Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1898 — Page 8

THE PASTORS’ COLU[?]N.

(Under this head extracts from the Sunday sermons of the various pastors of the Rensarhcr churches will be publtsbed each week fawn copy furnished us.] Sermon preached at Mt. Ayr. Sunday. Hee. <, IRS«.by Rev. V.O. Fritts. Text:—l Timothy 111:8-11. Is one of two divinely offices. Some consider it an order in the ministry. L The office; 1. Is divine, j 2. No office equalt oit except Bishop. 11. Their character. 1. Honest,pious, spiritual, wise etc. 111. Their duties: To assist the pastor we may learn the duties by the qualifications required: 1. Honest —to collect money. 2. Full of Spirit—active. The word Holy Ghost is not in , Griesback’s Greek text. 3. Wisdom—as pastor's cabinet 4. Grave—dignified. 5. Double-tongued—deceitful. 6. Not winebibbiers—lnfluence. 7. Covetuous-to collect money. They must teach liberality. 8. Neither Go! nor the church has any use for a stingy deacon. 9. Husband of one wife—to teach principles of virtue. 10. Ruling family or refractory church. XI. The wife. ~ Must be a helper to him. Pastor is the Bishop, but the deacon is senant. He may wait at communion table. He may baptize but good order requires hr should not ordinarily.

DEAD SOLDIERS.

In 1889 the general assembly of the state of Indiana jwssed an act authorizing the ‘’Township Trustees of this state, in their resjMX*tive townsliips, to look after awl cause to lie interred in a decent and respectable manner iu any cemetery or burial ground within this state, other than tlmse used exclusively for the burial of pauper dead, at an expense not to exceed fifty dollars, the body of any honorably dischaiged ex-union soldier, sailor or marine, having at any time served in the army or navy of the United States, who shall hereinafter die a resident of this state, not leaving means sufficient to defray the necessary funeral expenses, or leaving a family in such indignet circumstances that they would lie distressed by the expenses of such burial. “Such Township Trustee, before assuming the charge and expense of any such burial, shall first satisfy himself by a careful inquiry into all the circumstances of the case, that such soldier, sailor <r marine did not leave means sufficient t 6 defray the necessary exjwnses of such b irial. or. ’if he left a family residing in such township, that said family is unable, without being distressinl todefray such expenses, ami being so satisfied he shall thereupon cause such deceased,” etc,, ’’to lie buried as jirovided" above. Following is a list of burials in Jasjier county during the jrist year under above provisions, with residence. occui«tion, cost of burial, etc....as shown upon the county records: IfAlpheus Booher, farmer. Walker tp., $35.00. Jacob Bierlv. fanner. Newtoti tp.. $40.00. William J. ..Granger, fanner. Keener tp.. $45.00. William Hale, farmer. Hanging Grove tp.. $45.00. Lewis A. Ford, farmer. Carpenter tp., $50.00. John Kern, farmer, Marion tp, $45.00.

ADDITIONAL LOCAL. I ■ Get yonr sale bilk at The Democrat office. The President's message will be found on an inside page. Good correspondence stationery cheap at The Demkrat office. A whole armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat ofChas. Brinley.of this place, was married to a young lady at Gibson. I HL last Saturday. Yesterday was another fine winter day. with the mercury down about the cipher mark. Dr. Chas. Vick, the optician, has fitted upoffice rooms oxer the Commercial State Bank. Try The Democrat for latest style calling cards, cither plain or ; printed in handsome plate script. 100 envelopes with your name ’ and address neatly printed thereon for only 30 cents, at The Demoj cRAT office. Whenin Rensselaer put your team up at Half Jk Masker's feed and hitch barn, one block north of | Makeover hotel. ts r■ ; I If you have for sale a farm. house and lot, or any other property of a ! ralahlr nature, try advertising it in I The Democrat. Get your job printing done at j The Democrat office. Satisfaction guaranteed both in stock, (jrices and workmanship. Bring your job print ing to The Democrat office. We appreciate your favors, do nothing but the best work and charg moderate prices. The Valparaiso Sub-district Epworth League Convention is now in scssa® at Monon. Quite a number of our young people are in attendance. Rev. Applegate, formerly pastor of the Christian church in this city has removed to Rensselaer where be will work for an insurance comI«*ny. —Delphi Times, Another big invoice of stationery and |«inters' slock received by The Dekxit a few days ago. We respectfully solicit a share of your job fatronage. and can please you I* 4 h as to price and workmanship. - I am now able to offer you my goods at reduced prices. Sailors, walking hats and lams at cost, and trimmed hats at big reductions,. as I wish to close out my entire k of millinery. Mrs. C. E. Hersh max. Let every reader of The Dem«»- < rat endeavor to secure at least <<n<- new subscriber for the paper during the next few weeks. The paper should be in the home of every taxpayer in the county who is opposed to ring rule and excessive taxati<«n. Delphi Times: The price of hogs has reached the lowest figures in twenty years and many fanners are selling off dose, in older to save their com. The price for good hogs is now below three cents per pound gross, and the prices are still falling. Owing to illness of oqm of the members of the Sherw<<MiConcert Col. the entertainment advertised to take place at Ellis Opera House last Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Fiction Club was declared off. and will be give n later or another number substituted in its stead. The Democrat is and will be! conducted st rictly in the interests of the people of the whole county,' and by watching up county affairs will save the taxpayers thousands of dollars every year. Show your appreciation by coming in and subscribing for the paper, and tell your neighbor to do likewise. The official count gives Major a majority of two and Dowell only three. These are narrow margins, but J. A. McFarland will sell you groceries on a narrower margin than that. An official test will show that a pound of good butter or a dozen eggs will buy more at McFarland's grocery than anywhere ctee. A jury ;in the L'uited States court yesterday t» ed William W. Chapman of Monticello for fraud against the pension laws. The charge, which was pretty strongly supported by evidence, was that he secured a back pension of S7OO for his brother and kept half of it for his own services. The jury could not agree and Judge Baker, in receiving this announcement from the foreman, said that it was beyond his comprehension that a bring in averdicLnn tineL

Lafayette Strole, a well known citizen of Newton county, died last week after a brief illness. » t C. E. Tyner of Cedar Lake, was in the city Thursday on business, returning home yesterday. Joe Schofield and E. L. Short are land prospecting in the vicinity of Manchester, Tenn., this week. Arthur Catt returned to Hammond Thursday after a few days visit with his parents in Rensselaer. s The wife of Jacob Hall, who resides in the northwest part of the city, died Thursday night after a long illness from consumption. The Indiana IT. S. senatorial situation, it is thought, stands about as follows were a vote taken at this time: Steele, 28; Posey, 2D; Hanly, 18; Beveridge, 15; Taylor. 9. It is thought the fight will finally narrow down to Steele [ and Mount. It is said that Jamison & Heidrich, <>f Peoria, 111., have purchased from Danielson & Ellingson, of Hamlet. Starke county, 1180 acres of land for $30,500. It is I proposed to establish a beet sugar ' factory if the coming Indiana Legislature passes a bounty law. j Sugar beets testing 22.9 per cent, sugar were grown on this land last year. Jamison & Heidrich have a further option on 1,800 acres owned by the same firm and it is said on several thousand acres of individual tracts. Not la Jasper, Sid. Jtwr.xrv Courier: It has come to be recognized by all political parties in Indiana that reform in local government is badly needed in this state. ANOTHER SOLDIER DIES. Joseph Turner, a son of William Turner of Kankakee tp., died in the camp hospital at Savannah, Ga., last week, and was buried at Wheatfield Sunday. He was a j member of Co. I, 161st Indiana regiment, and died of measles. ESTRAYED. The undersigned purchased a Jersey cow about 4 years old at D. H Y eoman's sale. She has strayed ■ from my premises. Any one informing me of her whereabouts will be suitably rewarded. Geo. Coqcmlix, Stoutsburg, Ind.

BREVITIES OF FUN.

Jigson—“Your friend Swatkins talks with considerable feeling.” Nigson—“Yes, and he generally touches his man.” Marked Down.—“ Sadie gays she’s 29. I thought she was 33.” “Well, everything in the store Lis been marked down since the Ist of Jan-uary-”—Judge. _ - “Why did Josephine dismiss her suit for damages r” “The man proved that he ran into her bicycle because he was looking at her.” —Chicago Daily Record. How He Knew. —Mrs. Newlywed —“Have patience, Jack! Dinner will soon be ready.” Jack—“l suppose so, my dear. I thought I smelled something burning.”—Answers. “It is estimated,” said the statistical boarder, “that 7,000,000 packs of playing cards are made every year.” “That,” said the Cheerful Idiot, “is a great deal.” —Indianapolis Journal. Snoop—“O, I would like to see myself as others see me, just once.” Snapper—“ Well, I can tell you, once and for all, you would step on yourself and you wouldn’t notice it.”— Boston Courier. “Frisbie is the laziest man I ever knew.” “What makes you think so?” “He actually seems to be glad that he’s getting bald headed, so that he won’t have to comb his hair any moreTit-Bits.

Mistress (greatly distressed as Bridget awkwardly drops the chicken on the floor when about to place it on the table) —“Dear me! Now we’ve lost our dinner!” Bridget—“lndade ya’ve not. Oi have me foot on it!” — Credit Lost. Mia. Fowler—“So you have been to rit up with a sick man, eh? John Fowler, can you look me in the face and say that?” Mr. Fowler—“ Why, of course I can, Nettie. What do you take me for—for just an ordinary, amateur liar?”— Boston Transcript.

THE LATEST SEA-SERPENT.

am Bratty Seta Of the Coaat of Scotland. Very little has been heard of the sea serpent for some time; but a creature which, it is stated, closely resembled that monster of tradition, has, it appears, been discovered off Stonehaven, a small town about 16 miles south of Aberdeen. Near the end of the past week, at about 11 o'clock in the morning, the fishing ! boat Lily was returning to Stonehaven from the haddock grounds, when the attention of the skipper, Alex Taylor, was directed to some"•‘•J ’ •» ’ 4 ■ ’

Particular People B&’People who insist on knowing all about an article before buying it, who deJKaF*mand that price and quality must be just exactly right, who form their opinion Jg@“of dealers by the goods tney have sold in the past, these people always make it BS“a point to buy their Footwear of JUDGE HEALY, the exclusive Boot and dealer of Rensselaer. People who go into his store find better goods for money than they had expected to pay, and after wearing them for a year or B6F“more they come back again and are his permanent patrons. BESmS ] 4 A shoe made in one piece, for S ’ t ’ hard knocks and outdoor wear. > S Will outlast any two pairs of \ > the ordinary shoe. Big value ? x tor the money. < S If you want a cheaper calf < ? shoe, you will find them at the r x Judge's at from SI.OO up; all c < bargains. S uSoiTm j < Just the thing for winter, All styles carried in stock. Come in c / and see them. / / For men, boys, women mis- ’, ? see and children bought 1 ► / before the advance and sold ’ < accordingly. ( * ? felts $2 00 ' x Lj coming Overs, with felts, j \ $2.25. J ? Best Snag proof made—the f x Lycoming—with felts, 2.65, c ( others ask $3.00. S A full line of Shoe Polish in both black and tan. If you are troubled with corns, call for some of the Judge’s Corn Cure, recommended to remcne the most obstinate corn. Price 25c per bottle. A bottle given free with every pair of fine shoes. YOURS FOR GOOD SHOES, JUDGE HEALY, EXCLUSIVE SHOE DEALER AND JUDGE OF GOOD SHOES.

thing floating on tne suriace oi tne sea, about 100 yards off the coast, in very deep water. Thinking that the object might be a body, the skipper ordered one of his crew to be in readiness with a boat hook to take it on board when passing, for it was right in their course. But what was their consternation, when they approached closer, to &e the thing rear itself partly out of the water and swim seaward across their bows. The boat was now only 15 yards away, and the crew could see the strange inhabitant of the water quite clearly. The skipper describes it as having a back somewhat like the upturned bottom of a ship on which were two fins, 20 feet apart, aibout the size of the sails of a small boat, which they closely resembled. Behind one fin was a protuberance of the shape of a carnet’s hump. The body was of a bluish color, and in appearance the head was flatter than that of a whale. The monster went a short distance out to sea, and, describing a circle, turned and passed the boat again, this time in the rear. At intervals it raised its head high out of the water and spouted in the manner of a whale, the only difference being that it took a shorter period to blow. The skipper of the boat describes the part of the creature that was visible as being twice the length of a 34-foot boat. He did not see its tail end, so that there is no knowing what its total length might have been. It seems impossible that the fishermen could have mistaken the animal for a whale at so short a distance, as whales are quite familiar to the trawlers of the northeast coast of Scotland. Taylor tells his story clearly and without hesitation, and his crew vouch for the veracity of his statements, which are, in a measure, corroborated by the fact that in the early morning of the same day the crew of another boat heard an unusual splashing and blowing as they were leaving Stonehaven harbor. Owing to the dense fog prevailing at that early hour, however, they were unable to discover the author of the disturbance.—London Daily News.

Our 13-Inch Gun.

The 13-inch gun of which the Americans appear to be so enamored at present costs £IO,OOO, weighs 61 tons, is 40 feet long, and takes about a year to make. It can only be fired once in five minutes, and each shot requires 550 pounds of powder, t At 1,500 yards a steel projectile fired by the gun is capable of penetrating 23 inches of solid steel. The armorpiercing shells used in this gun cost £IOO each.

SPEAK WITH THE HEART.

Only Recourse of Porto. Ricans Until They Learn Our Language. It is amusing to watch the natives of Forto Rico trying to adapt themselves to their new conditions. One symptom is the appearance of the teacher of English who calls himself a “professor of linguistic.” He is usually a good Spanish scholar with a fair knowledge of literary English and ludicrous unfamiliarity with our colloquial speech. One of the professors asked to be “produced to the lady and gentleman Americanos.” Another at a social gathering said “he had took inexpressed charm in allowed participating in the disgustion so felicitous.” A third astonished us by referring to the “lady-madams-misses,” meaning thereby the female guests in the residence. One enterprising merchant carried around with him an AngloSpanish handbook, and with a diplomatic ingenuity made every American he knew his instructor. Of each he would ask the pronunciation of one sentence, and, after repeating it several times, would thank the informant very effusively and then trot away to the next acquaintance for another exercise. I never knew how hard our language was until yesterday, when an old Spanish gentleman who spoke very fair English came to me with a copy of Dickens* sketches, and pointed out what a nightmare to him was the little word “rowHe said: “This is a brutal word, this person rows a boat and lives in a row of houses on Primrose row, where she has a row with other people, who also row boats, live in a row, and have rows with still other people. Spanish contains many bad words which puzzle the foreigner, but there is no word in all our language like that row.” The little children are beginning to pick up expressions from the soldiers, many of which it must be confessed are not over polite. One little coffee-colored cherub with a maximum of ivory teeth and a minimum of clothing took particular joy in addressing every man and woman: ‘‘Halloo, Yankee gentleman,” and was looked up to by his youthful comrades as a marvel of learning. In every one of the towns and cities English classes have been already established, and I was gravely informed by a patriotic Porto Rican that within two years every one of his people would speak English with the mouth as they now did with the heart. —Cleveland Leader.

New Undertaking

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Rensselaer Markets.