Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1905 — Page 2

COUVOJ* [ Enclosed find $ „ for which send The Jasper County ! Democrat to my address for —months - —-year <[ \ 1 wish to cast -...vote or votes for the ►_ __ _ „. !V , located \» ; Signed \ ► : Old or new subscriber I Cut out this. coupon and fill in the blank lines above the Ohurcb, Sunday School., ’ > Lodge or Club that you wish to vote for. and mail to < > ! The Jasper County Democrat, Rensselaer, Ind. < [ gMADISON 1 ! 1 The Draught of Delight Lrafel Beer—XXX Ale I Refreshing— Sustaining— Appetizer— I Food— Tonic— Drink. Wood and Bottles Sold Everywhere I Ask the Man behind the Bar — If he doesn’t know, write to the son Brewing Company • Madison. Indians J| STATEMENT OP THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF RENSSELAER, IND.. AUOUST ag. i»«5. KBHOUHCEfI. LIABILITIES. Loan* $2113,979 85 Capital Stock $ 30.000 00 U. 8. aud Comity Bonds .. 15,500 00 Surplus and Profits 18,593 92 Bank Building 8,000 00 Circulating Notes., 7.500 00 Cash and due from banks 115,567 50 Deposits - 316.948 43 $373,047 15 $373,047 15 D I R ECTORS. A. PARMSON, JOHN M. WASSON. E. L. HOLLINGSWORTH, President. Vice-President. Cashier. JAMES T. RANDLE, UEO. E. fIURRAY. Farm Loans a Specialty.. ..... ft spare 01 Your Paironaae is soliciied. tOjßml I MEW, WOMEN AND~GHILQREN~| I*l I AN IN' il’ATlilN TO VISIT (H’R UP-TO-DATE Exclusive Shoe Store «co.«tc«o AND iNSPKCT THE LINES WE CARRY. I „_| • _ Shouhl should see the ihmrdman Line, I .rill lan emirely new line, which we are introdin ing at $2.00 and $2.50 Gentlemen A arns lint*. selling now at $5, /Cf//M\i \ . and many linr*q from S,oo ’° l3So rtvl Boy If you once wear tlie Schoolboys Pride you I ONI', PURCHASE AT Ol'R STORK MKAXS THAT KXHFI I oh \\ IS. IU-.I •< I'.li: Ati >\ S,\ NT Cl S|'l IMlik. ! m \ B. H. FENDIG S EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE WUf OPERA HOUSE BLOCK. 1 ' l ' L >

Are You Interested in tire South? IK) YOU CARE TO KNOW OK THE MARVELOUS DEVELOPMENT NOW GOING ON IN The Great Central South? OK INNUMERABLE OPPORTUNITIES EOR YOUNG MEN OK OLD ONES—TO GROW RICH? Do you » to know aliout rich farming lands, fertile, well located, on a Trunk Line Railroad, which will produce two. three or four crops from the same field each year? Land now to be had at from *l.O > to Si.O > an acre which will be worth from 830. >0 to *160.00 within 10 years? About stock raising where the extreme of winter feeding is but six (0) short weeks? Of places where truck growing and fruit rale'ig yield enormous returns each year? Of a land where you can live out of doors every day in the year? Of opportunities for establishing profitable manufacturing industries; of rich mineral locations.and splendid business openings. If you want to know the details of any or of all these write me. I will gladly advise you fully and truthfully. Q. A. PARK, General Immigration and Induatrial Agent Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. LOUISVILLE KY. t PILES MY SPECIALTY IULTi arnr ss.puuM as a SPECIALIST. You could get well If you knew SOW. and your unwillingness to learn la AU that stand* In your way. Wlll’vou l£rA*v nr to SUITTBIJt •J R 55J B OOK.” with testimonials. * Or. Mm AtrUD, M. On On*. % 80 miaoil kTUR, OXZOAOO, XUs.

VALIANT DEFENDERS OF THE NATIONAL HONOR.

"We must guard the nation’s honor when usual led by any foe, • We must keep it safe whatever ill befall; We must use our best endeavor to preserve It clean forever,’? Said Depew, Hyde. Alexander and MeCall, So with tears their eyes bedimming and their honest hearts aglow For the widows and the orphans in their cure, They gave forth the declaration they would save their well loved nation— But yon see they didu't do things on the square. For the widows and the orphans they made many touching pleas, Saying "Hands off; we will guard them day and night I” But a seurch is now revealing some gignntic games of stealing By these trusted devotees of true and right. While of honor and of widows and of orphans they did talk It transpired they worked with erooke>' turns and twists. And while "honor” safely guarding their own pockets were rewarding, Shoving hands into trust money past the wrists. “Do not sully our fair credit, by repudiation's route! Do not let the nation’s honor be debased.” Cried this precious lot of hooters who of trust funds were the looters, "We must never let our nation be disgraced.” How they talked of "honest money,” how of "honor” they did cry. But remembered dirty schemes they worked the while. For corrupt and rotten revel this gang seems to huve the devil Beaten seveu furlongs in a single mile. What a precious lot who guarded our great nation from ail harm ! A sweet-scented bunch of grafters, to be sure. Rotten stocks were syndicated, rotten bond deals well inflated, By these men whose motives were so clean and pure. Judges bought and sold like cattle, legislatures were debauched. Loot and graft and dirty deals on every hand. > And it must not be forgotten that these men with schemes so rotten Are the men who posed as saviors of the land. Nerve sublime and cheek gigantic bad this bunch who stood on guard Over "widows,” "orphans,” "honor,” night and day, Shouting "honor,” “honest money,”—don't It now seem awful funny When you learn the orooked schemes the bunch did play? Satan standing forth rebuking those who weakly yield to sin Cuts a better figure than these posing patriots do, And next time we seek defenders we’ll not choose such double-euders As McCall, Hyde, Alexander and Depew. WILL M. MAUPIN, In the Commoner.

WASHINGTON LETTER.

Political and General Gossip of the National Capital. Special Correspondence to The Democrat: Au important change has been made in the administration of the State department by which the handling of cipher dispatches has been taken out of the chief clerk’s office and turned over to the chief of the bureau of appointments, Chas. R. Deau. The switch was made on the initiate of acting Secretary Loomis. Mr. Loomis’ alleged reason for making the change is that there has been a serious leakage in the department’s secrets. It is said, however, that while it is probably true that there has been a leakage, the real reason back of the change is the personal hostility of Secretary Loomis to Col. Michael, the chief clerk. It is known that Col. Michael inclined to the side of Minister Bowen in the recent Loomis-Bowen controversy and that this is one way in which Mr. Loomis is getting back. However that may be, the action is a hard blow to the chief clerk, who has held his present post under two administrations and is generally regarded as an upright mid trustworthy man It is also known to those on the inside that the codes of nearly all the great powers are in the hands of their rivals, so that it is not very remarkable if some of the State department’s telegrams have been deciphered where they should not have beeu. The question of leakage has been raised several times before, but it was found ouce that Secretary Hay himself had inadvertently let out some news that should have been kept secret, and on another occasion Secretary Olney had done the same thing. It is possible that in view of the present 'disturbance in the usually placid current of State department affairs that the government will get a new code, which it has been thinking of doing for some years. t t t The navy department is getting busy over the preparations for the reception of Prince Louis of Battenberg, who will arrive in this country about November 1. The announcement of the Prince’s coming was made by the British minister, Sir Mortimer Durand, and everything will be done that is possible to make his Serene Highness have a good time while he is here. The British squadron is now in Canadian waters and will be at Annapolis from about the Ist till the Bth of November. About the second or third the Prince will go to Washington, • where he will be received by the I president. The blue jackets of'

the North Atlantic squadron are also arranging in their owgi way to show the British tarza a good time. The American and English fleets have met at different times in all quarters of the globe and sometimes the sailors have'cracked bottles with each other, and sometimes they have cracked heads But while the English sailors are in this country everything will be iloue to make pleasant the stay of both officers and men The English squadron will sail from Annapolis to New York about the ninth of November, and the Prince will be received by a special committee of the municipality. From New York the squadron will proceed to Gibralter. t t t There has been considerable satisfaction in the war department over the action of the conference of army surgeons who recently recommended the re-establishment of the army canteen. The canteen in the army was abolished some years back, as will be remembered, by act of congress. The congressmen who passed the bill did not believe in it, but they did not have the moral courage to stand out against the preesure that was brought to bear on them by a great many good but mistaken people who were earnest advocates of temperance and who did not think that the United States had any business to sell liquor. About the same time the same influence was used to prohibit the selling of liquor at the House and Senate restaurants in the Capitol. Now both restaurants are nominally dry. But anyone, who has the combination can get any sort of liquor they want served to them in a teacup with a spoon. It was a good deal more serious with the army posts. They did not have congressmen among their patrons, and they abolished the sale of beer and light wines to enlisted men. The officers in charge of the posts knew just what would happen, for they knew the peril of “The Blue Goose.” That is the army name for the groggeries that spring upon the outskirts of every army post where there is no canteen. The soldiers, when they had the canteen, spent their money for drinks there. They got pure drinks and there was about 75 per cent, profit in it. This profit went to the “mess fund.” and the men were able to buy themselves things to eat That were not on the regular ration list of the army. But as soon as the canteen was abolished, the “Blue Goose” sprang up again. The soldiers had no place of meeting and they bought vile liquor and got none of the profits. The recent conference of army surgeons declared flatly that the bulk of the disease and desertion in the army could be traced directly to the abolition of the canteen, and they urged its re-estab-lishment. Army officers, after three years’ experience of doing without the canteen, hope that the recommendation of the surgeons will be heeded. But there will be a great howl from the temperance advocates if it is. The question is shall soldiers drink wine and beer under decent home restraining surroundings, or shall they drink rot-got in a brothel? t t t

There is some talk of appointing ex-President Grover Cleveland as the head of the American delegation to the new Hague conference. It is said he will be appointed if he can be induced to serve, aud a great many people who admire his sturdy personality, irrespective of politics, hope that be will consent to act

POSSIBILITIES IN CUBA

The letter given below whs written by a man who has been there and knows all about it. This shows one of the many ways »of making a good living in Cuba.

COCOA NL’T.

I ttish to give you an actual experience of mine regarding cocoanuts. Three years ago on the north coast of Cuba, near the city of Goanaji, and now adjoining the American colony of Palm City, is a tract of land of 150 acres, as good lnnd as there is on the island of Cuba. It was fenced, two acres planted to oocoanuts, then in bearing at four years of age. There were two shacks on the place, a few thousand bananas and as many pineapples, many magnificent wild fruit trees, bearing heavily, and much valuable wood. This tract is located on. a good rgad. The same was offered to me at 412.50 an acre; I offered SIOOO. I kept track of this farm, visiting it three and four times a year, and the Ist day of June. 1905, the owner showed me that the two acres containing 120 cocoanut trees eacti, or a total of 240, bad each produced within twelve months in no case less than 400 | oocoanuts, whioh amounts to 96,000 nuts, whioh he sold at the ' farm at $16.00 a thousand, he sim-

ply superintending the counting as they were picked. This amounted to over $1,500 in cash from two acres of land without one hour’s work in the grove for the past two year’s except the gathering of coffee from the trees planted in between which he has sold at a handsome price. Coffee does well araoug cocoanut trees as it requires shade, and the fruit of the cocoanut growing close to the body of. the tree, when it drops does not injure the tender coffee plant. During the past three years eight acres more of this tract has been planted to cocoanuts and all has been sold except 33 acres. I offered him S2OO an acre for his 33 acres which be veTy sensibly refused. Now, this is a case iu point where anyone can visit the farm and verify these statements, as there is no question as to the facts being true in the fullest sense with the exception that many of of the trees furnished more than 400. The owner has a large family which has been provided for during their lives without any effort except as to planting and caring for cocoanuts for two years. He planted sweet potatoes seven years ago, and they are still producing abundantly without replanting or any attempt at cultivation and will continue to do so for all time to come.

Now, ray friend, who has been frozen out, dried out and possibly sold out, don’t you believe if you had expended onehalf the energy that you have expended during thb past ten years in Cuba that to-day you could have ten or twenty acres of cocoanuts, the same number of acres of oranges, limes and other fruits always readily marketable and enjoy a climate where there is not one hoar in the entire year that is even unpleasant if you are in the shade during the summer mouths at noonday which you cau easily do? I wish to be earnest with you. I have seen so much suffering in the states, being thoroughly acquainted with what western people bad to undergo in opening up their farms—as I was one of them —and remember the sufferings of at least three-fourths of the pioneers for ten years of their lives, and Borne for a longer period, barely eking out an existence, but after twenty years their lands became valuable aud they are now comparatively independent, yet think wbat they have gone through. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to have accomplished twice as much in five years that they have in the twenty without suffering, under the most pleasant conditions, always haviug plenty to eat, being comfortable away from the blizzards, sand storms, droughts, hail storms and many other adverse conditions to look back over now seem almost insurmountable.

Then, when they are shown what can be done in Cuba, then for them to hesitate because they don’t want to leave their wife’s uncle, aunt or cousin, not knowing that they cau build up a friendship and a social class among bright, progressive, honest, deserving people that it will always be pleasurable, honorable and profitable to be acquainted with and join issues with, living a life that the wealthiest of our citizens would envy every day of their lives, complete comfort, absolute contentment and enjoyment never heard of in the farm life at its best.

Taking it all in all, if you are hesitating and think you are running some terrible risk, or liable to be swamped or lose a couple of hundred dollars, or being required to expend that amount or more to get located, and are afraid to take the risk or are hesitating to take the chance; if you are made of that kind of stuff, I sincerely hope and beg of you that you will not write m»: that you will not hsk any questions about Cuba,* but leave me amid peace and plenty among my American friends in Cuba.

It is our disposition, and we delight iu ‘‘blazing our way,” making cur own conditions, carving our future from surroundings blessed by bountiful nature as no other couutry is blessed to day, starting from the foundation, building our way, not hampered by a century of mistakes. * Indeed it is a pleasure, taking matters from their inception and building according to our ideas. D. E. Kerr, Rav*enswood, Chicago, and Camaguey, Cuba.

5 PEE CENT LOANS.

We can positively make you a loan on better terms than you can procure elsewhere. No “red tape.” Commission the lowest. No extras. Funds unlimited. See ns before borrowing or renewing an old loan and we will eave you money. IRWIN & IRWIN. 1. O. O, F. Building. Read The Democrat for news.

TRY PARKER FOR BUGGIES ...IT PAYS... I carry th? largest stock of any dealer in in Northrrn Indiana. Learn about the buggy I will give away November 25. ; Old buggies taken in exchange. 1 am here for business. S«*e Parker before you buy—lT PAYS.

FRANK C. ECK General Auctioneer Goodland, Ind., R.-F-D, 1. If you are going to have a sale I believe I can make you money. Satisfaction guaranteed and prices reasonable. 'PhoueOlD. Useany 'phone in telephoning for dates, and I will pay charges. S. U. DOBBINSLive Stock and General Auctioneer and expert in handling a sale and getting you good prices and giving you satisfaction at a reasonable price. Come and see me. MY OFFICE IS WITH Ferguson, HERSHMANife Ferguson Law and Real Estate. West Side Public Square. RENSSELAER, IND.

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