Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1905 — Page 5

IHt 99ctHT | Racket Store | j BftRGMNS j ffltfMM BOYS' CORDUROY PANTS, all sUea AK r and «tylea, this week at, per pair.. wvu BOYS’ OVERALLS, aiaes from 3to 1Q« 12 years, per pair 1 BOYS’ SUITS, 2 pieces, others <et double for, we sell for from 99 ets. *1 QQ per suit to ... >1.33 UNDER WEAR for Boys and Misses, ORp heavy weight fleece lined.., fcUU Ladies’ Heavy Weight Underwear.. 25c Men's Heavy Weight Underwear.... 49c HANDKERCHIEFS—Thia week we will sell the ladies two to handkerchiefs for the price of One; regu- Rp lar 10c goods, 2 for

This week we will sell the men our regular 24 in. Red and Blue Handkerchiefs at two for to. Lay in a supply, when you can get them for less than cost. We want your trade, and we are going to give every lady absolutely free a transparent Cup and Saucer or Plate, in pure white, of high grade imported china, bringing this add to our store any time from October 23 to October 28. Only ene to customer. Remember, this is free; no strings tied to it; you do not have to buy one cent’s worth of goods to get your choice of the above. We want you to see our stock, to see what we handle, to take a good look at our prices, and we are willing to pay you to come here to look us over. Do not fail to come. We carry as large a stock of china in all the different grades as can be found, outside of our largest cities. Just stop to think of one whole side of our mammoth store room is devoted to china alone. Over 105 feet in length by 14 feet high, shelved from top to bottom, making in all about 2000 square feet of china, including the finest ware made, from all parts of the world, the celebrated Haveland, the noted Royal Witen ware, the beautiful Japanese ware, the famous Dresden china and other brands famous as the above, in dainty hand-painted goods down to the most common every day ware known. Our prices are such that we have customers from far and near, and we can truthfully say we have in the last eight weeks bought over 32,000 worth of China alone, which goes to show whq does the business in that class of goods. We handle most everything. Jt is hard to mention anything but what you can find here, with the exception of groceries and piece goods. You can almost be sure of getting what you want at prices about onethird less tnan you can elsewhere. We have the finest line of Shoes in heavy for men and children to the finest there is manufactured, and our prices are the lowest to be found considering the quality. We handle nothing but the best. See us before you buy your winter goods. Blankets, fleeced lined goods, and in fact any thing you have to buy. See the beautiful display of Premiums we are giving away free, when you purchase amounts to 35, 313,315 and 320; they are absolutely free: save your tickets, they are valuable; you get them no matter how small your purchase is, ask for them.

Remember our location —Makeever Bank Buildin*, North of Court House, RENSSELAER, IND. 99 M MEI ■ E. V. RANSFORD, Proprietor. FOR SALE. High grade and Recorded Shropshire Earns. Hall Zimmerman. Remington, Jasper Co., Ind. R-R No. 3. 2,000 White and Burr Oak fence posts for sale, s|cents each. ’Phone 176. D. H. Yeoman, Rensselaer, Ind. FARMS TO WORK. I have five farms not contracted to be occupied next year, coming Nov. 15,1905. ts 8. P. Thompson.

Save Your Eye* by Wearing Diamond Lenses. None genuine without trade mark on every lens. Absolutely clear and free from every defect Accurately ground and centered, fused from minute crystal pebbles, have no equal, being the most perfect lens made. I control the sale of these lenses in Jasper and Newton counties. Dr. Chas. Vick, Eyeeight Specialist. Office in 0. H. Vick's fruit store, next door to express office, Rensselaer, Ind. Fob Salk—Several young full blood brown Leghorn cockerels, Erice 50c each.—John Eck, Goodind, Ind. R-R-l. See that International Manure Spreader at Parker’s. Seven sold already thia fall. The simplest machine on the market. An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

Th® Mfe ImraHince laqairy. Charles E. Hughes, counsel for the legislative committee which is investigating the whole scheme of life Insurance as conducted in the state of New York, has already made a reputation in this line of work, He was counsel for the legislative committee which probed the gas monopoly in New York city last spring and broke all records In civic Investigation. As inquisitor in chief of the gas investigation he drew from the officials of the gas and electric companies a large fund of* information in a short time, surprising the politicians by his ability to grasp details of importance. The thoroughness of his work enabled the committee to make a report to the legislature upon which important legislation was based before the closing of the session. Mr. Hughes was bom at Glens Falls, N. Y., forty-three years ago and since boyhood has resided in New York city. He is a graduate from Brown university and from Columbia Law school, where he was a prize fellow from 1884

CHABLIS E. HUGHES.

to 1887. He taught law at Cornell university in 18©1 and 1893 and was special lecturer at Cornell several years. He also lectured at the New York Law school. There is nothing remarkable In the personal appearance of Mr. Hughes. He is about five feet ten inches in height, with a rather slight but well proportioned figure. His brown hair is becoming thin on top, and his forehead, which is high and rather narrow, indicates intellectuality In a high degree. His blue eyes are wide apart and deep set, and he has a trick of allowing the lids to droop until they half cover the eyeball, which gives an impression of anything but alertness. The instant that Mr. Hughes becomes interested. however, the Immobility of his face vanishes, but he never loses the calm poise for which he is noted. Mr. Hughes Is the senior member of the law firm of Hughes, Rounds & Schurman. He belongs to several clubs and is a member of the Baptist Social union.

An Awthoreaa In n New Role.

Mrs. Alice Hegan Rice, who won fame as the author of “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” and other novela, has made her debut in the commercial world by organizing at Louisville a new national bank, with a capital stock of >250,000. with her in the enterprise is her husband, Cale Young Rice, W. O. Head and L. M. Rice. Mrs. Rice, it is understood. Is at present the largest stockholder in the enterprise. Just what position, if any, Mrs." Rice will hold in the concern has not been decided, though it Is said that she will have some responsible post. It was as a humorist in conversation that Mrs. Rice, then Miss Hegan, be-

MRS. ALICE HEGAN RICE.

came noted first among her friends. It Is aa a humorist In print that she is beat known to the public. Mrs. Rice’s earliest successes were achieved In a woman’s club which met regularly for literary work In her own home In Louisville. The members wrote and read aloud at the meetings essays, stories and all kinds of literary sketches, and It was then that the young author developed the talent that later was to oring fame and fortune. Mrs. Rice la a woman of thirtyfirs, with beautiful dark eyes and hair. Bhe la of medium height and graceful figure, a typical Kentucky girl in speech and manner. She has always shown to her friends the inclination to wit and humor, picking up and using In everyday conversation remarks similar to those she put In the mouth of Mrs. Wiggs. She was born and brought up In Louisville. The Hegans were a hospitable family and knew well how to enjoy life. They owned extensive woodlands near the city and for yean maintained an old Kentucky cabin in these woods. It was there that the future authoress spent each summer of her early life.

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City end Country Readers. . Corn, 36c; oats 26c. Yesterday was Arbor day. corn starts at 36 cents. Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office. Mrs. J. C. Porter is visiting in Indianapolis this week. Ed Tebo, of Newton tp., has moved over near Kentland on a farm. \-U. M. Baughman was up at New Buffalo, Mich., on business a few days this week. There were 108 tickets sold at this station for the Monon’s ex* cursion to Chicago Sunday. Read the opening chapters of “The Yellow Holly,” which appear in this issue of The Democrat. « A. G. Catt, graduate Optician, permanently located in Rensselaer. Office over Warner’s Hardware store.

Thornton has gone to Valparaiso to take a commercial course in the university at that place. - * Asa Leach has moved his family here from Valparaiso and will work in the Babcock & Hopkins elevator. Cairoll county, is making her annual visit to her son C. L. Parks near Surrey. Wanted: A place for a 14 yearold boy to work for his board and attend high school in Rensselaer. Enquire at this office. Chase James of Hammond, son of Horace James a former resident here, was the guest of Miss Rose Carr Wednesday. Miss Pearl Tanner returned Wednesday from a two weeks’ vacation spent in Lafayette and Pittsburg, Pa., with relatives. and Mrs. J. B. Hemphill and Mrs. Adsitt of Valparaiso, Neb., who have been visiting relatives here, returned home Thursday. —-Jphn Merritt moved this week from the George Hopkins property in the east part of town, into a tenant house of A. Leopold's on South Front street. ■yjtioy Clayton, 12 years old, of 4jaura, died Tuesday afternoon from diphtheria. A few other cases of the dread disease are reported in that neighborhood. - The eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Greenlee, near Mt. Ayr, died last Saturday from typhoid fever. The burial was in Hanging Grove township. Congressman Crumpacker has recommended Robt Cox late editor of the Fowler Republican, for postmaster at Fowler. Congratulations. Bro. Cox. There is a prominent family up in Noble county by the pecular name of Pancake; and last week a reunion was held at which over fifty members of the family were present. v Latest reports from the Indianapolis football player so badly injured here last Saturday are to the effect that he is now on the way to recovery, but will play no more games this season at least. Kentland Demoorat: z George Ade purchased the H. A. Strohm fjroperty on north Third street ast Friday, and made a present of it to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ade, who will be given possession of it in the near future.

8-Room House For Rent:—-En-quire of Mrs. J. H. Lough ridge. 4-J. C. Porter is visiting in wreensburg and other points in Kansas. Read “The Yellow Holly,” the opening chapters of which appear in this issue of The Democrat. Parties wishing sand or gravel for plastering or cement purposes can procure same of Marion I. Adams, delivered. ’Phone 528-A. We can furnish The Commoner (Bryan’s paper) to subscribers to The Democrat, in connection with this paper for 60 cents per year. That is, $1.60 for both papers. Corbin Swarts of Union tp., a former well known teacher of this county, died at the home of his brother, Garfield Swarts, at Del Rey, 111., where he was taken for treatment recently. He died of consumption. rs. H. M. Shipman, of Newton tp., died Monday morning quite suddenly from a complication of diseases from which she had suffered some time. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon and interment made in the Powell cemetery.

Sternberg & Son expect to get to work on the big Iroquois ditch contract just as soon as they can get the necessary machinery on the ground. Several steam drills will be used on the rock contract It is likely that this contract will provide labor for a large number of men and teams. 'kS. H. Hopkina of Barkley townsnip), returned Tuesday from a visit with his son John at Surrey, No, Dak. “Farmer” thinks it a great country out there and they grow immense crops. John’s farm comes right up to the town of Surrey and he is doing nicely, growing in both wealth and prominence.

Mrs. Robert Eads and two-year-old baby girl of Hammond were fatally burned last Friday night by the explosion of stove polish containing benzine, with which she was blackening a stove in which there was fire. The family had moved to Hammond only one week before from Reynolds, White county.

Leo Hamacher, formerly of near Virgie, was married at Kentland last Saturday to Miss Lillie Martin, of Brook. With hie bride h« visited Alexander and Asa Leech here Sunday and from here went to C. S. Hamacher’s, near Virgie, for a brief visit and thence to Valparaiso to visit the groom’s father, S. T, Hamacher.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Driver of Barkley tp., received word a few days ago from their daughter, Mrs. Gondeck of Chicago, who is well known to many of our readers, that twin boys were born to her last Friday morning, one an 8 pounder and the other weighing 6| pounds. Mother and babes are both getting along nicely.

The Democrat has nothing to do with the subscription books of other newspapers of Jasper county and at this time does not care to discuss the circulation of any other papers. But, when any one else tells you that they have a greater circulation in the north, south or central portions of the county than The Democrat, just tell them that you are “a Missourian.” The Democrat’s subscription books are open to advertisers for their inspection at any and all times, and bluster and blow doesn’t count when cold facts are considered.

Squire Irwin beard a case to try titles to property, Saturday morning. Prof. C, O. Nelson, principal of the city schools last year, got behind financially and owed several bills here, including one to Coen & Brady, also some S6O to Dr. Myer that the latter loaned him, The household goods were attached and the claim was set up that they belonged to Mrs. Nelson. The court decided in favor of the creditors except for a few keepsakes, and the goods will be sold. They were appraised for slls and the debts amount to about SIOO. Cooney Kellner is one Rensselaer saloon keeper who thinks he is operating under his last license —that the anti-saloon people will wipe all saloons from the city soon —and with this in view he is preparing to get into other business. He is going into the retail ice business, and has thoroughly cleaned out with teams and scrapers his “pond” in the river near the old Starr ice house and is building an addition to bis present ice house. Next year Cooney will be prepared to furnish the cleanest and purest ice ever sold in Rensselaer, providing, of course, Jack Frost does his part.

The most complete line of bugfies In Northern Indiana at Par* eF’s. Call at The Democrat office with your next order for job printing. Courteous treatment, right prices and the best work will be given you. . • . If you want a Chicago daily paper a full year for only 50 cents, come in and subscribe for The Democrat, or pay one year in advance, if an old subscriber, and you can get The Chicago National Review daily and The Democrat weekly, each a full year, for only 11.50.

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hefner and son were drove to Remington Monday afternoon by George Ketchum and there took the train for Watseka, where after a few days visit they departed for their new home in El Campo, Tex. Mr. and Mrs. Hefner take with them the best wishes of a large circle of friends here. Advertisers should commence to sow the seed that will reap the harvest by and by. The farmers have good crops this year and they will be liberal buyers in a few weeks. Merchants should not wait until the people get ready to buy, but should commence their advertising right away. The catalogue houses are now sending out their catalogues, and if the merchants of Rensselaer want the people’s trade they should meet these catalogue houses with the same weapon—advertising. The argument that advertising does not pay is a weak one.

4 The marriage of Mr. Charles A?. Radcliff of Cincinnati and Miss Lillian Rhoades took place Wednesday evening at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, E. D. Rhoades of this city, and was the most brilliant wedding of the season. Rev. A. G. Work, now of South Chicago, performed the ceremony. There were about eighty relatives and invited guests in attendance, many from out of town. A large number of presents were received. The bride is one of Rensselaer’s handsomest and most popular young ladies, while the groom is equally well connected at his home. They remain in Rensselaer until today when they go to Cincinnati, their future home.

HOT SO VERY FAR-REACHING

President’s Civil Service Order Explained as to the Meat Thereof by Commissioner Cooley. Washington, Oct. 20. —Civil Service Commissioner Cooley has made the following statement regarding the president’s last civil service order: “The morning papers, in commenting on the order of the president in regard to removals, all seem to overlook the fact that the substantive rights of employes In the government service are practically unaffected by the order—the change is merely in the procedure. The heads of departsments have always had absolute right of removal, but under section II of rule 12 they have heretofore been required to give to the person sought to be removed a copy of the charges against him and allow him a reasonable time in which to make reply. “The head of departments was always the sole judge as to the sufficiency of the explanation offered by the employes. The civil service commission never had any jurisdiction whatever except to see that the procedure required by the rule was followed.” Cooley approves the new departure.

INJUSTICE TO THE WOMEN

Bible Translation Attacked. Because It Is Too Hard on the Fair Sex. LaCrosse, Wls., Oct. 20.—An attack upon the translation of the Bible from the Hebrew, placing upon the woman the punishment for all sins, with a voice of happiness looking forward to the day when women will have equal representation upon the board of revisionists, marked the closing of the National Purity Conference in La Crosse. Katherine Bushnell, of Oakland, Cal., a purity worker of national renown, was the principal speaker of the evening, and by a series of translations and charts showed that the true meaning of Biblical passages was in praise of the women. Mary Church Terrell, of Washington, spoke in favor of the negro race, extolling the virtues of the colored woman and denouncing her shame, caused principally by the white men In the south, and also by others in the north.

Yellow Fever Is Dying Out.

New Orleans, Oct. 20. —The second day In succession no deaths from yellow fever have occurred. This is remartcable at this stage of the epidemic, because, as a rule, towards the end of an epidemic the death rate grows as the number of new cases diminishes. There are only 108 cases under treatment.

Cement For Leather.

Melt together four ounces of gutta nercha, half an ounce of pitch, one nonce of crude rubber, a quarter of an ounce of ■bailee and half an ounce of Ml. Use while hot _ Read The Democrat for news.

Ellis Opera House Il— Thursday, October 26 THE GREAT SUCCESS. I “Her Fatal Sin,” Headed by Anne Hamilton, as “Carmen.” SPECIAL SCENERY THROUGHOUT Superb Costumes. A play for all, especially the ladies. Prices: 25, 35 & sOc. Box Seats 75©

NEW ECONOMIC THEORY

Mr. Shaw’s Argument For Com tinued Protection. LIBEL ON AMERICAN INGENUITY. High Prices Have Reduced Waves by Comparison With the Profits of Capital—The Cost ot Living Must Be Reduced by Revising the Tariff Schedules. The enormous overcapitalization of the trusts and combines renders it neoessary for them to continue to exact high prices for their products or be unable to pay dividends on their fictitious capital. The protection the tariff gives them makes the high prices possible, as It prevents competition from abroad, so that the trusts have a monopoly of the home market To make the American people pay these high prices the tariff must be preserved intact not to produce revenue for the government, but to shelter the trusts. Secretary Shaw is defending this policy of trust protection and high prices on the ground that “cheap products of labor mean cheap labor.” which is a new theory in economics that the protectionists have invented to hold workingmen to the support of the Republican party in its league with the combines and corporations. Mr. Shaw, being secretary of the treasury, is supposed to speak for the administration on such economic subjects as tariff and revenue; so, although his “cheap” doctrines are absurd and his statements fallacious, yet as President Ifcosevclt allows him to continue on the stump It must be supposed that sounding the praises of high prices is indorsed by the administration.

It is not true that “cheap products of labor mean cheap labor,” says the New York World, nor was that libel upon American ingenuity wont to be uttered in the earlier days of tariff argument. It used to be said that competition, coupled with high wages, kept products cheap by compelling the improvement of the machine. Of late the trust makers have learned the trick of improving the machine, raising the price and pocketing the stupendous profit of progress. The portion of labor in American production has generally Increased within the past few years when measured in dollars and cents. It has not increased when measured by meat and rent and clothing. It has actually declined by comparison with the profits of capital. The Republican party has an unrivaled opportunity for public service tn reducing the cost of living by revision of the tariff, and this service it is, by its reiterated pledges, bound to render. It Is bound to reduce tariff taxation which has proved unnecessary and burdensome. It is bound to seek such reciprocal arrangements for freer trade with other nations as Germany is just now anxious to make. Nor can the question be dodged. It Is unescapable. It is pressed by the woman with the market basket. It is urged by the growing deficit There are not so many ways in which the government’s expenditure can be made to match its income. This can be done by cutting down expenditure, and the only place where many millions can be spared is in our mounting bills for warlike preparation. It can be done by tariff reduction which shall stimulate foreign trade and so swell the custom bouse receipts. There Is no other way. It may be a distressing choice tor the stand patters, but they cannot evade it by abusing cheapness, which is the universal demand of every citizen when he spends bls wages.

Land Bargains: Just to prove to you, that we can sell you land cheaper than any other firm in the county, we will offer for the next 80 days, 20 choice quarters of land in Ransom Co., at only S2O per acre. Thia is first claas, ants as good as anything in the county, so wbypay more for land no better? Drop us a postal for list. Rourke’s Land, Agency Lisbon, N. D. Remember The Democrat office for job printing.