Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1914 — Page 4

CLASSIFIED COW ■■■ *j.txß ron cLunras abb " “ ■ Three lines or leas, per week of at* ssues of The Evenln* Republican and two of The Semi-Weekly Republican, it cents. Additional space pro rata. FOB SALK. FOB SALE—A good 5-room dwelling; well located; large lot; good well; cistern; plenty of -fruit. Price $1,300. Fred N. Chapman. ' «*!■■» ■■■■' FOR SALE—Two weanling horse mules; good sized. J. M. Yeoman, R. D. No, 3, Phonesls-D. FOB SALE—Three first-class Du,roc brood sows and 3 good spring calves, weighing about 500 each, 1 heifer, 2 steers, also a Jersey cow. Ed Ames, Phone 513 d. FOR SALE—A full blooded Holstein bun calf, ready for service, and a full blooded Foll-Angus, also ready; also some Poll-Angus heifers. A. W .Sawin, Phone 400. FOB SALE—A Zimmerman bugby, red running gears and rubber tires; out less than a year. C. E. Hemphill, Phone 20. FOB SALE—At a bargain; a five room house. Inquire of Geo. H. Healey. FOR SALE—Choice Buff Orpington cockerels, $2.50 to $4.00 Only high class birds sold as breeders. Oakleigh Farm, R. L. Budd, B. D. 2. FOB SALE—You have something to sell and can sell it, too, by placing an advertisement in The Rfr publican’s Classified columns. Think of it, a d-line ad all week for a quarter. Has saved «n agent’s commission to many. Phone it to No. 18. FOB SALE—Nine room house two blocks of main corner of Washington street Near schools, churches and library. One of the best locations in Rensselaer. Leslie Clark. FOB SALE—Choice building lot, 2 blocks of court house. Price SSOO and a bargain at thv price. See this if you are after a choice location. Leslie Clark. FOB SALE—Or trade, 7 room housa 2 lots, city water, barn and fruit cistern. Five blocks east of court house A. N. Bailey, Pleasant Ridge Ind. * -t FOB SALE—SO head of good 2-year-old steers, also one pedigreed Durham bull One mile west of Lee lad. e. Gilmore, Lee lud. FOB SALE—7-room house plenty of fruit small bam, city water and lighta good location.—M. E. Griffin, Phone 445. FOB SALE —Acres 80. Seven miles out all tiled, house barn and well. $75. Terms, SI,OOO down.—G. F. Meyers. - FOB SALE OB TRADE—Buiek 10-passenger bus or 1,500 pound truck, at a bargain. Main Garage FOB SALE AND TBADE—We have ten automobiles, all in good order. Bargains if bought now. Main Garage. FOB SALE—Cow now giving milk; also two heifers. T. W. Grant, at Grant-Warner Lumber Co. FOB SALE—A few S. C. W. Leg horn cockerels. Birds bred in 6. Illinois and very desirable $1 each. Alsa 1 full blood O, I. C. boar, 8 months old Bussell Van Hook, Phone 40-A. Biveredge Dairy. FOB SALE—A good team of mares, 8 and 5 years old; not bred. John Reed, Parr, Ind. FOB SALE—R. C. R.-I. Red cockerels; will close out balance at $1 each. I. F. Meader, Phone 526-D. FOR SALE—An oak bookcase and secretary, in good condition, cheap. Mrs. E. £>. Rhoades, Phone 146. FOB SALE—An 8-room house; modern conveniences; six acres. One Of the most beatiful locations in Rensselaer. Address Mrs. John Martindale. FOR SALE—A coming 4-year-old full blood Jersey cow, with calf by her side. N. DuCharme, phone 518-G. WANTED. WANTED—BoIts lin, cotton wood, poplar, willow, soft maple, birch, three inches or larger; second growth white oak, hiickory, over seven inches, standing or cut. Indianapolis Timber and Manufacturing Co. WANTED—Several setting hens at once. Phone 59. W ANTED—Setting hens. Call Phone 319, Max Kepner. .J. WANTED—To get in touch with any person who gave an order to a lady for pictures ou pillow tops about a month ago. Phone 259. FOB RENT. FOB RENT—7-room house; water In house; barn, garden, chicken park, plenty of fruit M. L. Hemphia y i_ FOB BENT—S-room cottage and bath. Modem conveniences. Leslie Clark, at Republican office. A OUMUUd Ads. will It

LOST. - ", LOST—Child’s muff. Finder please phone McKay’s Laundry. LOST—A buggy robe, blaek on one side and green on the other. Finder please leave at Norgor’s hitch barn. Grover Brown. k LOST—A $lO and two one dollar bills* between Princess Theatre and hom<§. Return to Republican office or to L. H. Hamilton. STRAYED—Sunday night, from my farm west of town, a mule. Please phone information to H. F. King, No. 112 or 283. MISCELLANEOUS. James Clark for bicycle repairs. NOTICE—To Ford Automobile Owners—The undersigned Is prepared to repair Ford machines and to vuleanize inner tubes; also to save you money on bicy&le tires. Shop, across the alley and north of Norgor’s hitch bam.—James O. Clark. W. H. DEXTER. W. H. Dexter will pay 26y 2 c for Bufctenfat this week. McCalls 10c patterns sc, at the Fire Sale. Mrs. E. VanArsdei and sister, Mrs. W. S. Walts, are visiting their brother, Guy Drake, of Francesville. Ladies’ and children’s coats at 50c on dollar at Fire Sale. At an art auction in New Yotrk $9,200 was paid for a Chinese vase of the seventeenth century only 7% inches high. Men’s clothing at slaughter prices at Fire Sale. % ■! Sherman Biggs is driving one of the buses for a few days until a successor for Gilbert Albin can be secured. Silk and cotton thread, 3 spools for 10c at Fite Sale. Mi». and Mrs. W. S. Ware and baby returned to Gifford, 111., today, after visiting her sister, Mrs. Willis Lutz, and husband. Pan cake flour 7c a package at Fire Sale. Mrs. Pauline Guttrich returned to Chicago { this morning, after a visit with her son, Charles H. Guttrich, southeast of town. Ladies’ union suits, 50c ones 35c at Fir© Sale. John Akers was in from his home north of Lee today and reports that his son, Ray Akers, 26 years of rage, is very sick and that there seems danger of it terminating seriously. Phone us your orders for fe< i, coal or wood. Hamilton & Kellner, No. 273. ----- (Mrs. Matt Nesius, southeast of town, underwent a surgical operation Sunday, Drs. Washburn and Johnson, of Rensselaer, and Dr. Besser, of Remington, performing it. Any men’s or boys’ hat in the store at just % price at Fire Sate. It don’t pay to bake cakes when you can get such flue ones at McFarland’s for only 10 and 15 cents. <li I i7|i*iiii»Mwii'»i iiii'i i 'mi TiiTTTwyw ' ' - ■' ■ W. J. Wright returned this morning from a visit since last Wednesday with his sister, Mrs. G. H. Hancock, formerly Miss Floss Wright. They have recently moved to Kansas City from the ’south. Geo. Reed’s sale will offer a chance to get some good brood mares and brood sows. Iteh! Itdi! Itch! Scratch! Scratch! Scratch! The more you scratch the worse the itch. Try Doan’s Ointment. For eczema, any skin itching. 50e a box.

Everything in the ladies’ furs at 50c on the dollar. Fire sale. Ex-Mayor Geo. F. Meyers is now able to be out after a siege of sickness that confined him to his home for almost all of the month of January. He shows the effects of his illness hut is now very much better and is on the road to recovery. Your choice of ladies’ trimmed hats worth as high as $7.00 each, now SI.OO at Fire Sale, only 1 hat to a customer. Attorney George A." Williams went to Knox this morning, where he is to sit as special judge in two cases from which Judge Verpillat was disqualified. Mrs. Williams will join him at Knox tomorrow and together they will go to East Liberty,-Ohio, for a brief visit. Mrs. W. H. Blodgett and daughter, Mrs. E. IJ. Brennan and son, Blodgett, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Charles R. Lane and Miss Anna Honan, of Delphi, came this morning to visit Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan. CASTOR IA Mr and children. lU UU TOT H3YO Always oougni

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

To feel strorigj havc_good appetite and digestion, sleep soundly and enjoy life, use Burdock Blood Bitters, the family system tonic, Price SI.OO. V

The Vatican, through the congregation of the Indtex, has banned the books of Maurice Maeterlinck, forbidding Catholics to read, keep, borrow or sell the works of the Belgian author-poet.

Temporary insane from brooding over domestic troubles, George H. Kaiser, 48, who was foreman of the case department of the Buescher Band instrument company, Elkhart, took his life by swallowing catholic acid.

Order your coal of the Grant Warner Lumber Co. A new car ol Jackson Hill just received.

Marshall G. Tindall, an undertaker at Shelbyville, was a Rensselaer visitor from yesterday morning until this morning, and stated to a reporter that he was looking after a desirable hearse team but has so far been unable to buy one.

Children’s suits and pjmts at slaughter prices at Fire Sale,, ..

Fred N. Chapman has contracted for the purchase of the former Berry Paris property now occupied by County Auditor J. P. Hammond, and will occupy it probably about the first of April. The price is understood to have been $2,500.

Cotton flannel mitts 42c dozen a Fire Sate.

C. W. Duvall has received worfl from his wife, who was called to Kansas City by the serious sickness of her sister, Mrs; Alice Thompson Parker. Death resulted to Mrs. Parker before Mrs. Duvall reached there.

Fire Sale prices on goods not damaged in the least at Fire Sale.

Revival services conducted by Rev. Crider and Rev. Coon at the Rosebud church have closed. The meeting resulted in a great revival of interest among the members and in the addition of ten or twelve to the church. - - _ _

There will be work in the second degree of the Knights of Pythias tonight. Quite a number of applications are being taken for the order and this insures a goodly number of Page rank candidates for the Golden Jubilee to be held in Rensselaer next Feb; 10th. 25c, childs’ overalls 17c at Fire Sale.

F. L. Starr, for a number of years captain of police on the Nickel Plate railroad, with headquarters at Bellevue, 0., resigned his position and will retire /from police work. He has bought a farm and will live on it, devoting his entire tme to the raising of garden truck.

Miss Hazel Kenton, of Mitchell, S. Dak., who has been visiting L. 11. Hamilton and family here for the past five weeks/ left this morning for Elwood, Ind.,'for a visit of two weeks. She expects to start back to Mitchell about the first of April.

Twenty-three years ago John Jones, porter at the Lake Shore depot at Elkhart, loaned $3 to a fellow employe in a Chicago restaurant. Last Monday the borrower, now a Pullman porter, voluntarily notified Mr. Jones that he would return the money. The money was left in the Lake Shore, telegraph office.

Attorney W. H. Parkinson made a trip to Colburn yesterday and closed up the sale of a farm of 146 acres which belonged to his uncle, William J. Moore, now of Mitchell, S. Dak. William E. Moore had owned the farm for Several years and it was left to his son, Will. The consideration is understood to have been about $13,000.

Leroy H. Smith, son of Ed Smith, of Chicago, who has been visiting relatives h-ere_ for the past two months, went to Momence, 111., today, for a short stay. Last year he took out a claim near Chinook, Mont., and he'will return there! to look after it in the spring. Jlis father, who had a severe attack of pneumonia in Chicago, is now considerably improved.

One of the most sickening accidents in the history of Kridx occurred at the» hohie of County Treasurer Joseph and family, when Mrs. James Arnott, professional nurse of Bass Lake, who was waiting on the daughter of Mr. Joseph, fell headlong down stairs and mutilated her face beyond recognition. Her nose and upper jaw bone were completely crushed.

- Arthur Mayhew, Fred Waling, J? R. Lewis and (Ernest Lamson purchased fifteen Duroc brood sows at the Strickland sale near Lowell last week. The hogs were distributed among the four men, having been (bought individually. They are fine hogs, Mr. Strickland having won several prizes at the International show in Chicago. The weather was bad the day of the sale, the crowd not up to expectations and prices not so high.

Don’t Ton Believe It.

Some say tfiat chronic constipation cannot be cured. Don’t you believe it, Chamberlain’s Tablets have cured others—why not sjou? Give them a trial. They cost only a quarter. Dor sale by A. F. Long.C

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW

When the falling snow drops in light, airy flakes on the pines and spruces, and drapes with its clustering tracery the oaks and maples—when the still air seems to fix everything out of doors In a solid mass of crystal, then we can hie to the wood, knowing that there it is always comfortable. In the shelter of the trees the frost seems to lose it© fierceness, and should a spiteful wind sweep over the naked hills and fields, and rage amongst the tree tops, we find in the depths of the forest that the blast is only a murmur to our ears, and a solace which enhances the about us. ; To the lover of nature, the woods L in winter' present unlimited opportunities for observing the habits of the creatures of the field, the forest and even some of our avian friends. Before we start dealing with tracks, we wish to suggest to the boy who would read these signs aright, that the feet of all animals should be closely examined, either in life or in specimen, then by visits to the Zoos or Museums, he can note their customary gait while walking and running. Much preliminary study should be done In this way, and It will certainly be time well spent. _For only occasionally can one actually see the track-makers on their dally rounds, and it were far better that we pass over many of the signs on the snow, than that one of them should be erroneously Identified. The two commonest tracks are that of the field mouse and the cottontail rabbit. The little row of twin footprints of the field mouse are often taken by a novice for some sort of a bird’s. I suppose because its tracks begin at a place where it is unlikely any animal could emerge unless It dropped from the skies, and, when It has had Its outing, disappears in an equally mysterious Way.

They have, however, a starting point and it is usually near a tuft of grass or bush, where a small hole permits our dainty traveler to crawl out rand write his name on the white and even page of winter. Follow him along, in and out amongst the trees, curving and twisting, tunneling and climbing like a miniature railroad, and you will find another small hole where he entered to hide himself from the gaze of the upper world. These little fellows are inveterate ramblers, And it is a -very severe storm which will keep them under cover more than a day at a time. Their tracks In the hard snow are clear and distinct, but when it is soft and deep their little legs and tail leave a trail which resembles more than anything else a chain with links joined together. The tracks of the cottontail ate a study In themselves. The two prints In front are made by the hind feet, while the hind ones are set there by the front feet. This is due to overreaching, a feature one will not wonder at when he sees the “doubling up” a rabbit makes in the air with every bound he takes. While nearly everyhody ts aware that a rabbit’s hind foot is larger than its fore foot, there are few who who can correctly tell the direction the animal is traveling by looking at its tracks. The house cat makes a very deliberate track, every foot print clear and distinct, and evidently put down with extreme caution. Cat prints are easily identified, when once seen, but there is no uniformity as to -how they lay their course. Of the birds that visit the snowy places, we find the horned lark, lapland longspur, snowflake, robin and crows the moßt numerous.

The horned lark leaves a dragging trail. Its methodical crouching walk, and long spurs will sometimes »cut two parallel lines, from which you can hardly find where the feet have rested, and again, it will leave a trail as distinct as one could wish for. It is an uncertain ranger, but this is due to its continued search for food, aul although it must suffer severely in winter for the necessities of life, it is as cheerful in its song as If the cares of the world belonged to some other bird. Along the railroad tracks, and on the bare spots In the open fields, one can always hear its musical song, though at times it cuts this short and melts the notes into a piteous appeal, which to me is always Interpreted as a cry for food.

The crows are ever with us. In snmmqr they track the newly plowed land, and pull the sprouting grain, and in winter they visit the same fields, and renew the walks they previously took under more congenial sklea. Their track is a dodging one, bat withal distinct. The Impressions of the warts on the toe joints, and the tapering cuts made by the clawß are visible under favorable conditions.

One day while following tracks through a swampy piece of ground I came upon the trick of a mouse. At first It dodged in and out in the usual way. and then led out Into an open,spot some couple of hundreds Of jpfixdf. across. The thought hashed upon me. wouldn’t this be a likely spot for an owl to do his hunting? Following along. I soon saw that the track lengthened out; the footprints beoame less distinct, and a few yards

further 1 they suddenly vanished. There on either side of the last footprints were the deep marks of a pair of wings, In fact, the shape of the primaries were plainly visible. About six feet further on a few tiny drops of red on the white snow showed that the mouse had met its death by being pounced on by an owl, and lifted off its feet by the winged murderer.

The same day, a hound and a cottontail rabbit furnished the principal objects in a scene which depicts the trackß left by these sporty animals on the page of winter; I did not see either of the principals, but the story was as complete as If I had witnessed It from start to finish. When I first came upon this particular track, I noted that the leaps of the rabbit were short, but on coming to where a couple of men had crossed it at - right angles, it was plain that they had also observed the trail of the cottontail, as they had stopped, and one had tried the freshness of the footprint, by touching it with his finger. A dog was with them, its big pads being visible along with that of the men. The dog needed no urging to take the trail of Molly Cottontail, the branching off being regular, and without any,preliminary marking up of the snow, as would have been the case had the scent been uncertain, or the hound unduly urged to follow his master, The rabbit I could see had preceded the dog only a short time, as the latter cut corners, when the former circled —a ' thing no well-trained hound . would have done had the scent not been fresh, or he was anyway uncertain about being able to pick it up again. The chase was a long one, and while it kept o the same section of bush,'it circled round and round In a manner well known to all rabbit hunters. I wished little bunny well, and am hoping that had I followed it to a finish, I should have found where Molly had “holed up,” and thus escaped the hound and hunters. —John Boyd in Recreation Magazine.

Fore and Aft Team Race.

It is a long time since brooms came into use. Their invention was of great benefit to the world In aiding to keep it clean—but have you ever considered another phase of their Since brooms have been in use, just so long have broomsticks ever had a peculiar charm to boys. The average boy can extract more amusement from the broomstick than almost anything else with which he comes in contact.

Divide the players In pairs of teams of two, providing as many broomsticks as there happen to be teams. Then direct them to grasp their respective broomsticks as show.n in the accompanying illustration, each facing in the opposite direction. Then line them all up at the starting point ready to run the race. They’re off! But don’t think they are going to do a 100 yard dash in record time. The funny part of the fore and aft race Is that chap who faces the front invariably tries to carry the boy facing the rear off his feet in his efforts to make good. He forgets that it is impossible for his team mate to run backward half as fast as he runs forward, so the chances are there will be a good many trip-ups and the race will be won by the pair who can best adapt their irregular gait to each other in-

stead of the swiftest contestants. Now, as you will see, headwork is more apt to win when It is coupled with the footwork than speedy footwork alone. So use your heads to regulate your feet; In other words, use good “teamwork,” as they say In athletics, and you’ll be successful in this broomstick pastime of the fore gnd aft race.”

A Pre-Historic Profession.

.In recent years men have been finding out a great deal ajjout the people of the Stone Age. Scientists have discovered how to find the graves and buried houses of the humans of that far-off time, and now we have pretty accurate histories of' the daily life of these primitive men and women, who lived with the cave bear and the mammoth. Among other discoveries that have been made recently is the curious one that despite the low stage of civilization at that time, the trader had begun to connect all the tribes of Europe by means of his travel in search of business.

By the amber- pieces and other remnants that are found in the ruins of the Tillages of-the Stone Age, It Is clear that these ancient peddlem crossed the whole of Europe in many different directions, going from the North Sea clear to the mediterranean. and carrying articles even from Egypt an t Babylon into the rude dwellings of the Europeans who were still dressed in the skins of aniwal» then. Modern discoveries have found even bits of bronze in the caves. No donbt th«y were prized highly fay the purohaaera.

THE INTERURBA SUBSIDY.

(Remington Press of Jan. 29.) The Press -has a letter from Burton O. Smith, -general manager- of the Insurance Trust Company, of Chicago, in answer to a letter of inquiry from the Press asking concerning the refliability and responsibility of the Indiana Northwestern Tracton Co.,- who propose to build a line two ways through the town. This letter is on file at The Press office and. may be seen by anyone Interested. It speaks in highest terms of the company of its general manager and engineer. The Insurance Trust Company is the company that has been asked to handle the bonds .of the traction company in case the road is -built, and has made a close examination into the conditions and the men behind the movement. This letter is in part as follows; “Replying to your favor of the 17th inst- 1 am personally acquainted with all the gentlemen actively identified with the building of the Indiana Northwestern Traction Company’s proposed line, and know them to he, capable, responsible and trustworthy. “Mr. T. S. Roberts is a man of large and successful experience in this line of work; is possessed of substantial personal means and has strong financial backing. “I had occasion to make Investigation regarding him and was advised by several banks that he was considered good for any contract or agreement he might make. “Several others actively identified with the undertaking have been selected by reason of their experience and fitness to handle otherdepartments. Mr. Wilson, the engineer, is the consulting engineer of the Illiois Surety Company of this city, by whom he is highly regarded. In a similar capacity he had constructed a large mileage of interurban lines in your state. “From my knowledge of the men, condition and general merit of the enterprise, I have no hesitancy in assuring you that if the local attitude is favorable and reasonable support is extended, the line will be promptly built and shodld be in successful operation in your immediate locality and considerably beyond that during the present year. “I understand some local prejudice exists by reason of previous efforts by other people to construct this line and I venture to advise your people not to confuse those men or methods with the present ones in a way to prejudice their attitude at this time, and thereby injure their own interests as I believe would be true if they as a result failed to secure the line, - ■-■■ y - The whole affair is, as I understand it, up to people. I have been approached in connection with the handling of the bond issue which the company expects to put out when a sufficient mileage is built to justify, and for this reason have/looked into the matter more carefully than otherwise would be the case. B. O. SMITH.”

NOTICE. There will be a meeting of the Pocahontas Lodge Thursday, Feb. at 7:30 p. m., at the Woodman hall, for the purpose of conferring the degree and the regular routine of business. By order of Pocahontas. OPAL. We have another car of the cele-* brated White Ash coal in. J. C. GWIN & 00.

The Best Cough Medieine.

“I have used Oh amb erla i n’s Cough Remedy ever since I have been keeping house,” slays L. C. Hames, of Marbury, Ala. ”1 consider It one of the best remedies I ever used. My children have all taken it and it works like a charm. For colds and whooping cought it is excellent.” For sale by A. F. Long. C

Fred C. Frazee, D. C., who came here from Canada last .week to buy of J. C. Shupert, the chiropractice doctor, his office fixtures and practice, decided Monday not to make the deal and he left this morning for Canada. He stated that he had lived in Canada for so long and was of the opinion that he could succeed there better than here. Another was added Saturday to the list of shooting outrages among Italians in Hammond, when two men entered the sleeping-room of four Italians In one of the houses of the Standard Steel Car works and riddled two men with buttets and wounded a third. A fourth Jnah escaped by hiding under a bed. Jim Palozzolo and Faro and Roforo Evolo are the wounded men. Palozolo and Foro Evolo are* in a serious condition. i

The next big sale near Rensselaer will be George Reed’s on Feb. 10th, just northwest of town. He wUI sell 15 head of horses and colts, 15head of cattle and some good brood sows. flee. .Ask lor free catalogue. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmm PISH MARKET PHONE 472. FRESH FISH ..... N. ol Duvall’e EVERY DAY. Clothing Sto o Deliveries to all parts ol town* :.V ' T