Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1913 — Page 6

■ „ - Ottß DAUGHTER’S CHRISTMAS GIFT Thf* dollies we Rave Inst year n>v> minns an urm. a leg, and a ffuod deal of sawdust. The moths got into the furs we pavc-the other presents where are they now? What are they worth? Why not this year give a present that never grows old that wili be worth more thi« time next year than it is now that will do the little girl more good in the years to come them anything else you can possibly give? A Christmas Gift ol a Fir t National Certificate of De posit to the Little Mnid is an act yon will never regret, FIRST NATIONAL BANK Decatur, Indiana. f=3fcE=KOESiOE3Eq o THE DAILY MARKET OORTS 8 * Corrected Every Afternoon Iks i aoraoa r" ■■ i

EAST BUFFALO. East Buffalo. N. Y„ Dec. 11—(Spec tai to Daily Democrat) —Receipts. 12, SOO: shipments, 2,850: official to New York yesterday, 1,330: hogs closing steady. Yorkers, mediums and heavy, $5.0,.; pigs and lights. $7.75f> $8.00; roughs. $7.2541 $7.40: stags. $5.50'1l $0.50; sheep. 9.000: slow; top lambs, SS.4O: I bulk. $8.2541 $8.35: closing weak: tattle. 500; steady. G. 1. BURK. New corn, yello, per 100 It' 7Sc Clover seed . ..SB.OO Alsfke seed $9.50 Wheat 93c Corn sl.Ol Rye 5Gc, Barley 55c$iG0< | Timothy seed $2.00 Oats 38c COAL PRICES. Stove and Egg, hard SB.OO Chestnut, hard $8.50 Pea, hard $7.00 Poca, Egg and Lump $5.00 W. Ash $4.50 V. Splint $4.50 H. Valley $4.25 R. Lion $4.50 Cannell IG.OO J. Hill $5.00 Kentucky $4.50 Lurig $4.50 NIBLICK &. CO. Eggs 30c Butter 18<@2V FULLENKAMPS. Eggs 30c Butter lSc<'27< Butter 25c®2«

old settler *4®’ BL/xi:.nAn;v7ATr~ MUDDY HYDRANT WATER Win eie«n -n«e Bf In ■ frwbotrt. >1 <>l n"f n-rr<.’»n »4» ucfrr. hot rurucs '.t. A DI.MvKt.OI |Ue i>oi will circr > :e, Rsinu/ater ForwlebrC ;>.e ». A.k for L’. er writ* "ssßsL* the old settle ~v ~””'-.ay. c imbt-w' irrwiwiniimn' : m£ . -..— —— Democrat Want Ads Pa. Warn Adw Pa , ■BWrmBUW 11 -,<JU —wy,, I'liwy ■ I Old Ad ... | * Buffis ’ vjr "f® t> nid Jbn ■' •> I IV&-, I S. Vier Pr... ,<lf I v , •» * Mwle It’s Never 100 I ate To Mend ?* M " I '.. ' Mtll t uU r Ki: a ci I’lon STARTING A 6A .a AtIOUNI „ > And By D jpositing To The u '! f *’| Credit Thereof Regularly,i A Portion With Safe Os ThOfe Dollars Which Banking I I Wmw F Escape So Basil ,Wi « out Bringing Extend < ADEQUATE RETURNS! We Pay 4 Per Cent imeiutti I u>

BERLINGS. Heavy chicks De Light chicks Sc Heavy fowls 9c Light fowls Sc Heavy ducks 10c Light ducks Sc Gecso 9c Younk turkeys 14c j Tom turkeys ]oc Old lien turkeys 12c Old Roosters 5c Above prices paid for poultry free from feed. KALVER MARKETS. Wool 15c@20c' Beef hides 10c I Calf 12c Tallow 5c I i Sheep pelts 25cffi$1.00 Muskrats 50{?45r 'knnk 25c4?53.50 Coon 10cffi$2.75 Powum 10c<f70c Vink 25071 $6 O'* Corn 99e LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET. Heavy chicks Sb Light chicks 8c Heavy fowls 9Light fowls 8c Heavy ducks 10c Light ducks S' Geese .. 9e Younk turkeys 14c Tom turkeys 10 <- ‘, Old hen turkeys 12c 1 ' Old Roosters 5c J Above prices paid for poultry free: from feed. DECATUR CREAMERY CO. Butter fa:, p» r lb 34c ' Creamery butter 32c ‘

FOR TRADE. — Oi acres, well improved Washing lon town -hip, will take city properly. ; IGO acrei. will take city property in | I'Kchhnge. Have customer, will purchase well local, d s'lnnll modern residence. f.O acres in Jefferson township. Will exchange for farm near Decatur. 100 acres, 1 1-2 mile of Decatur. 87.000. Come early or you v. ill miss a great bargain. Good re Idence on Ninth street, near Monroe. Nice bargain on Eighth ctreet, near G. 11. & 1. depot at great bargain. 38 acres in Lagrange, to trade for Decatur properly. Opposite Interurban Station. ERWIN AGENCY. 0 CARD OF THANKS. To tlie Voters ot Adams County: 1 want to assure my friend- that I am rateful for their support in the reScent primary eloctirtn. The election leaves me without any "sore spots.” I remain a loyal democrat. M. M. DEN BAR. — o —- NOTICE TO PUBLIC I have purchased the barber shop formerly owned by Lester Baughman •list north of the Court House on Mad son street, and am now prepared to take care of your barber business. My prices are same as always. 25 cents for a hair-cut and 10 cents for a shave. I solicit your patronage. MARSHAL BI’RDG. o We have hundreds of presents laid away for Xmas. Are yours in the lot? If not, call and make your selection now.—Hensley, Jeweler. 289t2 FOR SALE —Standard bred Duroc and Poland Chine sows. Prices reason-' able. 'Phone Monroe, 3 shorts. —L. G Williams, Decatur, Ind., R. R. 10. 289t3 ’•"OR SALE —House and two lots in Monroe, cor further particulars see Ira Wagoner at Monroe or John Wagoner at Decatur 26ltf FOR SALE Favorite hard coal burn er. in good condition. Inquire of Henry Schulte at clothing store. 293 t.» “THE REX” - THEATER WNiGHT •‘The Master Hand” A wonderful three reel western production. Thrilling scenes and a powerful drama included in the show. A big feature for 10 cents The trial of the Lonosome Mine Th * large doll will be given i* ay S; tur iiiv afternoon at ■3 ’ch> k 10c REX 10c Dr C. V. Connell /KTERIN ARIAN ■ ' o Office 14< 111 Hit 10 (STAR ( WOC(RY MARCO FLOUR I This Flour is g made of the finest Minnesota spring wheat and guaranteed to be the best flour on the [ market. Save | the coupons for Premiums * Small sack 75c 'will’Johns. «— - - -I

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HE twins were deep In the inysterL i,of mincemeat \ making under the direction of the faithful Dinah. Maud stood on a s, chair chopping A beef and apples £ In ii huge woodp on bowl; Marian sorted raisins nud

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citron nt h side table: Dinah stirred sumo snvory mess that cooked. So : busy were they that the stealthy entrance of Wilbur was not noticed until his excited face peered over Maud’s shoulder. With n startled scream she dropped her chopper: "Go away, you horrid boy! We're too busy to bother with your pranks." ‘ Indeed, I'm not up to nny pranks al nil," lie began iu an aggrieved tone. | “I've just soon something that makes me so excited!" “Don’t keep tfs In suspense!” enure in curt accents from the side table. •‘l've discovered all sorts of odd .shaped bundles in the storeroom closet!" j he exclaimed Impressively. The twins gasped, and Dinah spoke crossly. "And

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THE TRIO REVELED IN THE SHINING MASSES what was yon doin’ in dat closet? Chi! , lea ain't got no call to meddle in what .loan* concern 'em. nohow f Bat neither of the three was to tie put off thus. “How many were there?" i asked Marian. “Did you peck In ’ein?" queried Maud. Then Marian’s sense of honor came to the rescue. “It really j doesn't matter.” she said. “They ate I evidently meant to be secrets. Perhaps . Santa Claus is concerned in them." “But." began the boy hesitatingly, f “it makes me doubt if Santa Claus really exists to sec al! those things he- 1 forehand. Do you think there is such a |>erson?“ , “{Veil. Wilbur Pennington, of all sillv questions! Doesn't he always till our stockings and bring us a tree? iwsn't; he always get the notes we put in the fireplace for him and give Us everything we write for? Haven't we been told loads of times altotit his reindeer and sled and workshop at the north pole and his jolly face nnd all the rest of it?" These questions were tired at L.ih in a volley by both twins. “Well, I don't cafu,” he answered doggedly. “The fellows in school laughed at me when I spoke of him the other day. nnd it does seen queer bow he can do all the things tie does." "Go 'way, chile!" ejaculated Dinah •’Here's lot ob tings dot’s past our uuderstandin'. Does we know how de blessed sun kin shine olter de f\ whole country nt once? I»oes we Jp*"* '•’» know how de m* wind blows an* de waves come rollin' wldout f < yCjM' ceasin'? We needn't care how . Rantn Clnus gets A. ratin' de way he Q J«>O do. I disremem- ~/ ber de tlm* when ./** h e forgot me. o. - ■ —- WILBUR TELLS HU Ever since I was ..... . . . SECRET. a 111 pickaninny befo' de war he's brung me gift*. Old missus used to 'low him to set up de ms.* In de big mansion an* leave de darkies' gifs 'Jong wid de white folks* Go 'way. chile! Duan' you try to make me believe dere ain't no Ranta Clans, ‘cause dere Jest nachernlly has to be one.’’ And Dinah stirred violently to ( ease her injured feelings. “Os course there is a Santa Claus," ' said Marian, coming to her nacub “You see, Wilbur, It’s Just this way., There is no doubt of the love nnd care that give such Joy to boys and girls' at this happy time—the love that gratlflew their dearest wishes nnd takes into account all their efforts to do whnt l»| right, even though the results often look like failure. "It rtnlly doesn’t matter by what name we cull this love. If we're told It Is Santa Claus, why, then, we ought to agree to accept the old fellow, with - all his delightful traditions and novel ways of doing kindnesses, ft’s really the spirit of Santa Claus that makes Christ mas the happiest day In (hr whole year. Ko 1. for one. nm not go ihg to deny the dear fellow's exist enec. Come out nnd explore the snow drift* till the wtln goes down. Mnybe ! ae’ll discover the north pole." And the trio reveled ly the shining masses until the shadows of darkness swallowed the sunlight, much ns their doubts of flnnta Clnus had been swallowed in the depths of trusting love. Il

Celebrating the Day Anciently and Now On Christmas eve the bells were rung; On Christmas eve the muss war rung. That only nisht In all the year i Haw the etoled priest the chalice rear. The dameel donned her klrtle rtiven; The hull was uryn-d with holly green. Forth to the nood did merry men go To gather In tb« mistletoe. Then opened wide the baron’s hall Tu vassal, tenant, serf and till, fewer laid hie rod ot rule aside. And Ceremony doffrd hl« pride. The heir, with roses in hie shoes, That night might village partner choose. SO sang Sir Walter Scott of the glories ot Christmas evo and of Christmas itself. And the world yields to him the palm for the best practical description of tho season’s dear delight* Christmas with us is a day of giving and receiving, of good cheer and good feeling, anil essentially it is one of religious significance. Hence it will sound strange-to ninny to be told that a number of our Christmas customs come down to us from pagan times. Yet such is tho fact. Traces of some heathen rites axe found in England as well as here, and tho cause of their survival lies deeper than theology. When the mother country, so called, was converted to Christianity the priests found her people wedded to many old customs. Not all of these were what they would have had them, but they had a practical work to per form and went at it in a practical way. Tho more revolting of then.' customs they properly uprooted altogether; the better of them they preserved, only in grafting the tltes ot the church upon them. 'l'htis it cmne about that festivities which had their origin in the old Roman Saturnalia and hud come into use among the druids survived in the grltn mythology of the Saxons mid are a portion of our inheritance today. Conspicuous among these are the burning of the Yule log and the hanging of the mistletoe bough. Among all peoples who celebrate the day at all it has always been a day for eating and drinking, for singing and dancing and merriment of nil kinds. Indeed. tills has been the criticism of the church against the manner of observan e—that its spiritual meaning was too often forgotten in the general tide of worldly cheer. in F.nglnnd its observance is unlver sal The chroniclers tell us that in Cheshire no servants would work on this day. even though their failure to do so resulted in their discharge. The richest families were compelled either to do their own cooking on Christmas or eat what had been prepared beforehand while dancing mid merriment reigned And the games that were played ' number nearly legion, the most ot i them, though, on Christmas eve. Run Tin. STREETS rx MAKE rt. ACEH WEBB FII.LII WITH MV MM El A mug in sacks, ducking for apples jumping at cakes suspended by a string and trying to catch them be tween the teeth, drinking hard cidei mixed with egg and spices, and n score of others—these claimed and still , claim in Devonshire tho time ot old and young, the children themselves being allowed ou this one night tu sit up until tho midnight bell tolls Whut has been aptly called “a beau tifitl phase la popular superstition," a very old belief, was that all tlie pow «ra of evil luy dormant and harmleaion Christmas day. The ctak crowed through the live long night to drive all evil spirit* uway: the bees aang in their winter hives; the cattle, half human at ail times, became wholly so at midnight and talked like human beings. Bread that was baked the night before Christmas could uot possibly be come moldy. The streets iu many places were filled with mummers In fantastic garb. Indeed, there were mummers In the days when Saturnalia reigned over even the Roman emperors, but they were uot necessarily of the Christmas time. The love for masquerade is almost as old as tire liutuiin race Itself. But ns to the day itself, it was then, as It la now. n very merry day, with gqod fellowship bubbling even from hearts where theological noubellef <iwe)t-u day sacred to the family, to the eating of roast turkey and cranberry sauce or roast beef and plum pudding nud walnuts aud the drinking of beer, nle and wine. it line ebnnged to some extent since the old day, bnt it is still the happiest day of all the yenr—at least where the shadow of misfortune does not cloud I the sky. I

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P Book Your Sale With JOFN SPLHLER The Veteran Auctioneer s If you do you are sure to get ‘ he best results. Talks Swiss ■ j md German. ’ it is important that you book: > iarly. a I JOHN SPLHLER • PHONE Residence 531 r >ecatur - - - Indiana . BIG CONCERT COURSE. i A magnificent course of mnsical en- ‘ ertainments has been booktxl at Bluffon by the Matinee Musical of that ity. The opening number of the series is the world famous contralto of , he Montreal Opera companv. Miss ■ 'rances Ingrcam, whose rise to fame ias been little short of marvelous? Phis young woman has scored triumps with the Chieag-T-Piiiladelphia >p«-ra company, the Chicago Grand Ipora company and the Montreal Jrand Opera company. Her appear.nce at Bluffton theevening of Delecember 12 is eliciting the greatest nterest. The second number of the ■ourse is Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, 'anuary 12. the well know:, pianist, vho is considered by many critics to >e the world's greatest pica st. The hird number of the course :s a Matitee Musicale concert March 20, given >y well known soloists MH? a large •iiorus. A party has been r-ranged o go from this city to hear Frances ngrenm, and a number of partlo. I rom the adjoining cities nr*, going to ttend the series. 292t2 o We have watches to satisfy any arse. Expensive watches and cheap catches, gold watches and silver atclies. at all prices,—Hensley, Jew■lev. 2»3t2 .OST—Ladies’ small pocketbook containing large sum of money. Finder lease return to this office and reeivc reward. 293(3 Have you noticed our kitchen locks? We arc selling them for $2.00. top and see this great bargain.— lensley. Jeweler. 289t6 OST—Brown fur rollar; was lost Wednesday of last week. Reward i or its return to Mrs. Adam Ruettel loutli Third street 289t3 i ''OR RENT—Front office rooms over interurban depot; vacated by Broae I tutor Barrish. Inquire of A. D. Bu> . ties. 282 t) i If your friends knows your present omes from Hensley's jewelry store, hey know you receive on* hundred ■ent s’ worth on the dollar. 289t2 • • • DR.. R WFAV C R 1 - Osteopath graduate and Post Gr.idi ate •f The American Scnooi of t )steopath. » OfTic e Over p Bowers Realty Co r Decatur, Ind. r p hone3l4 NOTICE • — Have your pianos tuned, also piano* 0 and aewlng machines repaired and re | i- built by your horn* man. Ex'-eUent > result* and treatment. 1 also m>H * ’ * high elarn line pf piano* and tewing ( machines a* a u ne . qp,, W( , a i t trial. I D. A. GILLIOM 1103 W. Monro* St., . Decatur Ind. 'PhoM M 2.

XMAS. I MONEY Wc will loan yoh what !;f'V ■ yon need nt o PER CENT £ PER MONTH Yon eah got $35.00 cash for 3 months at a total cost of $4.80. Think of that! ? ! I Other amounts at satno pro portion. Small payments—easy to make. Wo loan on household goods, pianos, horses, cattle, etc., without removal. We also loan ou diamonds and | fine jewelry a llegal rates. All I security deposited with us stor- | ed in burglar-proof vaults If you need money use ths I blank and our Agent will call | on you. Our agent will b* in Becatir | every Tuesday. Name I ‘.ddresa j F *iyni Le •» c j I ■'•tablished 189* Boom 2, Ser I nd ofioor ’0« Gwßjoub Strew I Home Fort *ayne. Bosse Opera House MONDAY, OFC. 15 ENOCH & MARK WO D’S Produciioi of the Immortal Favorite Unde Tom's Cabin Excellent Cast Superb Scenery 9ft PEOPLE 4V SCENES 4 ACTS 4 PREMIER CONCERT BAND Concerts at Noon and 7 P. M. Prices 25-35 and 50c Secur Seats Earl Seat Sale at Holthouse Drug Co. mOPROT Hours r • >ffice on g COhd 11 r ti door South »f Dem ci < onsultation and Spinal n alysi-> five Lady Attendant PHO E Us<> 0.1 Bl lit NI kI ( ill ‘ >ill pickles dozen 15c Pure strawberry j nn l-’c Pure app e jelly lOc Maple svnjp 25 a «d 4ik Hipe olives 35c Jello (all flavors) 1 »c Chila sauce 15c Dates pound 12c Mince meat 10c Florida or-4$ g r < ?i'c Spanish o ion- pou» d "7 Exira fancy bocoi 22< Rread,s and IO Limbergur cheese lb.. . 25’ k/ranbeirieo, qt. . . . . I'* “bilk Cocoanut 25c Olive oil 25c Apple butter 10c Celery .... Ift! Sweet P >tatoea ok. 25c Plenty of good country • ter We paj Cwt) r I rude for module hot tn* ’8 t' 27c. eggs 33 e nts