But Special Attention given to Eye, Ear Throat and Chronic Diseases. Expert in Pitting Glasses. Thoroughly equipped’for treating Eye, Ear Throat and Catarrhal cases. CALLS answered, day or night. OFFICE—over postofHoe. RESIDENCE—cor. Monroe and Ninth sts Office Hourg--9 to 11 a. tn. 2 to 4 p. m. Hensley for holiday presents. Wood wanted by A. C. Gregory, ts The Dairy Trust does not handle the milk of human kindness. Dr. Welbourn’s medicines are all guaranteed by Blackburn & Christen. 28tf Watches at all prices at Hensley’s, for SI.OO to $50.00 -just the tning you want for Xmas presents. There are 103 centennarians in Connaught, Ireland, anti 1,160 persons over ninety years of age. Dr. Welbourn’s Crocus Lung Syrup. Not merely a relief, but a cure. Blackburn & Christen. 28tf Faith cure physicians are wise guys. They expect their patients to furnish the faith and cure themselves. Dr. Welbourn’s Wheat Phosphate Iron Pills. Guarnteed in nerve troubles. Blackburn & Christen. 28tf After capping a climax one should drive a nail in it to prevent some other fellow from uncapping it. Foley’s Honey and Tar fur' coughs and colds; reliable, tried and tested, safe and sure. Holthouse Drug Co. n I have One Hundred Thousand Dollars SIOO,OOO, to loan on real estate at 5| per cent interest. No commision. D. B. Erwin. ts Three rivers as big as the Rhine would just equal in volume the Ganges, three Gangeses, the Mississippi and two Mississippies the Amazon. Dr. Welbourn’s Queen of the Mead ow Tonic. It makes weak men and women strong to stay strong. Black burn & Christen. 28tf Turkish women do not come into control of their private fortunes’ until after marriage. After that they can dispose of one third of it without the husband’s consent. There is no cough medicine so pop ular as Foley's Honey and Tar. It contains no opiates or poisons and never fails to cure. Holthouse Drug Co. n “Old Louisiana” is the show announced for Bosse’s opera house next Monday evening. It is said to lie one of the best on the road and will no doubt draw a good crowd. W. A. Herron of Finch, Ark., writes: “I wish to report that Foie's Kidney Cure cured a terrible case of kidney and bladder trouble that two doctors had given up.” Holthouse Drug Co. n Charles Demass of Chesterton, is suffering from a disease that is baffling the skill of all physicians a contraction of the muscles. The ablest specialists have given his ease up as hopeless.-The spells come on him about once a week and the muscles all over his body become hard and knotty. Doesn’t respect old age. It’s shameful when youth fails to show proper respect for old age, »ut just the contrary in the case of Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They cut off maladies no matter how severe and irrespective of old age. Dyspepsia, jaundice, fever, constipation all yield to this perfect pill. 25c at Blackburn & Christens* drug store. n 1

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BKesents iust headquarters for Xmas * nts- just the thing you w „ nt h ailure daunts some men, and inspires others to better directed efforts. Christen 8 Blai ' kb ’™ & 2t>tf torvTr?l Uth °i 8 Write 8,, ca!lod history for the sole purpose of covering’ up unpleasant facts 8 Foley's H° uey and Tar Btops th(? cough and heals the lungs. Refuse substitutes. Holthouse Drug Co. n or ; fonr XaS r Bn , haH found that three or four appheatwns of Beaumont oj) to the beds of ants kills them. Dr. Welbourn’s Pile Ointment. It it ire ßi° u“- V cu . red and "o guarantee it. Blackburn & Christen. 28tf One of the Memphis newspapers declared its belief that one in six of the male adults in that city carries a revolver. Dr. Welbourn’s Sweet Bugle. Instant relief fur pains or gripings. All claims guaranteed. Blackburn & Christen. 28tf \ou can t afford to miss seeing Hensley’s holiday stock this year, select your Xmas presents and have them laid away for you. People who say that this is not a a warlike nation are mistaken. No sooner does the army and navy quit until the football teams take the field Dr. Welbourn’s Rose Ointment, instant relief infill skin diseases and effects a permanent cure. Guaranteed Blackurn & Christen. 2Stf Don t fail to see Hensley’s holiday stock while it is fresh. Make up your mind what you want and go early and select your presents and have ‘them laid away for you. Dr. Welbourn’s Coca Liniment. In tonsilitis, croup, neuralgia, burises, burns, frost bites, etc., its effect is like magic. Blackburn & Christen - 28tf Attorney Clark J. Lutz came home Monday morning from West Baden, where be had been resting from professional duties for ten days past. He is feeling considerably better. 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 John D. Stults has the agency for the Union Central Life Insurance company, a company that pays the largest dividends of any insurance company in existence. See him for a policy. 32-t4 We are willing to run the risk, you have only to call and select your Xmas presents and I will hold them for you until Xmas, giving you the advantage of the fresh stock. At Hensley’s. Physicians prescribe it. Manybroad minded physicians prescribe Foley’s Honey and Tar, as they have never found so safe and reliable a remedy for throat and lung troubles as this great medicine. Holthouse Drug Co, n Do you know Xmas is almost here again? Hensley has got the finest selected stock of cutlery in his line ever carried in any city. He will lay anything away for you without a cent paid on them.

Just what vou need after eating. Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. When you feel dull after eating. When you have no appetite. When you have a bad taste in the mouth. When your liver is torpid. When your bowls are constipated. When you have a headache. When you feel bilious. They will improve your appetite, cleanse and invigorate your stomach, and regulate your liver and bowels. Price 25 cent per box. For sale by Hylthouse Drug Co. n

» I have rings 50c to SI.OO, -finest tilled rings ever made, at Hensley’s. A horse dfn travel mile without moving mor» than fotfr feet. Funny, isn’t it? l our heads of wheat have been found growing on a single stalk at Barnham, Norforlk, England. Dr. Welbourn’s Ague, Fever and Blood Bills. The guaranteed malaria cure. Blackburn & Christen. 28tf Quite a crowd was in town Saturday to receive the latest election forecasts and attend to necessary busi : ness. , J’ r ’ Welbourn’s Rheumatic Aegis. Works wonders. A trial will convince the most sceptical. Blackburn & Christen. 28tf Hensley’s holiday stock cannot be excelled anywhere, and prices cannot be touched. You will be surprised to see our prices this year. Call and see our stock. For sick headache try Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets; they will ward off the attack if taken in time. For sale by Holthouse Drug Co.» n Somebody scattered corn, sprinkled with Strychnine, over thq field of Farmer Robinson, near Hartford City, with the result that a $l5O horse and and a SSO cOw were killed. Stops the Cough and Works olf the Cold. ■Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no pay. Price 25 cents. ts It is stated that a Columbia Cityman, weighing 'nearly- 300 pounds, sang, “Roe;; Me to Sleep, Mother, so touchingly at a Methodist church social recently that every woman cried. For a bail cold. If you have a bad cold vou need a good reliable medicine like Chamberlains Cough Remedy to loosen and relieve it, and to allay the irritation and inflammation of the throat and lungs. For sale by Holthouse Drug Co. n Peter Engstrom, of Hammond, sev-enty-one years old and a sailor who has been a hermit since 1871, met an old friend Wednesday who shook hands with him so vigorously that Engstrom slipped and fell, breaking bis leg at the hip. A runaway bicycle, terminated with an ugly cut on the leg of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove. 111. It developed a stubborn ulcer unyielding to doctors and remedies for four years. Then Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured. It’s just as good for burns, scalds, skin eruptions and piles. 25c. at Blackburn & Christen’s drug store. n The Retail Merchants’ Protective Association of Goshen will provide a black list to protect them against loss. Since the decision of the association to do this there has been a noticeable disposition on the part of a number to pay up what they owe in order to keep off the black list.

Anxious moments. Some of the most anxious of a mother’s life are those when the little ones of the household have the croup. There is no other medicine so effective in this terrible malady as Foley's Honey and Tar. It is a household favorite for throat and lung troubles, and as it contains no opiates or other poisons it can be safely given. The market value of kissing is on the rise. A New Jersey justice recently fined a man $lO for publicly kissing his sweetheart, the tine in Binghampton is $25, from the last quotations; and now Petersburg, Va., has raised the penalty to SSO. Marriage liscenses aie still to be had at ?1 to ?5. A policeman’s testimony. J. N. Patterson, night policeman of Nashua, la., writes: “Last winter I had a bad cold on mo lungs and tried at least half dozen advertised cough medicines and had treatment from two physicians without getting any benefit. A friend recommended Foley’s Honey and Tar and two-thirds of a bottle cured me. I consider it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world.” Holthouse Drug Co. n Here is the way prosperity is striking them at Peru. The Chronicle says: "The Wabash has reduced the pay of switchmen in the yards here from 22 to 19 and 20 cents an hour. The decrease means a reduction of about $6.60 a month in salary to each man and a saving to the company in the Peru yards alone of over $1,200 a year.” He could hardly get up. P. H. Duffy of Ashley, 111., writes: “This is to certify that I have taken two bottles of Foley’s Kidney Cure and it has helped me more than any any other medicine. 1 tried many advertised remedies, but none of them gave me any relief. My druggist recommend foley’s Kidney Cure and it has cured me.' Before commencing its use I was in such a shape that I could hardly get up when once down.” Holthouse Drug Co. n The Thanksgiving proclamation of the president is out. November 27th is the day on which he calls upon the people to cease from their ordinary occupations and render thanks to Almighty God. Many new cases. Our patrons are delighted with Dr. Marshall’s Lung Syrup, and they say that nothing equals} this medicine for coughs, colds and all throat trouble. Several new cases have been added to the list that have been cured where other medicines’have failed to do the work. Dr. Marshall’s Lung Syrup is taking, the lead, for a genuine cough medi cine it never fails to cure. The first dose gives relief and guaranteed to give satisfaction. Sold everywhere Price 25, 50 and sl.

Wanted at Oace—An ambitious and energetic mart over 21 years es age to work himself up to a good salaried position with a largeeompanv. Answer in own hand writing. P. 0. Box 234, Decatur, Ind. ts Low Rate of Interest. Maney 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. Sehirmeyor, Decatur, Ind. 9tf The Prairie Farmer is the best farm paper. To convince you of this we wirl send it weekly, together with the Prairie Farmer Home Magazine monthly, to January 1, 1903, for only ten cents. Address, The Prairie Farmer, 150 Adams street, Chicago. 35-5 Decatur Belgian Hare Company. We have iust bought the entire stock of the Fort Wayne Babbitry, and are prepared to furnish hares, fine rufus red. four red feet, at reasonable prices. Some extra fine young bucks we will sell at a bargain. E. H. Leßrun & Son, Mgrs. 4t Osteopathy in Decatur at Burt House on Monday and Thursday from 8a.m.t03 p. m. Examination free. Acute and chronic diseases cured. Head office, Ft. Wayne, Ind., rooms 24, 25, 26, Bass block, over First National bank. Graduate of Dr. A. T. Still, Kirksville, Mo., and licensed by the State M< le al Board. Nearly three years in Ft. Wayne with best of references. 4 ts Your father read the Prairie Farm er. Why don’t you ? If you are interested in general farming, fruitgrowing, stock-raising, poultry and bees, or in any other pursuit that brings you back to mother earth, send ten cents tor the Prairie Farmer weekly and the Prairie Farmer Home Magazine monthly, both to January I, 1903. Address, The Prairie Farmer, 160 Adams street, Chicago. 35 5 One of the oldest men in the south is Uncle Joe Donaldson, a negro living at Gainesville, Ga., who has just passed his 110th year. One particularity about him is that he does not claim to have seen Washington. Notice to Wheelmen. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 25 cent bottle of Henry & Johnson’s Arnica and Oil Liniment, if it fails to cure bumps, bruises, scratches, chafes, cuts strains, blisters, sore musics, sunburn chapped hands or face, pimples, freckles, or any other ailments requiring an external application. Lady riders are especially pleased with Arnica and Oil Liniment, it is so clean and nice to use. Twenty-five cents a bottle; one three times as large for 50cents. Page Blackburn. ts

A Miami county farmer claims that he has a second crop of oats this year that will make 50 bushels to the acre. It came from the oats that shattered out while cutting the first crop and cost nothing. It will be too late if you will let a cough run on until it has affected your lungs, it will be too late as con sumption will surely result and death will end all, why are so many people careless about a cough, be careful there is danger and if not stopped in time will certainly cause serious trouble and probably prove fatal. If you will only send for Dr. Mar shall's'Lung Syrup, it will cure you, as it has never failed to cure the very worst cases, and is guaranteed to give satisfaction, you can try this for 25 cents, why delay. By all druggists. DeKalb county farmers want the county council to make an appropriation to pay a bounty for the scalps of woodchucks. They are getting so numerous in that county that they do great damage to crops. Notice —We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxes of 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 & Christen, ts DeKalb county citizens are endeavoring to get the commissioners to place a bounty on ground hog scalps. Since the removal of the bounty some time ago they have increased at an alarming rate and are proving des t motive. Cures blood and skin diseases, itching humors, eexema, scrofula, etc. Send no money simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our expense. A personal trial of Blood Balm is better than a thousand print ed testimonials, so don't hesitate to write for a free sample. If you suffer from ulcers, eczema, scrofula, blood poison, cancer, eating sotes, itching skin, pimples, boils, bone pAins, swellings, rheumatism, catarrh, or any blood or skin disease, we advise you take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Especially recommended for old, obstinate, deep-seated cases of malignant blood or skin diseases, because Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) kills the poison in the blood, cures where all else fails, heals every sore, makes the blood pure and rich, gives the skin the rich glow of health. B. B. 8., the most perfect blood purifier made. Thoroughly tested for 30 years. Costs $1 |>er large bottle at drug stores. To prove it cures, sample of Blood Balm sent free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. is an honest offer medicine sent at once, prepaid, n

TELEGRAPHY -r aL,n 'LI? Learn Telegraphy on our Lines Day or Eveniriwiß The Morse Telegraph Alpha* A B C* D E F Q ■ — ■ — — --> ■' if Ji I J K L M N Of-// P Q R S T U V X Y Z & I .4 JA r? y°u satisfied with your present position? |< " ni S fr “’" it > SIOO pt r mo- ;h? your chances for advancemeufsatisfactory? (2 SHARP W'juld learning tehuraphy not bet ter vour conditßV 2, ~ ’ light, pleasant work and pavs well h.’.red. l.miyK 1 Pres, and Gen 1 Mgr. arc very successful. | If you want a stood thing, take up telegraphy now. day or evening. be wise. “doW off until tomorrow what you can do todny ” Remember, I hat pr ei a.->t I nation Is of time.” Call or wiite for further particulars. Y % SHARP’S SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY. | H 2nd Floor Stemen Bldg. Huntington,! H/ OLEY'S Honey and Tar cures coughs I and colds, hoarseness and croup, 1 I bronchitis and la H Pleurisy, pneumo’nia and con- the worst t It cases, are al- 1 I Tar, and in the early If i tages it cures them. V I oo( that it has done these things rag ’ | ith your druggist. We guaran- 1% ’ these things. I V , ng "just as g.K'd" or "just the same’’ as I I', .hough there are substitutes on which dealers make more profit. l| »BANNER SALVE cures piles, ft’s guaranteed, V’J For sale by The Holthouse Drug Co., Decatur. *

Disastrous wrecks. Carelessness is responsible for many a railway wreck and the same causes are making human wrecks of sufferers from throat and lung troubles. But since the advent of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, even the worst cases can be cured and hopeless resignation is no longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg, of Dorchester. Mass., is one of many whose life was saved by Dr. King’s Discovery. This great remedy is guaranteed for all throat and lung diseases by Blackburn & Christen, druggists. Price, 50c. and SI.OO. Trial bottles free. n A substantial business firm in Boston is considering the proposition to take up the work of paper hats. They refuse, however, to give out any details of the process which they use in preparing the raw material for the purpose.

Will investigate. A remarkable case conies to light at Elizabeth, W. Va. An old man there by name of G. W. Roberts had long suffered with incurable cancer. Everybody believed his case hopeless until he used Electric Bitters and applied Buckleu’s Arnica Salve. The treatment cured him completely. Now everybody who knows of it will investigate Electric Bitters. It exerts a mighty power to expel Biliousness, kidney and liver troubles and it’s a wonderful tonic for run down systems. Don’t fail to try it. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Blackburn & Christen, druggists. n An exchange says that' Aunt” Sal lie Snodgrass, of Gaston, Ind.: while singing “Gates Ajar," last Saturday, came very near choking to death on a lly. The corner grocery man remarked that perhaps the lly was seeeking winter quarters. Greensburg, Pa., July 11, 1898. About four years ago one side of my abdomen began to enlarge from a growth inside, ft grew to such pro-’ portions that it seemed to fill the abdomen. Then dropAy began and swelled both begs and stomach to twice their normal size. The doctors called the trouble enlargement of the spleen, and told me I must die. 1 was removed from the hospital and sent for Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm. I took seven lx>ttles and continually gained and am well in everv way now. The dropsy entirely disappeared and left growth very small. Michael O'Neal. For sale by Holthouse Drug Co. n An editor out West who told his subscribers to help edit the paper, said: “Il you get married send in the particulars. If a baby arrives at your home send it in. Three days after the paper came out two babies were left in front of his sanctum. 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 aftereating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of August Flower for 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you. Try it. Get Green's Prize Almanac. Buckburn & Christen if.

J. D. HALE, DEAt.IR IN Seeds, H-ay, Wool, Oil Salt, Goal, Lin]c, Genient Feftilizci's. Office and retail store store southeast corner of Second and Jefferson streets. Your patronage solicited. 1 MANN & CHRISTEN, Architects. Are prepared to do any kind ot work in their line. Persons contemplating building can save times, trouble and money by consulting them. Office- MANN & CHRISTEN, Bowers Block. Monroe st. Architects Mortgage Loans. Money Loaned on favorable terms, Low Rate of Interest. Privelege of partial payments, Abstracts of Title carefully prepared. F. M. BGBIF?MEYER, Co/. Second «n** Mrfdihon r*t», DecatUi*, Indiana. You'll Miss It If you decide about your education and select it s hool before you see the Catalog of t he International Business College OF PORT WAYNE, IND. A postal wl‘l bring it by return mall, and aside from Its artistic value, you will bv Interested In tie* work of an up-to date Business tMiool, which employ- twelve teachers, unexcelled • •iiiipmeiit. and sends out nearly three hundred joung people Into good positions every year. Enter at any time 1 tl l-TTITir- ~MT --—I ■ Blache ’ Ache all over. Throat sore Eyes and Nose running, slight cough with chills ; this is La Grippe. ‘Pdinkiber - taken in hot water, sweetened, before going to betl, will break it up if taken in time. | There is only one Painkiller. "PERRY DAVIS'" W * • - — w lll——— n ■ I’t l ' Wlj H L niiUii.'ut will cur Blind, ffi Be ! .fl i"Bleedlnir nnd Itchlru? 15 Jpf U b lul’ilr I: nb stheluni'iri. KW J 3 n :it ■ :t. •< Mi ;* ■■. m li r miller riv. Ir .tuntl :-. K Q f. Hr Ci 1 i.u :■ I Ir> »’.’><• oimM — inent I-1 n-par'd for Pile 1 andlHdv M Ing <>t the P'r .lb I tery lx ’ls ™ warranted. II dm .(i ts by mall or :■ erlpt ot r ~'l n a tnd fl.oo. MlllkltHS MA.IUFACTURIhG Ct) Prop . Cloveland, Ohio. Nnchtrfeb k Kuelllnir. i BACKACHE I 1 All Bladder and TT>T?I ■ Urinary Diseases. 1 IV !<■ L'..- . .. 1— •- * .