Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1917 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FOR EXCHANGE —240 acres, fine 1 improvements, located. IVi miles from station; .to exchange for improved 80 acres. —Harvey Davisson." .WANTED —100 bushels of potatoesJ. H. Carson. 5 Pct. FAY.” LOANS 5 Pct. See us for 5 per cent money—No charge for abstract examination — Low rate qf commission—Loans on city property.-*—Chas. J. Dean « Son, Odd Fellows Bldg. j—Would Raise Deer. A movement, based on commercial considerations, is being initiated for the wider rearing of deer In order to make venison Inore popular as a diet. It is pointed out that elk and deer may be raised to advantage In forests and on rough, brushy ground unfitted for either agriculture or stock-raising thus utilizing for profit much land that Ift now waste. One of the added advantages Is that the business is well adapted to landowners of small means. ' ' i Hawaii Has 240,000 People. Hawaii was annexed by the United States In 1898. The islands cover 6,740 square miles. The last United States census of the Islands gave a population of about 192,000, and It Is believed to be now somewhere In the neighborhood of 240,000. This country Imports more than $50,000,000 worth of sugar annually from Hawaii. Powerful wireless stations link up the United States and Japan. Pearl Harbor Is one of our most important naval stations. The Secretary Bird. The secretary bird gets Its name from the tufts of feathers which grow on either side of its head, and look exactly like a bunch of pens stuck be- I hind a clerk’s ear. The bird has long legs and large wings, with which It can ascend to a great height. It builds a strong nest in a tree, and lives In It year after year, subsisting on small animals and tiny snakes.

No Need to Worry. A lady of nice consideration said: “Manda, I’m not going to send yap my wash to do this week because my children have scarlet fever, and I don’t whnt your children to get It, so I’ll have the clothes fumigated.” Replied the colored woman: “You don’t need to worry about that, ma’am; my children had the scarlet fever three weeks ago.” Man's Aspirations. The more a man knows the clearer becomes his consciousness of ignorance. The greater his virtues the more keenly sensible is he of his defects. The* nearer' he approaches to perfection the more strongly does he feel that his aspirations can only be fully realized in the great hereafter.— Exchange. Archaeological Discovery. A most important archaeological discovery was made recently in Gonnoi, near the Vale of Temple in Thessaly. The Archaeological society unearthed what is plainly a sanctuary to the goddess Artemia, and among the articles foun,d on the spot are some of the most remarkable votive offerings yet discovered in the histpry of research. • 1' Their Ambitions. In the city the toller had just been advanced in salary. “Now,” he chuckled, “I can begin saving to buy a farm.” In the country the agriculturist looked at the check received for his season’s wheat. “Another crop or two like this,” he mused, “and I can move into the city.”

Artificial Leather. A recent American patent relates to the production of artificial leather, and consists In applying to a fabric base a coating containing nitrated cotton and a vegetable oil and a super-imposed baked coating of a leather-japanning composition. . i ? ..., The “Wanted” is received, the “Lost” is found, and all miscellan eous desires quickly granted by using ■>ur Classified Column. 1 • . Installments on Liberty bonds are now due and must be paid by Dec.' 15 ’• FIRST NATIONAL BANK Miss Ola Billman, Home Demonstrators or the county, has been called to her home in Shelbyville, and consquently the meeting which was to have been held at Virgie Tuesday evening has been postponed. Why not buy a useful Christmas present this year? A fine pair Comfy’s in an elegant gift-box would please your friend. Buy these of B. N. *Fendig, the Exclusive Shoeman. > - The Women’s Home and Foreign missionary society, of the ian church will hold their regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Frank Foltz, Wednesday, December 12 at 3:00 o’clock. Comfy’s in elegant gift boxes would be just the present your friend: is looking to receive. You can get them at B. N. Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Ahwve baaas ■