The Clinton Register from Clinton, Illinois • 2

I Inventions, Large Fortunes Every time anybody in the United States pulls the cap off a. beer bottie or a soda bottle with the intent 1 to quench' a thirst temperately or otherwise, he puts the fraction of a cent into the pocket of one William H. Painter, of Baltimore A good many people have pulled these caps in the last few years and. Painter is consequently an ever increasing millionaire. Yet the cap for botties is a small thing, an idea crystallized and patented.

The patent is the source of the millions. Painter, however, carried his. patent in his pocket for -six years: before he succeeded in, interesting capital in its manufacture. Then a man of means advanced the necessary capital in return for a half inter st in the patent and a company was formed. At the end of the first year he and Painter each had a not $27,000 in his pocket.

Now the 'invention has crowdded all other stoppers for fizzy water off the. market and a big factory in, Baltimore turns out the caps by the million every day. Before the time. of Painter wag a -Inan -by the name of De Quillfeldt who lived in New Jersey and who invented a stopper that took the trade: away from the corks. of our youth.

This stopper was of rubber and was tightened by a wire attachment, which was pulled down as a lever on the cutside of the bottle. A decade ago they were generally used on milk bottles. De Quillfeldt. is said to have made $15,000,000 cut of his patent. He might have amassed a competence had not been for William Painter and another equally clever person, who fitted a piece of.

pasteboard into the neck of a milk bottle and took the business a- way from him. An idea that is perhaps simpler than the pasteboard stopper is the "hump" on the hooks that furnish so much employment for married men' just before theater time. Women had been fastening their dresses up with hooks for a generation and it is probable 'that some one had made a lot of money out of the original invention. But hooks had a way of coming unfastened much to the chagrin of the neat and fussy. Then, came the genius of the hook: and eye.

A man who was wide awake despite his residence in Philadelphia, bent one of these, hooks, so as to make a hump in it. He tried hooking it up and found that it remained hooked. He patented it and has monopolized the business through his "see that hump" advertisements ever since. One day a man stood behind his wife while she put up her hair. The hairpins of those days were straight pieces of wire.

They did not "stay put'. very effectually. The woman in this ease bent her hairpins before putting them in. Her husband saw her do it. The result was Vention of the crinky hairpin which today is used in carload lots by the women of the world.

So an invention as the telephone was made by turning A screw one-fourth of one revolution. All the millions that have resulted from the invention of the Bell telaphone, depended upon this slight twist of the wrist of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. There had been; men before, Dr. Bell who had come near finding way to make female gossip and masculine commercial intercourse easier.

The Reis patents came nearest success. But in the Reis patents the cur rent was intermittent. It had to leap a gap. Dr. Bell closed that gap when he turned the screw.

But Dr. Bell was not trying to invent, a telephone when he incidentally, stumbled upon his secret. He was working on a method of making speech visible, for his wife was deaf and dumb and he was seeking an easy method of conversing with her. Instead he found the method of talking over a wire to people at a distance. He did not patent the idea, however, and it knocked about his house for months.

Finally he demonstrated it to some friends and they saw the possibility of its poplication. Upon their advice he patented the invention. His patent was filed at ten p'elock in the morning and at three in the afternoon another man, applied for a patent on the same, thing and lost. hundred million dollars by a nose. -Scientific American, Married Sunday James Everman and Miss Nellie Seats, the latter a daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Robert, Seats were married Sunday, Rev. J. E. Hart of the Baptist, church performing the ceremony.

The newly married couple will at once begin housekeeping. Fell From Bridge Samuel Pryor, working on the bridge gang at- South Salt Creek, fell a distance of twenty feet sustathing several -painful injuries. He was brought, to Clinton in Cline's ambulance, and a surgeon summoned. His injuries ane not dangerous, Died In Kansas Mrs. A.

HI. Watson of Stafford, Xan formerly Ida May Cornwell et near Maroa, died at ber homie in Siafford Nov. 2, aged 34 years Ida May Cornwell was born in Texas township, DeWitt, county, Oct. 29; -1877, the youngest of ning chitdren of Thomas and. Margaret Cornwell.

She went to Kansas with her parents in the fall of 1880 and located near Bella Plaine. Her mother did Feb. 4, 1884, and her father was killd. in the Wellington cyclone May 27 1892. She was married to A.

H. Watson of Belle Dec. 24,1899. They lived in Belle Plaine, then. moved to Protection and la er to Stafferd.

Mrs. Watson is survived by ber husband, five brothers and one sister. The funeral was. held at church of Christ at Belle Wed nesday. Nov.

22, Elder Joseph E. Cain of Wichita conducting the services. Mr. Cain preached 'a most impressive sermon, having known Mrs. Watson from a child.

The funeral was largely attended. Members of the Rebekah lodge, of which she was a member attended in a body. Mrs. Watson had a large number AH of friends and relatives in the vicinity, of Maroa, She was a member of the Christian church and was greatly by all who knew her. Her father was a prominent man of that vicinity and for some time was supervisor from Texas town ship.

She Was a. niece of Mrs. J. M. Wilcox and Uriah James of Clinton, W.

E. James of Maroa and Mrs. W. H. Parker of Decatur.

Former Clinton Man Harry E. Crosley died in Indiananolis last Sunday of heart failure. Mr. Cresley had suffered an attack of heart failure about, a month ago, and the second attack occurred in the grocery store which he, with a partner, Geo. Amt, was conducting.

He was born in Clinton, fifty-five years ago, where his father, Henry conducted a grocery, and had lived in Indianapolis for thirty-seven years. His widow, a daughter, Josephine, a son, Henry, his mother, Mrs. Mary Smith, New Albany, two sist Mrs. Lew Nicoli, of this city, Mrs. Charles Campton, of Columbus, tand two Chas.

S. -Crostey, of this city and E. B. Crosley of Philadelphia, Exchange. Administrator's Notice Estate of Harry L.

Emmitt, deceased. The undersigned, having been ap pointed Administrator of the Estate of Harry D. Emmitt, late of the County of DeV.itt and State of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that she will appear before the County Court of Dewitt County, at the Court House in Clinton, at the February Term, on the first Monday in February next, at which time all persons having claims against said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate are required to make payment to the undersigned. Dated this 20th day of November, A.

D. 1911. MARGARET B. EMMITT, Administratrix. Third Application For 9 third time Edward Polen, serving a life sentence for murder at Chester, has made application for pardon.

Polen was convicted in 1896 and sentenced to penitentary for life for the murder of his wife. An An indictment for the murder of his mother-in-law was returned at the same term of the grand jury, but, this was stricken last Polen has proven a model prisoner and his friends hope for his release The hearing will be had cn. the first Tuesday of January, 1912. Sane Reasoning Not Force Dr. A.

H. Laing pastor of the Universalist church, gave a sermon, Sundav evenings on Woman's Suffrage. Dr. Laing is in favor of the ballot for women, but believes it must come from sound reasoning, and not from force. The minister, while a- gainst the saloon, condemns the methods of Carrie Nation, 'as well as the work of the suffragettes in England in the past "tew weeks, Mr.

Laing thinks that we will eventually have universal suffrage. Verdict On Martin's Death- The coroner's jury, which held an inquest on the body of Frank Martin, who was shot last Friday, rendered the following verdict: "We find that, James Martin came to his death -by the -aceidental discharge, of a model 1897 Winchester repeating shot gun in the hands of Wilitam Johnson on the 24th day of November, 1911, about 12:30 mf. Democrats To Meet B. Craig of Mattoon, state Democratic committeeman from this discrict, has called a meeting to be meld in Decatur at, two o'clock on Thursday, December 7. Th le purposes of the meeting are set, forth in the call as follows: "At the solicitation of large umber of Demccrats of this congressional district, a meeting 1 is called to 1 be held at the court house in Decatur, at 2 p.

m. Thursday, Dec. 7, 1911, for the purpose of discussing the political situation and as-) certaining available candidates for congress and the state board of equalization, and plans for legislative and county organization and effective work in the approaching campaign, and such other business as may, come before the meeting. A cordial invita ion is extended to. all Democrats who may be interested in.

the party's success. I. B. CRAIG, States Committeeman, Nineteenth Congressicnal Distrit Get Rusv The sun rolls on from year to year, And lazy men have much fear; Wake, loitering souls, from far and near, Get busy; 0, get, busy. The, man who spends his days in shade And leaves to rust his hoe and spad: Soon finds himself a bankrupt, made.

Get busy, then, get busy. The world grows cold and better men Have much to do to find a friend, What then will be your end? Get busy, then gat busy. Waste not Gods time; stand pat; stand pat; Don't be afraid to bend your back; And show for sand you do not lack. Get busy, then get busy. Then take af grip that will not s' Deeds, deeds, shall save you from the pit And show to men that you have grit.

Get busy; 0, get busy. A. S. Sue For Parrel of Whiskey The case of Brown, Foreman Co. against Matt Klein was called in the justice court of A.

E. Stone. The company claim that a barrel of whiskey was ordered by the Klein saloon while C. D. Nelson was manager of the resort, which has never been paid for.

he amount involved is $150 Mr. Klein claims that no one was authorized to, order this whiskey and will fight the case. The case will be continued to Dec, Big Yield Of Oats T. H. Reed, of Everett, sent the Register a clipping from an Oregon paper which tells of a big yield of oats near Mt.

Vernon Ore, as follows: The biggest yield of oats yet, reported on the Samish flats is 170 bushels to the acre. The land which produced the bumper oat crop was sown to cabbage for sixteen years u-n til this year Tax Rates Will Stand County Clerk E. F. Campbell, reword Friday that the taxrates as reported by the Board of Review of this county will stand as reported. This means that the state board will mke no change in the assessed valuations.

A Few Charts Left The Register has a few of the six page charts left that paid-up subscribers can get for 25 cents each. They contain maps of Illinois, the United States, the world, the Panama Canal, besides statistics and other information. The pages are 24x36 inches and each page contains a map or statistics. The chart is worth times 25 cents. Farm Bargains In The South No acres.

3 miles from Locksburg, Ark. Fine rich soil; most of the large saw timber has been cut off; plenty left to fence it with 1000 cords, of wood. This land is. unimproved; close to school- and church. sure a snap at the price asked for it.

Belongs to a non-resident and it taken soon can 'be bought for $800: Renter, you had better see it have a home of your own. It will soon g9 at that price. No. 2-106 acres, mile from the city of Locksburg, population 800. 65 acres in cultivation; soil adapted cotton, oats and all kinds of vegetables; 13.

acres of orchard, 10 acres, in 5. year-old bearing Elberta peach trees; 2 acres in apple, plum, and pear trees all under fence; 5 room house: 9 cribs; fair barn; good wetts: about 15 acres in timber, balance in pasture. No. 3-120, acres. all under fence, 6 room house, barn.

and crib; 10 acres in cultivation; 20 acres in in pasture; :3, acre, orchard; one of the best wells in Arkansas. The last two farms join each are on public road mile from R. R. station at Locksburg, and at a bargain. For further information call on or address M.

HUGHES Locksburg, Ark. Killed By A Stallion Lawrence Strange was killed at a station near Danville, being trampled to death by cattle which he was shipping to Clinon. The accident occurred at Gloa, a station near Danville, where he was having his goods- transferred- to the interurban lines." Mr. Strange went to Missouri about a year ago, not being satisfied with the ecantry, decided to reutrn to' Clinton. He was last seen.

alive about 1:30 Monday, morning. Two hours later when his car was being transferred from the C. I. at Glover, his foot, was seen protruding from the car 't the door, and he was found to be dead. When taken from the car the side of his head had the marks of a horses too, showing he had been kicked.

There were three horses, a colt and some attle in the car besides the household goods. One of the horses was a stallion and he was not tied. It is thought this horse kiked Mr. Strange. This was the verdict of the coroner's jury.

of Vermilion county. No. bime: was placed on the railroad company. There were nearly $90 in Mr. Strange's pockes.

Henry L. Strange was the son of Mr. and Mrs. 11. C.

Strange, of Texas township, and was born on Feb. 19, 1871. He was married to Miss Anna Mahony, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abrain Mohny, forniarly of De Witt county.

Hs wife and three children survive him. Ora, the eldbest is 17, Charles, 14, and Rilda, 10 years old. The former had beer here several weeks husking corn; the others and their moher arrived Sunday. Before moving Birch Tree, the family lived northwest of Clinton several years. The remains, acompanied by relatives who went to Danville soon as they learned of the accident, arrived here Tuesday, at 10 o'clock and was taken to the home of the parents of deceased, where funeral services.

were held Wednsday at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. F. Rosborough. Burial in Woodlawn cemetery.

Heyworth Men To Menphis William Delano, agent for the Illinois Central rallroad, Charles Crump, Isaac Coon and Wilbur. Iseminger, tot Hey worth -were subpotnaed to go to Memphis, by the I. C. railroad to attend a suit, and left ton there on Thursday. In June 1907 two men got, off a stock train south of town.

The engine had gone onto the siding to do some switching. When the engine ran back onto the main line and couplde up and was pulling through town, one of the men got, onto. a car and the other caught the hand hold on one of the cars. His feet were on, the lower rod, where he was struk by a switch, knocked from he car and died about two, hours afterward, without telling his name or where he was from. He would tell nothing and said he was not going to die.

There was a small book in his pocket in which he had kept his time, but no name of the people or place where he had worked Afterwards Mr. Iseminger, the undertaker neceived a letter from the South and after some correspondence, it was found that his name was, or at least supposed to be Michael Salvina. Now the mother and sister of the deceased are suing the railroad company for his death. Suit For Divorce Cora Musser has filed suit for divorce from her husband Tony The case. will be called at the May term of circuit court.

The plaintiff alleges repeated cruelty, extending over a period of two years. The couple were married April 11, 1901, and lived together until Nov: 1, 1911. Plaintiff states -that defendant has repeatedly, threatened ot, kill her, and gives dates. Also- that he has stated he will sell the household furpiture. Master-in-chancery Booth granted an restraining defendant from.

going udon the property, or disposing of any of the household goods. Tony. Musser. was appointed chief of police after the murder of Chief Struble, serving. in that office about cne year, since which time he has been in the employ of the Gas Real Estate Transfers T.

J. Edwards to Lyman Reeser, 18 acres in. DeWitt township, $2310. Hattle 0. H.

Poland property in Clinton, $1030. J. A. Curl to F. H.

Minckley properly in northwest part of Clinton, $5600. Attorney L. E. Stone has gone to Los Angeles, Calf, in the Interest of Mrs. Elizabeth J.

Henderson, administratrix of the, estate of the late John Henderson. Get Rich Quick Perhaps the best get-rich-quick scheme reported is told of the following from Carlyle, Ill: Frank B. Ranger, formerly of Marietta, Ohio, who opened the Carlyle oil. fields last April, has sold its holdings to the Ohio Oft company, the Illinois branch of the Standard. He gives the consideration as $200,00 for leases on 900 acres of land on which there are sixteen wels produing an average of 60 barrels a day.

Ranger came to Carlyle, eighteen months ago and staked all -he had on finding oil near that city. When his first drilled well came in he was short of funds. His gross income from the sale of leases, oil and his holdings for the six months has a- mounted to $300,000. Will Reside In Maroa Evidentely having faith in the old adage, "The third time is the charm" as applied to domestic happiness, Charles Marion Wright, a forty-four year old carpenter from. Maroa, and Cora Bell Rinbolt, forty -eight years cld of Peoria, affixed their names to a marriage license and were married Monday afternoon by Justice of the Peace Frank Hall in his office in the Majestie building on South Jefferson street, Peoria.

But two witnesses, close friends of the couple, were prseent at the ceremony. Both the bride and the groom have been married twie before. Theywill reside in Maroa. Who Were They A man and wife and a little girl aged about four years were objects of pity at the Interurban depot Tuesday. All were fairly.

well dressed, but the head of the family was ap-, parently, out of change. A message to the supervisor was answered by an offer to buy tickets to Mackinaw. which the man refused. The father found a man who would give him the necessary change on a suit case and on his return purchased tickets. In the meantime Interurban, employes had fed the wife and child.

Grissett- Cunningham Bernard Grissett or Peoria, and Miss Frances Cunningham of Clinton were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. at the residence of Rev. E. T. Munns of Peoria at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.

They were attended by. Mr. and Mrs. A. B.

Baldwin and expect to make Peoria their home. Record Smashed A new record for cornhusking was established Nov. 25, when Elmer Williams turned in 202 bushels of cleanlv husked corn, in eight hours and twenty-eight minutes. The feat was accomplished on the Armstrong farm, four miles southeast of Kewanee and the weighing was done by Rev. George A.

Armstrong and Robert Armstrong. Married Thursday At 10 o'clock Thursday, at the Presbyterian church, Clinton, 0c- marriage of Miss- Nellie L. Jakson, daughter of Isaiah Jackson and wife, and Isaac Blue, son of W. H. Blue and wife.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. H. Fulton. Miss Kelley Injured Miss Guna, Kelley, instructor of music in the Clinton schools, wag injured by being thrown from a carriage at Bipomington, Monday, and will not be able to resume her duties here for some time.

A runaway of the team caused the accident. Principai The principal of the De Witt schools Mrs. Mary. Walden, has resigned. J.

H. Robinson, one of the teachers, has been selected to take the place of Mrs. Walden, Marriage Licenses P. Dooley, 39, Ferry, la; Margaret Jordan, 26, Wapella. Isaac Blue, Texas township, 23.

Nellie L. Jackson, Creek township 18. MACY HERE IN Our friend, Macy, expects to be in Clinton most of the time in December to assist Mr. Tinker with his -photograph business. The holldays always bring an extra amount of business, and we think it a good plan for those, wishing some, excellent work in this line to be in good time.

If they delay. until late they may be disappointed. The popularity of Macy is well known, and the fine work on exhibition is proof of stperior skill and you are assured of the very best in this line. 36-2 BURNING DAYLIGHT A New Phase of the Love of Man for Woman By JACK LONDON LEATHER TOP RUBBER SHOE For Farmers, Lumbermen and Sportsmen. You can't find a better protection from snow and wet than the Manitoba soft leather top rubber shoe.

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said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 4th day of November A. D. 1911.

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