Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1904 — Page 2

HER FRANK OPINION

By A. S. RICHARDSON

Suzanne's voice rose decisively above the exclamations of dismay. “It might have been worse, and Miss Cranford can mend It.” She ran Into the hall and leaned over the balustrade. A young man, good to look upon and evidently fresh from riding, was watching the florists at work. “Frank!” “Cousin mine?” “Will you please go”— “I will,” responded the young man, running up the stairs—“anywhere you wish.” “Bless you, dear,” said Suzanne, dragging Frank into her mother’s room, where six pairs of feminine eyes rested despairingly on a hideous three cornered tear in Suzanne’s wedding

THE “FOOTMAN” CRUSHED HIS RIDING HAT IN HIS HANDS.

veil. “That must be mended, and only one woman in town can do such work —Elsa Cranford. Now, if”— “Where does she live?” Frank picked up the cloud of lace, yellowed by time, and looked at It critically. "I suppose that if you were not marrying a lord you would weur a nice, clean, new veil that would not tear when you looked at it. This is rotten.” Mrs. Lynde was shocked. “But this is an heirloom. It isn't every girl who can be married in the veil worn by her mother and her grandmother before her.” Frank bit his lips. lie wanted to say that the average girl who married a title through the more or less flagrant "mediation of u social matrimonial broker did not care to discuss her grandmother. When be had heard in Faris of his cousin’s engagement to this heir M an impoverished English name, he had discovered that, even after two wandering on the face of the 4flobe, Americanism was strong within him, and he hated to see the bulk of Lynde fortune go to build up a decrepit English estate. “You will find Miss Cranford at 213 Elmhurst avenue. Tell her she must do it at once and wait for it. We cannot take chances at this hour. Pay her anything—every^ing—but have it done. Tell Forbesno the brougham must meet the 11:20 train, and the”— “Don’t apologize, Suzanne,” laughed her cousin, taking the package. “If you had a whole racing stable at your command today every horse would be out. I’ll use my own mount and enjoy the ride.”

And so lie rode away past the stately manors of industrial magnates, past the less pretentious homes of real suburbanites, into a sleepy, eountry-like lane lined on either side with small cottages and gay gardens. At 213 he tied his horse to the cap of a near bronze jockey and stalked up the path. A slender, graceful young woman was training a climbing rose on the shady side of the porch. She drew off her garden gloves as Frank stated his errand and stood in the warm June sunlight studying the tom veil critically. “It will take at least an hour,” she said, turning toward the bouse. “Will you wait?” “Yes, thank you.” He sat down on the step and removed jiis hat. Above him on one side of the table, strewn with magazines, papers and sewing materials, sat an elderly woman with carefully dressed white hair. On the opposite side of the table was a vacant chair. Miss Cranford paused before it, looked at the unconscious Mr. Lynde with a slight frown and sat down. Aftef all there was not such a wide breach between the status of a footman in a millionaire's household and a professional mender. Besides, under existing conditions at tlve Lynde residence a tired footman might be forgiven a slight breach of discipline. She clipped her thread thoughtfully. Dame Fortune moved in a mysterious way. There was young Harry Lynde, brother of the bride, insignificant and stupid, and here was a footman molded on the lines of a Gibson model, With the easy grace which no end of dancing lessons could Impart to the unfortunate Barry.. The little garden was very quiet, and

visa's needle flew In and out of the lacy weave. Finally Mrs. Cranford’* curiosity triumphed over her dignity. “I suppose everything Is ready for the wedding?” “Everything, I believe.” He frowned slightly, "It is a great occasion, with Lord This and Lady That coming all the nay from England, but every time I think of that poor child”— “l)o stop that nonsense, mother,” exclaimed Elsa sharply. “She does not deserve pity, no matter what comes to her In the future. She marries Lord Harwood with her eyes open. She knows the man’s past, she knows his need of her money, and she knows”— The “footman” crushed his riding hat In Ills hands. “My dear, you are so positive.” “Well, mother, dear, we ought to know. The papers have contained no other news for weeks. And they will be full of it ugaln when she sues for a divorce. It is all so very silly. Everything that man can give her she could buy with her ow r n money. The one thing be cannot give her money cannot buy, yet that one thing I or any girl without a dollar to her name may have some day—the honest love of an honest man. I may be old fashioned, but I believe that with some women love still counts, und when it does it is everything—far, far above titles, coronets, castles and a corner In the queen’s throne room.” Silence once more fell upon the trio. The shining needle fairly flew. The girl’s bright eyes were fixed on her work. The man, gazing through the vista of prim gardens and dose cropped trees, was murmuring under his breath, “The honest love of an honest man.” Would she understand the difference between that little affair of three months in old Japan and an “honest love?” Then there had been Madeline! But that could not count! Why, he had even forgotten her last name! Miss Cranford was folding the precious veil.

“Perhaps—er—you would like to see the ceremony at the church ?” “Could you”— “Yes—l know—er—where the cards are kept” Mrs. Cranford protested. Iler daughter smiled scornfully. “They would not mind, mother. It's all a part of the show.” A tinge of color spread over the “footman’s” face. lie paused on the lower step. “I’ll send—l mean I’ll bring the card over this afternoon.” ******* Elsa Cranford in a simple dimity frock and a flower trimmed hat was caught in the crush of scintillating robes. An usher with a gardenia in his coat was just offering his arm to a stately dowager when he dropped something. He bent over, and the dowager was passed on to auother usher. When the first man straightened up, he extended his arm to Elsa. She gave one gasp, and all the color faded from her face; then, with head proudly uplifted, she started down the aisle at his side. “Please don’t look like that,” he whispered. “It was beastly caddish of me, but I do look a bit like Harry's Englishman, and—and—well, I’m glad I heard your frank opinion on such thingß anyhow.” They were at the pew door. She slipped in without a word, but ns she raised her eyes she caught the pleading look in his, and the rose color came back to her cheeks, t * * * A A • Thft wedding party and guests had left the church. Reporters with notebooks and sightseers crowded around the chancel. Elsa walked slowly toward the side entrance. The vestry room door opened suddenly, and Frank Lynde stepped out. He bent his head gravely, and there was no laughter in his eyes now. “Will you tell your mother, please, that directly this Infernal excitement is over I am coming to call porsoune propre? For I understand that she and dad were good friends in the old days, and—and I want you to think of me, an honest man.” But it was six months before she would admit the fact, and then she simply reiterated her statement that she did not envy the Countess of Harwood.

Strength From Proper Breathing.

The Japanese, although men of very small stature, are among the strongest in the world. Any boy of fourteen or fifteen who will faithfully practice their system of producing strength will find himself at the end of a few months able to cope In feats of power with the average man of twenty-five, and all this without the dangerous practice of lifting very heavy weights. It should always be remembered that rest must be taken after each exercise. While resting try deep breathing. Stand erect, though nqt in a strained position, and at each breath draw the abdomen in and throw the chest out. As the breath is exhaled let the chest fall in* ward again and the abdomen outward. From twenty minutes to half an hour is a long enough time to devote to Jiujitstl, and this includes the time spent in breathing during rests, for deep, correct breathing is in itself one of the best exercises possible, in inhaling draw the breath through either the nostrils or the mouth, as preferred. In exhaling always let the breath escape through the mouth,—Bb. Nicholas.

TWO Views of a Cold.

When 4 Woman has a bad cold she la usually told by her masculine relatives that It Is a visitation sent upon her because she is imprudent and deserves nothing better. When a man has a cold he regards it as a curious dispensation of Providence visited upon him, because “whom the Lord loveth he chastened!.”—Baltimore News.

HINTS FOR FARMERS

Th* Ideal Ear of Cora. For the last two or three years farmers In the middle corn belt have expressed their conviction that the size of the ear of corn as prescribed by the score card Is too small. They claim that the object of growing corn Is to get the greatest number of pounds of the biggest feeding value and therefore that the length of the ear should not be limited to ten inches; that It is quite possible to get an ear eleven or twelve inches long quite as perfect in other respects as the shorter ear. Therefore why not In the central and especially In the southern districts encourage the growth of the larger ear? The whole question of course turns on whether the larger ear will grow more com than the smaller. Long ears usually have shallower grains, and therefore a smaller proportion of corn to cob and as a rule have less corn than shorter ears. We have, however, in some of the corn exhibits seen ears auove the standard length that were quite as deep in the grain and as small in the cob as the ears of standard length, and the question therefore resolved itself into tills: Is It possible to lengthen the ear of com and still maintain the large per cent of corn to cob?

We can readily see why corn experts have adopted the present standard. When men really began to study corn, they soon discovered that the ideal of many farmers of the very long ear Is altogether wrong; that farmers who are growing these long ears and selecting for length are really growing cobs and not com. It was very easy to demonstrate to them by simply shelling and weighing that they were really growing less corn on a cob twelve or fourteen inches long than they were on one ten inches. We have gone far enough now, however, to ask the question whether the ear might not be lengthened one Inch or even two in the selections capable of producing the largest crops without diminishing, but, on the other band, actually increasing the yield per acre.— Farmers’ Advocate.

American Fruits and Nats. In the twelve months ended Jan. 1, 1004, there were exported from this country fruits and nuts to the value of $19,839,107. This will startle many people who have no true idea of the rapid development of the fruit industry in this country. Of this amount apples alone contributed $7,758,908. Ten years ago the exports of fruits and nuts amounted to only $3,918,799, while the exported apples were worth only $1,580,052. This immense increase in the export trade in fruits is only a suggestion as to what the future has in store. It is also a mere mouthful compared with the increase in home consumption which the future is sure to bring. Stand in New York city on any crowded corner and stop 100 men at random. Ask them how many apples they have eaten within a week, and you will be astonished to find that the great majority hardly know what an apple tastes like. All these people are to be educated in fruit eating. They will learn in time and each year will bring new recruits to the Apple Consumers’ league. Let no man fear for the future of apple culture if he is willing to conduct it in a businesslike way.

A Plum That Will Keep.

The Thanksgiving prune, introduced by Green of New Yot'K, Will keep for weeks after picking, like an apple. Professor L. 11. Bailey of Cornell university considers it of the Damson family, but the Damsons are all small, while this is of a good, large size. He says it has distinct merits and is certainly the longest keeper which he has ever seen. The weak point with some varieties of plums is that they will not keep, but decay quickly. Marketmen are discouraged in handling plums that rot quickly; hence the great advantage of Thanksgiving prunes, which will keep for weeks In baskets, as they are usually shipped and marketed. Mr. Green has eaten these prunes in Jam uary. The quality is superior to most varieties, being sweet and rich. It is the large amount sugar that preserves it so long. It ripens about the first week in October In Monroe county, N. Y.—American Agriculturist.

Land For Sew Orchards. We have been consulted repeatedly about the preparation of land for new orchards. We have been forced to tell these friends that the right preparation for one class of soils is wrong for some others. There is no good done in subsoiling a piece of deep sandy land on which we expeet to plant trees of any kind. Ipstead we prefer to' haul clay to such a tract, ti e know that it pays to properly subsoil stiff lands Intended for orchards. We have tested this.—Farm and Ranch.

Coat of Soior Plots in*, Recent English experiments with & motor plow show quite rnpkt Wotil. One of these machines bioWed somewhat over six acres id d day of about nine hours at a cp?t of $1.25 per acre. The ordinary Ally's work with a pair of horsed and single furrow plow averages in the same land one acre at a cost of $2 to $2.50. Thus the motor plow makes a saving of about one-half in cost. To Retard Burly l»U». An effective way to retard early swelling of fruit buds wbleh are thus liable to get nipped a late-spring frost la to spray with whitewash. White surfaces, H Is well known, will not readily absorb the sun’s rays, and experiments have shown that treatment of tliis Sort on peach trees has delayed blossoming nearly a week.— , tidy B. MfScheirs Washington Letter.

The 99c Racket Store i (• •> 20 VJC ‘Bargain Assortments for the nejet ttvo tveeKs are g a “hummers” tv hie h you cannot afford to pass by— p) (• Goods you tv ant at tess than you pan buy same etsebvhere L •) ; 1 111 1 T r 1 ' 1 (• 2 Galv. Iron pails, 14 qt. regular We shall have tHe finest line of Carpets, 9} •) 25 c goods, both f0r.... 35c Lace Curtains, Portiers, Fine Rugs, Mat- (• (• , t r> •. 1 ipr tings and Lineoliums to select from ever •) •) ”f - Galv - Iron Pa,ls each *SC brought to Rensselaer. They will be on 2 (• White Curtain Rods per set exhibition at our store for ten days, com- •) t) Brass extension rods, 56 inch, each. lOC mencing about March 1. You can select (• (• Brass extension curtain rods, 44 in. your carpet or anything wanted and we 9) J) long 5C will order it for you and guarantee you a(# (P Window Shades, extra size, all colors, we saving of at least 25 per cent, and bet- 9) •) can saVe you money on them for the ter satisfaction. The line will represent (<• (P large windows; shades the best a stock of over $7,000.00. Do not wait, •) 9) on earth, genuine opaque, each... \t)C but come in and let us sell you a carpet (• (P wnsy or anything wanted. •) 9) Paper Window Shades each only.. lOC (• Our New Ribbons are in and are going Ladies, see our New Spring Waists 9) fast. See the new and fancy designs, ——-z 1 —u —• (• (• the latest importations for the and Sk.rts ts you contemplate buymg any- V. •) hair and neck, as low per yd. a5...5C thing of the kind; we can save you mon-.g (• ey. See them, anyway; the finest line in •) P) All our Candies per pound lOC the city. (A | .rr •) •5 on the way est line of Shoes from V. shoes to give en- 2 the largest shoe H AGENT. W tire satisfaction in g Hamilton Brown want to sell over v s' Shoe Co. St. Louis, 1000 pairs of shoes 2 2 Mo., from the finest in the next 60 days p* A and to do so we shall sell good shoes and sell them cheap, shoes you will want 2 again. Try them and get one of beautiful prizes they are giving away. See si si their circulars in regard to same. 2 (• <9 (• the Beautiful ‘Premiums tve are giving atv ay, do 9) not cost you a cent * at no other place only 2 § Che 99c ‘RACKET STORE. § •) E. V. RANSFORD, PROPRIETOR. (#

Austin <fc Hopkins offer better terms on farm loans and city property than any firm in Jasper County. FOR SALE. One bay tnare wt. 1350, coming 4 years old; one bay mare wt 1300, 12 years old, a good family horse, will trade for good draft colt; one Duroo Jersey male pig, May farrow; some extra tine winter pigs, either sex, for the spring trade. Guss Yeoman, 5 miles west of Rensselaer, R-R-3. iIONBV TO LOAN. Private funds to loan 0b farms and city property at a low rate of interest, also money i? loan on bankable notes fend second mortgage. A complete set of abstract books. James H. Chapman. M&keeVW't Bank Building. Rensselaer, Ind

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 pnt np 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 Wen charged. Second—Full metallic semi-se-lective lines, ten subscribers to a line, only one-balf of the telephones ringing when Central rings and no telephone ringing when subscriber rings, at One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.60) per month. Third—Cohlracts will be taken on a basis of five cents (3c) per call for ollt-going calls; this rate per message applying to all telephones and all toU stations in Jasper county inched by this company’s liriwfc the subscriber guaranteeing at least twenty messages per tmfcrth. This is for full metallic* setni-selective lines, with a limit oC’ten subscribers to a line. Further particulars regarding these fates will be burnished by' 1 anssepresentative of the company. Thb Jasper County Telephone Com'MiXY, Bead The Democrat for news.

g?) (wofe9|»t><W*>uS&|«<,'g>y»U ((a « 1 r T - Chicago to the Northwest, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville, and French Lick Springs. Rensselaer Time-Table, In Effect June 29,1903. South Bound, NOi s—Louisville Mail, (dally)„ ..i0:55 a. m. No.33—lndianapolis Mail, (daily).. 2:01 p. m. No.39—Milk aocomm., (daily) 6:15 p.m. No. 3 LouisvilleKxpress, (daily). .11:25p. ra •No. 45—Local freight 2:40p. m No. 31—Fast Mail 4:48 a. ns' North Bound. No. (daily) 4:30 a, mNo, aocomm., (daily) 7:31a. mNo, 3i-“Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a. mNo. B—Mail8 —Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:30 p. m•No. 30—Cin.to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 6:32 p. mfNo. 38—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p. ra•No. 46—Local freight 9:55 a. m* •Dally except Sunday. tSunday only. Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. No. 32 and 33 now stop at Cedar Lake. Frank J. Rxxd, G. P. A., W. H. Mcllokl, President and Gen. M’g’r, Chas. H. Rockwell, Traffic M’g’r, CHICAGO. W. H. Beau, Agent. Rensselaer.

Bell Phone 181. . Lafayette Phone 879. WABASH Arrival and departure of trains from The Lafayette Passenger Station Twerfth and Erie Streets In effect Sunday, January 3, 6 a. m. GOING EAST. No. 2. N. Y. aDd Boston lim, daily2:42 a.m No. 8. Buffalo Mail, daily 0:00 a.m No. 0. Mail and Express daily 8:55 a.m No, 4. Continental Limitdd, dai1y..2:12 p.m No, 24. Alantic Express, daily 2:42 p.m No. 50. Lafayette Ac. ex Sunday ar.7:85 p.m JNo, 6. Not run bet. Ft. Wayne and Detroit GOING WEST. No. 51. Springfield Ac., ex. Sunday.6:3o a.m No. 9. Kansas City Fast Mail daily.B:3s a.m No. 3. Western Express, daily.... 12:04 a.m No. 7. Mail and Express.daily 1:03 p.m No. 1. Continental Limited, daily.. 1:48 p.m No, 6. Fast Mail, daily 7:50 p m No. 2, New York and Boston express, has through sleeper (buffet) St. Louis to Boston; also sleepef St. Louis to New York. Vestibuied ffee reclining chair car, St> Louis to BhffAlO. and dicing car, serving all meals.

No. 4, Continental Limited, dally. ha through Pultm an sleeper. St. Louis to Nf * York aDd Boston. Coaches St. Louis to N w York. Dining car serves ail meals. J No. 6. Mall and Express, dally, has co i tionwith sleeper at Detroit for New ■ , and Boston via Lake Shore* Michigar * »rk , ern and New YorkOtWftnd R. R. .«eath- *■*. RSl ssP , r!Jrr' L n£ A'daily, same eerLSStetS to st Louis ’ ' 5 ’ f* 8 * T 4ail.,«oo«ch Totedoto St, Louis. ■ twes not car /y gup;* T.he'world 1 * 'tickets soid to all parts of i'srB S fPrwridertt. uY, o AN|, Ben. Pass, and Ticket Agent. H v v p .TAVLVWt. Asst. lien. Pass, and Tkt. ruFV LoUts, Mo. a.gftGrtAjEJ*,<P.v* t. An Lafayette, ind.

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