Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1915 — Page 2

EVERY FAMILY NEEDS A BIBLE o l UsKH an^l^W2.W4J*j -S< lxXtw HB fIMHK K aS? sSgjSRr tiO I “ I ''.-, I jmUv .A • » H '••’'•'•"■■? ■“'?•' \ f*, •SiuSaSH Hr ***» asp-Wia « v ■.^-**«i ! ''? «xA. ' "— '* •**,. 1 There are many different kinds, the old versions, the new version, and they are printed in various kinds of binding and style. To appreciate the Bible one does not necessarily have to be a church member or a religious man or woman, but it should be available for every one and often referred to. It does not matter how many Bibles you have you will want the one which the Daily Democrat has arranged to furnished you at the cost of shipping, clerk hire, packing and express. The publishars of this great Bible claims that it is a Five Dollar edition but by special arrangment we have secured the privilege of disposing of the supply we I have on hands for. SIX COUPONS FROM THE DAILY DEMOCRAT and $1.23 for the Limpy Leather bound book or 81 cents for the silk cloth binding. This Is A Real Bargain THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE BOOK COST OVER $50,000 It contains 600 text pictures, full page plates in colors. An edition for the Catholics at the same price. If you wish Bible sent by mail include ten cents for postage. The Daily Democrat ■ Il iil i i MMM IMI FOR SALE -House and lot in the FOR SALE —Three bronze turkey FARM FOR SALE —122 acres with!) Mciber ion. Will sell at a Toms and one hen; 24 pigs and 3 4% miles of Decatur at a bargain bargain. Cail al ihis office. 46t3 brood sows. Inquire of Sarah Ayres, of taken at once. Inquire of Eli Mey PIANO TUNING—High class work, Monroe, lnd„ R. R. No. 2. It er; ’phone 3-N. 52tf strictly guaranteed. Orders left at WOOD FOR SALE- Good cook stove LOST —Ladies' mink fur muff be Gay, Zwick & Myers will receive wood for sale. Leave orders at the tween the Mills grocery and thi prompt attention. —Harry Sawyer, Ft Joe Rice North End grocery—Lester, Schlickman feed barn. Finder please Wayne, Ind. 240m-t-tf Robinson. 48t3 (return to this office. 60ti WOOL BLANKETS We have about a dozen pair of wool blankets left from our large assortment and which we must sell in the next week or so. These blankets are the very best that are made, of regulation size and full weight. $7.00 blankets will go at $4.25 - $6.00 “ $3.98 | r We have a fairly good assortment of the 21 by 54 Velvet Rugs which we will close out at $1.09

j WOMEN BANQUET TONIGHT k | (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ? jtical system. Here is a practical test. J The tree is known by its fruits. Ap- . ply this lest to Christianity and more ? especially to this great book of chris- , tianity, the Bible, and see if it will not give us ground for unshaken faith and confidence. i When Tom Paine was about to pub- ; j lish bis infidel book, “Age of Reason" I he sent a copy of th'e manuscript to | Benjamin Franklin wiio at that time H had some doubts about some of the K evils of orthodox religions and he n asked Franklin to carefully read it and send it back with his opinion attached L to it. Franklin read the manuscript w and then returned it with this note '! pinned to it: "Burn it, don’t unchain i , that tiger. If the world is as had as It '( is with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. ' 'what will it ever be without Him? Older Than Iliad. F | The earliest book of Job is over 000 ), years older than the Iliads of Ho--11 mer. The Penteteuch is over. 1,000 I years older than Heroditus. the father j of profane history. The Psalms of ' David over 500 years older than the : Odes to Pinder, while the completed (revelation of Jesus Christ and His I apostles rank in age with the leading ( classics of Virgil and Cicero. Made iof paper, the most perishable of all . materials written upon rolls of parjchment, it has been copied with such | unerring precision that the scribes II gave the central letter of each book and of tho entire scriptures. They ■ copied .not only every sentence, every word, every syllable, every letter with I scrupulous exactness, they measured ■' each pen stroke so that the latest I copy of the Hebrew scriptures does not vary one single hair's breadth from the first that we have received. Thus has this book come to us from across the waste of thirty centuries. I While copies of It have been taken out of dungeons, that have been buried for 1,500 years. Wonderful In Sublimity. Wonderful also is the Bible in its sublimity. The most brilliant passages of the most gifted poets of Greece and Rome seem like the composition of school boys when compared with the grandeur/of Moses, the gorgeous imagery of Isaiah, the lyric poetry of David, the lofty reasoning of St. Paul and the dazzling meta- : nhors of St. John. From its glowing pasages the master teachers of this (world have drawn their highest in [ I spirations. The most gifted poets I | have labored to set its conception m B | - .ong, and the greatest music geniuses i I to swell them in oratorios. i Wonderful also is the Bible in the arrangement of its subjects, Sweeping 1 back to the world’s dawn, and on to the day of doom, when you and 1 T shall stand before the judgment of 1 God. It is indeed, the book of God, !| or its one great theme is the living ' God that no man has seen or can see, I yet in Whom we live and move and | have our being. This bible alone gives us any rational account about the creation of his world of the origin of man. Also in the word of God do we alone re•eive an/ light whatever upon man’s ondition and destiny beyond the grave. Six thousand years of human existence have rolled away and generation after generation have gone lown in ceaseless procession to the grave from whence has come no voice ® or murmur to tell us whether our lov- “ 3d ones sleep w'th the brutes or awake with the angels. Who Wrote It? ’ Now the question comes, who wrote this book? It is God’s book or man’s 9 nook? Did bad men write this book? 16 Impossible! for like produces like. ie Good men write a book which enjoins ' L 'J ' aIL-goodness, exalts all virtue, is filled with sanctifying power. Such a book bad men would not write if they could and they could not write it if they would. Then if bad men did not write it, then it must have been good men who wrote it, and if writ- ' ten by good men. it is true. Good men are not deceivers. Good men are not liars. Good men would not say of the most stupendous fraud. “Thus saith the Lord”. If this is not the inspired word of God then it is the grandest inposture ' • that the world has ever known. If bad men wrote this book, why is it that bad men hate it and good men love it? I hold every skeptic to the point—the tree is known by its fruits. If bad men wrote this book, why is it not in our saloons? our gambling joints, our houses of shame, our haunts of sin and dens of iniquity? If ' bad men wrote this book, why have all the evil powers of the world link- ' ed themselves together to destroy it? ' Cruel superstittion has tried to blot it ' out. Boasting infidelity has tried to demolish it. The Bible has outlived its enemies and abides forever. It is Indestructible. If you should destroy every copy : of the word of God in the world today . we can go out and reproduce it from current literature without a missing thought or verse. Think of a book ' standing in unapproachable greatness i 1

j lifting its head above the mightiest | thought of every ago like the peak of Tcnereffa or life Sinia. the mount of God, above the level of the plain. You can not read this book carmstlv without feeling God’s presence In 't and exclaiming: Lo! God is here. Am 1 speaking to anybody here tonight who through association with | unbelievers or who through reading brilliant but skeptical books, has begup to lose faith in the old Bible that is lying neglected upon the parlor table or the bed room stand. Let me ask, have you dealt fairo with the book that claims to be the word of God? Have you read it honestly? Have you read is seriously .Have you read it carefully? If not, stop, pause though you have journeyed far In the road of unbelief, read this book tl’oughfully, earnestly, prayerfully, read it with an open mind and open heart and as sure as thiue is a God in heaven you will hear His voice and realize that God is area.ity, that the soul is a reality, that the eternal future is a reality. I believe the biLie because of what it does for man in the struggle and battle of life. What Hobbs Said. Ever see a man die without God and without hope and without heav . en? Hobbs, the great infidel said as he lay dying; “I am taking a leap out into tho night,” and he was gone. John Wesley said: "The best ot ( all is, God is with us.” Meander said: "1 am so tired, 1 must bid you good-night. I wil see you in the morning. F’loressa A. Foster said: “The hilltops are covered with angels, they are beckoning me to come.” Moody, as he lay dying said: “Halle : lujah, this is to be my coronation day.” McKinley on his death bed said: “Not our will but God's will be done," and fell asleep in Jesus. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace. I believe my Bible because it has withstood the sharpest criticism of all the ages and stands tonight mighty in the power of His truth. I believe my Bible because of what it does for man in the battle of life. I believe my Bible because of its wonderful fulfillment of prophecy. I believe my Bible because of the triumph it gives at the hour of death. I commend sucli a book to you. ONLY THREE DAYS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) tive branch of the United States government, that business will speedily revive. Notwithstanding the fact that a world’s war is in progress, a noticeable improvement in business will result after the adjournment of congress. For two years of the Wilson administration and for two years or more of the Taft administration, congress was in session, and this respite is in fact the first freedom the country has enjoyed for over four years. According to information given out by the president there will be no congressional .session before the first of next December, at which time the regular session begins. Notwithstanding the war, it is predicted that business will improve. Governor Ralston has permitted another bill to become a law without his signature. The new law provides that where a bank or trust company has acquired a ninety-nine years lease-hold on real estate with obligations to pay all taxes, that the assessed value of such real estate shall be 1 deducted from the capital, surplus 1 and undivided profit account, for taxation purposes. I I AM SELLING THE MARTIN DITCHER AND GRADER. ; We are willing for you to be both judge and jury. You can decide for yourself after using this machine in your own wont, whether or not it is worth the price to you. It must stand upon its own merits. One man, with a good team, can cut a Gitch two feet deep and 150 to 200 rods, in one day. and do it easy. G. W. GENTIS, 52 to 105 Decatur, Indiana. o — DISSOLUTION NOTICE. The plumbing, heating and well business having reverted back into the hands of the former owner, G. E Steele, we must request that all people having accounts here, kindly set- : tie same at once. We are obliged to 1 settle our bills at once and will duly ' appreciate your favor. 1 52t8 STEELE & McKINNEY. o —»— * * * * * * * * * * :!: •-!: * ,-p * MONEY TO LOAN !! * 0N « 1 * FARMS * ' JOHN SCHURGER <= ! * abstractor 1

duchess with THE soldiers the Wounded. A tall, slim woman w l ‘J o J t X and figure was moving bo fever pltal-among wounded ( ndent ln patients, says a <«. goldferi northern France. A and encouraged perhaps by kindly eyes, « :r ‘ mi,le ? n , tO w ; ik ed to l from amid the 8,,8W > , irin "Ob her holding out his bat < 1 , madam, my arm, o . had > was Millicent, duchess of bu'bc She was down at the clearing ho«e collecting patients for >’ 9 ‘ lIeI Malo-les-Hains, away on th ‘ tchel motor-ambulance am* kln ~ their parties were outside stacking men vans with wounded. , . w j]] "Do have a look at it for him, you?” she said. The surgeons sms sors were soon through the ro bandaging of the wound ® nd ‘ posed-swollen and puffed, with Bif-* S ment of a shell buried deep in the “Tn-eneh officer was in the hospital detailing the cases to the various hospitals in the vicinity. French ambw lance men were carrying off man after man to their ambulance They could not work too fast l Ano . t trainload of wounded from the front was waiting outside— waiting forth straw and room of these maimed hundreds lying on the warehouse floor They had been waiting some time. too. and other trains were not far behind ( SMALL FAMILIES THE RULE Birth Rate Unnaturally Low Among American Men of Science, is Assertion Made. Prof. J. McKeen Cattell of Columbia university has been engaged for several years on a study of the families of 1,000 American men of science. While the data and their analyses are not yet complete. Professor Cattell has proved that the birth-rate is decidedly low among this part of the population. The Journal of Heredity gives the following synopsis of his conclusions up to date: “The completed family of contemporary scientific men is about two, the surviving family about 1.8, and the number of surviving children from each scientific man about 1.6. Twen-ty-two per cent, of the families are childless; only one family in seventyfive is larger than six. The same conditions obtain for other college graduates. Answers have been received from 461 leading scientific men giving the causes which led to their limitation in the size of their families. One hundred and seventy-six were not voluntarily limited, while 285 were so limited, the cause of the voluntary limitation being health in 133 cases, expense in 98 cases and various other reasons in 54 cases. Childlessnets was involuntary in two-thirds of the cases. In the standardized family of two the condition is desired in six cases out of seven. In over onethird of the families the limitation was involuntary, due to pathological causes, but if these had not obtained, voluntary limitation would have occurred in nearly all, or, perhaps, in all of the cases.” New Unicycle Speedy. A speed of 70 miles an hour Is alaimed for an engine-driven unicycle recently built by a resident of St. Louis, which has been tried out on the roads surrounding that city. The wheel is of aluminum and is 81 inches in diameter, with a solid rubber tire. The seat for the rider, the engine and the gasoline tank all are suspended Inside this ring. When at rest this machine is maintained in an upright position by means of a pair of rollers and skids, which are located at the sides of the machine, but when the latter is in motion these are raised clear of the ground. The motive equipment consists of the engine of a flying machine with its propellers and the apparatus presents a very remarkable sight as it speeds over the ground. Little Wooden Shoes. As I tramped for hours among the refugees from Antwerp, one thing impressed itself strongly upon my memory: the noise of so many little wooden shoes—children’s shoes— that click clacked on the cobblestones in the characteristic short run of frightened people. My memory holds a whole collection of noises, but none quite so pathetic as the quick tok-tok-tok" of these hordes of children trying desperately with their tired little legs to From t. P \ ith father and mOth 'r.From the Amsterdam Handelsblad. Large Telescope for Victoria, B C It has been decided that the giant telescope which is being built in shall’ the Canadian government shall be erected near Victoria British Columbia, In a position where ideal atmosphenc conditions exist. ih ' New Idea for Steel Tubes

DESTINED place gven «■ • Child Napoleon 111 Had Con. fidence He Was to Be a Ma i of Destiny. "Being a boy” meant very little to Louiß Napoleon, for he had it in his i m (nd almost from the day he Was born to be emperor of the French. i n j a moment of confidence he said to hl B ooeom friend, Baron d'Ambes, who i n turn confided it to his diary, now put, fished as "Intimate Memoirs of N a . poleon IH”. ■I have regained a very lively I pression of an hour, about my seventh i year, when the Idea occurred to me for tho first time, and very clearly, that my destiny was not the same as that of other children; that it held .omothing greater and more serlouj. H Bat 1 cannot tell whether it gave me H a feeling of prido or of fear— perhaps Hl both toprther. "In any case I had already illustrious names and important events to lock br.ek upon tn my past. 1 knew I that my grandmother, who was dead, had been an empress, that my mother had beer* a queen, and my father a I Mr.?—and my uncles had been kings, too. "I grew accustomed to the notion ' that I, too, should one day be emperor or kinj;—l did not know which, aithough ‘emperor’ sounded finer. [ knew Napoleon was at St. Helena on a rock, and he sometimes haunted me like a phantom. "Airthic,” concluded the confession, ‘ tilled my little head with gloom and runshineland left me pensive." And well It might! These are not the imaginings and dreams of a child, i but of a care-ridden man. But his be- | fief in his destiny served Prince Louis j one excellent *turh—it made him a i hard worker, deeply imbued with a | I sense cf duty that increased with his j I y eaw - i The commandant of the fortress where Louis Napoleon was kept a pris- I oner on account of his pretensions to I the throne of France, was deeply impressed with his responsibilities, and thought it his duty to keep A careful watch cn his prisoner. Fearing that the boy, in despair, might take it iuo I his head to kill himself, he deprived I him of every weapon that might serve his purpose—knives, razors, and so on. One day the prince said to him with a smile: "Have no fear. I belong too much to the future to try to shirk the pres- I ent.”—Youth's Companion. KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE | Probably Most People Imagine They I Know Mere Than They Do About Sacr.ed Book. Chicago churchgoers have discov- I erod that their knowledge of the Bible I is limited. Ministers have sought to I explain the ignorance of the Scriptures displayed by a Chicago congre- ffl cation, but the fact remains that I churchgoers and former attendants of I Sunday schools were unable to answer I questions that should have been I simple for one familiar with the greatest of all classics. The members of a prominent Chicago church foundered on these ques- I lions: What man threw stones at a king? What was the origin of the word "shibboleth?" When did the bleating of sheep foretell the loss of a kingdom? What fierce nations were driven out of their cities by hornets? What giant king had an iron bedstead 13 feet long and six feet wide? What voung man lost his temper in an argu- IH tnent with four older friends? Who escaped by the skin of his teeth? Os course, scriptural Ignorance in Chicago does not reflect the biblical | knowledge of the rest of the country. All things are not in Babylon. But j we doubt the ability of the average ■: churchgoers to answer the questions j that confounded Chicago.—Cincinnati Times-Star. — Some History of Canes. General use of canes or walking | sticks was at one time forbidden in | Rome by imperial edict, except to per- I sons of patrician rank, thus making it a privilege which came to be popular ; among the nobility and eventually a I distinction. Tho women of this time carried them also, their richly and artistically decorated canes serving as a rod for the punishment of their slaves. The cane appeared in Eng- ’ land as the badge of aristocracy in about the fifth century, but after serving this purpose for some time, cane , into the hands of the humbler and jfc’j was dropped by those of higher social ( standing. It was ro-established in its true form by the pilgrims and soldiers returning from the Holy Land during the Crusades, and soon came into popularity again. With a revival of the cane among the gentry came a period of decoration, and canes of exquisite design and of great value resulted. What Becomes of Chimney Smoke? Smoke Is composed of gases and of little particles of fuel which are car- | tied up the chimney by suction Knowing this, the ultimate end of smoke may be readily explained The fuel particles fall to the ground of I their own when they get noyond the drawing power of the chimney and out of the current of the heated air formed In the chimney flue There is a lot of carbonic acid gas in smoke which mixes with the air and eventually becomes food for plants Some other gases v Rich are not en » \- tirely consumed when they come from 'he chimney, are burned by the air still mure until they, too, become * ar ' bonic acid gaa.