Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1903 — Page 7

I Route Three. TT„ nr v fill 'lht i>:is recovered from a JJS» of mumps. 3gJ Ijhman has a very sick horse sT fflpwn» o f lock j aw is the cauße - flLtnan friends of Fred Luttman ■jX'lhim around at’atn. Mr. Luttrnanlwas injured during the g ag , e k to raising. Wrn F. Gerkey received his second ■arload of building stone from the Toledo qua 1 i |>s having purchased it through the Peters agency at Monroe Win. ■<>‘‘ k,,ie y er ’ h’uhr nan Chas Kiess and Henry Fuhr ” ian 'madea business trip to Trustee bokntx’hit Tuesday in the interest of the two first named who had sheep ;il>ed bji dogs the twelfth of the dnonih. ■ ( Route Miss Min'd** Brown has the mumps, gun merman shredded fodler yssttiiay. a ppert will build a new ' irn in the spring. Reubeißß'*ery had a runaway last tVednesday evening. Jacob Beller made a business trip i Blufftofc yesterday. Markansl Jahn is improving his >l«e9 with a new wire fence. Marioiißeber will make his home ’ ith Frank Briner this summer. Illi Ifwenty or more have already been averted during the meeting at the ion church Mr. Heller will keep account of his ibacco tende and see how much he ; ‘* s * n ' - i Goldie B'iner. Maggie and Edith «ry, Jent ie and Thomae Bright, earl and F >V Heller were the guests Lizzie Cpst, Sunday. Jlonroe. . i-fcallpoi is stamped out in Mon■:lMany W' - of mumps in this vi- ■ >|Mra. John Badders is ill with ton-'-nlitis. {j Mrs. Matilda Schwartz is ill with sjM, grip. Mrs. L. Sheline is not so well at JeoS' Ray is very low with nsumption. i: Mrs. Honor, of Geneva, is visiting SarnwßA Merman's. J son ofh.ouis Andrews is conval•g fromian attack of the grip. ii Scbuylen Sprague returned to his . .qirs. Agn‘s Andrews, of Decatur, Hbeen vie : ng friends here for the F '-Iweek. Jias Dclly Syncoke, of Decatur, nt Sund. with friends and rela•s in r VilliamT. Wisner and family will re to ■artford City, Monday. *re Mr. W nev will be employed '•> hoiking. ' u’h* n t ke M- E. church attenw i by good audiences, rtvonelpreseuted themselves for obcrshib Sunday night.

0. !.• '-elleu. Mrs. William uwand Mrs. W. S. Smith have to Falridtntl, where an uncle, R. haw ha passed awav after a t illnw Route Two, Peterson. ■ J- loaded hogs here, rsday. Bienke hauled corn to this berg ««ek. m Sadie Weldy is visiting friends onroe, aiuel Weldy and Grace Lewton seenlin Monroe last Sunday !ta a numlter of people from this were seen at the services at I'lras,Bunday night. ‘ institute which was held north ’ble.SS iturday, February 21st, dl attended. All the teachers 8 township were present. ffioer aroused from sleep '^ ler ntghi and found that there l tutnelhlng bright somewhere. og it to be a twenty-dollar gold *ne gi up and imagine his 6 "cm h® f° un, l *t to be noth;ta ® lvor caboose burn “«r In :rews. the young man fought his mother’s lard bucket „ ig Qyead of his dinner pail, is _i| trouble of some kind again. ported that Mr. Laughrey, the provide him with some ee P h* ,n awa k® ‘he # k53P r *' an d Johnson fodder at George Tuesday. From there Nathan Ehrman s, and yf l ' 1 machines from there •yd <5? , h* ,y h a 'i R‘® ndefort' lll6 •f *Ol I Jerry," as they comengine, get in the i 1 to F e t it out they ‘ter block over the front will need bo repaired MH*' l go farther. ' iIH: — Route Three, East. jWbtenberg is busy sawing ‘"•Jfcain. i- took some hogs n >Gfcio Saturday. 10 -w^P BB purchased a fine bay Fuelling. Mtrtiack sold his three year to Richard Bishoff. 'tzwEi' 1 " * 8 expecting to work this summer. 41 Reinking was hauling J ® C4 " ,r last Saturday. 18 Sihamerloh was at Deca

tur last Saturday on business. Charles Bleeke delivered some hogs ' at Dixon, Ohio, last Saturday. Henry Krickenberg and Fred Koi-’ dewey were hauling tile Monday. Wm. Hoile and son, Otto, were at Decatur last Saturday, on business. Herman Bittner and his new wife will move to his old home this week. A. 1* .1 hieme was busy hauling oats to Decatur last Friday and Saturday. F red Scheiman of Decatur, was in i our locality last Monday looking after stock. 1' red Bienzand Fred Thieme hauled tile for Walter Wittenberger last Saturday. Theodore Thieme is going to build an addition to his barn and has nearly all the timber on the ground. A party of young folks drove to the home of William Weiland last Friday night and a good time was had by all. The German Lutheran singing school have reorganized again with William Krickenberg president, Justinus Hoile cashier and it was also decided that no bum singers be allowed. PUBLIC SALES. The undersigned will offer at public sale at his residenc one and threequarter miles south of Monroe, on Friday, March 6, 1903, beginning at ten a. m., the following personal property, to-wit: Two mares, 1 cow, fresh soon N head ewes. 4 2-horse wagons 23 inch tires,one IJ-inch.one block wheels; carriage, canopy top buggy, top buggy, Milwaukee binder, Champion mower, Buckeye mower, hay tedder. Johnson reaper, sulky or riding breaking plow, 2 horse breaking plow, single and double shovel plows, sulky spring tooth cultivator with grain sowing attachments, spike harrow, knife harrow, heavy roller, clod rasp, feed grinder, horse power for four horses, cider press, bob-sleds, fanning mill, gravel lied, single and double, light and heavy harness; 8 tons of hay. Terms of sale—Sums of S 5 and under cash in hand: over $5 a credit of nine months will be given. R. E. Smith. Fred Reppert, Auc. Martin Miller will offer for sale at his residence one mile east of Preble and four miles west of Decatur, com mencing at ten o’clock a. m., on Tuesday, March 10, 1903, the following property, to-wit: Three work horses, mare with foal, five milch cows, fresh; three yearling calves, Durham bull, three small calves, ten shoats, seven pigs, young sow with eight pigs, four brood sows, Chester White male hog, one hundred chickens, new three inch tire wagon,carriage, top buggy, binder, two mowers, spring tooth harrow, double cultivator, two double shovel plows, two plows, hay rake, drill bobsleds, hay ladders, gravel bed, three sets harness, hay in mow, corn in crib, oats, fodder, and many other articles. Terms; $5.00 or under, cash; suras above that amount ten months time will tie given by the purchaser giving his note with security to the satisfaction of the undersigned. No property to be removed until satisfactorily settled for. Fred Reppert, auctioneer, F. M. Eversole will offer for sale at his residence, four miles west, and one and one-half miles south of Deca tur, and two and one-half miles south east of Peterson, beginning at ten o’clock a. m., on Thursday, March 12, 1903, the following property, to-wit: Two horses, family horse, general purpose horse, six head of cattle, three cows, yearling heifer, yearling steer, calf, ten sheep, five brood sows, pigs, hay in mow, corn, wagon, mower, cultivator, carriage, hay rake, bobsled, breaking plow, double shovel plow, single shovel plow, harrow, set double work harness, set double light harness. hard coal heating stove, two heating stoves, wood burners: gasoline stove, dining table and chairs, three bedsteads, couch, bookcase, three stands, five rocking chairs, bedroom suite, organ and many other articles. Terms: .$5.00 and under, cash; sums above that amount nine months time will be given by the purchaser giving his note with security to the satisfaction of the undersigned. No property to be removed until satisfactorily settled for. Six per cent discount for cash. Fred Reppert auction ar . The undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at his residence at the south corporation line on Chestnut street, in the city of Decatur, Indiana, at ten o’clock a. tn., on Saturday, March 7,1903, the following personal property, to-wit: Black mare, ten years old, with foal; bay mare, eleven years old; sorrel horse colt, two years old in May this year, well bred; bay colt, two years old; western colt, three years old; cow and calf, cow that will calve about April 10, three year old heifer that will calve about May 1, yearling calf, brood sow. full blood; sow that will farrow about April 1, two pigs, full blood; and seven shoats that will weigh at least fifty pounds per head, light two-horse wagon, heavy two-horse wagon, pair of bob-sleds, sulky hay rake, Empire mower, sulky corn plow, two-horse Bryan &. Fay breaking plow two double shovel’ plows, single shovel plow, iron Duke harrow, two-horse roller, set double work harness, about 250 bushels of corn in the crib, about 125 bushels of oats in the granary, two tons timothy hay, 100 shocks of corn fodder and such other implements that belong to a farm. 1 erms of sale: $5.00 or under, cash; sums aiiove that 12 months time will lie given by the purchaser giving his note with approved security to the satis faction of the undersigned. K. S. Peterson, Owner. Fred Reppert Auctioneer.

? ACROSS the * i DIVIDE * j Y $ 6 By MARION BENTLEY A f Copyright, HXV, by the ? t S. s. McCluro Company Y They reached the edge of Fort Simpson one breathless July afternoon, seeing its crude but promising outlines as through a maze of alkali dust, darkly. Their well provisioned prairie schooner lumbered heavily on the heels of two fagged and panting horses. It had been a terrific trip on man and beast. The man lay, bright eyed, dry upped and silent, on the shakedown in the wagon bed. As the horses stopped instinctively Binid Hie willows beside the stream the girl turned to her father with an encouraging smile. But at sight of him the smile changed to tense lines of horror. On the man's chin trickled a vivid crimson stain. An hour later Anita Murdock walked away from the hastily improvised camp with young Dr. Byrne. He glanced down at her pityingly. She was so delicate, so quiet and so pretty. What was her father thinking of? She was no more tit to take up a claim and manage a ranch on little or no capital than— She looked at him in mute inquiry. “I thought best not to say this before your father, but you must not think of resuming your journey. He would never survive the rough roads, and the rare air on top of the Divide would certainly bring on another hemorrhage.” ‘‘Then you mean that we can never go Into I.a Junta valley?” There was anguish in the question, and the doctor hesitated. “I believe the disappointment would kill him,” she continued. “Ever since we got that first railroad circular he has been counting on going there, getting well and strong and working again. We’ve taken the La Junta Banner for six months, and we know just where we want to live and how to tile our claim. Oh, we must go on!” “Well, for the present you bad better stop here and let your father recuperate. Perhaps when it is cooler— At any rate, there is a tidy two room shack right back of my office. The rent is cheap, and 1 can keep an eye on him until he is in shape to travel. It won't do for him to sleep here on the river edge even one night. We must pull him together, you know." And the doctor nodded encouragingly to the girl, who stood watching him with wide open, frightened eyes. So, all unwillingly, did the Murdocks take np their residence in Fort Simpson. The hot blasts of July merged into the sullen humidity of August, and one day In the freshening breath of September Henry Murdock tottered to the postortlce for the La Junta Banner. They read it together, he and Anita, read of the mountain locked valley where the sun never shone too fiercely nor yet the blasts blew cruelly; where crops rose like air castles in the night; where the sick were made well; where—and this was the best of all—starved, weak lungs were foil and strengthened. The Murdochs knew all the prominent La Junta citizens by name, rejoicing with them in success, sympathizing with them in adversity. They lived in Fort Simpson, but their hearts were in La Junta. And now only the Divide, with its pitiless altitude, stood between them and this promised land, to reach which they had sold their little lowa home. That night after her father bad fallen Into a troubled sl««p she footed up their account book. They had lived so simply, yet little remained. If they sold the horses, they might reach the valley by rail, but mountain railroad fares are high, and without horses how could they farm? She rose Impulsively and hurried to Dr. Byrne's office. He received her with undisguised pleasure. Os late he had felt that his calls had been unwelcome. Very delicately they had hinted that professionally be was not needed, and he feared that they might view bis obvious attempts to “drop In" socially as professional calls charitably paid. “Father seems stronger today. Don't yon think be can stand the journey very soon?” Dr. Byrne shook bis head. "The nights are cold. There is always frost in the mountains?” “But you said when It was cooler,” she persisted. He led her to the window and pointed silently to the distant mountain, where even In the moonlight she could catch the glint of snow patches. She clasped her hands In despair. “Why—why did yon tell me he could go later? You knew all the time that he could not take the trip, and yet”— She turned upon him fiercely and read that In his eyes which made her wrath burst into a flame. In her unreasoning love for her father she read in this other man's love for herself only selfishness. He had thought that If she stayed she might learn to love him. And now she hated him. “Oh, If I had never listened to you! Now he will stay here to die." Dr. Byrne tried to take her hot hands In his. but she drew away from him. “My dear girl, you are well and strong. For you the overland journey has no horrors; for your father it means—death.” “Then,” exclaimed Anita bitterly, “I must get something to do, so that we can go by rail. I thought It my duty to enre for him, and now our money is nearly gone." He gained possession of her hands this time. “Anita, It Is your duty to care for him until the end. Won't you let me

ASTOUNDING GOODNEWS to thousands of wretched people. It will bring happiness to thousands who are miserable—imagining they have a bad blood poisoning—when in nine cases out of ten it is puiely a local parasitic ni inifestation on the skin which can be cleared away in a hurry. ” Such misery now cleared away as surely as the sun shines above. Not merely attempted --nn' a matter of improvement only —but a clearing of it all away absolutely—and quickly, too.

i > I I — »■ W■ _ i -t i to 30 wr i w Isi ■ ■ ft \ t \ L ' ' Tiro of Mr. s > ->■. , >/ ulmotf of j,rrinonrnt'v cured is before treatment hie hutr o-ne . ; faring to the eralp biino ecdu and a nouttache ira» worn to heir* hide « .;•/« . i . . <ii fi-rence in appearance after cured, .'re . 'r.'ied erprrssi, u. y„t ! I'l ! -e. ■■ ■ pinett to humanity t'i"n thie •Hecorer>j.

shocking for print. 1 l.ese cases given lure, in the cause of humanity, this paper consented to print just as the patients appeared before and after treatment, th x| igh another new..paper refused to do so Not a newspaper in Christendom but should publish every word of this information, pictures and ali, if duty and not dollars were the governing rule. A SMALL BLOTCH ON THE SKJN. How skin diseases start in most cases. In the two cases illustrated here the following are the fact : In the case of Mr. Jacobs (Psoriasis, a species of Eczema) the trouble started in three small spots and did not spread beyond this for eight years. Then it suddenly spread all over. It r rged more or less all over in this way for ten years. In the case of the boy shown below (pure Eczema) the trouble started in a small spot forward of the left ear. We understand it was quiet for two or three rears before spreading. Photographs of the case show the boy literally covered, the same as shown on the face in the photo below, when treatment with D. D. D. was started.

Any blotch in the skin which sticks stubbornly at all should be attend'd to. However trilling it may seem if it lingers long ten chances to one it is a parasitic start, and at any time it may cov-r your far* or body, or both. . The most hvFtlthisnot gienic and the cause. cleanly people are frequently afflicted with skin diseases. Attendants in bathhouses an i bar bers are examples that soap and water are no protection. When ever th.- skia becomes weakened or impaired, then these p.tri.ites ars likely at inv time to attack, and if conditions are just wrong they will thrive an 1 soma form of skin dims* will result. Alarm ~!! form-, ol it will spread by contact.

j . Acne. Barber ; Itch, Carbuncles. Acn • Rosace? tier.natiti- Eczema in ail its 1 ,uit Eczema I many varieties, in Infants and Young < hildren 1 • thema Ecthyma Impetigo Contagiosa Lupus Lichen I all Similar. I’l.inus. Herpes. Er’ -inela Ichthyoi i I’ityriasis Itching Tiles. Lichen Ruber. l's< r ; sis i1....... —..1. all its forms: Scrofula. Seborrhoca. Sr cosis. Scabies, Tinea Favosa Tinea Circinata, .Tinea I'l i. tophvt n,t Barba-, L'tpus Serpiginostts, Elenhantiasi. Each one of these skin affections is parasitic in nature, and all of tlrin. have yielded to “D. D. D." The preparation is being v. d by mo t of the skin specialists. It is com* pound •«! for druggists solely by the I). D. D. Company, 70 Dearborn Street. Chicago. It is utili. -d by every general family physician who has taken the trouble to investigate the work it is accomplishing. It i; used in the Cook County Hospital, Chicago. It will clear off anv parasitic break in the skin in from 3 to fid days time. It will bring hanpincss quickly into the lives of thousands of people of this city who are miserable in imagining they have a bad blood poisoning, when in nine cases out of ten it is purely a local parasitic manifestation which can be cleared away in a hurrv by this preparation. \ i >it tho above agent and see proofs that will make yon a happier human SI.IX) buys the prescription- alreadv made up in sealed bottles with authentic label on each. The above druggists will till mail orders on receipt oi price.

help you? Marry me tomorrow, aua 1 will care for you both." “No. uo!" she exclaimed passionately. "It has been bis dream to go there. Dr. Byrne, if you love me us you any you do help me to get work anything that is honest." The nmn sighed and turned away, lie realized that he had no place in her heart or thoughts. When he faced her again, his voice was calm and even. “1 think it can be arranged. Mrs. Gallagher needs some one to help her with the girls. You know her husband holds an Interest In the Ten Strike, and she wants to take the girls eust, then abroad. They are wild as Indians, and she has the sense to know they need training down. Do you think"— Jim Gallagher owned the largest saloon and dance hall in Fort Simpson. Anita's face flushed, then puled. "Thank you. 1 will try It.” Two days later she was installed as governess In the noisy Gallagher household, with the privilege of going home at night. She was to teach the girl* how to walk and talk and dress. Mrs Gallagher considered the last itcconiplishment most important. She soon became extravagantly f<*<l of Anltu and would have loaded her with presents. but the alrl proudly declined ev-

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eryilling except ue: vuni.'So the winter crept Into the tender outstretched arms of spring, and Anita’s bank account grew. She had leased the horses to a wood hauler, and she had sewed nights. Site was too busy even to note the gradual change in her father. He seemed coni tent and quiet each e\ening when she came home, and she little guessed whose band ministered to liiui during the day. The Gallaghers were tieparting for the east. Anita was at the depot, to set" them off. The girls no longer shuffled when they walked, and they understood the use of knives and forks. Mrs. Gallagher surveyed their neat traveling frocks with pardonable pride. Then she slipped an envelope into Anita's hand. "Sure, you'vw done wonders by me gyurls, an’ it's that I've been tryin’ to tell you in the letther.” When the train pulled out, Anita opened the envelope. It contained no word of writing, Just a crisp banknote Hint fairly look her breath. And hsr salary had been pnld in fttlX, Anltu walked home on air. They would start for La Junta on the morrow. In the doorway stood Dr. Byrne, shading his s*.ves with his bund and looking un at the everlasting bills, lu

WE VOUCH FOR THIS Note what is known / having been fully\ f \ proven to us / ivauer in the medical affairs of Decatur. SMITH. YAGER I FALKIt has been proven to us beyond the possibility of a doubt that a new medicine quickiy clears up the worst skin affections. its work seems astonishing, amazing, almost miraculous. (It is a specific formula which, because of its discovery by Dr. Decatur Dennis, is known as “D. D. D. ") Its actual record sounds like a story of magic. But there is no room for doubt about it whatever; full proofs, indisputable in every respect, have been submitted regarding hundreds of cases—among them the two cases illustrated i.i this-announcement. The cne case shown here of the adult (Mr. Charles Jacobs, psoriasis of many years’ standing) was cured in 45 days. The other case of the boy (Sammy Minkey) was cured in three weeks. The results are not only complete, but permanent; in the case of Mr. Jacobs, which was one of the earliest cured after the discovery of this medicament, it is now nearly three years since the disease w.-.s cleared out of tlte skin, and no taint of it has appeared since. This is not merely a com* mercia! matter, it is a matter of humanity to tell everybody with a skin disease about this medicament. Among the many cases proven to me of astonishingly quick and complete cures, all of which seem to have been permanent, manv were j holographed in such a condition that a reproduction in a • newspaper would be perhaps too

her happiness she would have brushed by hint, but lie barred her passage. “Is he sleeping?" she inquired. Then something in the doctor's face caught and held her attention. "What is it? No no, not that!” she cried. "Ob, God, and 1 have worked so bard!" She swayed in the doorway, and Dr. Byrne, taking iter in Ids arms, led her gently into the darkened room. His voice was low and comforting. "It came so suddenly, though 1 have seen its shadow for weeks, dear. There was no time to send for you, and he left this word: 'Tell 'Nita I have crossed the Great Divide, but 1 will wait for her on the other side. Be good to her.' Darling, will you let me be good to you? In your great sorrow don’t try to stand alone.” Without replying she crossed the room, raised the sheet and looked long and steadily Into Iwr father's face. On It rested a smile of Ineffable peace. The money fell noiselessly to the floor. It bad been earned in vain. Then she turned mid looked the brown eyes bent pityingly upon her. *Hnrr.v," she murmured, “be docs not need It or me, and—l—am so tired." Her head drooped wearily upon bls shoulder, and his arms folded lovingly around bcr.