Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1906 — Page 6

LITTLE VISITS WITH "UNCLE BY"

I Told You So. Finding a horseshoe is good luck it the horse doesn't kick you. The sweet girl graduate just now Is ’‘hitching wagons to a star." The next vehicle she will start Will be an infant's auto-car! James Whttoomb Riley has abandoned his plan for the building of a hotel for Indiana authors. Presumably the reason Is that no one hotel would be big enough. There was an ok! miner from Nome Who forth to the river did rome! He fished all day long In the shade. Where beetles and dragon-flies plade— Then drank all his bait and went home! Jones loves white peppermint lozenges because they look so much like poker chips—and it’s so easy to buy • stack, doncherknow. Again the story comes forward that bee stings cure rheumatism. A Philadelphia man is taking a regular dose of 100 bee stings a week. Like Josh Billings’ tight boots, the stings ought to make him forget all his other sorrows, including the rheumatism. THESE HOT NIGHTS. I wish I had the money I paid for coal last Fall— I’d buy a ton or two of ice And store It in the hall! I’d get Into tny nightie then And pound tny ear for fair, A-snoozin' on the crystal cakes Just like a polar bear! Another man returns to Insist that he 18 not dead. This time it is the Rev. Mr. Sabine Baring-Gould, author of that popular hymn. “Onward. Christian Soldiers.” The obituary notices in the London papers were most flattering, but inasmuch as the gentleman maintains that he is still in a condition to enjoy reading them, I suppose we must take his word for the assertion that he is yet a live one. REQUI ESCAT. Willie promised to be good— Promised mu he’d split the wood. Told his pa he'd rise at dawn, Feed the cow and mow the lawn. Wanted crackers and a gun For the Fourth. Oh, gee! What fun! But spring fever in the chilli Lured him off toward the wild! With his fishing pole and bait; - He slipped slyly through the gate. Ah, alas! for boyish vow, Willie’s dead and buried now! In the swimming hole he fell— Listen to the doleful bell! If the British tailor who comes to improve the dress of Uncle Sam’s soldiers does not recommend any better fitting clothes than those worn by the average Englishman, his call to America should be looked upon as a Yankee 'joke.

The World’s Obligation.

When I wuz a kid, I remember th' way Hank Jones used f laze through th’ heart o’ th’ day, A-smoktn' his pipe. Jlst a cussed old shirk A-spraddlin’ eround whilst th’ other folks worked! “She owes me a livin’,'’ sez Hank, of th' world, "Fer didn't I fight 'til th’ ’reb’ flag win furled!” When picnics wuz held Hank wuz alius on deck UL-eatin’ his fill t’ th’ very last speck. Dressed up in brass buttons an’ war clothes o' blue, He 'lowed thet he'd rest 'til he seen th’ thing through! “She ow'es me a livin’," sez Hank, gorgin' pie, “I reckon I’ll eat every day 'til I die!" When folks went t’ ‘‘bees,’’ Henry got In th’ game— He never worked none, ’cause his back wuz too lame; Th' sun hurt ids head 'way back thar In th’ field.

An’ now when It struck him, he tainted an' reeled! When dinner wuz called he wuz alius on time— T was fun Jlst V watch how th' bell made him climb! Hank played checkers some nt th' old village store. But sittin' fer long made him feel dre'dful sore. Th’ park knew hint most, whar th’ green gruss wuz thick— He'd sit thar fer hours jlst a-whlttlln' a stick. ”Bhe owes me a livin'," sez Hank, with a wink. 'l’ll git tt you bet. Leastwise that's what 1 think!” 'Twuz twenty odd years ago now In th’ spring, I last seen Hank Jones doin’ not a blamed thing! Inst week I wuz back whar I lived when a lad— •> Thar Hank *ot a-whlttHn’ th' knots frum a gad! "She owes me a livin’,” sez Hank, at my cue—--1 guess, frum reports, he’* a gittln* It, too!

WOMAN PROPOSES

By BEATRICE STURGES

For the first two years after she entered Stuart Lee’s office as stenographer Miss Atherton’s desk was placed so that every time she glanced up she saw the back of his head. This oft recurring Incident, coupled with the fact that it was a very good looking head, well set on a pair of stalwart shoulders, probably bad much to do with the state of affairs at the end of ■lx months. Even in that time she had learned to distinguish bis step from the dozens of others that traversed the same hall, to watch for his smile of greeting and to listen to his cheery “Good morning” as he took off his hat and rolled up the cover of his desk. Then she would take a good look at the smoothly brushed yellow hair and turn again to her work, which conslsted of copying out long contracts and other tiresome legal forms. Stuart Lee was a lawyer and had bent all his young efforts so hard toward success that it was beginning to come his way. At the end of two years he took larger offices, allowing himself the luxurious necessity of n private room. Miss Atherton then had charge of the large outside room, the second stenographer and the office boy. She saw more people and received more salary, but she missed the closer comradeship of the old days and the familiar sight of a blond head rising firmly above blue serge shoulders. 1 She kept on loving him, though, for I the simple feminine reason that she couldn’t help it. Sometimes Lee gave her dictations that Would take up an hour or more, and then he would make her rest a bit and chat with him before she started

"MARRIED!” HE BROUGHT OUT THE WORD INCREDULOUSLY.

to work again. At other times be would ask her advice in the matter of an office boy or as to the choice of two samples for a summer suit or whether he looked fit to make a call without getting his hair cut, and he would sometimes lay a case before her to get another point of view. To all of these friendly manifestations she responded gladly, with an inward thrill at the pleasingly intimate basis on which it seemed to place their relations. Then this friendly glow would be suddenly chilled by a sweeping realization of the fact that she was only his stenographer and that he probably talked to her during the day because there was no one else at hand. Still there had been times when he impulsively called her into his room to watch a thunderstorm or an unusually beautiful sunset across the Hudson, and, standing close beside him at the window, she wondered if he had not felt some of the emotion that throbbed In her own pulses. If he did, however, he never spoke, and so the most gorgeous sunset was veiled in a gray mist for her, and it was a long time before a gold lined cloud appeared on her own horizon. That was when she overheard a fragmentary conversation between Lee and one of his friends. In reply to some remark Lee had said. “I don’t know what I would do without her.” The other laughed and responded: , “Well, she’s too pretty a girl to spend hes llfe in an office. Somebody will be carrying her off some day.” Lee’s reply ended indistinctly In “stop it some way” as be closed his desk with a bang, and as they passed out the door she heard the friend laugh again and say, “Do It yourself, eh?” From that day she was a changed girl. She moved as one with a purpose, and yet there was a dreamy softness *in her face and manner that seemed to envelop her as an atmosphere. Lee. looking at her closely, wondered that he had not realized how creamy was her skin, how deep her da r k eyes and how fascinating the gold and copper lights In her brown hair. Gradually she told him about herself; that it was her grandfather who had won a certain gallant fight for the Confederacy, her father who had held an honorable

office In a southern state and her brother who had won recognition for bravery In the Philippines; how she had been suddenly obliged to work after her father's death and stenography was the most immediate thing, but that she had no intention of being a stenographer all her life. When he asked her what she would do or what she wanted to do she first looked at him and then blushed deeply, looking out of his window toward the Palisades, and he felt strangely disturbed. He had accepted her in bls office as a matter of course. Companionship with her on that basis seemed natural and easy, but he was a man of reserve, and a departure’from the conservative routine disquieted his phlegmatic nature. Their conversation kept the old friendly tone of everyday badinage and comprehension, but there was a subtle difference, and he began to feel her presence more and more. Finally one spring afternoon when the sun was flooding bis office with a primrose yellow glow she looked in and asked If she might talk with blm. “Why, certainly,” he responded, wltb a smile, “and I wish you would sit in that yellow light. It just suits you in that brown dress.” She sat down, but did not speak at first. Her lips trembled, and she seemed to Tie seeking courage from the yellow sky. Suddenly she turned to him. “Mr. Lee,” she said, “I have been with you four years.” “Is it as long as that?” he questioned. “Four years this day.” “They have been busy years,” be said, "and, I hope, happy ones.” “Yes, they were happy.” she answered slowly as a pink flush spread over her face. “But now I must go away.” “Go away? Leave me? Why, Helen, you mustn’t. I can’t spare you. Where would you go?” In his surprise he had called her Helen for the first time, and her heart leaped. She turned to him tremulously and said, almost timidly, “I am going to get married.” “Married!” He brought out the word incredulously.. “Why, I thought”— Here be broke off and walked to the window, where he stood, his hands in his pockets, gazing moodily across the river. She sat silent until he turned to her again. “Why do you do this?” he questioned. Womanlike, she began with the reasons she felt least. “Because I want a home. I am all by myself, and I am tired of living In a boarding bouse. It la nothing but a travesty on life for a domestic woman to divide her time between an office and a boarding house. Besides, I have worked for four years, and I want to stop for awhile.” “Just for awhile?” “Yes, for I mean to study law and keep my other work In practice bo I can help.” “Help? Whom?” “Help—him.” “He is a lawyer, then?” Lee almost choked over the question. “Yes.” “What Is he like? Is he all right? Is he worthy of you?” She looked at him, he thought, a little sadly. “Like? He is the finest man in the whole world.” He walked swiftly to her. “But, Helen, Helen!” he exclaimed, “I don’t understand It at all. I thought you were happy here, and I supposed, of course, you understood things. I’m lonely too. I haven't had a home for b!x years, and I thought that some day —Helen, don’t you mind leaving me? Won't you miss me at all? Haven’t you seen, girl, what you are to me?” He took her hands and drew her up beside him. “Didn’t you know, Helen?” “Know what?” She lifted her brown eyes to bls. “That 1 love you and want you to be mine?” “You never said so,” she answered. “That’s because I thought you knew and because I always blunder. I need somebody with me all the time. I need you, Helen. You're the biggdpt part of my life. Come and make tv home for me.” He folded her suddenly In his arms, and his heart thrilled as he felt her lean on him. “Sweetheart,” he whispered, “I love you! I love you!” She lifted her face to his. “Dear,” she breathed so softly that he had to bend to catch it, “I have loved ybu for four years.” He held her close I* the gathering dusk for one ecstatic moment. Then she drew away. He came back to earth slowly. Not letting her go. he looked away and out of the window, where the golden light had been merged into a dull purple streaked with red and where the evening star gleamed radiant In the upper blue. “This other chap,” he began. “What other chap?” she asked. “The one you were—were going to marry.” She raised on her tiptoes and kissed him. “There's only one,” she whispered. “and it’s you.” Then she fled Into the other office. • •••••• Everybody says that Lee’s wife Is the better lawyer of the two.

Butter In Holland.

In various parts of .Holland are “butter control stations.” which are described Ln detail by the agricultural editors. A chemist is at the head of each station, with a staff of analysts under him. Inspectors, instructed by the chemist, unexpectedly visit dairies, stores, creameries, etc., and collect samples of butter and all material* used in It. These samples are analyzed, and the results nre registered, so that the officials connected with the "control” know almost exactly what the chemical composition 1* of the butter at each creamery, etc., and 'at Any time of the year,

Moder* Levs. * Anxious Father—But do you feel rare that you can make my daughter happy? Calm Youth—l haven’t thought about that But I have finally decided that she can make me happ^w—Somerville Journal. Fountain Park Assembly, Remington, Indiana, August 11th to 26tb, 1906, inclusive. An unexcelled program—you can not afford to miss it. Send for pro* gram. Robert Parker, Sup’t.

Dr. Chas. Vick, Eye Specialist. This is an age of Specialists, rhe ability to do one f thing and do it well is more to be commended and is of more benefit to Humanity than to do many things and none equal to the best. We limit our practice on the eye to the errors of refraction, of which we have made a special study for over thirty years. Office in C. H. Vick’s fruit store, next door to express office, Rensselaer, Ind.

Put Them in This is what is done in Germany when advertising, if the goods are misrepresented. Well, lam not a German but I like some of their goods. These goods I advertise will not send a German nor a -Jew to jail. Now listen: Studebaker Bros, bougies, carriages, farm wagons, almost anything on wheels. Page Bros. Buggy Co’s carriages, buggies, driving wagons. Zimmerman buggies, carriages (not Pud’s) are fine riders, and the Binkley driving wagons and buggies are at the top of the ladder, in quality and style. Please call in and inspect goods and the prices. Roberts the Buggy Man.

Keep Your Nerve It is nerve energy that runs the organs of your body. The storage battery is the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, and from this battery nerve force is sent out through the system of nerves. To keep the body healthy you must have plenty of nerve force; if you have not, the organs work imperfectly, the circulation is sluggish, digestion bad, appetite poor, kidneys inactive, and aches, pains and misery are the penalty. You can keep the system strong with Dr. Miles’ Nervine. It assists in generating nerve energy; it strengthens the nerves and makes the whole system strong and vigorous. “I take pleasure in recommending Dr. Miles’ Nervine to those Buffering from nervous prostration, Insomnia and melancholy. After several months suffering from above diseases I tried this medicine and found immediate relief. It soothes and strengthens the nerves, chases away the gloomy and depressing thoughts and gives the sufferer renewed strength and hope. It is a superb nerve restorer.” JUDGE JACOB 9EEMANN, Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. Mlles’ Heart Cure Is sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first bottle will benefit. If It falls he will refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind

M ffi A DEALER IN < lime, ijffl ri (M. $ RENSSELAER, IND. /^.a D REVIVO My VITALITY Well Man of Me.” H.EVTVO Z<XnMDDZ3*V produce* fine result* In 80 day*. It act* powerfully and quickly. Cures when others fail. Young men can regain their lost manhood, and old men may recover their youthful vigor by using RHVIVO. It quickly and quietly removes Nervousness, Lost Vitality, Sexual Weakness such a* Lost Power. Falling Memory, Wasting Disease*, and effects of self-abuse or excess and indiscretion, which unfits one for study, business or marriage. It not only cures by starting at the sent of disease, but is a great nerve tonic and blood builder, bringing back the pink glow to pale cheek* and restoring the fire of youth. It wards off approaching disease. Insist on having REVIVO, no other. It can be carried in vest pocket. By mail. fI.OO per package, or six for fift.OO. We give free advice and counsel to all who wish it, with guarantee. Circulars free. Address ROYAL MEDICINE CO., Marin* Bits.. Chiu**, 111. ffFor tssle in Rensselaer by J, A. Larah druggist.

Located on Front street just across from John Bisloeky’s coal and wood yard. I have the McCormick mower and binder agency and a large stock of extras for same. The agency for Success manure spreaders and extras for same, can furnish prices on other styles of Spreaders of high class that has had years of experience in the hands of the best farmers in the country. Call and take a I look and what I can not tell you I will guarantee Isaac Hempbill can. Yours Sincerely. C. A. Roberts. The Democrat handles Farm Leases, Mortgages, Deeds and other legal blanks. Also prepared to do all kinds of fine job work.

A. N. Lakin, H. D. Physician and Surgeon, DeMotte, . . . Indiana. ’Phone DeMotte, Day or Night. PROF. JOSEPH BAUNACH, TEACHER OF HUSIC, PIANO, VIOLIN and VOCAL. Per Lesson. si. RENSSELAER, IND, Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. I aw, Abstracts, Real Estate, Loans. Wil) practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA Judson J. Hunt, low, ttocis, Loons ond Real Esioie. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stairs in Odd Fellows annex, opposite court bouse. Wm. B. Austin. Arthur H. Hopkins. Austin & Hopkins, Law, Loans and Real Estate. Loans on farms and City property, personal security and chattel mortgage. Buy, aell and rent farms and city property. Farm and city fire insurance. Attorneys for American Building, Loan and Savings Association, Office over Chicago Department Store, RENSSELAER. IND.

J. F. Irwin S. C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collection*, Farm Loan* and Fire Iniuranoa. Office in Odd Fellow** Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. U. M. Baughman. Geo. A. William*. Baughman & Williams ATTORNEYS AT LAW. farm loans, Ateiracis ana insurance. Loans on improved Farm Lands and City Property a specialty. Collections and Notary work promptly attended to. Office over First National Bank, ’Phone No. 829. Rensselaer. Indiana vkamk roLT*. o. •- «mu*. Maaav a. *u«*<s Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successor* to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW Law, Real Estate. Insurance Absracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Bcoks in the County. RENSSELAER. IND. GEORGE E. HERSHMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Abstracts. Insurance and Loans, on both farm and city property. A set of abstract books in office. Office in Murray Building. Phone 318. BKNBBKI.AXB, • INDIANA. Ira W. Yeoman, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Remington, - - • Indiana. Law. Real Estate. Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office unstairs in Durand Block. _ • E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over I me*' Millinery (tore. Rensselaer. Ovrio* Phom* 177. N**iosmo* Phom*, 11*. M. D. Gwin, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office opposite Postoflice. in Murray’s new building. Ph ONK 206. dsy or night. W. W. Merrill, M. D. Eclectic Physician ana sum, RENSSELAER, - . INDIANA. Chronic Disease* ■ Specialty. H. L. Brown, ' DENTIST. (- Office over Lars h’s drug store

~~~ Chicago to the Northwest,' Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville, and French Lick Springs. Rensselaer Time-Tahle, In Effect Feb, 28,1906. South Bound. S°’ Mail, (dai1y)...... i0:55 a m S°’ {pdihnapolis Mail, (daily j.. 2 p. m •’ (daily)H -44 £ £ $!?• preM ’ (d® u y)• U*sp. m „ North Bound. Moe 4—Mail, (daily) ... . J lll *aooomm., (daily).'’..'' 7:31 a.m No. 32—Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a. m JnA fc^ U^ n r^? pre “4r (da P/ ) ' ' 3:31 p.m - L 3? s£ •SafclS'sTX. tbnnuay only, No. 3 will stop at Rensselaer for passengers for Lafayette and South. No. 4 will stop at Rensselaer to let off passengers from points south of Monon. a Frame J. Reed, G. P. A., W. H. McDobl, President and Gen. M’g’r, Chas. H. Rockwell, Traffic M ! g’r, '• ~Z OMICAQO. W. H. Beam, Agent, Rensselaer.

Bell Phone 131. Lafayette Phone 879. WABASH Arrival and departure of trains from The Lafayette Passenger Station Twelfth and Erie Streets In effect Sunday, May 6. 1906, 4 ;30 a. m, „ going east. No. 2. Toledo & Pittsburg Ex. da.. 2:41 a.m No. 8. Buffalo Mall, daily 6:59 a.m No. *6. Mail and Express, daily 8:52 a.m No. 4. Continental Limited, daily . 2:10 p.n> No. 24. Atlantic Express*, daily.... 3:36 p.m No. 60. Peru Ac., ex Sunday 7: 40 p.m „ GOING WEST. No. 61. Springfield Ac., ex. Sunday..6:3o a.m No. 9. Kansas City Fast Maildaily.B:l6 a.m No. 7. Mail and Express, daily ...1:27 p.m No. 1. Continental Limited, daily.. 1:57 p.m No, 6. Fast Mail, daily 7:61 p.m No. 3. Western Express, daily.... 11:56 a.m No. 6 does not run between Ft. Wayne and Detroit No. 2, Eastern Express daily, has through sleepers St. Louis to Boston; St. Louis to New York, and buffet sleeper St. Louis to Toledo, Vettibuled free reclining chair car, St. Louis to Buffalo. Dining car serving meals. No. 4. Continental Limited, daily, has through Pullman sleeper. St. Louis to NewYork and Boston. Coaches St. Louis to 'NewYork without change. Dinlog car serves meals. bio. 6, Mail and Express, daily, has connection with sleeper at Toledo for New York and Boston via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and New York Central R. R. No. 8. Through sleeper to New York City, via D. L. & W. Ry. Chair carto Buffalo free. Sleeper to Detroit and Buffalo. No. 1, Continental Limited, daily, same service as No. 4. No. 8, Western Express daily, has sleepers Toledo. Boston and New York to St. Louis; also 2 free reclining chair cars to St. Louis, and St Louis to Kansas City and Omaha. No. 5, Fast Mail, Coach Toledo to St. Louis. Does not carry baggage. No. 9. Coaches and chair cars to St! Louis, through sleeper and free reclining chair cars to Kansas City without change. Ocean steamship tickets sold to all parts of the world. W‘ C. MAXWELL, A. G. T. M. C. 8. CRANE, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent. H. V. P TAYLOR, Asst. Gen. Pase. and Tkt. Agent, St. Louis. Mo. THUS. FOLLEN. P. A T. A.. Lafavette. Ind.

TOMI? TRUSTEES’ GIRDS. Jordan Township. The undersigned, trustee of Jordan township, attends to official bnsiness at his res! dence on the first Saturday of each month; also at the Shide schoolhouse on the east side, on the third Saturday of each month between the hours of 9 a. m . and 8 p. m. Person* having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, Goodland. Ind. R-F-D. CHAS. E. SAGE. Trustee. Milroy Townahip. The undersigned, trustee of Milroy township, attends to official business at his residence pn the first and third Saturdays of each month. Person* having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address. McCoysburg, Ind. W. C. HUSTON, Trustee. Newton Township. The undersigned, trustee of Newton township. attends to official business at hie residence on Thursday of each week. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address Rensselaer, Indiana. Phone 28-A Mt. Ayr Exchange. W. B. YEOMAN. Trustee. Union Township. The undersigned, trustee of Union township, attends to official business at hi* residence on Friday of each week. Persona having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, Rensselaer, Indiana. R. F. D. 2. HARVEY DAVISSON. Trustee. OT. IOWIW HD Win DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor... ...J. H.S. Ellia Marshal W. 8. Park* Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney.. Geo. A. William* Civil Engineer H. L. Gamble Fire Chief C. B. Steward OOUNCILMXN. Ist ward -Henry Hildebrand 2d ward J. p. Irwin 8d ward Eli Gerber At Large C. G. Spitler. J. F. McColly COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Charles C, Warner Sheriff John O'Connor Auditor J, N. Leatherman Treasurer S. R. Nichol* Recorder J. W. Tilton Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner - Jennings Wright Supt. Public School* Louis H. Hamilton County Assessor John R. Phillip* OOMMISSIONEB*. Ist District John Pettet 2nd District Frederiek Waymire 3rd District .Charlee T. Denham Commi**ioners’ court—Flnt Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TKUSTIKB. TOWNSHIPS. Washington Cook Hanging Grove M. W. Coppeas Gillam Albert Bonk ....Walker Grant Daviseou Barkley Charles F. Stackhouse -Marion Charles E. Sage .Jordan W. B. Yeoman «.... Newton Henry Feldman.. Keener Charles Stalbaum Kankakee Robert A. Mannan... Wheatfield Anson A. Fell .. Carpenter William C. Huston Milroy Harvey Davisson ..union Loui* H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensselaer E. C. English ..Rensselaer George Besee Remington Geo. O. Stembel .Wheatfield Truant Officer N. Littlefield, Rensselaer JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge ....Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney .R. O. Grave* Tern** of Court. -Second Monday in February. April. September and November. /