Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1916 — Page 3

A H • ; W1 !'l» fe- W} |s£9*XkaLU£Eji! I b *"*"®SSssS ' 1/ V. «Ud WK® ”■ ti'-* 1 ’-Wi t■' si ■ wP $ WIBh g|E i Willard-Trained |l .Service requires more than the willing- I serve. A It requires the ability. i In .every one of the 775 Willard Service Stations are men who are not only will- ~ ing, but able to give you expert battery senice? I They are trained in the Willard factory, | j so that they know the storage battery II thoroughly. II Their training and experience enable 11 them to see beneath the surface indica- II tions of trouble. If you take a run-down II battery to a Willard Service man, he doesn’t just charge it. He wants to know 1 1 why it is run down, and he prevents a II repetition of the trouble by getting at II rhe root. I| But repairing is the least part of his |1 work. His job, primarily, is to keep your 11 battery free from the need of repairing. |i Do you know the Willard Sendee man I1 in your town? Look him up. He’ll keep g a your starter on the job, and your lights || , bright. He’s interested in your battery || and can tell you some interesting things 11 about it. A visit will be worth your while. I HOLTHOUSEpRiJif 6ARABE I DECATUR, INDIANA. 1 We’ll be glad to test your battery at any time. Willard Storage Batteries are for sale by car dealers, garages and all Willard Service Stations and Factory Branches. ~ — ■ —l——

YOUR 1917 LICENSE Number plates and licenses for Automobiles, Motorcycles, Chauffeur’s,Jetc., will be issued by the Secretary of State, beginning Dec. 15, for the year 1917. Applications may be made at the Office of the Daily Democrat We will fill out the blanks and send them in for you. Apply Early. FOR rent PLENTY OF 5 PER CENT MONEY. A good Improved” farm for rent. Partial payments any time, without near Decatur eash preferred. In- walHng for quire at tills office. -b-ue io — F*(JBLIO SALE A. I „ « »•"'« K ”“ "VJ”’ SS t will nffpr Mt Dublic auction at my CO rn roaaer. rive . . . residence 4 miles south and 2 miles household Goods: New ' ' * west of Decatur, and 2 miles west and range h£)t blast heater , 3-hole oil miles north of Monroe, on what is oven kit( . h en cabinet known as the George Baine < • ew d j n j n g room table with set on Thursday. Dec. 21, 191 b, | cbaira square dining room table. I nat io o’clock a m.. the following rooms, sola, center tapropertv. to-wit:' Five Head Horses: ( . hajrs f(jld)ng bed t Roan mare, coming 5 01 iron beds with springs, dresser washweight 1650; roan mate coming machine, some canned fruit, batn years old. weight 1650; these [ub and ot her household ar 11 P!jmare are evenly matched an d a tu [ mplemen tg: Eight ft. MH good team. Bay mare coming * years bjnde| . gO od grain dull, 5-ft. old, weight 1500; bay mar- S Milwaukee mower. I. am . 4 vears old weight about 1500, tin . dover buncher. disc ana is ai good matched team. Bay coach P ante • plow. 3 sets of mare coming 5 years old. Nine Head traiie , b t k top of Cattle: White face cow 8 years nar , rjg , d press lawn old. fresh in spring; red cow, 8 years Pugg., grjndst and numerous oth old, fresh in spring; w . h lte face c , tiflcß> consisting °f tools, < .pring calves. .1" heifers and one bull. 1 ive .■ mw giving note with ail maturity fIXrUTiVATit S m7.’ Grain: 900 cash. No goods Leslie a BAiweTT, Bunn and Baumgartner, Aucts.

; The Gift That | Came Back By c. R. SWAIN

T WAS early morning and the toy department J of the big store was I comparatively quiet, although Christmas was , only a week away. In

Ills ili'ii. surrounded by ull thut wns brightest ami beat In Toyland, Sil t Santa Claus, benign, riilionteil, white-furred, carresslng thoughtfully bis half-yard of snowy beard. As yet no confiding infants had been pushed up to his elrnir by symputhetlc parents, there to make artless pleas lor “a dolly as big as a real baby” or “a train o’ ears with a windup ingine," so tile good saint had leisure to indulge in certain holiday recollections and longings of bis” own. In other words. Santa Claus was homesick— not for the North Pole, but for

snowy mountains and a little town nestled in their midst from which heli had been an exile for many months. i Suddenly Santa pulled himself to- ' gether with a start, as he realized that ’ a small girl with a wistful look was i standing before him. ; “Well, my dear?” Santa Claus held I out his hand, anti his kindly voice and I confidential smile seemed to reassure the little girl, for she came nearer and | nearer and smiled back timidly. “You’ve come to tell me what you want? Where’s your mamma, honey?” “1 —I haven't any,” she replied iti I a tone of gentle resignation, putting her little hand Into his big one. “I came by myself, because it's Aunt Bertha's present I wanted to ask you about, and she mustn't hear. I asked her to wait a minute for me around the corner of that big pile of dolls.”

“I see.” Santa’s rosy cheeks grew just a little redder, for Bertha,was the name that had been in his thoughts a moment before, and involuntarily, for that name's sake, his manner held a special friendly interest for the plainly dressed, thin-faced little girl. “Well, do you know what your auntie wants me to bring her?” Santa smiled behind his beard at the incongruous situation, but the child's look was gravely concerned. “That's just the trouble. Mr. Kris’. But I know there’s something she wants very much. She was crying yesterday, and when I asked her how she could feel bad so near Christmas, she said that was just it, and when I asked her some more questions, she 'splnfned that she had a lovely Christmas present last year, and she lost it, and it was her own fault, and now she’d never have it-again. But she wouldn’t tell me what it was.” “Don't you remember what presents she had last year?” “Oh. she didn’t live with us then. She’s my papa's sister, you-know, ami he wrote and asked her to come and take care of rue when —when mamma ” died —”, The brown eyes blinked i i-, 4- ....

bravely. “Aunt Bertha lived ’way up in the mountains, with- grandma and grandpa, so of course I don’t know about her Christinas presents. I thought, maybe, as you’re a —a sort of a fairy, you would know how to find out.” “And where does she live?” he asked, with his heart thumping under the scarlet coat in a manner ill befitting his age and dignity. The little girl gave an address which he recognized as a small street in a section of the city near his own modest lodging. “Now, don’t you worry any more about it.” he charged her as he wrote it down. “I feel sure that we’re going to find out what that Christmas present is and see that she gets it. too. And we hope it will make her all happy again, don't we? Run along, dearie—l must talk to these other little folks now. It’s our secret and I won’t forget.” He nodded to her once more as she disappeared in the crowd, and his eyes followed her progress to the distant doll corner. Just one glimpse he caught of the tall girl who stepped from behind the showcase ami smiled down into the happy little upturned face but it was enough to make the , glittering scene Ibok misty for a moment. ... ' Bertha here in the same store v ith i him I The city to which lie had drifted ; almost at random during the wretched year following their foolish quarrel , was now her home—and he was going j to see her again! I Only nine o’clock—ten hours at t least before he could see her. Santa t Claus sighed in a manner inconsis. i ent with the jolly red nose and rosy cheeks But almost immediately he smiled’again, as be softly pattedl the left side of his broad chest. Hidden under the gay coat, in an inner pocket, lived the little ring, thus Honora be- j cause it had been worn on Beith.i. finger for a week. One thing was cerSn; this niece-elect should have he } merriest Christinas in his potter to bestow. I

PLANT A PARASITE ? II Mistletoe, Christmas Decoration, Lives Off Other Trees. m AM Fastena Itself Upon Host Where It M Thrives and Destroys—Difference E Between American and Euro- **» pean Varieties.

HE mistletoe season ** is at hand, and a I great many thoughts I ure being given to it t and a great many re- ■ ferenees, humorous, £

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semihumorous un d 4 t sentimental, are being made to it. j * 1 Many hyugha, branches and pendants I S -of this beautiful and mysterious plant I - are being severed from the onks and I - other trees and now hang from chan- I i. tleliers. gas burners, door jambs or I " •- Other places where women rind young <w r girls may puss beneath it. *

A great deal has been learned about mistletoe by the botanists, and yet u there is much about the curious plant ■ which the wisest men do not know. I The variety with which people are tic- I quainted is a parasite, yet it is not t altogether a parasite. ■ William L. Bray, an investigator In * forest pathology for the Department I . of agriculture, lias written this for the I Washington Star: “The plant is a parasite. It fastens itself upon its host, the tree, pene-j trates its tissue and draws nourish-1 merit from It, deforming it and sap-1 ping its vitality. Yet the mistletoe is I la green, leafy plant; that is, it pos-1 1 sesses the pigment chlorophyll, which I I gives the green color to normal veg-1 I etation. Some of the tropical species I I of mistletoe bear leaves as large as I those of the American elm. “The presence of green leaves in-1 I dicates that the mistletoe has the 1 power, which independent green plants] everywhere possess, of constructing j organic foodstuffs, such as starch, | II out of inorganic compounds—carbon | 11 dioxide and water —utilizing sunlight s | as the source of energy in the proc-1

L J J / * I • A Sprig of Mistletoe.

) 1 ess. It is, therefore, only partly a r parasite so far as dependence upon I a host for food is concerned, but ap-1 t parently none the less harmful on that I I account. It secures from its host only I what the normal shrubbery plant de-1 , rives from the soil, namely, water and I i certain necessary mineral constituents. I “Imagine a grapevine or a trumpet I creeper, while retaining its foliage, to | sever connection with the soil and to I thrust rootlike outgrowths into the I body of the tree to which it clings, ini order to absorb from the tree what I before it absorbed from the soil. This I would represent the relation which! mistletoe sustains to its host.” ; It is interesting to note Hint there! are points of difference between the! American mistletoe and the European! mistletoe, to which such a wealth oi l legend and romance attaches. Rut the! points of difference are not import-! ■ ant, and the American is very like! the European mistletoe in its iippear-lj ance and its habits of life. The iiamell “mistletoe” was long ago applied toll the mysterious parasitic European |j shrub to which centuries later Lin- II naeus gave the naipe viscum album. II Since that time related species havelj been found in nearly all parts of the II world, especially in the warm coun-IB tries. The family of mistletoes is i now Known to be a large one, cm- la bracing more than six hundred species.il It Ims been written that in the course IB of botanical explorations in the west- 11 ern hemisphere numerous represent!!-IB fives of the family were found, and B among them was one which so close-1 fi ly resembled the original mistletoe IB that it was given the generic name of B viscum, with the specific designation j S ot “tlavescens,” and one early botan-ll leal explorer, the celebrated Thomas IB Walter, called the specimens which he 1 found in the Carolinas viscum album, ■ under the impression that they were IB identical with the European plant. IB «S <8 <« Unkindest Cut of All. “What's Dodsworth so mad about?” L “You know he weighs approximate- IB ]y two hundred pounds, and prides IB himself on being every inch a man? ’ IB “Os course.” '£ “Well, some Spiteful person sent | him a wrist watch for a Christmas IB present.”

I USEFUL GIFTS I Gifts such as these reflect the good taste and || * thoughtful consideration of the giver. No woman « g can fail to appreciate a gift selected from the sug- SS ij gestions offered below. ij ! 3 x Blankets Taney Towe! Sots 71 .? Sweaters Wash Waists ££ Caps and Scarfs Aprons «£» Handkerchiefs Shawls I Fancy Collars Electric Cleaners g? Cornet Covers Hat Pins II Silk Petticoats Beauty Pins SHk Waists Lavallieres Carpet Sweepers Broaches Table Linens Pearl Beads 13 Linen Napkins Umbrellas ga I Ivory Toilet Sets Rain Coats I Manicure Sets Silk Hose | { •« Traveling Bags Bags and Purses am and many other nice and useful gifts. 11 = HE BOSTON STORE - 1 DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. SvI |||i=il||i=itlii IS ,aaßjsr.’7srv-.38.-' s*<wa®:-araMBMHBHBani I Christmas Presents I

CAN BE FOUND AT OUR STORE Santa Clans has v'c? taken care of this .-tore by supplying ; us with beautiful and useful Christmas presents for every per- < in l fan ! y. t •• .TioLht .• he recommends a new Round Gak He ter or Xoiu'x , and .. s that you’ll never have the home mere “Comfy or namelike. We also have the following list to select from: | Silverware —Knives, forks, spoons, percolators, coffee pots, | fruil sets, salt and pepper sets, etc. Cutlery Carving sets, pocket knives, scissors and knives ‘ for every purpose. Alunvinuni—Percolators kettles, pans and numerous other - things the housewife vvaukl appreciate. Electric {'oods-—FeishK .'ds. bulbs, toasters, flatirons, etc.

j I’U - - y - Heavy Goods—Si ”/es, ranges, healers, oil stoves'for heating, kitchen outfits, blankets, robes, New Home Sewing Machines, carriages. Buick Automobiles. I For the boys we have bicycles, go-carts, guns, skates, sleds, coasters, knives, tools, etc. In fact, you car. gei something for any or every member of of the family at our store. Santa says so. and he knows. Come : in and we’il show you. I LEE Hardware Co. | Xrrrr '"u -euwEsyaEW'-aiOKsraF wananm;WHK»aßmnK3aMß«ai ■ " KiW»®r? l aL" 7Y~‘S Hllllll 1 IIIITIMI' AUTOMOBILEiPRICES SOARING Prices on all materials that enter into an automobile’s construction have advanced from 20 to 50 per cent during the last few months. Most manufacturers have already advanced prices, or have announced their intention of doing so. The Ford Motor Company, as usual, are the first to lower r ices, and the last to raise, but the tremendous increase in prices of al! article;: used in the manufacture of cars is beyond the conI trd of men. I rcsent prices of Ford cars are still in effect, hut are not * guaranteed agains 1 advance for a single day, nor will orders be s accopL d for future delivery at the present prices. | If \ u intend to buy a FORD in the spring by all means | BUY if NOW. l, I KALVER-MOBLE GARAGE CO. I