Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1909 — Page 8

Country Correspondence BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

FAIR OAKS. Thomas Mallatt was a Rensselaer visitor Thursday. Ex-trustee Davisson was a caller in our burg Wednesday. Three or four of Parr’s wolf hunters were in these parts Tuesday, but they didn’t even have a track. There is a great number of people in our town, who are down with the whooping cough, colds and pneumonia. Chas. Penwright of Mt. Ayr and his three brothers from Oklahoma were in our town Tuesday morning on their way to Mt. Ayr. Postmaster Thompson attended the G. A. R. meeting at Rensselaer Friday night, the occasion being in honor of Lincoln's birthday. Mr. Will Warren, who has been four weeks assisting in a series of meetings at Hoopeston, 111., the past three or four weeks, returned home Monday. Mrs. Ike Kight received the sad news Tuesday that her uncle, Martin Burton of near Momence, who had been so poorly for sometime, had passed away Monday. She and Mr. Kight left for there Wednesday morning to attend the funeral. Mark Reed, who lives a couple of miles east of here, lost their little babe Saturday night. It had pneumonia. Interment was made in the Fair Uaks cemetery Monday. They have two or three more children quite sick with the same disease. , It continued to rain all day Sunday and the ground and trees were . covered with a heavy coat if ice, the heaviest sleet we have had for 26 years. The damagn to timber and fruit trees is Immense. Monday and Tuesday were very stormy days and \there was about four or five inches snowfall. Clayton and Iva Moffitt had a very thrilling experience during the storm Saturday night. They came to town in the evening in a buggy to attend a party at Al Moore’s. They started home about midnight and it was raining quite hard and was very dark. They got a little ways from town and it got so dark they could not see anything, not even each other, so thejr just let the horse, which was a very trusty one, have his own way. When they got about 1 % miles from town, in crossing a bridge, the horse got too close to the side and the bridge being icy from the sleet, the wind, it is thought, blew the buggy oft the bridge into the ditch. The buggy landed on its side and the occupants landed in the ditch, but luckily there was only about 18 Inches to two feet of water in it. They stood there for about an hour waiting for it to get light enough to see which way to go. Finally they got the horse loose from the buggy and came back to town and were guests of their uncle, A. M. Bringle, the balance o£ the night.

Revolts At Cold Steel. “Your only hope,” said three doctors to Mrs. M. E. Fisher, Detroit, Mich., suffering from severe rectal trouble, lies in an operation,” “then I used Dr. King’s New Life Pills,” she writes, “till wholly cured.” They prevent Appendicitis, cure Constipation, Headache. 25c at A. F. Long’s.

MT. AYR. (From The Pilot.) Geo. Corbin, who has been working in Witham’s blacksmith shop, has moved to Phillip, Stacker’s farm, where he will live this year. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ashby and daughter Dollle returned last Friday from a few days visit with friends and relatives at KanKakee, 111. Mrs. W. S. Greenlee has a Very sore arm caused by running a nail into her hand. The last report from her was that she was better. August Bengston, of Remington, came Saturday afternoon for a visit with his brother Otto and family and numerous friends at this place. Frank Clinton, the blacksmith, has been very sick for the past week with lung fever, but at this time is reported to be slowly Improving. John Smith, of near McCoysburg, visited Saturday night with Frank Herath and family. He was here after a car load of cattle that had been shipped to him at this place.

Threatening feverishness with children is quickly and safely calmed by Preventics. These little Candy Cold Cure Tablets should always be at hand—for promptness is allimportant. Preventics contain no quinine, nothing harsh or sickening. They are Indeed, “the stich In time.” Carried In pocket, or purse, Preventics are a genuine safeguard against Colds. 25c. Sold by All Dealers.

LEE. Mrs. Mike Peregrine is sick. Dr. Clayton is attending her. Frank Eldridge was sick the first of the week. Mr. Gilmore has purchased himself a new horse. The Ladies’ Aid Society are going to serve lunch at Mrs. Lewis’ sale next Monday, 2 miles northeast Of Lee. Mrs. Arthur Williamson and baby went last Saturday evening to Medaryville to visit relatives for a few days. Saturday and Sunday Mrs. Hoy Rishling and children visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Osborne, near' Rensselaer. Saturday night several young people from here attended the valentine party given at Robert Drake’s and they had a very sleety time to get home. Mrs. Donaldson is up at Ham-

mond where her daughter Mary lives, and word has been received here that a daughter has been born to the latter. Saturday night relatives and friends, went into the home of Will Noland’s with well fllled baskets and made an enjoyable surprise on them. There were 36 in number that ate supper, and they were entertained with music and selections were recited. Mr. Noland has sold his property here and Tuesday he started for Tennessee, on a prospecting trip, to look for a new home.

Soldier Balks Death Plot. It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civil war veteran, of Kemp, Tex., that a plot existed between desperate lung trouble and the grave to cause his death. “I contracted a stubborn cold,” he writes, “that developed a cougl) that stuck to me, in spite of all remedies, for years. My weight ran down to 130 jxninds. Then I began to use Dr. King’s New Discovery, which restored my health completely. I now weigh 178 pounds.” For severe Colds, obstinate Coughs, Hemorrhages, Asthma, and to prevent Pneumonia it’s unrivaled. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by A. F. Long.

EGYPT. ( Charles Gray called on Lucy Blake Friday. Miss Lucy Blake called on Wilma Pruett Friday. D. V. Blake and son Emery were Rensselaer goers Friday. Miss Grace Gaily and Harry Cook were Rensselaer goers - Tuesday. William Washburn took a sleigh rld,e out to his farm Wednesday. D. V. Blake’s children, who have been sick, are better at this writing. Ray Michaels spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives at Goodland. Charles and George Antcliff were in Rensselaer on business Saturday. Mrs. Pruett and daughter Wilma called on W. F. Michaels’ Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dunn and family visited at McCashin’s Sunday. Harry Cook and Mrs. Grace Galey visited at Alva McCashen’s Sunday afternoon. Charles Antcliff and Frank Welsh called on George Kennedy Sunday afternoon. Miss Eva Michaels spent Friday night and Saturday with Miss Florence Antcliff. Several from this locality attended Williams' sale Wednesday. Things sold well. George Kennedy, who was thrown from a wagon in a runaway last Thursday, is getting along as well as could be expected. Miss Ruth Pruett, who attends school at Brook, has been sick for the past week with the sore throat. The heavy sleet Saturday night did considerable damage, breaking down hundreds of forest and fruit trees and putting telephone lines out of use. Charles Antcliff and Frank Welsh, who are always taking in bargains, attended the sale at Max Weller’s Monday. Frank investing in a four dollar corn planter and Charles in a three dollar set of harness.

ELOPERS’ GUIDE ARRESTED

Charged With Acting as Matrimonial Agent For a Justice. Jeffersonville. Ind., Feb. 19.—Joseph Lutz was arrested on a charge of being a matrimonial agent—in other words, of escorting supposed elopers and directing them to a justice’s home. A policeman followed a couple who were in Luiz's company and after he had been placed under arrest Lutz told the two how to continue their journey to the home of Justice Charles S. Hay, who later accompanied the couple to the courthouse and married them there.

Buffalo Gluten Feed at $1.60 per hundred, ai/d Daisy Dairy Feed at $1.50 per hundred at Maines & Hamilton’s.

Doctors say take Cod Liver Oil—they undoubtedly mean Scott's Emulsion. It would be just as sensible for them to prescribe Quinine in its crude form as to prescribe Cod Liver Oil in its natural state. In Scott’s Emulsion the oil is emulsified and made easy to take—easy to digest and easy to be absorbed in to the body—and is the most natural and useful fatty food to feed and nourish the wasted body that is known in medicine today. Nothing be found to take its place. If you are run-down you should take it. Send this advertisement together with name of paper in which it appears, your address and four cent* to cover postage, and we wifi send you a "Complete Handy Atlas of the Worid.” SCOTT a BOWNE, 40® Pearl St, Now York

OBITUARY.

Lois Chaplin was born February 8, 1837, at North Hampton, England, and died February 8, 1909, in Jasper county, Indiana. She was married to Thomas Penwright about 1856, and to this union was born eight children, seven sons and one daughter. Four sons survive her, all of whom were present at the funeral. She was a member of the Episcopal church of England, but after coming to this country she united with the United Brethren church, of which she was a faithful member to the time of her death. She was always ready and anxious to do any work for the Master, and was one of those brave, true women on whom every one could depend, and her natural kindness .of heart made her bfeloved by all who. came in contact with her life. After being left alone, she made a strong effort for her maintenance, which was fully shown by the sad manner in which she met her death. She had always trusted in her Lord. We’ll trust this God of ours So mighty and so great, For none that trust in him Shall e’er be desolate. The funeral was held at her home February 12, by Rev. Charles Pitzer of Thayer, Indiana, United Brethren in Christ Jesus. The remains were taken to the Strong graveyard and here laid to rest by her husband until ttb coming of our Saviour. xx

In sickness, if a certain hidden nerve goes wrong, then the organ that this nerve controls will also surely fail. It may be a Stomach nerve, or it may have given strength and support to the Heart or Kidneys. It was Dr. Shoop that first pointed to this vital truth. Dr. Shoop’s Restorative was not made to dose the Stomach nor to temporarily stimulate the Heart or Kidneys. That old-fashioned method is all wrong. Dr. Shoop’s Restorative goes directly to these failing inside nerves. The remarkable success of this prescription demonstrates the wisdom of treating the actual cause of these falling organs. And it is indeed easy to prove. A simple five or ten days test will surely tell. Try it once, and seel Sold by All Dealers.

Wanted:—A load of nice clover hay. Enquire at Democrat office. Buy the best Wagon on the market, the Weber, at $73 of Maines & Hamilton. For Sale—Pure bred Holstein bull calf. WM. AUGSPERGER R-R-3. Rensselaer, Ind. The Twlce-a-Week Democrat and the Twlce-a-Week St. Louis Republic, both a full year for only $2.00. The Sure-Drop Corn Planter is sold by Maines & Hamilton. Legal blanks for sale at The Democrat office.

LINOTYPE COMPOSITION.

The Democrat has a fine new Model 5 Standard Linotype and in addition to doing all its own work is prepared to handle considerable outside composition. At present we have six and eight point mats only, light and bold face, and can set matter most any measure desired up to 30 ems long and on 6, 8, 9 or 10 point slug. All work handled carefully and promptly and at reasonable prices. We also cast 6-polnt border slugs 30 ems long, for sale at 5c per slug, 12 slugs for 50 cents. They are the cheapest and best border printers can buy for ads and job work.

Mary Ellen: Gold Medal Flour is the best for making everything. Sabrina.

A Clock That Stutters.

Gerund, who stuttered badly, returned home at 4 a. Q m. in a blissful mood from an “evening” at the club. On entering the house he was greeted from above by Mrs. Gerund, and the following dialogue ensued: “Is that you, John?" asked Mrs. Gerund from the landing. “Y-y-yes, m’dear; that’s m-me,” delightedly answered Gerund. “What do you mean, sir,” thundered his .wife, “by coming home at 4 o’clock?” “F-four o’c-clock!” echoed Gerund in a gently surprised and hurt tone. “Why, it’s j-j-jus’ 1 o’clock.” “Sir,” came the frigid voice from above, “the clock has just struck 4!” When Gerund replied it was in a subdued, almost hopeless, tone, but with absolute conviction. “D-do you k&ow, my d-d-dear, that infernal clock is st-t-tuttering again?”—Chicago Rec-ord-Herald.

Canalboats In Francs.

Comparatively little of the traffic in the longer French canals is moved otherwise than by horses. There are a few steam freighters, which carry half a million tons a year, most of it between Paris and Rouen, and one some canals are regularly organized towing systems. But the great part of the haulIng is done by houses and with so much economy on the part of the barge owners that the government has had to provide -by regulation that every barge must have "power” enough not unnecessarily to block traffic. Every barge also must have a crew of two, “one of whom must be a man.” So runs the regulation. So nearly every French barge is the home of a more or less happy couple, whose charcoal fire pot scents up the air along the waterways with the preparation of the endless meals.— Boston Transcript.

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Hints on the Menu. Turnips should be served only with pork. Apple sauce may be served with pork or duck. Cranberries always with poultry. Currant jelly with roast lamb or game. Guava jelly is also good with game. If possible, a cream soup should not be served at the same meal with cream dessert. Gingerbread is usually served with baked apples. Marshmallows are being served with hot chocolate. When theydissolve they give a pleasant flavor to the chocolate.

Chicksn Jolly For Invalids. To prepare chicken jelly pound half of a raw chicken with a mallet—bones and meat together. Put it in a quart of cold water and heat slowly in a covered saucepan. Let it simmer until the meat is in white rags and the liquid reduced one-half. Strain and press, first through a colander, then through a coarse cloth. Salt to taste. Return to the fire and let simmer for five minutes longer. Skim when cool. Serve cold—just from the ice—with soda wafers. Keep on the ice or make it into sandwiches by putting the jelly between thin slices of bread spread lightly with butter.

Apple Toast. Cut six apples into quarters, take the core out, peel and cut in slices. Put in the saucepan an ounce of butter, then throw over the apples two ounces of white powdered sugar and two tablespoonfuls of water. Stew quickly. When tender, <*ut two or three slices of bread half an inch thick and fry in the frying pan a nice yellowish color in a little butter. When nice and crisp place them on a dish and sprinkle with a little sugar. Put on apples an inch thick. Serve hot.

Combined Dishpan and Drainer. A useful household article has recently been invented which will facilitate the washing and draining of dishes, says Scientific American. It consists of a dishpan of greater length than its width and preferablj- formed with a rounded inclined wall at one end. Set into this pan, at the opposite end, is a dish drainer formed with sheet metal walls and having a skeleton bottom. The drainer is arranged to fit snugly into the disbpan so that it will be held therein by frictional engagement. The bottom of the drainer

DISHPAN AND DRAINER.

consists of a series of rods and crossbars terminating at one end in a dish support or bail. The dishes as they are washed in the forward end of the dishpan are supported on edge on the rods, the first dish being leaned against the bail. Being supported in upright position, the dishes will drain readily, and while in the drainer boiling water may be poured upon them to rinse them. Since the drainer and dishpan are combined in a,.single article the dishwasher will be saved many unnecessary steps.

Food For the Convalescent. The convalescent's diet should never contain pork or veal, as both are difficult of digestion. Hot bread and pastry are also under the ban, as is every form of fried food. Otherwise eggs are good, as are tender broiled steak, cornstarch, rice and tapioca pudding and jellies, well made cocoa and good milk. Variety, it must be remembered, is essential to tempt the appetite.

For the Sewing Room. A small rug made from a piece of thick carpet to fit the treadles of the sewing machine will keep the feet warm in winter when sewing on the niachine. when they otherwise soon would become cold from the cold iron of the treadles. This is much easier on the feet, especially if they are inclined to be tender.

Vaseline Stains. Vaseline stains on towels and clothing can be removed by soaking them in kerosene or alcohol before sending them to the laundry. Vaseline stains are obstinate if they are not removed in the right way. Washing the stains with soap and water sets them and makes it almost impossible to remove them. Mock Cauliflower. Chop together one-half small head of cabbage, one single bunch of celery. Cook thirty minutes or until tender in just enough water to cover. When done add one cup of milk, season, dash of pepper, small piece of butter, thicken a little. . Cleaning Painted Walls. To clean painted walls dissolve two ounces of borax tn two quarts of water and add one tablespoonful of ammonia. Use half this quantity to each bucket df water. Do not use soap. Wash a small amount of the paint at a time and rub dry with a clean cloth. a Removing Rust. To remove the rust that accumulates on steel knives cover the blades with sweet oil for a day or so and then rub with a lump of fresh lime. This with the oil fotms a soap and cleanses the knife perfectly.

Humor and Philosophy

By DUNCAN M. SMITH

THE GROUND HOG. _____ j** Cunning little ground bog, A Can you really say , What the weather will be like S’ Almost into May? ,'f Will you really, truly, Cross your heart and swear If you see your shadow We should have a care? How can you, I wonder. Dope it ready made With n shadow only For your stock in trade? , , How can you so deftly Six weeks’ weather cook When you know you never ; Read a single book? Bay, did you Inherit From a grandsire dead Skill to fix the weather Some six weeks ahead? Or does power inherent Run through all your tribe? And we’d like to ask you Would you take a bribe? Merry little ground hog, You may think you’re smart As you so offhanded Exercise your art When you see your shadow Saying, “ ’Twill be thus Bix more weeks of winter, * But it's tough on us.

At Palm Beach.

He —Women’s gowns are the limit nowadays. ' She—That’s right. Aren’t those sheath gowns perfectly shocking? Lucky For Him. "Coal has been in common use only about 100 years.” “Really, that is too bad.” “Why is it?” \ “The coal man ought to have lived In the days when torture was a popular amusement.” Too Bad. You make a bluff. It’s just enough To get what you’ve required. But, sad to say. It is some day Enough to get you fired. Piggish. “Well, we all have our point of view.” “All except Brown. He insists upon having more.” “How more?” “Oh, acres and acres of it” Wanted the Excitement. “Is your refusal to marry me final?” “Of course not.” “Why didn’t you say so long ago?” “Don’t you suppose I like to be coaxed?” Nature Studies. On chests no chestnuts ever grow Nor walnuts on a wall. A faker he who told you* so. No heed give him at all. .The buttercup and butterfly No butter know, nay, nay. The butternut grows far too high To make a churn’s display. The cowslips never look on cows Or see them when they slip. Wake robins no such birds arouse. So kindly take a tip.

MI-O=NA

RELIEVES STOMACH MISERY AL- ' MOST IMMEDIATELY If the food you ate at your last meal did not digest, but laid for a long time like lead in your stomach, then you have Indigestion and must act quickly. Of course there are many other symptoms of indigestion, such as belching up sour food, heartburn, dizziness, shortness of breath and foul breath, and if you have any of them, your stomach is out of order and should be Corrected. Mi-o-na tablets have cured thousands of cases of indigestion and stomach trouble. If you have any stomach distress, Mi-o-na will relieve instantly. But Mi-o-na unlike most so-called dyspepsia remedies, does more than relieve; it permanently cures dyspepsia'* or any stomach trouble by' putting energy and strength into the walls of the stomach. A large box of Mi-o-na tablets costs but 50 cents at B. F. Fendig’s and are guaranteed to cure or money back. When others fall, Mi-o-na cures. It Is a producer of flesh when the body is thin; It cleanses the stomach and bowels; purifies the blood and makes rich red blood.

HYOME| CURES CATARRH, ASTHMA, Bronchitis, Croup, Coughs and Colds, or money back. Sold and guaranteed by B. F. FENDIG.

„ ©• R- Kluger, the Jeweler, 1090 Virgin* Ave,, Indianapolis, Ind;, writes: "I was so weak from kidney trouble that I could hardly walk a hundred feet. Four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cleared my complexion, cured my backache and the irregularities disappeared and I can now attend to business every day, and recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers, as it cured me after the doctors and other remedies failed.” A. F. Long. DR. J. H. HANBBON VETERNARY SURGEON— Now at Rensselaer. Calls promptly answered. Office in Harris Rank building. Phone 443. -

ADMINISTRATOR’S Big Public Sale. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, as administrator of the estate of James Rodgers, deceased, late of Jasper county, Indiana, will expose at Public Sale at the late residence of said James Rodgers, four miles south of Rensselaer, commencing at 10 a. m., on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1909 The following described personal property, towit: 6 Head of Horses —Consisting of 1 Colt; 1 Team Matched Horse and Mare, 3-year-olds, wt. 1200 ; 1 five-year-old Driving Mare; 1 five-year-old Mare, wt. 1350; 1 eight-year-old Horse, wt. 1150. 17 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 3 Milk Cows; 2 Yearling Heifers; 7 two-year-old Steers; 5 Calves. 10 Head of Hogs— Consisting of 1 Brood Sow and 9 Shoats. Farming Implements, Wagons, Harness, Etc.— Consisting of Plows, Harrows, Binder, Mower, Buggies, Wagons, one lot <?f Blacksmith Tools, Scrapers, Corn Planter, -one set of Single Harness, two sets of Work Harpess; about 5 tons of Hay; 100 bushels of Corn; Household and Kitchen Furniture; and many other articles too numerous to mention. A credit of 9 months will be given on all sums of over $lO, with usual conditions. THOMAS C. CAIN, Adm. A. J. Harmon, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot Lunch on Ground.

Big Public Sale Charles W. Fleming, 1 mile South and 1 mile West of Mt. Ayr. 8% miles West of Rensselaer, will sell at Public Auction at his residence, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1909, 5 Head of Horses— Consisting of 1 Black Norman Stallion, coming 5 years old, wt. 1700 when in good flesh, a good one, sure breeder with established reputation; 1 7-year-old driving Bay Mare, standard bred, a good mover and a speeder; 1 coming 4-year-old Black Gelding, wt. 1100, standard bred, a good driver, a stylish mover, a Jay Wood Colt; 1 coming 3-year-old Brown Gelding, wt. a OOO, gentle and broke to drive double; 1 coming 3-year-old Bay Mare, wt. 1000, gentle, broke double. ,

130 Head of Sheep— Consisting of 40 head of pure-bred eligible to register Hemshire ewes, bred to lamb in March and April; 20 head of grade Shropshire ewes, bred to lamb in March and April; 70 head of Western ewes, bred to a registered Hampshire ram, and will lamb in April. These sheep are all thrifty and young and have good mouths, and will be sold in small lots to accommodate purchasers. 35 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 2 head of fine dairy cows, fresh in March; 4 common cows; 3 Helfer calves; 1 Bull, a pure-bred Red Polled, coming thrfte-years old; 15 head of steer calves; 10 head of yearling steers. 15 Head of Shoats— Of different sizes. A credit of 10 months will be given on sums over $lO, with usual conditions; 5 per cent off for cash, where entitled to credit. CHAS. W. FLEMING. Fred Phillips, auctioneer. Everett Halstead, Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds.

NOTICE OF LETTING CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE. No. 9022. Notice Is hereby given that on Monday, March Ist, 1909, the Board of Cemmissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals for the construction of a steel bridge in Milroy township, across the Howe Ditch. Said bridge to be 70 feet long and 16 feet roadway, and to be built on tubes. Said bridge to be built according to plans and specifications on file In the Auditor’s office. All bids, to be accompanied by bond and affidavit as required by law. The board reserves the right to reject any and all blds. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county. JJLMES N. LEATHERMAN, Auditor Jasper County. Thia Is An Easy Test. t Sprinkle Allen’s Foot-Ease In one shoe and not In the other, and notice the difference.. Just -the thing to use when rubbers or overshoes become necessary, and your shoes seem to pinch. Sold Everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute.

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