Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. To-day’s markets!—Wheat 93c;' Corn, 56c; Oats, 46c; Rye, 65c. fSE. W. Tobias was in Chicago westerday and today on business. The Chicago Daily Journal and The Democrat, each a full year for only 13.00. _ Edith Strlckfaden of Latayis visiting Miss Lena Tuteur at nt writing. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson went to Columbia City to spend Thanksgiving with their daughter, Mrs. A. S. Nowels. Supt. Schanlaub of Newjon county came over Wednesday to eat Thanksgiving dinner with the home folks. Mrs. Mary Sparling, sob Bert and Mrs. Harvey Miller returned Monday from a few weeks visit at Coats and Greensburg, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Crowell and baby spent Sunday with the former’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Crowell, in Monticello. The Democrat is prepared at all time*, remember, to turn out up-to-date job printing promptly and at reasonable prices. KjMr. and Mrs Charles Murphy |and baby of Chicago are visiting Mrs. Murphy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Bellows. Mrs. Kate Hasch of Dayton, Ohio, is visiting the family of her nephew, Harry Gallagher of south Marlon for a couple of weeks. Most of our boys and girls who are attending school away, came home to eat Thangsglving dinner under the parental roof. C. L. Parks of near Surrey, who had a horse and colt stray away or was taken from his place Nov. 12, found same near Brook Tuesday. A few cases of scarlet fever have developed in Kentland, and the schools have been closed and the children denied admission to public entertainments. The Thanksgiving football game here between. the McKinley high school of Chicago and the Rensselaer high school team, resulted In a victory for the latter. Score 23 to 0. No more diphtheria cases have developed in Rensselaer at the time of going to press. Kersey Kirk, the Only afflicted one with the disease here, Is getting along nicely and will soon fully recover. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hunt and Master John went »to Columbia City, Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving and visit a few days with Mrs. Hunt’s sister, Mrs. A. S. Nowels. They will not return until Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Daugherty and two youngest- children went to Delphi Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving and from there will go to Flora and Dublin to visit relatives < few days. They will return Tuesday. Mrs. George W. Barret of Eureka, 111., has sold her 160 acre farm, 3 miles east and one-half mile north of Rensselaer, to an Illinoisan, for >BS per acre. We are unadvised as to whether the purchaser will move upon the farm or not. Nagel returned Tuesday aftfrom Lafayette where he en to see his wife, who was operated on at St. Elisabeth’s hospital recently for gall stones. He reports her getting along the very best kind—gaining every day—which is pleasing news to her many friends.

W. H. Daugherty, on the Ben Harris farm, northeast of town, in Barkley tp., finished husking his 110 acres of corn Saturday, and it averaged 43 bushels to the acre, about the best general average we have heard of. Some of his corn yielded as high as 60 bushels, but the average for all was 43. Msßensselaer people who feasted on Tnahksgiving turkey—unless they were fortunate enough to be invited out—had to pay about 17 cents per pound for their birds dressed. This made it about three plunks for an 18 pound turkey, and, while rather rich eating for most of us, was about one-third less than the city man had to pay for.his turk. Dr. Turfler went home Tuesday smiling all over himself. He was high man at the Shooting Gallery last week, making 24 shots out of a possible 25, and thereby winning first prize, a handsome turkey, which he took home with him for today’s dinner. In the shootoff W. P. Stallard won with 21 out of 25 shots.—Monticello Journal. Mrs. Henry Ropp of Union tp., returned Thursday from a three weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. French Hawkins at Harper, Kan., whom she had not seen for over twenty years. Mr. Hawkins is county treasurer of his county. Mrs. Ropp was much pleased with that section of the country. Wheat is so rank there, she says, that the farmers are pasturing it. Corn was a good crop there tWs season. The Thanksgiving church entertainment Tuesday evening for the benefit of the poor of Rensselaer, resulted in a large quantity of provisions, such as flour, potatoes, bread, cakes, pies, fruit, etc., and >24.16 in cash being contributed. Mrs. Leslie Clark donated 30 pound boxes of honey. The articles were distributed Wednesday to the families of needy poor whose names had been handed in to the committee. H. B. Darling, editor of the Laporte Argus-Bulletin, is a candidate for the appointment of member of the state board of pardons. Mr. Darling is well fitted for the position, has been a tireless worker in the democratic cause for many years, and The Democrat hopes- his just claims for recognition may be duly recognized by Gov. Marshall. We believe his appointment would meet with the general approbation .of the democrats of the Tenth district. ''KMrs. Zachariah Spitler, ninety dears old, the oldest woman in Newton county, is lying at the point of death at her home in Morocco. Mrs. Spitler and her husband located in Newton county in 1838 and were among the first settlers. Mr. Spitler, who died about two years ago, was the first deputy sheriff of the territory comprising Newton, Jasper and Benton counties, serving for two years, and was the first Circuit Court clerk in Newton county. John G. Hayes has sold his six acre farm at Valma, known as the Vai ma fruit farm, to J. N. Tanner, of Bucklen, Kan., consideration >2,500. Possession is not given until next September, when Mr. Hayes will likely go to Frontier county, Neb., and go into partnership with his wife’s uncle, L. O. Richardson, in a stock ranch. Mr. Tanner formerly lived just across the road from and on a part of the place he has bought, being located there in the blacksmithing business. He has been out in Kansas for the past few yean, on a farm, but recently Sold his tarm and is now located in Bucklen in the blacksmithing business. He expects to sell out there later and return to Jasper

county. Ha has been visiting here for a few days, coming Monday to close up the deal for this property, leaving for home Thanksgiving by way of Lafayette, where he has relatives. The football season of 1908 which practically closed Thursday has a record of 18 killed thus far with probably a few* more yet to hear from, and not less than 1,000 badly injured players to Its credit. This Is an Increase of two in the killed list over 1906, and five over 1907. Monticello Herald: The announcement in a Hammond paper about four attorneys emigrating, from Monticello to that city Is misleading. The law firms of Palmer & Carr and Spencer & Hamelle have simply formed a syndicate for practice in the Lake county courts and have opened an office at Hammond—one of the best located and best equipped in the city. Judge Palmer will have charge of the office there, but all of them will retain their residence and their office here and keep up their law practice in White county as .heretofore. XMann Spitler, Jr., well known to mahy of our readers, was badly Rocked by a stroke of lightning at his home in Thayer, at about 5 a. m., Wednesday. It seems they have a bench and wash-basin out under a big tree at the rear of the house where the men folks wash their hands and face during the warm weather. He was out washing his hands when a stroke of lightning hit the tree and knocked him unconscious. He was still unconscious at noon Wednesday, we understand, but the doctor, who was working over him continuously had hopes of his recovery.

INDIANA’S VOTE.

The small plurality for Mr. Ttft in this State (as shown at last by the official figures) seems to prove that our people were not terrified by the President’s talk of “industrial chaos,” or greatly influenced by his stump letters. Not since 1892 has there been so small a plurality. .The McKinley pluralities of 1896 and 1900 were 18,000 and 25,000, while that for Mr. Roosevelt in 1904 was 94,000. The Taft plurality is only 10,731. Here is a loss of 84,000, as compared with four years ago. The Democratic vote increased from 274,000 to 338,000, while the Republican vote fell from 368,000 to .349,000. The Democratic vote was the largest ever cast by the party in the history of the State. On the whole, it looks as though the parties were back on the old lines as they were drawn before the silver issue was sprung. The smaller ■ political organizations made a poor showing. Hisgen, Hearst’s candidate, polled in the whole State only 514 votes. This is quite as many as he deserved. Evidently the people of Indiana were not greatly impressed with the “arguments” of the Hearst crowd. Debs made a slight gain, his vote rising from 12,013 in 1904 to 13,476 this year. At this rate of progress it will be long before we are overwhelmed with the Debs type of socialism.

Nor did our Prohibitionist friends do very well. Four years ago they polled 23,496 votes as against only 18,045 this year. Though the cause of temperance is making great gains, that of political prohibition seems to be practically stationary. The old Populist party has all but disappeared, its candidate receiving but Z ,19 3 votes. The fight was thus a straight one, between the two old parties, and in no other State in the Union did the Democrats make as good a showing. Our people voted In the light of present-day issues, and on those the Democratic party won a practical victory. What decided the case against them was undoubtedly the feeling that Mr. Taft would be the safer President. The question of the personality of the candidates was evidently the controlling one.

But the slender plurality, the election of a Democratic Governor, the capture of the Legislature and so of a Democratic Senator, and the gain of seven Congressmen, all combine to Indicate that the people of Indiana felt that on the real issues of the campaign the Democrats had the better of the argument. The State of Indiana ought from now on to be a large figure in Democratic politics. It is to be hoped that the party here will feel a sense of Its responsibility, will appreciate its opportunity. Whether the ground that has been gained shall be held depends on two things, one of which is within the control of the Democratic party, and the other of which is not. Obviously the record to be made by the Republican party will have a large influence on the course of events. This the Democrats can not affect except in so far as they show themselves capable of acting as a wise and patriotic opposition party. . Much can be accomplished in this direction. »The other thing, of course, is the use that the Democratic party makes of its newly acquired power. The people do not want a mere narrow partisan government. A broad, wise and prudent administration of State affairs, a good record tn the Legislature and the choice of the right sort of man to be United States Senator will greatly strengthen the party and Insure for it a fair hearing at the Bands of the people when it again appeals for their votes. It must keep its pledges as far as it

has the power to do so, and continue to show that interest in the welfare of the people wKlch it professed during the campaign.—lndianapolis News.

LAMPHERE TO THE PENH.

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the undersigned jurors, empaneled and sworn iu the case of the state of Indiana versus Ray Lamphere. hereby say that It was ow judgment in the consideration of the ease that the adult Ixxly found in the ruins of the fire was that of Belle Gunness. and tluit the ease was decided by us on an entirely different proposition.” Lamphere says he Is confident that the dead body tn the fire was Mrs. Gunness, regardless of -what other people may think. He also declared that he did not see Mrs. Gunness kill Heb geleln. “I have no complaint to mats about the verdict. Tbinkd looked pretty blue, but the verdict might have been worse.” Attorney Worden, for the defense, said that a motion for a new trial would be made, and should it be refused an appeal to the Indiana supreme court would follow. Worden declared the verdict to be rlddiculous. “If he was guilty at all,” said the attorney, “he would have been guilty of murder.”

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Household Hints. To cover the pan in which fish la cooking will make the flesh soft. Serving but two vegetables at dinner is as fashionable as it is economical. Cheap cuts of meat can be served palatably in stews and croquettes. Perfumed olive oil sprinkled on library shelves will prevent mold on books. After trimming turn the wick of a lamp below the burner or the oil will ooze.

Mud stains can be removed from black cloth by rubbing them with a raw’ potato.

Dried lemon peel sprinkled over goals will destroy any disagreeable odor about the house.

Paperhangers’ paste is made by adding a teaspoonful.of powdered alum to •very pound of flour. Stewed Squirrel. Take three fine large gray squirrels, skinned and cleaned. Join them as you would chickens for a fricassee. Take half a pound of fat salt pork, one small onion (unless you dislike the flavor), half a can of corn, half a can of tomatoes. Use same quantity of fresh tomatoes if you have them, three tablespoonfuls of butter rolled in flour, four sprigs of parsley and enough water to cover the squirrels. Put the squirrels, the pork (cut fine), the onion (sliced) and the parsley in water and let come to boiling point. After boiling ten minutes put in the corn and let the whole ■tew until the squirrels are tender. Then add the tomatoes and stew twenty minutes longer. Stir in the flourand butter and let boil for ten minutes and serve in a deep covered dish with little suet dumplings.

Browned Potato Loaf. Take as many Irish and sweet potatoes as one needs for a meal, half as many sweet as Irish. Boil them with the skins on until thoroughly done. Peel and mash separately. Season each to taste with salt, adding milk and a jgood sized piece of butter. Beat each t uxitll light, then put half the Irish potatoes on a plate that can be put in the oven. Smooth the top, put on the ■weet potatoes and then the remainder of the Irish. Shape the loaf nicely and |ipread soft butter over the top and ■ides and place in an oven to brown. Serve in slices. Improved Kitchen Utensil. In an Improved cooking utensil patented by an Illinois man the cook and housewife using it will be saved many a burn or scalding of the hands. The utensil shown here is adapted in a 'novel and thoroughly effective manner to retain the cover in position when tilted for draining the contents, so that there Is no danger of Injury to the user. It Is of the saucepan type, with a han-

PERFORATED POT COVER.

Idle and a detachable cover. On the rim ■re three spring clips which project lover the edge and hold the cover in position. In the coverare a number of wainage openings, which are normally 'covered by a hinged lid or closure. The latter, while seaiing the opening, will readily yield to steam pressure and thereby permit the escape of ■team. As the utensil is tilted the hinged cover will naturally fall away from the cover, allowing the water to drain out.through th* openings.

We still have a few of those fine Toulouse geese for sale. Phone 521-F. JAMES WALTER. Rensselaer, Ind.

Humor and Philosophy

By DUNCAN M. SMITH

PERT PARAGRAPHS. The man who makes a great deal of his falls doesn’t make much of a success. Kindness and courtesy need elbow room and are smothered to death In a crowd.

The clocks in some households suffer so much from congestion of the face that it seems impossible for any members of the household ever to be on time. People who have no brains are fortunate, Indeed, if they can draw on their bankers for what passes for brains. Most women are fond of men, but so many of them are so particular as to what men. It is extremely trying to be obliged to associate with people who always and Invariably would rather not. People who keep their feelings out tn the road where they are sure to get hurt should be presented with a small iron bank to keep them in.

Some broad minded people are nevertheless so thin minded that their liberality of opinion avails little. Variable. A song for Indian summer! When it is gay and fair Td like to thank the Indian Who kindly put it there. When it Is cold and cheerless, The skies a weepy gray, Td like to meet that red man And take his scalp away. The trees stand out hand painted By nature, qrtlst rare, And odors as of Incense Float on the hazy air, And, sailing ,tn the distance, A hawk appears in sight That's looking for a chicken To stay Its appetite. Out in the mellow stubble A plump and tempting quail Is tuning up its whistle, The passersby to hale. For. seeing city sportsmen Four fenceposts in advance, It calls to them, well knowing It does not take a chance. The skies above seem closer, The sun has lost tts flame. Where once it was a furnace Now it is dull and tame. Winds sing a dirge for summer, Gray clouds obscure the scene. Thus giving us a sample Of autumn being mean.

No Woman Can. “I never argue with a woman.** “Do you mention that as a fact or claim as it as a virtue?” •Why?” “Because as a fact it Is stale and as a virtue it Is a pretense. No woman •ver argues.” Higher Submarg ament. “What shall we do with the submerged tenth?” “Submerge them some more.” “You cruel thing?’ “I mean in a bathtub.” Tha Sun and Moon. Many boys and girls doubtless wonder why the sun and the moon appear larger when near the horizon than when well up in the sky. This question has always puzzled the scientists and has never been settled with absolute definiteness. Perhaps the best answer to the question may be given in the words of the eminent astronomer Herschel: “The dilated size of the sun or moon when seen near the horizon has nothing to do with refraction. It is an Illusion of the judgment, arising from the terrestrial objects interposed or placed in comparison with t|em.” Where He Was Strong. “What complaint did the heiress make against her husbandF* “A most outrageous one.” “Indeed! What was ItF “Nonsupport."

PERIL 111 A THICK FOG

Two Vessels Come Together and One Tears a Great Hole in the Other. SCORES OF LIVES ENDANGERED Discipline and Cool Action Avert a Terrible Disaster. Only Four Go Down with the Sinking Ship—Tragic Death of a Woman Who Resisted Rescue. New York, Nov. 27.—1 n the thick of a fog off Sandy Hook the stout steel freighter Georglc, of the White Star line, rammed and sank the Mgttly laden Panama Line boat Finance, outward bound, with eighty-five passengers, The Finance went down within ten minutes after the collision, carrying to their death three of her passengers and one of the crow. The rest of the passengers, who Included nineteen women and fourteen children, as well as others of the crew, were rescued by the boats of the Georgic and Finance. The freighter was not damaged. Clung to the Sinking Ship. Of the passengers lost one was a woman, Miss Irene Campbell, of Panama, who clung frantically to the rail of the sinking vessel and could not be persuaded to release her hold; nor were the men who manned the small boats able to forcibly remove her. She was seen clinging determinedly as the vessel was engulfed. William H. Todd, third assistant engineer, jumped overboard and was lost. When a roll of the passengers of the Finance was called it was found that Charles H. Schweinler, a policeman of Panama, and Henry Muller, a railrod conductor of Panama, had disappeared, and there is little doubt that they were drowned.

Description of the Collision. The Finance was picking her way down the Swash channel when Captain Mowbray, wbo was on the bridge; heard the whistle of an approaching liner. The Finance was Immediately ordered astern and was slowly backing when the Georgie, in-bound from Liverpool, loomed out of the fog and a moment later crashed into the port side and just abaft the beam of the Finance. The prow of the freighter penetrated the aide at the Finance nearly ten feet, leaving a ragged hole through which the water rushed in. The passengers, a wakened from sleep, rushed to the deck tn a panic and many threw themselves overboard, but were picked up by the boats lowered from the Georgie and Finance. Those who stayed on deck were taken off by the boats before the ship sank. Lobs of Todd and Miss Campbell. The explosion of an ammonia tank drove Todd, the assistant engineer, on deck half blinded by the fumes, and he jumped overboard to his death. When all were thought to have been taken off Miss Campbell was discovered holding tenaciously to a poet in the rail. Appeals to her to throw herself into the water or allow herself to be taken into a small boat failed. Then two sailors clambered upon the half submerged deck, and seizing the terror stricken woman, one at either arm. struggled to force her from her position. A powerfully built woman, bar natural strength seemed magnified by madness, and neither reason nor fore* could break her hold. The man abandoned her only in time to save themselves, the vessel sinking under their feet as they climbed into a lifeboat. With a, despairing cry the woman disappeared. It was only the fine discipline of the crews of both ships that prevented what might have been • terrible disaster.

•t * Precocious. “What do you think of the univeraa 1 1 a nguage?" “Fine. Our baby talks It all the time.’*

In the Divorce Rate Uncle Sam Shown, a Higher Figure Than Any Other Nation. Washington, Nov. 27.—Higher divorce rate in the United States than in any of the foreign countries where statistics are available is announced by the census bureau, which in a bulletin says that at least one marriage in twelve in this country ultimately terminates in divorce. The report covers the twenty years from 1887 to 1900. inclusive. From 1887 to 1906 there were 12,832.044 marriages and 945.625 divorces, against 328,716 divorces for the preceding twenty years. Divorce is now two and a half times as common, compared with the married population, as it was forty years ago. Utah and Connecticut are the only two states showing decreased divorce rate. Desertion caused 38.9 per cent of the total divorces In the twenty years, almost half of the divorces being granted to the husband for thia cause, and about one-third to the wife for the same cause.

London, Nov. 27.—The Dally Mail in tn editorial this morning says: *Tt would be an immense gain for civilisation were tte United States to intervene [in Hayti] and remind the negro that people unable to profit by Independence or to use it rightly must snmblt to the control of stronger and wiser races.’*

WE LEAD THE WORLD

Would Have Us Intervene.