Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1912 — Page 4

SHAKO TO BE RESTORED British War Office Revives Historic Old Headdress tn the Service. The war office has at last definitely decided to adopt the shako for the full dress headgear of Infantry of the line in place of the heavy and clumsy helmet. The pattern to be adopted differs slightly from that worn for so many years by our Infantry and will be much lower In the crown, approximating more to the kepi of the French Infantry. The new headdress Is extremely light to wear and will be of a uniform pattern throughout the service. It will be worn only by the Infantry and the royal artillery. The royal engineers, the army service corps, the royal army medical corps and other branches of the service will continue to wear the helmet until the new pattern can be provided for them. The white helmet Is also to be retained for the Indian service, and for the present the khaki helmet for the colonial service la not to be discarded. Some new shakos are already manufactured, and It la proposed to send a soldier wearing one of them to Buckingham palace In order that It may be examined by the king, who will have the opportunity of comparing it with the present pattern helmet. Large numbers of the new shako are to be manufactured Immediately, and it is hoped that the whole of the Infantry at home may be equipped with them not later than the end of next rear. It will not be necessary to apply to parliament for a supplementary estimate for the issue of the shako, since the war office has funds in hand out of which the cost can be met. No decision has been arrived at yet as to the troops which shall first receive the new headdress, but a beginning will probably be made with those nt Aidershot, and not in Ireland, as has been announced It la proposed that only the royal regiments shall wear a plume with the shako, though of course the plumes worn by the Scottish regiments that now have this head dress will not bo Interfered with.—Pall Mall Gaaette.

RESERVED FOR THE EMPEROR Fish at tUemsrkaaie Oe4u»*oy Had Plao* Ostfy •* th* Table* es tto* Now that Chia* to * reeHsbZto It would ba interesting t* k**w what ha* beeom* es th* soared tah which tn th* day» *f th* emptr* aauld ba eet*a *aly by tha easpecer *f China and bl* talk and tba emeerec at Ruesis and hl* talk. Thia fish la aa awqutatta deMoacy •o daltelou* and rar* that tt ba* been reserved ter royal palate* from tte* Immemorial Tha fisliermea whose duty tt was to taka tt from the only stream In which It ha* baan known to •gist—a email river lying between Russian and Chine** domain*—hat* bad order* to let non* of tt bo diverted from ft* noble destiny. Whether tho fishermen themselves ever yielded ta what one can imagln* a* an ovennastertng passion and Indulged In a secret midnight repast of the glorious little fish of course non* can aay. But certain It t* that the ordinary Chlaaman would bate turned shudderlngly away from a banquet tn which th* prohibited fish wi* an item, no matter how hl* mouth watered for the dainty. On* of th* thing* which make* th* fish such a rarity is that it breeds only on* at a time, a very extraordinary condition among fishes. The Chinese—the nobles. at leasthave been a nation of spleures, and ther* ar* no greater delicacies to b* found anywhere than those which appealed on tho table* of th* emperor and bto oourtiera Th* MyeVery es RAlap Fishing Is mor* fall es myetery tbaa a dim* novel. For Instance. here are a few questions about It that tba * toast fiehermaa on earth eaa not aaswart When two men. using tbs earn* sort st bait, taekia. ate., fish in Just tbs same way. side by side, from tbs same boat, why will on* of them eorao times msks a good eateb, while the other estchce nothing* Why will a eer tain bait prove Irresistible to tha flab une dar and be scorn*.! by them on another day that Is Just Ilk* tba first? Why do fish seem ravenously hungry one minute and lie sulkily and motionleas on tba bottom tbs nest minute? Why will there be hundreds of one sort of fish In a certain locality one day and why will they all be replaced by a totally different fish the next day? There are a hundred other unan swerable fi»h questions But most ut» answerable of all la tba queetlon wby they ar* so anally caught by one man while another and perh*p* mora ex pert fisherman, slttlag cions beside th* lucky fisher, won't a*t so mesh as a bite? A memory es th* time* when dogs worked for a Mvtng In England Is sees la tb* "dog eart." which original I) was literally drawn by dogs. and ua til prohibited In IM* by set of peril* meat, was tbe workingman * nee* mean* of taking * run lato tbe sou* try. fitroag half bred maotiffs wen •easily employod. sad tkae* tbowg* nothing es eeovegtoff fbWr amesew Me* mihrn to a dag wm ae mesv (Mstaassse* Warn bread seabed to bass

THOUGHT HE GAVE THE SIGN But Old Gentleman Naturally Was Indignant at Mistake of Drug Clerk. A well-dressed old man walked Into a corner drug store the other day, mopped his brow with a handkerchief and took a seat at the soda fountain. The clerk faced him expectantly. "I am very thirsty," he remarked as he drummed on the counter. "I don’t know what I want. Well, I believe I will take a phosphate,” ho concluded, still drumming on the marble with his finger*. The clerk smiled, picked up a stein and went to the rear of the store. He came back, set It In front of the old man and rang up 15 cents uut of the half dollar which was given him. The old man, without looking In the stein, thirstily raised It to his lips and took a long draught. Then he quickly Mt the stein down, sputtered a moment and then exploded between bls cough*. "What do yon meant I nevgr took a drop of Mqaov, *4?, in my life. But I know it, sir. the rotten stuff, when I smell IL Hi aot stand for it, sir. I called for a sherry phosphate. What do ye* meaa. str, by giving me Whisky F* And the old man stopped for breath as be glared at the anuused clerk. "Well, I—l er —I guess I rnado ■ mistake I thought you wanted it for med I cine," etasstuered the clerk. “Str, I am a teetotaler. I wouldn't touch the stuff for love nor money.** And the old man marched out Indignantly. "Well, for th* lore of Mikel" ex:laimed the clerk to a man at the counter who had been served a stein In the same way. bat who made no kick. "That old duffer came in here tnd certainly gave me the correct tigh sign. And he drank nearly half )f it, too.” The clerk laughed as he looked into the stein.—Kansas City Journal.

OBJECT TO THE CHICKENS Residents *f Summer Place Allsq* That Their Early Morning Rest I* Disturbed. • Tbe dweller* In th* residential section of Ha*tinge-on-tb*-Hud*on have uecoßM mush aactiad over discussion* of th* qeeeUea. Is U proper and right ' to maletala a poultry farm on a vik • lag* plot* d.eee tho days kava length caed aed Sb* aua rises early aad tba wlbdew* are kept ep«a wide all Wka. Ct to *MS*i*lnxl by those as lb* **g* tTve side es tha dlscusaloa, r**c/el s-aep to out of th* question afasr 4 o aseeh ta th* usoraiag. A peU usa set tong torta ail th* argument* 'east toe ■srO, aoenooUa and Malto paham sd aUw agsSass sto Ins retasng to*id* es vA.-a* limits has been din (Misled, ead has th* same* *f all whs do net owa ehtoksaa On* es tbe sign, er* said th* whole trouble was brought ea th* eommuntty by th* Im portattoa es a bantam rooster. Wbal this fellow lack* In six* be tuaka* up in volume acd*hri'iln*aa of vole* and in th* m*l with which h* Indulges hl* talent for crowing in the early hour* of the day. He is keyed too high, and hl* owner should feed him chalk every night. The petition describe* in detail the annoyance of being roused out of a sound sleep by a loud cock-a-doodle-doo and the horroi of lying awake to listen for the next summons from the other roosters. On* particularly loud-voiced Leghorn wa* found dead beside his coop a tew days ego It Is said on of the neighbors, at th* risk of being shot, broke tbe roosters neck. It took oaly a . few days tor th* owner to get an other lusty-lunged bird, and now there la some feeling* glttereeee In an Epitaph. Mason and Dixon's line Is fast be eo slug a memory, but her* and there ar* to l* fused avideucce of tb* oeoe bitter haired which prevailed in the lay* es tho Civil war. Oeerpe W. Kerdolff, who before sm •mmg tho iaseraaee bust sees *p*at meek time to tbe aouib. toils this story es aa epitaph rudely carved ea a ktoek es eaadstoe* yet to bo eeea to a Lewis!*** perish. When the slogan of the south wea *Oa to Washington." aad lb* youth at tbe Confederacy bad ahouldarad thalr ■uekets for tbe front, i*evlng oaly tb* older folks and women and ebib dree at homo, a band of Union soldiers earn* tot* Louisiana Blgbtlag tbe enemy, tb* aged men. assisted bp tb* women, gathered together their ecant supply of firearms and planned resistance, Aa tb* Federal forces cam* up a narrow lan*, tb* southerners opened fire with such deadly *ff«et that the invaders retreated, leaving one of their number dead upon tbe fieid of battla Tho victors buried tbe fallen lb*, and over bls grave, to thia day, one may rea-l tb* roughly chiseled epitaph: "Tbe Yankee bands with bloody bands ram* southward to divide our lead* This lonely and deMrted spot <s afi this —- oi l Yankee got"- Kam sea City Journal. *T don’t boileve to toretog sobooto far eblldreo." said Oov. Woodrow Wtb•e* at a dieeer la Trswtmi. "A stolid that know* at tour m much aa ordinarily It would know at eight, la. to my mind, about as tasteful aa object aa Cafboua day's welch "Tbsts a fin* watnh rou'v* got her*, rntonsua,' s*M a friend la It s good pwrY ■ A good geerr sold Oaltown Ctor. Watt, f •* bat paew Bto Mfs • gp*d pm Wh/. kwato ■ tow h toil

NOTICE. Money to loan at 5 and 6 per cent interest. No commission. 288tf BTRWIN’S OFFICE. (Advortfc&meot) LOST —On Monday, Dec. 2 an automobile robe, on the road to Salem or Pleasant Mills, on on the Willshire road east of Pleasant Mills. Finder will please leave at Democrat office and receive reward. Paone 46.—Ed N. Vancil.—Advt. 293t3 I HAVE THE ELECTRIC CLEANER FOR SALE OR RENT Call Phone 248 and we will bring one to you. All kinds of e’ectric work done also. EDW. E. PARENT 131 S y-d. Onen Evening* puonf ’ Office 6M) PHONE j Res 29? Dr. Stirling P. Hoffm’hr. Practitioner of General Medicine and Surgery Office Over Interurban Station Res. 223 N. Fifth St Law Bo?ks For Sale 75 volumes Miscellaneous for $50.00 Allen Studio, North side of Court house square Deca'ur, - • - Indiana 50) io ivlonev Al! you want. Abstracts made ‘and Titles Guaranteed, nsurance Writers Offlc • Rooms on first floor ppis e interurban Station. Gt ham and Walter

OVERLAND MODEL 69 T 100,000 Cars From 400 cars in 1908 to 40,000 cars in 1913

i ud»F tbe present ownership and management tbe Overland has been before th* public Just »ii years. These have been the most trying and bitter years of the industry. Th* tost x have given birth, growth and expansion to tbe modern automobile as you s** It today. nd have determined which cars were io survive tb* fieri* struggle and become permanent. established. • i utlng this historical constructive period, tbe Overland has progressed more rapidly than ny other car of Its type made This is Important and significant 11 six years we have Jumped from too cars a year to to.ooo cars a year. This is an toCTMP of nearly 10.000 per cent This growth Is greater than that of any other single concern n th* industry This growth is greaterthan the growth of the combined factories of the ’ orld. In ten years the entire Industry baa shown an In Tense of s.ooo per eent The Unit* I Hutes alone shows an Increase of M’o per centj riermany. an inrrwase of I.Jkl twr < ent. Italy an increase of M 3 per c*nt; failed Kingdom an Increase of 331 per cent. France an h reuse of IM per cent. Hut our individual Increase in six short years has been nearly IS.Of" per cent. In round numbers we made 400 cars In IS"*, 4,000 In !*<*; IS.OOO In 1910; tß.ooo In l»ll. 38.000 la mu. and *» will make 40,000 can In 1013. The grand total Is almost BN.•00. which translated into American money means that tbe American people have had faith enough to Invest over 1i00.000.00000 of their money In this car, The Overland, by virtu* of this unusual act of Implicit confidence, warm appreciation, and exceptional recognition, la today tbe most prominent, permanent, and popular car of Ita typp produced. We give these amaxlng figures to prove the Indisputable evidence of our production skill, strength and economical manufacturing ability. We have done what others could have don*- if they had possessed tbe foresight to realise an opportunity There are th nee who ar* now manufacturing cars, that started five or ton years before we did. Tbev bad

SCHUG. METTLER COMPANY AGENTS, BERNE, INDIANA

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Live Stock for Sale Six head of Young Horses Match team coming 3 year* old, sorrel mares, well broke, single or double; 3 coming 2 years old, 2 Normans, 1 driver; Red Wilks; 1 coming yearling Belgium. 48 head of DUROCJERSEY HOCH consisting of 27 yearling* and age tows, some bred; 15 spring gifts, 6 male hogs ready for service. 3 YOUNG HOULSTEIN BULLS, ready for service. Four miles _crtbeas‘ of Decatur. JOHN NIDL INGER

“Clover Leaf WiNTER TouaiST TICKETS Now on sale to the Route Resorts of California T, St L& W. R/R] the South and Southwest Long Return Limit. Liberal Stop-Over Privileges For rates, time of brains, etc. call on Agent of T., St. L. &, W. R. R., or address CHAS. E. ROSE, A. G. P. A., Toledo, Ohio.

our . f;. bul , uU, *!t 8I« years ago ws knew the secret of automobile suedTrras? the seinnTprico**' '“"’*** *’ ru4tt< ’ Uon *>> »«>• business to bound to .*0 r o !l n< ** ch ho miut * “ PooaiMo tor us to Increase our car vstoto 0,2 '****• •**>'■« price which accounts for and explains ph* ( * M ‘' ro4urUo, b *blcb was our original conception of mow IXI ear **. ’** WWM * ** * tr * “ bl * «® XLd n.lXsetuNhl LJX 2.' ,h * n * OJ ' rUa •k*’ business This Mg. broad manufactu ing policy resulted In our rapid and remarakblo growth ‘ , K* Mk r “* T ’ l " car “f** l " I ' ,u ’ lr ’ r ' ort.7 tss •” ,WM « r 'y ref »S«I to bell«ve such a car st s<i«h a I’ anart In a frantic competitors made every possible endeavor to full w. mor. “t “ O ' on * '* h " ,nd - •«“ ,h * r " ,,l ‘ wto Am*T. SXd to"* l hßo ** *‘ n •* * bl * ,o ft " ,h - 1 for 3 uno .era behind in m.d L*!? “jX * m< * m ,o m*Mion the fact that we ar. owr it With rtbem rll win SXVtISLs* . car ,hl * Mod, ‘ l w Owl «» 4> f «*»«’ thirty hXXITJ a-L*™??*’ ™ 1 «»• considerable money. It i, a golfsishibs. end comto- 1 y It. -tueTfor s twot' ltTlhM LfX*’' ** No Other maker can give you touring l^ thto" y^^nTrir• , to^lTwls7M r^ o X ,^U,, ’’* ,, ■ 3 ‘ kbor *‘ early** ***** Modrj g» M „ us salesroom la our city at once Order early If you want »*