Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1906 — Page 7

HER KING CHARLES SPANIEL

By ABBIE F. RANSOM

Rodney Jackson was at his desk I# the office of the Hustler 1h that envla,ble state of mind which usually follows a good dinner and makes a fine cigar a railroad on which to travel far into the castles of Spain. Two months before he had been broken hearted because he and Della Baesden had quarreled. She had given him back his ring. It wasn't a dia- • mond. He couldn’t afford one. Instead he had bought her an opal—“to commemorate the month of our engagement,’* he said, “and no bad luck can follow so happy a courtship as ours." But it was over. The bad duck their friends bad prophesied came. Her heart had been broken, his life ruined, and he ended it all by accepting a position on the staff of the Hustler, one of the “yellows,” at nearly double the salary the staid, conservative Daily Chronicle had been paying him. s s A lady’s voice on the other side of the partition which separted his desk from that of the city editor’s reached his ears. It wasn’t an ordinary lady’s voice—at least not to him—for it caused him to Jerk his feet off his desk, sit upright and peer furtively around the corner to obtain a mere glimpse of a blue tailor made suit, the pink rim of an ear and some locks of brown hair under a brown veil. Now, tailor made suits, pink ears and brown hair and veils are more common every day than sunshine, but these particular ones made his heart beat to the tune of "Come Back, Sweetheart, to Me,” while he strained his own ears in most unmanly fashion to catch every word the voice was saying. “I Inserted the ad. day before yesterday,”, was what he heard, “and as yet have received no answer whatever. If you will put a little notice among your news items that my dog has been lost, perhaps the finder may see It there.

“I CALLED TO ANSWER AN ADVERTISEMENT ABOUT A DOG.”

The dog is a King Charles spaniel, and his collar is marked ‘R. J. to D. B.’ He was a present from a friend, a very dear friend, and I prize him more than ever now because I have lost my friend.” “I understand.” The editor’s tone was kind—so kind, Jackson thought, listening behind his desk. ”I’ll make a note of it and mention it in tomorrow's paper.” The blue suit turned to go; then the voice spoke again. “Please don’t mention what 1 said of why I value the dear little dog,” she said. “I’d much prefer you would not” “I understand,” came the suave reply. “I’ll see that it is written to a way to please you, Miss”— “Baesden. Good morning, Mr. Editor.” “Arthur Edson, at your service. Miss Baesden. And ’ I hope our ad. will bring your dog. Good morning.” The blue suit left the office, and scarcely had it disappeared when Jackson was all action. Seizing a pencil, he scribbled a few lines and then dashed like a cyclone upon an Innocent boy guarding the entrance of his stand of genius. “Here, you rascal, get this ad. up, and get it quick! Tell ’em to hold back the earth if necessary to get it in today. Sklte! Hurry up, double quick, or I’ll order your coffin! D'ye hear?" “Don’t see what there is in that to make a fuss over,” the boy muttered .to himself. ‘Found—A King Charles spaniel with initial collar. Owner can have same by calling at the editorial rooms of the Hustler and proving property. lM< u,re for Mr. Jacks.’ Nothing in that ’8 I can see—nothing but a dog.” “All right,” Jackson commented ten minutes later. “If any one inquires for Mr. Jacks send ’em to me and keep your mouth shut. Here’s a half dollar. Go buy yourself a necktie. ThAt one you’re wearing reminds me of the time a rattlesnake bit me.” The boy looked up, his face full of solicitude. “Did the snake die?” he asked seriously. - “You will, you young Imp. You’ll die of brains in the head if you’re not careful. I’ll be back at 6.” And, shouldering his photographic kit, he was off after an Illustrated story. I The next morning, back to the door

and his head bent over his writing, a gloved band laid a newspaper clipping beside him and a voice said: “I called in answer He raised his head. Miss Baesdeu stopped, straightened up and said with a dignity sadly tinctured with embarrassment: r “Excuse me, Mr. Jackson, I called to answer an advertisement about a dog, and the office boy showed me here. I wish to see Mr. Jacks." He rose. “Please be seated, Miss Baesden. What is it—trouble about a dog? Perhaps I can help you.” The girl’s cheeks burned redder. Something in Mr. Jackson’s manner held so much power, knowledge, possession, that she was mastered in spite of herself. ’Tve lost my dog,” she said, “the onu you gave me. I was shopping with Aunt Esther and left the dear little fellow in the carriage.* When we camo out of Black’s he was gone. I advertised him, and then I found this in the found column, and I came here.” “I see,” Mr. Jackson responded. “Well, I found a dog—a King Charles spaniel, near Black’s. Two other dogs were Worrying him, and I picked him up. I thought perhaps he’d been turned down because his owner was tired of him. I’ve been turned down myself that way, and I know how It feels, so I took pity on the little cuss.” The eyes opposite him filled slowly. “Was It Teddy?” she asked. “Oh, I didn’t tire of him; I liked him better than ever after—it was all that opal ring,” she added Irrelevantly. He studied her narrowly. “I gave the opal to another girl,” he aald, “and we haven’t quarreled yet.” She rose. “Goodby, Mr. Jackson. Perhaps she will appreciate my dog too.’’ "Perhaps she might,” he said, standing before her. “But, you see, you don’t know yet that it is your dog. You haven’t proved property.” “I leave it for you to do. Goodby.” “Don’t hurry. I forgot to tell you that the other girl was my sister.” "Oh!” “I’ve saved enougliMki the last two months in ice cream, candy and such to buy a ring.” Another “Oh!” “Is it my dog, Mr. Jackson?” “Shall I buy the ring?” “You bring Teddy up tonight If you like.” “Not unless I buy the ring.” A few minutes later the office boy remarked to himself: "By gee, she looks as if Jack had been kissing her.”

A Quaint Bird Legend.

A medical journal in a recent reference to a work on some old legends in connection with drugs said: “It would be Interesting to know if the bird which the author calls ’aster’ is known to modern ornithologists. Speaking of it, he remarks that its scent is said to be so strong that fishes are drawn by it as he is flying over the river and so taken up by him, having one leg like a hawk, the other like a duck.” It is not difficult, however, to Identify the bird in question. It is the osprey (Pandlon haliaetus), which, although not today classified under the genus astur, is related to it. In the Rev. C. Swainson’s “Folklore of British Birds” there is a reference to it from Shakespeare, "Coriolanus,” act 4, scene 3: Autldlus, loq.— As is the osprey to the fish Who takes it By sovereignty of nature. And in Peele’s play, called “The Battle of Alcazar” (1594), act 2, scene 1: I will provide thee of a princely ospray, That, as she flieth over fish in pools. The fish shall turn their glistering bellies up. And thou shalt take thy liberal choice of *IL —London Notes and Queries.

Largest Leaf In the World.

The plant which has this most remarkable leaf is named after Queen Victoria. It was the tribute of a British traveler in a faraway land when he discovered the unusual growth. The leaf was more than five feet in diameter, and around it extended a rim about three to five inches high. When it first opens, the flower is white, with pink in the middle, which spreads over the whole flower the more It advances in age, and it is generally found tbe next day of a pink color. As if to enhance Its beauty, It Is sweet scented. Like others of the tribe, it possesses a fleshy disk, and petals and stamens pass gradually into each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed. “We met them afterward frequently,” says an explorer, “and the higher we advanced the more gigantic they became. We measured a leaf which was six feet five inches in diameter, its rim five and a half inches high and the flower across fifteen inches.”—Dundee Advertiser.

A Herd of Bulls.

The herding of bulls Is not by any means confined to the Emerald Isle. It was a Scotchwoman who said that the butcher of her town only killed half a beast at a time. It was a Dutchman who said that a pig had no marks on his ears except a short tall. It was a British magistrate who, on being told by a vagabond that he was not married, responded, “That’s a good thing for your wife.” It was a Portuguese mayor who enumerated, among the marks when found, “a marked Impediment in his speech.” It was a Frenchman who contentedly laying his head upon a large stone jar for a pillow stuffed It with hay. It was an American lecturer who solemnly said one evening, "Parent, you may have children; or, If not, your daughter may have.” It was a German orator who, warming with hts subject exclaimed. “There Is no man, woman or child In the Ijonse who has arrived at the age of fifty years but has felt the truth thundering through their minds for centuries.”

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

From Captain to Brigadier. The promotion of John J. Pershing from the rank of captain to that of brigadier general in the United States army over the heads of 862 other officers caused little surprise in army circles. It was known that President Roosevelt desired to reward Captain Pershing, having singled him out In one of his messages to congress for distinguished sendees against the Moros in the Lake Llano country, Philippine Islands. In this campaign Captain Pershing, in command of a battalion, was a winy

JOHN J. PERSHING.

from civilization and almost cut off from communication with the outside world. For seven months he kept his base of operations open and supplied his own subsistence. Starting at the lower end of the lake, he fought around its circumference, quelling the natives and making peace with the chiefs. General MacArthur, then in command in the Philippines, recommended bis promotion to brigadier general as the only recognition commensurate with hit services. General Pershing entered West Point in 1882. Last winter he was married to a daughter of Senator Warren of Wyoming, chairman of the senate committee on military affairs, and was shortly afterward assigned to the diplomatic service, being made military attache of the United States embassy at Tokyo. Joke on Secretary Taft. Secretary Taft has found hla way into comic papers all over the world as the result of the joke Associate Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court told on the rotund secretary at the recent Yale commencement. The pleasantry of the distinguished jurist, it will be remembered, was based on a compliment he desired to pay to the chivalry of Yale men. "Yale men everywhere are polite,” said Justice Brewer. “But Secretary Taft is the most polite man I ever saw In my life. Why, the other day I was in the street car with him and he got up and gave his seat to three women.” The Church Bauar. Dr. Henry van Dyke, author, clergyman and professor at Princeton, was talking one day about the best way for churches to raise money, says the New York Tribune. Apropos of bazaars he said: “There was a canny old Scotch minister who said one day from the pulpit, with a dry smile: “ ’Weel, friends, the kirk stands urgently in need of siller, and, as we have failed to get it honestly, we must e'en see now what a bazaar can do for us.’ ” Dryden of New Jersey. The return of United States Senator John F. Dryden of New Jersey to succeed himself was practically determined at the recent primaries. Senator Dryden was opposed by the “new Idea” movement, led by State Senator Everett Colby and Mark Fagan, mayor of Jersey City. The objections urged against Senator Dryden by the Colbyites were that

JOHN F. DRYDEN.

he is allied with corporations, is president of the Prudential Insurance company and is financially Interested in tha Fidelity Trust company and the Public Service corporation. In answer to this the "regular" Republicans said that the Insurance investigation, both in New York and New Jersey, completely vindicated Mr. Dryden. The campaign was enlivened by the presence of Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, who made several speeches in opposition to Senator Dryden.

HINTS FOR FARMERS

The General Purpose Farm Horse. Very many of our farmers get the idea that all they have to do is to breed their nondescript mares to the leggy, coarse type of so called coach horses being peddled through the country to get the general purpose farm horse. I have seen hundreds of colts from this kind of breeding and must say that not 5 per cent of them are even fair specimens of the general purpose horse, while 50 per cent or more are failures from every point of view. I have seen much better results where the coach stallion has been a finer and more compactly built one or where a hackney or American trotter of a compact, smooth, muscular type has been the sire. These observations have led me to the conclusion that this latter plan Is the surest one to bring some measure of success in producing the general purpose farm horse.— George McKerrow, Wisconsin. The Mortgage Lifter. , The hqg has been very properly called “the mortgage lifter.” I have beep raising and feeding hogs for market from my boyhood with some degree of success. To begin with, it is important to have large, hardy, prolific sows. I find the Duroc Jersey to fill the bill exactly, but let every one have the breed that will raise the most pigs of the heaviest weight In the shortest time. Breed for early spring pigs and all within ten days or two weeks if possible to a thrifty, well developed boar (but never more than two a day to one boar), so as to have the pigs strong, hearty and near the same age.—S. V. Thornton Before Missouri Swine Breeders’ Association. Jew York Leads In Dairy Products. According to figures compiled up to the Ist of July of this year by the dry division of the agricultural department at Washington,' there are 207 cows to every thousand of population in the state of New Y’ork, and the annual output of milk reaches 772,799,000 gallons, which is greater than that of any other state in the Union. Wisconsin has 483 cows to every thousand inhabitants, yet its production of milk reaches only 472,275,000 gallons. In the District of Columbia the production of milk is 850.000 gallons yearly, and the District has but four cows to each thousand of population. Corn For Molting Hena. Corn is generally assumed to be a very poor grain for use in molting season, but I have never been able to see that its use had any real effect on the time of molt. It is true that I have never had my hens molting as early as some say they do and that my hens get a great deal of corn, but as compared with experimental flocks on mixed grains no difference is noticeable in general. It is doubtful whether the kind of grain has much to do with the time of molting provided the ration is properly balanced with bran, oilmeal and meat.—Homer W. Jackson in National Stockman. Whltewa»h on the Farm. Lime whitewash is quite generally used on tree trunks and in poultry houses, says American Agriculturist. No insects like to rest on a whitewashed surface. Scale and other sucking Insects either cannot or will not puncture a lime coating, while if the wash is well put on those that hide in crevices find these filled with disagreeable material and seek other quarters. Whitewash alone will not kill scale insects, but if it is applied just before they hatch the young may be sealed up and their setting prevented. The Weaving Hone. "Weaving” consists in a motion of the head, neck and body from side to side, like the shuttle of a weaver passing through the web. and hence the name given to this peculiar and incessant motion. It indicates an impatient, irritable temper and a dislike to confinement in the stable. A horse thus affected will seldom be in good flesh er be safe to ride or drive. It is not considered to be a disease, but merely an individual vice, and there is no cure for it that I am aware of.—Veterinary in Atlanta Constitution. Caring For Turkeys. The young turkeys suffer more than do other fowls at this season of the year if they are not looked after and carefully fed. The supply of nature’s food which so largely sustains them during the summer and early fall begins to dwindle and lessen with each coming day. The young turkeys and the old turkeys as w’ell should be plentifully provided with a grain supply to guarantee their continued growth without being stunted or retarded when they should be growing every day.— Country Gentleman. Salting the Butter. For those who prefer to salt out of the churn the following is the best method: Remove the butter when in the granular state, weigh it and place It upon the worker, spread evenly and salt to suit the taste. Sift the salt evenly over the butter, pass the worker over it, then run the butter and work again or until the salt Is thoroughly worked in. It may then be set away for a few hours, after which It should be given a working.— American Cultivator. Oata For Hoga. Oats may be a portion of a ration for hogs, but they are much more satisfactory if they are ground. Mixed with torn, oats and shorts, they add materially to the value of any hog feed. They should not constitute more than onefourth of the grain ration. A mixture of oats and peas ground and fed as a swill is exceedingly valuable.—American Agriculturist.

The SPORTING WORLD

Accountant’* Big Winnings. Accountant which won the rich Annual Champion stakes at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., recently and $25,000 for bls owner, James R. Brady, has started thirteen times this year. He has won nine races, been second once, third once and was twice unplaced. He began the season on May 1 by winning an overnight handicap at six furlongs at Jamaica. He was unplaced in the Metropolitan handicap, but won the classic Withers. He was beaten by Burgomaster and The Quail In the Belmont stakes and finlsjied second to Whimsical in the Jockey club weight for age race and then, after winning two overnight

ACCOUNTANT.

handicaps at Gravesend, N. Y., was purchased by James B. Brady from the estate of Captain Sam Brown for $45,000. In his first race under new colors he won the rich Tidal stakes, at one mile and a quarter, but was beaten a few days later in the Advance by Flip Flap, Whimsical, The Quail and others. Later he won four straight races, including the Lawrence Realization, at one mile and five furlongs; the Brighton Derby, at a mile and a half; the Saratoga Derby, at a mile and five-six-teenths, and the Annual Champion stakes, at two miles and a quarter. Since being purchased by Mr. Brady he has won exactly $71,550 In stakes, while his total winnings for the year amount to something over $82,000. Chicago Rowers Close the Season. The Chicago Rowing and Canoe club recently closed Its 1906 regatta at the Lincoln park lagoon. The events were all well contested, and some excellent work was shown. The eight oared shell race for the Roach-Hirth cup was the most exciting event, the crew stroked by T. Francis winning by half a length. The prizes were presented at a banquet held at the club. Summary: Single gigs (novice)—F. Erickson. Single shells (juniors)—W. Griggs. Single canoes (single blades)—G. Grignon. Double shells (juniors)—F. Erickson and F. Speller. Single shells (senior)—W. S. McDonnald. Four oared shell (Gray cup)—J. Wigman, H. Speller, H. MacKenzle, H. Rensch, won. Four oared gigs, novice (Loftis cup)—D. A. Smalley, H. Markel, E. Wittenborn, W. VVelngartner, Houston, cockswain, won. Eight oared shell (Roach-Hirth cup)—T. Francis, stroke; W. Rich, H. Rensch, H. MacKenzle, F. Hansen. C. Mooney, W. Griggs, J. Wigman, Callman. cockswain, won. Marshall to Meet Lasker. It has been announced that Dr. Emanuel Lasker, chess champion of the world, has been challenged to a match for his title by F. J. Marshall, the young American who won first prize in the recent International masters’ tournament held at Nuremberg, Germany, and it is altogether likely that the two experts will come together in the course of the winter. Lasker has expressed bls willingness to play Marshall because of the withdrawal from his agreement of G. Maroczy, the Hungarian champion. The latter has become identified with home politics and in consequence cabled his Inability to play In November, as had been stipulated tietween him and Dr. Lasker. Marshall, it is expected, will at once bind the bargain by posting a forfeit. Leads Central League Battera. Manager John Ganzel of the Grand Rapids team of the Central Baseball league is on top of the individual batting record, having nosed Osborne of the Canton Ganzel now leads the league with .326, while Osborne has .316 in the percentage column. Others in their order are O’Shaughnessy of South Bend, with .308; Wacker of Evansville, with .292, and Miller of Wheeling, with .288. Young John L. Young John L. Sullivan, the Westfield (Mass.) fighter, was again beaten by Jem Roche, the champion of Ireland, In a twenty round bout at Dublin the other night. Sullivan was not in It from the start, but though badly punished, he stayed the limit. Solon Grattan, 2i10%. Solon Grattan, is one of the fastest trotters of the year. He took his record in the second heat of a race over a half mile track and repeated in the third. Belfast Fooled the Wine Oneo. Just as we read that there Is no trotter In the great western circuit that can exercise The President, along comes Belfast and gives him a sound drubbing.

The Signs of Heart Trouble Too can Surely Secure Heart Health and Strength through Dr. Shoop's Restorative. Heart weakness which can be dealt with a* all is nerve weakness. Just ss your hand trembles when its nerves are weak, when your hear* nerves are weak your heart flutters and palpitates. Other signs are shortness ot breath after ■light exercise; fainting spells; pain or tenderness about the heart caused by irregular bear* action; choking sens* Ation ss if the heart wau in the throat; sensation in th* chest, showing the heart tan’* working right; pain when you liu on one side— usually the left side, but fre- JUUBh que nll y ths right, painful an d difficult breathing; VlWp. smothered feeling. There is absolutely on. ly one way to treat aW’lffiTUrW'vfak heart. That is t b r i n g b aolc natural anpermanen* strength to nerves. Can yon imagine how thing else can bo done? Dr. Shoop's Restorative will bring back theWßwetrengh to th* heart nerves al There is nothing fat this remedy to stimu- T late ; nothing th** leads to reaction. The strength that it gives 1* natural and permanent It is just the sam* strength as Nature gives to those who are well. Dr. Shoop's Restorative creates strength which extends over the whole inside nerve system—i* overcomes the cause of the trouble as well ■* th* result For sale and recommended by A. F. LONG.

CATARRH SEASON.

Disease Host Prevalent in the Fall Months. Simple Way to Cure It. At tbe first warning of catarrh, one should begin using Hyomei. There is no stomach dosing with this treatment. The medications of its healing oils and balsams is taken in with the air you breathe so that it reaches the most remote cells of the nose, throat and lungs, killing the catarrh germs wherever present, and soothing all irritations in the mucous membrane. You run no risk paying B. F. Fendig $1 for a Hyomei outfit, as he gives his personal guarantee that if the remedy does not afford relief, your money will be refunded at once. Extra bottles of Hyomei, if needed, cost but 50 cents, making it the most economical treatment for catarrh as well as the only one that is sold on guarantee. Do not buy any clothing for vour boys until you have seen Wildberg; he can cut your family expense® for winter. The Democrat handles Farm Leases, Mortgages, Deeds and other legal blanks. Also prepared to do all kinds of fine job work. A new assortment of those jaunty "Rex” and Annex hats for men just received at the G-. E. Murray Co. As my lease on store does not expire until March Ist I will continue in business until then, and I’ll continue selling goods at reduced prices. L. Wildberg, Clothier.

To rent—l2o, 160, or 320 acre farms near Kniman, Ind., to farmers who have large families and can do a lot of clearing. Warren Springer, 197 S. Canal St., Chicago, 111.

WOOD SAWING.

Having bought the Sayler wood sawing outfit I am prepared to do custom sawing in either town or country on short notice. Call ’phone 374 or write me at Rensselaer, Ind. C. H Leaver.

CATARRHAL DEAFNESS OR CHRONIC CATARRHAL HEADACHES

will be instantly relieved by the use of NOSENA, a soothing Catarrhal Balm. Relief guaranteed or money refunded. NOSENA contains no cocaineor harmful drug. Will immediately relieve the worst running cold, Rose Cold, Nasal Catarrh, Hay Fever, Throat Trouble, Hoarseness etc., by tenderly soothing the inflamed, diseased membranes. The well known catarrhal ache can be instantly relieved by the use of this remedy. Mrs. Fannie Mathis, Payne, Pa., says: “I have been trying your NOSENA for Catarrh and have been entirely cured. Send me the price for a dozen tubes, as I want it for some of my neighbors.” Large tubes 50 cents, at all druggists, or sample tube on receipt of ten cents in stamps by mail Brown Mf’g Co , Greenville, Tenn., St. Louis, Mo.

Dr. Chas. Vick, Eye Specialist. This is an age of Specialists. . fbe ability to do one thing and do it well is more to be comwMF" mended 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 0. H. Vick’s fruit store, next door to express office, Rensselaer, Ind.