Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1907 — Page 5

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Com, 47c; oats 38c. v ' A fine rain fell here yesterday morning. Miss Cora Everett visited in Lowell Sunday. The usual number of 4th of July accidents are being reoorded. Mrs. Jessie Taylor of Milwaukee is visiting Mrs. Hale Warner. Mrs. W. C. Miiliron of Knox was visiting relatives here this week. * Little if any corn in this vicinity was “laid by” by the 4th this year. Zern Wright went to Mudlavia Saturday to take treatment for rheumatism. Cherry pies are an unknown quantity this year, the crop being an entire failure. Rev. C, W. Postell and wife of Fowler visited relatives here Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. W. H. Parkison and children are visiting her parents at Attica this week. Mris C. E. Nowles and two daughters of Monticello spent Sundaj with relatives here. Henry Ballard, Jr., and Nathan Guild of Medaryyille were in the city on business Monday. Ernest Clark was down from Chicago to spend the 4th with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark. Mr. and Mrs. John Sharp of Chicago Heights came down to spend the 4th with Rensselaer relatives. An exchange remarks that this is an excellent time not to tease dogs to see whether they will snap or not. "" Francesville and Rensselaer crossed bats here Sunday, the score being 13-7 in favor of the visitors. Milt Chipman, formerly of Rensselaer but now of Chicago, came dowd Friday for a short visit with friends. Mrs. Helen Steam and two children of Indianapolis, are visiting her father, Mose Tuteur, and other relatives here. Miss Golds Harmon of Rensselaer was married on Thursday of last week to Mr. Charles Crowden of Goodland, the marriage taking place in Chicago. Geo. F. Meyers, and J. F. Bruner returned Saturday from a a ten days’ stay at West Baden. Both seem to have been benefitted by the treatment. Gus Phillips, the actor, is home from New York City to visit his father, Uncle Simon Phillips, and sister, Mrs. C. A. Roberts, and r brother, Fred Phillips. Tillie Malchow, Clara Parker, Grace and Zelda Daugherty, Pearl Wasson, Carrie Pierce and Emma Tanner left Saturday fbr Terre Haute to attend normal. Ben and Lewis Welsh returned i Tuesday from a four weeks’ trip Hhrough the west visiting Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and other points of interest. Mr. and Mrs. x Phillip McKenna and five children of Chicago came down Saturday in Mr. McKenna’s big touring car and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan, returning to the city the same evening. Mrs. Mary Carter, aged 77 years, died at the. her son-in-law, Frank Yeager, near Mt. Ayr last Friday. She was an old resident of that commnnity, The funeral was held Sunday and burial made in North Star cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Wilson, who were expected here from Washington, D. C., last Sunday, were obliged to postpone their visit for a week on account of Mr. Wilson being unable to leave the office of which he has charge. In the ball game here Saturday between Parr and Pleasant Ridge the score was 16 to 11 in favor of Parr. This game has to decide the championship of Union and Hanging drove tps., and also for 75 per cent of the gate receipts. T. H. Robinson of Gillam tp., left here Monday for North Yakima, to see his sister, Mrs, Harvey McOullough, also formerly of Gillam, who is in a critical condition from consumption and can live but a very short time.

Taylor McCoy, son ol T. J. McCoy, the ex-banker, was here the 4th. , / John H. Jessen is here from Connersville for a few days visit with his family. Oats, which looked so promising hereabouts a month ago, now indicate a poor crop. Prof. W. O. Schanlaub came over from Morocco Wednesday to spend the 4th with Mj\ and Mrs. John Schanlaub. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, R-R-4, 1; Rensselaer, 2; Woodstock, 111., 1. The rural mail carriers were given “u day off” the 4th, and no mail went out over their routes anywhere in the United States, Misses Gail Low and Viva Baughman of Medaryyille came Tuesday to spend the 4th with their cousin, Miss Iris Baughman. Mrs. Caroline Rhoades and her grand-daughter Bernice Rhoades, went to Jeffersonville Tuesday to visit the former’s daughter, Mrs. I. C Reubelt. Geo. F. Meyers has sold a couple of more farms as a result of his advertising in The Democrat. One was an 80 acre near Tefft to M H. Tyler of Valparaiso, and the other of 126 acres near Wbeatfield, to a man near Remington.

Miss Nellie Boigegraine, who will be remembered here as a trimmer in Mrs. Ime6’ millinery store a few years ago, is to be married in Chicago to-day to a Dr. Schafter of that city, so says the Montioello Herald. Herman Hordeman who has been working in the Nichols & Sheppard threshing machine works at Battle Creek, Mich., since last September, returned home this week and will remain until after the threshing season. Robert Hough of Monon, a tonsorial artist of no mean ability, is helping out, during the rush this week, at Wood & Kresler’s shop. Robert is a student at Indiana University, Bloomington and works at his trade during his vacations. Advertised Letters: Mrs Ella Hendrickson, Mrs. Carry Jones, Mrs. Annie Oldham, Dan Blake, James C. Brown, John Bush, W. J. Hart, Geo. R. Liston, Gerald Hartyems, J. C. Sayler, A. H. Owens, Harry Randle, Freddie Pickner. Mrs. W. J. Imes expects to leave next week for a month’s visit with relatives in New York City. Mr. Imes had thought some of accompanying her and taking in the K. T. concalve at Saratoga Springs, but has about given up the idia at this writing.

Dealers in “toy pistols” seem to have forgotten that there is a law against selftfig these abominable nuisances, and that they are liable to a fine of not less than $lO for every sale made. It is also against the law to sell a revolvSr or cartridges to a minor. Eugene Parks, a former resident of Jasper county and well known to many of our readers, died at his home in Chicago last week, aged 63 years, 9 months and 14 days. He leaves a wife and four daughters. The funeral and burial took place at Brook,

According td reports published in the papers, the oats crop has been badly injured in many localities in Indiana and the yield promises to be very light. In Vanderburgh and Clay counties the crop will be almost a total failure, so reports from there state. Mrs. Annie Howe and Miss Bessie King-went to Winona Monday, the former to nurse a patient, and the latter for a six weeks vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J„ H. King. Miss Jessie Knox will take Miss King’s place as librarian in the publio library durig her absence. Comrade Fox started in Monday to carry the mail on the Pleasant Grove Route, succeeding Webb Reeve, who has carried the mail on thjs route for the past four years. Comrade also retains his depot route here, Abel Grant, the expressman, carrying for him while he is absent on his Pleasant Grove route. * When you pull down the town in which is your home you are pulling down yourself and you build up your neighbor. Try and banish from your mind the mistaken idea that all good things are away off in some other locality. Give your town all the praise it can legitimately bear. It certainly will do you no harm and will oost you nothing.

1 Officers finally got service on John D. Rockefeller, the oil magnate, locating him at the home of his son-in-law near Pittsfield, Mass.' ' Greatest Assembly Talent at Fountain Park, Remington, Ind., Aug. 10th to 25th inclusive. Hon. Wm. J. Bryan day, Aug. 14th; Hon. James E. Watson day, Ang. 17 th. '■ Dr. Miller left yeeterday to join his wife for a few days’ visit w itb her folks near Rushville, and from there will go with Mrs. Miller for a week’s visit with his sisters, the Misses Edith and Mary, Miller at Winona Lake. The daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Randle of Barkley tp, last Thursday, died Monday. - It weighed but two pounds at birth. The infant babe of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Blackman of Hanging Grove also died Monday. Over about Brook it is said that many of the oats fields are dying in spots and have the appearance of having been struck by a severe rust. At first it was thought the trouble was due to the “green bug,” but an examination showed that some parasite was working on the roots of the oats stalk and was causing the blades to turn red and shriveruj? and die. Clyde Comer went to Winchester, Ind, Saturday night and on Tuesday was united in marriage to Miss Essie Wasson, daughter of Mrs. P. C. Wasson formerly of Rensselaer. They will reside in the former N. Littlefield property on Cullen street, now owned v by Dr. Kresler, which the groom had already furnished for their occupancy. The many friends of this estimable young couple extend congratulations. Some woman left her baby cab in the Chicago Bargain Store the night of the 4th and when the store was closed for the night, about ten o’clock, the cab was unnoticed by the clerks. About eleven o’clock Mr. Forsythe was aroused from bed by the owner of the cab and her husband, who wanted 4o get the vehicle out of the store, as her baby was in the Forsythe came up town and got the cab out for them. The babe slept peacefully all the time its parents out celebrating.

HINTS FOR FARMERS

The Waste of Manure. Millions of gallons of liquid manure are wasted every year because of no adequate provision on tlie c farms for preventing this loss, and farms become poorer because a portion of the products flows away every time rain falls upon the manure heap. The waste materials that are of no value, such as weeds and rubbish, are allowed to do damage in various ways, and even the solids of the manure lose much of their value because of not being properly kept. Everything not sold oft. the farm has a value and is worth as much to the farmer as to the buyer of his produce. It is as important that he save and utilize his product, whether In the form of stock, crops or manure, a? ft is to send such to market to be sold for cash. Farmers have not yet comprehended the importance of douL!in;fthe yield.' Having plenty of land, they look more to the area than to the substance from which crops are grown.—Farm Progress. Training Young Horses. Good training is so very important in the development of young horses that every one who ’‘breaks” a colt should remember some important points. Never shout to a young horse when you are breaking it It frightens him. and it will take double the amount of coaxing to get him quieted again. Gentle persuasion, with firmness, will do the business quicker than anything else. The main thing in breaking a colt is to teach him what you want him to do. The eolt has not the least idea what he can do or what he is expected to do. The fitting of the collar and harness should be just one step In leading up to pulling in them. Teach the colt the A BC of work. Do it right and you will make a valuable horse. Do ft wrong and you. hare ruined a horse. , Whan the Horse le Warm. If a horse is very sweaty when put in the barn a light blanket should be thrown over him until he cools off somewhat, first giving him a vigorous brushing. A horse will take cold easily after becoming heated, the same as a person, if he chills afterward by standing In a cold wind or in a draft in the stable. A little care at the right time is the ounce of prevention that makes unnecessary the expensive pounds of cure and the days and weeks of idleness that must be given an ailing horse. .Milk With Dry Hands. Milking with wet hands Is a filthy practice. The clean milker uses clean hands and Is sure before he begins that the cow’s udder is clean and that no falling dirt can get into the milk. Using lard on the hands to make milking easy will aid In making hard milkers. It will also help to keep the cow’s teats very tender. Dampening the teats with milk ftlso has the same effect ,

ROCKEFELLER A MYTH

Perhaps That Is the Explanation of the Fact That He Can’t Be Found. NATIONAL SLEUTHS HUNT HIM His Cleveland Residence Besieged and Picketed. * Yet He Remains Non Est Inventus, in Hwampum, Up Stumpum, Un« connectable and Invisible, as at Were. Chicago, July telephone conversation was held between District Attorney Sims and Marshal Chandler, of Cleveland. The marshal told Sims that he expects to obtain service on Rockefeller today.

Cleveland, July 3.—Forest HIJI, the suburban home of John D. Rockefeller, was besieged by United States. Marshal Frank M. Chandler and a corps of deputies representing the department of justice from early in the morn ing till after nightfall. U T p to that time the efforts of federal officials to serve the subpoena issued from Judge I.andis’ court at Chicago on Rockefeller had been unsuccessful, and Marshal Chandler and his deputies will continue picketing the Rockefcl'er < s tate. Access to the lodge was denied a deputy marshal at 2 p. m. and Marshal Chandler at that time aunoim e l that he would ask the department of justice at Washington for further an thorlty in the case. Given the Freedom of the Plaec. Later he was admitted to the lodge and Superintendent Jones, of the Rockefeller estate, Informed him that he and his deputies could have the freedom of the place, a disclaimer being entered that the barring of the gate against the deputy marshal was meant as an affront to federal authority. Marshal Chandler would not say positively that be believed John D. Rockefeller is at Forest Hill, but he said he felt sure that the latter Is now within the jurisdiction of the federal court of northern Ohio. Believes He Is at Cleveland. “Basing my opinion upon private Information and indications at Forest Hill I would say that Mr. Rockefeller now is at his Cleveland house,” Marshal Chandler said, when be was questioned during the day. “Just how or when he arrived I do not know, but it looks as though he reached Clevelan 1 yesterday morning and entered his estate by way of the rear entrance on Eddy road. The only answer 1 have obtained to any of my questions at Ills honse was from the front gatekeeper who repeatedly said: ‘He has not passed through this gate.’ Snubbed by Miss Howard. “When I attempted to interview Miss Howard, Mr. Rockefeller’s secretary, she said: ‘You need not ask me any questions, as I will not answer you.’ In serving a subpoena we are at a disadvantage, as we cannot force an entrance to the house and make a search, as would be possible with a warrant for arrest. Deputy Schwentner was stationed upon the front porch of the Rockefeller home with instructions to remain there Indefinitely and occasionally to walk about the grounds.”

JAPS GIVE US DO NOTICE

Treaty Obligations Most Be Kept or Commercial Boycott Will Follow. Washington, July 1. Reading between the lines of a statement Issued by the Japanese Chambet of Commerce. assembled at Tokio, directei to President Roosevelt and also to the chambers of commerce in the United States the officials in Washington sef clearly the implied threat of a boycO*. against United States goods enterin 0 Japan. —— The boycott declared by Chinese merchants against United States products two years ago in resentment of the treatment accorded Chinese ol the better class entering the United State in the course of their travels around the world was productive of better conditions, for the administration exerted all of its power to ameliorate the rigors of the exclusion laws, and to facilitate the entry of Chinese merchants and students. Therefore it Is assumed that the Japanese merchants have decided to have recourse to the same method of showing their resentment against the treatment accorded their people In San Francisco. Unlike the Chinese merchants, however, they have first served notice of their Intention flpon the United States commercial interests, so ato afford them an opportunity to avert the boycott by bringing pressure t > bear upon the merchants of the Pacific coast, now supposedly in need of eastern assistance.

Railway Fight in Alaska.

Seattle, Wash., July 3.—A special from Waldez, Alaska, tells of the pr paratlons for armed conflict between toe Copper River And Northern railway forces and the Alaskn-raoiftc railway men at Katalla. The Copper River railroad, which is known throughout Alaska as the Guggenheim proposition, aiming to tap the Copper fiver district. Is attempting to cross the right-of-way of the AJaskaPaclflc company, known as the Bruner line, which also aims for the Copper river district by way of Lake Charlotte.

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Car* of Kitchen Utenalla. - Iron pots should always be boiled out first with wood ashes and cold water, then thoroughly washed, and they are ready for use. Skillets, griddles, iron gem pans and waffle pans should be well greased and allowed to once or twice before using. Sheet Iron pans for cake and bread are preferable to tin. Earthen and stone ware Jars or crocks should be filled with cold water and put over a slow fire and allowed to come to a boil before using to cook In. In washing greasy kettles the addition of a little soda to the water will neutralize the grease and make It much easier to clean. They are best cleamed when hot. Homemade Vinegar. When making grape Jelly, after draining throughthe jelly bag, put the skins In a stone TV, cover with water and let stand four or five days. Then strain through a fine sieve and add brown sugar until it tastes sweet. Cover the jar tightly with a cloth and stand in a warm, not hot, place. In two or three weeks it will be the sourest, nicest vinegar of a beautiful purple color. Apple and peach skins also will make nicer vinegar than can be bought, with no expense except sugar. Stitch Skirt From Top. If you want a skirt to hang true, always stitch every seam from the top of the skirt to the bottom. Don’t begin at the bottom of one seam and stitch to the top, simply because It might be more convenient to put In the machine, for if a skirt is made in this manner it never will set exactly true, no matter how much pressing it gets. Bright Steel Knives. A way of preserving steel knives and keeping them bright after using Is to fill a flowerpot with clean fine sand and set it in the kitchen pantry. When putting away the scoured steel knives, Instead of laying them in a drawer or knife box stick them, blades down, In a pot of sand. Unless used to cut some acid thing they will never need scouring. Attachment For Pant. So many housewives have suffered burned fingers while examining the contents of a boiling pot that It is small wonder they are anxious to procure some utensil which will obviate this disagreeable feature of housekeeping. An Ohio inventor seems to have at-

LEVER LIFTS THE COVER

tained the coveted utensil in the very simple attachment shown in the illustration. As here shown, the cooking pot Is provided with a handle of more than the average length. In connection with the handle, in close reach of the user’s hand, is a small lever. By grasping the latter and forcing It down a connecting rod raises the lid of the pot, the lid being binged to the edge of the pot close to the handle. There is absolutely no danger of burning the fingers or hand. Another advantage is the fact that any liquid in the pot can also be drained off quickly and with' Whooping Cough Remedy. Take three large red beets and slkv in a bowl; take a layer of beets and layer of sugar until the bowl is filled and cover with a plate. Let stand until the Juice is all drawn out and add one lemon to every pint of the sirup. Take a teaspoonful whenever the cough is bad. For younger children, smaller doses. To Clean White Marble. Make a paste, using one-quarter pound whiting, one-eighth pound soda, one-eighth pound laundry soap and a small piece of stone blue boiled together twenty minutes. Rub while hot over the marble and leave on-for twentyfour hours. Then clean off with soap and water and polish with rough flannel. Care of Hardwood Floors. To prevent hardwood floors from being marked, cut pieces of thick felt the exact size of the tips of the chairs and fasten on with a strong glue. The felt Is far less expensive than rubber tips and will wear much better. Rocking chairs may have a long, narrow strip glued on. Curtain Stretcher. In the absence of a curtain stretcher take a broom, sweep well the side of house upon which the sun shines best a space large enough for the c rtaius, place your tacks the required distance and stretch your curtains. Remedy For Sprains. The white of an egg, a tablespoonful of vinegar and a tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine mixed In k bottle and shaken thoroughly, used as st>on after an accident as possible, will relieve a ■Drain.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Ignace Vfdowskl, 15 years old, w*» drowned while bathing,ln a creek near Alpena, Mich. \ Chicago's fire losses for the first sir months of 1007 exceeded those of the same period last year by $1,106,944. At Thibodeaux, la., John Howell fell overboard while fishing and was drowned. Miss I|alla Blair of , Chicago has been married in Paris to Don Ricardo Soriano de Ivanrey, a noted Spaniard. John Hogan, of lowa Falls, la., was Injured by a cannon cracker which exploded in front of his face. He was burned badly and may lose his sight. Robert Dayton Thompson, 78 years old, an Illinois pioneer, Is dead at bis home in -La Grange. Richard McGregor, 20 years old, a graduate of the state normal school in this year’s class, was drowned whll» bathing at PlattevlUe, Wls. A plot of Russian reactionists to kill Tlount Witte was foiled by the terrorists. Will J. Davis and George W. Lederer and their brides and Joseph Lelter were slightly injured in an exciting automobile accident near Evansville. Ind. Hiram J. Ayers, the inventor of giant powder, Is dead at Akron, 0., aged 84 years. The body of a child was discovered in the St. Joseph river near South Bend, Ind., and the police are investigating the death. Holmes Jury Still Out. Washington, July 3.—The jury In the trial of E. S. Holmes, Jr., on the charge of giving out crop Information of tile department or agriculture, which retired to deliberate on a verdict. came into court In the afternoon and asked for further Instructions on the question of conspiracy. When these had been given by Judge Stafford, the Jury again retired. 80,000 Acres of Land Flooded. Bakersfield, Cal.. July 3.—The Buena Vista lake levee has broken, flooding 30,000 acres of land belonging to Miller & Lux and the Tevis Land company, and causing $l n .000.<100 damage. The Sunset railway has been put out of commission and the oil fields are cut off from communication with this city.

THE WEATHER Following Is the official wegther forecast up to 8 o’clock tonight: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and lowa—Fair. Lower * Michigan—Fair In south, showers In central and north portions.

THE MARKETS

•f w >. Chicago Grain. Chicago, July 3. Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. July ...$ .90 $ .9*5% $ .95% $ .95% Sept ... 3.00% 1.00% .99% .99% Dec. ... $.02% 1.03%' 1.02% 1.02% July .. .$ .96 $ .90% $ .95% $ .96% Sept. ... 1.00% 1.00% .99 .99% Dec. ...<1.02% 1.03% 1.01% 1.02% Oats— July ... .41% .42 .41% .42 Sept 38% .39 .38% .38% Dec. ... .39%. .39% .39% .89% May ... .42 .42 .41% .41% Pork — July .. .10.25 16.25 16:05 16.05 Sept ..10.50 16.50 16.30 16.30 Lard— July ... 8.85 8.85 8.80 8.80 Sept. .. 9.07% 9.07%. 9.00 9.00 Oct. ... 9.12% 9.12% 9.05 9.05 Short Ribs— July ... 8.00 8.00 8.50 8.52% Sept. .. 8.80 8.80 8.70 8.72% Oct. ;.. 8.70 8.70 8.62% 8.62% Cash sales—Winter wheat—By sample: No. 2 red. 97%®98%0; No. 3 red, 96%®97%e; No. 2 hard. 97% ® 99c; No. 3 hard, 96%<5 98c. Spring, by sample: No. 1 northern, $1.05(01.00%; No. 2 northern, $1.00(01.04; No. 2 spring 9Sc ®51.03%'. Corn—By sample, %c lower: No. 2 54 %e; No. 2 white. 55c; No. 2 yellow. 54%57 55c: No. 3,54%c. Live Stock, Poultry and Hay, Chicago. July 8. Hogs—Estimated receipts for the day, 34,000. Sales B|nged at $5.00(9 5.95 for good to prime heavy. $5.95(0 6.05 for light mixed, $5.25615.50 for rough heavy packing, and $5.50(06.10 for poor to prime pigs. Cattle—Estimated receipts for the day, 13.000. Quotations ranged at $6.70 @7.15 for prime fat steers. $4.65®6.00 selected feeders. $3.00(04.00 fair to good Stockers. $4.00® 4.75 good to choice cows, $6.50(07.25 good to choice calves. Sheep—Estimated receipts for the day, 13,000. Quotations ranged at $5.50 @5.90 for good to prime native ewes, $5.50® 5.90 good to prime native wethers. $4.50®5.0(4 plain to fair mutton ewes, [email protected] spring lambs. Live poultry—Turkeys, per lb, 10® 11c; chickens, fowls, ll%c; springs, 17 @2oc; roosters, 7c; geese. [email protected]. Hay-r—Choice timothy, $20.50®21.00; No. 1. $18.50® 19.00; No. 2 and- No. 1 mixed, $17.00® 18.00. Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin feeding prairie, $ll.OO @11.50: No. 1, $10.00(011.00. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y., July 8. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y.. quote as follows: Hogs—Receipts 20 cars: steady; heavy, $0.3g<g6.60; yorkers, $0.60; pigs, $6.80. Sheep—Receipts 5 cars; steady: spring lambs. $7.75® 8.00; yearlings, $&[email protected]: ewes, $4.26 @4.50. Calves—Beet, $4.50©8.25.