Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1902 — Page 2

iMiilliiiilllil flkktgo, Indianapolla and Louisville By. Rensselaer Time-Table, South Bound. ■o. tt—Fast Mail 4:49 a. m ■o. B—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. Mo.S3—lndianapolis Mail, (daily).. 1:46 p.m. ■o. SO—Mllkaocomm., (dairy) 6:15 p. m. Mo. *— Louisville Express, (daily).. 11:25 p. m. •No. 45—Looal freight * :40 p.m. North Bound. ■o. 4-Mail, (daily) 4:30 a.m. Mo. 40—Milk ncooinm., (dally) 7:31a.m. Mo.3B—Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a.m. •Mo.3o—Clin,to Chicago Ve*. Mail. 6:32 p.m. JNo. 88—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p.m. 10. 6—Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:30 p.m. •No. 46 Local freight 9:55 a.m. No. 74—Freight, (daily) 9:09 p.m. •Daily except Sunday. tStinnav only. Mo. 74 Carrie* passenger* between Monon and howell. Hammond hai been made a regular stop ter No. 30. .... Mo. 32 and 33 now atop ut Cedar Lake. Fiiank J. Kkbd, G. P. A., W. H. MoDoBL, President and (Jen. M'g'r, Chao. H. Rockwell, Traffic M’g’r, OHICAOO. W. H. Beau, Agent, Rensselaer.

Board and lodging. Rates SI.OO Pew Day. FRANK COOPER, Indianapolis. Ind. 2024 HOVY STREET. JOT. TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor John Eger Marshal Abram Simpson Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer H. L. Grumble Fire Chief Elden 11. Hopkins COUNCII.MKM. Mt ward ( lias. Dean, H. J. Kannal td ward ........... 1. J. I’orter, C. G. Spitler Sd wurd J. F. McColty, J.C. Chllcote COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk .John F. Major Sheriff Abram O. Hardy Auditor W.C. Babcock Treasurer R. A. Parklson. Kororder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner Jennings Wright Sunt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMIBHIOKKUB. lat District Abraham Halleck 2nd Distric Frederick Waymire 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioner's court First Monday of •aeh month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. (EBUSTEEH. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grovo John Ryan Gillam Lewis Shrier Walker Klias Arnold ..Itarkley Charle«_M. Blue Marion John HM Jordan Geo. M. Ttilcox Newton S. L. Luce Keener Thomas F. Maloney Kankakee Bt. ph.ui I). Clark VVlieatiield Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William T. Smith Milroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensselaer U. K. Hollingsworth Rensselaer J. D. Allman Remington Geo. O. Steinbel Wheutiieid JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.- Second Monday in February, April, September and November.

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES’ CARDS. Milroy Township. fm.T. Smith, trustee of Milroy township, fives notice that he will be at his residence fn •aid township on the First and Third Saturdays of each month for the pur Kse of transacting township business; and siness relating to making contracts or paytrig claims will oe done on such designated day. Wm. T. Smith, Trustee. Jordan Township. John Bill, trustee of Jordan township, gives aotice that he will be at his residence in said township on the Sacond and Fourth Saturdays ml each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. John Bill, Trustee.

11902 me siandord Bred Trolling stallion § DALLAH NO. 4645. | s high, weighs 1400 pounds; brad by R. Ky., owned by T. M. Hibier, Joliet, 111. rd, the greatest living sire with 158 from 3:06 to 0) g sons that have sired 316 trotters and 380 pacers; ed 63 trotters and 38 pacers. •/ it dam is Jeanette, sired by Woodford Abdallah, he 1-3. he by MambrinoCnlef; 3d dam, Japhet, sired , Doniphan, sired by Davy Crockett. WJ ICE TO BREEDERS. II make the season at my farm known as the old Township, at 410 to insure a colt to stand and suck. i the low figure of $lO we insist that mares herelyone parting with mare before foiling time will be Wilkes Abdallah is a licensed stallion under the 0) ind colts will be held for service. Mares will be .hand have the same attention as our own, but all tr's risk. §) T. M HIBLER, Owner. •) Bo* 138. D ART WHITNEY, Manager. AGENTS WANTED M one In ench town to ride and exhibit a sample 1902 model M ill WvL bicycle of our manufacture. YOU QAM /MAKE 910 TO V Ii WEEK besides having a wheel to rldeforyourself. jmk m 1902 Models Guaranteed $9 to SIS §f n If/ll 1900 and 1901 Models SI to 111 M f * Iff 'Xu 500 Sooond Hand Whoolso*. eo M' § H 111 },v g/M ’akin In i rado t'v our riil ago retail stop's, all Uu f OUU ml \ f ij ■lt MU 1 ! «■ makes and models, tnxid as new “ flf Homy Im Im Wo ship tiny bicycle OH APPROVAL to any■j ■ iHnisfrt r>nn vnthout a emt deposit ul advance and allow 14¥Dmio days free trial. si,iaj n 0 rt ** * n or^,,r,n l? from us, as you do not need Hv/T i Wvl[Ml to pay a cent If the bicycle docs not suit you. V il Tl nn lIOT DIIV 8 wuntil you have written for our m/ n\M WES' UU HUT BUT factory pricesai rif.trialoftir. M l m HPt Tire*. fH|ulpaaaat,ann(lriea K ndsivmlnginMslsor ail kinds, at H f/ ' W ■iK half regular price*. In our big free sundry catalogue. Con- ■ / I tains a world of useful information. Write for It. BA [ WE WAMT a reliable person in each town to distribute catalogues for us In V exchange for a bicycle, writs todayJor fr»x» catalogueand our apeclal offer. W J. L. MEAD CYCLE CO., Chicago, 111.

Jtoerl*’ English Stable Powder Bold by A. V. Long

FARMS FOR SALE. BY Dalton Hinchman REAL ESTATE AGENT, Vernon, Ind. No. 989. Tvte hundred and forty-five acres, level, new two-story frame house, seven rooms, well and cistern, two tenant houses, two orchards, fair sized barn. 80 acres timber, good soil. Can be bought for $35 per acre. No. 990. Two hundred and eighty-two acres, two houses, one and one-half storie each, barn 50x60, cattle barn with crib 10x50 feet, horse and cattle barn combined 50x70, 6 corn cribs 8x24 feet with driveways, granary with capacity of 9,000 bushels, running water, three fine wells; two windmills; large or* chard of all kinds of fruit at each house, 77 acres wheat, 135 acres timothy, three and onehalf miles over pike road to town of 7,500 population. Price SII,OOO, $4,000 cash, balance six percent., five years. No. 991. Three hupdred acres, 920 acre* cultivated, 40 acres timber, 170 acres bottom, 80 acres tiled, on pike, four wells, cistern and live water, two large barns, corn cribs, granaries. sheds and wagon scales, medium bouse, level, yielded from 40 to 70 bushels corn last year per acre. Price S3O per acre. Correspondence Solicited. References: Judge Willard New, Ex-Judge T. C. Batchelor, First National Bank. Merchants: S. W. Storey. N. DeVeray. Jacob Foebel, Thomas & Son, Wagner Bros. Sc Co., Nelson & Son, J. H. Maguire & Co., W. M. Naur, Herbert Goff and Wagner’s plow factory. Anyone that wishes to look over the county, would be pleased to show them whether they wished to buy or not. Read The Democrat for news. Don’t forget The Democrat when you have a legal notice to be published. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates. Funds always on hand. W. B. Austin. Tell your neighbor to subscribe for the taxpayers’ friend, Thb Democrat. It gives all the news.

Have You Seen? The New Machinery at the Rensselaer Steam Laundry. It is the best and latest improved in the United States. No more pockets in open front shirts. Our New drop board Sliirt-Ironer matches every button hole perfectly and holds the neck band in perfect position while ironing. Do you realize you are working against your own city when you send to out of town Laundries and indirectly working against your own interests? We CLAIM THAT WITH OUR present Equipment and Management our work is Equal to any Laundry in America. Our Motto; Perfect Satisfaction or no charges. We make a specialty of Lace Curtains. Send us your rag carpets, 5c a yard. Rates given on family washings. Office at G. W. Goff’s. Phone 66. Prompt work. Quick Delivery.

Craft'* Distemper and Cough Cura ttKarsjaia&'ia ai.ee pmr battle. Bold by A. V. Long.

THE LAST CAMPING GROUND.

Amin we revisit the last camping ground Of our “boya” who once wore the blue; They hear not our coming, ao sweetly they sleep ’Neath the sod, the sunshine, and dew. The soft wave# of Lethe have swept o'er their dreams And borne recognition away; They rest like their comrades who fell on the field Content with the work of the day. They hear not the low muffled sound of the drums. Or the songs we sing In their praise; They see not the standard by loving hands pressed In memory of long-cherished days. No pride or ambition Is roused In the hearts That quailed not while foes were yet seen; Their last battle is fought—the victory won, Their laurels arc still fresh and green. No more shall they hear the reveille at dawn. Or the tattoo send forth its good night; The glrni news of victory spreading through en inn And thrilling each soul with delight. Sleep on, noble heroes! und sweet be your rest. Forgotten you never will be; The banner you fought for in triumph still waves O'er our land of the brave and the free. There are graves upon which no tear-drops will fall. Where many lie friendless—alone, Yet nope are neglected, each grave has a flower. No head-hoard Is lettered “Unknown." Each life had a mission and bravely 'twas done With spirit both loyal nud true; When the last trumpet shall sound God will not forget Our brave "boys" who once wore the blue.

Old Bill's Last Memorial Day.

WIIAT did he give you, Bill?” “A hundred dollars.” “And you’re crying about it! Why, fellows, look here. A man made rich for two minutes’ work, and he's actually snivelling over his good luck!” “You don't understand!” quavered old Bill Hraddock. “Maybe he's thinking of the royal treat he’ll set up for the boys to-ifight—all day to-morrow, too. Bill. It’s a holiday.” Old Bill BraddtK’k's head went lower. Down dropped his hammer all of a sudden. “I’m not feeling very well, boys,” he muttered unsteadily. “I guess I’ll have to go home.” The scene was a building half-erected, the actors several workingmen engaged upon the same. Ten minutes previous every man In the place had looked up in startled dismay, as down the street came tearing a team of horses attached to a carriage. In its seat, wildly shrieking and clinging to the side of the swinging vehicle, was a child of 10, and she looked death in the face. It was a moment calling for promptness, for heroism. Into the breach stepped old Bill Braddock. A leap from a window ten feet up, a spring to the road, and then his horrified fellow workingmen saw two beings In peril instead of one. They shuddered ns, clutching at the necks of the frenzied steeds, old Bill was whipped like a plaything under their feet. Still he held on. Twice, thrice it teemed that he must be shaken loose under the grinding hoofs, but he clung manfully, and, thirty yards from the deep gravel pit in the course, menacing sure destruction, the horses were brought to a atop. When his companion workers came up Bill was limp as a rag. A mist was over bis eyes, for his exertions had not been light. Then he was conscious that a crowd surrounded him. He heard such words as “splendid fellow!” “hero!" and a trembling hand shook his own, while ita owner blessed him for saving his child, and pressed something crisp into the pocket of his leathern work apron. Bill’s arm was wrenched and he had received one or two bad blows from the

carriage pole on the head, nnd ho was confused, but ns a face like that of an angel, nurouted with golden hair, looked Into his own, and a pair of soft, young arms encircled his neck, and a childish roice whispered tearful thanks and a pair of sweet, fresh lips pressed his brou** ed cheek, he seemed to thrill back into a life where' tenderness hnd ruled instead of the reckless riot of late wasted years. He heard some one say that he had MTed the life of the only darling child of •ome prominent general, on his way to lead the memorial exercises of the following morning at Belleview, the next town. Then he was 'led by big friends back to the building. “Sort of dosed by hia shaking up." commented one of theae, as Bill left his work. “He'll be at the corners to-night, though. A liberal fellow of the right sort is old Blli Rraddock, and he'll Just outdo himself with a hundred dollar bill la his pocket. Mark my words."

Y'es, “a liberal fellow” had old Bill Braddock been all his life, and that was why at sixty-eight he was without a home, working harder than ever, and draining the dregs of life. Of “the right sort,” surely, for he had not hesitated to risk his own life to save that of an imperilled human being. Everybody knew old Bill. He had come back from the war with a record. How proudly for ten years had he been a familiar figure about the village, obscuring that record by giving all the credit of this deed and that effort, in battle to his brother! Then his brother died, and his wife followed, and a few years later, the gentle. witching little golden-haired fairy, their child, and then old Bill’s poor, lonely heart broke, and he went to the dogs, as the saying is. “She kissed me!” That was what old Bill Braddock was whispering softly to himself, in the wretched boarding-house room he called home, all the rest of that afternoon. A spell was on the man. While his friends were discussing how he was resting up to put in all that evening and all the ensuing holiday in a “right royal celebration” on the hundred dollars, far different ideas were battling in the mind for so many years dazfed with sorrow and benumbed with drink. That childish kiss had unlocked a door in the past—had let into the lonely soul a whole flock of memories of the days when he was a better man. That handshake of a great general had made Bill thrill as it took him back to the proud hour when, before a whole army, a greater general had publicly commended his heroism iu saving the day for bis country. Well, it was all over now—all except the lonely graves in Belleville cemetery—the little neglected mound where his hero brother lay. Poor old Bill’s soul was struggling from its shell. All his braver, gentler life had come back to him, and he groped in darkness. He regarded the wasted years sadly. He felt like the sin-sick

RETROSPECT.

prodigal—"l will arise and go to my fath-1 or.” But the prodigal had a home in distant view, while poor old Bill had none. And so, through the long afternoon, the thinker struggled. But the klsa kept his heart tender, and the general's handshake made him remember he had once been a man. At dusk he stole from the house, a mighty resolve in his heart; for one twen-ty-four hours, at least, for one soletnn Memorial I)ny, no liquor should pass his lips—be would commune with bis better self 1 He looked like a new man, arrayed in the neat undress uniform of the Urand Army, and he carried a wrentli of flowers under his arm at he struck out from town, two hours later. His companions found no boon fellow awaiting them that night. Bill was traversing the road to Belleview—alone with hla soul and God. The freshness of flowers, of aoft

MEMORIAL DAY.

zephyrs, of happy insect life was all about him. A holy heaven full of stars twinkled peace into his starving heart. And he marched forward with new thoughts and grand thoughts, as he had once marched at Gettysburg, at Ghaneellorsville, at Manasses Gap. Forward, march!—he had been a good soldier then. Forward, march! some stirring voice seemed to tell him he was a braver man to-night, tramp, tramp, tramping it away from teekless companions. Into an atmosphere of pure and holy thoughts. “Oh, papa! what a beautiful wreath on this little grave!” “And someone lying beside it!” Early in the morning the general and his daughter had come to the cemetery, to find the first wreath placed orj the grave of old Bill Braddock’s brother. “It is a man—how still he lies. Papa, is he —dead?” The old general turned the prostrate form. The child uttered a sharp, halffrightened cry. “It is the man—oh, papa!” she choked up—“it is the man who saved my life!” The general lifted his hat in reverence, hts daughter clung to his side with eyes brimming with tears. They could not help but read the story true, for they had taken pains to learn much of the veteran since the night before. “He is dead,” spoke the general softly, “but—oh, what a happy face!” God’s sweet morning dew was across it, the smile of God’s benison of forgiveness and peace seemed to illuminate it. The spirit of old Bill Braddock that had walked with the angels through the silent night, had gone humbly, pleadingly, repentantly into the presence of the great Captain, just as the solemn bells were ringing in a new Memorial Day.

The Wartime Uniform.

All enlisted men wore the blouse for fatigue dress. It is described in the regulations as “a sack coat of dark blue flannel, extending half way down the

thigh and made loose, four buttons down the front.” The trousers were of sky blue cloth, those for mounted men being “re-enforced,” nnd the overcoat was sky blue, the color of the trousers, the capes of the cavalry coming down to the coat cuff. The capes of the infantry greatcoat only came down to the elbow.

The Army Nurse.

If the brave lads, now grown grny and grim, who braved the battle’s perils and lived through months of hospital experience could have their way about It, every woman who ever set foot Inside the hospital doors with n view to comforting and administering to the sick would bo canonised to-day. There isn't a saint in tho list who would staud a ghost of a show beside an “army nurse.” Friendship la tin* only tiling in tho world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.—Clcsrct

BAD STORM IN TEXAS.

GOLIAD IS DESTROYED AND MANY LIVES LOST. Hurricane Travels Up the Gulf Coast, Leaving; a Path of Destruction in the Southern and Western Parts of the Lpne Star State. It is believed that between 100 #nd 200 lives have been lost in a hurricane which swept southern and western Texas from the Red river to the lower gulf coast, a stretch of fully 600 miles. Of the fatalities nearly half occurred in Goliad, a town of 3,500 Inhabitants on the San Antonio river, sixty miles southwest of Houston. That place was almost entirely wrecked, and the most conservative estimate places the loss of life at seventy-four, while scores of persons suffered injuries. Other Cities Suffer, San Antonio, Austin, Mexla, Beeville and Fort Sam Houston suffered from the visitation, and it'is believed that the calamity will prove to be the worst that has befallen the gulf coast since the hurricane of 1900 and its accompanying tidal wave engulfed the city of Galveston. The first news of the disaster at Goliad was received at about 7 o’clock Sunday evening, when the long-distance telephone operator communicated to Houston the fact that a large-part of the town had been literally blown away. The most serious damage by the storm was in the northern and western parts of the town, which were little more than a mass of wreckage, in which there were known to be many bodies and from which scores of persons, all homeless and many of them injured, were sending out calls for assistance. Estimate# of Dead. Nearly every bouse in the town wan razed or badly damaged by the wind, which also wrought havoc to life. The most accurate reports of fatalities place them at seventy-four, and the injured are believed to number at least 200. Of the dead forty-seven are whites and thirty are negroes. The seriously injured are whites and negroes in about the same proportion. The court house, city hall, jail, postoffiee, churches and other public buildings are gone. A driving rain which followed in the path of the tornado was followed in turn by, a tremendous drop in temperature, adding to the misery of the survivors, houseless and unprepared to face such weather. The storm was wholly unexpected, notwithstanding that the day was stormy, and on that account its work was probably more destructive, for as terrific as Texas hurricanes generally are, there no doubt would have been some among the victims who could have found a safe refuge. Follows Gulf Coast. The cyclone followed the general line of the gulf coast, and the towns lying within about 100 miles of salt water were the principal sufferers in the southern part of the State. BeeviUe reports much damage to property, but no fatalities. In the eastern part of the State heavy rains fell, and the winds were high, but the storm was not cyclonic in character. The territory immediately to the west of Austin felt the visitation severely. Walter’s Park, a hamlet fourteen mile# to the northeast of the capital, was badly damaged, three score or more house# being blown down and many trees uprooted. In Austin a number of houses were unroofed, and the State institution for the blind was considerably damaged, though none of the inmates was injured. Loss iu San Antonio, The storm struck San Antonio at about 1 o’clock. The damage there is estimated at from $75,000 to SIOO,OOO. The wind reached a velocity of seventy-two miles an hour and contiuucd at that rate for nearly twenty minutes. It blew from the southeast aud then shifted to the southwest, the greatest velocity being from the latter point. t At Fort Sara Houston government property was damaged to the extent of $20,000, the doors being torn off the officers’ quarters and barracks. The West End Church was destroyed, entailing a loss of $5,000; Hartwell’s Hotel was damaged to the extent of $3,000. St. Louis College damaged $6,000 and the Academy of the Lady of the Sacred Heart $2,000. Damages to private residences will reach $40,000. Several persons were injured, but there were no fatalities.

INSECT TO FIGHT INSECT.

Agricultural Department to Ply Ladybug Against SSuu Joae Scale. The Department of Agriculture is preparing to tight the ravages of the San Jose scale on vegetation throughout the country with its natural enemy, the ladybug, brought from the iutqrior of China. Assistant Botanist Marlatt has returned from the Orient, where he sought the original home of tho dreaded scale. Far in the interior of the latter country, where European pinnts hnd not penetrated, be found the scales and also the ladybuga which kept the scales in subjection and permitted the native plants to flourish. Mr. Mnrlatt started home with a good supply of these ladybugs. but only sixteen survived on nr£ival in this country, nnd fourteen of those subsequently died. The two remaining, however, were nursed carefully by the government, with a view to fighting the scale iu the same manner ns iu Chino. There now are fifty ofthem, requiring the constant gathering of scales from the department grounds for food. While not expecting the scales to be exterminated from this country, experts are planning to attack them with the iucrcasing breed of their natural enemies.

Telegraphic Brevities.

Wellington, Kan., ia to have free postal delivery service June 19. The Wabash depot at Martlnsbnrg, Mo., was struck by lightning aud burned. The records were destroyed. The Citiscns' National bank of Okmulgee, I. T.. has- been authorised to begin business with a capital of $50,000. Chief Justice Uurford of Oklahoaan baa suspended Probate Judge Fibley, of Kiowa county, and ordered the grand jury to indict him for illegal retention of fees.