Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1912 — Page 3

|i * City. | For Sale By Ben Knapke Joe J. Tonnellier Dr €• V, Connell VETERINARIAN PhOne Reaidence 102 Law Books For Sale 75 volumes Miscellaneous for $50.00 Allens Studio, North side of Court house square Decatur, ... Indiana WF. HAVE IT! Two car loads Chestnut coal. Call as soon as possible if you want anv of it. Decatur Lumber Co. »E B—i WTg- t Family Washing s 5c per pound Rough Dry j all flat pieces ironed * Kgc*2ur 1 Steam Laundry Phone * 134

pas&gßHßg - ; 3 awEmßßaßßflWKmae^Bs; || OH! YOU OLD SANTA CLAUS 1 «——— » — ■ " ■■■"' He will reach Decatur Dec 21 . nut 6 o’clock and will spend the rest of the evening at Steele and Weaver’s Racket store and K 3 wants to meet every bov and girl the city and country, don’t fail to see him for he will have something for you and oh! yes he (£( will see who has the lucky number hat gets the big doll and drum bring in your coupon Xmas Eve. ®j IVV’ho Wi 1T <e Me Boy Scouts Base Drum, it will make the noise © D( LS DOLLS CHINA CHINA jg Anp; hj(!h |iric , w |, kw, mopey will buy them. w* our 25c and and s.-o .Kir 25c table we have just fixed up for a leader many articles worth much Q $ xT Ef'SSittaiaaßir 1 j Jp TT r““7,ISZ! us for the Xmas, trade, we will guarantee lo save youi money on candy, we are the largest buyers in the city on candy and htiv dir’ Sj Over 6,500 lbs. of candy has he r nr*c . fhis | ine by coming to the Racket Store for candies. Ail we ask is to compare quality and prices. See the Window Display fiS ect from the factory. Reduce the high _ _ — — _ ' TSM )f S?llt(>d PeanUtS jUSt ReCm ° d n )eS T lOC U) ‘ B VK. XlB f,,rsc _3w>[ j .vTurn K “^' tit W w ' ' . .... i arsP ,i, M kis showing the effect, fur (hr goad of all do your trading as early as possible. While we have an army of clerks we £vn | (toTiTs! word. The trade h:, I^ni’he.i Kemember os. we will do as we advertise and save you money. @9 I ffpjfnnCK liT ST( )R I i STEELE 4 WEAVER |

I p OR SALE. Scotch Collie "punT" I cellent rattle does r .,! make ex ' Monis’spoe, Ud ® chur Ber at (A,29GtG j (Advertisement) notice. I Money to lc rt ., , , | Interest \ 0 ~f ”* aDd 6 ,ier ce "t 28Stf commiaslon. | ’ Iv’.WlN's OFFICE. (Adv-rtltjnjian*) “T T 0 •**-<«■ «£- i'TJenM Sr!<y B * UntleU ' wlth patent leather io pg. n eilgo ret fesr stewart jrcau ,pwi^ j - 21>9t.1 THE PROPHFt’othTf HOUR DAVIS WALL. CLAIRVOYANT Why be or unhappy /'hen . .ofessor Vail's adv;- e , | *' jU *ht and You? life to bin |i* liha an open Poo’-, liefore you u' ter a word h*> - ill enter into your life /nd rcveai hidden th r.ln. things the have long escaped your memory whit you git dumbfounded at b'-j t/onderfu revelation*. jj ls >'9“ 1 aid and Ml at everything you urn' rtake goes wroit I there must be sore reason, tall an j *ee Mr. Wall, he overcomeg and trouble. It ig not only wh*t h* tells you, it it what he can do for ••■.a, Ar> 'you in doubt? If g 0 call on him v once. He gives advice on all matter* j pertaining to love, courtship, mar-1-age. divorce, law salts, deeds, will* ‘patent*, mortgage*, buried vpaworef I, etc. Lady In attendance Located at 322 aiadtson St.. Cor •ar 4th St Hours 10 a. m. to 4p. rr Low ?<e, 50c

that abode of the past John Galsworthy's Charming Picture of an Old Disused Southern Landmark. Buh—hero we are at that old i, 6 pldc ® ! " And our dark driver writ* ? '“ 8 lltlle vlct °rla gently, riteg Johu Galsworthy In Scribner s. hrtmgb the open doorway, Into a dim ca vgrn of rulned hOUBO> we ,J“" dew and dlrt ' the ***• dernm d dunkuoSß ot old hostel, rotting down with damp and time! . f„ nd * ur * u *de, the tall, thin, gray aired dame, who came forward with * uc “ native ease, and moved before u*. touching this funguaed wall, that rusting stairway and telling, ns it were, no one, In her soft, slow speech, things that any one could see “What a strange and fitting figure before the smell o£ the deserted, ootlng rooms, before that old creature leading u » on and on, negligent of all our Questions and talking to tbe air, a* though w 6 were not, we felt such discomfort that we soon made to go out agtln Into such freshness as there Wu on day of dismal hast. Then resitst»g, 1t s*, m od. thal ih , wu lo# . i ing us. our gulda turned; for the first time looking In our faces, she smiled. • dt4 ln her sweet, week voice, like Us sound from the strings of e uptime* long uuplayed on: "Don' you wahsd m see the dome room, an' all the other rooms right here, of thb old piste — Agile thoae words! We had not tbe hearts to disappoint bar. And as »* followed on end on, along the molderlug corridors and rooms where the black peeling paper* hung like stalactite*, the dominance of our scutes gradually dropped from us, and with our souls we saw Its soul—the soul of this old time place; this mustering house of the old south, bereft of all but ghosts, and the gray pigeons niched In the rotting gallery round e narrow courtyard open to the sky. “This is the dome room, suh and tody; right over the slave market It I*. Here they did the business of the *f*te—sure; see their face up there In the roof—Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson. Davis, I.ee—there they are! All gone—now! Yes, suh!" KEPT WARM BY ELECTRICITY Ingenious Device Employed foe Babies’ Cribs In Presbyterian Ho* pita! In New York. ha fee Presbyterian hospital. New *there is an Interesting Instance •f me appucalloa of electricity In the ewraaer for the benefit of the Incubator babies, llive, says the Rdlaon Ueathif the problem la Is provide *!*■*? W fresh air and at, the. shins

Hmo sufficient' warnjflT for the" batTSi! and this has been solved by a slmplo but effective form of crib warmer. The aldos of the bassinet In which i the baby lies are covered with asbes tos boards and boneath is an electric heater or foot warmer, with cable couplings and switch v.hieh allows tho current to bo regulated. In a wartn.tir chamber between thu bassinet and I the foot-warmer is a partition, so conttructod with reference to the baby's position ln the crib that tho heat Is reflected to the lower end of the bns- | slnet. The child's feet are thus kept warm, while a lower temperature ln maintained at the head. - Beauty and Utility. For the seventeenth time ln three rears the microscopic South American state has undergone a change of administration, and the new potentate, Prosidont Casper, the three hundred tnd second, had summoned an artist, and ws* ordering new designs for all the official uniforms. “I want something striking," he dcilarod—"something showy, even. My people are Impressed by such things ( have here some sketches I made my•elf. Look them over, yuid be guided oy these Ideas as Ur as possible." The artist examined them car* fully. • They were gorgeoue affair*. Green lost* vied with erlmtou vests ln orllllancy, oraage-eolore i trousers with scarfs of Cambridge blue. All the colors of the rainbow were there. "Ah!" he said, turning the pages. This le evidently for the navy, this' lor tho army, this for—this—wbat la this for, with the long plume on the three-cornered hat, the bright yellow Irees, trimmed with purp'e and —” I "That," explained the president, armvely, ”1* for the secrit polloe!" — When Portugal Was Great The announcement that Portugal la to be linked up by "wireless" with "all the Portuguese colonies" is a reminder of the vanished greatness of what was once the leading colonizing empire ln the world. From Lisbon In tho fifteenth and sixteenth centuries went out marines through the unknown and uncharted oceans Jo Africa. India and the New World to the west, and pt inted the Bag of Portugal In every con. rof the g obe. Hut In Africa alotn has Portugal maintained Its bold of colonlea of any magnitude, to India are little bits of Portuguoao territory. Nova Goa. southeast of Bombay, being the capital of all Portuguese colonies east of Cape *f Good Hope, while as far east aaChina the Island of Macao, In the Canton near, first colonised nearly 400 years I ego, sUU owns the sovereignty e< ■A* government at Lisbon.

1 cnr^Sas^shgppersl 1 t a # We Greet You With the Christmas Spirit- Overwhelming Evidence as to gift <>ur leadership is shown on every Hand in Our Big Display of Holiday ra ; J Novelties. Values are Here in Abundance at Popular Prices. fj Phoenix Mufflers Aviation caps ! m Beautiful Fcarfs Couch covers 5 I Fancy Linens Quilts $ Handkerchiefs Comforters | 'l / Purses, new noveities *v Blankets |3 Neckwear, the newest (jf I ' | Gloves f' “s V Jtf | j|y Combs and Parrelts Wuists B Belts > Fans » Beads Petieoats B Doilies and collar sets Kimonos B Pillow tops Umbrellas ■j Aprons Silk Hose I The BOSTON S TORE I ' I DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES \ □cr^^aßHKSES]' eh ' : ' ' mm

Wo shall receive a shipment of child's sots (kpifo, fork and spoon) tomorrow. Ho oure you sse thorn. —! Hensley Jewelry Store. —Advt. i I HAVE THE ELECTRIC CLEANER FOR SALE OR RENT Call Phone 248 and we will bring one to yoa. All kinds of electric work done also. EDW. L. PARENT 131 8. 2od. St. Open Keening*

“Olnver Leaf WINTER TOURIsr TICKETS Now on sale to the Roilte Resorts of California T* St. L & w.r the South and Southwest Long Return Limit. Liberal Stop-Over Privileges For rates, time of trains, etc. call on Agent of T., St. L. & W. R. R.. or address CHAB. E. ROSE, A. G. P. A., Toledo, Ohio.