Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1906 — Page 7

ORDERS ARE COMING THICK I -r The Difficulties of Even Temperature : and Moisture are Solved With r t - This Machine. The office of the Keller Incubator company, is at the present tme pos- 1 sibly the busiest place in the city, as they are engaged in sending out cata- ' logues of the latest design and pat- j tern, which were turned out in this office, and which speak volumes for their machine. That Dr. Keller and company have one of the greatest in- i curator machines that is on the mar- < ket today is beyond argument, as this i • fact is conceded by many manufact- < urers who are in the same business, i and who say that Dr. Keller has a machine that they cannot equal. What < it is they so far been unable to i fathom, and what the secret is Dr. i z Keller refuses to divulge, and is . amply protected by letters of patent. , The incubator is admired by all who : have seen and used them, and they have withstood the severest test that i can be put on a machine, and it is through these recommendations that it now stands foremost before the public. The machine is guaranteed to hatch every fertile egg that any hen could hatch under favorable circumstances, Which alone is one of the attractive features of the machine. The construction of this incubator is one of the essential things guarded by Dr. Keller and is the most important feature in the building of any-’ thing of value. Any machine that is sent out by this company must stand the test in construction as well as the test of other important features, else it is sent back to the maker with instructions to rebuild. It is thus Df, Keller protects each and every purchaser. The question of moisture, which is —. the most essential thing in an incubator, and which has caused considerable argument among manufacturers has been Solved to perfection by this ’ company. The ventilation is arranged in accordance with the laws of nature, so that it wHI be able to supply all moisture and govern the amount of evaporation needed to insure safety and success and perfection to complete its hatch. The good points about the Keller incubator are numerous and can be classified under numerous heads. As «- it is the most reliable, self-acting, automatic machine made, and maintains a uniform and even temperature all through the egg and does not vary a point in heat up or down from the incubating point, at which it should be run. It is a machine so I constructed that when the lamp Is lighted it pumps a constant supply of pure warm air into the machine to the eggs without and direct draft passing over the eggs. It is so simple that any intelligent man, woman or child can run it successfully and experience no trouble in operating it, and secure a large batch of strong, vigorous chcks. It is so built that it is able to take care of itself, requiring but little time and attention of its operator to get the desired results, and last,, but not least, it is today the most perfect incubator made. That Dr. Keller’s future is bright is assumed beyond doubt, as he has the real article and what he says for the machine, he can back up by substantial argument and facts' that cannot be contradicted by any person who has any knowledge whatever of a machine of this description. The demand at present is so great that he cannot fill the orders with the promptness and dispatch that he desires, but he thinks that within a •short time he can overcome this obstacle, and be ready to fill orders at a moment’s notice. Dr. Keller has had several flattering offers for his machine, but has flatly refused them all, and says that whatever he realizes on the machine, will be through his own efforts and that he expects to continue the manufacture in this city for years to come, and •expects to keep the name of Decatur before the public through his patent. Dr. Keller would be pleased to •show his machine to anyone dediring to see it- and can explain its workings of his patent better than anyone else. His place of business is open at all times, and you will receive a hearty welcome If you visit him. ■o 1 ■ A Western Wonder. .. THere’s a hill at Bowie, Tex., that’s twWe as big as last year. This wonder L. Hill, who from a weight of 90 pounds, has grown to over 180. He says: “I suffered with a terrible • cough, and doctors gave me up to die of consumption. I was reduced to 90 pounds, when I began taking Dr. King’s New Discovery/ for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Now after using 12 bottles, I have more than doubled in weight and am completely cured.” Only sure Cough and Cold cure. Guaranteed by Page Blackburn, Druggist. 50 cents and SI.OO. Trial ' bottle free. , . . o Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer went to Berne this morning to attend the funeral of Menno Lehman.

DECATUR SINGERS SUCCESSFUL Secure the SSOO Award—Same Class Also Wins the Part Song Prize of SIOO. The mixed chorus for a purse of SSOO, was easily captured by the choir made up of 100 singers from Venedocia, Van Wert, Delphos, Willshire and Decatur, about a dozen singers from this city participating. The special train from Marion which brought, home the Decaturites who attended the Marion Choral contest, arrived a ft# minutes<Wter two o’clock this morning. Those who attended report a delightful day and one thoroughly enjoyed by all music lovers. There were numerous entries in all events and there was not a single disappointing feature about the whole affair. The prizes awarded aggregated $1,500. The singing this afternoon of a mixed chorus of 1,000 voices and last night Os a male chorus of 500 voices were features. Hans Richard of Paris, France, now sojourning in Cincinnati, was heard in his wonderful piano solos, and was accorded a great ovation. The following were winners of the various events: Ladies chorus prize S2OO, Lima and Van Wert, 0., and Marion, Ind., qualified. Marton, directed by Professor Carlile S. Tucker, won. Male quartet competition, prize $25, nine entires. Lima, 0., Indianapolis, and Marion, Ind., qualified. Marion won. Mezzo soprano competition, prize $25, eighteen entries. Miss v Helen Nadeau, Lima, O.; Miss Lora Dickey, Warsaw, Ind., and Miss Marietta Coffin of Marion, Ind., qualified. Honors divided between Miss Nadeau and Miss Dickey. Contralto solo, prize $25, eight entries; honors divided between Miss Greer of Ada, 0., and Miss Minnie Van Buskirk of Logansport. Church choir competition, prize $75; Trinity church and Mendelssohn church of Lima, O.; Presbyterian church of Marton and a Van Wert, 0., church choir were entered. Honors were divided between Mendelssohn church of Lima, and the Presbyterian church of Marion. Ladies’ quartet, prize $25, won by Sontag sisters of Mixed chorus, prize S3OO, won by Lima, 0., choral union of 200 voices. •Part song, prize SIOO, won by Venedocia Glee Club of thirty voues of Van Wert, O. Soprano and alto duet, prize $25, divided between Ada, Van Wert and Lima, O. "* Baritone solo, prize $25, won by Owen Davis, Gas City, Ind. A number of Decatur people sang with the “Venedocia and Van Wert class who won the part song. THREE FELONIES TO BE TRIED Cases Against Rohrer, Miller, Watkins and Hendricks —Clerk’s Quarterly Report Filed. w The case against Warren Wilkinson, on a truancy charge, has been transferred to the Juvenile court docket, and Officer Lankenau will investigate the charges and report. Charles H. Lammiman has been appointed guardian for Christopher Spangler and filed bond for $2,000. A marriage license has been issued to Druscilla Engle, aged twenty-two, and deorge O. Wolfe, aged twenty-one. A marriage license was issued this afternoon to William H. Derr, a Darke county,. Ohio, farmer, aged twentyeight, and Miss Hannah Morgan, aged seventeen, of this county. Clerk David Gerber filed his quarter- . ly report today, showing the total receipts to be This more than pays the clerk’s salary of $525. i This morning before Special Judge : Erwin, front Adams county, was com- , menced the trial of the case of the State ys. John Payne, larceny. Payne has been languishing in jail for a long time pending a trial of his case. He is accused of having taken $65 from the John Clark saloon on South Main street at a time when the proprietor had left his cash on the desk during his absence from the front part of the saloon. Payne entered a plea ot not guilty and the case is be- . Ing fought out at this time. He has I retained R. W. Stine and Eichhorn and Vaughn as his attorneys. —Bluff- . ton Banner. . ■ o From all present indications there is 1 fair prospects of getting the Bluffton 1 bowling team to play a date here some time this week with the Klondyke team, as their opponents. The contest ; would attract a great deal of interest, . and would be bowled on the Palace alleys.

SPEAKERSHIP IS NOT SETTLED There ia an Unconfirmed Rumor That Supreme Court Reverses the Gillespie Case. INDIANAPOLIS,, Ind., Nov. 29 — ' John F. Slmison, representative for . the district of Montgomery and Tip- ( pecanoe counties, may become a Republican candidate for speaker of the l house. A boom was started for him ■ today and some of his friends said , that it is not at all unlikely that he \ may enter the race. This will be his , first term as a member of the legislat- 1 ure, but he is a man of ripe exper- . ience and education. His friends say that he has excellent qualifications for the speakership and that he will find , immediate favor with the Republican ( members as soon as they make his acquaintance. He attended the caucus of the Tenth district representatives . at Lafayette last week when they decided not to vote for Representative , Branch of Martinsville, Governor Han- , ly’s candidate, against whom there is intense opposition throughout the State because of the manner in which the governor has sought to bring , about his election. Simison is expected to become a candidate unless Representative Ed- j wards of Mitchell, takes up the running again. Edwards left here a few days ago with the intention of consulting the Republican members In the southern part of the State as to whether or not they thought it advisable for him to run. There was an unconfirmed rumor here today that the Supreme court will hand down a decision soon reversing the decision of the tower court at Rising Sun in the famous Gillespie case. — -0 -••■—■-•■—- DRUGGISTS ARE BEING WARNED The State Labratory is Sending Out Special Notices. The State labratory of hygiene is out after explanations. The officials of the labratory are sending out notices —called warning notices —to the makers of every adulterated drug and article of food in the State, giving them warning that certain of the goods that they have put up and sell are illegal. These notices are being sent all over the State and cover the goods sold and analyzed at the labratory during the whole of the past year. The notice reads as follows, undfer the bigtyped caption, “Warning.” “The following named articles, recently obtained of you, or at your place of business, have been examined at the State labratory of hygiene and found not to meet the requirements of the pure food laws of the State of Indiana.” Following comes the enumeration of the specific articles that this par- • ticular offender against the law sold, together with the particular sin of omission or commission that it is guilty of in the way of adulteration, i “We do not send these in every case of adulteration found,” said Mr. Barnard, the chemist of the State labratory. “If, for example, we find syrup that is manufactured in another State adulterated we do not notify 1 the dealer in this State who sells it. But wherever the dealer —and it is sometimes a druggist—selling stuff of his own mixture that is adulterated, we are sending this warning notice.” o .1 IN MEMORIAM. Os all the thoughts of God that are Borne upward who souls afar Long the Psalmist’s music deep; Now tell me if that any is For gift or grace surpassing this — He giveth His beloved sleep. On November twenty-seventh, at four a. m., our sister, Hattie E. V. Moore, fell asleep after months of patient suffering. Hattie Moore was born February 14, 1878, and has made Decatur her home, with the exception of one year, which she spent at Phoenix, Ariz., with her brother. She was initiated into the Chapter November 23, 1899, was a regular attendance and served as Martha, from 1901 to 1904. Decatur Chapter O. E. S. conducted services at the house and the Avilla Chapter met the funeral party at the train and escorted them to the cemetery, where the body was tenderly laid to rest beside that of her mother. To the one especially bereaved, our ten- • der loving sympathy is given. “Yet a little of sojourn here and then heavens ! morning breaks and earth’s vain shadows flee.” LETTA ERNST. MAGGIE -TEEPLE. MONNA A. HENSLEY. Committee. o . Mrs. Emery J. Wilson of Boston, Mass., arrived over the Erie at noon today and will be the guest of her , parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Meyers > for about two weeks. Mrs. Wilson was formely Miss Mary Meyers.

ANDERSON TRYING EXPERIMENT Serve Notice on saloon Keepers— Movement is Being Watched. The experiment by which the police are attempting to put a stop to drunkenness in Anderson by furnishing the saloon kepeers of the city with a list of names of notorious bums and hajbitual drunkards and warning them against selling liquor to them, will be J watched with Interest. If it proves ( effective no doubt the plan will be adopted by the police in other cities in the hope that they may thus reduce the number of arrests for drunkenness and keep town bums out of jail. Everyone of the eighty odd saloon proprietors in Anderson has been officially and legally notified not to‘sell or give liquor to about twenty men of Anderson and also not to permit their bartenders or other help to furnish anyone on the list with drinks. The notice is given under a section of the law which permits any citizen of a township to forbid the sale of liquor to any habitual drunkard of that township. The law provides a heavy penalty for violation of a notice of this kind. The serving of the notice created all kinds of emotions. Many of the saloon men were glad of an excuse t □ rid them reives of their “customers.” Others thought the police were invading “personal right” 'and others just laughed, but all have finally resolved to obey the order. Members of the Bum Brigade had scouts out early. They returned with parchdH lips and a thirst. Not a drink could they get. This morning they assembled on the sunny side of Whisky Row and talked it over. The result of the talk was more thirst and a resolve to retaliate. Tomorrow they will try to get together and prepare a list of "gentleman drinkers” who patronize drug stores and clubs and endeavor to have the police cut off their drinks. This movement is patterned after one at Rushville, where a bum list was posted on the saloon keepers. MONG IS A DRAMATIC GENIUS He Plays the Leading Role in “The Clay Baker.” The attraction at the Bosse Opera House on Thursday, December 6 will be “The Clay Baker,” with William V. Mong in .the leading role. The audiences laugh at its numor, become grave with its pathos and applaud it air with ’an enthusiasm that is convincing demonstration of its sympathy and its warm approval. The plays deals with the experiments of Peter Denig, (Mr. Mong) an aged inventor, who has striven to reproduce unbreakable pottery and who, in his moI ment of deepest despair, when his enemies have apparently triumphed over him and his poverty, and his home and furnaces are to be taken from him, finds the secret he has labored many years to discover. There is a love story or two, the machination of designing men, and other side lightg which give the play the required diversified dramatic proportion, but the main interest; of course, centers in the clay baker himself. Mr. Mong keeps the interest at high tension throughout by his unquestionable talent. He has constructed his delineation of the, old inventor along lines ithat are reminders of Jefferson in his Rip Van Winkle, of one of the most famous characters in “The Old Homestead,” and of other well known portrayers of similar characters, and he has not failed to produce a striking, an original and complete picture. The enthusiasm of the inventor, his impatience with trivial affairs that have nothing to do with his work, his native dignity, his resolute belief in rugged honesty, his devotion to his children, his babbling joy when he lived in plenty in his last days, are all portrayed with a genius and a masterfulness that promise for him continued advancement in public favor and an acknowledged place among the great character actors of this country. The scenes of the play are laid in Mont Alto and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Expressions of satisfaction and delight are always the result of the performance given by William V. Mong in “The Clay Baker.” — Q “Ves” Maggert, the heavy hitting outfielder with tho Fort Wayne Interstate team and who played later w i£h Bluffton, will move to Pittsburg, # Pa., to make that place his future home. Maggert has been drafted by the Pittsburg National league team and it was the Pittsburg management who secured him a lucrative position in the Smoky city. Mrs Julia Thoman of Garrett, is minus a $75 dollar ring, and she believes she accidentally threw the jewel into the stove with some waste paper a few days ago. Examination of the ashes, however, failed to reveal any. trace of the sparkler. j

EASTERN INSANE HOSPITAL 1 Biennial Report is Ready for the Gov-ernor—Eighty-Two Deaths in Two Years. The biennial report of Dr. S. E. Smith, medical superintendent of the Eastern Hospital for the Insane, was made public and has been submitted to Governor Hanly. Ttje number of patients in the institution, on October 31, last, was 751, which was only 1 nine less than the highest enrollment ' during the two years covered by the report. < That there is little difference in the tendency toward insanity between men and women is shown by the enroll- 1 ment since the institution opened in 1 1890. The total number of men admitted in sixteen years has been 1,248, 1 women, 1,194. At the present time there are 400 men and 451 women. In ' the last two years the mortality rec- i ord shows a total of eighty-two > deaths; two from suicide. Dr. Smith, ! while recognizing the fact that the new hospital at Madison and the epi- ■ leptic village at Newcastle' will lessen the demands of the district, as it now is formed, he does .not believe that the crowded condition of the hospital can be altogether relieved without enlargement. In every county in the district there are insane people in jails and county infirmaries awaiting admission. The appropriations recommending for the ensuing two years include $121,000 annually for maintenance of patients, at the ratio of $l6O per capita; $7,500 for repairs, annually, and $5,000 each year for clothing. The other specific appropriations called for aggregate $76,500. o_ PERCENTAGE OF SIX HUNDRED Strong Postoffice Team Lost Two Out of the Three Games Played Last Evening. STANDING. Played. Won. Lost. Pct. Elks 15 9 6 .600 1 Palace 15 9 6 .600 Klondykes ’..15 9 6 .600 Postoffice ...15 9 6 .600 K. of Cl 5 8 7 .553 Stars ..15 1 14 .066 1 The Elks did the unexpected last evening in the city bowling league by defeating the Postoffice team two games out of three and in consequence J thereof four teams are tied for first place, and it now looks like any old team soi 4 the pennant. The Elks did not come to life until the second game ’ when by magnificient bowling on the part of Sether they managed to roll ’ 895, or within four pins of the high team score The last game was for blood and was anyone r game until ’ the last ball was rolled and the scores 1 were totalled up, when it was found ’ the Elks had managed to win 'the 1 game by a narrow margin of nineteen pins. The contest was excising and ! the outcome makes the race more in--1 teresting for all the teams. ‘ ELKS ' Sether ...142''253 143 176 : France ;:.151 .161 160 157 I Mangold 114 170 149 148 , Graham ;.141 134 136 137 ‘ Studabaker 133 177 180 164 1 ‘ Totals .681 895 758 POSTOFFICE. • Frisinger 165 181 170 172 , Vaughn ..159 201 132 lff4 ' Kern 134' 168 180 160 1 Shaffer 178 117 .137 144 - Peterson 150 166 136 150 Totals 786 823 749 — o ——l—- — THE DEATH OF GRANDMA BELL > One of the Pioneers of Monroeville Died Wednesday. > Just as we were closing composi- • tion for this issue the bell in the tower , of the M. E. church began to toll, , sounding the death knell that the spirit of some one of our citizens had taken its flight to God who gave it. . Soon we learned the facts and that bell that has for years announced for her the hour of church was now tollng the departure of that sainted mother, Grandma Bell, aged widow of John Bell, who preceded her to that better world several years ago. Grandma Bell died at 8:20 last evening at the home of her son John Van Buskirk, on Elm street, she having been ailing for some time. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the M. E. church at the hour of 2:30. —Monroeville Breeze. —— o ' Long Tennessee Fight. For twenty years W. L. Rawls, pf i , Bells. Tenn., fought nasal catarrh. He writes: “The swelling and soreness in- , side my nose was fearful, till I began applying Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to the ' sore surface; this caused the soreness ■ and swelling to disappear, never to re- , turn.” Best salve in existence. 25c at Page Blackburn, druggist —— —- 4 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith and chil- 1 dren returned to Fort Wayne last i evening ,after making a short visit 1 I with Mr. and Mrs. Enos Peoples.

YOU AND THE MAIL ORDER HOUSE Twelve Good Reason* Why You Should Patronize Them. A writer in Stoves and Hardware Reporter cites the following points to show the relationship that exists between the catalogue house and the farmer, from the standpoint of the former: 1. You should sell your farm products for cash wherever you can, but not to us; we do not buy from you. 2. You shall believe our statements and buy all you need from us, because we want to be good to you, although we are not personally acquainted with you. 3. You shall send the money in advance to give us a chance to get the goods from the factory with your money; meanwhile you will have to wait patiently a few weeks because that is our business, method. 4. You shall apply to your nearest city to aid you in building good roads, so you may conveniently get the goods from the depot that you buy from us, for we do not build county roads. 5. You shall buy church bell and interior church fixtures from us and forward the money in advance, for that is our business method. 6. You shall collect from the business men in your vicinity as much money as you can for the benefit of your churches. Although we get more money from you than they do, still at is against our rules to donate money for building country churches. 7. You shall buy your tools from us and be your own mechanic, in order to drive mechanics from your vicinity, for we wish it so. 8. You shall induce your neighbor to buy everything from us, as we have room for more money. 9. You shall look often at the beautiful pictures In our catalogue so your wishes will increase and you will send in a big order, although you are not in immediate need of the goods, otherwise you might have some money left to purchase necessary goods of your local merchants. 10. You shall have the mechanics that repair the goods you buy from us book the bill, so you can send the money for his labor to us for new , goods, otherwise he will not notice our influence. 11. You shall believe us in preference to your local merchants, as we want your cash, but we only become millionaires by chance. 12. You shall, in case of accident, sickness or need, apply to your local dealers for aid and credit, as we do not know you. o LOGANSPORT BOY HAS MONEY Eighteen-Year-Old Youth Who Saved His Wages. Eighteen years old last September, Edgar Cassube, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cassube, who reside at No. 723 Linden avenue, is the proud owner of a five-room cottage, No. 824 Wheatland avenue, and a bank account that allows him to draw a check for a few hundred over $1,500. The youth was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth; he inherited not a penny from relatives; what hfe has is the result of individual hustle. At the age of ten years, Casube began delivering newspapers and at the present time is engaged in the same vocation. He is one of the Reporter’s most valued newsboys and nightly serves 150 Reporter subscribers. No matter how severe the weather, whether it rains or snows, Cassube serves each customer without miss. Instead of throwing papers in the yard, like some carriers, he puts the paper on the porch, or in the house, and his whistle announces the fact to subscribers. He makes collections promptly and treats customers courteously. Complaints against him are unknown. Besides delivering the Reporter, he sells -Chicago, Indianapolis and Cincinnati papers and supplies half a hundred or more Saturday Evening Post readers every week. He has the chocolate and crackerjack privilege at the Dowling theatre and employs two boys selling sweets to patrons. His success is due to the fact that he is alert for the chance to make a penny and possesses the race faculty of saving what he makes. He has the qualification that make successful business men. Logansport Reporter. - - o — THE HUNTING PARTY IS HOME The hunting party from Paulding and this county, with whom were Dr. J. Q. Neptune, John M. and Dyke Frisinger, arrived home this morning after a delightful three weeks’ outing ; in the forests of northern Wisconsin. The party were very successful, Securing nineteen deer, besides a plenty of smaller game. Dr. Neptune won the championship belt, securing fom deer, while Postmaster Frisigner who indulged in the sport for the first time, secured three, excelling nearly all the old-timers. The boys have been living on venison so long that porterhouse steaks now taste flat.