Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1907 — Page 7

=> - whkki.eS SLISHUK MAKES THE Ba GRINDING y I -ok I I I y° u wan * *° / I 1| drink realcftffee, 1 7 / l|buy a pack ObL age of Arbuckles’ ARIOSA and grind & it in your z own kitchen as you want to use it Roasted coffee loses its strength and flavor if exposed to the air, ■ and even its identity as coffee after grinding. Loose coffee sold out of a bag, bin or tin is usually J dusty and soiled by handling. Don’t take it! Complies with all nquiiaments of die National Pm'l Food Law, Guarantee No. 2041, filed at Washington, r ® fnOM nsimmce Mikm, Of Benton. White - and Jasper Counties, HKPBBBBNTBD BY MARION t I. ADAMS, RENSSELAER. IND. Insurance in force Dec. 81.18C6. 12,295,660.00. \ Increase for year 1008. , 5139.445.00. Notice of Sale of School House. I will sell to the highest and best bidder the school house on the school lot of district No, 3 (Guest School) in Jasper County, Indiana Said sale will be held on the above school lot beginning at 10a, m. Saturday, September 28, ana sale will be governed by law ns found in the acts of the legislature 1907,. page 575, Trustee reserves the right to reject any and ail bids. C. E. SAGE, Trustee Jordan Township. Address—Goodlaud, Ind.

PRINT-SHOP MATERIAL FOR SALE The Democrat has for sale at a a very low price a No. 7/Yarger Staple Binder ;Ad a Franklin Mailer; also a quantity of full size Italic Job Cases, used but very little and practically as good as new. These cases will be sold for 50 cents each, half their cost. LAND BARGAINS 480 acres, mostly smooth black prairie land in meadow or pasture; has large ditch, on main road, near good markets, fenced bat no buildings. Fine for cultivation or pasture. Will divide to suit and sell on easy terms at the low price of S3O per acre. G. F, Meyers, Rensselaer, Ind. FIFTY ACRE FARM FOR SALE. Well improved, seven miles from good town; good house, barn 24x32, cribs and other good outbuildings, deep well; telephone and rural mail route, near gravel road. All under cultivation except 5 acre grove of oak and hickory. Ownef wants to move to town. Another 40 adjoining with no buildings, can be bought reasonable, and owner will rent putchaser 40 acres more for term of years if wanted. For price and terms address “X,” care Democrat, Rensselaer, Ind. • /

TO FRIENDS OF THE DEMOCRAT. When you have a legal notice, such as notice of appointment as executor or administratror, final settlement of estate, 'nonresident notice, notice of ditch or highway petition, or any other legal notice that the clients themselves control, be sure to instruct your attorneys to have the publication made in the Democrt, otherwise they will takd it to papers of their own political faith. Remember The Democrat is fighting your battles and using its best efforts to keep down taxation, and it is ypur duty to assist it, at least when it costs you nothing to do so, as our prices are usually much less for publishing legal notices than other papers, because they are set compactly, and are not “padded” out to make them as long as possible. Any favors shown us in this way will be greatly appreciated, and we want again to urge you to be sure to instruct your attorneys to have such Sublications made in* The Jasper ounty Democrat.

Farm and Garden

FIELD BEAN CROP. Harvsster That Throws Two Rows Into ■ Single Windrow.

By L. C. CORBETT.

For many years the handling of hoe crops, such as field beans, upon an extensive scale was impossible because of the great amount of hand labor necessary to gather the crop. Within recent years, however, labor saving devices have been Invented, so that now the once laborious practice of hand pulling Individual plants can be done away with by the rise of a bean harvester. This Implement is built on the principle,'of a pair of'shears and consists of

BEAN HARVESTER AT WORK.

two long steel blades mounted upon a strong framework carried upon wheels. The long shears-like blades are set to cut the roots of the plants just beneath the surface of the ground. Above these blades guard rods or guide rods are so arranged as to move from their original positions the -plants whose roots have been severed, and since the implement is designed to cut two rows of beans across the field the plants of two rows are thrown together in a single windrow. This clears a space for the passage of one of the animals ’in the team, so that it is necessary for only one to pass through the standing crop, thus decreasing the amount of loss by shelling which would result from both animals being driven through the standing crop. After the plants are thrown together by the harvester it is customary for men with ordinary pitchforks to follow the harvester] and place the beans in small heaps to cure for several days before storing them in barns or sheds for thrashing. In some instances where the work is done upon a very extensive scale and where the loss from shelling is not considered sufficient to justify the employment of hand labor for bunching the beans with forks an ordinary horse rake is employed for the purpose.

Where the beans are to remain for a longer period and to become more thoroughly cured in the field and where the work of harvesting is done entirely by the crop is frequently placed in shocks which are built about a pole four or five feet in height, both ends of which have been sharpened and one end placed firmly in the ground. A small quantity of straw*, grass or other material is placed around the base of the stake and the beans as they are pulled and are piled

BEAN HARVESTER.

around the pole until a compact miniature stack about four or five feet high is formed. The operation is very similar to the common practice followed by growers of peanuts in stacking and curing. The curing proceqs in any case Is carried far enough to prevent the vines molding aftef storing them in the farm prior to thrashing. If the vines are thoroughly ripened in the field before harvesting they can be stored in from two to three days if the weather is satisfactory. '

Plow Points* Where too large a proportion of the farm is kept under plow the soil soon becomes impoverished and unproductive. All animals thrive best when fed at regular intervals and given each time no more than they will readily con some. Clean, straight fence rows, and fences in good repair, add materially to the appearance and value of the farm. When the cost of keeping a good article is no more than keeping a poor one it is certainly advisable to keep the better. No vegetable accessible to the farmer absorbs so much nitrogen from the air and leaves so rich a storehouse of It as clover.—Jansas Fanner. Some New England Dairymen. Not a few New England dairymen ire so favorably located and have so much skill that they get an advance above the ruling price for an article of extra quality. , r ' ■

BEET HARVESTERS.

Lifting the Beets by Means of a Plow or Puller. To harvest sugar beets costs from |8 to $lO an acre, depending upon the condition of the soil. Most of this 'work is now accomplished by a system borrowed from Europe. This consists in extracting the beets from the soil with an Implement drawn by two to four horses. It is in the nature of a plow. There are several forms, one of which is called a “puller.” Th|g has two fingerlike tapering prongs, which rttn through the ground parallel with the surface, but about ten inches below. The space between these prongs j is wider at the points, gradually less-j enlng to their back ends. These prongs are supported by two upright pieces attached to the beam. When pulled through the soil the points are carried on either side of the beet, compelling it to pass through this diminishing space. Directly the prongs tighten against the beet as it Is being forced* through the space, breaking off the taproot and forcing it up. The beet is elevated two or three Inches and left In the loose dirt. Another Form of. Plow. Another form of the implement consists of a plow with a narrow moldboard and a long sharp knifelike share, the edge of which penetrates the soil at about the depth of ten inches, cutting off the beets, lifting them several inches and throwing them on the side over against the loose dirt. A workman comes along the row, takes hold of the top, lifts the beet from the loose soil and with a sharp knife cleaves off the crown from which the leaves have grown. The beets are then bumped together to remove the adhering dirt and thrown in piles and the tops in others. From these piles the beets are loaded into wagons and delivered to the factory.—C. F. Saylor. Saving Steps. In spite of the extensive development and use of corn harvesting machinery the fact remains that much corn is still cut by hand. Therefore the accompanying sketch recently sent to the New England Homestead by a reader will prove of Interest He has figured out that if the plan outlined is followed a sixty-four hill shock, or stock, of corn can be cut at a minimum number of steps. The cir-

CUTTING A SHOCK OF CORN.

des in the center represent the four hills tied together or between which the shock is built. After the foundation for thij shock is ready the man goes to No. 1 and cuts in the direction of the numbers until he reaches No. 8. After placing his armful in the shock he begins at No. 9 and cuts to No. 16, again depositing his load and continuing the operation in the way the hills are numbered until the shock is completed. It will be noted that in addition to saving steps this plan brings th^ cutter near the shock with his heaviest load, or when his arm’ is full of corn. , „, Mutton Chops. \ You can never improve a flock by using a grade sire. Wethers Intended for market should be put in a pasture by themselves, where they can be liberally fed. The ewes and the sire should receive generous feeding. When ewes are gaining in condition at mating time there will be a larger percentage of twins and the lambs will be stronger. A supply of roots is necessary to success with sheep. Have some way of marking your sheep. Many neighbors have been made enemies for life by their sheep getting mixed in the pasture? It is important to give good care to all animals, but particularly to sheep. To restdre flesh to an animal Is an expensive process, as costly to sheep as to other animals.—Farm Journal. Planting Strawberries. After plowing land deeply for the fall planting of strawberries encourage the germination of. weed seeds by frequent cultivation so far as possible to get rid of the trouble of weeds getting ahead of the plants after they are set out. Use barnyard manure freely if the same can be had free from weed seeds, adv'ses Southern Planter. In order to insure this It should have heated well and be partially rotted. This may be supplemented with an application of a good fertilizer rich in phosphoric add and potash, say 300 to 400 pounds of acid phosphate and 200 pounds of muriate of potash per acre. The rows giay be laid off three feet apart.

Tobacco Seed Plants. The production and Introduction of new varieties of tobacco must be followed by continued effort on the part of the growers to preserve and improve the type in order that the fullest and best results may be obtained. Without selection of seed plants year after year by the growers the life of tobacco varieties Is comparatively short The accidental cross fertilization of seed saved without protection, the use of inferior plants for seed production and many other causes contribute to the deterioration, breaking up of type and so called running out of varieties.

The Law of the Woods.

By SPENCER C. GUNN.

Copyrighted, 1907, by Jessie Morgan.

“Don’t be a fool, Jeannette!” Timidly leaning away from the slapping spray, she would have upset the skiff had not Bob acted quickly. But for his shouting and his angry look Jeannette would have rejected as impossible the meaning which his words conveyed. Their harshness surprised her into angry tears. There was an ominous silence. “How dare you”— But another wave, drenching her shoulders, caused her literally to swallow what else she would have said. Bob smiled impenitehtly as he dug bis oars into one of his round, green foes. “I can’t get down on my knees just now, Jeannette,” he observed, “and if I could it wouldn’t be to propitiate you.” The girl’s face blazed with a fire which the waters of Long lake had not cooled. They were still a good mile from the shore. Duck rock intervened without, however, offering a refuge from the storm. The flag on the boathouse dipped and twisted like a handkerchief signaling distress. The black clouds whitened the foam. The lake was a darkened stage ready for some tragic deed. “What a boor you are, after all,” she volunteered as she coolly unpinned her yachting cap and stooped to ball the water at her feet “Um!” reflected Bob as he turned the boat into the teeth of the wind. “Can’t you think of a more modern epithet? The Waverley novels were written some few years ago." “Yes, Indeed, I can think of several,” was the significant reply. “Um!” Bob commented, at the same time bringing the skiff away from the treacherous trough. A fresh squall now struck them. It was accompanied by a heavy shower which, like a translucent mist, all but hid the shore. The boat, swift as an arrow In smooth water and as fragile in a sea, was tossed like a leaf in an autumn gale. To keep it true, to say nothing of making headway, was a herculean task with which Bob strug-

RESTED HER LITTLE HAND ON TIM’S FLANNEL COVERED SHOULDERS.

gled manfully. Jeannette seized his large felt hat the Itetter to reduce the water now ankle deep alwut her. “What a temper you’ve got.” Bob resumed. “I’m so glad to find it outnow." With the rain and spray streaming down her face and her pretty dress glued to her body, Jeannette continued to ball the intake, her arms moving with increased vigor at Bob’s persistent abuse. “You’re a coward!” She hurled the words at him against the gale. “Is that modern enough for you? Can’t you see that I’m tired enough to drop?” Bob chuckled softly as he strove to keep the boat on even keel. “That’s the way with all girls,” he said cruelly. “Just as soon as see dramatic possibilities in a situation they faint to heighten the effect. When you fall, please keep to the center of the boat as much as possible.” “Fool!” muttered the girl. Suddenly the skiff stopped, swayed and to capsize. With the next big wave, however, and a mighty tug at the oars, it scraped over the rocks without apparent injury. Bob had approached Duck rock too closely and had narrowly escaped its submerged fringe. “Wasn’t that fine?” he asked provOkingly. “I just enjoy rowing over rocks. It’s easy if you know how.* “Fool!” repeated Jeannette. "Um!” acknowledged pob as he glanced quickly over his shoulder to gauge the distance to the shore. Not mote than half a mile remained, but as the wind had been from the west his efforts to meet it* had doubled the distance to the landing. He could now take an oblique course, for the storm bad suddenly passed and the sun was sending welcome heat te the dripping victors in the bogt. The boathouse flag floated steadily. For some minutes they continued their strenuous labor and seemed unable to comprehend the fact of their

safety, like dreamers awaking from Impending death. Then Jeannette ceased bailing and leaned back exhausted In the stern'-chalr. Bot>, barely dipping the oars, also took a nntch needed rest. .j On the balcony of the boathouse a black and white group that had been watching anxiously the outcome of the fight waved hats and handkerchiefs. Halfway between the blue skiff and the shore were several skiffs, each manned by a guide. They, too, had been on watch, ready to respond to the first sign of distress. There was still a heavy sea. but as the wind had been offshore the water became smoother. It was Big Tim who first hailed them. At Jeannette's request he accompanied them tri the shore. They landed on the sandy beach near her father’s cottage. Jeannette wished to avoid for the present the well meant congratulations of her friends. She knew' that she looked more angry than thankful. Bob was ignored entirely and walked silently but smilingly away. “Yeh don’t look very glad. Miss Jeannette,” ventured Tim as they hastened alone toward the cottage. With Tim no restraint was required. “Bob was beastly,” she answered, with renewed anger. “How so?” pursued the guide gently. “Why, Tim, he was cross and even ugly when at first I was frightened. Surely if we were to. die we might have died friends. I shall never speak to him again.” Jeannette briskly climbed the cottage steps as qhe delivered this ultimatum and fell almost fainting Into her father’s arms. Tim followed the girl into the cottage, bls face grave with suppressed concern. As Jeannette, assisted by her father, began to climb the stairs to her room Tim spoke up. “Hold on, Miss Jeannette!" z “Yes?" she asked. “Bob wasn't really mean," he asserted, his bronzed face flushing with this unwonted forwardness. “What do you mean, Tim?” asked Jeannette, almost without patience. *Tim slapped two big fingers convincingly in the hard palm of another huge hand. » “When a passenger gets scary in a storm,” he said, with slow emphasis, “a guide calc’lates to do somethin’ to scare him worse, to take his mind off the water. Bob stung yeh Instead. It’s all the same. Four years ago this summer I hit a millionaire with the butt end of a gaff to keep him from jumpin’ Out of the boat. I told him I’d use the other end if he stirred enough to shoo a fly—and I brought him in,” he concluded, with another slap of bis fingers and a jerk of his head. “It's the law of the woods,” he added. When Jeannette understood she flew down the few stairs, leaned far over the newel post and rested her little hand on Tim's flannel covered shoulders. “Are you quite sure, Tim, that Bob was following that law?” she asked, looking searchingly into his eyes, yet confident of the answer. “Sartin sure,” vouched Tim solemnly'. “Twas a fearful ‘blow,’ md Bob W’as only fightin’ for your life, my little gal.” With eyes dancing with gladness, Jeannette leaned over farther until her wind blown hair brushed the guide’s clean brown cheek. There was a whispered message and something which sounded like a kiss. Then Jeannette turned to her father, who smiled tenderly and with responsive joy. “You won’t forget, Tim, dear?” she admonished, half playfully, half in earnest. The guide looked up, the red blood showing through all his tan. “By the John Rogers,” he thundered as he hastened out, “I guess not!”

A Madman’s Wit

A Washington educator told a good story about a young medical friend of his who is interested in insanity symptoms and is a sort of amateur alienist. The other day the student got a chance to visit one of the wards in the Asylum For the Insane, and, having heard that there was a man confined there who labored under the hallucination that he was God, the studefit asked that he lie allowed to see this patient first, as be appeared the most promising for investigation, lie was taken to the ward where the lunatic was confined, and the following conversation ensued: Student—Are you the Deity? Lunatic—From everlasting untoeverlasting I am he. Student—Well, I’He been looking for you for a long time. I have a question to ask you. How do you reconcile the doctrines of predestination and free will? The lunatic drew himself up to his full height and, giving the medico a scornful glance, replied, “My dear sir, I never talk shop.”—Washington Star.

What “Constable” Has Meant.

“Constabulary” and ‘‘constable” are curious instances of verbal ups and downs in dignity. Literally “constable” (“comes stabuli”) means only “stable attendant;” but, with “chamberlain,” “steward" and many other names of servants, it became exceedingly dignified when the service was loyal. The constable of France and the lord high constable of England were very great men, and Scotland has still her hereditary lord high constable in the Earl of Erroll. Nowadays in ordinary speech “constable” has dropped again to mean only a policeman, “this lower constableship,” as Blackstone quotes from Lambard, having been a derivative of the lord high constable's office “and, as it were, a very finger <jf that hand.” One can never tell where/ a word will Anally arrive. “Policeman” and “politician” by origin both mean a man who looks after the affairs of the community.— London Chronicle.

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

Postal Telegraph’s Chief. Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph company, which has been In trouble with Its employees. Is a son of the latexjohn W. Mackay of Bonanza fame. \ Clarence Hungerford Mackay never knew the .sting of poverty. Born in San Francisco in 1874, his fortune was already assured. When his father died he Inherited great w-ealth. Among th&

CLARENCE H. MACKAY.

properties coming under his supervision were the Mackay-Bennett Cable company, the Postal Telegraph company and the Pacific Commercial Telegraph company. These made him a formidable rival to the Western Union Telegraph company, and recently it was asserted that all these companies had combined. Mr. Mackay publicly stated, however, that the report was erroneous. Be that as it may, he is a great power in the telegraphing industry of this country. In 1808 Mr. Mackay married Miss Katharine Duer of New York and since that time has been identified with the social life of New York’s “upper set.” “They have a fine country residence on Long Island, and Mr. Mackay devotes much of his leisure time to horse racing, polo, tennis and kindred sports. The Imitative Parrot. Hope, the head of Philadelphia's famous phonograph school for parrots, said the other day to the Philadelphia Record: “There are worse things than a swearing parrot, and one was brought over on a German boat last month, tils owner, a sailor, swore that this traveled bird knew no profanity, and a lady bought him. “But she had to luring him to me. The parrot, though he didn’t swear, had evidently spent, most of his time on shipboard in the ladies’ saloon, for what he would do was this: “For hours, at a time he would choke and gasp aud hiccough as if he’d never stop, and then he'd sing out feebly, ‘Steward, bucket!”’

The First Downward Step. Charles Frohman, the theatrical manager, tells this story: “Sad case in court today,” said a lawyer to his wife. “What was it?”’ the lady asked. “Case of shoplifting. Beautiful, refined woman, educated and Wealthy, was caught stealing things in shops like a common thief.” “The Judge was greatly moved. He said: “ ‘Madam, how did you begin this sort of thing?’ “ ‘Alas, sir,’ she answered, weeping, ‘I began by picking my husband’s pockets at night after he was in bed asleep. That was the first step, and after it my fall was easy.’ ’’ The Nation's Head Educator. Professor Elmer Ellsworth Brown, United States commissioner of education, appointed by President Roosevelt, has been identified with educational methods from his boyhood. He was l>orn in Chautauqua county, N. Y.. in 1861, Just three months after the killing of his namesake. Colonel Elmer

ELMER E. BROWN.

E. Ellsworth, who was the first officer. to fall in the civil war. Professor Brown is a graduate of the Illinois State Normal school and. the University of Michigan. He studied a year in Germany. For some years he has been professor of the theory and practice of education at the University of California. He held a similar position earlier at the University of Michigan. *