Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1904 — Page 6

g GROCERIES S 5 AT LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES FOR TEN DAYS. ABSOLUTELY LOWER THAN ANY OTHER PRICES. Gold Medal Flour, SO lbs. . . $1.29 Fine Granulated Sugar, 19 lbs. .98 • Fine White Sugar, 20 lbs 98 c oc Finest Michigan Salt, bbl. . . .79 0 P B'pound Pails White Fish . . .45 jjj ® Mason Quart Fruit Cans, dozen, .53 U Mason 2-Quart Fruit Cans, dozen, .63 CD < Mason Can Tops & Rubbers, doz. .19 q 1 Finest Japan Head Rice, . . .05 u 3 4 X Coffee, 09 > 0 Finest Calif. Peaches. . . .07 Q £ Fine 4 Cr. Raisins, 07 c k Large Calif. Prunes, ... .07 ft i-lb. pkg. Paraffine Wax .13 > We quote these prices to show the public that J our TWO STORES give lower quotations on good (J) y goods than any other firm in this county. 0- Read Every Advertisement J Then Read Ours n We Pay Cash for Produce Always At Highest Price Too. We sell more goods on a Small Profit Than any other firm in this County. G. M. WILCOX & SON Surrey, Ind.—Two Stores—Parr, Ind.

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The Remarkable Gift PoueMed by a Young Frenchwoman.

At a recent meeting of the Biological Society In Faria a woman of twentytwo years demonstrated to the scientists present that she was possessed of a romurkably developed sense of touch By means of which she could tell different colors blindfolded. The subject of the experiments was a healthy Individual, without any of the nervous symptoms that so often go with remarkable gifts of this character. During the experiments her eyes were closed by u black cloth, and a physician kept his finger on her pulse to detect if there were any variations from the normal. The first tests were made with papers on which different colors had been painted. Red, blue and yellow were easily recognized. Green was described as blue and orange as red. White spaces on the paper were easily recognized. Red, blue and yellow were also recognized when painted pieces of paper were inclosed In glass tubes, so that the fingers did not come into Immediate contact with them. As a final test the subject read words painted on paper in colors, tracing the outlines of the letters with her fingers.

The young woman does not begin the experiment directly she is blindfolded. She waits a few minutes until a gaseous film forms before her eyes, as she expresses it Then she knows she can feel the colors. Then as she rubs the ends of her fingers lightly over the object the color passes before her eyes and stays there as long ns she maintains contact. During the experiments the breathing and the circulation of the young woman remained perfectly normal. The only changes noticed were Blight muscular contractions in the forearm and, at the end of the seance, heat and moisture in the hands.—New York Times.

A Wonderful Boy.

It is probably safe to say not only that little Franz von Vecsey is the most wonderful little boy in the world, bnt that he offers to science as difficult a problem as any it knows. Here is a child Just turning eleven who is not merely master of all the technic of the riolln, but plays the most profound music, even that of Bach, like a genius of mature years. One's conclusions as to musical genius were simply confirmed on bearing from bis mother that this child practices only two, hours a day and often less. Yet be is absolutely master of the most difficult music written by the greatest virtuosi of the past in order to show off their own technic. Explain it how we may, it is the fact that musical genius is the earliest to manifest Itself, and in no-other spneres of human activity can a child of eleven be an acknowledged master. —Pall Mall Gazette.

A Geographical Poser.

The Panama canal commissioners are now asking pertinent questions concerning the most important project before the civilized world. Here is a poser for all Americans who have not heard it before: “How far east of the city of Panama, on the Pacific, is the city of Colon, on the Caribbean?” The usual answer is, “About forty miles," or the length of the canal, which is Just forty-two miles wrong, Colon being two miles west of Panama instead of forty miles east. Question No. 2: “What is the general direction of the canal?” The answer will be, “East and west,” which is precisely wrong, as it Is north and south.

Sat In the Chair He Will Die In.

“Dutch” Fisher, the condemned murderer from Toledo, sentenced to die July 7, was the subject of a mock execution in the penitentiary at Columbus the other day. At his own request Fisher was taken to the death chair. The clamps were adjusted, the straps tightened and the black cap slipped over his face. He laughed as the cap was taken off. “Pm not afraid of it,” he said. “I just wanted to see how it felt. One is certainly locked in tightly." He walked back to the death cell as if he had forgotten how fatally his next “sitting” would result—Cincinnati Enquirer.

What Target Practice Costs.

Cash prizes are offered by the navy department for the best records, and to meet this expense congress appropriates about $200,000 yearly. England appropriates $26,000 for prizes, and In 1900 Germany’s budget Included an Item of $482,000 for ammunition in target practice.—World’s Work.

MILROY TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. The Republicans of Milroy township will meet at Center School house, SATURDAY, JULY 23,1904, at 2:00 p. m., for the purpose of nominating a township ticket. ~ t Geo. Foulks. Chairman.

RENSSELAER CITY BUS LINE. Hotel Nowols House. St. Joseph’s College.

Thomas Owen, owner, driver. Meets all trains, carries passengers and transfers baggage to any part of the city. Call on Tom’s bus for dances. Phones —No. 186, livery barn, and 239 residence, Rensselaer Ind.

The McCoy Bank Failure

Will not hinder or delay ns in the making of farm loans at 5 per cent interest on terms best known. See ns if yon desire anything of the kind. Bauomian & Williams, Attorneys and Loan Agents. Phone 329.

Seventeen and Twenty

By KATHERINE M. YATES

“Mario, I’ve some news for you. Run up and put on your best bib unil tucker, quick.” Marie dropped her novel and sat up In the hammock, blinking her eyes at the sunlight and the tall figure which obstructed it. “What on earth! You don't moan the advent of an eligible man in tbis out of tbe way hole?” “That’s just it!” Elizabeth, slender, willowy and thirty, balanced herself on the arm of a veranda chair. “I just saw the register, and Captain Bleazby has arrived!” There was a note of such genuine pleasure in her tone that Marie dropped back into a reclining posture, with her hands behind her head. “Well,” she said slowly and disgustedly, “if

“HE HASN'T EVEN KISSED ME!”

you are so wonderfully glad, what is the use of my putting on the bib and tucker. Who is he, anyway?”

“Marie! Goosle! Don’t be foolish! Haven’t I always taken a grandmotherly interest in you and tried my best to find a satisfactory husband for you? Now, here is Captain Bleazby, the very epitome of perfection, falling right into your hand. Of course Pm glad.” “But if you like him so much”— persisted Marie.

“Fudge!” Elizabeth’s lip curled. “He’s younger than I am. I thought I told you that. He was my sweetheart ten years ago. He was only seventeen, and I was twenty. Think of the difference between seventeen and twenty! Of course I didn’t care anything nbout him, but he was an awfully nice boy and splendid company, and he thought that he was so terribly in love.” Elizabeth leaned against the back of the chair and smiled reminiscently.

Marie sat up again, her face showing renewed interest. “What are you smiling at? It’s an incident. I know by your eyes. Tell me about it and then I’ll know his character better and how to captivate him.” Elizabeth’s face flushed, and she laughed guiltily. “Oh, it was nothing. I was just thinking of the last time I saw him. He was going to New York, and he came to make bis adieus. I walked down to the gate with him In the moonlight and—and he kissed me goodby.” Again the flush crept" over her face and the fascinating corners of her mouth curled upward in spite of herself, while the gray eyes, shining with merriment, kept themselves fixed persistently upon the toe of her patent leather slipper. Marie gazed at her curiously. “Well, what was there so amusing about that?” she inquired tentatively. “Oh, the kiss itself, it was so funny. Positively the funniest one that I ever had in all my life. It was the first time that he had ever kissed me. and—and—well, it was exactly the kind of a kiss that he would have given to his grandmother." Both of the girls laughed. “Really, Marie, you’ve no idea how funny it wa9. Such a gentle, pretty

little kiss. If it had not been for the shadow of the lilac bush he certainly would have seen me laugh. But there, he was a dear boy.” Elizabeth’s tone took on a little self reproach. "And it’s a shame to laugh at him; but, truly, I shall remember that kiss as long as I live.” "And is he still a dear boy?” asked Marie maliciously. “How do I know? I've never sees him from that day to this. He quite distinguished himself in the war; went as a volunteer, a rough rider or something. He was awfully fond of the military and cavalry even as a boy. Now do run along and fix up, Marie, and I’ll watch for an opportunity to renew old acquaintance and say a good; word for you. And, Marie, don't diaappoint me this time, for he is Just exactly the man for you.” Marie rose lazily. “Well, then, see that you keep in the background, my lady, or perhaps the old love”— “Marie, don’t be silly! Think of the difference between seventeen and twenty! I don’t want to take a boy to raise." Captain Bleazby proved to be an exceedingly tall and well set up “boy," and seemed to fall in with the (dans laid for him with remarkable for during the following three weeks pretty Marie Nesbit and her graceful

chaperon were rarely seen without a tall military figure in attendance, carrying golf clubs or handling oars or reins. Marie seemed to enjoy herself tremendously, so much so that Elizabeth occasionally glanced at her uneasily and then up at the tali captain, and when she had looked away again Marie glanced at her mischievously and then up at the tall captain. The end of the captain’s stay was at band. After the first week the girls had not discussed him as they did in the beginning: in fact they bad rather avoided the mention of his name when they were alone, and sometimes awkward silence fell between them. The morning before the day set for his departure Marie was swinging drowsily In the hammock and Elizabeth sat beside her with a book. Marie looked out lazily beneath her lids. “Captain Bleazby goes tomorrow, doesn’t he?” she asked suddenly.

Elizabeth read on to the end of the paragraph and then laid down her book. “Yes, I believe so,” she said, looking off over the lake. Marie’s lashes shaded her eyes. “Well,” she said meditatively, “evidently the campaign has been a failure. He hasn’t even kissed me.”

The pink color stoic up around Elizabeth’s temple, and Marie went on: “It’s an awful disappointment. I didn't care so much about marrying him, but I would like to know whether in ten years he has learned to kiss. Do you suppose he has, Elizabeth?” Elizabeth’s lips were pressed quite tightly together. “Probably,” she answered briefly. “And Elizabeth,” continued the incorrigible Marie speculatively, “if he has, who do yoif suppose taught him? Did you ever think of that?” Two tiny wrinkles appeared between Elizabeth’s soft eyebrows, but she made no reply. Marie yawned and placed a hand over her mouth. “I wouldn’t in the least have minded teaching him. Would you, Elizabeth?” No answer.

“Have you noticed, Elizabeth,” she went on, “that there is not nearly so much difference between twenty-seven and thirty as there is between seventeen and twenty? I call that a very curious mathematical verity. Don’t you really think so?” Receiving no reply, she returned to the original proposition. “But he doesn’t really look as if be needed instruction. I)o you think he does, Elizabeth ?’ But Elizabeth had fled.

The next evening Marie came softly behind her friend as she sat alone on the veranda, placing a soft little hand upon either cheek. “Elizabeth,” she whispered, “has he learned how?” She felt the cheeks grow warm beneath her palms, and Elizabeth caught the soft hands lovingly in hers. “l r es,” she whispered.

Company Privileges.

That company privileges can be abused is readily seen from the following incident:

When Bessie, a four-year-old, came to live next door to Susie, another four-year-old, it did not take long for an acquaintance to ripen into an intimate friendship. Susie had been taught to give her company always the first choice of goodies and privileges, but as her visitors had been different children, and the visits not very frequent, complications had not arisen. With Bessie, however, as her visits grew to be everyday affairs and all day affairs, and as the visiting was all on one side, the situation grew perplexing. One day Susie’s mamma heard the following alarming conversation: Bessie—You shut up. Susie—l won’t. You shut up yourself. “Mrs. G.,” piped Bessie’s voice, “Susie told me to shut up.” “But, Bessie,” replied Mrs. G., “I heard you tell Susie to shut up first”

“Well,” said Bessie, with a pout “ain’t I her cumptny?” Anaconda Standard.

An Unfailing Test.

“I’ve just learned a new charm to tell whether or not a man loves you,” said the girl with golden hair. “What is it?” asked the girl with the new diamond ring. “Why, you take four or five apple seeds and name each of them for a particular man and place them—the apple seeds, I mean—on the stove, and the first one that pops is the one that loves you.”

“Humph!” mused the girl with the new diamond ring, absentmindedly twisting that piece of jewelry about her finger. “I know a surer way than that.” “You do?”

“Yes, indeed. You take one particular man and place him on the sofa in the drawing room and sit close to him, with the light a little low, and look up to him very attentively, and if he doesn't pop you know it's time to put another man on the sofa.”

Legend of the Tonkawa Tribe.

The early history of the Tonkawa Indians is wrapped in mystery. A legend exists that at an early period the earth was covered with Tonkawa Indians and that a great flood came and scattered in all directions the tribes, who never again came together. Hie oldest living members date back their knowledge of the tribe from the flmt authentic location of which we possess any record. That is in the Wichita mountain country of what now constitutes south central Oklahoma. During the great civil conflict the Tonkawas remained neutral. This attitude during the war brought upon the Tonka was the hatred of the Comanchee, Caddoes, Wichita*. Delawares, Shawnees and Kickapoos, who combined their united efforts in an attempt to wipe out the entire nation of Tonkawas. The attack was made In true Indian fashion, and over 2,300 Tonkawa* were killed.—Kansas City Journal.

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Upholstering and Repairing

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