Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1915 — Page 5

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F."' E. Ham was a Monon goer Wednesday. Joe Halligan was a Lafayette business goer Wednesday. See us before buying threshing coaI.—HARRINGTON BROS. CO. Miss Anna Rademacher of Chicago, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Alt' Donnell}', of north of town.

Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gerber returned Tuesday from a visit with their son, Guy, and family, at Muncie.

Misses Ethel and Ruth Davisson of Lafayette, are visiting the William Daugherty family in Barkley tp.

City School Supt. Ross Dean has finished his studies at Chicago University and returned home Wednesday.

We drill water wens anywhere and any size.—WATSON PLUMBING CO., phone 204, Rensselaer, Ind. ts

Dr. Kannal went to Evansville Wednesday to attend a meeting of the Ohio Valley Veterinary Association. f z 'A 4.

Mrs. M. D. Gwin went to Oskosh, Wis., Wednesday for a couple of weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. M. 1.. Barnes.

Mrs. C. W. Watson and little daughter of Valparaiso, are visiting here with her sister, Mrs, George Henson.

Piano Tuning and Repairing—All work guaranteed, at the music store, north of Rowles & Parker’s store, or phone 566.—H. R. LANGE & SON. ts

Advertised letters: Frances D. Waling,* Pat O'Boyle, C. M. Dumiii, Dr. Sullivan. Same will be sent to the dead letter office August 0, if not called for. ‘

Company M will go to Indianapolis tomorrow morning for the annual week’s encampment at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. They will return the foi lowing Sunday evening.

John J. Wesley of Somerset, Ky,, who has been working all summer for Lee Glazebrook of north of town, returned home Thursday in response to a letter received from his folks, asking him to come home.

Two young .Milroy tp. couples have joined the matrimonial ranks this week, as told in our Milroy items—True Culp and Goldie Beaver, and Charles Harwell and Mabel Culp. The Democrat extends congratulations.

Mrs. Nora Hershman of Wheatfield tp., died Tuesday after a few weeks’ illness from pernicious anemia, leaving a husband, five sons and three daughters. Her age was about 10 years. The funeral was held at Delhotte Thursday and burial made in the cemetery at that place.

Extra! Extra! 4 People 4 FOUR HARMONY KINGS High Class Musical Act—Trumpet, Saxaphone and Brass Quartette. Of the numerous acts of this season’s booking to date, this stunt surpasses them all. Those visiting the GAYETY AIRDOME SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 31 will see and hear something in the way of a musical act never seen or heard of before in this section, or never again will this act be seen in this city. You will see four men, scientifically educated musisians, playing that number of saxaphones simultaneously and performing numerous feats surprisingly phenominal. In addition to this exceedingly excellent entertainment, the Horton Brs., who are the sole owners and managers of the Gayety, have selected at extra cost fine feature pictures to harmonize with the character of this, the grandest musical function seen at any former period by the laity of this and surrounding terrL tory. While the expense of inducing these artists to appear has been quite enormous, to show that we appreciate the liberal patronage of the laity we have decided not to advance the price v The management will be gratified if any one displeased will call at the box office for a concession. Admission 5 and 10 cents.

Judge Hanley and Rex Warner were Chicago goers Wednesday.

Dr. G. D. Strong of Homer, Mich., is the guest of Miss Anna Hartley.

Engineers recommend our threshing coaI.—HARRINGTON BROS. CIO.

Ralph Yeoman of Kansas, is visiting old friends and relatives in Jasper county.

Mr. and Mrs'. Orlan Grant of Lafayette, visited here a few days this week with relatives.

Miss Meta Oglesby returned Tuesday from a week’s visit at Mt. .Ayr with Miss Lucy Harris.

Walter Lutz, who is teaching agriculture in the Adrain, Mich., schools, is home for a month’s vacation.

Elias Hollingsworth of Anderson, for several years town marshal of Remington, came last week to Remington to visit his son-in-law, .T. G. Tharp, and other old friends.

Mrs. Caddie Tourne and Mrs. Eva Tynes of New Orleans, are visiting their sister, Mrs. J. A. Grant, in Rensselaer and will go from here to San Francisco to attend the exposition.

Because of the continued rain and the fear that the mosquitos' would depopulate the. Sunday schools, the union Sunday school picnic, planned to have been held in the Kanne grove Thursday, was indefinite 1 y postponed.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chapman returned Thursday from a few weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. George A. Williams at East Liberty, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holden left yesterday for a couple of weeks’ visit, with Mr, and Mrs. Williams.

W O. Rowles returned Tuesday from an auto trip to Michigan to bring home his wife, Master Max Robinson, Mrs. William. Washburn and .Miss Lula Hayworth, who has been sojourning at Clear Lake for the past few weeks.

Cleveland Yeoman, a son of the late Ira W. Yeoman of Remington, who has been serving in the coast artillery, with headquarters at Portland, Me., has received his discharge and returned to the home of his mother in Remington this week.

F. D. Burchard has rented the Makeever room just west of the Forsythe building, and will move his 5 and 10 cent store into same in a short time. Mrs. Beam has rented the room now occupied by Mr. Burchard and will move her millinery store thereto.

The third annual session of the Lincoln Chautauqua will be held in Rensselaer September 4 to 9, the opening day being Saturday, Sept. 4. A fine program will be rendered and the different attractions will be advertised extensively through The Democrat.

Former township trustee John P. Ryan and family were down from Gillam tp., Wednesday. Mr. Ryan marketed two carloads of fat steers in Chicago last week which averagdd a little better than 1,400 pounds each and sold for 10c per pound, or a little more than $l4O per head. Not bad for these democratic times, hey

E. P. Honan will loave Sunday for Providence, R. 1., to attend the international meeting of the Catholic Order of Foresters, to which he was recently elected a delegate from Indiana. He will visit his brother, Dr. J, H. Honan, at Shawnee, Pa., and it is probable that the former’s son, Edward M, Honan, who has been with Dr. Honan for several months, will return home with him.

Harry Gallagher, who is putting in a small bridge over in Carpenter tp., near Mose Sigo’s place, said they had a tremendous big rain over there early Thursday morning, about as heavy as any they have had. The farther south he went from Rensselaer the heavier was the rainfall. The rain started here about midnight, and kept it up perhaps until 9 o’clock Thursday morning.

Tuesday, August 3 ELLIS THEATRE 6r AUTHORITY'OF OF THE MRVV, *H:HON.JOSEPHUS DANIELS am me comm*ho£»Saxo orr/cttts or rue Htw u a /vayy q Lyman H.Howe PRESENTS Hts STUPENDOUS EXCLUSIVE NAVAL SPECTACLE THE llm U.S.NAVY OF 1013 immmm the Philippines ; mi AfcT iiY Till native life .customs shears festivities,etc wT/STmHPW from SAVAGES to civilization Prices 25, 35 and 50c Seats at Box Office. Phone 98

Mrs. Viletta Sparling of Demotte, has been granted a widow’s pension of sl2 per month.

We sell the best threshing coal for the least money.—'HARRINGTON BROS. CO.

W, S. Parks returned Thursday evening from a business trip to Marion and other points in that vicinity.

C, M. Sharp, late principal of the Rensselaer high school, who tendered his resignation recently, will teach in the Shortridge, Indianapolis, high school the coming year.

Abe Martin says; “With new pertaters sellin’ at 17 cents a peck an’ Palm Beach suits within reach o’ all, even a sewin’ machine agent ought f look fat an’ sassy. When we do strike a really-good sweet canteloupe we're all willin’ t’.fergit th’ past.”

Mrs. Garland Grant was a Monon goer Wednesday to attend a dinner given in honor of the 8 sth birthday anniversary of her aged father, H. M. Baughman. Mrs. Grant has rented Aunt Mary Jane Hopkins’ property op River street and will move into same in a few days.

Mrs. W. V. Porter left Wednesday for an extended visit with relatives in Nebraska and near Mitchell, S. D, Mr. Porter will join her in Kansas. and they'will go together to visit the Bruce Porter, Will Clark, the Kenton families and other former residents of Jasper county now residing near Mitchell.

Two small sons of Stipt. Fisher, who has charge of the second big dredge being built for the deepening of the Kankakee river and with his family is boarding at the Halliday Hotel in Kersey, are sick with smallpox. A quarantine has ben established and it is not thought there will be any spread of the disease.

Elmer Elder, aged 53, a brother of David Elder of Rensselaer, died at the home of his son, Van Elder, in Mo'nticello, Wednesday, after an illness of nine months following a stroke of paralysis. He leaves a wife and seven children. The funeral was held at Monticello yesterday and was attended by relatives from here. Burial was made at Idaville.

A gentleman from Edinburg, Johnson county, accompanied by his family, passed through Rensselaer via auto Wednesday evening, north bound. They stopped here for a few moments, and in conversation with C. J. Dean he stated that he was surprised to see it so wet in this part of the state, and said that it was very dry down at his home. He said that it was so dry in the river bottoms that his corn curling. This man evidently a descendant of Anaias* as J. Mr Brown of Franklin, only a few miles from. Edinburg, says it has been very wet there.

Mrs. John McCurtain and family of Parr, have moved to Rensselaer because of fear of her husband, who recently made his escape from the asylum at Longcliff. McCurtain, who has thus far evaded capture and return to the asylum, was over in Illinois, about Streator, last week, according to a letter he wrote to hi 3 wife and which was mailed at that place, but he was in Jasper county again Sunday and put in an appearance at the home of his wife’s parents in Barkley tp., where she was then stopping, and attempted to see her.

CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Stgtatmeof

The most economical threshing coal at HARRINGTON' BROS. CO.’S yards.

Ideal Account Files. 51. 50 each.— The Democrat's fancy stationer}’ department.

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 73c; oats, 33c; wheat, 90-97 c; rye, 80c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 67e; oats, 30c; wheat, 75c; rye, 50c.

There was another very large turnout Wednesday night to the regular weekly band concert and a tine program was rendered by our excellent band.

Miss Grace Norris of Rensselaer has been engaged as Latin teache: in the high school for the cominj year. No successor to Mr. Sharp a Principal has been selected at thi writing.

It is stated that more than 500 acres of sugar beets in the country about Morocco and Enos, in Newton county, have been destroyed by high water, entailing a loss between $35.000 and $40,000.

Carl Duvall, accompanied by J. A. McFarland, drove to Rockville yesterday, and Mr. Duvall will bring back with him Miss Lizzie Lee, of that place, who will accompany him °n the outing to Edgewater tomorrow’.

According to published reports, Newton county has 778 automobiles within her borders, as shown by the number registered with the secretary ot state; White county lias 1(50; Lake county, 2,396. Jasper, as stated in Wednesday's Democrat, has 64].

Jacob Burma, a Holland farmer residing near Demotte, was robbed of $4 7 in cash and a check for SSO -Monday night by thieves who entered the house while the family was asleep. Bloodhounds were brought in but they failed to get any trace of the rubers.

W. F. Smith, the stone road contractor, now residing at Laporte, and George W. Robbins of Rochester, near which place Smith is building some stone roads, had a fistic encounter a few days ago in which both men Were considerably hammered up.

Misses Ethel and Genevia Hopbins, daughters of S. IT. Hopkins, a firmer well known resident to Bark1‘ y tp., came yesterday from North Manchester, near which place .Mr. Hopkins now resides, for a week’s visit with their sister, Mrs. Bud Lewis, of Barkley tp.

The number of identified dead in the capsizing of the steamer Eastland in the Chicago river last Saturday reached 832 Thursday night, all the bodies recovered having been identified except one, that of a young woman about 22 years old. It. is thought that perhaps 200 more bodies are in the mud in the bottom o’ the river underneath the boat.

Benton Review: The town board of Remington are trying out a new electric fire whistle, which is located on top of the 70-foot water tow’er. The whistle is guaranteed to awake all the citizens of the town and can be heard for miles around. A oue and one-half horse power motor operates the alarm which can be sounded from the telephone office by the operator throwing a switch.

A niece of Mrs. Heuson, Miss Margaret O’Shaunnessy, aged 24 years, who was employed by the Western Electric Company of Chicago, wap one of the victims of the Eastland steamship horror in Chicago last Saturday, her body being recovered about two hours after the accident occurred. Mrs. Heuson and sons, Phil and George, attended the funeral of Miss O’Shaunnessy in Chicago Wednesday.

Mrs. Samuel Duvall, accompanied by her husband, came home from the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis yesterday oa the 10:37 a. m., train. She stood the trip fairly well, but was quite tired. Since she has been able to eat solid food she has gained 15 pounds, and is improving right along. However, it will be some little time before she will be able to have visitors, Rev. Curnick states.

Mr. and Mrs, S. M. Xoble and Mrs. Will Largent, who were seriously injured in an automobile accident near Remington a week ago Sunday evening, anid have since been confined in a sanitarium at. that place, are expected home today. Mr. Noble has been up and around for a few days, and Mrs. Noble and Mrs. Largent, both of whose injuries were in the shoulder, back and side, have sufficiently recovered to stand the trip home.—Kentland Enterprise.

HELPFUL HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES

Egg Beater That Is Operated by a Vertical Lever.

Nearly all egg beaters are designed upon the crank and wheel principle, but in n new one recently patented the rotary motion is supplied by the vertical movement of a lever which is said to be much more satisfactory for many reasons, the main one of which is that a greater speed may be secured by less exertion. While it is designed particularly for egg beating, a great number of similar operations may be performed with it, such as making mayonnaise and mixing cake batter. The apparatus is secured to a table, and the eggs or other material to be treated are placed In a deep glass receptacle into which the heaters descemir A slight movement of the lover Is sufficient to violently agitate the shaft on which the heaters are mounted, and the aeration of the eggs is quickly accomplished.

Scotch Cabbage Soup. Required; One firm, white cabbage, two ounces of butter, two heaped tablespoonfuls of medium oatmeal, one small onion, one pint of milk, one and a half pints of water, salt and pepper. Well wash and carefully examine the cabbage, then cut it Into thin shreds. Throw it into a pan of fast boiling witter and boil it for five minutes, then drain off this water and throw it away. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the chopped onion and the cabbage and let them cook gently for five minutes, then add a pint and a half of water, and when it reboils sprinkle in the oatmeal. Add a little salt and let the soup boil gently until the cabbage Is quite tender. Stir it now and then or it will stick and burn. Lastly, add the milk, and if the soup seems thin do not use all. Season carefully and servo it in a hot tureen, with toast or fried bread cut in neat dice. Cleaning Frying Pans. All frying pans and omelet pans Should be cleaned in the following way: Directly they are done with pour off all the fat and then wipe them thoroughly with fresh pieces of paper till these come off quite clean, and When the pan is rubbed over with a clean cloth there should be no stain on it. If by any chance one of these pans has got burned at any time dip a cloth in salt and rub this well on the pan till the .burned part is removed. Or crushed eggshells can he used in the same way. If any tin pots and pans lie used remember that after cleaning they must be kept in a warm place and, of course, thoroughly dried, for otherwise they are apt to rust at the seams. Stuffed Potatoes. Required: Large, even sized potatoes, for each potato a tablespoonful of grated cheese, one tablespoonful of chopped cooked meat, one teaspoonful of chopped onion, parsley and dripping. Scrub the potatoes, bake them until they are soft inside. Cut one end off each and. carefully scoop out with a small spoon. Mash them smoothly anil mix it with the cheese, meat, parsley, onion, warmed dtipping and seasoning. Refill the skins with this. Reheat until very hot nil through and serve at Once. Mutton Bone Broth. When buying mutton or lamb for a roast bring home also the hones which the butcher removes and make a nutritious broth for lunch. Put Hie hones into the soup kettle, cover with three pints of cold water, add four tablespoonfuls of pearl barley and allow to heat slowly. When boiling skim carefully and set the kettle back that tho broth may simmer for tw r o hours. Season well with salt and serve very hot In bouillon cups. Lingerijs Ribbons. Colored ribbons which are used in embroidery or lace and which must be removed before laundering can be easily replaced by this method: Tie a white wrapping twine to one end of the ribbon, draw the ribbon out and the string in and untie. After washing reverse, drawing the ribbon back into place. Fruit Punch. Squeeze the juice of four lemons and two oranges into a glass bowl or pitcher. Add a small can of shredded pineapple and put in any berries that you wish. Add a generous quantity of cracked Ice and sugar to taste. Add a quart of carbonated water and garnish with a generous bunch of mint

Wej*ather suspect that You Are Goins; to BUILD Something, Sometime. Most everybody does. It may be that you are going to Build something very soon. If so, come in and tell us the size of it. We'll make the SIZE OF THE BILL as small as possible. GRANT-WARNER LUMBER CO. I£WITOIaI%£ The town of Brook has definitely decided to install a waterworks system.

Wesley W. Cline, aged 79, a pioneer resident or Newton county, died at his home in Brook Wednesday, after an illness of two years. , ■ I * It Gr.eene, a prominent citizen • ■ ■ niibnd, who with three other inniond men were bound for Cedar Lake Monday evening to partake of a chicken dinner, was killed at Dyer when his big Cadillac-eight skidded find turned over at the foot of a hill. 11 is companions escaped serious injury. The ear was not badly dain-a-.eii. Greene was 4 5 years of age and unmarried. Climb.- Shephard of Lafayette, who owns a large farm four miles West and two miles south of town, reports, the total loss of 150 acres of < orn, as the result of the recent wet weather. There are others owning h int in some parts of the county who are also losers by water. It is said that. 5,00 P acres were under water in Princeton township.—Monon News.

An anti-machine democratic weekly paper, with Horace H. Herr, former editor of the Indiana Daily Times, is to be launched at Indianapolis. It is to be called “The Forum,’’ and it is said to tie backed financially by .fames H. McGill and George Dodge, Valparaiso; John R. Jones, of Plymouth, author of the Jones statewide primary law; Judge Eicliorn of Bluff ton, and Kirby Risk of Lafayette.; ''

And now suit has been filed in the White circuit court, asking for a receiver for the Thread Mills Co., which succeeded the Chicago Thread Manufacturing Co., and now operates the Monticello thread factory, the only real dyed-in-the-wool factory Monticello’s energetic boosters ever local* ed there. The former company owe a New York firm a balance of some $6,009 on a note given in 1910, it is alleged *in the complaint, which its successor refuses to assume, and lack of good faitvh is chargd in the transfer of the thread mills to the present company.

As a result of the Eastland disaster in the Chicago river the Indiana Transportation Company has laid up its steamers Theodore Roosevelt and United States for the remainder of the season. The crew of the Roosevelt, which has been in the excursion business between Michigan City and Chicago, was paid off and the steamer was placed in its winter quarters. The United States arrived from its' run between Chicagp and Saugatuck, Mich., and will be tied up at its dock at Michigan City. Lake traffic had been bad all summer and the Eastland disaster caused it to slump almost to the vanishing point. The Indiana Transportation Company was the lessee of the Eastland. Buy envelopes at The Democrat ofllce. A large number of sizes, styles and colors, both bond and plain finish, to select from, at 5c per bunch of 25. Call In and see them.