Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1904 — Page 2

A REDHEADED GIRL

By C. B. LEWIS

It was while the brig Daisy, Captain Joelab Barnes, master, lay at Port au Prince, after loading up. that a redhettdod gi rl eame aboard to secure passage to Boston. She had gone to the island from Salem two years before with 3tn American family as governess, but had become tired of it and desired to get back to the United Slntes. The wife of Captain Barnes was aboard, and Ids •crew numbered seven men. lie had also taken as passengers two American sea captains whose vessels had been shipwrecked among the West Indian Islands. If it hadn’t been that one of

the captains offered to surrender his stateroom to the redheaded girl and sleep In the main cabin on a shakeKlown she could not have taken passage !by the Daisy. Indeed it was a close ••shave at best, ns Mrs. Barnes, who was fat, forty and plain faced, looked her •over and said to her husband: “Joslali, she's redheaded, and that means that she's giddy and sassy.” “Yes; she’s got red hair,” replied the captain, “hut I don’t see nothin’ giddy about her. She looks as sober as any gal with any colored hair, and that passage money will come in handy for us. She’ll probably be seasick clear up to Boston light and not cat $2 worth of provisions.” “Well, we’ll take her,” said Mrs. Barnes, with a doubtful shake of the head, “hut you see if it don’t result In a tornado, waterspout or calamity of some kind. Redheaded girls are bom to make trouble,” A day later the Daisy weighed anchor and set out on her return voyage, and the attitude of the redheaded girl as she moved about was so demure that the captain almost felt like patting her on the head and speaking words of sympathy and encouragement. The brig sailed at 1) o'clock in the morning, and the girl passenger did not make her appearance at the table at noon. Mrs. Barnes’ motherly heart forced her to look into the stateroom and offer her services, hut at the same time she was secretly glad to lind the redheaded girl In her berth and apparently suffering the pangs of seasickness. Something like a surprise party awaited the dame when supper time came

THE REDHEADED GIRL WALKED THE DECK WITH A CAPTAIN ON EACH SIDE.

round. She was thinking of making a cup of tea with hes own hands and adding a Bliee of dry toast when the redheaded girl suddenly appeared in the cabin fully dressed and looking as pert and saucy as if the old brig rested in a cornfield instead of climbing up and down watery hills of exceeding steepness. .■■ . ' / - - “La, but haven't you been seasick!” exclaimed the captaifi's wife after a long stare. “Of course not,’’ was the reply. “And you ain't goiu’ to be?” “I hope not. Where are the gentlemen? They must have missed me. I’m so glad I'm the only girl aboard, as I will have them all to myself. Do you know if both captains are married men?” “Yes, ma’am; I know what they are, and each one is the father of at least ’leven children,” replied Mrs. Barnes, with great emphasis, being determined to crush the redheaded girl at the very outset. “Well, they can flirt with me for a few days just the same," said the girl as she surveyed herself In the cracked mirror hanging over the table. At supper the redheaded girl made herself thoroughly “at home.” She laughed and chatted and made eyes, and Mrs. Barnes could not help but see that her own captain, as well as the two others, was more than Interested. She grew red In the face, and her blood boiled, and as soon as the meal was finished and the girl had gone on deck, escorted by the two other captains, she drew herself ,up before her liege lord with folded arms and demanded: “Joslah Barnes of Providence, what did I tell you?” **l dunno,” be absently replied. , “Don’t lie to me, sir! I told you that redheaded girl was an impudent minx.

and my words have come true. ’ She even made eyes at you across the tehie.” •' . “I-1 didn’t see ’em If she did.” “You saw ’em and almost blushed. Joslali Barnes, that girl has got to st«fp or she’ll get a piece of my mind that will make her red hair curl. I won’t stand by and see no such chit make fools of three or four men who ought to know better.” The captain’s advice was for her to go slow, and he was glad to get on deck and out of reach of licr tongue. That was the beginning of things. That night the redheaded girl walked the deck with a captain on each side of her. The next day the “minx” got a piece of Mrs. Barnes’ mind. It was a liberal piece and ought to have brought her to her knees, but It didn’t. On the contrary, after she got fairly started the redheaded girl got off three words to the other’s one and read her a long and severe lecture on minding her own business. In this lecture were included a few observations on false teeth and gray hairs, and when the battle was over it was the motherly Mrs. Barnes who didn’t know where she was at. She tried to get even by calling her husband into the cabin and telling him what was what and that she’d take good care to see that everybody in Providence heard of it, but his reply was:

“It’s all nonsense in your sayln’ that I’ve fallen in love with that girl, but I’m tollin’ you that redheaded women are just the nicest things out, and I don’t care who hears me say so.” Inside of four days the redheaded girl was flirting with everything and everybody clear down to the cook, and of course jealousy crept In. The three captains hurled sarcastic remarks at each other, and the mate and carpenter bad a glare in their eyes and a feeling of revenge In their breasts. Mrs. Barnes tried again and again to stem the tide, hut in vain, and at length she took refuge in tears and predictions. The Daisy sailed on and on, and the flirtations went on and on, and as the brig crept up the coast Mrs. Barnes “felt it in her hones” that Boston would never he reached. The redheaded girl had brought disorganization from cabin to bowsprit and almost taken command.

“You jest wait, Josiah Barnes—you Jest wait for Cape Cod,” the captain’s wife grimly repeated a dozen times a day, and Cape Cod was finally reached. Then a gale sprang up, the big brig lost her foremast, and, though the redheaded girl sought her stateroom and the crew was left free to battle with the storm, the craft was driven ashore and became a total wreck. Crew and passengers were saved, and in due time Captain Barnes appeared at the office of the owners in Boston to tell how it all happened. He was listened to until he had finished, and then the head of the firm handed him a letter that had been received the day before. It was from Martha, and it read: I want to report that the Daley Is ashore on Cape Cod and a total wreck, and I want to report that a redheaded gal and a lot of fool men are the cause of it.

Write Notes to Themselves.

“Actors are great hands to write ‘mash’ notes to themselves,” said a stage manager. “The leading young men, you see—the heroes that marry the beautiful girls—are supposed to attract to the theater myriads of young women. They draw big pay on this account; their friends talk seriously of the powerful, almost hypnotic, influences that they exert on romantic females. This power is the stock in trade of the actor who travels on his beauty instead of on his art, and he must always have tangible proof of it. So if the young women don’t come up each mail with a bunch of authentic mash notes, he sees to it anyway that he gets mash notes all right. He times them so that they reach the theater during rehearsal. The manager every afternoon'brings them to him—a half dozen pink nnd blue and cream envelopes, smelling of violet and orris. He takes them with a guffaw, reads them, passes them around. Every one pretends to be amused at their silly contents, but the minute the actor’s back is turned the murmur passes back nnd forth: ‘They’re fakes. He wrote them himself. He spends two hours a day writing himself mash notes.’ To tell the truth, this actor gets a number of authentic mash notes, but nobody believes it. It is thought that every note is a fake.”—Washington Post.

“Barker, Barber, Shave a Pig.”

In pig killing there is no more exciting moment than that of removing the bristles from the carcass. With such haste does the operation sometimes have to be accomplished that in a certain country family it was begun one day with a pair of fine brass candlesticks before the usual utensils could bo found. When Salmon P. Chase was at Kenyon college, which was then presided over by bis uncle, Bishop Philander Chase, he encountered a similar difficulty and cut the knot with unhesitating decision. The bishop and most of the elders went away one morning, and young Salmon was ordered to kill and dress a pig while they were gone. He found no great trouble in catching and slaughtering a fat young “porker,” and he had the tub of hot water all ready for residing. This process should have loosened the bristles, but either the water was too hot or the pig was kept soaking too long; at any rate, when the boy began scraping the bristles not one of , them could be started. In pig killing phrase, they were "set” What could he do? Then he bethought him of his cousin’s razors, a fine new pair, Just suited to the use of their owner, a spruce young clergyman. He pilfered them and shaved the pig from toe to snout—Youth’s Companion.

The SPORTING WORLD

Jimmy Britt’s Career. Jimmy Britt, who will meet Young (Jtorbett in San Francisco March 11, is one of the best known “native son” boxers on the Pacific coast. Britt was for a long time an amateur boxer, appearing in the athletic clnbs In San Francisco. After disposing of a number of second raters bis friends urged him to be-

JIMMY BRITT, THE NOTED FRISCO FIGHTER.

come a professional, and his reputation was made after he had knocked out both Kid Lavigne and Frank Erne. Neither fighter, of course, was In his prime, hut the victories of Britt gave him the desired boost. Britt, although challenging Corbett for the featherweight championship, is really a lightweight. The conditions for the fight call for 130 pounds at G o’clock.

At Newhonae an an Anto Driver. In looking around for capable drivers for fast racing cars and for the American cars entered for the international cup race one driver has been overlooked until recently, when his name was brought forward. That driver is A 1 Newhouse of Buffalo, who took a car through the endurance run from New York to Pittsburg. There were other drivers who performed a like feat, but Newhouse gained renown through the fact that he drove the only foreign car in the run. It was sent out by Alexander Fischer for the use of the newspaper men. The newspaper men who traveled with JJewhouse were all his firm friends at the close of the trip, for, although behind the main body again and again, he always managed to catch up, going oftentimes forty miles an hour in hard going. These men say that he possesses all the requisites needed for hard driving, a clear eye, quick acting brain and a steady hand on the lever, with nerve and daring second to none.

Great School Athletic Leagne. A remarkable bit of evidence of the interest that is being taken in sport by the younger generation is the organization of the New York Public School Athletic league, with 100.000 members, making it the largest athletic body in the world. Running, jumping, shot putting, disk throwing, basketball and fencing will make up a large part of the programme of games. A Once Famona Athlete. Hugh McKisson, once a famous athlete, recently died at Dawson City, Alaska. From 1874 to 1879 McKisson held the heavyweight championship as an all around athlete in the United States and Canada. He was awarded more than 1,000 prizes in clubs, the Philadelphia Centennial and the European sweepstakes. He retired in 1879 undefeated, : Yalc’a Spring Ball Tonr, The Yale baseball team’s spring southern trip will include the following games: March 31 and April 6, with Georgetown; April 1, University of North Carolina at Norfolk; April 2, University of Virginia at Norfolk; April 4, University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Georgetown will play the Elis a return game on May 23 at Yale field. Wise Horsemen These. John A. Drake, Charles Ellison, E. E. Smathers and a number of other prominent turfmen have concluded to steer clear of buying yearlings hereafter on account of the uncertainty of their development They intend to buy only horses that have shown something. De Witt a “Phenom.” Captain John A. De Witt of Princeton will spend three years in travel abroad after he graduates next June. The physical directors at Princeton say he is the best developed athlete that has been seen there in thirty-five years. • The Gordon Bennett Cap. Barney Oldfield, the American champion automobilist and holder of several world’s track automobile records, may represent this country in the race for the James Gordon Bennett international cup in Germany next year. Walthour Goins Abroad. Bobby Walthour, winner (with Benny Munroe) of the New York six day cycle race, has signed a contract with Reiss Bros, to make a European tonr/ racing In Paris, Berlin and Vienna. He will leave early in March.

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SOUTHEASTERN LANDS Charles J. Dean, Agent, Rensselaer, Indiana. Rich prairie lands in Northern Texas adjoining Oklahoma line; smooth as a floor, rich, black, deep soil covered with a thick growth of Buffalo grass; soil will produce all crops, and fruit and alfalfa to perfection. Prices ran from $4 to SB. We are cutting these up in small tracts at $8 per acre for a short time. One-third cash, balance in yearly payments at 6 per cent interest. Pecos Valley, New Mexico, irrigated lands; excels California for fruit and climate. Finest stock and alfalfa proposition in the Cmted States. Water is supplied by natural water courses, irrigation company and artesian wells. These lands are offered at $25 to SSO per acre, in small tracts for fruit growing, within 3 to 7 miles of Santa Fe railroad and excellent towns; in large tracts for grassing purposes. The lands are selling from $6 to sls per acre. Oklahoma—l have a large list of lands in Oklahoma and Kansas, can sell land in any county in Oklahoma, at from $lO to $36 per acre. Cheap rates, lessdhan half fare, on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. For further information, write or call on CH AS. J. DEAN, Rensselaer, Indiana, Immigration Agent for Santa Fe R. R.

Loans on farms and city property made by Austin & Hopkins on the best terms and shortest time of any firm in Jasper County. FARriERS AND BUSINESS MEN. Having bought the blacksmith shop of J. W. Freshour, I will still continue to give you prompt attention in all kinds or plow work, horse-shoeing and woodwork. Get yonr old wagons cut down and have three-inch tire put on, making them good as new. Messrs. Worden and Moon, the old reliables, stay with me. All work guaranteed first-class. Shop one door north of K, P. building, on front street, Rensselaer, Ind. Jess Ball. MONEY ON FARMS. A special f und io loan on Farms for Five Years at 5 per cent interest, with privilege to make partial payments at any interest paying time. Call at TH E FI RST NATIONAL BAN K.

Notice to Telephone Subscribers. The Jasper County Telephone Company will offer, commencing March Ist, 1904, the following rates for farmers’ lines connected with the Rensselaer exchange: First —Service on grounded lines, ten subscribers to a line, at One Dollar ($1.00) per month. On these lines all telephones will ring when any one rings. These lines will give satisfactory service to those who are willing to put op with the annoyance of having their telephone bells ring often; and will give service to those desiring it at a cheaper price than has heretofore been charged. Second —Full metallic semi-se-lective lines, ten subscribers to a line, only one-half of the telephones ringing when Central rings and no telephone ringing when subscriber rings, at One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per month. Third—Contracts will be taken on a basis of five cents (sc) per call for out-going calls; this rate per message applying to all telephones and all toll stations in Jasper county reached by this company’s lines; the subscriber guaranteeing at least twenty messages per month. This is for full metallic, semi-selective lines, with a limit of tea subscribers jo a line. Further particulars regarding these rates will be furnished by any representative of the company. The Jasper County Telephone Company.

FOR SALE OR RENT. Forty acres of land to sell in Jordan tp., 6 miles south and 1 mile east of Rensselaer; well improved, house of five rooms. Call on C. E. Spitler or Dr. Johnson. NURSERY STOCK. Being salesman for the largest nursery in the state, I am offering all kinds of first-class Btock to the public at a very low price. All goods guaranteed healthy and true to name. Orchards sold on the payment plan. All inquiries cheerfully answered. Address C. L. Parks, Surrey, Ind. fIONEY TO LOAN. Private funds to loan on farms and city property at a low rate of interest, also money to loan on bankable notes and second mortgage. A complete set of abstract books. James H. Chapman. Makeever's Bank Building. Rensselaer, Ind.

We shall have the finest line of Carpets, Lace Curtains, Portiers, Fine Rugs, Mattings and Lineoliums to select from ever brought to Rensselaer. They will be on exhibition at our store for ten days, commencing about March 1. You can select your carpet or anything wanted and we will order it for you and guarantee you a saving of at least 35 per cent, and better satisfaction. The line will represent a stock of over $7,000.00. Do not wait, but come in and let us sell you a carpet or anything wanted. Ladies, see our New Spring Waists and Skirts if you contemplate buying anything of the kind; we can save you money. See them, anyway; the finest line in the city.

CITY.JOIM CITY OFFICERS. Mayor J. H. S. Ellis Marshal Mel Abbott Clsfk- Charles Morlau Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Geo. A. Williams Civil Engineer H. L. Gamble FireChiM C. B. Steward COUNCILMAN. Ist ward Henry Wood, Fred Phillips ! 2d ward..t W. S. Parks, B. F. Ferguson. Sd ward J. C. McColly, Emerald Aldrich COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk John F. Major Sheriff I Abram G. Hardy i Audit0r.......... ....J. N.Leatherman Treasurer S. R. Nichols Recorder Robert B. Porter - Surveyor. Myrt B. Price'! Coroner Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools.... ..Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District Abraham Halleek 2nd District...,...........Frederick Waymire 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioners’ court—First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph 5tewart................Hanging Grove John Ryan .Gillam Lewis Shrier Walker Elias Arnold Barkley Charles M. Blue .....Marion John Bill. Jordan Geo. M. Wilcox ...Newton S. L. Luce Keener Thomas F. Ma10ney................ ..Kankakee Stephen D. Clark. WheatfleJd Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William T. Smith.. ..Milroy Barney D. Comer , Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensseleer G. K. Hollingsworth ..Rensselaer Georgeßesse ... Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatneld JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge ...Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Jordan Township. John Bill, trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that be will be st his residence in said township on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month for the pnrpose of transacting, township business; and business relating I to making contracts or paying claims will be ] done on such designated day, John Bill, Trustee. Read The Democrat for news.

Notice; Anyone needing a Perkins Wind Mill or a Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine, the two longest life and easiest running machines that are made, will save money by buying them of me. J. A. SCHREIBER, TEFFT - - - INDIANA.