Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1907 — Page 2

Their Christmas Stirprise

HIS year,” said Cartwright firmly, “there are going to be no Christmas surprises in my happy home —none of those pleasant little attempts at playing Santa Claus which begin with suspense and effort and end in mortification and disappointment. I am going to take my wife down town and let her pick

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out anything she wants within the limit of my spending capacity, and then I’m going to let her take me around and fix me up with a pair of embroidered suspenders or gold cuff links or any old thing she likes and that will make her happy. Neither of us has quite got over the effects of the last holiday season yet. Such a system, it seemed to me, would be far more practical than the miscellaneous guessing. We had been doing with such decidedly poor results. “You see, we had been married Just long enough last Christmas to wear out our first installment of furniture, and most of our wedding gifts. Things were looking a little shabby around the house, so we both agreed that in selecting our little remembrances for one another we ought to confine ourselves to something which would be mutually useful and attractive. Both of us had been secretly longing for a Morris chair, one of those new mission things with big leather cushions that swallow you up in a delirium of comfort. Mrs. C. wanted it for the beauty of the library and her afternoon siestas and I wanted it for evening recreation. We also needed new portieres, a new rug, a lamp globe and dozens of other things to make our happy home “the complete house beautiful,” but we were satisfied always to buy such things one at a time, and to get what we wanted at any price.

“Months before the Christmas season I began putting by a little sum weekly, with the Morris chair in mind. Two weeks before the 25th I went down to a dealer’s to look at chairs. I had been looking casually for weeks before, but it was not until I came upon this particular shop that I discovered what I wanted. It was a beauty in the darkest and finest of weathered oak, with all attachments and a pair of fat. greeny-brown leather cushions that fairly felt like pipe dreams, laced with leather strappings and tied to the woodwork with thongs. The minute I saw the chair I knew it was for me; but the price was rather staggering. The dealer wanted $95 for it at first, and when I had got him down to SBO, he acted as though he thought he were giving the thing away. I thought it best to hold out a little, so I merely requested that he give me a day’s option on the chair, and paid a small deposit for the privilege. Meanwhile my wife had been saving every penny, cutting down on the grocery bill and keeping me on cheap meats with Christmas in view. It seems that she, too, had a Morris chair on the brain. On the afternoon of the same day on which I discovered my prize, she strolled into the same shop. The first sight of the chair was enough for her, and she offered to buy it on the spot. The dealer was inconsolable. He had sold the chair, he believed, at least he had given a gentleman an option on it, and the gentleman had paid a deposit, but if madam would leave her name something might be done.

When my wife spelled out her cognomen for him he lifted his eyebrows in astonishment. That was exactly the name and those were the initials of the gentleman who had already spoken for the chair. My wife thought for a moment. Then she controlled her emotions and merely remarked that such coincidences were quite common, and walked out without leaving her address. “Next day I hied me to the dealer's quickly prepared to leave my order for the chair. But the dealer did not seem half so inclined to sell. A lady had been there it seems—a lady of my own name, with the same initials —odd, was it not? —who was willing to give the full price for the article. Then it was my turn to think. On the whole, I decided I did not want the chair after all. If Ellen wanted to buy it, I'd let her have that pleasure. The man seemed glad to give me back my deposit and that was the last I saw of that Morris chair. “Christmas morning we both fussed about the house expectantly. I wondered where on earth Ellen was keeping my Morris chair. After breakfast I unloaded a pair of green portieres I had bought for her. As the wrappings came off I saw her face fall. Then she went over to a corner and produced an exactly similar bundle and unrolled another pair of green portieres—for me. “ ‘B-but,’ I stammered. ‘I thought you bought a Morris chair!’ “‘I! O John, didn’t you buy it after all?’ “And then, in the light of our understanding, we wept on one another's shoulders.’'

TOLD HIS WIFE ABOUT IT. And Then Aecueed Her of Having N« Sense of Humor. Englishmen are often accused of being unable to grasp the point of the American pun, and sometimes they may think they see the point of a joke when perhaps they do not. An Englishman named Morley was walking along the sidewalk one day with an American friend when the latter inadvertently slipped and fell down. “Ah, my deah boy, I hope you are not hurt! How did it happen?” To which the friend replied: “It happened notwithstanding.” They both laughed over the pun, and Morley said it was so good he was going to tell his wife about it At dinner that evening he remarked that he had such a good joke on his friend Brown, and byway of preliminary, leading up to the point of bis story, he proceeded to tell ail about who Brown was, his associations and business connections, how he came to get acquainted with him, commercial relations he had had with him, etc., until he forgot about the story, but was reminded of It by the wife, who said impatiently. “But what about the story?” “Oh, yes!” laughing immoderately as the recollection of it struck him. “Why, you see. Brown and I were walking down the street together, and he slipped on a banana peeling and fell down, and when I asked him how it happened he said. ‘Nevertheless.’ ” And he was sore at her all evening and declared she had no sense of humor because she said she didn’t see anything funny to that—Judge’s Library.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. The Metal of the Standards That Are In Use Today. There are no products of human skill on which a greater degree of care is expended than the standards of weight and measure in use among the civilized nations of the globe. Two things In particular have to be considered, accuracy and durability. Nature does not furnish any single metal or mineral which exactly answers the requirements for a standard of measure or weight that shall be as nearly as possible unalterable. The best substance yet produced for this purpose is an alloy of 90 per cent of platinum with 10 per cent of iridium. This is called iridio platinum and is the substance of which the metric standards prepared by the international committee on weights and measures is composed. It is bard, is less affected by heat than any pure metal, is practically nonoxidlzable and can be finely engraved. In fact, the lines on the standard meters are hardly visible to the naked eye, yet they are smooth, sharp and accurate. If our civilization should ever be lost and relics of it should be discovered in some brighter age in the remote future there is nothing that would bear higher testimony to Its character than these standard measures of Iridio platinum, for the protection and preservation of which the science of this day has done its very best—St. Louis Republic. An Obedient Patient. An old doctor whose memory was beginning to fail him called in to see a young man who was Hi. On arriving at the home he found his patient in bed with nothing the matter but a slight cold. After prescribing the usual remedies he said: “Now, my dear sir, you must stay in bed till I come again.” He went away and forgot all about his patient The time flew by. One day the M. D. came across the young man’s mother in the street The sight of Mrs. Jones brought his patient to bis mind. and. with a start, he said: “By the bye. how is your son getting on?” To his amazement Mrs. Jones replied that he was still in bed, obedient to the doctor’s commands. He had been there three weeks.—lllustrated Bits. The Art of Pickling Nuts. “The Chinese are the only people in the world who know the art of pickling all kinds of nuts,” said a San Francisco man. “You take, for Instance, the pickled Chinese walnut This is the most delightful of all the relish family. The big nut is pickled and has the finest kind of flavor. It is rich, and an order of them costs sl. Then there is the Chinese butternut. This, too, is pickled and is palate tickling. The Chinese are the only folk who can. really make fine nut butter. In fact, the Chinese have more accomplishments than the average American ever dreamed of.” —Nashville Tennesseean. Home. Home! How deep a spell that little word contains! It is the circle in which our purest, best affections move and consecrate themselves, the hive in which, like the industrious bee. youth garners the sweets and memories of life for age to meditate and feed upon! It is childhood’s temple and manhood’s shrine—the ark of the past and the future.—Uhland. White and Black Lie*. “What,” queried the young man, “is the difference between white lies and black Iles?” “White lies,” answered the home grown philosopher, “are the kind we tell. Black lies are the kind we hear.” —Chicago News. Th* Obligato. “I went to the opera last night” “What did you bear?” “That Mr Browning is going to get a divorce, Mrs. Biggs baa the deares dog and a new baby, and the Huttons are going to live tn Indi*."— Harper’s Bazar.

J OUR BIG XMAS SALE ■ a ir rtf Winter Goods for th© iloliI That we may unload some of our immense stock have decided to 1 day Trade and turn some of our surplus stock mo a I make a sale that will move the stuff. . - _jh ——

■ Our 75c Cotton Blankets will go at $ .58 B Our SI.OO Cotton Blankets will go at 79 B Our $1.25 Cotton Blankets will go at 1-00 S Our $1.50 Cotton Blankets will go at 1-15 B Our $1.75 Cotton Blankets will go at 1-25 I Our $2.00 Cotton Blankets will go at 1-65 ■ Our $4.25 Wool Blankets will go at 3.75 B Our $5.00 Wool Blankets will go at 4.25 Our $6.00 Wool Blankets will go at 5.00 Our $7.50 Wool Blankets will go at 5.75 ■ Our 12c Outing Flannel will go at 10 B Our 10c Outing Flannel will go at 08 1-3 4 Our 8c Outing Flannel will go at 06 1-4 .■ ■ Our 7c Outing Flannel will go at 06 g Our 6c Outing Flannel willgo at 05 B Our 12 l-2c Guiney Hen Flannel will go at 10 ■ Our 10c Guiney Hen Flannel will go at 08 1-3 a Our 8c Guiney Hen Flannel w ill go at 07 ■ Our SI.OO Fur Collarettes go at -78 Our $1.25 Fur Collarettes go at 99 B Our $1.50 Fur Collarettes go at 1-25 B Our $2.00 Fur Collarettes go at 1-35 ■ Our $4.00 Fur Collarettes go at 3.00 ■ Our $4.50 Fur Collarettes go at 3.25 ■ Our $5.00 Fur Collarettes go at 3.75 ■ Our $5.50 Fur Collarettes go at 4.00 I Our $7.50 Fur Collarettes go at 5.50 B Our 50c Dress Goods will go at 39 B Our 75c Dress Goods will go at 55 I One lot of Ladies’ and Children’s underwear at less than first cost while they last. 20 per cent reduction on knit goods—Shawls, Scarfs, Toques, fascinators, Tams, etc. The price will move them out. Our full and complete line of Cut Glass and Fancy China will be offered to you at the actual cost to us, and some even less than cost. This is no bluff, but an actual cost sale of these goods to convert them into cash —and we are going to give you a chance to buy your Xmas Cut Glass and China at a bargain. Remember, this means a great big sacrifice to us and a very rare opportunity for you. You also know that we always have the goods that’we advertize. We tell no Fish Stories in our adds—to advertize an article you can’t furnish is paying

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BETTER CATTLE Should Be Raised in Adams County—Herefords Recommended. FOR THIS LOCALITY Smith & Ullman, Well Known Breeders, Put up Good Arguments. To the farmers of Adams county: It is a recognized fact that our county produces more good horses than any county of its size in the state. We are proud of this, but it is to be regretted that we have such a small number of pure-blood cattle in our county where we have the best of feed and pastures. Then why not start at once while cattle are cheap, and secure a small herd of pure-blood Hereford cattle? , The highest cattle authority in America has admitted that the Herefords make more fat from grass alone than any other breed. Hereford cattle do not worry over the flies nor freeze out in winter, because of their thick hides and heavy coat of hair. Hereford cattle wintered side by side with other cattle, go through winter in a much better condition than other breeds under same conditions as to food and shelter.

If you have grade cows and want to improve your stock, secure a pureblood Hereford bull. The first cross will result in a fine beef type calf. This calf bred to another Hereford bull will result in market toppers. Breeding pure-blooded Hereford cattle is much more profitable than raising common cattle. A registered Hereford calf twelve months old, if bred right, will sell for as much money as a common grade steer fattened, at three years. We have these stock for sale. At the head of our herd will be found Beau Donald 63rd. This particular type of Herefords are among the very best in the United States. At the last International show in Chicago, one-sev-enth of all Herefords sold, were of this particular type and averaged nearly $200.00 per head, that being an > average of more than $60.00 per head over all other Hereford types in this > sale. 1 We shall be glad to show you these - cattle at any time. They can be 1 seen on the farm one mile north of Decatur, Ind. By taking the interur- > ban car to stop twenty-eight, you will 1 be within a few rods of the farm. » Our prices will always be reasonable . and everything sold you will be guers anteed. Smith & Uliiaan, R. F. D. 1, 1 Decatur, Ind. > e DISTRICT MEETING. £ ' r The Democrats of the Eighth con--1 gressional district will meet in delei gate convention on Wednesday, Janr uary 2, 1908, in the city of Portland, » at 1:30 o’clock, for the purpose of selecting a member of the Democratic

State Committee for the ensuing two years. The delegates from the several counties will be selected on Saturday, December 28, 1907, at an hour to be fixed by the County Chairman, 20 days’ notice of the time, place and manner | of such selection to 6e given by publication in local Democratic newspapers. The basis of representation is one delegate for each 200 or fraction over 100 votes cast for Hon. John W. Kern Democratic candidate for governor in 1904, and the several counties in the district will be entitled o the following number of delegates: Adams 15 Delaware 19 Jay 14 Madison 35 Randolph 10 Wells 15 Total 108 Necessary for a choice, 55. L. G. ELLINGHAM, District Chairman. In compliance with the above announcement the Democratic County • | Central Committee, of Adams county, will meet in Decatur at ten o’clock a. m.. on Saturday, December 28th, for ' the purpose of organization, the se- ■ lection of delegates to the district and bther conventions, and the disposal of any other business. JOHN C. MORAN, Chairman. o ANTHRACITE COAL FOR SALE. Just arrived—a choice lot of chest- - nut anthracite coal. Will be sold for - spot cash only. Tricker & Merica, , phone 534, residence 311. 294-3 t f »■ — DEMOCRAT WANT ADC. PAY.

Our SI.OO Dress Goods will go at .79 Our $1.25 Dress Goods will go a 1-00 Our $1.50 Dress oGods will go a Our 75c Fancy Silks RO at. Our SI.OO Fancy Silks go at • Our $1.25 Fancy Silks go at Our 20c Flannelettes will go at 15 Our 15c Flannelettes will go at • Our 10c Flannelettes will go at » 3 Our 35c Table Linen wi go a 23 Our 60c Table Linen will go at 45 Our 75c Table Linen will go at oz Our SI.OO Table Linen will go at ' 1 Our $1.25 Table Linen will go at EMBROIDERIES— 75 piece Embroidery, former price 10c 12 l-2c 15c 20c, 25c and 35c per yd., the entire lot goes at this sale at 10c yd. This will be your opportunity to get ready for your January sewing. You can’t afford to miss this chance. Our $5.00 ready made silk and net Waist go at .... 4.25 Our SI.OO Soisette fancy Waist go at .85 Our $5.00 fancy silk Underskirts go at 4.00 Our SI.OO Wrappers go at. -79 Our $1.50 and $1.75 Wrappers go at 1.25 Our 50c Dressing Sacques go at -39 Our 75c Dressing Sacques go at 55 Our SI.OO Dressing Sacques go at 77 All Rugs go at 20 per cent off the newspaper man to misrepresent you. Another thing please remember, that an article of some value to your friend as a Xmas remembrance is much more appreciated than a cart load of bric-a-brac stuff that is of no value to any one. Think of this list of splendid bargains in useful articles. Try giving to your friends this year something of value—a good dress pattern, nice waist, nice pair blankets, good linen table cloth or any of the useful things that you can make suit from our stock. We have a complete line of fancy linens—H’d’k’fs, Scarfs, Belts, Combs, Gloves, Shopping Bags and a thousand and one other articles for Xmas remembrances that you can buy cheap. Remember, no goods laid away or charged at this sale.

Xmas Suggestions Diamonds, Watches, Rings, Chains, Fobs, Brooches, Silverware, Cut Glass, China, Etc.

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Also smallest size watch for ladies, Hunting case, SIO.OO. All fully guaranteed. Solid Silver Souvenir Spoons from 65c up to $1.50, including Court House. Library, High School, St Marys chureh. All artistes laid away for future delivery. Engraving free, including engraving in bowls of spoons. Yours for early shopping, Lehne, the Jeweler

and Lehne’s the place to find all these nice things. For the month of December you will find a Great Reduction in watches. Here is a Biff Bargain for Gents’: Elgin or Waltham 17-jewel adjusted fitted in case for $lO