Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1908 — Page 2

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Boer Hit by a Cyclone. San Francisco, Oct 30.—“Cycions” Johnnie Thompson won from Rudolph Unholz In the eleventh rotmd. In the eleventh round Thompson floored Unbolz twice with a right book to the Jaw, and a third blow put him torough the ropes The police then interfered. Bnbolz’a seconds alleged that he had Broken toe liones of his right hand. Sherman Talks at Albany. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 30.—After a day of active cnmpnlging through the Adlmdack mountains In Warren county Ames S. Sherman, Republican vice presidential candidate, addressed a large audience in Albany. Preceding <he meeting, numerous marching clubs paraded through the principal streets and much enthusiasm was manifested. Gompers to Speak Sunday. New York, Oct 30.—A mass meeting at laboring men will l>e held Sunday at the Grand Central Palace and Sam■el Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, will make the principal address; ~ Fairbanks Talks for Watson LaGrange, Ind., Oct. 30.—Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks spoke to a large crowd hero. He urged bls hoar era to give .Tames W. Watson and the state Republican ticket hearty support. Cabinet Is Spellbinding. Washington. Oct. 30.—Owing to the absence of most of the members of the president’s official family, who are campaigning for Judge Taft, there wa« no meeting of the cabinet today.

Ah Sin Wires Welcome.

Shanghai. Oct 30.—The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai baa sent a message to Admiral Sperry welcoming the United Statesffeet Tbh 18 considered among foreigners here ne noteworthy, for the Chamber of Commerce led the boycott against United States goods three years ago

Our Mineral Products.

Wahlngton. Oct. 30.—A grand total of $2,069,289.19(1 worth of mineral products In the United States is announced in the statistical summary for 1907, just issued by the geological sur•▼ey. Of this production $1,166,165,191 Tras nonmetallic, $1MK{.024,605 metallie and SIOO,OOO not specified. Mineral products for the previous year aggro. Bated $1,904.007,034. t Cheaper. The lady muchly wanted lee, fe. But couldn't pay the bill, ' And so she moved out on the swamps And had a dally chill, PERT PARAGRAPHS. k The man Is to be pitied who can’t dip tlnguish between friend and acquaintance. The man who knows how to make good doesn’t trouble about l>elng so. Take your grouch out in the back yard along with the parlor carpet. By the time one is dusted the other will have fled. The girl who doesn't know how to elope Is always the one who Is dying to do so. There may be room at the top. but the security is greater at the other extreme

It Is held by scientists that a human being can't live without a brain, which only goes to prove how mistaken science can be occasionally. When things go dead wrong roll up your sleeves, go to work and try to revivify them. Some men are so sure that they wfll succeed that it looks to them like affectation to make an effort. No Chance. “Were you ever disappointed in love?" -No.” -That seems strange.” -Oh, no; I have never been married.* Very Nourishing. “The doctor said I would have to to very careful about what I ate.” -Did be prescribe a light diet for Z -Urht and air.” „ I

Who died some years ago, was first in scholarship in the class of 1867, winning the valedictory oration, and his grandfather, Alphonso Taft, who later was attorney general of the United States, was a high scholar in the class of 1833. Robert is Judge Taft’s oldest son and is nineteen years of age. He hopes to become as famous In the legal profession as did his father and grand father before him. Anglicized Bourke Cockran. Congressman Bourke Cockran is of Irish extraction. It was not so long ago that he hated the English with a passion that was almost criminal. But time brings about many changes. Mr. Cockran not only does not despise the Britisher any more—he affects his manners. his accents, his dress, writes Bud Brier in the Boston Globe. One may see the orator from the Twelfth New York district any bright morning in Washington galloping over the asphalt streets a straddle of an English saddle, the mane and tail of his steed trimmed as at Bristol. His riding suits are of corduroy velvet; his boots are from the finest and most expensive shops of Ixmdon. On his head is a peaked cap of gray, and hts hands are gloved with mittens. Mr. Cockran rides before breakfast. Returning, he has a barber to shave him, a boy to brush his wear for the house, a secretary to call his attention to important matters of state. Leaving his home, he walks rapidly toward the capitol. stopping to look at nothing, never seelag those whose faces are familiar when observed, eyes ever on the great dome that shinek for all. Naw Head of Williams College. The recent Installation of Harry A. Garfield as president of Williams college. Williamstown. Mass., was remarkable for the largo attendance of educators, seventy-five of the best known colleges and unlversitieu being represented by their presidents. Pro

To some men a vacation in the : country Is one long delirious poker game. If you have a bad reputation, try a continuous treatment of genul n e handmade labor.

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

Yale Honors For Young Taft. In the honor list recently announced St Yale university appears the name Of Robert Alphonso Taft, son of the Republican presidential candidate, who received a philosophical oration for Work in the first half of his junior year. Since his freshman enframe young Taft has frequently been named as an honor winner. After the June examinations It was announced that he led his class in ranking. The Yale annals show that members of the Taft family have always ranked high at the university. Judge William Howard Taft, father of the young man, stood second in scholarship and won the salutatory oration In the Yale class of 1878; an uncle, Peter R. Taft i

ROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT.

HARRY A. GABFIELD.

lessor Garfield was chosen about a year ago to succeed Professor Henry Hopkins, whose resignation took effect last June. Like his father, the late James A. Garfield, and his two brothers, Profess' or Garfield is a graduate of the Institution of which he is now the head. After leaving Williams In 1885 he spent a year at Columbia Law school and also studied at Oxford and the London Inns Courts. From 1003 until his elevation to bls present position he held the chair of politics at Princeton. Professor Garfield is the eldest son of the late president of the United States and Is .forty-five years old.

FOR THE CHILDREN

Small Wonders. Strange things are found among the plants and vegetables. A student of nature once tested the growing force of a squash. When It was eighteen days old and measured twenty-seven Inches in circumference he fixed a sort of harness round It, with a long lever attached. The power of the squash was measured by the weight It lifted. Two days after the harness was put on It lifted sixty pounds, and on the nineteenth day it lifted 5.000 i»ounds. The seed of the globe turnip is about one-twentieth part of an inch In diameter, and yet in the course of a few months this seed will be enlarged by the soil and the air to 27,000,000 times Its original bulk, and this in addition to a bunch of leaves. It has been found* by experiment that a turnip seed will under fair conditions Increase its own weight fifteen times la one minute.—Nature Study. f How a Town Got Its Name. Some geographical names have a peculiar origin. One in California, the name of a town, has been referred to now and then as unique. It la Yreka, and It is not unlikely that some etymologist In the future may say that it came from the Greek word “eureka** (I have found It). But, alas for this classical explanation, the real origin Is not only commonplace, but ludicrous. It seems that a bakery in the town, or mining camp, as It then was, sported a window curtain on which was painted the word “Bakery,” but It was painted so as to be read from the Inside of the shop. To one standing outside, therefore,, the letters were reversed, but as the B was hidden by the sash the word appeared as "Yreka,” and from that came the name of the town.—Chicago News. Origin of the Term Pig-aback. This term means carrying a child on your back, with its arms around your neck and its legs under your arms, says Chicago News. It is variously spelled plg-aback, pig-back, pick-back, pick-pack, plck-apack and pick-aback. preference being given by modern dictionaries to the last two forms. It is at best a sort of slang, but it will be used as long as children enjoy that mode of transportation, which means forever. Some persons think that the allusion is to the way in which a butcher carries a pig, but that can hardly be. for a butcher carries a pig with its head hanging down. It is more likely that It came from piga, the Anglo-Saxon for child, from which original form It was perverted to pickback, etc., alluding to the way a pack js carried. The Grand Mufti—A Game. The players tn this game all stand in a ring except one, who is “grand mnfti” and stands in the center. The grand mufti strikes an attitude or makes a ridiculous gesture, saying at the same time either “Thus says the grand mufti” or “So says the grand mufti.” If the former, each of the other players must exactly imitate him: if the latter, no one must mor« Any one who Imitates the grand mufti when he should not or fails to do so when he should must change places with him. If more than one break the rules at the same time the mufti selects the one to take his place.

Conundrums. It a church be on fire why has the organ the smallest chance of escape? Because the engine cannot play on it. How many sticks go tp the building of a crow's nest? None: they are all carried to it. What is that which walks with its head downward? A nail in a shoe. What is the keynote to good manners? B natural. Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such thing as stone? Because they never saw It. When is a chair treated spitefully? When you have It caned simply because it can’t bear you. * Some Questions About Dozens. What’s the difference, if any. between half a dozen dozen and six dozen dozen? Quick! A lot of difference, of course, for half a dozen dozen Is just six dozen—namely. 72while six dozen dozen Is a dozen times as much, or 864. so that the difference Is 792. Then half a dozen dozen would be just half as much a dozen dozen, or 72 again. Then a baker’s dozen is 13. so that half a dozen such dozens would be 78. and six dozen dozen would be 986.

An Exsrciss Chime. A good exercise game is made by ■cooping a hole in the ground and placing in it an upright stick. On the top of the stick place a stone or similar substance. The player then retires to a distance and flings at the stone with marbles or small balls. The object of the game is to get the stone as far as possible from the stick. Mark circles around the stick and number the circles 1,2, 3, etc. The game is reckoned by counts.

Little Girls. Little Girl Whits' Was afraid of the night. Little Girl Blue Was a bit afraid too. Little Girl Red Hid under the bed. Littlo Girl Green Said a bear she had seen. Little Girl Brown Looked about with a frown. Little Girl Pink Said she wanted to think. Little Girl Grey Said she wished it was day. Little Giri Black Peeped out through a crack And said she could see Naught to make them afraid. So they quickly undressed And got Into bed. —Washington star.

Humor and Philosophy

By DUNCAN M. SMITH

THE TRUE FRIEND. I always like to meet the man Who does not cut and run Or look for all the world aa though He wished he had a gun Because 1 take him by the hand And lead him oft alone. Far from the prying eyes of men. And ask him for a loan. Not in the compliments of speech. Though words may do their best; Not In the sweet and honeyed phrase Does friendship find a test. That friendship is the solid stuff And has the surest ring That reaches for its pocketbook And simply says, "Sure thing.” The average man begins to hedge And looks around to And Borne way that he can dodge a touch And still seem almost kind. And the excuses that he makes Would shame a pirate crew Before he pulls a nickel out And asks if that will do. It makes a fellow feel so good To have another say, "Yea, I can let you have a five,” In auch a friendly way As though be were the favored one. That friend Is well worth while Who meets you halfway on a touch And does it with a smile.

The Pessimist. "What’s the matter?” “Company coming.” “Don’t you like them?” “Oh, yes, but it means a big feed tonight.” “Don’t you like that?” “Yes.” “Why the weeps?” “Think of the leftovers I will have to eat for the next three days.” That Old Overcoat.

The summer season wanes apace; A chill is in the air. I take it from Its wonted place. And how the people stare! Pert Girl. > “What’s the good of fools anyway?” “Well, they are amusing.” "I don't think so.” i “No?” “No; I am bored to death this minute.” Hard to Please. "You are a tyrant.” “I—why, I want all the world to be happy.” "Well, what business have you with all the world, anyway?”

Simple. Ho hadn’t boat nor airship. He hadn’t any "hoes," And so he went down to the ford And brought himself across. PERT PARAGRAPHS. Praise Is Indeed commendable, but it must be confessed that there Is sometimes an undertow of conceit coming after. The hot air treatment for difficulty of any kind is veVy seldom efficacious. A modest exterior may hide a great spirit—and frequently does very neatly cover a vacuum. • Some ueople aren’t salable who nevertheless are very frequently sold. It must be desperately harrowing to a truly good man to discover that he has been good for nothing. The queer thing about a great man is that be never seems to work hard at It.

An excellent brand of pessimism may be superinduced by such a simple matter as an indulgence In coffee and doughnuts. Be gentle to all you chance to touch and do not tax them overmuch. It is never too late to make a mistake and lay It on the other fellow. Tbe man who does something different fondly imagines he Is leading the simple life.

An enthusiastic person may not always be sincere, but why engage in analysis and Introspection? Probably nobody Is ever any better than you should be. Never trouble trouble until trouble begins to sue.

FARM LOANS. Money to Ipan on farm property in any sums up t0.1’10,000. B. P. HONAN. shropshlrFramsTfor sale. I am offering early lambed, big, husky ram lambs, heavy bone, a good lot to select from. THOMAS E. REED, R-R-3. Remington, Ind. ’Phone 79-J. Notice to Heirs, Creditors and Legatees. In the matter of the estate of Elizabeth Hell, deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, November term, 1908. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Elizabeth Heil, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Monday the 30th day of November, 1908, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Everett Finney, administrator of said decedent, and show cause If any, why such final account should not be approved; and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear in said Court, on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate. EVERETT FINNEY. Administrator. Foltz & Spitler, Attys, for Estate. Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14. Notice to Heirs, Creditors and Leg- ' atees. In the matter of the? estate of John G. Heil, deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, November term, 1908. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of John G. Hell, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Monday the 30th day of November, 1908, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Everett Finney, executor of said decedent, and show cause if any, why such final account should not be approved; and the heirs of, said decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear in said Court, on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate. EVERETT FINNEY. Executor. Foltz & Spitler, Attys, for Estate. Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14. NOTICE OF INSOLVENCY. In the matter of the estate of John G. Heil, deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, No. 743. Notice is hereby given that upon petition filed in said Court by Everett Finney, administrator of said estate, setting up the insufficiency of the estate of said decedent to pay the debts and liabilities thereof, the judge of said court did, on the 31st day of October, 1908, find said estate to be probably insolvent, and order the same to be settled accordingly. The creditors of said estate are therefore hereby notified of such insolvency, and required to file their claims against said estate for allowance and that said estate will be settled on Monday, November 30, 1908, as per report on file and notices given to that effect. Witness. The clerk and seal of [Seal] said court, at Rensselaer, Indiana, this 31st day of October, 1908. C. C. WARNER, Clerk. Foltz & Spitler, Attorneys. Nov. 4, 11, 18. Notfcs of Hsaring of Ditch Report County of Jasper) State of Indiana, ) 8S - In the Jasper Circuit Court, to November Term, 1908. Cause No. 94. IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF WILLIAM HEILSCHER, ET AL, FOR DITCH. To Charles F. Hendricks, John W. Burget, V. E. Foxworthy. James R. Alexander, Myron L. Bickford, Peter Lelzenfeldt, William Fleming, Mary Ann Stallwood, Lois Wilson Jellies, Ira Shoemaker, Jululs A. Spencer, John McLaughlin, Don H. Cady, Joseph Haigh, Jasper County, Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad company, you and each of you are hereby notified that the Commissioners in the above entitled cause have filed their report therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court, and the hearing upon said report has been by the judge of the Jasper Circuit court ordered to be held at the Court Room In the Court house in the City of Rensselaer, Jasper county, Indiana, on Thursday, the 12th day of November, 1908, the same being the 4th Judicial day of the November term of said Court. You are further notified that your name appears in said report, and your lands are described therein- as being affected by the location and construction of the proposed drain upon and along the following, the described route, towit: Commencing at a point on the East line of the West half of the Northeast quarter of Section 18, Township 31, Range 6 west in Jasper County, Indiana, and Immediately North of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, thence north to stake 41, a distance of 4.100 feet: thence North 40 degrees east to stake 52, a distance of 1,100 feet; thence east to stake 96 plus 50 a distance of 4.450 feet; thence North 63 degrees east to stake 104 plus 80 a distance of 830 feet: thence North 50 degrees east to stake 140 plus 30, a distance of 3,540 feet; thence north 57 degrees east to stake 154, a distance of 1380 feet; thence north 65 degrees east to stake 157 plus 30 a distance of 330 feet; thence south '>o degrees east to stake 165 plus 50 a distance of 820 feet; thence, north 80 degrees east to stake 199 plus 35 a distance of 3,385 feet; thence north 16 degrees east to stake 208 a distance of 865 feet; thence north 30 degrees east to stake 267 a distance of 5,906 feet; thence north to stakh 279 plus 50 a distance of 1250 feet; thence north 25. degrees east to stake 267 plus 50. a distance of 800 feet; thence north 68 degrees east to stake 310 a distance of 2250 feet; thence north 54 degrees east to stake • 316 plus 50. a distance of 650 feet: thence north along the line of the- Wheatfield ditch to stake 423 plus 28 a distance of 7,128 feet; and enters Lateral No. 5 to the Grover Smith Ditch, at a point 1000 feet South of the Southeast corner of Section 14. Township 31, Range 6, with a fall on the grade line of 29.40 feet in the entire distance. J. W. HEILSCHER. et al. Petitioners. Attest: C. C. Warner. ClerkJaaper Circuit Court.

Don’t Wear Any Kind and All Kinds of Glasses And do your eyes harm, when you can have your eyes tested by latest methods by a permanently located and reliable Optometrist. Gias sfrem up. Office over Long’s Drug Store. Appointments made by telephone, No. 232. DR. A. G. CATT OPTOiIBTRIST Registered and Lioenied on the State Board Examination and also graduate of Optftal College.

Chicago to Northwest, Indlanaoolla Xnd Louta „ „ . SOUTH BOUND. No. s—Louisville Mall (dallv) 10-KKa ~ "iSEE: „ , north bound. No. 4—Mall (dally).4 -toa. m Sr o ’.® - accomm. (dally) 7-91 a tn No.32—Fast Mail (dally). No. 6—Mall and Ex(Xlyj’.‘ LHn' £ •N0.30-Cin. to ChL Vte/ fiall 6 : 36 n£’ to f 1 * 1, < Bun -only) 2:67 p! m‘ •Daily except Sunday. p sengers for Lafayette and South. No. 4 will stop at Rensselaer to let Mnnn l ?? S n e^f e »’lr * r ° m P° ,nts South of HSond nd an‘d ke Chtt ngerS M?non 3 f 3 or’lSl B yetfa eCt COnnect,on « FRANK J. REED. G. P. A.. ,W. H. McDOEL, Pres, and Gen’l Mgr CHAS. H. ROCKWELL, Traffic Mgr? Chicago. W. H. BEAM, Agent, Rensselaer.

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. Trustee*. Townahloa M aa w nß ?t n Cook - Hanging Grove Grand Davisson Barklev Charles F. Stackhouse Marlon Charles E. Sage Jordan W. B. Yeoman...., Newton • •• ”■•••• • • •• r red KarchWalkup Henty Feldman Keener Charles StalbaumKankakee An«™ l A „ M » nnan Wheatfield Anson A Fell Carnenter Harvey Davisson/Union Ernest Larason. Co. Supt.... Rensselaer 8^ H «. Gre^ n ,- Remington Geo. O. StembelWheatfield Truant Officer. ,C. M. Sands. Rensselaer .... JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorneyß. O. Graves Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. ” CITY OFFICERS. Mayor jj. g. mil* Marshal W. 8. Parks y er * c Charles Morlan Treasurer ...Mose* Leopold Geo - A - William* rh l £ neer 4” Fire Councllmen. Ist ward... ,h. L. Brown 2nd ward....J. F. Irwin 3rd , ward. .W Gerter At large.,C. G. Spitler, Jay W. Williams COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk;,-.....Charles C. Warner .......John O’Connor AuditorJ. n. Leatherman Treasurerj. D . Allman RecorderJ. W. Tilton Surveyor...Myrt B. Price Coroner Jennlno Wrlcht Supt. Public Schools..Ernestß. Lamson County Assessor John Q. Lewi* Health Officer ...M. D. Gwin Commissioner*. I st ® John Pettet Frederick Waymire 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioners’ court—First Monday of each month. Jordan Township. The undersigned, trustee of Jordan township, attends to official business at his residence on the first Saturday j>t each month; also at the Shide schoolhouse on the east side, on the third Saturday of each month between ths hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. Persons having business with me win please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address. Goodland. Ind. R. F. D. CHAS, E. SAGE, Trustee. Newton Township. The undersigmed. trustee of Newton township, attends to official business st his residence on Thursday of each week. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address Rensselaer, Indiana. Phone 26-A. Mt. Ayr Exchange. W. B. YEOMAN, Tnistee. Union Township. The undersigned, trustee of Union township, attends to official business at his residence on Friday of each week. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, Rensselaer, Indiana, R. F. D. 2. HARVEY DAVISSON, Trustee.

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