Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1911 — Page 2

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PUBLIC SALE. < The undersigned will offer for sale < at his residence, five miles east of De- 1 catur and 2 miles north of Rivarre in , Union township, Adams county. Indi- j ana. beginning at 10 o’clock a. m. on ( Thursday, January 12, 1911, the following property: Horses —2 mares, : 1 roan mare 10 years old, 1 bay mare i 7 years old. Cattle —2 milch cows, ' both giving milk, will be fresh in June, two-year-old heifer, a good one. ( ' Hogs—Full blooded Poland China sow, ——

Birst NATIONAL - ANK _ ATUR, INDIANA (■‘interest pei annum Paid on left 12 Months. | & 3 pOfeterest per annum Paid on |U Certificates left 6 Months. DIRECTORS ■P‘ , ; P. W. Smith 1 ■■ t>.-'Schmitt W A. KueUer a Dugan D. Sprang MB-’-. E. C. Bleeke M F. Race CAPITAL |g 1 () 0,000.00

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11 shoats, weigh about 50 pounds each. Sheep—4 breeding ewes, good ones, and about 15 dozen mixed chickens. Implements —McCormick mower, 5-ft. cut, good as new, Wide-tired wagon, in good shape; walking breaking plow, riding cultivator, good as new, mud boat, 1 sled, hay ladder, 1 buggy, 1 set heavy work harness, 1 single buggy harness, spring tooth harrow. spike tooth harrow, sand roller, clod crusher, 130 gallon water tank. Furniture —Cook stove, dozen chairs, table, commode, barrel of salt, cupboard, good as new: Shepherd dog, 1 year old. and many other articles too numerous to mention. Terms —All sums of $5.00 and under, cash in hand;'over $5.00 a credit of 9 months will be given, the [purchaser giving bankable note therefor with approved freehold security to the satisfaction of the undersigned. No property removed until settled for. Four per cent off for cash on sums over $5.00. CARY BEYER. John Spuller, Auct. Fred Koldeway, Clerk. HOUSEHOLD SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at her home on the corner of Fifth I and Jackson streets, beginning at [1:30 o’clock, Saturday January 7th. the following household articles, consisting of one bed davenport, one steel range, book case, bedroom suit, etc. MRS. MARY LOCH. John Spuller, Auct. Ferd Fruchte, Clerk. 3t4 — tr . ...... . . —.. DEMOCRAT WANT ADS’ PAY BIG.

p-o—O—O -o-o -00-o—c—o—o— g -o jThe Right} j of Search | Y And the Wonun WhoWuuld j 9 Try to Do a Little Smugulinj. T O By A. S. CROCKETT. Q I A Co P>’ r ltht, 1910. by American Pre-s I Q O O O O A”* 1^ 111 * 011, I I •’Be sure.” Mrs. Jeffreys reml from 1 her husband's letter, "to declare ev i erytUilig. The customs lns|>ectors nr< on the alert. The new collector is car [ rylng out the law to the letter, nmi I there is no chance of getting u ’free :> [ try’ this year. I Spoke to Sei:;.to: I Junes about It. and ho assured me in.it I while lie would be glad to give me the same sort of letter ns Inst year, ii would be Worthless. "Let’s see." she reflected. "Os course I can wear the traveling dress ashore, and then I can also wear that dent little turban. 1 must muss both up a bit. nnd I can break the feather In the turban, so that the hat will not look new. “Heloise!" she called. "Oui. madame." answered her maid. “Have you bought much in Paris for yourself?" “Non. madame; jus' a leetle lace.” “Then you must take one of my trunks for yourself and pack some of my things in It. I will tell you which later." Left to herself. Mrs. Jeffreys resumes her addition, subtraction and division. “Let’s see. SIOO for each passenger. That makes S2OO for Heloise and myself. That black silk alone cost that much, while the other dresses costlet’s see—loo francs plus 500. plus 750 That’s 1.050. Five into sixteen goes three times, carry one. Why. 330 plus 200 equals $530. and. merciful heavens. that doesn't count lingerie or stockings or’’- And her glance encountered two beautiful Sevres vases standing on the mantel. She gave a scream that brought Heloise to the door. “It is nothing. 1-1 thought 1 saw a mouse." Heloise picked up her skirts and fled. Ah. those vases!" Mrs Jeffreys resumed. "How on earth am 1 ever going to get them in? The duty on them alone would be more than SIOO. Let me think. No.” after a pause. "1 could not conceal them. Well, let me make the best 1 can out of the other things. Let’s see. 1 can put the black silk down at. say. SSO. The materials did not cost more than S3O. I am sure: the other dresses S3O. $35 and S4O. not counting the one I shall wear. That makes $155 altogether. The lingerie —well, we can change the appearance of most of that by rubbing it on the carpet, and the rest 1 can divide between Heloise and myself in sueh a way that I can list the bats and the stockings for $40." Then she thought pf the vases again. Mrs. Jeffreys was still thinking of the vases when the steamship left Cherbourg, and she thought At little else for the first three days. Women homeward bound are sometimes a little talkative when it comes to discussing great bargains they have picked up. but Mrs. Jeffreys maintained a strict silence on this topic, even when her friend Mrs. Burroughs confessed that she had bought lots of things, including yards ami yards of lace, and, as for simply paying duty, she would see congress and the president in very hot regions before she would give up a cent. "I shall conceal the lace on my person." she confided. "1 have a dress that 1 am taking home to mother. who. you know, is larger than 1. and on the morning we land you will see an extremely matronly person going down the gangplank it you watch me. my dear." Mrs. Jeffreys sighed Ah. if she hadnot bought those vases! A thought struck her. Why not. car•ry those vases ashore, after all? She | excused herself and went to her stateroom. where, after locking the door, she took the two exquisite ornaments from a traveling hag. She removed her skirts. Then she took a strap from the bag and fastened one end to a vase and the other to n belt. The other she fastened similarly. so that one hung from the front and the other from the back. Then she [tut on her skirts again and walked about the room. , “I have it at last,” she exclaimed Joyfully, "only I must I » careful about walking.” That day she ate the tint hearty luncheon of her voyage, and when in the afternoon the declarations were passed about to be filled by the passengers she made hers out in the fashion she had planned in Paris. Mrs. Jeffreys did not complete her toilet on the morning the ship arrived until the vessel was coming up from quarantine. Thon she went below, locked her door and slipped Intb the harness she bad invented. She went down the gangway so carefully that her husband, who was at the foot, asked in great concern: “What is the matter? Hurt yourself? You seem lame.” “It is nothing,” she assured him. “Just a touch of rheumatism.” • While they were waiting under the I letter "J" for their baggage to be asI semb'.ed her husband solicitously urged | her to sit on a trunk and spread a I steamer rug for her. I' “No,” she said; “I feel much better | standing.” At the same time she felt I as if she must sink, for the two vases. I really light, now weighed a hundred I pounds each. 8 It was an age before the trunks and

bags were collected and the customs Inspector began his examination. He looked at Mrs. Jeffreys' declaration, and as his eyesight wns none ot the best he found only whnt she had listed. Then he called an appraiser to pass upon the value of the goods de- , dared. The latter gave a sharp look nt Mrs, Jeffreys, who was talking very volubly to her husband and telling him In a tone that was audible some distance away how she had taken tils advice i and declared everything. The official i peered into the trunk that was nearest > him and then wrote something in red Ink on the bottom of tlie declaration. Then the inspector carefully placed a label on each of the packages show , Ing that they had been passed, and I Mrs. Jeffreys in tier relief, forgetting ’ her own precious cargo, plumped her- ] self down upon a trunk. Crash! The bottom of a vase drop- ; ped upon the pier ami rolled some ills- I tance away. Mr. Jeffreys had gone to look for a porter. His wife started to make a rush for the broken piece, but as she did so a keen eyed man who was standing near anticipated uer. “Is that yours, madam?” he de- ! manded. Mrs. Jeffreys hesitated. "Yes." she said, with a gasp. “Will you kindly show me the other part of it?” The woman almost fainted. “Why. ' it isn’t possible—it—er—it's in my trunk!" she finally managed to get out “1 am sorry, madam, but 1 must see the other part of this vase. Will you open your trunk?" |< Mrs. Jeffreys banded him the keys. “Which one?” “This—no. that—no. the other one. Merciful heavens, what shall 1 do?” I And Mrs. Jeffreys sank weeping on one of her trunks just as her husband came back with a porter. “Whnt is this? Who are you?" he demanded of the other man. The latter showed him the shield of a special officer of the treasury. ”1 must see the other part of this vase." he repeated to the husband. Mr. Jeffreys, protesting, gave him his card. "I would advise you to make no scene." the "special" told him. "There are lots of reporters about here, and they would be only too glad of a chance for a sensational story." He went away and returned with a uniformed inspector, not the old man who had made the previous inspection, but a younger. "Here." he told him. “get this woman’s declaration and reinspect those trunks.” The "special” stood by while each article was being turned out in a heap on the pier. He fingered the dresses and looked at the declaration. Then lie took up several pieces of lingerie and examined them closely. “Ha. not worn! Apparently rubbed on the floor to give them that appearance. See anything of that broken vase?” "No.” the Inspector replied, "but here is a lot of lace.” It was that belonging to Heloise. “Tell the appraiser in charge to ' come here.” The latter was soon bending over the pile of finery. He looked at each garment separately and then put down a lot of figures. “The total is $700.” the “special” informed Mrs. Jeffreys. "Under the law we have a perfect right to seize the contents of the trunk, but to avoid unnecessary notoriety we will permit you to pay the duty and take the trunks away with you. Wait a moment; 1 forgot. We have not found that broken vase." He turned to Mrs. Jeffreys. "Let me go aboard the steamship.” she begged, "and 1 will find it for you.” "1 have no objection, madam." he [ replied, "but an inspector must ac- i company you." Mis. Jeffrey'; started back. "Oh. horrors! Never!” she protested. "A woman inspector, madam." the "special" explained. But Mrs. Jeffreys still protested vigorously. Mr. Jeffreys, feeling that the scene had gone far enough, demanded to see the official in charge of the pier. "I regret it. sir.” he said, "but your wife will have to accompany the woman inspector ou board the ship and be sea re lied.” It is best not to follow the two women into that stateroom. The inspectress came out with a broken Sevres vase aud a whole one and several pairs of stockings. "Now. madam." said the "special," we shall not take into account the new dress and hat you are wearing. Under the circumstances 1 think you would prefer to have us seize what is left of the ’pair’ of vases. Now, if your husband will step to the cashier’s office and pay the duty on $7(10 worth of goods, less S2OO worth allowed for yourself aud maid, I think the requirements of the law will be met.” When they had got into their carriage Mr. Jeffreys turned to his wife sternly. “Why did you not do as I told you?” he demanded. She disregarded his question. “Oh, the horrible customs laws of this «>untry! They are enough to make an American deny that he is such!" she exclaimed. “Yes; that is just the way a woman would put it,” her busband returned. “On the other hand, suppose the treasury agent bad handed us over to the newspapers.” “Oh. don’t! I can’t bear It!” She buried her face In her hands and shuddered. “Oh, Gerald, I have been punished enough! Just forgive me, and I'll promise never to buy a single thing In Paris again!” And Mr. Jeffreys, being a tender hearted man and tolerant of woman’s little weaknesses and, besides, having an eye to future economies, promptly absolved her.

|l9ll ANKiUiIEMENTI J wish to make an introductions' the iple ' i’ Adams County and vicinity-Decatur’s new line of musiner ll usinets v. hit h has not been opened here before. i I Carricge Paintiik trimming snd H J UPfiOLvB j "= I FIRST Our Painting Departmelt It <si> of the high grade varnishes, colors, leads and ot| Vaitine’s Murphys’ and Flood & Conklin are the makerslWe am red to handle any job I Automobiles, Buggies, ’elivery Wagons We have had the experience, we’ve got? quality goods, so we will guarantee your job. We have the It varnish room in this corner of the ma]’, where we do nothings varnish all the time. ! * j We turn out our jobs without dirt on thesh. m ONE SYSTEM - - ONE | SECOND—Our Trimming and Upholsteri Department—We carry a complete stock of carriage trimming hayare, Auto top Moheir, r ~ Rubber, Drill and Puck C oths, different ights, finish and color. | [ When we buy in roll lots we get them mucheaper than small dealers and can give you better goods for the ne money- 5 * We ean give you the best service in anyng from putting in an eyelet in a curtain, button in a cushion up making or building you 8 Auto Tops, Cushions, Curtains, Storm irons, Tire rovers and H 1 Hoods, Storm Fronts, Boots and Dhes or Buggy Tops | We take much PRIDE and NEWNESS in our “1 REP AIR NO F We can furnish you with Rumble or TvPas.’enger Seats for your auto at any time. Leather, hair, spris and seats carried in stock. Weare building a business on a rotation of giving you ris highest quality obtainable and with satisfaon in view. We have St had a very successful year and thank all of ir customers who helped to make it successful, and also wish to he many more customers this year, and you will be our customer if ti once deal here. I K ii Thanking one and all for past fa vers, vare yours tmly | lhe Decatur Carriage Painting ad Trimming Shop n J W. D. PORTER, PRO H ; >4 SOUTH OF KIRSCH, < SELLEME V ERS’ LUMBER YARD EAST MADISON STREET.

BUCKWHEAT ... FLOUR.. . For Sale Inquire of John Hessler, R. L 2; Phone No. 10 N. L., or leave order at Smith Yai ger & Falk’s; warranted to be genuine. ANY LADY can easily make from SIS I to $25 per week working for m< quietly in her own home locality. This I is a bona fide offer —one which will pay you to investigate, even If you can only spare two hours per day. No investment required. Turn your spare time into money. Write me at once for particulars. Address Mary B. Taylor, Box 30, Woman’s Buildinet. Joliet, Hl.

—— — ■ .. — IY J AYING purchased the J. H. Voglewede i r"“| & Son shoe store at a bargain we g x wish to announce that we are able to g sell you footwear at moneysaving prices. g In fact everything in the stonwill be sold g !at greatly reduced prices. |\Y.B ) rdially ask g you to visit our store wheifimßd of any- g thing in our line, as we know B can save | you money and we guarantee B and hon- I * est dealing. Thanking you so Ast favors | 9 and soliciting a share of yotr pßnage, we I S are yours for business. A I £ I tt i Us | A. ELZEY | I GB FALK |

car HHIi Lots “Michigan” Carboized Steel Wire Fence Every rod guaranteedlor yur money back. We let you be the judge. Fence stretner free. See me for prices. Howard W. Shackley, Aent, Decatur, Ind.

♦ FINE DWELLING FOR SALE. Any person looking for a i Decatur should take advantage of th: I offer for sale my new bungalow, jut completed, and located at corner s ‘Adams and Ninth streets :Nir,

rooms, with bath, furnace, electric lights, everything complete. Will sell at a bargain and at terms to suit. If you are seeking a model house, here it is. Call on or address E. Augets- > baugh. Decatur, Ind.