Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1903 — Page 4

JIM COir DEMI. I t BIBCOCK, tBITOB HID PUBLISHER. IOM Ditnaci TiurHOml 1 O»noi, tit. - ( Riiidiuci, Sit. Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County.* *I.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertising rates made known on application Entered at ttie Post-office at Rensselaer, Ind. ft* second class matter. Office on Van Rensselaer Street, North of Murray's Store.

Congress adjourns next Wednesday, and the Indiana legislature will adjourn Monday, March A protest has been tiled in the Senate againstjthe sooting of Boed Smoot, the new republican senator from Utah, because he has too many wives. If Roberts, democrat, could not be seated bocause of his plurality of wives, many good people will insist that the same rule should apply to Apostle Smoot, republican. Tho Wheatfield Telephone editor, who was “excused” from a committee clerkship in the general assembly, has evidently soured good and hard on that body, and says the people of the state would have been ahead $115,000 if it had never met. If one-half the graft and increase of salary bills get through that are-pending, ten times $115,000 would come nearer the mark. John P. Carr in Fowler Leader: “For my part, I am perfectly willing to let the liquor traffic alone if it will let me alone, but it don’t. The trade does not help its poor, or insane. In larger places the saloon is often the rendezvous for the criminal class. About one year ago, while drunk, old man Donaldson went to sleep in the Btreet and almost froze to death. Ever after he was a charge of the county. One half of the wards of the county have been reduced to poverty byexcessive use ofliquor. If the liquor tralfiic would take care of its own, it would be better.” Commenting on the work'of the present legislature in extending the terms and increasing the salaries of public officers all along the line and the many graft measures introduced—and many of them enacted into laws—an exchange well Bays: “Truly this is a legislature of ‘grafts.’ But the people elected it and the people must pay tho bills. Great are the people.” The Fowler Loader (rep.) says on the same subject: “But the thing the legislature ought to do is to declare that there are fourteen days in a week and declare an emergency to exist.”

The Republican snys the bills to lengthen the terms of county officers and legalizing the election of clerks elected in were introduced by a democrat legislator, and thinks for that reason no democaat should kick on their provisions. Perhaps they were fathered by a democrat, but it was a republican legislature that passed them. Besides, the only “corrective” measure needed, if any, in the law of 1SH)1 (not 1 Sit'd, Bro. Marshall)was the amending of that law so that it would read “clerk of the circuit court’’instead of “county clerk,” then lot the clerks and other officers bo elected according to its provisions. Years of uninterrupted republican control of county alfairs in Benton county is bearing the usual fruit. The taxpayers have just been informed that the county is $22,000 in debt on current expenses, and the commissioners will issue $27,000 in bonds to pay the deficit. Nobody seems to know just how, why or where the county got in debt this much, as there has been no extensive public improvements mnde to cause any extraordinary outlay of money. And now, no doubt to cover up some of their own questionable acts and to divert public attention, the commissioners have followed “Honest Abe’s” plan in this county by contracting with Tax-Ferret Workman, tho ex-auditor of Owen county, who himself is defendant in a suit wherein he is charged with misappropriating about so,ooo of the taxpayers’ money in Owen county, to investigate the taxpayers of Benton. Ye Gods, but these are tine spectacles, are they not? It is not to the best interests of the taxpayers of any community to give any one political party too long a lease of power in the management of public affairs, but it seems to take some people n long time to find this out. ‘

WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?

The President is urging Congress to provide for the biggest navy in the shortest possible time. He thinks "the safety of the country and the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine demand it.” Who is challenging the Monroe doctrine? And when did tho United States ever secure respect for this doctrine, as it has done several times in the last forty years, by reason of having the biggest navy?--New York World. These be pertinent questions indeed. Of course we should have a great navy. There should be a steady, wholesome, rational increase in the naval establishment; but a big navy does not seem to be needed to maintain, tho Monroe doctrine. The constant alarm about our institutions and our legitimate influence being in danger, so that war is constantly impending, is puerility in 'public life rather than statesmanship. Tho people of tho country take pride in a navy, but its chief use is in connection with our mercantile advancement. There is no demand for precipitate and inconsiderate naval construction. Wo are. building a good many war vessels of one V>rt or another, and are going on as rapidly in that line as we can find men with the technical education to take charge of them. A great navy? Yes. But not for the purpose of maintaining the Monroe doctrine. Not to threaten and defy other countries. Not for the bullying purpose of carrying a chip on our shoulder. Not for the purpose of strengthening the insane, but persistent, cry that we have suddenly become a “world power,” and must maintain that position with a bristling front. We are no more a world power now than we were when we had not much more than enough navy to fire a salute. We have maintained our position as a potent factor in the affairs of the world without a large standing army or a navy belching defiance

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to Europe. Is it not contemptible braggadocio to tnlk about being a “world power” simply because we whipped a debilitated and almost obsolete nation in two or throe little fights? Are we entitled to put on this pugacious and rhetorical front because Spain was compelled to let go her weak hold on her last possessions in the Western Hemisphere? Are we a “world power,” and must we assume heavy lighting responsibilities because wo appropriate the country of a weak people in the Orient, with the Goverments of the old world winking at us and commending the performance, because they wanted us to have colonial policios liko theirs, with subjects added to our citizenship? Certainly. Let us have a great navy; but not on the ground set forth by the American “war lords” who lmvo become insufforably “puffod up” by a 6tnall performance in arms. Wo have driven Spain from the Americas. That was easy. It was so manifestly our job that European nations looked on indifferently, with the exception of Great Britain, which made a pretense of protecting us from foreign interference, of which there was od »v r. Then we sunk the Spanish snips in Manila Bay, aa a means of crippling Spain in the fight for the liberation of Cuba; but. instead of stopping at thatwe trampled on the Filipino:, whose arms were open to receive us as their friends and rdT •«, n l seized their country. Are v looking for somebody else to rtiir over with our war juggernauts? Through the unutterable inability of our representatives at tho Paris Pence Conference to cope wit!) Spanish diplomacy wo paid Spain a largo stimrof money for n country, an archipelago her own title to which had been suecesfully disputed for one hundred y® ft r». Are wo to pay 'similar lines every time we spend a lot of blood and treasure to prove that wo are, a “world power?” Let us have a great navy, but'

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let us stop the mouths of the braggarts who are giving notice in advance that it is to be used in licking the rest of the world to a standstill. —Cincinnati Enquirer.

Winter coughs are apt to result in consumption if neglected They can be soon broken up by using Foley's Honey and Tar, Sold by A. F. Long.

Better Than Gold.

“I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility," writes F. J. Green, of Lancaster, N. H. ‘No remedy helped me until I began using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medicines I ever used. They have also kept my wife in excellent health for years. She says. Electric Bitters are just splendid for female troubles; that they are a grand tonic and invigorator for weak, run down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family." Try them. Only 50c, Satisfaction guaranteed by A. F. Long.

50 cent white and colored mercerizsd silk basket weave -cloth 25 cents a yard at the Mill End Sale at the Chicago Bargain Store. The scratch of a pin may cause tire loss of a limb or even death when blood poisoning results from the injury. All danger of this may be avoided, however, by promptly applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It is an antiseptic and qnick healing liniment for cuts, bruises and burns. For sale --by A, F. Long. Irwin & Irwin are making loans on farm or city property at a low rate of interest and commission and on more liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere in Jasper County. I have used Crmnberlaln'a Cough Remedy for a number of years and have no hesitancy in saying that it is t’r best remedy forcouglik, colds md croup 1 have ever used in my family. I have not words to express tny confldence In this remedy.—Mrs. J. A Mookk, North Sr rr. Mich. For sale by A. F‘. Long, /The Jr oi Good Health Lion Coffee '* all coflee— no glazing of eggs or glue to conceal defects and cheapen its quality. Fresh nnd uniform, rich in flavor, because always in sealed packages —never in bulk.

ATI A • n\ '• ii ♦ 'j. 'j' *3 J } I "■><•■<■>» 'n j# 4 J J , J J J l. , . .y . .(J J X In spite of the recent advance in wool and wool- X + ens, I will sell Clothing for Men and Boys at ♦ Z Greatly Reduced Prices. I bought heavily in X ♦ the last year and therefore am enabled to sell ♦ X Wearing Apparel of all kinds in accordance X ♦ with our reduced crops of last year. Do not ♦ X buy one dollar’s worth of clothing until you X ♦ have seen my stock and prices ; : ; ♦ |LOUIS WILDBERG.i EXCLUSITE CLOTHIER. UNDER OPERA HOUSE. T ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦A fTo Cure a Cold in One Day 1 Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. on every I Seven Million bones sold in past 12 months. This Signature, I>OX. 25Cr I

Two Weeks Only BEGINNING FEBRUARY 15 I need the room for my Spring goods. Single-barrel Guns, each $ 4.95 1 Double-barrel Gun 9.75 i Double-barrel Gun 995 1 Double-barrel Gun 10.00 1 Double-barrel Ithaca Hammerless Gun 22.50 1 Target H. & A., No. 722 2.50 1 Target H. & A., No. 22 3.50 Wood Decoy Ducks and Anchors, per dozen $2.85 to 3.85 Canvas Decoy Ducks, per dozen 6.00 1 small No. 8 Wood Cook Stove f 10.00 Poultry Netting, per square foot 4^o Smokeless 12-ga. Loaded Shells, Marvel No. 4 and 5 Shot, per box 50c Many other articles too numerous to mention. I also handle the Gale Plows. C.E.H ERSH MAN NEAR DEPOT T~i.il - __ _ Look Here! If you are going: to buy ..Furniture.. it will pay you to call on E. J. HURLEY In Nowels Blk He sells everything in the furniture line. Pictures framed and Upholstering done to order and satisfaction guaranteed. Ri’t Lucky 1 ard Coal, remember Soft Coal, all kinds 1 ill, •) lia Splint, •) annel, Etc. Etc. j a Ton. I I DONNELLY LUMBER CO.^J

Craft’s Distemper anh Cough Cure A Hpwiflc for BiaUmpsr, Onngtin, Colds, IDarea. i Pink Eye, soil *ll Catarrhal ill »«»•<» of ImrnC I rriM, U N Hr boHI*. j Sold by A. F. Long.

Morris* English Stable Liniment L'uros Lminm, Cats, Bruises, Scratch** Walls, BwMusy,. Spavins, Splint, Curb, etc. Frlet, Me. mmr Sellla Sold by A. F. Long.

/ Mrs. Laura S. Webb, Vlr«-PrMld<«t Woman's Democratic Clnba of Xortl»« rn Ohio. “I dreaded the change of life which was fast approaching. I noticed Wine of Cardui, and decided to try a hot. tie. I experienced some relief the first month, so I kept on taking It for three months and now I menstruate with no pain and I shall take it off and on now until I have passed the climax." Female weakness, disordered 1 menses, falling of the womb and ovarian troubles do not wear off. They follow a woman to the change of life. Do not walttiuttake Wine of Cardui now and avoid the trouble. Wine of Cardui never fails to benefit a suffering woman of any age. Wine of Cardui relieved Mrs. Webb when she was in danger. When you come to the change of life Mrs. Webb’s letter will mean more to you than it does now. But you may now avoid the suffering she endured. Druggists ■ sell $1 bottles of Wine of Cardui. ■ yiNEor CARDUI/ rj’KRM TIMK NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS The State of Indiana, } Jasper County. \ In the Jasper Circuit Court, February Term 191 >3. James Wiseman vs. The John Spry Lumber Co. Complaint No. ti4S6. By order of Court, in said muse, the following defendants were found to lie non- - residents of the State of Indiana, to-wit: > 1 he John Spry Lumber Company. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendant that unless it be nnd appear on the first day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to )»e holder) on the 2nd Monday of April A. I). 1903, at the Court House in the City of Rensselaer, in said County and State, nnd answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in its absence. In witness whereof, I hereunto set my '1 hand and affix the seal of said Ihbai, I Court, at Rensselaer, Indiana, this '' —16th day of February. A. I) 1903. „. „ „ , , JOHN F. MAJOR, Clerk. “ m. H, Purkisou. utty. for plff. Real Estate Transfers. Edward Lynch to Henry C. Hefner, Aug. 18, sw nw 13-28-0, eK nw 13-28-0. eH sw 18-28 0, nw sw 13-28-0, 340 acres. Miiroy, SIO,OOO. Thomas J. Sayler to William N. \ edder, Feb. 18, elk wlk se 20-29-7, pt wH ne 20-29-7, pt »e se 26-29-7, Marion. $6,800. Charles G. Hutchinson to 1 longlas W. Hutchinson, Jan. 24. nw27-Bi-7, se 28-31-7, sw ne 28-81-7, Union, sl. Lela Coen to George W A-’drns, Feii.l9 und 1-0, pt eK sw 18-29-7, Man 1, #l, q , c , a’ Nelson DuCharme to Josi.th Davisson. Feb. 10. dH nw 10-80 0, 80 ,»cre», Harkley $2,800. ’ Robert A. Parkison to Kd rd Vanarsdel, Jan. 20, pt se sw 3-39 5. 89 acres. Gillam! SBOO. Auditor Jasper ( o, to George K Hollingsworth, Feb. 20. pt ,-e ne 10-31--. 3 acres, Keener, $18.90 T 1 u. Same to same, he 1 pt s’4 8 w 10-28-0, 1.60 acres, Marlon. $19.82. T. i . D. David J. Huston lo Charles H. Huston, Dec. 6. nw ne 10-88-h, pt >• ,10 28-6, pt se 19-38-B Miiroy, $2,600. Everett Halstead to Samuel M. La Rue, Feb. 18, e'a ne 28 30-B, Hanging t.i -ve, $4,000. Norinam K. Helmlck. corn., to Lucy Hill, Du . H. It f . out It 30, Wheattleld, Bentley's add, $35, Com. deed. Auditor Jasper Co., to Albert N. Ke ne, Keb. 38. DeMotte, Bruner's add. SIO.OO. 1 t.'D. Morris’ bnglisli Stable Powder l -p*« of ApHtlts,Constipation, Rough Hair. HI do Bound, and all Irlssaws of tbs Blood rriee, Ms. gst sarkaga Sold by A. #. bang