Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1906 — Page 3

The Manager of the B. & A. A RAILROAD STORY Illustrated by ParKcr j A N ambitions young .railroad manager undertakes to put a bankrupt road on a paying basis. What time he can spare from his arduous duties he devotes to trying to .JPU 1 win a young woman. Handicapped by the fact that his fimQ? -r 1 father is a convict, though unjustly, he makes a poor race against a vicious and unscrupulous rival. A strike adds to jb U hi* troubles, but the opportunity to save his town from forres ma^es hi™ the hero of the hour. And the girl ? OU Can ave as man y £messefe as you like on her. The jg H WHAT reviewers say try WfwTfcA Commercial Advertiser it K Jk'ttroag, straight, downright story of common men and l iißS&r women nken out of the common life about us and sursounded with a halo of romance. Son Prawrferb Chronicle 17 , I\// wlf V j A strikingly good love story —fresh, original, full of vigIL « ' CT>/ .IM J ]lj orous and manly activity and presenting one or more inW jj teresting types of American character with which fiction Tho author has caught the rhythm rs a train as it clicks If over the joints of the steel mils and pitched his story to \ f it. There is no lagging in its incidents, but it moves ■ ff- J with an easy swing that carries the reader along. LooK for The Manager of the R & A. m This Paper

A COAST ROMANCE

Allx Wint, a farmer, and John Christopher, an oysterman, agreed to a friendly spar as to which should give way to the other in reference to Dorothy Mosher. In the fight Christopher was beaten. Christopher took his defeat deeply to heart and left the town. He had saved money and Invested in a schooner that was engaged in the coasting business. He sailed a few weeks as mate of the vessel and then became her captain. Meantime Wlnt wooed Dorothy more ardently than ever, but he got but little satisfaction from the girl, who blamed him for driving Christopher away. He believed that he would win her for his wife sooner or later and persisted In giving her attention. He was not a little surprised one morning to find that the night before Dorothy had disappeared from town. Her friends went in search of her and found that she had been secretly married to Christopher, who had taken her aboard his schooner to live. Wint, disposing of his farm, joined the life saving station at Hereford inlet. In the excitement of this wild life he did his best to forget Dorothy. He was considered the bravest of the crew. There was no wind or weather in which he was afraid to put out in the lifeboat, and he seemed happiest when in the midst of a storm on the sea. Some thought that his mind was unbalanced, and the advisability of discharging him from the service had been considered. but the faithfulness with which he always performed his duties argued strongly in his faVor. There came a great storm on the Jersey coast. The wind blew fearfully Inland, and the wreckers kept a sharp lookout for in distress. All day the rain came down, but at sundown the clouds broke and fled, but the wind Increased its strength, and the surf of Hereford inlet ran higher by many feet than the roof of the life saving station. About midnight the patrol of the beach saw a rocket curve through the darkness. It was” quickly followed by a second and a third. A vessel of aome sort was in distress in the vicinity of North bar. The crew was aroused and the lifeboat got in readiness, but it was impossible to launch it, so terrible was the surf. Answering signals were given to encourage the unfortunates on the foundered vessel. When day broke the wind began to die out, and by sunrise the surf had lessened in force. Nearly a mile from the shore the masts and rigging of a schooner were visible above the tumbling waters, and at the head of the mainmast was seen a dark object. The vessel was completely submerged, pnd the masts were swaying like reeds. Evidently one of the crew had been lashed to the mast After several vain attempts the lifeboat was finally launched, and the sturdy crew sent it across the waves as rapidly as it was possible for them to go. They finally came uear enough to the wreck to see that the object at the masthead was a woman. She was alive and encouraged the crew in the lifeboat by waving her arms. As the lifeboat came nearpr it was found that It would be extremely dangerous to attempt to take the woman off until the waves had subsided, for parts of the shattered hull projected above the water and to be dashed upon them meant quick destruction. While the crew was debating what It was best to do Wint caught up a fleldglass and turned It on the woman. An Instant later the other members of the crew were surprised to hear him exclaim, “It’s Dorothy!” He held the glass to his eyes for a few seconds, as If to make sure that he was right, then tossed It Into the caddy and snatching up a life preserver fastened It under his arms and, tying a oh* ground bit waist, ordered

the men to pull the boat as close to the wreck as they dared to. The captain remonstrated with the man, but be calmly told him that if the boat wasn’t put nearer he would jump In there and try to swim to the woman’s rescue. The captain saw it was useless to protest, and he told the crew to do as Wint desired. Wint fastened one end of the rope that was around bis waist to a cleat la the boat and waited for a favorable moment to leap into the sea. At last, when the boat was on the crest of a wave that was sweeping toward the wreck, he jumped overboard and the next Instant was battling with the strength of three men with the foaming water. The wave ran like a race horse and dashed Wint against the rigging. He grasped the ropes, climbed to where the woman was lashed to the mast and In a few seconds had fastened the life preserver around her. Tying the rope around her waist, he signaled the men in the boat to haul her aboard. It was a terrible trip to make, but Dorothy arrived safe and sound. The problem now was how to rescue the man. The life preserver was fastened to a rope and thrown overboard in the hope that it would float within Wlnt's reach, but it didn’t reach the mark. Again and again it was hauled in and cast overboard without striking the rigging. At every wave the masts showed that they were growing weaker, and It was expected by the. men in the lifeboat that they would go by the board before the life preserver could be got to Wint, but luckily the swirl in the water as it broke over the wreck carried it among the ropes, and Wint got it. He put It on and was soon aboard the lifeboat. Dorothy’s husband and ail the crew of the schooner were lost. The young woman had no home, and what could she do? Why, become Allx Wint’s wife, of course, and that was what she did two days after her old lover rescued her from death. Omaha World-Herald. Roman Notation. The ancient Roman method of notation is so much used that every boy and girl should understand it. It is based on three simple and easily remembered rules, but the trouble Is that many people do not know the rules or they forget them, and when they come across the notation they cannot interpret it. Seven letters of the alphabet are used. I-represents one, V five, X ten, L fifty, C 100, D 600 and M 1.000. To express other numbers these letters are combined as follows: 1. The repetition of a letter repeats its value, as 111 represent three. 2. When a letter is placed before oue of greater value the difference of their value is the number represented, as XC, ninety —ten from 100 leaves ninety. 3. When a letter is placed after one of greater value the sum of their values is the number represented, as LX, sixty fifty plus ten is sixty. Remember these rules, and you will not have any difficulty.—Chicago News. Btsr Peaaati This Year. . Peanut lovers have noticed that the nuts are generally very much larger this year than usual, a fact which may be verified by the most casual glance at any stand where they are sold. They are also said to be much better in flavor, though there are some connoisseurs who declare that the small nut Is the sweeter. “The Increased size of the peanuts now in the market” says a wholesale dealer, “Is due more to Improved metbods of cultivation, I think, than tp ti& accident of favorable weather condF ttons, though the current crop la unusually large in quantity. As to the relative merits of the large and salall nuts I cannot apeak, being a seller and hot an eater of them. I do know, however, that with these big, fat looking fellows on sale there is practically no market for the little ones.”—Philadelphia Record.

FOR THE CHILDREN

How Coral Creator** Rat. In far worse plight than the old womau who “had so many children the didn't know what to do’’ is the caretaker of little coral creatures, who have so many mouths that it is simply impossible to feed them all. This is the case of Custodian Spencer at the aquarium in Battery park. New York There was a time when he tried to give them a meal a day by spearing minute particles of food with the point of a slender stick and offering one of these to every mouth or two of the mass of tenacled openings that make up the surface of the coral rock. But this was speedily found to be too laborious an affair, and now they are fed three times a week witk minute bits of shredded clam or sonictimes oysters strewn through the water uear them. The tiny, filmy tentacles, something like an eighth of an inch long, reach out for these, and when one gets a dinner and his next door neighbor does not (though the dinner grabber gobbles down his bit of clam without any apparent regard for his hungry brother), he nevertheless has a mysterious way of imparting nourishment to him afterward, and it so happens that if a half or even a third of the tiny creatures get a meal the rest of them never go hungry. , • Game of Dancing Bear. A player who doesn't mind going on all fours at times is covered over with a shawl, which, provided he cannot see through it, should otherwise be light. He is the bear, and his keeper leads him about at the end of a rope fastened round his arms and body, but adjusted so as to leave the arms free below the elbow r . The keeper sometimes bums or whistles a tune, to which the beas will dance, but he warns the party that the animal is of uncertain temper and will try to catch some one. This the bear constantly, endeavors to do, the keeper doing his best to prevent him by pulling on the rope. When, however, the' bear succeeds the player caught becomes bear. Kiddles. What is that, if you take away its eye. only leaves its nose? The word no(l)se. Why should turtles be more pitied than any other animal? Because theirs is a very bard caae. Why does a baby boy always get a hearty welcome in a family? Because it never comes a-mlss. Why is a coal miner like a canary? Becuuse he Is brought up in a cage and has to peca for a living. Loyalty. Never permit yourself to comment unfavorably upon a friend. If you have a complaint carry it in person to the individual concerned. Loyalty is the life breath of real friendship, and If there was more loyalty there would be fewer broken friendships. la This Yoot Who owns eight Angers and two thumbs. Yet does not fall, whatever comes. To try to keep the nails so neat That they are like pink rose leaves sweet? Who keeps ten nails a-shining so That half a score of half moons glow? Who keeps all nails so fair and trim That no dark clouds disturb a rim? Who travels up the hills so steep. Though air is keen, though strong winds sweep. Yet keeps the lips so tightly pressed That all the air that seeks the chest No other way to journey knows Than that which lsadeth through the nose? * Who travels over hills and dales, -n Yet never, never, never falls Whene’er the toot Toward ground la put. To let the ball . Upon It fall -S Before the heel shall touch at all? Who thus walka on with graoa and sase? Who thus makes every stop to please? The Democrat soy job work.

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Witslilnir Fluid. One-half ounce of muriate of ammonia, one-half ounce of salts of tartar. one can of patent lye and six quarts of cold water. Dissolve and mix and pour Into bottles, glass jars or stone crocks and keep tightly corked. Cut half a cake of soap into a boiler three-quarters full of cold water and add half a cupful of the mlkture; soak the clothes overnight or twenty minutes tu cold water, wring out, place In a boiler and let It come to a boll and simmer for about twenty minutes, rinse thoroughly, blue, and they will be beautifully white. The suds may be used for flannels and colored pieces. Mustard Sauce. Au excellent sharp sauce to serve with fish or boiled beef is this of mustard: Add to one cup .of grated horseradish one cup of mustard, dry, a small bunch of any sweet herb, basil, thyme, savory or parsley chopped fine, a large oulon grated, a tablespoonful of salt and enough cold vinegar to make the right consistency. This Is best freshly made, but if it is to be kept for some time it should be cooked thoroughly, then bottled. Stained Marble. To remove stains from marble mix together one-half pound of soda, onehalf pound of soft soap and one pound of whiting. 801 l until they become as thick as paste and then let cool. Before it is quite cold spread It over a surface of the marble and leave it at least a whole day. Use soft water to wash It off and rub well with soft cloths. For black marble nothing is better than spirits of turpentine. Currant and Raspberry Shrub. Heat currants and raspberries until the juice runs, squeeze the fruit and to each quart of Juice allow two teacupfuls of sugar and stir until dissolved, then add the beaten whites of two eggs and pour into a tall pitcher half full of cracked Ice. Serve when perfectly cold. Bedstead Cabinet. One of the most useful articles recently patented Is a bedstead attachment. The complete apparatus can be easily attached to a bedstead for the purpose of holding articles of various kinds, so that any article desired will be in easy reach of an Invalid or other person occupying the bed. The articles are placed in a cabinet, which Is divided into a number of compartments by partitions. At one side of the cabinet is a pair of braces, made of

ATTACHED TO THE BED.

metal rods, the ends of the rods termiuatlug iu loops. Clamps are used to hold the cabiuet to the bed, oue eud of the clamp also terminating in a loop. Connecting the loops on the cabinet and those on the clamps Is a vertical rod. which serves as a binge. The cabinet can thus be swung around withiu convenient reach of the person upon the bed or when uot in use cau be swung to one side. The arms of the clamp, which pass about the bedpost, being resilient, the entire apparatus can be readily attached to any bed. Cat Gists, Cut glass may be made very brilliant by washing it in warm soapsuds and drying in sawdust, covering well with it When all moisture has been absorbed lift the dish and wipe with soft pieces of linen. Ordinary' glass may be made very brilliant by the same treatment. Bilk For Insomnia. Good pure milk is nutritious and flesh forming. Take a glasH of hot milk the last thlug at night if troubled with Insomnia or if you wish to gain flesh. Milk must always be taken slowly—sipped, in fact—and take quite ten minutes over a glass. To Hake Whitewash. To mix whitewash use two parts of lime slaked with three parts of water, making the mixture about the consistency of milk. A handful of salt added to the mixture will prevent the white rubbing off. Barn eg Dishes. When a baking dish gets burned in using it should pot be scraped. Simply put a little water and ashes in It, and the' burned surface will come off easily Without injuring the dish. Care of Vases. * When using valuable vases for table decoration fill with sand. This makes them stand firmly and they are less liable to be knocked over and broken. Charcoal a Dlslafectaat. Place a spall dish of charcoal where meat and perishable articles are kept, and it will keep them sweet and whole, some. It is a floe disinfectant.

KITCHEN CABINETSj i\ I Mil V&J’OPIPHHIhJETIt I them and be 7/ VU.UU convinced we M •• *. “•OOU««U A ion CALL AJSTD SEE THEM AT j? lIS' File i tin store | RENSSELAER, INDIANA. if 1 —— .T.,wr^ STATEMENT OP THE CONDITION OP THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP RENSSELAER, IND., APRIL 6, 1906. KKSOCBCZS. LIABILITIES. i Loan* $264,688 80 Capital Stock $30,000 00 U. S. and County Bonds 17,900 00 Surplui and Profits 14,984 24 Bank Building 8,000 00 Circulating Notes.. 7.500 00 Cash and due from banks 94,084 87 Deposits 332,239 43 . 1384,673 67 $884,673 67 DIRECTORS. A. PARKISON. JOHN M. WASSON. E. L. HOLLINOSWORTH, President. Vice-President. Cesbler. JAMES T. RANDLE, QEO. B. HURRAY. . Farm loons o specialty a snore oi four Pairooooe is solicited. jINSSELfIERLUMBERcO A Y THING n the I (• Building Material Line k) •) and at the Lowest Possible (# Prices. Let us figure on your •) A bill before placing it elsewhere. I . I | North of Depot. t«i»pi«h« no. 4. Rensselaer, Ind, i

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