Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1903 — Page 2

HIE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP rinihuA. imoAddison Park Ison, Pres. John M. Wasson. Vico PresK. L. Hollingsworth, Caahlct jMIBNIHW TO TM« •UHNIH 09 TH« MMMNNIM •TATS SANK' Opened Match 3, 1308, at the old location, MORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUA RR. A general banking business transacted; deAoslts received, payable on time or on dens and. Money loaned on acceptable security; Pratts on all cities at home and abroad bought Rind sold. Collection of notes and accounts M specialty. S per cent, term loans. fYoor Business Solicited.

Chicago to the Northwest, I Indianapolis, Cincinnati I and the South, Louisville, and French Lick Springs. Rensselaer Time-Table, In Effeot June 29,1902. South Bound. fe«SSSISSS^te::»!a6t m Wo. 45-Local freight 2:40 p.m. I Jfo. 81—Past Mall 4:4* a. m. North Bound. Mo. 4—Mall, (daily) yy': «:30 Mo. 40—Milk acoomn., (daily) 7:31 a. m. Mo!*— Past Mall, (dai1y)............ 3:68 a.m. Ho. 0-Mall and Express, (daily). .. 3:30 p.m. PNo. 33-Cin.to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 8:32 p.m. i. flw.B-Cln. to Chloago 2:87 p.m. PNo. 48~Looal freight 9:55 a. m. {Dally exoept Sunday. ■Sunday only* Hammond has been made a regular stop for Mo. SO. , . . Mo. 81 and B now stop at Cedar Lake. . FmABX J. Rsbd, O. P.A., kr. H. McDoat,, President and Gen. M’tr, Chaa. H. Rockwbll, Traffic M’g r, owioaee. W. H. BaAit, Agent. Renaaelaer.

JMIY. COUNTY OIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. R„ J. H.S. Ellis 1i,.. Mel Abbott Charles Morlan rer James H. Chapman ejr Geo, A. Will lama ingineer J. C. Thrawla ilaf C. B. Steward oouxoxunur. Sat ward* Henry Wood, Fred Phillip* Ed ward W. S. Parka, H. F. Ferguson Rd ward .J. C. MoColly, Peter Wasson COUNTY OFFICERS. John F. Major :...Abram O. Hardy r W. C. Babcook per R. A. Parklaon. *r Robert B. Porter jr My rt B. Price r Jennings Wright übllc Schools Louis H. Hamilton r John R. Phillips COMMISSIONBKa. Hat District Abraham Halleok KWad District Frederick Wayraire (3rd District... Charles T. Denham Commissioners’ court—First Monday of tench month. I' »■" " * ————— I COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. RmtaTKEB. TOWNSHIPS. [Joseph Stewart Hanging Grova (John Ryan .Gillnm Cmwia Shrier Walker Arnold Barkley M. Blue Marlon iMa Bill Jordan Kleo. M. Wilcox Newton ■A1t0.... ..Keener £ fitosnas F. Maloney Kankakee 'flkaphen D. Clark Wheatfteld {Albert J. Bellows Carpenter 'William T. Smith Mllroy •Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensseleer tG. K. Hollingsworth Rensselaer George Reese Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfirid JUDICIAL. Ctreoit Judge Chnrlm W. Hanley i jProaseutlng attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.—Second Monday In February. April. September and November.

Monarchic] msiic*u* / Iron ■^9HE__Z^JZjM not crack, «< ~ "■fcM 1 mrp or ... ■ WHil* M«n|.| break. Pol W IiUKIi U <»h«t *teel <ind body re no "Jr Oi Wa r iTS Wff S". HvM99 II Malle* Me • net I frame a —^i—a*.. HHwASTiU '’Hi 1 I make HHleSumHbil j°•"<«■ ill HP I *. Utrht MBJJ|^EHEmSSmJ I boiler 9 ' Any Sf»d*l . nicnid 1 *" biundle [^o3^l^ll y eMonarch Z^nJ» when any Monarch Reno eelected, freight prepaid, without a cent In advance. Ulve It WnaTSTBOT. Then need the money or return range at our coat. Foetal will bring you catalogue, particular* and price* m ... Mot a picture bnt a perren FICC. feet reproduction of range. Bend three tvoceol etampe for poetage and packing. Mailable Iron Range Co., ■Hi take St. BEAVER DAM. Wl*. Recently St. Lou la. Mo. REVIVO RESTORES VITALITY JS'jfK./r £«■ Made a | ? Wen Man l tm Me. ?. o>xtxLA."r* ■■MdMsaa tbs above results Id 90days. Iticta Skjwecfotly and gulokly Con* when all other, fall FWiigr IT— their lost manhood, and old Ml Win recover their youthful vigor hr uaing Httma It quickly and nuroly reetomg Nervous■MiMi Vitality, Impotency. Nightly Hallos*. lt«a»Bower, Failing Memory, Wasting Disease*, and |MI gibfta ot Mtt-tbtm or eaowßShnd Indiscretion, HMakMMMB t lpj£sss?£s£ SSSaftsg MmjpSSUF. Aflvloe sod circular free. Addreu ■Kuemciii* ce, •^sEsarßS."JPersale in Henaaelacr by i, A. Larah ■MS! ■ Sold t, A. F. Lon*. *** gw? . Bhr;Ld ■ -'V,

POLITICS OF THE DAY

Impending Disaster. There Is something rotten about the financial condition of the railroads, if the various reports of their conditions are to be believed. The Interstate Commerce Commission gives tbe official figures to show that the railroads have Increased their net earnings during the past five years 02 per cent. The annual statement of the Baltimore and Ohio for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, shows an Increase of the net earnings over the previous year of $2,798,321. Yet with this unparalleled increase of the B. & 0., which for tbe month of June has a new high record, the market price of the stock has declined during this year 23 per cent. AU the railroad stocks have declined. Chicago and Northwestern, one of the Vanderbilt group, has declined over 00 per cent during the same period, and this stock is looked upon as representing one of the most stable and conservatively managed roads in the United States. The Pennsylvania Railroad stock has declined 40 per cent during the present year, and this stock has been regnrd?d as good as Government bonds, and its earnings -liave increased beyond all previous records. The railroads Included in the Northern Securities Cornpuny, the merger of which the administration has attempted to prevent, have a surplus of over $41,000,000 for the last fiscal year, and yet that stock Is rapidly declining in value. One of the roads leased'by the

merger Is the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and It ha# just borrowed $5,000,000, for which 8 per cent was paid, the loan to run until next March. The Union Pacific has also just borrowed $10,000,000 on short time notes. What posnlble need cau there be for railroads to borrow money and pay big Interest when they have, according to their own report*, a vast surplus. There must be something rotten In the state of Denmark. Are all these railroad reports of vast earnings and their targe surplus tricks of bookkeeping to Induce the lambs to buy their stock In Wall street? There Is uo doubt the railroads are doing more business than ever before and are charging the public exorbitant rates for carrying freight and passengers. So they have undoubtedly earned the Increased money, and their expenses have not kept pace with their earnings. What have they done with the money? Have the managers invested it In Wall street or loaned It to the banks —those with which they are connected? Wall street Is In a bad way and the New York banks are Inextricably mixed up with speculation; they are louded down with vast amounts of undigested securities —the watered stocks t)f the trusts and corporations. The ephemeral prosperity of Wall street and the New York banks has turned to tight times that forbodes disaster. Those of us who are not Interested In Wall street could view the discomfiture of the speculators and the extremity of the banks with composure If It did not affect business elsewhere. but unfortunately It does. Wall street and the New York banks and the railroad magnates are also the trust managers; they control directly or indirectly about all the products that compose the necessaries of life. Their Unlades extend to the uttermost ends of the United States. Disaster In Wall street stops the wheels of commerce; the banks all over the country draw In their horns and decline to make loans. Even the farmer feels the Impending disaster, for he cannot borrow a few dollars to pay the hired man. The country merchant stops buying goods and the wholesale houses reduce stocks and the manufacturer and the Importer do a restricted business. Hard times come pi». Beal estate is unsalable and mortgage* and Interest are impaired. The Republican policy of letting well enough alone when the Impending panic materializes will be viewed her the people as letting bad enough alone and the cry for reform will be sharp and urgent. The protection to the trusts and the millions they have piled up cannot stem the tide of disaster, for

in linrd times high trust prices fall more heavily on the consumer. That sucfi a revulsion Is coming no one with his eyes open can doubt; tlife wise few will prepare for it, the many will suffer for their Hick of observation. Tbe trust and railroad magnate? are at the bottom of the impending evil; they have controlled the policy of the dominant party and have supplied .the funds to keep It in power for their own selfish ends. The Republican leaders are responsible; they have had full swing and must abide by the result of their own work. —Exchange. How Carnegie Catches Suckers. Mr. Andrew Carnegie is a sort of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde man on tbe tariff Question. In this country he Is a high protectionist, and has probably made over $300,000,000 out of tariff duties on iron and steel; in fact, he probably has more tariff profits in his breeches or banks than any other man. He has shown his appreciation of our tariff generosity by giving nearly SIOO,000,000 of bis protected profits back to us In library buildings, etc. Or, perhaps this amount returned is a “conscience fund - ’ Instead of a “thank you.” strange to say, Mr. Carnegie, who also resides in England, is opposed to protection for that country. He is solemnly warning England against the clangers of protection, and is deprecating the possibility of a three-cornered tariff war between Unl-

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ted Suites, Great Britain and Germany. He fears, lie says, that such a fight would prevent the English-speaking race from becoming the “dominant world-power.” Just what Mr. Carnegie has In mind is hard to say. In fact, It is difficult to follow the meanderlngs of a protectionist's ideas, or, rather, assertions, for it is by no means certain that they always speak their minds, if Mr. Carnegie would dUclose all that Is back of his assertions he would say substantially: “I am a protectionist In America because my steel mills are there; that Is, the steel mills which I built, and which, though sold, may return to me any year because of the mortgage 1 hold cn them. Protection In America adds about $75,000,000 a year to the profits of these steel mills, because It enables them to sell at much higher prices In America than In foreign countries. I am a free trader In other countries because I tvant to keep as ? mauy foreign markets as possible open to the products of my steel mills. Of course It would never do for me to state my real reasons, so I must try to fool the people of both countries by talking about the ‘English-speaking race,' ‘the dominant world-power’ and gnch rot. It is remarkable how easy It Is to catch suckers.” Mr. Carnegie is like the late Jay Gould In politics. He said: “I’m a Republican in a Republican State, a Democrat in a Democratic State, and an Erie Railroad man everywhere and always.” Rise and Cheer. To the Impoverished observer ol this era of unparalleled prosperity for the prosperous, the fact will be interesting that the net earnings of the steel trust f</r the six months ending June 30, 1003, were $61,5063,235. TL| Is about 4% per cent (at the rate of 0 per cent per annum) on the total capitalisation of the trust, water and all. That Is truly a prosperous figure. But It Is at the rate of about 30 per cent per n.uiutn on that part of the capitalization which Isn’t water, which is prosperity indeed. The farmers who hive helped to make these profits by paying high prices, and the workingmen who hare done ft by taking low wages, are conltally Invited to rise up and cheer. —Chicago Public. The water of the future city will be pun, the temperature will be equalised, food will be scientifically preserved and prepared, and men win more and more obey the common sense laws of health, avoiding extremes and stimulation.

Over 21,000,000 grow of buttons were made In this country in 1900.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

Tbe days of the crisp bank note ars money which the government bureau of engraving and printing will hereafter turn out will be soft and velvety, if important experiments which are now being conducted in the presence of treasury officials for the purpose of demonstrating the advantages of a novel chemical treatment for paper prove satisfactory. The prediction ia made that the experiments will prove satisfactory, as they have been almost completed. The result of the adoption of the new cecret process will be to revolutionize a portion of the work connected with the printing of the paper money of the United States. Under the new process it will take just sixty days’ less time to manufacture a bank note than under the present method. Under the present process of printing paper money the paper has to be thoroughly soaked in water. While it is in this soaked condition one side of the bill is printed. The fdieet is then placed in a steam room and kept under a high temperature for thirty days, the time necessary for the ink to dry. The sheet is again soaked as in the first instance and the reverse side of the bill printed. The 39-day drying process then has to be repeated. In cases where a third impression on the bill is necessary, which is required when the printing is done in two colors, the wetting and drying process has to be repeated a third time, and another month is thus consumed in its production. Besides the delay of this process, the wetting and drying rot the fiber of the paper, and, although it is “starched” to give it the crisp appearance, the starch soon wears out and the bill becomes limp and worn. In printing bills on paper which has been treated by the new process no wetting is necessary. The ink lbses none of its luster when applied to the paper, as under the old process, and is thoroughly dry within fortyeight hours after the printing is done.

“The number of applicants, especially, of women, for clerical place?, is excessive. In stenography and typewriting only those women who pass with an average percentage above 88 have any prospect of appointment. The supply of male eligible?* in stenography and typewriting is barely equal to the demand, and male applicants proficient as stenographers and typewriters have much greater prospects of appointment than other applicants.” These are the words of discouragement offered to women by the Civil Service Commission in its report issued for the fiscal year which ended on June 30. The number of women who took the examination for clerk during the year was 1,003. Of these women 820 passed the examination, but only nineteen were appointed. Men who took the same examination number 2,030. Of these 1,754 passed and 124 were appointed. Male applicants fbr positions as stenographers numbered 410; of these 135 passed and forty-four were appointed. The number of women who took the same examination was 202. Sev-enty-seven of these passed and five of them received appointments. Male applicants for the combined position of stenographer and typewriter number 840. Of these 165 passed the examination and were appointed. The number of women who took the combined examination was 345. Eighty-seven of them passed and fifty-two of these were appointed. The number of women who took examinations for the position of typewriter during theyear was 220. One ihuudr“d and ten of these women psw i the examination, but only fourteen were appointed. The numv _. of men who took the examination was 404. Of these 917 passed and 110 were appointed to government positions. The commission advises persons who cannot attain a high standing to avoid taking the examination for the railway mail service.

Gen. Isaac Khan, the bachelor minister from Persia, has leased a house in the fashionable section of Washington, and

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unique as possible', the Persian diplomat is importing a large number of rare and costly oriental rugs and tapestries. Gen. Kahn, who enjoys the distinction of being general aid-de-camp to hi# imperial majesty, the Shah, years upon state occasions the most gorgeous uniform ever seen in Washington. The Capitol at Washington contains 430 rooms now devoted to office, committee and ntorage usee. 671) windows, 550 doorways, 140 fireplaces, 90 toilets, 261 wash basins, 14 bath tubs. 15 ventilating fans and 18 motors, 2,048 horse power of boilers for heating and lighting, eight steam pumps for boiler and fire service. The lighting service is equivalent to 25,000 incandescent lamps of 16 candle power each, and there are 14,518 square feet of skylights formed of iron and glass.

Patrons of rural free delivery routes are to receive more consideration in the matter of the selection of carriers provided the new rules which the Civil Service Comm iasion are how completing are put in force. There is pending before the Coart of Claims a suit, the decision of which may cost the government thousand# of dollars. It involves the question of the right to deduct from the pay of soldiers the amount received from State authorities. Two hundred thousand Spanish war veterans will benefit if the government loses the case. Frederick W. HoJls, secretary of th« American delegation to The Hague pesef conference and more recently a member of the international court, died sudden ly at hi* home at Yonkers, N. Y.

here proposes to make return for the’ lavish hospitality which lias been extended to him since his arrival in this country. He will open the first fullfledged legation which Persia has ever maintained at the American seat of government. In order that his new home may be as

Oldest Ship in the World.

Tit* time was when American ghtpe carried a broom at tbe Blast head a« S Sign that America awept the seas. Zs those days fine ship-building timber grew right down to tbe Shore on the Atlantic coast, and there was hardly a bay an the New England shore where there was not a shipbuilding yard. Bo It happens that moat of the old sailing ships are built of American or Norwegian timber. I have seen hundreds of old square riggars roaming the world under strange flag*‘whose every stick grew on American soIL Ships built of Essex oak are famous for their longevity. The oldest ship In the world, the mall schooner Vigilant, running Into St Croix, F. W. L, la now under the French flag, but was built so I have been told, In 1802, of Bases oak at Essex, Mass., and was long under the stars and stripes. But alas, Americana In these days can neither afford to buUd ships nor to sail them as American Ships, except In the coastwise trade, where £bey are protected by law. It costa nearly one-fourth mors to build a steel steamship in America than In England or Germany, and when they are built they are either not aa good or are more unlucky. The underwriter’s records Show that American-built shlpa do not stand the racket compared with the Clyde output.—Leslie’s Monthly.

She Didn’t Care.

Maplehlll, lowa, Aug. 10.—" I felt as though I didn’t care whether I lived or died, I was so miserable all the time.” . In these words does Miss Nellie Barfoot of this place describe her condition. Every woman who la, or has been sick and suffering will understand and appreciate just how Miss Barfoot felt, and there are no doubt many thousands pf similar cases. It Is truly an awful thing when a womaa gets so low that she can say *T don’t care whether 1 live or die.” But Miss Barfoot tells a different story to-day, and her words should guide every suffering woman to the path of health and happiness. “I used Dodd’s Kidney Pills, and I am cured. I feel like a new person, and I would say to every woman suffering as I did, give Dodd’s Kidney Pills a trial and you will not be disappointed. They are worthy of the highest praise.”

Bugs Eat $250,000,000 a Year.

An entomologist estimates that bugs coat this country about $250,000,000 a year. The grasshopper eats up $90,000,000 worth of vegetation if be la feeling well, the Hessian fly $50,000,000, tbe chinch bug $10,000,000 and tbe potato bug $80,000,000 worth. Tobacco worms, moths, squash bugs, beetles, etc., make up tbe rest Entomologists have been studying tbe problem of bug destruction for many years, but progress toward the desired •nd Is not rapid, comments the Minneapolis Times.

Not to Be Credited.

“She is very intellectual,” eaid tihe girl who likea to admire some one. “Yes,” answered Mias Cayenne, “but Pm afraid she is a title insincere. She pretends to take more interest in the Trojan war than she does In the quarrels in her progressive euchre club.”— Washington Star. nare-Js more Catarrh In this section of the earn try than all other disease* put together, and until the latt few year* was supposed to be Incurable. For a many yean doctors pronounced It * local disease, and prescribed local remeS’ee. and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it Incurable. Science bee proven catarrh to be a constitutional dlieasp. and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo. Ohio. Is tbe only constitutional cure on the market. It Is token internally In doses from 10 drops to a teaspOonful. It set* directly on tbe blood' and mucous surfaces of the system. They Offer one hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Bend for circulars and testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. Sold by'Drugglsts. 75c. Hall’s Family Fills are the best

Bath Comes High.

Guest —How much more will It cost me a week for a room with a bath? Clerk —Seven dollars extra. Gueet —What! Seven dollars for one bath?—Town Topics. Piso’e Care for Consumption always gives immediate relief in-all throat troubles.—F. E. Bierman, Leipsic, Ohio, Aug. 81.1901.

I Sicl(,Nervous I ®^(euraitfic "S' ptowo^g \m fMCHESTER |M RIFLE ®, PISTOL CARTRIDGES. I " It’s the shots that hit that count. ” Winchester Rifle and Pistol Cartridges in all calibers hit, that ip, IJbSjF I Bhoot accurately and strike a good, hard, peneI trating blow. This is the kind of cartridges you will get, IIAnJ if you insist on having the time-tried Winchester make. !■■■■■■£ all nri) run wu. Winchester make or cakxridqze

The Answer Was Satistying.

A visitor at a school the other day asked ode of the lower grade classes this question: “What, la the anil el the earth?" “An Imaginary line passing from one pole to another,” proudly 'answered a puplL “Yes," said the examiner, well pleased, “and could yos hang a bonnet on lt?“ “Yes, air." “Indeed I And what kind of a bonnet T* “An Imaginary bonnet, sir.” The visitor asked no more questions that day.

Still His Friends.

Husband —I wish I could borrow seas money to tide me ever. , Wife—Well, haven’t you lets e« friends? Husband —Oh, yea But they dost know yet that I need the money.—Life.

•Fibroid Tumors Cured™ Note the result o! Mr*. Pinkham’s advice and medicine. “ Same time ago I wrote to you de> (crlbing my symptoms and asked your advice. You replied, and I followed all your directions carefully, and today 1 am a well woman. “ The use of Lydia E. Plnkham’B Vegetable Compound entirely expelled the tumor and strengthened my whole system. I can walk miles now. “Lydia B. Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound is worth live dollars a drop. I advise all women who are afflicted with tumors, or female trouble of any kind to give It a faithful trial.”—(Signed) Mas. B. F. Hates, 353 Dudley St., (Roxbury) Boston. Maas. — ssooo forfeit If original of atom lottar proving gvnulnvnmt cannot to propuood. Mountains of gold could not purchase such testimony— or take the place of the health and happiness which Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound brought to Mrs. Hayes. Such testimony should be accepted by all women as convincing evidence that Lydia E. Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound stands without a peer aa a remedy for all the distressing ills of women; all ovarian troubles | tumors; inflammations; ulceration, falling and displacement of the womb i backache; irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation. Surely tha volume and character of the testimonial letters we are dally printing in the newspapers can leave no room for doubt in the minds of fair people. w w PLEASANT BinilffE# THE NEXT MORNING I PEEL BRIGHT AND NEW ANO MV COMPLEXION IS BETTER. Mj'dsctor nr* II set* r*°tlf oa tha OauE H*a* and kidnau and is s pleasantlaxative. This diiak la mads from herb*. sad Is praaamd far ass aa easily as tea. l»JscaUad*«Laa#*afea»« LANE'S FAMILY MEDICINE M IMS ia tha back, spine or Ulm palps aroaad tha ivar. plaorisr. swelling of tha Joints and pains of all ind., tb« a. pllcal on of Rad*.;'. Beady Belief wIU