Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1916 — Page 7

Christinas Cribs of the Tyrol

THE Christmas cribs, showing th® first resting place of the infant Christ, which one sees occasionally in the churches of this country are not to be compared with those of Europe, especially the remarkable ones made by the peasants of Italy and of the Tyrol. In the latter country there has been of recent years • decided revival of interest in these groups representing the nativity of Christ It is not unusual to see one with several hundred figures. Not alone the birth of the Saviour, but the adoration of the shepherds, the arrival of the kings with their soldiers and courtiers, the flight into Egypt Je§us in the temple, and even the marriage at Cana are represented. The Tyrol s cribs have been famous for centuries, and the people were justly proud of them until _the spirit of ■“modern enlightenment” Invaded the land and crib building was denounced as child’s play. Enterprising antiquarians and art sellers eagerly bought up all the old cribs and then sold them at good profit to tourists. Many fine specimens have disappeared from the land, but fortunately a few of the best were acquired by national museums. The best two Tyrol Is known to have bad, the “Ursullnenkrlppe” of Innsbruck and the Moser crib of Bozen, are now in the Bavarian National museum at Munich. A third, the Jaufenthaler crib. Is in the Vienna museum. Originally it belonged to a family in Wilten, now a part of Innsbruck. It contained 154 animal figures, 24 buildings and 256 human figures. It included solid woodcarvings, figures the heads of which were wax and others whose heads and limbs were movable. Some of these date back as far as the year 1700. Seven scenes were represented. The Moser crib of Bozea was much more extensive. Moser's “city” was in itself a masterpiece and included palaces, gushing fountains, monuments of King Dav»l and towers with six city clocks striking the hours of the night. It was valued at more than $5,000 during Moser’s lifetime. The Ursulines’ crib was particularly famous on account of the gorgeous dressing of the figures. The angels were clad as courtiers of heaven In the rich court costumes of the seventeenth century. These masterpieces are now lost to Tyrol. It can hardly cause surprise, then, that serious minded men began to entertAn grave fears for their remaining works of art. This fear had a practical result in the formation of a society whose object was to prevent in future the reckless exportation and selling of old cribs and to revive the spirit that produced them. Tyrolese cribs may be divided into two general classes, the oriental type and the Tyrolese. In the latter class the crib owner takes it for granted that Christ was born in Tyrol, hence scenery, people and dress are purely Tyrolese. In all the cribs, the stable of Bethlehem is either the ruin of a castle (according to legend. Christ first saw the light of day in the ruins of the tower of David) or a part of a temple to show that the stable of Bethlehem was the first Christian temple, or else it Is a simple cave on the mountain side. The stable of Bethlehem and its inmates always remain the center of the great scene, the rest is merely the setting. The crib means much to the family. After weeks of careful, painstaking labor everything is ready, but the holy family is not there. After supper on Christmas eve the parents, domestics and children gather about the crib, the gospel scene is read aloud, and the little ones, quick to detect the absence of the “Christkind.” are told that the holy family are still seeking a shelter and finding none/ The sadness that at first expresses Itself on their soon gives way to joy as they recall that perhaps there Is room in their own home—at least they will make room. At midnight the solemn church bells call all to mass, and when the family returns, lo! there lies the infant in the manger, while Mary and Joseph kneel in humble adoration at Its side.

CHRISTMAS ARDS

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

Subscribe for The Democrat. A Houlton, Maine, man, who soon iis to enter the realms of matrimony, is said to have filed his intentions of marriage in Houlton, Augusta and Boston as he has not yet decided where he would like to have the “knot’’ tied. Efforts will be made to have the state of Indiana dispose of all the meandered land lying along the Kankakee river. This should be done by all means. It is unfair to adjoining land owners to permit this state land to lie undeveloped. —Starke County Republican. Western railroad companies have started white-washing the tops of loaded coal cars in an effort to stop stealing. The cars will be inspected along the line and where the white-wash shows signs of disturbance an investigation will be instituted to find the thieves. Much coal is said to be taken from cars in transit each day. The United States cruiser Caesar left New York Sunday with §250,000 worth of food, clothing and medical supplies for the destitute people of Syria and Armenia. The medical supplies were contributed by the Redd Cross and food and clothing were purchased with funds collected by the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief. One day last week Glenn Coake of near Morocco drove into that town with about §2O worth of fur, which he intended to sell to a dealer. Before he done so, however, Fred Atkinson and Omar Chizum stole the fur and sold it for §l3. Atkinson was arrested and confessed, and later bound over to the January term of court. He also returned §l3 to Coake. Chizum made his getaway and has not been heard from since.

William G. Brown and Otto G. Fifield have nearly completed a large grain elevator on the edge of rhe Kankakee marsh district on the Range line road at the crossing of the Gifford railroad to care for the great amount of corn raised in that vicinity, which numbers thousands of bushels. Heretofore it was necessary to make a long haul either to the Dinwiddie elevator or to Hebron, but the new improvement places a warehouse at the very doors of several big corn raisers of that vicinity.—Lake County Star. The United States Steel corporation has granted another wage increase pf 10 per cent to its 250,000 employes and 20,000 workers at Gary are affected, raising the monthly pay roll of the Gary plants from §2,000,000 to §2,200,000. This is the third increase in wages made by the steel company in the last year, bringing the total increase to 25 per cent. The H. C. Frick Coke company of Pennsylvania has also granted another 10 per cent increase to its employes, making the third increase granted during the year and affecting 40,000 men in the Connellvil’e coke region. The First State bank of Tolleston, a suburb of Gary, was robbed of about SI,OOO in cash Friday during the lunch hour when Herman Ueaker, the cashier, was alone. The robbery was committed by four men, apparently foreigners, one of whom asked Necker to cash a check. As he went to the window he was covered with a revolver and the other men then went back of the counter where one of them threw a sack over the cashier’s head and bound and gagged him. They gathered up what money was in sight and then demanded that Uecker open the safe but became frightened before they had forced him to do so and departed.

Twelve-year-old Margaret Lowery of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, raises pigs while other girls of her age “play house.’’ From 628 contestants Margaret was announced as the prize pig raiser of the state- by the agricultural extension department of Ohio state university. The contest was limited to members of the pig raising clubs formed under the direction of the extension department to promote interest in scientific farming among boys and girls of the state. Only seven other girls competed. Margaret had a good margin over her boy competitors. She raised two thoroughbreds at a cost of 3.76 cents a pound. “Pigs is pigs,” doesn’t go with this future stockwoman. She believes that pigs may be pigs, and they may be better pigs. And she raises thg better pigs.

PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE

It is doubtful if there has lived a man in modern times who could look back on his life after middle age without some feelings of regret for things that he had done not exactly in harmony with a clean conscience. Of course, there are men whose beastile pleasures, and pleasures that a beast wouldn’t be guilty of, whose hardened conscience is incapable of puncture, but we speak of men with healthy minds and consciences. Therefore, when you condemn a young man for early offences look back over the record of your own life and you will find many things on the debit side that you would like to have some kind friend assist you in wiping from the slate.—Exchange.

A DUTCHMAN’S LAMENT TO DOG

“You vas only a dog, but I vish I vos you. Ven you go mit der bed in, you shust durn robnd dree dimes und lay down. Ven Igo mit der bed in, I has to lock up der blace und vind de clock und put de cat out und undress myself, und my vise vakes up und scolds me, den de baby cries und I has to valk him up und down, den maype ven I shust go to sleep, it’s time to get up again. Ven you gets up yo u shust stretch yourself und scratch a couple of dimes, und you vos up. I has to light der fire, put on der kittle, scrap mit mine vlfe already,

flllftß An Announcement and an Invitation of real importance to you! WE are pleased to announce that we have contracted to sell the Maxwell Motor Car in this territory. We have selected the Maxwell because we believe that it comes nearer to being the ideal car for the average family than any other on the market. We were asked by various manufacturers to represent them in this territory; and before we made a decision we considered them all carefully, comparing the cars point by point, and making sure of the right choice, because you realize that taking the agency for a car means the same to us as the buying of a car does to you. C And we believe it is worth while for us to give you our reasons for the decision we made. First we found the Maxwell complete—in every possible detail. The engine is modem, simply built, yet extremely powerful and durable. The car is light in weight, but sturdily constructed. There is an abundance of speed. The operation of the car is simple and easy. The light weight and great power, of course; mean economy in gasoline and oil. Point by point the Maxwell is equal or superior to most cars selling for a few hundred dollars more. There is style, plenty of room for the full number of passengers which each model is rated to carry, and unusual comfort. We were gratified to find these features so pronounced in a low priced car. The equipment is also complete. There is electric starter and electric lights, demountable rims, one man top, rain-vision windshield —everything the motorist needs for convenience and comfort. And so when we found how the Maxwell compared in all these points—then considered the price of $595 —several hundred dollars lower than any other car offering the same advantages, we were satisfied that it was the best car to sell, because*it must be the car that people will want. We are fully equipped to give prompt and satisfactory service to Maxwell owners —and we are in a position to make immediate deliveries. We will tell you more about the Maxwell in future advertisements —but meanwhile we invite you to visit our salesroom —and arrange for a demonstration at your convenience. % We are enthusiastic about the Maxwell —but no more so than you will be when you are acquainted with it. A. L. PADO ITT & SON, Agents RENSSELAER, INDIANA / ——g X/ i' -w Touring Car - $595 Roadster • • SSBO Town Car • • $915 Cabriolet • - $865 Sedan ... $985 F. O. B. Detroit —completely equipped, including Electric Sterter end Light*

und maype get some breokfast. You blay round all tay und hat blenty of fun. I has to work all tay und has blenty of drouble. Ven you die you’s dead; ven I die I has to go to hell yet.”

NEAT CHRISTMAS STATIONERY A box of correspondence paper or correspondence cards makes a neat and Inexpensive holiday gift. The Democrat has a nice line of these goods in its fancy stationery department, several different styles of which are especially for holiday gifts. They are put up in handsome boxes and range in price from 10 cents to 85 cents. Several of these boxes are put up in combination form, part correspondence paper and envelopes and part correspondence cards and envelopes. We also have correspondence cards and envelopes separately and pound papers with envelopes to match. Be sure and see our line of this class of goods before purchasing elsewhere. ts

EAT RICE AND GROW HEALTHY ' This is a free advertisement for rice. Rice is one of the few food products that has not advanced in price. You can get about four pounds of rice for a quarter. A quarter’s worth oP rice will carry you further than 50 cents’ worth of beef. A quarter’s worth of rice

will carry you as far as 50 cents’ worth of flour. Rice is a wholesome food. Fashion caused a reduction of the greatest food value in rice requiring it to be polished. There ought to be a law forbidding the whitening of flour and polishing of rice. The law should be so that the whole grain should be ground into flour. People would have better teeth and better digestion. But this article is about cheap food and not about the business of keeping healthy. Rice is the chief diet of about a third of the population of the world. The rice eating Jap whipped the filling out of the tallow and flour eating Russian. A man can go further on a rice diet than on any other single article of food that is grown. So, if you do not want to spend all your money for food, buy rice. Ts you want to have a variety in your diet, and that cheaply, buy sweet potatoes and molasses. Rice, sweet potatoes and molasses are only the food products we know of that are not high. Eat rice, it is healthful; and eat rice, it is cheap. —Memphis (Tenn.) CommercialAppeal.

To replace the usual eyelets pnd hopks on shoes a German has Invented clasps that fold down flat when shoestrings are passed around them and drawn tight.

NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS AND LEGATEES In the matter of the estate of Bryant Hammonds, deceased. In the Jasper circuit court, February term, 1917. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, £eirs and legatees of Bryant Hammonds, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper circuit court on Monday, the 12th day of February, 1917, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Jane Hammonds, administrator of said decedent, and show cause if any, why such final account should not be approved; and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear In said court on said day and make proof of their heirship or claim to any part of said estate. JANE HAMMONDS, Administratrix. John A. Dunlap, Attorney for Estate. d 6-13-20

■MB M. We will call at your premises If within twenty miles of Rensselaer and remove all dead or undesirable animals. We disinfect the barns or pens in which animaj has been kept, leaving the farm in sanitary condition. And this, is all done without expense to you. B. & L. MFC. CO. Telephone 17 Rensselaer, Ind; Have toll calls charged to us.

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