Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1907 — Page 3

Nerve' Sick i If weak, worn-out, nervous, cannot sleep; have indigestion, headache, neuralgia or periodic pains, it is because your nerves are weak. It is the lack of nerve force that makes the stomach, heart, lungs, etc., work imperfectly—become sick. Dr. Miles’ Nervine cures the sick when it restores nerve strength, and puts the power behind the origans to do their work. , "Almost three years I suffered from nervousness. Indigestion, and palpitation of the heart. I could not eat or sleep with comfort, or walk or talk without suffering. Altogether I was In a bad condition. My doctor did not seem to do me any good. I had tried so many remedies that I did not have much hope of any of them doing me pny good. Dr. Miles’ Nervine was suggested by a friend. I got relief from the first, and after a few days I felt like a new person. It not onljr relieved my heart and nerves, but has Invigorated my whole system. I am very grateful because since I have stopped using it, I have had absolutely no return of my old trouble.” MRS. HOWARD FORD, 60 Summit Ave., Worcester, Mass. Dr. MlfM’ Nervine Is sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first bottle will benefit. If It fails, he will refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, lad JL YOUR H LIVER is your best friend or your worst ■ enemy. Active it’s your friend. Torpid it’s your enemy, and its army is Constipation, Biliousness, Sick Headache, etc. R**Wills AND TONIC PELLITB make active, strong and healthy •livers, preventing and relieving Jliver troubles. Complete Treatment 23 0. Ail Druggists. The Leading Question w * The question paramount of importance to those who have eye trouble is "Where shall I bo to get relief and comfort?” a Ninety percent of all eye trouble is caused by defects which may be relieved by properly fitted glasses. The correct fitting of glasses is my exclusive business and 1 guarantee satisfaction Id every case I undertake. You can’t do better than to put your eyes in my care. You might do worse. Eyes examined free by latest methods, pffice over Murray’s Store. ■> The well known and reliable Graduate Optician A. Q. CATT, Optician. . Rheumatism . I have found a tried and tested curs for Rheumatism! Not a remedy that will straighten the distorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor turn bony growth, back to flesh again. That is impossible. But I catniow surelyklU the pains and pangs of In Germany—with a Chemist In the City of Darmstadt—l found the last Ingredient with Which Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy was made • perfected, dependable prescription. Without that last ingredient, I successfully treated many, many cases of Rheumatism; but now. at last, it uniformly cures all curable cases of this! heretofore much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular wastes, found in Rheumatic Blood, seem todissolve and paw away under the action of this remedy as freely as does sugar when added to pure water. And then, when dissolved, these poisonous wastes freely paw from the system, and the cause of Rheumatism is gone forever. There is now no real need—no actual excuse to suffer longer without help. We sell, and id confidence recommend Dr. Shoop’s Rheumatic Remedy A. F. LONG. MONEY TO LOAN We have money to loan at any time, and in any amounts to suit borrowers. Our specialty is loans on fkrms and city real estate for one, two, three, four or five years, with interest payable semi-annually, to suit borrower, and with the most liberal terms as to payments on part of principal. We aiso loan on personal security and chattel mortgage. " Don’t fall to see os before borrowing elsewhere. AUSTIN & HOPKINS Read The Democrat for news.

FOR THE CHILDREN

Magic of Numbers. A very interesting and curious problem in the magic of numbers relates to the English System of counting money. You know that 12 pence make 1 shilling and 20 shillings 1 pound. Now put down any number of pounds not more than twelve, any number of shillings not more than twenty, and any number of pence under twelve. Under the pounds put the number of pence, under the shillings the number of shillings and under the pence the number of pounds, thus reversing the line. Then subtract, reverse the line again, add together, and the result will be £l2 18s. lid. whatever numbers you may have selected. To illustrate, suppose we take £0 16s. 7d.; reverse this and yon have £7 16a. 9d.; subtract and reverse again and add. £9 16s ?d 7 16 9 £1 19s lOd 10 19 1 £l2 18s Ud No matter what combination of figures you take, the answer will always be the same. # Passport Is a Jolly Gams. In the game of passport seat the company in the form of a hollow square, leaving one person out. The party may oecupy chairs in the middle of the room or around a table, but they must be arranged in the form of a square. Then give them a sheet and direct them to hold it up In such a way that it will be close under their chins and be stretched out as a level surface between them. In the middle of the sheet put a fluffy white feather, to represent the “passport”—a snowflake—and the players around the sheets, who represent the winds, begin to it about in every direction. One player stands opposite the square and tries to catch the feather, either on one of the players or in front of one of them. He takes advantage of the laughter of the player who cannot blow the feather away, and, having thus caught it. it becomes his “passport” to the player’s place, who then in his turn <ries his hand at feather catching. If the feather Is blown off- the sheet It must be placed back in the middle. The Quarrelsome Bcissors. "I’ll not work with you!” said Ruth. Mother looked at her two naughty children for a minute, then said: “I will tell 57)0 a story of a pair of scissors. One blade quarreled with the other. ‘l’ll not cut with your It said. Til not cut with you!’ said the other side. So they pulled and pulled until they pulled away from the rivet which held them together. What good were they then? Not a bit. They were swept up and thrown out the ash barrel.” Rtrth looked at Jack and hung her head, and Jack looked at Ruth and seemed very much ashamed of himself. "Suppose we work together and then play together,” said Ruth. "Suppose we do,” said Jack. Then they forgot all about their quarrel in helping mother pull basting threads and afterward In a merry game of hide and seek.—Our Little Ones.

Ths Word “Cigar." The word “cigar” has a curioqp origin. It may be traced back to the time in the sixteenth century when the Spaniards' Introduced tobacco Into Spain from the island of Cuba. Each man cultivated the plant in his garden and rolled the leaves up for smoking, as he had seen the Indians in the West Indies do. The Spanish for garden Is cigarral, and when a man offered a roll* of the tobacco leaves to a friend he would say, “Es de ml cigarral” (It Is from my garden). After awhile the expression came to be “Este cigarro es <fe mi cigarral” (this cigar is from my garden), and so It was that the term “cigar'’ came Into use all over the world. But the •trangest part of it all la that the cigar really gets Its name from the grasshopper, though Indirectly. The Spanish for grasshopper Is cigarra, and a garden is called cigarral because grasshoppers are very abundant In such places. Robin Hood Was a Rsal Person. There is no room for a reasonable doubt of Robin Hood’s existence. That the celebrated outlaw really operated in Sherwood forest, robbing the rich and dealing very gently with the poor, Is a well authenticated fact.

Notes From the'Garden. The little, shrinking violets Will find more sense, we hope, And save themselves from shrinkage By using good “wool soap.” And if the tiger lilies Don’t watch out carefully Some day they’ll be behind the bars In a menagerie. The fierce snapdragon broke his Jaw— It’e done up now In plaster. He meant to bite the wandering Jew— Instead, bit china aster! And, dear sweet William, there’s a maid, We’re recently told, Whose bleeding heart la all your own; Her name is Marigold. The little crocus used bad words. And from his painful walls The garden folk Judge his mamma Used well the dread cattails. , - Jack-in-the-pulpit made a’hit. He held forth on these matters: ConMder lilies, how they grow. And likewise weeds and tatters. This paper now must go to press. It’s four o’clock and after. And ringing down the garden path Is tulip’s Joyous laughter. —Washington Star.

Mistress Mary

By TEMPLE BAILEY.

“Don’t you ever get discouraged?” he asked. “How does your garden grow?” asked the young man who leaned over the fence. “Oh, dear,” little Miss Mary told him, “look at it.” There bad been eight neat llttio plots laid out In the empty city lot Miss Mary, the settlement worker from across the way, hod brought her little girls over, and they had dug and planted and trained, and yesterday there liud been beans climbing sturdily up the poles, and tomatoes already blossoming, and parsley and lettuce ready for salad, and radishes. "And now look at It” said Miss Mary again. It was trampled and torn and the little plants lay In the dust. “The neighbors’ boys did It” Miss Mary said, “your boys.” “Are you sure?” asked the young man. “Yes.” Miss Mary said; “one of my little girls saw them.” “They are a bad lot,” said the young man, with a stern setting of his lips.

“DON’T YOU EVER GET DISCOURAGED ?" HR ASKED.

“I am afraid I shall have to give them up.” “Oh, don’t,” said little Miss Mary; “they need you all the more because they are bad. Don’t give them up.” He smiled at her. “Don’t you ever get discouraged?” he asked. “Sometimes,” she “when things like this happen,” and her hand swept out toward the ruined garden. “We had planned to pick the lettuce this morning, and we were going to have It for lunch with our bread and butter.” “I tell you,” said the young man. whose name was Oswald Gunning. “I’ll make the boys give the little girls a treat. It’s better than punishing them, and, what’s more, I’ll make them come over with it.” “Do you think they’ll do It?” asked Miss Mary, Interested. “Yes, I’ll tell them how disappointed you are in them. They won’t care what the little girls think, but-they are awfully fond of you, Miss Mary.” “Oh,” said little Miss Mary, with a blush. “They show their good taste,” said the young man earnestly. ‘T am awfully fond of you myself.” “You mustn’t talk such things to me,” said little Miss Mary, but her eyes sparkled. “Mistress Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?” he sang under his breath, and then he said: “I shall say It whenever I like, for It’s true. I am very fond of you—very, very fond.” “The little girls are coming,” said Miss Mary severely, “and you’d better go.” So, still singing under fills breath, he went to the public playgrounds to meet his class in physical training. “I am ashamed of you,” he told them a little later as they sat before him sheepishly. “Here I have spent my time upon you, and all I seem to have taught you is how to make a lot of little girls unhappy.” “Aw, gwau,” protested Jim Dovesky from the front row. “And you have made Miss Mary unhappy,” said the teacher, with increasing earnestness, “and she was crying when I got there this morning—crying over that poor little garden.” “Aw, gwan,” murmured Jim again, and there were other apologetlcal murmurs from the background. “It seems to me,” Gunning told them and watched the effect of hia words, “that we ought to make it up to them somehow.” He had the boys there. They had expected punishment, and now he proposed restitution- It took their fancy at once. “Sure,” came the hearty chorus. “We can’t make the little garden grow,” said their teacher, “we can’t bring life to the little dead plants, and that’s a pity, too, hot we can let the little girls know that we are sorry. They were going to pick file lettuce today and have It with their bread and

hotter for lunch, and you know then Isn’t anything nicer than vegetables ; from your own garden.” There were various proposals, but Jim Dovesky’s was the most popular. "Let’s buy thirty little pies, and each girl will have one for her lunch.” With visions of indigestion, Gunning protested, but the idea took like wild; fire. There was a hasty pooling of finances, and a delegation of boys started to the nearest bakery. "I tried to switch them off to berries or ice cream,” Gunning explained later to Miss Mary, “but I couldn’t And it’s the Idea, not the article.” "Yes,” Miss Mary agreed. She was standing in the middle of the ruined garden, with the little girls digging in the eight little beds. “It’s nice of them, and I only hope the little girls won’t lie ill.” Her voice was tired, and she looked warm and weary. “Poor Httle Mistress Mary,” said down at her. “Has it been a hard morning?” “The girls nearly cried their eyes out,” she said. “They wept on my shoulder in bunches, and it was wearing.” “I wish you would weep on my shoulder,” said the impertinent young man. “It would help you a lot and I should like It immensely,” hud wbeu she reproved hlui he went away singing: “Mistress Mary, quite contrary. How does your garden grow?” which of late had become a most popular song with him. At noon the Boys marched Into the settlement bouse with the pies, and Jim Dovesky made the speech of presentation. “It’s a peace offerin’,” he said with • flourish; “git on to It.” And the little girls, round eyed and forgiving, divided their bread and butter and divided the little pies and made the boys stay to lunch. “Which spoils the lesson, but settles things up nicely,” said Gunning. “According to all laws the boys should have suffered. As it Is, I am the only one who suffers.” Miss Mary stared at him. “You?” was her startled question. “What do I get out of It?” he demanded. “What do you want?” she asked, Innocently enough, but her swift blush betrayed her. » i_. “I want—you,” was his bold statement. She shook her head, but before she could open her lips he begged, “Don’t be contrary, Mary,” And she laughed at that, tremulously, and after a little she said, “I won’t”

Letter Writing Made Easy.

“The picture postal card Is not the only factor that is reducing letter writing to a lost art,” said the woman who has many correspondents. “The newspaper clipping Is also a serious foe to the well written letter. Almost every day I get a heavy mnil, and frequently half the communications are made up largely of clippings -from the daily press. Persons who, if obliged to do their own writing, would express some opinion on books, plays, clothes, vacations, clubs and current events can find something on those very subjects in the daily paper. So, Instead of writing, they simply cut out the article that meets their needs, paste it on to a sheet of paper, say ‘These are my sentiments, too,’ and thus, expeditiously conduct their correspondence. “I must confess I am falling into the same pernicious habit. Yesterday I wanted to Jolly a friend who has a strong predilection for ghostly literature. I rend a paragraph in a paper that exactly expressed niy meaning, so Instead of digging into my own thoughts I sent the clipping. To another friend whom I wished to interest in a book I sent another printed article that admirably answered the purpose. Since every subject can be found adequately treated in the newspaper and on post cards it Is no wonder that an accomplished letter writer is now a curiosity.”—New York Press.

Learning to Swim.

Never waste time at first in attempting to learn to swim by means of the breast stroke, the side stroke or any other stroke. Simply wade out to where the water comes to your shoulders, lean forward, with arms extended and with one toe on the bottom, then suddenly throwing back both feet, splash and kick as wildly as you like, hand over hand afiil foot over foot—“dog fashion,” as the boys call it. By repeating this vigorous performance a few times you will feel a momentary sense of buoyancy beneath you, and as your efforts are continued, making no attempt to propel yourself forward, but simply to keep your nose above water, yop will gradually come to the perception that old Neptune will hold you up with surprisingly little effort on your part. And once that confidence gained, it Is a simple matter to learn the more Intricate and showy strokes.—Outer’s Book.

The Old Round House.

St Albans is said to possess the oldest Inhabited house. This distinction Is said to belong to the old Round House, now the “Fighting Cocks” inn, which stands close to the river Yer. It is a curious structure—of octagonal shape—of early Saxon origin, having been built as a boathouse to the ancient monastery founded at St. Albans by King Offia about the year 795, and is thus over 1,100 years old. A subterranean passage, now blocked up, runs from the basement to the ruins of the monastery, a distance of about 200 yards. There In a shed at the back of the house where,' It Is said, Oliver Cromwell stabled his borne, himself once sleeping under Its roes during the civil war.—Westminster Gazette.

25,000 ACRES OF UNO FOR SILL Buy a farm and be Independent. •\•. " . ,-\ '' % \ Come out and let us show you some of the best land in the state, in Jasper county, Ind. Will sell on your own terms, either cash-or on payments. . ( OLIVER & CALLAHAN Newland, Ind. I Farmers’ Supply House. § ▲ he reason we always have business and are al- X ▲ ways busy, is because we buy the best goods* X on the market at the lowest cash prices and sell at X ▲ a small profit; we always have fresh goods to show X our customers; we can furnish you with anything X X that is useful in the house or on the farm. Remem- X \ ber we carry Groceries, Dry Goods, Harness, ▲ ▲ Wagons, Buggies and Horses. We have had 17 X years experience in business and expect to continue X X on. We are prepared to buy all kinds *of country X produce, both eggs, poultry, hogs, cattle, horses. Ex- X ▲ perience has taught us that people buy where they X can sell their produce from the farm. X X We appreciate the patronage we have received X in the past and welcome a continuance of the same. X A We are here to stay. ▲ IW. L. WOOD - Parr, Ind. t

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Cleaning Silk Skirt*. The manner of washing or cleaning the new silk skirts now so generally worn is quite a problem. The proper treatment for a skirt is to rub it gently between the hands in lukewarm water in which white or castile soap has been dissolved. Squeeze the water with moderate pressure and rinse in tepid water. It is a good idea to add to the rinsing water a few drops of coloring matter the color of the skirt. This coloring can be obtained of a druggist, and as washing always robs silk of some amount of its brightness this addition will be appreciated. Iron when damp, first placing a thin piece of muslin over the silk. Oatmeal Clears the Skin. Our grandmothers used to dose thrir young folks with some of the most horrible concoctions “to clean the blood.” Many of these remedies seem out of the question entirely with us, but some of them were efficacious and simple. One of these last mentioned is oatmeal water. To make It put a heaping tablespoonful of flue-oatmeal into a tumbler of cold water. Allow it to stand all night, and in the morning stir it up well. Let the thickest part settle again and then drink the clear part. This should be continued for two or three weeks, and it will clean the complexion remarkably. Remedy For Weak Eyes. A simple remedy for weak eyes is what is known as a solution of boracie acid, which is no more or less than powdered borax. Put a heaping teaspoonful in an ordluarj' tumbler of pure water and let It thoroughly dissolve. Then apply to the eyes with the fingers. Never use a sponge or cloth. Let It dry on the eyes. Use it first before rettVfitig and after rising or at any other time. It is no exaggeration to say it acts like magic, relieving the congestion and brightening the eyes remarkably. £ Bed Spring That Tilts. A recent invention renders easier one of the most disagreeable tasks of the housewife—that of cleaning the bedstead. Lifting the springs is hard work. The inventor has endeavored to make this part of the work easy by designing the tilting bed spring shown here. In this bedstead the spring is

TILTING BED SPRING.

pivoted to one side of the frame and is connected at both ends with spring clamps. When the bed spring is raised the clamps bold it In a raised position.

& Vo that, Die entire overturning of the bedstead becomes an easy matter. An additional advantage lies in the fact that the floor beneath the bedstead can also be easily cleaned without the necessity of pushing the bed to all parts of the room to get at it Hot Potato Salad. Boil seven or eight potatoes and use before they are cold. Chop half an onion and put into a pan with enough water to cover the bottom. Season with pepper and salt, cooking until the water simmers. Add three tablespoonfuls of butter and when It is melted a tablespoonful of vinegar. Slice the potatoes and pour the dressing on them, serving hot. Ironing Tablecloths. Tablecloths should be folded down the center with the right side outside and each selvage turned back toward the center. Iron each fold, then the center until quite dry; roll cloth up lightly without pressure to avoid creases both ways. The fringes of doilies should not be starched, but combed out against a hard surface. Cleaning With Starch Paste. TO clean fancy denim or cretonne sofa pillow covers where soap and water cannot be used make a thick paste of starch aud water and cover the soil and stained surface. Let it remain until perfectly d#, when it can be brushed off. Repeat the operation if the stains have not disappeared entirely. For Perspiring Hands. When the hands perspire too freely try upon them a wash containing ten grains of tannic acid, half an ounce of simple tincture of benzoin, two ounces of elder flower water and three ounces of rosewater. This lotlort is said to be cooling to the hands and to remove the damp, uncomfortable feeling. Whitening Yellow Clothes. . To whiten clothes that have become very yellow soak the clothes in buttermilk, allowing, them to remain in the milk for several hours. Wash with soap in tepid water and rinse In cold water. For An Uneven Floor. If you wish to cover your floor with linoleum and the boards are warped, fill the uneven places with sand and your linoleum will not become worn. -

Nursery Don’ts.

Don’t show favoritism. Don’t indulge them foolishly. Don’t repel their little confidences. Don't lose your temper with them. - Don’t get impatient even at their most unanswerable questions. Don’t gtve way after you have definitely told them they must not do anything. Don’t forget to encourage them, and praise their little efforts to please yon, says Home Chat Poultry Talk. Help the hens and chickens fight the lice. It will give them a lot of comfort Whole grain cannot be beaten for a steady diet Be careful not to overdo the mash business. Don’t get the mashes yon feed too thin. Just enough water or milk to wet the feed Is sufficient Bran will keep the bowels in good order. Better feed that than any of the stimulants on the market—Farm Journal.