Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1916 — Page 3

Bi COMING . I ■ M k z ./ A 4 : ... ■ vY y vy IA Y YW k y wy If . J The Auction Scene. AT BOSSE OPERA HOUSE Saturday, January 29th. I HARMOUNT'S WORLD'S LARGEST $20,000 PRODUCTION . UNCLE TOM’S CABIN 40 PEOPLE 40 All New Special Scenery Beautiful Electrical Display Challenge Colored Quartette Har mount Superb Orchestra A Pack Os Siberian Blood-Hounds Watch for the Street Parade After School. Prices: — Night, 25c, 35c. 50c. Reserved Seat Sale at H olthouse Drug Store. THE FORD TRACTOR $350. F. 0. B. FACTORY SIMPLE STRONG CURABLE Delivers 8 Horse Power at draw bar and 16 inch belt The Right Tractor at the Right Price CALL AND SEE US. WM MICHAELS & SON J 5 t’fi ’tbWest or Monroe, Monroe, Ind. g— — Maxwell Car” | « B nOTTWJI ■ nmk w Bp ’ i-—UU** 7 One-Man Mohair Top The new Maxwell is equipped with a oneman real mohair top. It can be raised or lowered almost in an instant, by one person. There are no top bows near the driver’s seat. | This gives the driver and passenger beside | him an unobstructed view on both sides of the car. , I The storm curtains are quick-adjustable. | We are waiting to take you for a test ride in the car that has broken al! low “First-Cost” records, and is I breaking all low “After-Cost’records. | Windshield 'jfMaqnrfo lgnition J r.O B. DETROIT -■ || L X ?■ /S' 08/" “dveryß&disahfamelllfyd „ B MOTOR SALES CORP.. Ft. WAYNE, IND. g

HAVE SYSTEM IN EXERCISE' Proper State of Health Impossible If This Important Matter Is Ignored. Without exercise no woman can keep her Rood looks. She fades as a flower without sunshine, as foliage without rain. And yet, in spite of the necessity of exercise, few women take a sufficient amount —those whp can afford it preferring to ride rather than to walk, and those whose circumstances force them to walk seldom finding time to indulge in this form of beauty treatment. Exercise to be beneficial should be taken out of doors, and walking, within the reach of the poor as well as the rich, is one of tho best of exercises, says a writer in tho Pittsburgh Dispatch. The average woman is, alas! a sadly indoor animal, and does not seek with sufficient ardor or zeal tho outdoor life, which is one of ,the greatest secrets of lasting beauty. It is interesting to note here that the vast majority of great singers have tn their youth led an open-air life under the canopy of heaven, or have sprung from fami lies where such a life had been led for centuries. It seems as if the pure, fresh oxygen of the hills and plain:; was distilled in the secret laboratories of their bodies into the liquid noteu that so move and thrill us. So it is with beauty. The great, beauties of history have, one and all, at some period of their lives lived freely and unrestrainedly the quick, invigorating life of the open. Perhaps you may say that in a city it is next to impossible to get fresh air or to find tho time to exercise. The first may bo true, for alas! city air is far from fresh. The second is false, for every person, no matter how busy, can find the time if he or she will, to take at least an hour’s exercise each day. Health demands it, and unless this demand is heeded, sooner or later (and it is usually sooner) the foolish victim of too little time will break down just from lack of exercise. GAVE. THEM THE WRONG IDEA Teachsr's Power Over Children Evidently Was Not as Great as She Had Imagined. An Indianapolis young woman who has been taking a Normal course at , an institution for deaf children, told 1 on her return to tho city for a short visit of her experience the first few days. She knew little about the sign language, but the children she was to teach knew nothing about it. She was expected to learn faster than they, and to teach them through lip reading. Tho supervisor had instructed her not to ' sign" to the children. She was not to show what she wanted them to do, but tell them and make it plain I that they were to read her lips. This method was irksome, and when tho supervisor was out of the room she ‘‘signed - ’ with her hands what the children were to do. She was moving her hands upward as she told the children to stand, and the supervisor entered the room. The children stood, but the supervisor said that was not the proper method of instructing the children. “Watch me,” she said. Tho supervisor stood before the children and said “Sit down," being careful to make hor lips show the words as clearly as possible. Tho children were astonished, and were slow to determine what was being asked of them, but two in the front row figured it. They began to run around the room. Two or three others saw that the first two were wrong, and they jumped up and down, while several others turned so as to face the rear of tho room. Boyhood Memories. “The kids of today have better playthings than when I was a boy,” said a grizzled old fellow today who was watching some boys flying kites. “Take, for instance, kites. You see these kites they are flying are made of cloth, box shaped and without tails. That’s a big change from the ‘house’ kites and ‘cod«fish’ kites that I made when a kid. When I was a boy wery boy made his own kites and mended them, if they needed mending. He whittled out his own kite sticks to make the form of the'kite, and then he covered the kite with paper, which he pasted on. And he made the paste himself; he got some flour of his mother and mixed it with water and cooked it enough on the kitchen stove to make it sticky. And when he had the kite made he was ready for the tail. He would go to mother and she would cut out a nice piece of old cotton cloth for the tail. What a change these cloth-covered, box-shaped kites are, and made to fly without a tail. My, what a change that is from the old-time kites.” And the old fellow’s memories still lingered with his boyhood days as he watched the kids “raising” their kites. War Fatal to Ostriches. Ostriches in South Africa are dying by scores because their food has been taken to feed British cavalry horses. Besides the withdrawal of thousands of tons of alfalfa, which is the main food of the ostriches during the winter, drought has added to the scarcity of food. It is estimated that the farms in South Africa which are the principal sources of the supply of ostrich feathers, have lost 30 per cent of their adult birds’. Among young birds the mortality has been still heavier. Formerly markets for the buying of feathers were open daily in Cape province, but with the advent of war there was a comnlete cessation of trade.

PUBLIC SALE. Postponed on Account of Cold Weather—Will be Held Tuesday, February 1. Tho undersigned will offer for sale at his farm, 4>/j miles northwest of i Decatur, % mile north from Stop 24 i on Fort Wayne & Springfield inter- i urban, 1 mile east and 2 miles south of Williams, just opposite Concord church, on Tuesday, February 1, > 1916, beginning at 10:30 o’clock a. m., the following property, to-wit: Three head of horses: Consisting of one mare, coming 7 years old, due to foal April 25; bay mare, coming 11 years old, due to foal April 8; 3 year old bay mare. Six Head of Cattle: Jersey cow, 8 years old, fresh Feb. 17; 4 year old Guernsey Jersey, fresh Mar. 25; half-blood Jersey with Holstein calf by side, t years old; 3 year old Durham cow, fresh Dec. 1; full blooded Durham bull, 14 months old. Ten Head of Hogs: Black Poland male hog. 18 months old; Poland sow, due to farrow March 28; young Poland sow, due to farrow April sth; full blood Duroc sow, with 5 pigs by side; % O. I. C. and % Poland sow. Farming Implements: Big Willie corn cultivator, good as new; Walter A. Wood mower, good as new; spring tooth harrow, good as new; good second hand binder, John Deere walking plow, good as new; spike tooth harrow, Studabaker wagon, good as new; new wagon box, never been used; good heavy farm wagon, pair bob sleds, never been used; set double breeching harness, almost good as new, Galion dump box, almost good i as new; 150 bu. corn in crib; 1501 bushel Bohemian No. 1 oats, % bush-1 el clover seed, and numerous other articles. Terms:—All sums of 5.00 and under, cash; over $5.00 a credit of nine months will be given, purchaser giving his note with approved security; 4 per cent off for cash. No goods removed until settled for.

1 “Pork-Barrel” Antagonists | Kill the National Defense I Program? I Among others, a Southern Congressman whose “stentorian cry for ‘pork’” evoked > enthusiastic outbursts of approval in the House, is reported as declaring that he favors ; ‘‘reasonable preparedness” but only with the understanding that public buildings should z i be provided wherever they are needed. | “Isn’t it an awful state of affairs?” the Houston Chronicle ironically remarks, 1 j “if this preparedness scheme goes through, there won’t be any loose change for post-offices in country towns, or for improving backwoods creeks.” [ y In this week’s LITERARY DIGEST (January 29th) there is an interesting article 1 I which shows the gist of Public Opinion throughout the country as reflected in the > newspaper press upon the President’s preparedness program. There will be no other ’ subject before the Congress which so vitally concerns the American people. Be sure to read this article. This feature is not the only one of value to “Digest” readers. ■ ’ Others of uncommon interest are: Verdict of the Press on Intervention in Mexico I A Careful Examination of Hundreds of Leading Nev spapers Shows a Majority Opinion That We i Should Net Resort to a Step That Means War Unless

; The Right of Revolution 5 American Citizens in Foreign Armies What Captain Papon's Papers Reveal ’ Bulgaria is Uneasy 1 Booming Lloyd George > General Botha's Remarkable Clemency ‘ Fight the Business Death Rate ‘ Out of 250,000 Business Corporations 3 190,000 Make Less Than $5,000 a year; 1 100,000 Make Nothing At AH

1 I A Large Collection of Interesting Photographs, Cartoons, and Drawings ■ Jury Duty That You Will Like I ’ 1 THE LITERARY DIGEST stands before the bar of Public Opinion and pleads berth sides of every ■ casenot with its own editorial opinions and a raiments but with elt.r, interesting statements of fact ? * w whi !j -ink and blend quotations from the leaning newspaper: . p■•riodi;;ds, and magazines, domestic and ? s $ fan : .li iving different viewpoints on the same question. I ry ml 'of this impartial magazine is a | j ur , . his own ability to decide—after he has all th > foci . /.• a time when Public Opinion plays so ’ I wm' ‘ part in deciding our national p: lick ", i! in '••i; ■■" ■ 'i d every citizen be thoroughly in- ; formed, and able to pass safe judgment on the momentous questions of the day. Not only does THE ■ LITERARY DIGEST present the real news, complete from all angles, but this is given to the reader in ~ ; I such away that independence of thought and decision i . developed. 1 '4i I Get It From the News-dealers To-day—lo Cents 1 0 ft i I f W fi I i a/ I J I ’ | FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary), NEW YORK

LEWIS W. FRANK. J. J. Baumgartner, Auct. W. A. Fonner, Clerk. 15t8 PUBLIC SALE. Tho undersigned will offer nt public sale at their residence, 3% miles southwest of Decatur, and % mile north of tho Washington church, on what is known as the Meyer farm, on Tuesday, February 1, 1916, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m„ the following property, to-wit: Three Head of Horses: Bay gelding, coming 5 yrs. old, weight 1500; sorrel horse, coming 7 yrs. old, weight 1400; light bay horse, 3 years old, weight 1100. Ten Head of Cattle: Red cow, will be fresh about Feb. 12; red cow, giving milk, will be fresh May 1; Jersey cow, will be fresh April 1; red cow, giving milk, fresh June 1; black cow, giving milk, fresh May 20; 4 spring calves and one yearling heifer. Twen —■i - 1

Thrift .WT Thrift 4 Per Cent — J 4 Per Cent The Principles on which our TMbist Christmas Club was founded are the same as is now being explained in the National Thrift campaign. Become a member of this club this year. Our club will remain open for members a little while longer. All Our Deposits Are Insured We Have Safety Deposit Boxes THE PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO. “BANK OF SERVICE”

ty-nlne Head of Kogs: Four good brood sows, will farrow about April 1; 25 head of shoats, weighing about 25 lbs. each. Farming Implements: Eight-foot Deering binder, good as new; 6-foot Deering mower, new gearless hay loader, J. I. Case corn planter, J. I. Case -cultivator, Monarch corn cultivator, 8-hole disc drill, disc harrow, Osborn spring tooth harrow, peg harrow, 2 good walking breaking plows, new ground plow, heavy Turnbull wagon, good as new; wagon with bed, No. 1% gasoline engine, hay ladder, top buggy, set heavy breeching harness, good as new; buggy harness, buggy storm front, blankets and robes. Three turkey hens and one gobbler, about 4 tons of mixed hay in mow, corn fodder, barrel cider vinegar, dining table, rocking chairs, eight dining chairs, leather couch, good as new, kitchen cabinet, small range, eight-day clock. 2 dozen new grain

Druggists Too Busy to Fill Prescriptions The Relation of Teeth to Military Efficiency Telephone Has Almost Revolutionized Mining The War Has Halted Italian Pens The French “Hate” Literature \ What the Y. M. C. A. Has Done in the War Hew York’s Civic Housecleaning The ‘“Amens” of the German Army

sacks, 7 cords stove wood, and other articles too numerous to mention will . be offered at this sale. Terms of Sale: —All sums of $5.00 and under, cash; over $5.00 a credit of 9 months will be given, purchaser . giving his note with approved sccur- , Ity; 4 per cent off for cash. No goods ■ removed until settled for. , BENTZ BROS. Harry Daniels, Auct. . o STORE CLOSES FEBRUARY FIRST. I , Our lease expires February 1, and : we are compelled to pack our stock. ■ All persons having work in our shop I are requested to call at once and get i same Do it this week. ’ 20t6 L. AUTH & SON. o • LOST —SMALL cap off the radiator i of a Ford car between town and Bell- , view farm. Leave at the Kalver & i Noble garage.