Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1896 — Page 9

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on. city nm Harvest Is °’ er ’“d ’**• farmers «r» bu»y thr»*h ng. Mr» !!'<»'«■! **• lhe « ue * 1 ol l "‘ r • ,i »'rn Mr, Burley, le*t Monday. Ker Oille»|de preached three eery interM ting srrrnuu* here Saturday night and Bunday. Mra Sadie Chriatman of Portland ia visiling relative and her many friend* here thia week. Joaeph Whitesell of Geneva, came near getting killed at Pleaaant Grove laat Sunday hy a wagon heavilv loaded with peorunning over him, bruiting him conaiderably, but breaking no bone*. An effort ia being made to organise a township Sabbath achool inatitu'e to lie bel lat G neve next Monday night. Come everybody, especially the superintendent* of the different schools in the township. J.T. Burley waa at Geneva Tuesday. Ou August 8, the Maple Grove Sabbath ecboo' li.’ve a celebra.ion, the urat of this *eason. Come and enjoy a day in their beautiful grove. When we consider that the intiatines are about five times as 1 >ng as the body, we can realise the intense suffering experieecd when they become inflamed. DeWitt's Colic A Cholera Cure subdues incarnation at once and completely remove* the difficulty. W. H.Nachlrbb. IT VBOWg. As a cure for constipation and indigestion Dr- Caldwell’s Syrup Pe[i*in grow* rapi-Py in favor There intro. < ed. Children love it* t»ste, for it ia so pleasant. Trial *'*« 10c K- gular 50c and #I.OO of A dmitii, Decatur, and A Craig, Berne. PIUS IM Mill's II u. Ears Me Barnes and family Sundayed at Decatur. Kev. Hugh Miller preached at the Baptist church Sunday for.noon Meed* me* Jutin Null and A u. Purler spent a few days at Gas City. Mr». J.>hfi Archer is able to be about again. M ** Della Banghman was the guest of Mrs. Dr. Vizard last Sunday. George Hurless and family t<>ok dinner with Martin Beery Sunday. The Children's meeting at the Biptist church was well attended. The exercises were excellent. The E, w..rthLeague together with Salem and Mt. Tabor held tbeir tri-monthly meeting at the Baptist church Saturday eveningLast Wednesday night the members of Choral Society gave their teacher, Mr. Hurless quite a surprise after several games and music both vocal and instrumental, they were served to a supper of ice cream and cake. Those present were Mrs F. O. Davis, Misses Della Carter, Nola Eeerv, May Haid, Stella Davis, Mina Battling, Nora Smith, Nerva Carter, Verwie Davis, Mintie Smith, Lizzie Bartling. Wilma Cowan, Fay Smith, Addie Davis, Lilly Noll, Mabie Price of Willshire, and Messrs F. O. Davis, Charles, Benj and Archie Colter, Harvey Lee, Calvin Carter, and Amos Smith.

Lillie May, daughter of Wui. and Libbie Thompson, was born October 2, 1894, and died July 12, 1896, age one year, nine months and two days. She was buried at the cemetery at this place Monday at halfpast ten o'clock. Funeral were .conducted by Rev. Ryan at the U. B. church. The lecture given by the Japanese at this place Monday evening, was well attended. Eli Hill, Lumber City, Pa : writes: "I have been suffering from Piles for twentyfive years and thought my case incurable. DeWitt's Witch Hasel Salve was recommended to me as a pile cure, so I bought a box and it performed a permanent cure,” This is only one out of thousands of similar cases. Eczema, sores and skin diseases yield quickly when it is used. W- H. Nachtrieb. HAVE 101' A <Ol.lll If so, then, instead of taking so much quinine and other strong medicines, take a pleasant and mild stomach and bowel remedy, which will cleanse the system, and you will be surprised how quickly the cold will leave you. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin will do this better than any other. Trial size 10c (10 doses 10c,) larger sizes 50c and SI, at Tlolthouse & Smith’s Decatur, and Stengel & Craig’s, Berne 1 PKEHI.E ITEMS. David Werling threshed 414 bushels of wheat from fifteen acres. An average of over 27J bushels per acre. The Preble Band played for the picnic at Bingen last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Kohn entertained friends from Willshire, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders of Decatur, were guests of Douglas Elzey and family last Sunday. Jim Briener and family of Tocsin, Sundayed with Aunt Katie Breine. Some republicans were talking bimetalisiN before the convention atßt. Lonis, but now they only talk gold monmetalism.

How easy some people have a change of heart' The German Lutherans will give a picme in W u. Grote’s grove, one-half north of P.eble Sunday, July 19. D. J. Dilling waa soliciting signers laat week. J. P. Kelley of Tocsin, was here a few hours Friday evening. Nat Sparks and Judge Slone, of Markle, ■topped with K. A. Spark* a few hours while enroute to Fort Wayne. Klopfenstein A Dilling receive.l another car load of lieer from Toledo, Ohio, Friday. They keep first-, las* goods and are doing a fine buainens. Bryan and Sewell, with free coinage of silver will sweep the country in NovemberHenry Beinz Sundayed with hi* parent* near Willshire, Ohio. Dr. Kohn was called to Msgley la»t Sunday to see the small child nf Agent McGill. J. D. Hale of Decatur, was here a few hour* Sunday. H. L Buuck returned from Fort Wayne Saturday and ha* resumed hi* old plate with C.C. Boese A Co. Rev. August Buuck went to Marysville, Ohio, Tuesday night to visit with friends for several days. Mis* Mattie,daughter of Mr. and Mr* J. L. Ferry, returned home from Batavia, N. Y. Tuesday where she has been teaching school the past year. We are anxious ta do a little good in this woHd and can’t think of no pleasanter and belter way to do it than by recuni meidiug O.e Minute Cough Cures** preventative of pneumonia, consumption and other serious lung troubles that follow neglected colds. W H Nschtrieh.

WKS. MAM.IE MIER*. Williamsport, Ind., writes: “I sufferd for. months of severe st unsch troubles M' trouble seemed almost unendurable. 1 purchase! a bottle of Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin of Armstrong and Swank, anil •* soon as I had taken its contents I was like a new person, and I now feel better and weigh more than I have in years.” It is sold in 10c: 50c and $1 «iz»s at Holthouse A Smith’s Decatur, and Steng'e & Craig’s, Berne. I- tIMVHI IHKOtP. The Tzmdon Commerce, one of the larg est circulating papers in England, says: ‘•leaving the question ul tariff for a moment, let us consider what a bimetalist American will mean for us. In the first place it will mean an immediate premium upon United States exports. The effect of coining silver at the proposed ratio would, in all probability, bring about a great ‘boom’ in manufactures of all kinds. Wages might rise considerably, but the experience of other countries goes to show that they would not rise in proportion to the advantages which exporters would derive who sent their goods to a gold-using country, towit, the United Kingdom. The manufacturers of the states would not be quite in the same position of vantage as the agriculturists of the Argentine Republic, nor the exporters in India, but they would have a sufficient leverage over the manufacturers here to turn the scales in every trade where now there is a doubt which way the market trends. In tin plates, many kinds of machinery, including some of the very heaviest: in leather, and in many sundry manufactures where the Britsh producer can with difficulty hold bis own the effect of the change would be decisive. Then this policy is also a bribe to the farmers. American dead meat—live cattle being prohibited—wheat and all farm products suitable for exportation would come over in greatly augmented quantities, for the difference in exchange would mean such an addition of profit that an immense stimulus would be given along the line. As to silver mining all that ean be said is that there would be a ru h. The dimension of the movement would depend upon many things impossible to foresee. The anticipation of that has become possible are not, be it remembered, bases on mere theory. We know already too well what to expect from foreign traders in a country where silver is the standard currency. India, Japan ani Argentine are all bearing witnesses to the insidious effect on British trade of conditions similar to those now in jierspective in the United States. Meantime, we cannot too soon face the possibilities and realize the true significance of the position as it is.” It would be hard to convince a man suffering from bilious colic that his agony is due t > a microbe with an unpronouncable name. But one dose of DeWitts Colic A Cholera Cure will convince him of its power to afford instant relief. It kills pain. W. H. Nachrieb. Union Sunday school excursion July 23, to Union Assembly Ground and Lake Side Park at Warsaw, Indiana, via Erie R. R. Special train leaves Decatur at 7 am. Adult faresl.2s and children 50 cents for the round trip Come and en joy a day’s outing at this beautiful resort, and by doing so assist the good cause. For particulars see small bills or apply to J. W. DeLong, Agent.

HIS GRACE'S BUBPINDERB. Ctoesr Ku*, by WiUrh Ui* Debs at Webllngtoa'* Aauegrwp* SseorwA , It la well known that, toward the latter years of the duke of Wellington's life. It wu* ny vt to impotudldr t<? cong or wheedle Lis’iiuUigruf h Sul o! film. TH the stratugeuia used to get a reply froui him to letters fulled: he either did not answer Utetu at all, or directed hl* until* secretary to do no; and thus the famous signature of “Welllnghtn" l»e---oarne a rarity highly prized by colic©tors. Apropos of thia. Answers telle of a Loudon Indy who had an album garnished with the autographs of moat of the greut men of the day, but wanted Hint of the “Great Captain." She mentioned her distress to a friend, a certain Mr. H., and a few days after he, to her great durprlae and pleasure, brought her a note from the hand of the victor of Waterloo. It rat. thunt “Field Marshal Duke of Wellington never ordered u pair of brace* of Mesar*. Simkin. If F. M. duke of Wellington find ordered the article* he could not forget it. F. M. duke of Wellington always pays for hi* braces.” This wna a very mid document fora lady's album, but It* authenticity was undoubted, and it therefore found tho »*-*t place in the Interesting collection. The way In which thia singular note was elicited wua thia: Mr. H. filled up one of the bankruptcy court forma and signed It, Informing the duke that In winding up the affaire of Messrs. Simpkins, he (the assignee) found on their book* the auin of «e 6d due by his grace for a pair of braces, which he requested the duke would Immediately pay or have paid. Mr. H.’s ruse was founded on pure fiction, but It succeeded. THE EFFECT WAS STARTLING. Cwnsterwsllon L‘*ii.<-«l by • Cry of Firs la a Philadelphia Tailor Shop. Next door to this office of a popular magistrate In the central portion of that city there la a small tailor shop which has this sign in the window: “Trousers pressed while you wait." Quite a number of politicians frequent the magistrate’s office, says the Philadelphia Record, and they often drop into the tailor shop to have the “bags” taken out of their trouser knees. One day lately Select Councilman “Tommy" Ryan and a number of up-Country delegates were sitting in the tailor's back room while their resjiecthe pantaloons were being ironed. Heprenentatfve John 11. Fow, who is,forever on the lookout to play a practical joke, passed the door of the shop and took in the situation at a glance. Mr. Fow raised hi* mighty fog-horn voice in one wild cry of “Fire!.” The effect was instantaneous and startling. Mr. Ryan, the first to dash through the shop door, was clothed, as to his nether extremities, in flaring scarlet. Two of the country politicians wore gray and white, but the third wore, besides the startled look upon his face, not much of anything. His “biled” ahirt was pretty long, but it did not prevent the I few pedestrians on the street frotn seeing his bare knees knocking together with fright. When the victims realized the trick that had been played upon them they scurried buck to shelter.

A Story of Plnck and Saerttlc*. A Rockland (Me.) w omnn whose story Is briefly outlined by the Couner-t’a-zette has particular reasons for thankfulness that the last years of her life are sjwnt in the land that celebrates July 4. This Indy, Mrs. Hanrahan by name, lived in li-eland at. the time of the potato famine. At last things got so desjiernte with her fatffily that they held a council to see what could be done to keep them from starvation. America was thought of, but if the husband went to the United States what would keep the mother and children ? So the brave woman decided that slfe woufd go. By hard exertion and bitter sacrifice her passage money was earned, and, taking a sad farewell of her home and little ones, she crossed the oceafi. She procured a situation in New York, and while the father kept the family together and earned enough to give them a scanty living the mother worked night and day in the far-off city to get the funds that wotlld bring her dear ones to this country. At length the years of probation were over, the father and children landed In New York and the family was mice more united. “Ah!” said the old lady, “It was a happy day when I saw me man and the children landing from the steamer.” Love ami Tattooing. When young and poor one of the now wealthy citizens of Waterbury, Conn, loved a poor and beautiful maiden. So much did he Jove her that he had her name and a striking portrait of her tattooed on his right arm. Her parents opposed the match and forced her to wed u rich suitor. The young man vowed he would never marry, and for forty years he remained a bachelor. He became many times as rich aa the man who had wrecked his youth's dream of love. A few weeks ago he capitulated to the charms of one of Derby's fair belles, and proposed marriage. She accepted on condition tliut he should have the tattooed rcmlnlpcence of his flrat passion removed. The sight of the symbol could not fall to prove embarrassing to both. A doctor was called in ami performed a painful but not dangerous surgical operation, and the counterfit presentment of hla first love was replaced with an ugly scar as a reminder, so he now says, to his soon-to-be bride of the folly of youth. Punlabing a Hlanderer. A Puritan preacher named Boyd waa In the Habit of InVelfching againstCrhmwell. Secretary Thurlow informed the latter, advising him to have the mon shot. “He's a fool, and you're another,” said the protectors “I'll pay him out In his own coin.” He asked Boyd to dinner, and, before giving him tffly, prayed tor three hours. • — ■—

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