Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1912 — Page 7

A Sensible GIFTVv* Give Something Sensible I This \ ear ffhy not a pair of shoes, a nice pair of [slippers or I even a good pair of rubbers, arctics or rubber b’jots Let the'question of what togive;troubleyo u 'nolone. or. The most sensible gifts in the world are found in our shoe store. Let Us Help You To Decide At The HOME OF GOOD SHOES WINNES SHOE STORE TELL SANTA TO > XSfr I*' BOTTLE 1 7 ** of the famous whiskey down the chim- —T 7 ' sev. It will come in mighty handy to i treat your friends or in case of sudden (j y U . £ “ illness For our whiskey is good for the /FA\ v » well and the unwell. Those in good (To] A health are kept so by its occasional use n \Jj\ ’Kls I Those in ill health gain strength by re - ~ m F'< —■- filar!} partaking of it Don’t forget Berghoff Beer by the case. f»R ■F V Comer of Second and ' *>» " Madison streets. TO ANDTROM ST. LOUIS ' VIA “CLOVER LEAF ROUTE” Our “Commercial Travelers” are splendidly equipped trains. Electric Lights, Observation Drawing room Sleepers. Reclining chair cars (seats free.) Modern coaches full vestibuled throughout. First class case service meals ala carte -prices (reasonable. . Train 5 leaves Decatur at 9:52 p.m. daily arriving St. Louis at 8:45 next morning in ample time for business or for connecting trains. See H.J. Thompson Agent for Tickets and Information The Toledo St. Louis & Western R. R. “CLOVER LEAF ROUTE” YOUR FALL INCOME DURING the fall and winter months, Jmany people receive a considerable amount of money from the sale of produce. This money represents the income for the greater part of the year. It is necessary therefore, to exercise prudence in its use. The money should be deposited in a bank where it will be safe ami secure. Payments can then be made for supplies, by drawing out a portion of the deposit. This plan assures not only positive safety for your money, but will help you to economize in its use. DEPOSITS SUBJECT TO CHECK OR BEARING INTEREST. FIRST NATIONAL BANK DECATUR. INDIANA. CApitnl SIOO,OOO. Surplus SIO,OOO. P. W. Smith.JPr* m lont W. A Ku*bl«r. V. Pr. Md. nt C. A. Dogu.lCuhicr F. W. Jnebkrr. Asst. Cuhkr. DEPOSITS TACCBJPTI P l . B Y 'MAIL MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS " |.t chrlatmas Mocking* of your lov. 4 on«* so #mpty •imply •wvatMto you at* UMBpor»fd> »h.»rt of m>*n»y. ••o»o to us. W* run h«dp you fill dollars, W* wilt loan you $»• dollars, tan dollars. »sty dollars, or wbatavr >ou n»jr or other p^sonal Your household foods. l"»" ’• t# wnovnd froporty will bo good ancurlty. and th«. * from your homo ,|| o w extra Urn# Wo gtvo you written of >our con In cm* of nlchness or loss of work, , which P .y You ran have from one to twelve months time , on your loan. „ r „ , ou wr des.re You can pay wnekly. monthly, qua r f##| |hpm You out hnvu poymenta a«t sm«i* '»* „ c ,i hpr amount* Uc per week for SO weeks pays a 13-00 loan. In proportion ... m. Bk ttm t our Mm* If you need money All out and mad " •Ul rail on you Oar agent !» In I w *" ,r ••'* Addrnna ... ~ nl Call on or address Communication FORT W«NE LOAN COMPANY * . „ . nrt> tkmrt Honan. FT W/ Room 2. Second *•“ r4 |b OUo 8t ISM. Home PhoneSl^^^^^^^^^^^

UNKNOWN CHRISTMASES J Os WELI KNOWN MEN By A. B. WILLIAMS lAM a grown rnau, yet the 25th of ecembnr la always assorlated -«lth my small boyhood, white frosty Christmuses and Uncle Toby’s notebook. I’lcnjc do not Imagine that notebook as a red leathered affair embossed In ! holly sprays, for Jt was merely a nook lu my uncle’s mind where he kept fresh mdeed ns n holly sprig, his pet memories and records. "Ob. yes. my l-oy. I knew Grant!" he Informed my wee manhood one Christmas morning as we were passing the then newly erected tomb and when Hudson and sunshine were giving even to that edifice a holiday aspect. 1 received a Christmas present from him long ago.” "Smoked most’s much’s you do. didn’t he. uncle?" I queried In cautious tones “Yep," with wistful glance Into that past; "be wns smoking then—then, when he. with three others of us, was parch.d with thirst down In wnrm. dry Mexico. Two others and myself 8 ORA NT SfUKBH KI.iSK OF W.TSk. bad been foraging fur Just a swallow of water. Neither food nor wlua could longer refresh either the gensral or ourselves How dusty and wsrm those half wltliertd red popples leofced grow lug tn front of General Grant's tent! Well, returning unsuccessful, our leader greeted us with a flask coutalnlng water! ••'Hero, hoys; J saved s third of a share for each of you. I’vs Just drunk s cupful Tommy pk tt st fceot risk •Hurprteud by the greed of our hor.i sullenly we each measured from the flask s third of the precteua liquid M» brain most haw I*-*® psrttslly clear ed by the stp of water, for I suddenly accused General Grant es having had none “1 didn’t He.’ be answered, a nttle Inarticulately, leiween puffs from his weed. ’I did drink a cupful of water, but not this month. 1 drank tt from our own Potomac. Ist* see when were we In that land that God made, called America Y* A yerir |>a*ecd As a white, fluffy storm was raging without I »‘* perch ed upon Uncle Toby’s knee before sn old fashioned burning Yule l»g What I. the something gone from modern Christmas fires? I «« •'• rln « 007 fashion at Incle Toby's whimsical crooked grin as he In turn atsred it * tiger cat. tolerating, sleepy eyed, the friskinees of her kitten. “Makes me think of Martha W ssh tngt.m’s eat.* mused my uncle. Intro duemg Ids annual story like a vnode vllle cue And Just here perhaps so« will uottce that tb.we ulee of Uncto Toby’s wen* not given tn ehionologlcal order and were mulled to Christmas day. -DM Martha Wuah!nf»on“My unfit)tailed sentence meant. Did the poaa.tt of our great Gserge. living at stately Mount Vernon, hand stiff brocade and |.>«der»d. Jeweled head to pets mere cat? "Indeed she did." answered the story teller and comfortably stretching a knee "What spi»wred to he s mint# tm» ttger wns one day presented to her a wild little creature that seam nered over colonial '•hairs bv day. but that patted with soft ItttW pew the great dame’, rhrwh toward evening As the kttteU grew older » showed mark.«l Intelligence l*dy WMhlriß ton asserted thst It knew when she was 111 or depressed Its animal mag netlsm could drsw a |>a!« fmin her shoulder, while Its Instinctive aympa tbv .ould ceil a pslu from her heart General Wssblngton’a enforced ab •ence from home. f»r e*a tuple "Several months later found Martha Washington Inconsolable. 1 was gone campaigning, and Istdy Tiger, the < at. waa gone whereT ••fhrtsunas morning dawned upon ibe Potomac amt atole In among the bare, abttddertng trees of the Mount t ernow P ««ste As It entervsl Udy Washing to*’* oak i«»omiw—touch upon lb* •’beek Dmwslly -h« emned her eyes to see Udy Ttger with ita Chrtatmas gift In Ita mottth. , cunning Util# kH«e" Sn.pi ut-n Martha’s neck *b» believe that the Udy Tiger purred; e .|f George Washington la to t»e the

Father of Hid Country, I want you to please become a second mother to my 1 kitten.’ ’’ The next Christmas I was a year older—the realization did not make me growl then—sufficiently old, tn fact, to demand “a si>erlence’’ with Dncl® Toby as one of the characters. "1 want you In this one," 1 Insisted. Chimes were pealing, and Uncle Toby wns really looking very queer, for he loyally wore a smoking Jacket and at the same time loyally smoked a cigar, both selected by an absent and only sister, "I have always felt proud that I was tn that story," commenced my nncle, "and at that house party. Yonr uncle used to dress to kill, my boy." Suddenly looking conscious, Uncle Toby glanced uneasily at the smoking Jacket. “Well, of course”—he hesitated, with the denr, crooked smile—"we dressed differently then. Every man of us at the house party wns In love with a girl, and every girl pretended that she wns In love with one of the men. The big rooms and halls were hung with holly and with mistletoe. There were games, and there was laughter. Hut toward Christmas eve the hostess’ sweet daughter appeared dismayed. She had learned thnt her brother, returning for Christmas, would bring a friend. 1 repeat we were ail paired off, as the saying wss, and If the girls didn't sulk the boys did The newcomer would probably throw n damper—would certainly he nn welcome. He catne, my boy! Oh. that wonderful light that twinkled In those eyes, the unsmiling mouth from whU-li Issued such snapping wit, the ease and apparent Innocence with which the brother's chum cut out every mother’s aon of us! He was the grave humorist, Artemua Ward." My Uncle Toby for many reasons | grew many years older during the one following year. Upon tta Christmas morning I stood howling tn rage with a half nnpacked toy filled stocking thrown upon tba fleer. I had made childhood's great discovery—there was no flsnta Clana! My aacle wisely let me cry my first htrteraeaa away. Then, with a ausplolon es the eld saille. he watched me kick the scerktof tele the grate and bery wooden prehlateric au lmala beneath the ashes. I looked up defiantly, expecting to Meet atari die approval la his glance. Inskaed 1 saw a troubled ftae full es a wletfsJ tender nets. "Oatne hem tittle men: There was once a grand president, ha wail na forceful man. who. hi his first seel nor row, looked up. not dawn, at the esbee Khali I tail you about hU>r "Yeea.* In catching uncoortllatory breathe "It seemed that the presidents name stood for all that waa berolr. Now that I fully understand I raet about for a worthy adjeetlve with which to d<w rlbe him. but do not find tt The beat tribute 1 decide hi almpiy to write bis name. "Abraham Uncotn was already well known, brilliant, necessary, when the hidden part of him. the eenflment. the Imagination, came to the sudden view of nn Intimate. "This favored friend toward the end of a mild Christines afternoon sought Lincoln to consult him pottflcaHy. fie was not at home, and the friend, tel lowing a spoken trail of T saw him go there.' T watched him turn yon der.' finally left the township and -tits onaiwnfia grin,' aaawaano uaiou. crossed country. At doek, near • grove oAtreea. hta large height accentuated by the bead’s uplift. Abraham Lincoln walked reverently “•What-what are you following?’ the friend asked softly, “ The t hriattuas star.’ answered Lin coin, with a strong, sweet gravity “ An<l -and what do yon aee la the •turf “’Ann! Ann. her eyes ail shining, la eetnllng me Chrlatmaa cheer and ask Ing me to meet with cmiruge whatever the new year aetids ‘ ’* Theta Toby,” 1 asked. Impressed by a tala do simply told that evea a child could understand, "are you toiling me tba truthr A boy’s eyee. unless he ta to bare tt future, are usually hoaeat My unde hesitated. I persisted. "Was there there tinwln. waa therv Grant—the others?” Thank God and Uncle flam!" was * the fervent reply “There were and • Iways shall be Grant. Lincoln and Pm others.••

[ WINTER HORSE 1 CLOTH IN G [ To get the most and best work out of your horses give H n them (besides plenty of good wholesome feed) ample protection against the cold blustery winter weather. 1 A man always works better when he is properly fed t | and clothed against the Raw Cold Winter Winds. 1 i And The Same Holds Good With Your Horses (1 r i| Horse Blankets and stable covers will pay for them--1 selves in a few months in extra work you get out of * | your horses and the feed you save. | j Os Course Our Stock Is Large And Complete l] | And As Always All Prices Are Low I I FOR YOUR SELF H Storm Fronts of all kinds and styles. A fine full size 1 gj Hood Front adjustable to any size buggy for $1.75 J !Fine Plush and Fur Robes that would make beautiful S Christmas presents. n?t Full sized Berlap Stable Blankets, well make and lined I I with heavy Kersey at 95c I 'JfflMjffirJfH&iMlvifiiiii'a (jo. W£ jsve 'sroxr j&c&TJErsr. I Christmas Comes Within A Week! S w ♦♦ yl* || The task of performing Santa Claus duties is difficult S unless you select wisely and carefully the gifts you yfi ]g will bestow on those you love. Won’t you allow IS us to assist you with a few suggestions: |j s ♦♦ '55 2 1 j§ Combination sets of ties, handkerchiefs, socks, belts w g and fobs. * I s g Fur Caps for Men and Boys $2.00 to SB.OO j§ IS ▼** s !§ Hi |& Fancy Vests, $1.50 to $5.00 Shirts and Collars yfi |S The Newest Suits Pretty Neck Ties jg g Over Coats Scarfs and Handkerchiefs S g Sweatees or sweater coats Suit Cases or drips S S An Umbrella Bath Robe or Gown Hi iuj A liain Coat A House Coat B 1 Cuff Buttons, Studs and Chains | | Our Goods Make Useful Presents That Will Be Really g S Appreciated pi COME IN S VfINCL, HITE & MACBLIN |