Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1916 — Page 2

j LET US HELP YOU [ !| SELECT THOSE XMAS PRESENTS | | FOR THE MEN AND BOYS | We know how difficult it is to select a present h S for a man; but we have ironed out all these troubles, ® j * and made the buying of men’s presents a pleasure, l? S BELOW ARE B IT A FEW OF THE MANY SUGGESTIONS WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE YOU: g

■ I t j Neckties j] Handkerchiefs i Cuff Buttons £ I Tie Pins ■ I Umbrellas i 3 Madras Shirts 5i Silk Shirts S Bath Robes S Smoking Jackets

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■mm win !■! him ■urn■ l_j jj/:.: r ~ n iinu iiiwwrnrT—"-”— .*mft (• SAVING'S CLVB I $ Christmas is not a Problem to those who join The Christmas Thrift Club It's the easiest way to have money when you want it. for Christmas or for any other purpose. You can use our Thrift Club service for any problem. It will give you money for Investment. Perhaps it will give the key to greater success. The easy w ay—the sure way—the safe way—- , is the Thrift way 4 per cent interest on savings EVERYBODY WELCOME ... THE... PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO. THE THRIFT BANK

4EIDRIDA Z|M| Ji h 1 hree Ail Steel Through Trains Daily I i (’’IV A * Completely equipped with Pullman sleepVk\ Hl/ 1 ' ng cars ’ conl^orta ble day coaches and W ‘ X l ’ dining cars serving all meals. > |\ J Cincinnati to Jacksonville \,/fq [/ RkJYal PALM ’< 1 ' Leaves Cincinnati ‘Queen & Crescent Route) 6.50 a. m. JH Arrives Chattanooga (Queen & Crescent Route) 4:50 p.m. Arrives Atlanta (Southern Railway) 9:45p.m. Arrives Jacksonville (Southern Railway) 7;40 a. m. 4W>.| OHIO SPECIAL - - Leaves Cincinnati (Queen & Crescent Route) HlOa.ro Arrive* Chattanooga (Queen & Crescent Route) ti tlOp. rn Arrives Atlanta i Southern Kailwavl 11:05 p.m. c- Arrives Jacksonville (Southern Railway) 8:50 a. in. FLORIDA SPECIAL • Leaves Cincinnati (Queen & L rescent Route) 8:10 p. m. Atrivea Chattanooga (Queen & Crescent Route) 6:30 a. tn. . Arrives Atlanta (Southern Railway) 11:20 a. m. — Arrives Jacksonville (Southern Railway) 8:30 p.m. y.’L, , Fares. F lorida book let and sleeping car reservations, call on Local Ticket Agenta or acidreux; A. R. HEBBLEiHWAITE, District Paseengir Arent Queen <£ Grcuxnl Rautc ,'~T. 711 Merchants Back Building, Indianapolis "W U . A. »r.< KLEit JV .. J s- f General I'.nwiwr Awvt J " ■' T* ChM-innati. oiuo '' i-jT 7 , H (c n ° & t- p R ' y • southern railway

Gloves JR Underwear S Wove, Silk and Lisle Sox !fi Toques S Suits $ Overcoats ffi Mackinaws HR Collar Boxes s Collars HR LE

Trees Used for Cisterns. Among the most curious of trees is '.he gigantic baobab, which flourishes in central Africa, the trunk of which sometimes attains a diameter of 10 feet, according to tile Los Angeles Times. This trunk serves as a natural cistern, retaining rain water in large quantities in a cavity formed at the top. Tile Arabs artificially hollow out the trunks of large baobabs and fill them with water during the prevalence of rain as a provision against the dry season. These cisterns are in . many cases 20 feet in height and eight : or ten feet in diaiQetpr. "Horns of Venus.” References are made in some cunei ’ form literature to the "horns ol Venus,” from which it is conclude! by some tiiat in the clear air of Meso potamia the crescent form of th, planet was detected in early time without optical aid. Sime Venus when at a sufficient angular distance from the sun. is hardly more than h»ih a minute of arc in diameter at the ut _ most, such an observation seems quit, out of the question, and i’rol'essoi Campbell thinks the allusion to tic horns was merely a lucky guess ot the part of the ancient astronomers. Early Saws and Knives. The saw appears to be the earliest tool that Ims been traced in Egyptiai. history. It was found first in th< form of a notched bronze knife .in tin third dynasty, or about 5,000 year: before the Christian era. and was fol lowed in the fourth and fifth dymts ties by larger-toothed saws, which were used by carpenters ;* but then are no dated specimens until the seventh century before the Christian era, when the Assyrians used iron saws. The first knives on record were nuuh out of Hint, and were, in fact, saws with minute teeth. ’ CHRISTMAS BUYERS TAKE WARNINGLAST CAIL Yesterday’s riiail brought new price lists effective immediately on“Vvear-Ever" Aluminum utensils, showing an advance in cost of 30 to 35 per cent over prices in effect a year ago today. This advance does not begin to represent the increased cost of raw material. While other dealers have advanced their retail prices or put in inferior lines we have continued to handle genuine “WearEver" utensils which by reason of advanced buying, we have been able to oiler you at the old figure. True to our promise we will not advance our prices until .lan. I, 1917. when it will be necessary to do so in order to meet al least a pari of the increased cost ocasioued by these repeated advajnxas in wholesale prices. You should be quick to grasp this opportunity in the selection of your Christmas gifts. THI. BROCK STORE

EASY TO MASTER! — i’ UNDERSTANDING OF HOMELY • “SQUARE" REALLY IS SIMPLE. • Most Useful Tool Requires Little Study : —Explanation of Its Value and • Properties Makes the Principle Plain. Perhaps there is no other tool among ; the many used by thj* mechanic so use- • • ful us the steel square, or carpenter's 1 square. Although there ure u number jj of murks and figures on the steel I j square there Is nothing complicated ' _ or that requires any knowledge above ■ I the ordinary to be able ninny eases, and after a few hours' : careful study every murk should be I clearly understood. The long arm of the square is culled the body and the short arm is called |l t'ne tongue. The Junction between the': liody mid the tongue on the outside is i cylled tlie heel. The body of a standord steel square is two inches wide : and 24 inches long, the tongue Is from • 11 to 18 inches long mid one and oile- ■ half Inches wide. In this article the face of the square ■ will be that side toward the observer ■ when the body of the square is held : in the left hand ami the tongue in • . the right. This is true except with ; the Nicholas square, which will be tak- : en up later. The most important marks : on the steel square are its gradua- : tioqs, which ure divided into inches : mid fractions of an inch. It is just : as necessary that the graduations be : perfect as for the body to be at right angles with the tongue. The Inch may be divided into eighths, sixteenths or ■ twelfths. The first scale we will try to describe will lie the octagon scale. This scale is on the face of the tongue of the square mid Is shown by dots along the middle, the marks being numbered in tens, the first number being two inches from the heel. The octagon scale is used as follows: Let it be required to make an octagonal or eightsided post from a stick of timber 12 inches by 12 inches. First divide the end of the stick into four equal parts by lines parallel to tiie'fuces, now set off from each side of the center line on emit face as many spaces from the octagon scale as the timber is inches square, in this case it would be 12. These points represent the angles of tlie octagon. The brace scale, which is on the mid-* die of the back of the tongue of the square, consists of two equal numbers placed one over the other which represents the two legs of a right angle triangle the number ut the right represents tlie hypotenuse of this triangle. Some squares have the two legs unequul but the scale iif. us-ed the same way. The use will be wen from the following: Let it be required to put a brace tietween a post and a beam 39 inches on the post and! 39 inches on i lie beam, by looking at (the scale we liud the brace must be cut 55.16 inches long. Professional Women in Russia. From the middle of ft? last century the women of Itussia have asserted their eagerness for professional training. Teaching, surgery, medicine, and government service have attracted the greatest number. When the medical schools were closed to them, they went to Switzerland and other foreign countries. A Russian girl took a doctor's degree at Zurich in 1867. In the early seventies the admission of women to medical courses became a settled practice in Russia. In 1876, woman surgeons in numbers distinguished themselves at the front in the SerbianTurkish war; the same distinguished .service has been given by them in tlie Russo-Japanese war and in the present conflict. Today woman physicians are as prominent as luen, and in some cities there are many more female than male dentists. More than 62 per cent of the teachers in the zemstvo schools are women, and the census of 1897 showed that there were four women to every live men in the state and public services.—Richard Washburn Child in Century. Women Doing Work of Men. A short time ago farmers in the United Kingdom were declaring that wpmen could not possibly take the place of men on the land. Women have been engaged ever since in proving that they could do so. The farmer has been constrained to admit, stop by step, at first grudgingly, but later ( with generous appreciation, that there is nothing that a man can do on the land that a woman cannot do, not even plowing excepted. Now there comes word from France tiiat the Agricultural Society of the Hautes Alpes has awarded a number of medals to wom•n who. in the absence of the men, i have carried on the field work in those regions, for tlie most part unaided. A special n’icdal was granted to one woman who did tlie entire sowing and reaping of her land single-handed. Different Methods. “Which would you rather vote for, ( an old-fashioned politicians or an up-to-date reformer?'’ “I believe I would prefer the oidfashiomal politician." •‘But he's apt to be crooked.” “I don't care. He has a courteous I way of soliciting my vote that tickles j my vanity, whik* these reformers who ( think they are battling for a righteous / , cause don't stand o* ceremony and rudely demand my vote.”

~ 7,..,, 77 . I THE NEW EDISON

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Come To Our Store I his weeK 1 We want you to hear the recreated voices of Zenatello and Rappold, and the | masterly bowing of Spalding and Flesch. ■ _ , ! , It ! THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. ! h VICTROLAS AND EDISONS | | “Hear Them Both” |

I Special California Seedless Oranges . 1c Each ■

Largest Line of candy, fruits and nuts ever in the city at special low prices, special prices to churches and school teachers. Xmas Trees and Holly Wreaths. t . EVERYTHING IN THE GROCERY LINE AT A SAVING

Fine Cranberries 10c: 3 qts. 25c Extra Heavy Kiln Dried Sweet Potatoes are better. 1b.... 4c; pk. 45c Finest quality Baltimore Oysters. pt. 20c; -qt. 40c Exera fancy little Xmas Boxes 3 for 5c Fine Comb Honey, .Ib 16c

Farmers bring me your Butler and Eggs and get the top prices and get quality groceries, fruits, nuts an d candy at a saving. BERT HUNSICKER Free Delivery. ’Phone No. 97 3 Doors So. Interurban Station DECATUR, INDIANA

I USEFUL GIFTS ! BPS _____________ OMB OIIWiIiVI Wil'lf || Gifts such as these reflect the good taste and | - thoughtful consideration of the giver. No woman " S can fail to appreciate a gift selected from the sug- 5 i| gestions offered below. Fi

Blankets Sweaters S* Caps and Scarfs S Handkerchiefs Fancy Collars I ‘ Corset Covers Silk Petticoats Silk Waists g Carpet Sweepers Table Linens H Linen Napkins Ivory Toilet Sets Manicure Sets «■» Traveling Bags

S and many other nice and useful gifts. S I THE BOSTON STORE U S DRY goods and GROCERIES. 5

The New Edison has been compared in public, be- 8 for e 300.000 music lovers, with such grout artists „ 8 Marie Rappold. Anna Case, .lulu Heinrich Al«e Verlet, » Christine Miller, Arthur Middleton. and Thomas Ch,|. 8 ( *u.l as a dozen others). Ibus it was proven | nicis, (a. • lhat t h e living voices of these great « V m t be detected from the New Edison’s re- g artists cani Remember that the artists stood be- « "de th" New Edison and sang in direct comparison | with it. and that the audiences could not distinguish ». Xe artists'' oices from the New Edisons Re-creation g of those same voices. « THE NEW EDISON ■ qffomolishes Mr. Edison’s ambition to recreate all •; forms of music with such liberal per lection that the 8 original cannot lie told fromthe Re-Creation. -

CANDY, CANDY, CANDY, NUTS, NUTS, NUTS, ORANGES, ORANGES, ORANGES, By The Car Load At | HUNSICKER’S NEW GROCERY T 1* *A 1- iLr, 4.1 INA/li <k 1 litU, -

Square Deal Dessert is better, regular 10c box 8c: 2 boxes 15c Baker's Gelatine, box 10c: 3 boxes-25c Good Shelled Pop Corn. Ib 6'40 Dried Peaches. H> 7c; 4 lbs. 25c Fine grade California Prunes, lb 10c No. 1 Fall Caught Lake Herring

Salt Fish, tl» 7c Good Cooking Rice, lb 5s 3 cans Sifted Early June Pea5....25c 3 large cans best Lye Hominy... ,25c Plenty fine Dairy Butter, lb 35c Crystal Oleomargarine, 1 lb. cartons 23c

Raney Towel Sets Wash Waists ££ Aprons •* Shawls S Electric Cleaners TT Hat Pins | Beauty Pins 1; Lavallieres Broaches Pearl Beads S» I mbrellas ■■ Rain Coats Silk Hose Bags and Purses

| Special 1 lb. Box Fine Chocolates in Fancy ' Boxes 29c