Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1909 — Page 7

What Paulding Collected.

By LULU JOHNSON.

Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated Literary Press. y

"Want to go into business, do you?” repeated Peter Paulding as be regarded the erect form before him. “I had begun to think that you were trying to qualify as a salesman In a sporting goods store.” Dick Paulding smiled grimly at this allusion to his athletic prowess. "In ahy event,” he reminded his father, "my medal winning should assure you that you will get a sound mind in a sound body.” "I wish I could be as certain of the mind as I am of the body,” was the sharp retort as the older man regarded with frank admiration his boy's physique. “You know what I told you.

HE REMINDED PETTIS EVERY MORNING OF BIS JUST DEBT.

boy. If you want to come after me in the bank you'll have to start at the bottom.” “And sweep out the floor,” asked Dick quietly. ”1 guess I can do that, sir.” "We’re not educating you to be a janitor,” explained the elder hastily. "I mean at the bottom of the financial You will have to start as a runner.” “Is that one of those chaps who go to the other banks to collect drafts and things and carry wallets attached to chains?” asked Dick, with Interest. “Just that,” said the father dryly. “It will be a novel experience for you to have about you any money that Is chained. I trust the sensation will Inculcate lessons of Industry and prudence. There Is some collecting to be done that Is not from banks—from Hiram Pettis, for Instance. He owes $200,000 that he won't pay. See what you can do with that” "Why, I thought that old Pettis was good for millions,” cried Dick wonderingly. “So he Is—when he wants to pay. The trouble Is that in this instance he thinks that he has been badly treated by the bank, and he says we can wait his pleasure. We don’t want to sue, so I guess that you bad better go after him. That will keep you busy for awhile.” “I’ll run over to his office right away!” cried Dick alertly. “I guess It won’t take long to get that out of him.” "Wait and see before you brag,” warned Peter. “Anyway, don’t go to Us office. This is a personal matter, and you want to go to his bouse. Pettis is a crank about keeping bis personal affairs out of the office of Pettis, Pinkerton & Permain. You might run up this evening.” Dick nodded, and, after some talk about other business matters, he left the bank firmly convinced that his new life was not going to be so bad after all. - On leaving college he had asked that he might have a couple of years in which to travel, but Instead be swung to athletics. Thus four years had passed while he was acquiring a case of trophies, and he was now content to begin his business training. He had rather dreaded that beginning, for his father, though just, was strict, and his son knew that it meant starting at the bottom. It was rather good fun to be sent after Hiram Petals. Dick bad never met the eccentric old milllanaire, for he had mixed little with society while in training, and, on the other hand. Pettis was breaking into society on his daughter’s account Dick had heard many odd tales of the old man, and he thought it would be more or less of a lark to camp on his trail for awhile. He was even better content after his first visit, and he rather hoped that the collection would not be made quickly, for on that occasion he met Eleanor Pettis. She was Indeed good to look upon - ,■ a : He had not seen much of the women of his mother’s set. He had made athletics his hobby, and he had noticed women only at the track events. Then they formed merely a mass of brilliant •olor In the stands, and he thought of diem only In the plural. For the first time he now thought of

but one woman, and he mentally decld- , ed that Eleanor Pettis was the one woman worth while thinking of at aIL For her sake he took up his social duties. Hypocritically he pretended to himself that ft was merely for the sake of being able to meet Pettis without seeming to seek him. So it came about that be held only brief conversations with the old man about the collection and extended chats with Eleanor about themselves. She had become interested in the matter of the loan, and with most unfllial but feminine prejudice she sided with the younger man. It was she who told him of the projected trip abroad and suggested that perhaps the interests of the bank required that he follow. Dick was delighted with the suggestion, and to his greater delight his father approved. .“Keep ufter that old swindler until he pays up,” Peter Paulding growled. “I have made good to the bank myself, and I’ll keep after him and get it if I have to sue his executors. Follow him to the norths pole if he wants to go there.” Dick nodded and withdrew, and when the ocean liner carried Hiram Pettis to Europe Dick was a fellow passenger. As in duty bound, he reminded Pettis every morning of his Just debt. The rest of the day he spent on deck with Eleanor, and each day he grew more firmly convinced that breaking into business was an entirely delightful process. , During the return trip some three months later he mustered up courage to propose to Eleanor. “I suppose that It will be hard to persuade our fathers to be friends,” she said when they came back to earth again. “I don’t know bow we ever shall be able to do it, Dick.” “Leave that to me,” he said confidently. “You forget that I am a bus! ness man now, and these little problems in diplomacy are the things 1 have to meet. Do you think that we want a house or an apartment in some hotel? We may have to take to a flat, for that matter, in case dad proves nasty.” “As long as it is with you, dear,” was the tender reply, and again earth faded Into visions of paradise. A week later Dick came into his father’s bank and laid upon the desk a package of thousand dollar bills. “Why didn't Pettis give you a check?” demauded the elder Paulding. “You said that I might make some slight concessions and left the amount to my Judgment,” reminded Dick. “I told him that if he would pay you would not gloat over the fact and that you would not even mention the matter again. He is paying in specie so that the check will not remind him of his surrender.” “1 see,” was the grim comment “Anything else?” “Only that 1 am to be married next month,” was the calm response. “You see, Eleanor—Miss Pettis—and 1 cams to know each other very well and—well, you can't know Eleanor without loving her. I want you to meet her.” Apparently the prediction was a truthful one, for Peter Paulding regarded his daughter-in-law elect with approval, and the marriage was quickly arranged. Dick wondered when among the pres ents he saw a sealed envelope on which was written the injunction that it was not to be opened until after the wedding. Not until they were comfortably installed in Pettis’ private car on their wedding journey did Dick think of the letter. As he unfolded the sheet three slips of colored paper fluttered to the floor of the car, and Eleanor gave a little cry as she picked them up. Dick was too deep in the letter to realize that he had dropped anything, for he found it interesting reading. “Dear Dick.” it ran, “I am inclosing you your own check for the money that Pettis owed. Pettis and I are each adding a like amount to get you young people started. We feel rather proud of our matchmaking. If we had been a couple of ambitious mothers we might have made the error of trying to force you two to marry. “Instead we invented this debt of $200,000 and gave It to you to collect. That brought you and Eleanor together, and the trip abroad was for the purpose of bringing things to a bead I guess that we are able to bent out any of the matchmaking hens that ever mussed things up. It was all I could do to keep from laughing in your face when you gave me your own money and told me it was from Pettis, so that I would consent to your marriage. I’m telling you this so you’ll have something to laugh over on your honeymoon.” “And we thought that we were fooling them all the time—the mean things!” cried Eleanor. “Mean!” cried Dick reproachfully. “When they brought us together?” “But we thought our plan was so tactful,” she pouted. “It was to show that you had been broken into business.” “I guess I haven’t even commenced,* admitted Dick. “But I’ve some one to work for now. 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Farm and Garden

THE COUNTRY ICEHOUSE. An Important Adjunct to the Up to Date Farm. Bjr PROFESSOR OSCAR ERF, Ohio Agricultural college. In this age of advanced farming the Icehouse is uu Important adjunct. The most economical building Is the one so constructed that it will preserve the greatest amount of Ice in proportion to the amount of ice stored. Waste in an Icehouse Is largely caused by meltage from the top, sides and bottom. In a properly constructed icehouse and when the . ice Is properly packed and cared for no waste should take place from the inside of the pile of ice. The melting from the sides, bottom arjfl top is caused by insufficient insulation. To Insulate to such an extent that no meltage would take place would be Impracticable, but with a thorough

CROSS SECTION OF ICEHOUSE.

understanding of the construction of an icehouse a minimum amount of meltage cau be obtained. The waste from the bottom is generally considered to be the greatest. The amount of Ice melted in the bottom of the icehouse varies from one to six feet during the year, depending upon the construction of the floor. If the icehouse is provided with an air tight floor, with the ice laid on at least eighteen inches of dry sawdust, the bottom waste rarely exceeds twelve inches during the year. On the other hand, if the ice is piled in the icehouse on the bare ground without any insulation under it or any provision made for drainage the meltage frequently is six feet. The side and top meltage is not so great, but it frequently ranges from one to three feet, depending upon the insulation. The manner of insulation is shown in the cut of cross section of icehouse. The icehouse should be located in the coolest place possible and always above ground. The size of the building must be determined by the amount of Ice used during the year. For a

ICE AND MILK HOUSE COMBINED.

man who keeps about twenty cows and sells the milk an icehouse 14 by 14 by 12 feet high is of sufficient size. However, in uo case should an icehouse be smaller than 12 by 12 by 10 feet high, because the outside surface is too great compared with the volume, and therefore too much ice is wasted in proportion to the amount used. In the plans submitted the framework Is made by laying a 2 by 4 sill on the concrete foundation. Fasten this to the foundation by cementing a few bolts into the concrete and allowing them to extend through the 2 by 4 sill. Two by four studding is then placed upon this sill sixttfen inches apart from center to center. The rafters for the roof are likewise made of 2 by 4’s, placed the same distance apart as the studding, l>ut the pnrlin plate upon the 2 by 4 studding should be at least six inches wide. The outside of studding may be boarded either with common sheeting and paper, upon which poplar siding is nailed, or with patent siding or ship lap siding, the latter being the cheapest and requiring only a single thickness of board. The roof should be made with not less than one-half to one-third pitch and preferably covered with shingles, for shingles are better Insulators than either slate or metal. However, paper may sometimes be used to good advantage. A cupola or flue should be built upon the roof to allow for the removal of the warm air from the top of the ice. The ventilator may be placed In the gable end Instead of the cupola and when so placed acts for the same purpose. A continuous door should bp out in one end to allow the ice. to be put In. Tills door may extend from the gable down to within five feet of the bottom. In the cut, Ice and milk house combined, the skip elevation shows? how the ■scheme has the advantage of utilizing the water from the icehouse here shown for cooling the milk. No ice needs to be removed from the icehouse. It operates automatically. If the weather is warm the ice melts more rapidly and keeps water in the tank at the reaulred tempera tore.

Mors Money In Live Btock Than Grain. The value of farm'animals is Increasing rapidly, suggesting that farmers of the west are going more and more into general farming, not depending so much on raising grain for market. The statement is made by the American Cultivator. The value of farm animals is placed at about $5,000,000,000, or one-flfth of the entire value of farm property. The value of receipts at leading market centers for about 60,000.000 bead of cattle, horses, hogs and mules will total well over a billion dollars, this sum of the leading markets only, and probably nearly as much more live stock is sold at the smaller markets, as it is figured that about two-fifths of the farm live stock goes to market during one year. Of the annual Income from live stock, cattle make up about five-eighths, hogs one-fourth and the balance sheep, horses and mules. The great iron and steel Industry is surpassed in value of exports by the shipments qjt meat and dairy products. The tendency of all lines of animal products Is toward increase, while the country is becoming less and less an exporter of grain. The farmers are wisely securing a double profit by turning their grain into the home market and selling it as a finished product In the form of meat, butter and cheese. The United States has more dairy cows (22,244,446) than any other country in the world, more horses, 23,000,532; more mules, 4,056,390; more swine, 57,976,861, and (except British India) more cattle, 73.246,573.

Mexican Timber. According to data in t lie dairy consular and trade reports, there are from 20.000.000 to 25.000.000 acres of first class timber in Mexico. The stands of pine and oak are found In the states of Chihuahua. Durango. Jalisco. Mlchoacan and Guerrero and are said to compare favorably with similar stands in this country as regards quality, diameter and length of clear body. In addition to the open pine stands there are said to occur some twenty-five varieties of hard wood not well known to the lumber markets. Descriptive notes are given of the wood of many of these varieties, together with data on the chicle industry, transportation developments, rating and prices of wood, cost of logging and manufacturing and statistics of the lumber trade with the United States for the years 1905 and 1906 and a list of wholesale prices of American lumber f. o. b. City of Mexico. Duck, Dennum and corduroy work coats at wholesale prices. All sizes. Be sure and buy yourself one. DUVALL & LUNDY.

FARHS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 60 acres. 5 miles from court house, on gravel road, near school, all good corn land, in cultivation except 5 acres in young timber, has some tile; 5 room house, fair out buildings, some fruit, good well and is'well located. Will sell on easy terms or take live stock or property as part payment. 40 acres on main road two miles from station, % mile from school, no improvements. Will trade for town property or live stock or sell on small payments. 60 acres, no buildingg. nice level land, 50 acres cultivated, 12 timber, school, free mail and near good town. Will trade for live stock or town property. 280 acres, Union tp., all nice level land, 30 acres cultivated, 100 arces ready to brfeak ior corn, remainder meadow pasture and timber, 60,000 feet of saw timber. It lies near gravel road, school and in good neighborhood. Will take live stock, clear property, smaller tract of land or will sell on terms of SI,OOO down. 14 acres near station on main road, 40 miles west ot Cincinnati, in Dearborn county, Ind., this is suitable for poultry or truck. It is clear and has good abstract title. Will trade for live stock or vacant lots. We also have farms of all descriptions to sell or trade. Also mortgage notes for property or land. G. F. MEYERS. Opposite State Bank.

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