Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1904 — Page 7

MR. and MRS. H. E. Lingeifieid and MISS C. E. SWEITZER EXPERT OPTICIANS of Dayton, Ohio, Are now in Decatur at Burt House, and will remain one week longer or until Saturday, May 21. Giving Free Examination of the Eyes. Ko One Urged to Buy—Prices Reasonable - Headache Knocked |Vky High by the Use of the Celebrated Crysto Vitrine Lens Retemscopic Tests Given in Critical Cases Have Successfully Fitted 892 People in Van Wert with Glasses and Overcome 225 Cases of Headache. During the past three years these Opticians correctly fitted the number of glasses mentioned in towns below: Fitted 271 people in Springfield; 708 in Urbana; over 500 people in Xenia; over 800 people in Troy; 282 people in Piqua; 168 people in Sindey; 195 people in Greenville: 228 people in Eaton; over 900 people in Wilmington; over 1000 people in Lancaster; 860 people in Circleville; 750 people in Washington C. H.; 400 people in Chilicothe; and over 500 t people in Lebanon, Ohio. fa F About ninety-nine out of every hundred persons receiving medical treatment for nervousness, stomach trouble, headache and what they supposed to be neuralgia, are afflicted with defective evesight and nothing more. «|An' astigmatic eye most invariable causes aches and pains and nausa of the stomach of a kind that is very misleading to the sufferer and deceiving to the physicians in diagnosing unless the physician has special knowledge and experience in the art of fitting glasses. Astigmatic headache usually begins with shooting pains in the back of the eyes, finely reaching the top of the head, extending down the back of the neck into the shoulders, and frequently effects the spine to the extent that physicians often diagnose such a case of spinal trouble. Other symptoms of astigmatism are a sensation of hair pulling, a tenderness or soreness of the scalp, and dizziness, especially upon a sudden turning of the head. Those w’ho suffer with a slight degree ot astigmatism experience much trouble in reading or doing close work longerthan thirty minutes without the vision bluring. or type running together or mixing more or less, causing excessive winking or watering of the eye, with perhaps a slight inflamatory condition ot the lids and a bloodshot eyeball. All of these troubles can be entirely overcome by the wearing of properly corrected glasses, without medical treatment. If you are troubled with any of the following symptoms, call at once and receive a free examination: Headache —sensation of hair pulling, chilly, creepy feeling extending down the back of the head, neck and shoulders. Aches over the eye or severe shooting pains in the eye, with often a nauseating feeling of the stomach when turning the head suddenly. Trembling spells, nervousness, excessive winking and watering of the eyes, with often a slight inflamatory condition. Bluring, mixing and coming together of letters, with often sudden attacks of sleepiness. TO PARENTS Os Van Wert County, Mrs. Wm. Heath, Who Lives Five Miles South of Ohio Citv, Soys: I wish to tell through the papers tvhat Mr. and Mrs. Ltngerfield did for nay daughter, Nancy, who is ten years old. Ever since she had the whooping cough, which was about four years' ago, she has complained of constant pain in her head and eyes. I got glasses for her but they were not satisfactory. During the past year her troubles grew worse very rapidly as the constant pains and aches in her head and eyes were almost unbearable, which was affecting her nervous system quite preceptibly. I was afraid she could not continue her studies at school, as she would only studv a few minutes at a time, owing to the sharp pains which would shift to the back Fart of her head, neck and shoulders. read quite a good deal about Mr. and Mrs. Lingerfield’s work on the eye. So

finally I had them fit her with glasses which have overcome her troubles altogether, as she can now study with al! and has don© so for hours at a time since using the glasses. She is quite proud of them and wears them all the time. Id consideration of my experience I think it proper of me to warn parents to be more interested in their children’s eyes, and have them looked after upon the first complaint of the child, and thus avoid ruining the child’s eyes and health. HEADACHE. Nervousness and Stomach Trouble All Overcome, Miss Emma Fortney, Who Lives One and One-fourth Mile East of Dixon, Van Wert, County, Ohio, Says: “Who doesnot know the excruciating pain of sick or nervous headache? The throbbing, aching, wearing pain which makes the sufferer think life is not worth living.” Nearly everybody at sometime has had experience with this distressing malady, and the poor victims are only apt to seek relief in any remedy afforded,{which has surely been my experience, as I have taken every recommended remedy to get relief from above affliction. I have doctored with specialists for nervous troubles, also for stomach trouble as I would become deathly sick at my stomach, but my efforts for relief were baffled in each case. My condition seemed to grow for the worse, and of late, I have been most wonderfully discouraged, as it seemed my affliction had baffled all medical skill and that I must subject myself to daily headaches and nervousness. As a final resort I consulted Mr. and Mrs. Lingerfield, who, upon an examination of my eyes, said they could overcome all the headaches and nervousness. Well, it is useless to say I had but little faith in their assertions, as I had been disappointed in so many instances. But I was willing to try, and in regard to results I can most emphatically say that such has been the case to my great surprise, for not in a single instance have I experienced a single ache or pain in my head or nausea of the stomach. Indeed, one seems like a renewed being to be free from these terrible headaches and nervous spells. Consequently, 1 consider the result obtained in my behalf a blessihg to me and am very grateful to these people for overcoming my troubles, and I, for one, most willingly stand ready to testify to their proficiency in correcting headache and nervousness and stomach troubles. Mrs. Judge W. H. Mozier, of Van Wert, Ohio, Says: It is surely with a degree of safety and surety that I can express the words of praise of the proficiency and skill of Mr. and Mrs. Lingerfield in the art of fitting glasses, owing to the satisfactory manner in which they have overcome my defect in my distant vision, which had become very annoying owing to the indistinctness of sight, which defect produced a constant strain on the nerves—thereby weakening my closeby vision. Subsequently through appreciation of benefits received, I make mention of the above facts. Bright Light Caused Eyes to Pain and Water. Mrs. Wise, wife of L. H. Wise, the County Commissioner, of Van Wert county, says. It is in a sense of the most profound appreciation that I am prompted to speak in behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Lingerfield, the Opticians. For sometime I have been greatly annoyed with pains in mv eyes, especially when in a bright light; also a watering of the eyes, which was quite unpleasant. Thereby inasmuch as these afflictions have been overcome, I think all eye sufferers should avail the opportunity of consulting them while in our city. Mr. F. Seigel, One of Miami County’s Farmers, Who purchesed the old Fronefield farm, four and one-half miles southwest of Van Wert, Ohio, says: I have heard quite a good deal of Mr. and Mrs. Lingerfield as Opticians, who fitted many of my friends with glasses during their stay at Troy, 0., and at their Dayton home office, and also in regard to the successful manner they fitted my eyes. I feel quite safe in recommending them to all my neighbors and friends as thoroughly competent people, and trust that all who suffer of headache and defective vision will consult them and be benefited, as many others have been, by their skill and knowledge of the eye. Mr. and Mrs. Lingerfield have the most perfect equipped and handsomely furnished optical parlors in the State of Ohio, which are located in the New Arcade. Dayton, Ohio. During the past fourteen years, being assisted by their staff of opticians, they have fitted successfuly forty-three thousand people in the State of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Lingerfield are manufacturing opticians also. They employ none but experts to grind their lenses, which are ground from the very finest material obtainable. Each lense is guaranteed to be of the most perfect and accurate curvatures, highly polished and perfect, and perfectly focused, Mr. and Mrs. Lingerfield have fourteen towns they visit twice a yi ar and they intend to include Decatur in their circuit. All lenses are warranted for two years, any change is made gratis during said time. Prices for glasses $2 to 58.

Won With Ease. The Rosenthals opened the Base Ball season in this city Sunday by capturing the first game from Celina. The weather man was somewhat against the mangement which materially held the attendance down. Still three hundred of the faithful braved the weaher and witnesed a one sided game throughout, in fact Celina was never in it from the start and it was only a question how high the score would run. The Rosenthals for the first Mme together under fire played a fine game and the team work helped materially in piling up such a large score. Every member was in the game to win and but for an error on the part of first baseman Farrell which however under the circumstances was excusable Celina would have been presented with a nice bunch of goose eggs. Pitcher France was on his mettle and only allowed the Buckeyes four scattered hits, and only giving one base on balls. The batting of the Rosenthals was a fine exhibition they lambasting the ball right and lets for a total of twelve hits and taking every advantage of the misplays of their opponents, thus enabling them to run up such a large score. Celina was clearly out classed and it will certainly take a much stronger aggregation than that to show the Rosenthals where to head in at. The feature of the game was the catching of Pennington and his throwing to second base. The next attraction will be the'Bloomer Girls on next Sunday who come well recommended as ball players and who put up a clean and fast game. Yesterday’s score by innings was as follows. 123456789RHE Celina 000011001 3 4 9 Rosthls. 50212050 x 15 12 3 Saturday afternoon at Steele’s Park the two High School rivals Van Wert and Decatur met to play their second game of the series, and as was the result in the former game Van Wert came out of the fray with Decatur’s scalp dangling from their belt. The game was replete with sensational and brilliant plays Van Wert however leading in this line and playing in all the luck imaginable. The very first inning saw the undoing of the Decatur boys and after the baloon came down and the smoke had cleared away Van Wert had gathered five runs which practically won the game. From ) this inning on however it was as pretty a game as any one would wish to see and the Decatur boys worked hard to overcome the big lead their efforts were fruitless and the “best they could do was to get six runs through out while Van Wert had the long end with ten. Knapp pitched a fine game for Decatur but his support was ragged giving him no chance to win. Van Wert played a nice game and was the steadier of the two this feature alone winning for them. DO NOT DOSE THE STOMACH Cure Catarrh by Nature’s Own Method. -Every Breath of Hyomei Brings Relief. Nearly every one who has catarrh knows how foolish it is to try and cure it by the stomach. Temporary relief may be given, but a cure seldom comes. Until recently your physician would have said the only way to cure catarrh would be to have a change of climate; but now with Hyomei you can carry a health giving climate in your vest pocket and by breathing it a few minutes four times a day soon cure yourself. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but *I.OO andjconsists*ot\an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket, a medicine dropper and a bottle of Hyomei. The inhaler lasts a lifetime, and if one bottle does not cure, an extra bottle of Hyomei can be obtained for 50 cents. It is the most economical of all remedies advertised for the cure of catarrh, and is the only one that follows nature in her method of treating diseases of the respiraory organs. The Holthouse Drug Company have sold great many Hyomei outfits and the more they sell, the more convinced they are that they are perfectly safe in guranteeing to refund the money if Hyomei does not cure. Only 819.00 to Carthage, Mo., and return via the Clover Leaf route, Alay 17 to 23, account annual meeting German Baptist Brethren. In addition to this the Clover Leaf will give passengers a ten days’ stop-off at St. Louis to see the great fair. T. L. Miller, Agent.

Public Sale. The undersigned will sell at public sale at his residence three and one-half-miles northeast of Decatur, on the Levi Baker farm, commencing at 10 o’clock a. m, on Friday, May 13, the following personal property: Two draft horses, one Durham Holstien milch cow, one Durham heifer, fresh in July; one Duroc Jersey sow 7 , with six pigs by her side; two Duroc sows, one will farrow June 4 and one June 12; three shoats, weighing 100 pounds each; 1 feed cutter, 1 corn plow, 1 1-horse wagon, 1 set single harness, 1 cook stove, 1 gasoline stove, self-gen-erator A No. 1; 1 heating stove, 1 set dinning room chairs, 1 Wilcox & White organ, 1 folding lounge, 1 sofa, 1 table, stands, wardrobe, and many other articles. Many other articles for house-keeping purposes. Terms of Sale.—On all sums of 85 and under, cash: over that amount, a credit of nine months will be given, purchaser giving note with approved security, to the owners satisfactian. 99-5 t Levi Baker. Railroad Notes. Chicago to St. Pau] Minnneapolis four daily fast trainsjvia the Chicago & North-Western Ry. 87.30 to St. Louis and return May 17 and 19, via the Clover Leaf. Tickets good for 7 days. T. L. Miller, Agent. The Overland Limited, solid train Chicago to Coast daily. Chicago, Union Pacific & North-Western Line. Cheap one way excursion via Clover Leaf to all California points for 137.90 during March and Apri] 1904. T. L. Miller, agent. On the first and third Tuesday of every month the Erie railroad will sell one way and ronud trip excurson tickets to the west, northwest and southwest at very low rates. Further information, call upon Erie agents or write, C. L. Enos, T P. A., Marion Ohio. Summer outings in Wisconsin™ Over a hundred summer resorts located on the Wisconsin Central Ry. between Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Ashland, offers to the summer tourists all attractions in the way of rest, comfort and recreation. The hotels are modern and splendidly equipped for the business. Waukesha, Waupaca, Fifield and a score of other resorts are famous. Beautifully illustrated booklots descjippve of this region will be mailed upon application to

$50,000.00 Gash Given Away to Osers of LION OOF FEE We are going to be more liberal than ever in 1904 to users of Lion Coffee. Not only will the Lion-Heads, cut from the packages, be good, as heretofore, for the valuable premiums we have always given our customers, but In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums the same Lion-Heads will entitle you to estimates in our $50,000.00 Grand Prize Contests, which will make some ot our patrons rich men and women. You can send in as many estimates as desired. There will be TWO GREAT CONTESTS The first contest will be on the July 4th attendance at the St. Louis World’s Fair; the second relates to Total Vote For President to be cast Nov. 8, 1904. $30,000.00 will be distributed in each of these contests, making $40,000.00 on the two, and, to make it still more interesting, in addition to this amount, we will give a Eivot iSo’B’ra at QsS tSIHnU riFSI a s’aA, "J contests, and thus your estimates have two amwMi opportunities of winning a big cash prize. Five Lion-Heads gig?* Printed blanks to cut from Lion vote on found in Coffee Packages and a eve,, y Coffee Pack2 cent stamp entitle you age. The 2 cent stamp (in addition to the reg- c° vers the expense of ular free premiums) our acknowledgment to tn one vote in you that your eseither contest: Btt. timate is recorded. WORLD’S FAIR CONTEST PRESIDENTJAL VOTE CONTEST What will be the total July 4th attendance at the St. Louis What will be the total Popular Vote cast for President (votes World's Fair? At Chicago, July 4,11193, the attendance was 233.273. for all candidates cojnbined l at the election November 8. 1904? In For nearest correct estimates received in Woolson Spice Com- 1900 election. 13.959.653 people voted for President. For nearest ccrpany's office, Toledo, Ohio, on or before June 30th, 1904, we will rect estimates received in Woolson Spice Co.’s, office, Toledo, 0., give first prize for the nearest correct estimate, second prize to the on or before Nov. 5.1904. wc wiil give first prize for the nearest cornext nearest, etc., etc., as follows: rect estimate, second prize to the next nea* est, etc., etc., as follows: 1 First Prize 82,500.00 1 First Prize $2,500.00 1 Second Prize 1,000.00 1 Second Prize 1,000.00 2 Prizes -$500.00 each 1,000.00 2 Frizes— $500.00 each 1,000.00 5 Prizes— 200.00 " 1,000.00 5 Prizes— 200.00 “ 1 000.00 IO Prizes— 100.00 “ 1,000.00 IO Prizes— 100.00 “ 1,000.00 20 Prizes— 50.00 " 1,000.00 20 Prizes— 50.00 “ 1.000.00 50 Prizes— 20.00 “ 1,000.00 50 Prizes— 20.00 “ 1,000.00 250 Prizes— 10.00 “ 2,500.00 250 Prizes— 10 OO “ 2,500.00 1800 Prizes— 5.00 ” 9,000.00 1800 Prizes— 5.00 “ 9.000.00 2139 PRIZES, TOTAL. $20,000.00 2139 PRIZES, TOTAL, $20,000.00 4279—P RIZ ES- -4279 1 Distributed to the Public—aggregating 545,000.09—1 n addition to which we shal! give SS,ODD to Grocers’ Cierks (see particulars in LIGM SOFFEE cases) making a grand total of $50,0” COMPLETE DETAILED PARTICULARS IN EVERY PACKAGE OF LIOOM COFFEE WOOLSON SPSCE CO., (CONTEST DEPT.) TOLEDO, ©SCO.

Jas. C. Pond, Gen. Pass. Agt, Wis. Cent. Ry., Milwaukee, Wis. Through Pullman sleeping cars to California points via Iron Mountain route, leaving St. Louis 8:30 a. m. daily for Los Angeles via “True Southern Route,” also tourist sleeping cars on this same train for Los Angeles and San Francisco every Wed nesday and Thursday. Best winter route to California. For further information call on or address G. A. A Deane, Jr., T. P. A., 200 Sentinel Big Indianapolis, Ind. A beautiful map, valuable for reference, printed on heavy paper, 42x64 inches mounted on rollers; edged bound in clcth, showing our new island po: sessions. The Trans-Siberian Railway, Pacific Ocean cables, railway lines r and other features of Japan, China, Munchuria, Koorea and the Far East. Sent in receipt of 25 cents in stamps by W. B. Kniskern, P. T. M., Chicago & North Western R’y, Chicago, 111. Homeseekers’ excursions via Southern railroad in connection with the Queen & Cresent route to certain points in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia on the first and third Tuesdays in each month —May to November, 1901 inclusive, at the very low rate of one fare for the round trip, plus 82. Tickets are good going 15 days, and for stop-overs south of the Ohio River with final limit for return of 21 days from date of sale. On the same dates one way settlers’ tickets will be sold to points in the same territory at onehalf first-class rates, plus 82 from Ohio River gateways. For rates, schedules and full information, call on your nearest ticket agent, or write J. S. McCullough, N. W. P. A., 225 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ilf. For information about farm lands, business locations, etc. write T. B. Thackston, agent land and industrial department, 225 Dearborn St., Chicago, Going to the World’s Fair? If so, send for complete guide to the city of St. Louis and world’s fair grounds, containing maps and full information about hotels, restaurants, theatres and all points of interests. Published only by the Clover Leaf Route, Toledo, Ohio, and sent free on receipt of six (6) cents postage.

WAYS OF THE MAfjPic.* The Bird Is Sociable, Secretive and Fall of Mischief. The magpig Itas ™ same sort of so ciability, the shine secretiveness, the same thirst for education—of a certain kind—the same inherent and ineradicable love of mischief as has that very versatile bird the raven. Not that in intellect and strength of character she is in any way equal to the raven. Fun she has in abundance, but hardly humor. Conscious humor, that high and rare gift of man which interpenetrates and colors everything in life, is, I think, possessed in germ by the raven and the raven alone. You see it in his eye, in the pose of his head, in his walk, in every movement of his body. The eye of the magpie is, like the wit of Dickens, always on the move, nervous, excitable, glittering, scintillating. The eye of the raven is like the humor of Goldsmith. It has a faraway look, it dreams, it thinks, “it bodes and it bodes,” it all but smiles. The magpie will pick up many words, or even sentences, and the old superstition that she will only talk or talk well if her tongue is slit with a thin and sharp silver sixpence died a natural death about the time that the coins of the realm had to be “milled” and so were rendered unsuitable for so stupidly cruel an operation.—R. Bosworth Smith in Nineteenth Century. Servants In Germany. It is difficult in Germany for a professional rogue to enter a family as a domestic servant. There every servant has a character book, in which the mistress must enter the dates of the coming and leaving of the servant, with her character while in service. This the girl is obliged to take to the nearest police station and have it dated with the official stamp, thus preventing the manufacture of bogus recommendations. G. R. & I. Excursions. Cincinnati, Ohio, 84.35 round trip, account May Musical Festival, May 11-14. Cleveland, Ohio, 86.25 round trip" May 19-25, account National Baptist Anniversary. LaFayette, Ind., 83.90 round trip, May 20-21, account Interscholastic Field Meet. Pittsburg, Pa., 88.75 round trip, May 16-28, account National Association of Manufacturers. Take the G. R. & I. —Pan Handle— Vandalia route for World’s Fair at St. Louis, Mo. Just as cheap, just as quick and just as comfortable as any other route out of Decatur. Tickets on sale from now to November 30. For rates and information call on or address J. Bryson, Ticket Agent, Decatur, Ind.; or C. L. Lockwood, G. P. & T. A.. Grand Rapids, Mich.