Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1919 — Page 8

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MK IS ®lffl . A Thing of Beauty ts-“ Joy Forever Even a car is no better than it looks. When everybody admire* your car, it gets better care. With ; proper care, service is assured. Getting service is an everlasting pleasure. There is at least one rood car that looks the part. Pride of ownership is built in with over 21 years’ experience making fine oars. It speaks its own value. I Mean the OLDS HUGH KIRK. - Rensselaer, inflow

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

VIRGIE Lewis .Harrington went to Renseelaer Sunday. Charles Wiseman visited home folks over Sunday. Denver and Elvin Pott> visited home folks Sunday. Earl Williams went to Rensselaer Wednesday evening. Mrs. Ben sellers returned to Hammond Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McCurtain Were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Our school closed last Friday. A dinner was had in the school house. Mr. and Mrs. “Fish” Gilmore returned to Fair Oaks Monday morn' ing. Ancel Potts took Mr. ans Mrs. Ed Spurgeon to Rensselaer Wednesday. Mrs. C. A. Harrington and daughter, Mrs. John Maher, went to Rensselaer Monday. 4 Mrs. John Zellers and Mrs. T. J. Mallatt called on Mrs. Wm. Potts Wednesday afternoon. (Lottie Pickner of near Kniman visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank King a few days this week. Mrs. Daniel Wood called on Mrs. John Zellers Monday night, returning home Tuesday morning. W. W. Zellers and “Fish’’ Gilmore autoed to Hammond Thursday morning, returning Friday. Miss Esther Wiseman went to Rensselaer Friday evening and took the teachers’ examination Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Zellers came down from Hammond Friday evening and visited relatives here until Sunday evening. Miss Flossie Wiseman and Firiman Pettet went to the dance at Knimah Wednesday evening, given by Miss Oleda Meyers. Fay Williams returned home Monday evening from Fair Oaks where she had been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Thomtpson. Mrs. Roy Potts and mother, Mrs. Polleck, visited the Ancel Potts family on account of the illness of Mrs. Wm. Potts Wednesday. A farmers’ meeting will be held at Virgie school'house this Saturday evening. A good program is to be rendered. Everybody come.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Harrie O. Johnson et ux to Chester W. Zea et ux, Meh. 22, Its 7, 8,9, bl 11, Rensselaer, Weston’s add., $1,300. Emmet L. Hollingsworth et ux to John N. Bicknell, Meh. 1, its 9, 12, 13, bl 17 Rensselaer, Weston’s add., $350. iB. S. Fendig et ux to Charles P. Moody et ux. Meh. 6, pt outlot 28, Rensselaer, pt se nw, 30-29-6, It 3, Rensselaer Jasper Co. Drainage Asso., pt 30-29-6, $4,500. Ross Lucas et ux to John A. Dunlap et al, Meh. 15, se ne, ne se, se, 29-31-5, ne ne, 32-31-5, Walker, sl. May Gifford to Henry Misch, Meh. 1, si£ nw ne, 24-32-7, 20 acres. Keener, $1,235. Marie Felten et baron to J. M. Anderson et al, Feb. 24, wi£ sw, 17-31-6, Walker, $6,000. Edward J. Kingdon et ux to Alexander L. Jensen, Meh. 27, pt e% aw, 28-32-6, bl 1, Its 1,2, 3,4, 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, bl 2, Its 1,2, 7,8, 9, bl 3, Stoutsberg, $4,000. Mary O. Burrows to Thomas F. Greenan, Meh. 21, Its 1,2, 29-30, 2, 24, 1, Dunn’s Kankakee Pleasure Resort, $2,500. Eugene L. Garey to Amelia Becker, Meh. 20, pt e%, 18-30-5, 10 acres, Barkley, $3,000. Eugene L. Garey to Frederick Doyle, Meh. 20, pt e%, 18-30-5, 10 acres, Barkley, $3,000. Ed Oliver et ux to Amelia Becker, Meh. 20, pt e%, 18-30-5, 10 acres, Barkley, sl. q. c. d. Ed Oliver et ux- to Frederick Doyle, Meh. 20, pt e%, 18-30-5, 10 acres, Barkley, sl. q„ c. d.

A Japanese industry which has made remarkle progress in recent years, is that concerned with the extraction of vegetable' wax, which Is coming into greater demand on foreign markets. An armload of old papers for 5c at The Democrat office.

L A. BOSTWICK Engineer and Surveyor Ditch and Map Work. Road Maps Office oa East Harrison street ia block east of court house. Have car. Phone 549. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA

IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN HERE?

List of Tbooe Who Have Paid Subscription Accowat* During Week. Foliowin* are the names of those who have paid their •uhscrlptlon tor The Democrat since last Saturday's Issue and, especially to those received by mall, thia publication ahall act as a receipt untlf the date on the label of their paper ia changed. Those indicated hy an • are re-w subscribers: Mat N’esius. Rensselaer, R-4. •Ernest P. Rockwell, ville, R-5. ♦James Britt, Jr.. Parr, R-l. Sherman Biggs, Rensselaer. •F. T. Todd, Rensselaer, R-3, John Herr, McOoysburg. Walter Nagel, A. E. F., France. Lee E. Glazebrook, Tefft. E Wuerthner, Rensselaer, R-3. C* J. Dean, Rensselaer. W D. Sayler, Rensselaer. Earl Hemphill, U. 8. Navy, New York city. Perry Marlatt, Rensselaer. Albert Duggins, Rensselaer, R-l. Ed Long. Mt. Ayr. ♦Floyd Amsler, Rensselaer, James H. Green, Remington. A. S. Barlow, Wheatfield. • L G. Franscoviak, Pleasant Ridge. Joseph Nesius, Jr., Rensselaer. ♦Joseph Moosniiller, Rensselaer. Mrs. L. E. Harrington, Fair Oaks, R-2.

GLEANED EXEHANGES

Several long time residents of Newton county have passed to the great beyond during the last week. Among the number were David Colston, W. A. Harrington and Otis Shepard of Goodland; Levi W. Ross and Benjamin F. Drake of Kentland. Samuel Barce, for nearly 50 years a resident of -Union township, Benton county, died at his home near Wadena last Friday, aged 79 years, 9 months and 8 days. He was a brother of Lyman Barce, deceaseu, who was a resident of near Rensselaer for a few years previous to his death.

The general store of J. B. McCarthy of Kempton, Tipton county, was robbed shortly before daylight Wednesday morning and about <14,100 of unregistered Liberty bonds and currency obtained. The yeggmen. forced an entrance into the front of the store and opened the safe with a charge of nitrogivgerin. This makes some four or five similar robberies that have occurred in Indiana within the past two weeks.

The school corporation of Wolcott will probably soon be dissolved and the schools placed under the jurisdiction of the trustee, to be supported by the entire township. The building now needs $25,000 worth of repairs and the town school corporation is already taxed to the limit. The state board of education has given notice that 'unless decisive steps are taken to improve matters before another term that the high school commission will be withdrawn. —White County Democrat.

Gas from a hard coal stove, the dampers of which had been tightly shut, nearly asphyxiated Alfred Greiger and family at Medaryville Monday. Greiger’s father, William Greiger, was >partly overcome by the fumes, but succeeded in staggering to the door of the house and hurried to a physician’s home nearby. The husband and wife and their 3-year-old daughter were all unconscious. Heroic efforts were made to revive them and, in a few hours they were partly restored to consciousness.

REASON FOR VOLUNTEER CALL

Men Are Wanted to Replace Soldier* Discharged Overseas. .Washington, April 4.—ln formally advising General Pershing that 50,000 volunteers are being enlisted here to replace an equal number of men in his army who want to come home, the war department has directed the commander in chief to return promptly for discharge selected meritorious cases as he receives these volunteer replacements.

PASTURE FOR 1919 SEASON We are now hooking pasturage of stock for the 1919 season on the J. J. Lawler pasture in Newton and Jasper counties, in the vicinity of Fair Oaks, and request that all wanting pasture let us know at once the number of cattle or horses they will have, that we may make plans accordingly. Will take horses, steers and cows. —JAS. E. WALTER, Foreman, phone 337. ml Try some of our new pound paper, “Thistle Linen,” carried In stock in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. Envelopes to match are also carried. t >An armload of old papers for Be at The Democrat office.

THE TWtCE-A-WKkK &BMOCRAT

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. GUTHRIE IS NAMED CHAIRMAN Head* Indiana ConMrvation Commitlion—r. M. Holman of Crawfordsville Made Secretary and R. Lieber Director. Indiann|M>lla, April 4.—The Indiana conservation commission selected VV. A. Guthrie of Dupont as its chairman, and Richard 81. Holnnin of Crawfordsville as its secretary. The commission held its first meeting at the Columbia club. Richard Lieber of Indianapolis was chosen director. He will receive a salary of S4.(MN> n year, and will uct also as chief of the fish and game division, and as chief of the lauds and waters division, without additional salary. <?. C. Denin, present acting stale forester, will be chief of the forestry division, at a salary of $2.50U; Frank N. Wallace, state entomologist, will be chief of the'division of entomology, at a salary of $2,500, ami W. N. Istgan. state geologist, will be chief of the division of geology, at a salary of $3,000. The appointments of the division chiefs will be made by Mr. Lieber on the recommendation of the commission as given. The next meeting of the commission will be held on cull of the chairman. The director will select a number of deputies. The commission recommended that the clerical and stenographic forces of the divisions be centralized, ami instructed the chairman to arrange for suitable quarters for the commission at the statehouse. The director is to report to the commission as to the number of field men and assistants needed. He is also to obtain from each chief of division a written statement as to the work that should be undertaken in the division and the probable expense. The commission will ask the director to invite heads of the divisions to meet with the commission.

Women Elect Officers.

Indianapolis, April 4. —The officers elected for the coming year at the convention "of the Woman’s Franchise league t>f Indiana are: Miss Helen Benbrldge of Terre Haute. president; Mrs. J. F. Barnhill. Indianapolis, first vice president; Mrs. Fred B. McCulloch, Fort Wayne, second vice president ; Mrs. Charles J. Gill, Muncie, third vice president; Mrs. A. H. Beardsley, Elkhart, fourth vice president; Mrs. Richard E. Edwards. Peru, recording secretary, and Miss Eldena Lauter. Indianapolis, treasurer. The following directors were chosen : Mrs. J. P. Wason, Delphi; Mrs. L. J. Cox, Terre Haute; Mrs. Joseph Shirk. Peru; Miss Betsy Edwards, Shelbyville, and Mrs. A. T. Stuart. Lafayette. Except for the directors there was but one nomination from the floor of the convention. the name of Mrs. Olive Belden Lewis being placed in nomination for fourth vice presidency.

Want to Improve Phone Service.

Indianapolis, April 4. —Representatives of the Independent telephone companies of Indiana and the Central Union Helephoue company attended an informal conference with the public service commission to consider ways of improving service and better methods of accounting. W. M. Bailey of Richmond was appointed by the commission as chairman of the committee on betterment of service. The other members are: Max Hosea, Indianapolis; J. A. Browne, Winchester; Charles Martz, Tipton, Independent telephone representatives, and D. H. Whitham, Indianapolis of the Central Union.

Bayard Estate ls $404,000.

Evansville, April 4. —The bstate of Samuel Bayard, a local capitalist and for many years president of the Old State National bank here, was finally disposed of in the Vanderburg county probate court this week when the heirs appeared and made proof of heirship. At the time of the death of Bayard the estate amounted to nearly $245,000, and the estate at the time.of the settlement was valued at $404,000. Among the beneficiaries are Mrs. Anne E. Price, a niece, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. L. E. Hebb, a grandniece, living nt Linton.

Hoosier Marine Killed.

Washington, D. C., April 4.—Twentyeight names appear in the “killed in action” section of an additional casualty list issued by the war department. One Hoosier name appeared In the marine'corps list, that of Private Fred Eugene Bock of Bedford.

Laporte Officer Decorated.

Laporte, April 4.—Lieutenant Colonel Drollinger of Laporte has received the Croix de Guerre for displaying courage in control of machine gun units fn operation in France from October 2 to 10. He Is now at Camp Custer, Mich.

Honor for Columbia City Man.

Columbia. City, April 4. —In a letter to his mother, Mrs. Frank Leer, of this city, Private Mlarence Leer tells of receiving the Croix de Guerre for bravery in action on the Champagne front. ‘•--—■j

Mrs. John A. Riley's Birthday.

Greenfield, April 4.—Mrs. John A. Riley, widow of the brother of James Whitcomb Riley, celebrated her seven-’ tleth birthday anniversary Tuesday at the Riley home in this city.

P«b la the CW Paint at Interest of Al ABed Kap, Pr—'rlwK Riucea,

Since the signing of the armistice Paris has become the Mecca of all allied kinga, presidents, princes, ministers, generMs and other dignitaries. Paris, to show fitting gratitude for the honor conferred upon her by these visitors, meets them at the little railway station at the far end of the Avenue de Bois de Boulogne, escorts them with full military honors up the avenue of the Arch of Triumph, and then under this and down the Champs Elysees. Cordons of soldiers line both sides of the avenue and their hedge of fixed bayonets as they stand at salute while the distinguished guests pass quite naturally obstructs the view, to say nothing of the fact that back of the soldiers the crowds are massed for a depth of fifty to a hundred feet. Everyone who possesses a stepladder, or who can buy or borrow one, brings it, hours in advance of the parade, to the wonderful Avenue du Bois de Boulogne and plants it at a vantage point where in spite of surging throngs and elevated bayonets they will be able to see the cortege. One may see a thousand or more of these enterprising Parisians mounted on stepladders viewing the pageant Then once the cortege is passed the proud owners of the stepladders endeavor, like the Arabs with their tents, to fold them and silently steal awa y_but they don't get away with the silent part The efforts of a thousand people trying to get through a crowd of 15,000 people with 1,000 stepladders is such that—well, really there is nothing to be done except to rename it “The Avenue of the Forest of Stepladders.”

MANAGEMENT OF THE INCUBATOR

Results of Incubation depend largely upon the management of the machines, the first essential being good fertile eggs from thrifty breeding stock. Good hatches cannot be obtained from poor eggs, writes an authority. Incubators should be tried out several days before eggs are to be put into them. See that all parts are In perfect working order and that the temperature runs Regularly at 103 degrees Fahrenheit for several hours before placing the eggs In the machine. Never put eggs into a cold machine nor one that Is not in perfect regulation and running at proper temperature. Eggs should be turned twice dally after the second day of Incubation until the eighteenth day, when the machine should be closed after the last turning and not opened for any reason until the chicks are all out of the shell that are, going to hatch, which should be by the middle of the twenty-first day of incubation. Great quantities of moisture should be provided. It is not so important that the moisture be provided in the machine as Is to keep the air moist in the room where the incubators are In operation. This can be done by placing burlap on the floor and keeping it wet or by placing a layer of sand on thefloor and keeping it thoroughly wet. Incubators should be operated in a basement or some room that Is well insulated, so that the temperature in the room can be controlled. Incubators should be perfectly clean when receiving eggs. A good plan Is to thoroughly wash all of the parts and disinfect the machine thoroughly and allow to dry before placing in the eggs. Run the temperature as'evenly as possible at 103 Fahrenheit throughout the period. Air the eggs often and as long at each airing as the temperature in the room will permit. Sixty degrees Fahrenheit Is a good incubator cellar temperature. Do not change regulator unless abEolutely necessary. Keep the lamps clean. Keep an even flame. Keep the char off the wick. Use only good oil.

Tarantulas Construct Their Burrows and Nest in Ground

Tarantulas are plentiful in the rough, broken country In the southern part of California. They are repulsivelooking creatures, with fat, hairy bodies, overplentlful wiry legs and cruel poison mandibles. They stay in their burrows during the dry season, but as soon as the rains begin they sally forth. The tarantula constructs a very skillful burrow and nests in the ground. It has a cover so nicely fitted that it can scarcely be detected from the surrounding soil. The cover opens and shuts upon a hinge and on the inside are holes into which the occupant thrusts its mandibles and thus “holds the fort” against Intruders.

SCIENTIFIC NOTES

To conserve lubricating oil practically all machinery in Sweden has been given ball bearings. Colorado led the states for production of tungsten la&t year, with California in second place and Nevada third. Berlin inventors have perfected a process employing electricity for coating only one side of a sheet of metal with tin. A quickly attached paper cover for tumblers has beep invented thatjs said to keep carbonated drinks fresh until wanted.

Europe’s Mecca

Electricity Plays a Part in the Formation of Hail According to One Theory

The formation of hail through electric action, according to one theory, is an interesting and even wonderful' process. The wind draws out a cloud Into a long, narrow strip. In that form, owing to the great amount of surface exposed to the air, the cloud evaporates rapidly, producing Intense cold. Dry particles of snow are then formed and these, by friction with water drops, quickly become charged with negative electricity. But the water drops carry positive electricity, and since negative attracts positive a fiim of water Is formed upon each snow particle and is Instantly frozen Into a layer of ice. At this thickness its outer surface remains moist, the water not freezing so rapidly there, whereupon the electric charge changes from negative to positive and the particle Is repelled by the water drops and driven to the outer parts of the cloud. Here the Increased cold covers It with snow, and friction charges It anew with negative electricity. Repulsion is now once more changed for attraction, and the particle rushes back into the cloud, receiving upon Its surface another film of water, which Is turned Into a second Ice layer. Thus the growing rfallstone darts zigzag through the cloud, piling up its alternate layers of snow and Ice, until gravitation gains control and sends it with a jingling crowd of Its fello\*s spinning to the ground.

White Ants in the Soudan Dispose of Dead Vegetation

In Soudan Notes and Records a plea is made on behalf of the white ant, which has naturally acquired a bad reputation among European residents. The characteristic feature of the climate of the Soudan" is the rapid growth of vegetation, promoted by seasonal rains or artificial Irrigation, followed by a period or drought and desiccation. The white ant attack* vegetation only when It Is weakened by drought or disease, and In that case the sooner It Is destroyed the better. But for the activity of the white ant the whole of the fertile parts of the Soudan would. In a very few years, be covered with an Impenetrable layer of dead vegetation; and the only alternative method to clear It off would be by the agency of fire, the dangers of which are obvious. — Nature.

Declares Reading Is Like a Narcot ic—Clouds Mind

The habit of reading for amusement becomes with thousands of people exactly the same kind of habit as wine drinking or opium smoking; it Is like a narcotic, something that helps to pass the time, something that keeps up a perpetual condition of dreaming, something that eventually results in destroying all capacity for thought, giving exercise only to the surface parts of the mind and leaving the deeper springs of feeling and the higher faculties of perception unemployed. The result of all this reading means nothing but a cloudiness In the mind. That is the direct result. The indirect result is that that mind has been kept from developing Itself. All development necessarily means some pain, and such reading as I speak of has been employed unconsciously as a means to avoid that pain, and the consequence is atrophy.—Lafcado Hearn.

Discovers the “Watch Tick.”

An Illinois watch repairer discovered what he terms a “watch tick.” He says it’s a new tick In a watch, and makes Its home inside the works. A watch was brought In to him for repair. In taking the works apart the watchman discovered a tiny insect inside. It had made a nest there.

SATURDAY, APRIL S, Itlt.

CAP and BELLS

Addressing the Multitude. •’Every clpud has its*silver lining,** remarked the chronic quoter. “Sure, thing," answered the chap with the cloven hoof (bug pardon — bruath), “I once knew a man who developed into a great public speaker by his wife’s relatives visiting him frequently." Breaking the News. “Father, was writing done on tablets of stone In the old days?" “Yes, my son," replied the dutiful parent.” “Gee!” mused the boy. “Then it must have taken a crowbar to break the news.” % Two of a Kind. Miss Pritttkld (patronizingly)—Oh, yes, Nora, I was once engaged for a. week at the senshore. Nora —Why, so wuz 01, mum, in one of them souvenir shell places; and begorry, Oi quit before me wake was up.” z A Stem Victor. “When Frank proposed to Irene he offered her his name and three-quar-ters of his weekly salary.” “Did she accept him?” “No. She insisted on nothing leas than an unconditional surrender.” — Life. ' Before and After. “The woman pays, you know,” remarked the chronic quoter. “Pays nothin’,” snorted the sarcastic cuss. “It’s the man who pays. Before marriage he pays her attention. Afterward he pays her bills.” BEFORE AND AFTER.

Wifey—You used to think there was nobody Just like me. Hubby—Now I’m sure of 1L \ .Different Kinds. Ambition sometimes has been known To start podr mortals wrong; The one ambition that they own Is just to lost, along. 4 How It Happened. “Poor Cholly is so empty-headed I wonder what Is the matter with him.” “Oh, he was raised on a “That doesn’t explain it." “Yes, it does; by mistake they gave him a vacuum bottfe.” / Taking Precautions. The Salesperson —Yes, we can fix up a white flag for you. But what’s the Idea? Henry N. Peck —I’ll be late getting' home tonight and I want to be sure my wife doesn’t open fire me. His Feat. ( “The steeplejack did a Very contradictory thing in putting, the weather signal on the church steCple.” “How so?” I “He was successful /in a vane attempt.” Drawing the Line. “So you are a burglar!” said the prison visitor. “Yes’m. I like other people’s property, but I haven’t the heart to be an anarchist an’ get it by rough work.” The New Standard. y Friend —Haven’t you sold your new book? _ Novelist —No, The editor says it hasn’t got enough action to make a photoplay.—Film Fun. Fine Idea. Grubber —I understand he was dissatisfied with his lot in life. Hubber—Yes, but he mortgaged it and bought an automobile and now enjoys himself. About the Same Thing. Hewit—Were you eVer under a clobd ? Jewett—Well, I’ve walked with my wife when she had her big hat on.