Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1904 — Page 2

ZARING'S FOR GROCERIES HERSHMAN’S OLD STAND, NEAR THE DEPOT. ai..,-: "Tff'Kß i'i , , . ,'J,,, 1 ,,', M aaasaassaaagaaM—eaaaaaa« Good Bulk Coffee, per lb., 12 1-2 C. Prunes, per lb., sc. — HARDWARE. Copper Boilers $2.15 4ft ft. high Poultry wire, 150 feet. 2.90 Good Lawn Mower. . 3.00 niLLINERY DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED BY MRS. J. T. ZARINQ. All the Latest Style Hats. Trimmed Hats, . . . 75c up. 99c. RACKET STOREJ ■ E ARE IN OUR NEW QUARTERS, \ second door west of First National Bank. 3 We have more room, more floor space, and < are more centrally located. Our expenses 3 are less, and we feel that our trade will ap- 3 preciate the change. Owing to the recent < bank failure and the future prospects for 3 business we shall sell goods closer than they ever were < sold in Rensselaer, as we bought quite heavy and we ; need the money. 3 What is Our Loss, is ITour Gain, 11 If you do not profit by the way we shall sell goods for 3 the next thirty days, it will not be our fault. We have < so many goods it will be a hard matter for us to give \ you the prices; the way to do is to come right direct to 3 the store. We will be pleased to show you the goods < and state our prices, which will be more satisfactory to \ you and us. < ItrEeTTT. i I 1 When your purchases amount to * j||l $5, sio, sls or S2O we will make 3 (1 > you a beautiful present. It will < \ \l pay you to save your tickets you J get with each purchase, no mat- 3 ter how small —they are valuable. It pays to trade with < us; we pay you for your trade by giving you the same j! goods for less money, or more goods for same money. 3[ Do not be afraid to ask for something we have not got, < 3 as we make it a specialty to always keep just that little 3> something that you want, and the 99c. Racket Store is 3 * the place to come for it. * < Specials for Balance of Month. 1 f Torchon Laces, all widths, per yard, sc. A lot of rem- 3> nants of Embroidery, Laces, and Ribbons, at prices 3 3 that will open your eyse. ;I Our 5 & 10c. Counters can not be surpassed any- 3 where in the State for < the variety of goods and the quality of same. See them. 3 Our Annex will contain Ladies’ Skirts, Waists, 3 m&ZZZZSSZSS Wrappers, Lace Curtains, Portiers,Tow- 3 eling, and Men’s Pants, Overalls, Waists, Hats and <3 Caps, and in fact, you will be surprised at the large and 3* well-filled room on the side. Come in and see the grand 3; display; it will do you good. <3 We Want Your Trade. If you have eggs and want f to exchange same, we will 3 take them and allow you the best market price. Bring 3 them in, we can use them as well as others. < MIsTRACKEfSTORE I Is still in Rensselaer and doing business. < j Very Respectfully, 3 E. V. RANSFORD, PROPRIETOR.

A LOVE STORY

Margaret Brockton never for an instant suspected herself of being a sentimentalist And yet there were throe years tohen Miss Brockton rivaled any okl time heroine of romance In her sentimental attitude. It happened In this wise. One day, when she was 28, there came to her a certain stalwart fellow she had known from Infancy and told her, what she already knew, that be loved her and wished to marry her. Miss Brockton, liking him exceedingly, well, realising how pleasant life might be made with his money, his name, his devotion to her and his companionship, and deciding that the ecstatic love of which poems and novels treated would never come to her anyway, accepted him. The engagement came out. duly; the cups and saucers came in. Margaret liked Jack Whittlestone a great deal and found the position of fiancee charming, and all was well. Then the villain appealed on the scene In the shape of Loais Radcliffe, Jack's cousin. Louis was a delightfully unmodern person who seemed to have taken for his model some of the early Victorian heroes. He was a combination of youthful romanticism, elderly Cynicism and other Interesting qualities. He bad a Buperb scorn of the conventions, a magnificent belief In himself and a corresponding amiable skepticism In regard to other people. He “Interested” Margaret greatly, she sold, at first. Then she ceased to say anything about him. Jack, not .being skilled In the ways of women, did not worry over.either hls betrothed’s speech or Its absence. H<j knew the new woman well enough not to assert hls rights and bid her have leas conversation with bis cousin, even hod he wished to do so. Liberty being the law of Margaret’s life and unsuspecting good nature of Jock's, the situation* had every chance to complicate itself. It did so promptly. Margaret, who had decided that fervid and ecstatic love was not at all likely to come her way, awoke one fine morning to the realization that the universe bad in it Just one man—Jack's Impossible, poverty stricken. Irresistible cousin. And Jack's cousin, who had laughed at Margaret*s feminine cynicism and pretense of coldness, felt that she and she alone could be the complement to hls life. They were both unhappy enough to give them credit for some good Intentions, but in the midst of their unhappiness they were supremely conscious of what a trifle misery was compared to the Joy of seeing each other. Margaret knew perfectly, in her few sane hours, that she dkl not wish to marry Louis Radcliffe. She realized that he would develop into a thoroughly undesirable sort of husband, even apart from hls poverty. “If only I could get over this,” she taoaned to herself, “at forty I should be wretched with him, at forty I should be comfortable if not madly happy with Jack. If only—if only I were forty nowP It was one day when she and Louis had sat for an hour staring ahead of them at the sea that the climax came. “Why don't you talk?" demanded Margaret, finding her heart beats oppressive. “Because I cannot say what I wish to," be answered. Then, of course, he proceeded to say the things which he Bhould not have said, and for a few minutes the sea and sky reeled before their eyes and they breathed as if in a trance, after which, according to the sacrificial modern manner, they decided to part, and the next day the community was startled to learn that the erratic Mr. Radcliffe was going to Europe. Then It was that Margaret showed how thoroughly lacking she was In the modern mercenary spirit she had always claimed. It gave her a mournful satisfaction to think that, though she could not marry Louis—who, to tel] the truth, bad not asked her to do so —she need not marry Jack. So she broke her engagement promptly and proceeded to Indulge herself in her great grief. She heard nothing of either of the cousins for a long time, for naturally her course of action with Jack had suspended communication between the families. For three years she was secretly as romantic as the most romantic schoolgirl. She thought of Louis constantly and pleased herself by imagining that he, In Egypt or Algiers or wherever he was, must know her thoughts. She was exceedingly happy with her grief. Outwardly she seemed much the same, but Inwardly she acknowledged the sway of love and Its power. One evening three years after Louis Radcliffe had gone away she went to a reception. A little, pudgy woman, overdressed and overgemmed, stood by her hostess' side. “My cousin, Mrs. Radcliffe, Miss Brockton,” said her hostess. And then, with sudden remembrance: “You must recall Mr. Radcliffe. He was Jack Whlttlestone’s cousin, you kn^v.” And then, as Margaret cordially Inquired after Mr. Radcliffe and said how she well remembered him, sentimentalism for the first time fell away from heV. From that moment she was the really skeptical and thoroughly “modern” woman she had always claimed to be.— New York World.

Warned.

"And bo Ahis is dear little Tommy!” said the pretty young lady. “Come and sit on my lap, won’t yon. Tommy? There, now; let’s be friends. And, obi Tommy, what would you think if your papa were to bring you a new mamma some day—a nice new mamma who looked Just like me?*’ "I wouldn’t care much," said Tommy, “but grandma says if he ever makes such a fool of himself as that aba'll put poison In her coffee.’’—Chicago Record-Herald.

NO TRACE OP STROLE. Kentland Democrat: Sheriff J. A. Wildasin returned last Friday evening from his eastern trip in search tor Greenberry Strole. On this trip Sheriff Wildasin visited the cities of Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany, New York. Philadelphia and Washington, D. C., and at each he examined the police, court and penal records and at Washington inquired at the war and navy departments, but found no trace of the missing man. The long and mysterious absence of Mr. Strole and the fruitless official search made for him by Sheriff Wildasin is generally considered as almost certain proof that he is either dead or has left the United States. A oase pending in the Newton circuit court, asking for the partition of his estate (valued at about $15,000) among the legal heirs will be called and probably finally disposed of during the present term.

CURIOUS THINGS FROM CHINA

The Most Magnificent Beds Ever Been Are Part of the Celestial Empire’s * World’s Pair Exhibit. The Chinese exhibit at the World's Fair Is filled with pleasing surprises. Some of the most magnificent articles of furniture are a part of this wonderful display. The carving and Inlaying of ivory, bone and wood Illustrate the marvelous skill of the Chinese. Models Included in this Interesting exhibit show the homes and borne life of the Chinese, their weddings and funerals, Chinese tea bouse, restaurant and shop, Chinese weaving and some of the beautiful silks and wearing apparel of the Chinese and their methods of manufacturing them. One feature of the exhibit Is two magnificent Chinese beds, each of which has the appearance of being a small bouse of great beauty. One is a summer bed, the other for winter. The summer bed Is band carved and Inlaid with Ivory and bone figures and landscapes exquisitely carved and so skillfully Joined as to appear a part of the wood. The bed and furniture are of carved bamboo. The bed consists of an anteroom, with tables, chairs and tea stands, and in an Inner room, which is the Blelplng apartment, there Is a couch with coverings of gauzy silks. The winter bed Is still more elaborate. It consists of three compartments. The first contains four chairs, a tea poy and a chest of drawers. This is the sitting apartment The second Is the dressing room, and the third is the sleeping apartment or the conch Itself. The furniture is of rosewood Inlaid with Ivory carving of birds, flowers and trees. The conch Is covered with silks of the finest texture and In gaudy colors. The sleeping compartments are lighted with Chinese lanterns of silk hong at the outer entrance, while the light enters through gauze panels, hand painted and In forms of rosewood inlaid with ivory figures. A table and dish made of highly polished ash, with exquisitely carved bamboo figures Inlaid, are shown. The work Is so artistically done that each article seems to have been made of one piece of wood. There is also a large display of Chinese lanterns made of silk, gauze and other light material and some made of beads artistically arranged with glass centers. The silk and gauze are beautifully hand painted. There are models of some of the great Chinese temples, theaters and arches, showing elaborate carving In wood and Ivory and two large elephant tusks exquisitely carved.

WHARFAGE FREE AT ST. LOUIS

Twenty Miles of River Front For Water Craft at World’s Fair City. Free wharfage will be given to all boats landing at St. Lon is during the World’s Fair. Traffic Manager Hilleary of the Exposition and Joseph P. Whyte, harbor and wharf commissioner of St Louis, have decided on the locations assigned to the various kinds of boats. Yachts, steam launches and all boats propelled by their own power have been assigned wharf space between Chotean avenue and Biddle street These streets, running east and west form the boundary lines for the central business district of the city. House boats have been assigned wharf space north of Biddle street and south of Chateau avenue. St Louis has a river front of twenty miles. The Broadway line of the Transit company parallels the river from the city limits on the north to Jefferson Barracks on the south. At no point are the cars more than five blocks from the Mississippi river. The World's Fair may be reached for one fare by transferrffig to any of the eight lines that cross Broadway and reach the Exposition grounds. No charge will be made for wharfaga Application for space should be made to the harbor and wharf commissioner at the City Hall, on Twelfth street, between Market street and Clark avenna

5 PER CENT LOANS. We can positively make yon a loan on better terms than yon can procure elsewhere. No “red tape.” Commission lowest. No extras. Funds unlimited. See us before borrowing or renewing an old loan and we will save you money. IRWIN & IRWIN. I. O. U. F. Building. Read The Democrat for news.

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 oovered with a thick growth of Buffalo grass: soil will produce all crops, and fruit and alfalfa to perfection. Prices run 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 Nexico, irrigated lands; excels California for fruit and climate. Finest stock and alfalfa proposition in the United Statee. 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 S3O per acre. Oheap rates, less than half fare, on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. For further information,, write or call on CHAS. J. DEAN, Rensselaer, Indiana, Immigration Agent for Santa Fe R. R.

FARM LOANS. We make farm loans on the most favorable terms and in the shortest time obtainable anywhere. Loans on city property are made by us for one, two, three, four and five years, with privilege of partial payments on any interest payment day; also loans on personal security. Call at our office and see if we cannot make just the kind of a loan you are needing, or call us up by telephone as we have both the long distance Bell and Independent telephones in our office. Austin & Hopkins, Rensselaer, Indiana. •C 3

A CONTINUAL STRAIN.

Many men and women are constantly subjected to what they commonly term ‘‘a con-’ tinual strain” because of some financial or family trouble. It wears and distresses them both mentally and physically, affecting their nerves badly, and bringing on liver and kidney ailments, with the attendant evils of constipation, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, low vitality and despondency. They can Dot, as a rule, get rid of this “continual strain,” but they can remedy its health-destroying effects by taking frequent doses of Green's August Flower. It tones up the liver, stimulates the kidneys, insures healthy bodily functions, gives vim and spirit to one’s whole being, and eventually dispels the physical or mental distress caused by that “continual strain.” Trial bottle of August Flower, 25c: regular size, 75c. At Long's drug store.

5 Per Cent Farm Loans made by Austin & Hopkins. Real Estate Transfers. Benjamin Van Wicklin to C. H. Van Wicklin, May 9. pt se sw 25-32-6,4 acres; pt ne sw §BOO, Benjamin Van Wicklin to Margaret Ann Peer. May 9, Its 11, 12, 13, bl 3, Wheatfield, SSO. Charles D, Nowels to John W. Horton, Sept. 20, Its 5,6, bl 28, Weston’s 2d add Rensselaer, S2OO. Charles W. Platt et al to John W. Horton, Sept. 24, 1902. Its 11,12, 13, bl 2, Columbia add to Rensselaer, $l5O. James A. Biliie to Solomon Meir, March 30, It 6, bl 2, Stratton’s add, Remington, $1,250. William A. Brown to Lottie Smith, April 18, Its 1,2 3, bl 7, Bentley’s add, Wbeatfield, ne sw 25-32-6, Wheatfield, SI,OOO, George F. Meyers to Jerry Shannon, April 29. ptn>£ ne 33-32-6, Wheatfield, $3,600. Warren Springer to Benjamin E. Harris, Apr. 29, lands in Walker township, q. c. d. Samuel E. Adkins to Philip Froelick, May 7, ne 21-27-6, pt ne 21-27-6, 140 acres, Wheatfield, $11,900. James Shaeffer to Julia A. Treanor, Feb. 26, s% nw 25-28-7, sw ne 25-28-7,120 acres, Jordan, $7,800. Charles B. Wineland to Soprona Headlee, May t 2, pt ne sw 30-27-6, Remington, $625. Peter Minicus to Jacob J. Eiglesbach, May 9, Its 7, 10, bl 44, Weston’s add to Rensselaer, SI,OOO. James H. Ballagh to Gerty Koppelman, March 14, pt n'/i ne 4-31-7. Keener, $2,000. I John Nichols et al to Margaret Watson, Oct. 23, It 10, Maxwell’s add Remington, $1,200. Benjamin VanWickhn to Emaline Knight, May 9, It 6, bl 4, Wheatfield, 5350. R. P. L. Massey to Oris McCullough, Oct. 2,1902, pt se nw 11-30-5, 10 acres. Gillam, $350, NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. The undersigned will receive sealed bids for the erection of a school house on the school site of District No. 10, Barkley township, Jasper County, Indiana, until June 17, at 10 A. M. Plans and specifications now on file in iny office and at the office of the County Superintendent of Schools in Rensselaer, Indiana. Trustee reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Elias Arnold, Trustee Barkley Township. Address, R. F. D. No. I, Rensselaer, Ind. Dated May 18, 1904.

ofITTjTTI, |V|.l.] I LTSIf Chicago to the Northwest, 1 Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville, and French Lick Springs. Rensselaer Time-Table, In EfTeot June 29,1903. South Bound. No. s—Louisville Mall, (da11y).... ..10:55 a. m N 0.33 Indianapolis Mail, (daily).. 2:01 p.m' No. 30—Milk accomm., (daily). 6:15 p. m' No. 3—Louisville Express, (daily).. 11:25 p. m* •No. 45 Local freight 2:40p. m* No. 31—Fast Mail... 4:19 a. m‘ North Bound. No. 4—Mail, (dally) 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk acoomm., (dally) 7:31 a. m. No.32—Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a.m. No. 6—Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:30p.m. •No.3o—Cln.toChicago Ves. Mull.. 6:32 p.m. JNo.3B—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p.m. •No. 46—Looal freight 9:55 a.m. •Daily except Sunday. tSunday only. Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. No. 32 and 33 now stop at Cedar Lake. Fkxkk J. Reed, 6. P. A., W. H. McDokl, President and Geo. M'g'r, Chab. H. Rockwell,, Traffic M'g’r, • CHIOAaO. W. H. Beam, Agent. Rensselaer.

Bell Phone 181. Lafayette Phone 879. WABASH Arrival and departure of trains from The Lafayette Passe nock Station Twerftb and Erie Streets In effect Sunday, January 8,6 a. m. GOING EAST. No. 2. N. Y, and Boston lim, daily2:42 a.m No. 8. Buffalo Mail, daily 6:00 a.m No. 6. Mail and Express daily 8:45 a.m No. 4. Continental Llmltdd. 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 tNo. 0. Not run bet. FLWayne and Detroit GOING WEST. No. 51. Springfield Ac., ex. Sunday.o:Bo a.m No. 0. Kansas City East 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. I. Continental Limited, dally.. 1:48 p.m No, 6. Fast Mail, daily 7:50p.m No. 2, New York and Boston express, has through sleeper (buffet) St. Louip to Boston; also sleeper St. Louis to New York. Vestibuled free reclining chair car, St. Louis to Buffalo, and dining car, serving all meals. No. 4, Continental Limited, daily, has through Pullman sleeper, St. Louis to New York and Boston. Coaches St. Louis to New York. Dining car serves all meals. No. 6, Mail and Express, daily,has connection with sleeper at Detroit for New York and Boston via Lake Shore A Michigan Southern and Nfew York Central R, R. No. 8. Through sleeper to New York, and chair car to Buffalo. No, 9 has sleeper and free reclining chair car to Kansas City. Does not handle baggage between Lafayette and Danville Junction. No. 1. Continental Limited,daily,same service as No. 4. Does not carry baggage for stations between Lafayette and Danville Junction. No. 8, St. Louis Limited, daily, has sleeper (Pulln.an buffet) Boston and New Y'ork to St. Louis; also free reclining chair to St. Louis, and St. Louis to Kansas City. No. 5. Fast Mail, Coach Toledo to St. Louis. Does not carry baggage. Ocean steamship tickets sold to all parts of the world. J. RAMSEY, Jr.. President. C.S. CRANE. Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent. H. V. P. TAYLOR, Asst. Gen. Pass, and Tkt. Agent. St. Louis, Mo. THUS. FOLLEN. P. & T. A., Lafayette, Ind. Attention Farmors. Why remain in the North and stay indoors six months in the year consuming what you raise during the other six months? Go South where you can work out dcors every month in the year, and where you are producing something the year round. If you are a stock raiser you know your stock are now "eating their heads off” and, besides,, have to be protected from the rigors of winter by expensive shelter, Economical stock feeding requires the combination of both flesh-forming and fat-forming food in certain proportions. Alabama and Florida produce in abundance the velvet bean and cassava, the first a flesh producer, and the latter a fat producer, and they are the cheapest and best fattening materials known to the world. More money can be made and with less labor, in general farming, fruit and berry growing and truck gardening along oui roau in the South than in any other section of the Union. If you are interested and desire further information on the subject, address. G. A. PARK, Gen’l Immigration and Industrial Agent, Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., Louisville, Ky,

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