Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1910 — Page 3

"ludlanaimMs’lnfl ? Oct 14-(Sp«ctell \ to Dally Democrat)—SamuelM. Balaton of Lebanon will throw himself into the democratic speaking campaign next Saturday. Dates have been arranged by Chairman Hendren of the speakers' bureau, which will keep Mr. Ralston busy until the Saturday before election. Mr. Ralston has taken a prominent part in every democratic campaign for years and has friends and admirers in every county in the state. Many towns which demanded his services this year were gratified by Chairman Hendren’s schedule, while others accepted other speakers. Mr. Ralston's dates are as follows: October 15tb Nashville, afternoon; Octover 17th, Cambridge City, night; October 18th, Shirley, night; October 20th, Parker City, night; October 22nd, Gary, night; October 24th, Roachdale, night; October 29th, Haubstadt, night; October 31st, Lincoln City, afternoon; November Ist, Salem, afternoon; November 2nd, Rushville, night; November 3rd, Alexandria, ; » night; November 4th, Decatur, night, and November bin, Brookville, afternoon. * ( Another week of John W. Kern’s speaking engagements has been an-, nounced as follows: October 14th, Bedford, afternoon; Oolitic, night; October 15th, New Palestine, afternoon; October 17th, Bluffton, afternoon;. Muncie, night; , October 18th, Huntington, night; October 19th, Warsaw, afternoon; Rochester, night; October 20th, Ha%- ? mond, night, and October 22nd, Greencastle, afternoon; Indianapolis, night. Senator Shively speaks at Tell City • October 14th; October 15th, Corydon, afternoon; New Albany, night; October 17th, Patricksburg, afternoon; October 19th, Greenfield, night; October 20th, Lawrenceburg, night; October 21st, Brookville, afternoon; October 22nd, Union City, night F ' V— ————— The big will case from Huntington county, John F. McArdle et al vs. Patrick Gorman et al., set for trial October 24th, has been continued until Monday, November 28th. A. J. Smith, Cited to appear in the Sowers case, was dismissed from the attachment proceedings oh payment of costs. ' ' ' ’ .-A •'4 * ' ‘ r’'. - K Marriage licenses: John Kuhne, 35, farmer, Mercer county, Ohio, to Lillie Coffee, 23, daughter of John Coffee of Jefferson township; William W. Lang, 30, oil worker, Geneva, to 5 Goldie Chimrine, 18, Geneva; Henry Kress, 23, draughtsman, Fort Wayne, to Emily Hockemeyer, 23, daughter of Charles Hockemeyer. • George W. Everett was appointed guardian for Helen and Geraldine Everett and gave bond for 8400. John E. Jack was named admlnlstra- ; tor of the Albert estate and filed bond for $600.’ rS An inventory was filed by Rose Christen, giving list of personal property, amounting to about $3,200. \ — —o— — TEDDY WANTS MORE “GINGER.” New York, N. Y., Oct. 15—(Special' to Dally Democrat —Rushing direct /. from a train to his offices in the OutI look buildlug today, Colonel Roosevelt summoned the republican campaign leaders and made it plain that he f does not think that the managers are | putting enough "ginger” into the campaign to suit him. Things are expected to liven up as a result of the meeting. JACOB BAKER SELLS FARM. —— ■ Mr. and Mrs. JAcob Baker and grandchildren of near Monroe were business visitors in the city. Mr. Baker has sold his farm near Monroe to Jacob Longebarger, one of the prominent residents of that vicinity, 5 the forty-six acres bringing the very good price of $6,300. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have not yet decided where | . they will buy. . - -o— -— . BRETHREN CONFERENCE. . The annual conference of the Brethren in Christ church* will con- : vene at the Beery church west of this city October 21st. A large delegation is expected to be present from different points from Ohio. ' I There was considerable Interest today about the interurban station in the department of the Wells-Fargo Express company, when it became known that an airship was resting here with folded wings, before proceeding on to Fort Wayne, where It will be used in the aviation meet to be held Saturday and Sunday, October 22nd and 28rt. The ship was sent from O. H. Harrington, a student of Glenn H. Curtiss, from Youngstown, Ohio, to himself at Fort Wayne. The ship was used in a similar event at Youngstown, and was then sent, by Wells-Fargo to Fort Wayne. WellsFarro Agent Ben Elsey was kept busy

great bird, which was In his c*re for a short while today. While it was packed in five large boxes, very ordinary looking ones at that, though weighing in the aggregate About 1,400 pounds, the fact that the contents was an .airship, was enough to make interest at high tide about the place. — . GERMAN DINNER AND SUPPER. The Dorcas Daughters o fthe Ger* man Reformed church have planned to give a German dinner and supper, the menu to include sauer kraut and wieners of the good old-fashioned kind with many other good substantial things that make up the typical German meals so much enjoyed by all. The dinner an suppeP will be given next Saturday, October 22nd in the Niblick building, south of this office. The ladles will make no ticket canvass, but everybody Is invited to attend. ■ —- o . ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BOOKS BY MRS. PORTER. ♦ 4 ♦ 4 SONG OF THE CARDINAL. ♦ 4 FRECKLES. ♦ 4 WHAT I HAVE DONE WITH ♦ 4 ''BIRDS. ♦ 4 AT THE FOOT OF THE RAIN- ♦ 4 BOW. ♦. 4 GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST. ♦ 4 BIRDS OF THE BIBLE. ♦ 4 MUSIC OF THE WILD. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ “Music of the Wild,” the newest and we believe the most charming of all her nature stories, by Gene Strat-ton-Porter of Geneva, was offered by her publishers, Jennings and Graham, of Cincinnati, October Ist. It is the sweetest, niost inspiring, interesting and lovable story of nature we have ever read, and we believe that all who read it will agree with us. For a week we have enjoyed thisJigw book —mark you—enjoyed it, and we expect to re-read it and then read it,to the children. No one can glance through the book without becoming Interested, and if you study it, you will become not only a lover of nature, but a sincere admirer of the Writer, for her work is marvelous. She has done wonders and is rapidly becoming if not now, the foremost nattffe writer of the country and the age. Thd hook is one of the most beautiful ever published, the cover, designed by Mi-s. Porter’s daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Monroe, bf green, with halfwhite binding, and the title in letters of gold, Interwoven by a “rattle-box vine In green. Between the two hand some covers are 428 pages of the moat delightful reading, and the most wonderful pictures imaginable, the latter being taken and developed by the authoress herself. The book is dedicated to Mlles Fuller Porter. The frontispiece is “The Song of the River,” apt and pretty, with an appropriate quotation from Bfyant, beneath. On through the book, every other page is an illustration that can almost talk, and they tell the story of the forest and hills, were there not a word in the volume, but there is, a delightfully pleasing, almost poetical story, that brings one back to youth as does no’literature it has ever been our pleasure to read. Underneath each Illustration is a verse, either original or credited to some well known author, appropriate and well chosen. In those of her own, the authoress has shown that not alone in prose lies her ability as a writer. On the title page appears the following: "Music of the Wild, with reproductions of the performers, their instruments and festival halls.” These reproductions Include 120 pictures of birds, insects, animals, flowers,,trees and familiar haunts of the wild, The book is In three parts, namely, “The Chorus of the Forest,” “ Songs of theField,” and “Music of the March,” and we believe a short review of each will be appreciated by our readers. Unlike most writers who have gone into the forest or field, along the winding roadway or beside the sparkling brook and written of what they saw, Mrs. Porter has listened and sung of what she heard, an entirely new departure, even ip nature study. She begins the "Chorus of the Forest,” by comparing the woods to a Cathedral, where the unsurpassed tree-harps accompany the singers in natures* grandest anthems, and says It is the place for “all brave and happy hearts to go and learn the mighty chorus.” She tells of the trees, mighty and small;, of the flowers, beside which their hot-house relatives cannot compare in beauty or in delicacy of color. Her forest Cathedral, of which she writes was evidently some distance away, her trip having been made by rail and water, the wooded places of this section having been marred by axe, and the occupants frightened away by intruders. The writer is a true nature lover, and thinks the occupants of the forest, the bees, the j birds, the animate, the flowers and the trees too precious to be ruthlessly destroyed. She is by no means in sympathy with the ape-

clalist who dissects birds, uproots flowers or runs a pin through a moth while it yet struggles. Her camera does her specializing. Intermingled in her first book is the story of the growth and life of the foxglove, the dogwood, the beech tree, the pawpaw bush, bees, locust, the crow, hawk, peewee and a pretty story of Mr. and Mrs. Che-wlnk. It closes with a story of the hop tree dance in which.“ Every voice of each living creature, lifted in joy, curiosity, pain or anger, with the leaf, rustle or cyclonic agony of the trees, the murmur of waters, the whisper of the winds and the song of humanity, plays a part.” “Songs of tthe Fields,” the second part of the book, is if possible more entertaining than the first. While the forest is called the Temple at God, the fields are the ampltheatre of man. The old farm, forest guarded, resounding with bird song and tramped with scudding feet, have two ownersr-the man whozpays the taxes and the woman witnthe camera, and An eye for the beauty of the landscape. vWhile others have sung of various flowers, Mrs. Porter's favorite is the dandelion, and she says that if we had to import them at five dollars per, all of us who could would grow them in pretty pots. Other flowers of the field are described, the skylark which the authoress calls the earth-born singer is given a share of pretty description. Even the hop-toad is described in language so well chosen that it converts the reader from the old idea that it causes warts or makes your cow give bloddy milk. Who could help loving the bellflower, wild rose, meadow rue and tiger lilly? If you don’t now you will when you read “Songs of the field.” The reader of the book is brought close home in this part, by a story of the accidental removel of a bed of lillies from the Long farm near Ceylon to a spot near Bryant, where the railroad section men placed them, and where they grew, and prospered, becoming almost twice the natural size, a great picnic ground for bees, insects, grasshoppers and birds. The molly cotton, a baby rabbit, is told about and photographed, and beneath this illustration is this little verse: “After lunch, I wash my face And go to have a romp With other little cotton tails Down in the Limberlost swamp.” Have ever thought of the birds of the field? Mrs. Porter tells you in her own happy way of the robin, the oriole, the king bird and his queen, of the screech owl, beneath whose handsome picture is written:

“The screech owl screeches when courting, Because it’s the best he can do, If you couldn’t court without Ing, v Why, then, I guess you would screech, too.” Through all the book, the writer shows her real love for the Limberlost land, with which does not even compare the streams of India’s golden sands, Italy’s mountains or England’s meadows. She follows the little stream through the Bone’s woods, the Rayn farm and singing into Schaffer’s meadow and on through Grove’s fields, where it rushes into the Wabash river. "Music of the Marsh,” the third part begins with: "Come with me and you shall know The garden where God’s. flowers grow; Come with me and you shall hear His waters whisper songs of cheer.” Then follows a bull frog story that any child of years from three to three score and ten or more, will completely enjoy. The swamp is made attractive to the reader by telling of the pretty flowers to be found there—-the golden rod, astor, swamp laurel, cone flowers and marsh lillies, and there, too dwell the moth, the dragon fly,, the kill-deer, the wren, plover, king rail, coot, Indigo, finch,' belldiVer and other of the feathered family. Listening there Mrs. Porter hears sweet music and describes it well. Mrs. Porter and Her Work. Adams county has a right to feel proud of Gene Stratton Porter and her splendid work, and we believe that every man, woman add tehild within the boarders of this old shire, at least those who know her and have read her beautiful nature books, are not only Indebted to her, but they love her and the work which brings theih closer to nature’s wonders. While she has proven her ability as a novel writer, the books which really show her spirit, her ability, her real work and her power to help is manifestly in her works on nature, in which she has established an entirely new field and is without doubt in a class by herself. Nature books that read like fairy tales that show a wealth of charm, of truth, of wonder, this is her strength. In June, IM3, Mrs. Porter gave to the reading world her first book, "The Song of the Cardinal.” This was a nature book, new in style, and was pronounced a poem by. able critics. Ito sale has been wonderful, as can well be imagined from the pub* 5-

Usher's report, which shows that in its fourteenth half-year, 500 copies were sold. A year later, "Freckles,” was published. It is a readable, sweet story, which nearly all our readers know, and was the book which perhaps more than any other gave Mrs. Porter her reputation as a story writer. It has been one of the biggest selling books on uie market during recent years, and has passed the 200,000 mark. It is printed in four different bindings and wifi soon be out in a combination binding with the "Girtof the Limberlost.” In one magazine this month, this book is advertised in four different places, showing its standing with the publishers, as it still sells alongside of the newer books. Its sale has been continuous and one great publisher says that it is one of the few books of the decade that will live. For this book, it may be.of interest to some to know, Mrs. Porter has actually received cash returns, which average over SI,OOO a week for the time required in writing it The third effort of the now widely famed authoress, was, “What I Have Done With Birds.” It was a. handsome nature volume and the sale for the five years it has been on the market have been very good for that class of books. The next was “At the Foot of the Rainbow,” one of her best ones but which had an unfortunate marketing, the company who published 't failing, just at the time it was due. This prevented its being put out for the holiday trade and it has never been up to' the sale standard it deserves. Mrs. Porter thinks it her strongest plot. “The Girl of the Limberlost,” her fifth book, a companion to “Freckles” was a well written story, that proved as popular as did her first novel. It had a big pre liminary sale on the strength of its sister, and the sales since have been almost remarkable. In July,' which is always considered the dullest month of the year by publishers, the sales were over 12,000 copies. It is selling now better than ever, and when a year old last August the sales had aggregated over 100,000 and the publishers expect it to reach double that by its second birthday. The cash from this book has already brought the writer more than $2,500 per week for the time required to write it. This book and “Freckles” are permanent and will be known among book dealers for years to come. The sixth book was “Birds of the Bible,” the most difficult of all, since it required weeks and months of work. It is well written, one of the finest literary efforts ever given the public. Every sentence In this book was gone over and over again by the authoress. It sold exceptionally well and is keeping it up. Her seventh book is the one just out, “Music of the Wild,” which we predict will outsell all the nature books on the market today. Until recently Mrs. Porter has devoted a part of her time to magazine writing but with her publishers demanding a book each year, other duties are impossible and she has given them up. An idea of how Mre. Porter has created a mw field that public demanded is shown in a little incident which occurred when she sent in her copy for “Freckles.” The publisher wrote and asked her to replace some of the “nature talk,” and she did make some slight changes toplease. Now the cry of the publishers is “a little more nature please,” or “can't you arrange to give us one of your charming nature stories this year.”

While the writing of these books has been done by Mrs. Porter because she loved it, and by the way that’s the real reason why .she has been so successful, she has also managed to make the business a most complete success financially, which is the standard, by which too many of us figure real success. While we have not been able to secure a detailed statement of the returns of her work, we have learned through a reliable source, that recently’ when it became necessary for Mrs. Porter to raise some money for use in a business transaction, she drew on her publishers for the money earned from the sale -of her books this year, seven months, up to and including August, and that the drafts, totaled |34,000. At this rate her earnings are at this time about |60,000 per year or an income equal to that from property worth more than a million dollars, estimated at five per cent Mrs. Porter's next book will be a hovel and the lovers of her writings know that it will be worth reading. We hope she may continue her work for years to come and we cannot help adding in conclusion that we believe every library to Adams county should have oh its shelves, the works of this lady who has become known nation wide as a writer, and this is something worth while, when you consider that there are more than 25,000 book writers to the United States. , , — -O' Indianapolis, Ind., Oct IS—(Special tq Dajly Democrat!—The public announcement of the Cigar Mikfire’

Blue Label League of Indiana that the “Senator Beveridge” cigar is a nonunion cigar, made ny cnild labor, and the League’s demand that Senator Beveridge withdraw permission given the manufacturers to use his name by October 15th, have greatly disturbed the Beveridge No more embarassing thing could have happened at this time with Senator Beveridge in the heat of his speaking campaign, proclaiming loudly from every willing stump, his abhorrence for the very conditions under which this cigar, his nameeake, is manufactured. A Labor leaders believe that he can do nothing but meet the demands of the cigar makers of Indiana, but the eight years in which the senator’s name has been used over their protests, makes the situation bad for Senator Beveridge. The "Senator Beveridge” non-union, child labor cigar, is manufactured in Detroit by Marcero Bros. & Spitz Co., which is one of the fourteen cigar companies in Detroit of the same character. A circular distributed by the union ’ cigar men of Detroit tells the whole story as follows: “There is a bunch of fourteen cigar manufacturers in Detroit who have det veloped labor skinning into a fine art. Their usual prey is women and children, and they have located their factories or traps in what is known as “Polish Town,” where children are plentiful and the people are poor and willing to accept almost any conditions thrust upon them. “Among other devices with which the labor power of women and children is coined into profits is a certificate plan of employment. An imposing document, printed in script type, with the picture of a factory in one corner and other things to make the thing look official and inspire a child with awe, is signed up by any one of the fourteen and conveys the extraordinary privilege upon the applicant ftjr a job, to pay $5 to learn the cigar making trade. “If the child has no $5, which is usually the case, $1 is paid in advance and a dollar a week during the following five weeks. “Thus the victim is compelled to pay an additional profit of 20 per cent to the manufacturer for the privilege of handing him $5. "But this is not all. Having given the manufacturer $5 and usually 20 per cent on top of that, the victims make the bosses a present of their labor power for thirty-six weeks, and moreover furnish their own tools with which to work. Then at the end of the thirty-six weeks’ period, the victims become graduates and are actually beginning to get a glimpse of real money. Not so fast, however. They get it and they don’t get it. Along comes another gaudy certificate, which must be signed and then the graduate receives a promissory note entitling the holder to $1 per week “on condition that our pay roll books show that she has worked steadily in our factory for a period of six months from the date of this certificate.” In other words the manufacturer keeps the dollar-a-week wage for six months and draws interest on that If the girls quits her job within the six months’ period, which she may do, she receives nothing. “Can you beat it? Surely the Detroit system deserves the blue ribbon from the Post and Kirby open shoppers. Not only do the fourteen allied cigar manufacturers of Detroit receive “free” labor for a year at a time, but . those loyal and faithful slaves supply their own necessaries of life and give their kind masters money besides.”

> . x I' -I 1 V —« • ’ LEGAL NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, November 20,1916, at 9:00 o’clock a. m M in the city of Decatur, state of Indiana, at the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Freight depot, on compliance with the statute of said state we will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, one car load of lumber, descriped as No. One Common Shiplap. T. S. T. L. & W. Car 6314. Originad Car. St L. S. F. 121512; Said lumber having remained refused and the legal thereon, unpaid during the space of three months after arrival. Notice hereby given to the Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Sons, Decatur, Ind., also Leßue Lumber Co., Indianapolis, Ind., for further information inquire of Agent T. St. L. & W. R. R., Decatur, Indiana, or O. Ashworth, freight tracing agent, T. St. L. & W. R. R., Bloomihgton, 81. TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. It — ( - ' 0 " - - EXPRESS THANKS. Jacob Buhler and children wish to extend their thanks in this way to all the neighbors and friends who in countless ways aided them so kindly during the Illness , and at the time Qf the death of their wife and mother.

A Happy Thought. Patience, Hope and Love! O part them never! If Hope prostrate lie, Love, too, will sink and die. But Love is subtle; and will proof derive, From her own life, that Hope is yet alive. Yet haply there will come a weary day When, overtasked, at length Both Love and Hope beneath the load give way; ' Then, with a statue’s smile, a statue’s strength, ■£ Stands the mute sister, Patience — » nothing loth; And, both supporting, does the work of both. —Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The Misses Nellie Nichols and Vera Hunsicker were delightful hostesses to twenty-five of the Queen Esther band and their friends at the home of Miss Nichols Friday evening. Interesting readings on the schools at Tuscan, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California, that are being assisted in support by this little band of home missionary workers, were read and the regular program okthe devotional was carried out. A social hour followed, with music. Special mention should be made of the vocal solo by little Miss Dolores Ballenger, with piano accompaniment by Miss Florine Edwards. Refreshments, consisting of ice cream and cake were served. Among business matters considered Friday evening was the decision to hold a sale of pastry, candies, etc., at the Hower & Baker meat market on Second street next Saturday afternoon. Every Queen Esther is asked to contribute to this and to have her supplies at the market by 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The society also will hold a handkerchief sale in the near future.

Major George V. Menzies, one of Indiana’s greatest democrats, and also a citizen of renown in various other lines, will address the people of this locality at the court house in this city, on the evening of next Wednesday, October 19th. The information was received by County Chairman D. N. Erwin from Bert Hendren, chairman of the speakers’ bureau at Indianapolis, and the- news’ will be well received by the people here. Major Menzies is a speaker of great power and his speech will be well worth your time, this being his only date in this section of the state. If you wish to hear the important issues of this campaign discussed you should not fail to hear him. Word has also been received that Hon. L. Ert Slack of Franklin, Ind., will speak at Gevena on the afternoon and at Berne on the evening of Saturday, October 29th. Senator Slack is also one of the Indiana leaders and he should have large crowds at each place. He is an ex-senator, and is known- as one of the best sepakers on the platform this year. j

A GOOD GAME. • I —■ • Monroe Takes Game From the Local High School Team. The basket ball teams of the high schools of this city and Monroe met on the grounds of the local team Friday evening and a real fast game was in progress for a short time. The visiting team proved themselves the better aggregation, defeating the Decatur boys by a score of 14 to 12. The Monroe team is a last bunch of play; ers and showed their superiority in several ways. The locals did their best and when the return game is played at Monroe in the near future they promise that they will have a different story to tell. ,. o— —— . COMPLAIN OF BUYING BAD EGGS. Selling Packed Eggs For Fresh Ones a Violation of Pure Food Law. $ We have heard a number of complaints among the people because of getting bad eggs and it is said the matter will be investigated. Perhaps there are many people who do hot realize how serious a matter it is under the pure food law to sell packed eggs for fresh ones. You have the right to sell them, but ybu must sell them as packed eggs—not fresh • ones. If you do so you are liable to fine or imprisonment. The buyers are watching this matter more closely • than heretofore and the parties who persist in doing this are liable to get into serious trouble. Such business means a loss to the buyer. "We advise those who sell eggs to be mighty careful about slipping in the bad ones, fOr it will be no surprise if some one is* caught and make an example of. e .„ — Quite a number of young men are taking advantage erf the shooting range, which is at present on at the Saratoga shooting gallery, and many of them have made very good marks tQward winning the rifle, which is to be given away next Monday evening. r" ’ 1