Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1909 — Page 2

A Cough Medicine Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is a regular cough medicine, a strong medicine, a doctor’s medicine. Good for easy coughs, hard coughs, desperate coughs. If your doctor endorses it for your case, take it. If not, don’t take it. Never go contrary to his advice. 4 W» pubilch our formaUa Sw Wo bullish uleobol -J from our modloinss tigers -ay The dose of Ayer’s Pills is small, only one at bedtime. As a rule, laxative doses sre better than cathartic doses. For constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, sickheadaches, they cannot be excelled. Ask your doctor about this. •—-Xadcby th*J. O. AyorOo., Lowll, Mm.

TIE JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. f. E. BABCOCK, EDITOR OSD PUBLISHER^ OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Published Wednesdy’s and Saturday's. Entered as Second-Class Matter June 8, 1908, at the post office at Kensselaeer, Indiana, under the Act ot Marcb 3. 1878. Office on North Van Rensselaer Street. Long Distance Telephones Office 316. - Residence 311. Advertising rates made known on application. SATURDAY, MAY 39, 1909

FOR THE CHILDREN

The Vowels. This Is a game that exercises the mind. Some player begins by asking a question of the person next to him, which must be answered without using the vowel which the questioner prohibits. Counters in the. form of beaus or chips or bits of paper should be evenly distributed before the game begins, and if the forbidden vowel is used in answer the etdpclt must pay to the questioner three counters. The next in line then asks a question, and so u round the circle. There may be a box of candies for a prize, and the one who has the most counters at the end of the game is the winner. The questioning may be like this: Q. Have you been out of town this season? Answer without o. A. Yes, we were at tbe seaside. Q. Ho you love music? Answer without i. A. Yes; very much. Q. Do you play tennis? Answer without e. A. I do play it. Q. Do you like punch? Answer without u. A. The drink 1 do not like; the paper I do. Q. \Y ho told you about the wasp’s mest? Answer without o. A. Then 1 should tell a story; you told me. (And she pays a forfeit.) Character’Game. All the players sit around in a circle. The player who first thiuks of an interesting character in one of (Jriinm’s fairy tales, or in "Alice In Wonderlaud” or any other book that is quite familiar to all the players, sits ou the floor within the circle and begins to describe the character. The other children listen carefully, and the lirst one who thinks lie has guessed the character sits on the floor beside the other and continues to describe the character. If he has guessed rightly and is correct in his description, the first player allows him to go on describing, but if he is mistaken the first player shoos him out of the game. As soon as a child thinks he lias guessed the character he sits on the floor and tells what he knows of the character, and so it goes ou till all the children are sitting on the floor except those who have guessed wrong, and they are all driven out of the game.

Th* Old Man of tha Sky. The Iroquois point out to tlielr chll dren a cluster of stars which they call the “old wan.” White people do not always know why It Is. They tell this story of his reaching the sky, or the “great blue wigwam:” An old chief wSs tired of life and of his people. He took his bundle and walking stick and went to the highest bluff. There he sang bis death chant His people followed, but waited at the foot of the bluff. While tboy were watching they saw him slowly rise Into the air, his voice sounding fainter and fainter. The spirit of the four winds raised him to the “great •tar lodge.” He was given a place among the stars. His stooping form, his staff and bundle are now pointed out to Indian children as they watch the stars at night —lndian Craftsman. Th# Oame of Moeeie. A writing game for any number, ■ach writes a word on a slip of paper, and after the slips are mixed one of the players draws and reads them In *J»e way they come, and each parson most write them down In the same order. Then each one must write a little story or paragraph, using these words in that order.

The game may be made more difficult by requiring the story to be within a specified length or written within a certain time, or It may be made easier by allowing tbe players to Introduce the words In any order they please. Game of Magie Mirror. This Is a “catch” game. Two people must understand bow It Is played. One is to leave the room. While she Is gone the other has one who does not know how to play look into the mirror. Tbe absent one Is recalled and by looking into the mirror can tell who looked into It while she was out. Here Is the catch: The one who Is aiding her takes, as nearly as possible, particularly with the hands, the position of the one who looked In. Of conrse It is best to take one who has not a position like others in the room. Comparatively few ever catch on to this game. The Professor’s Money. Professor Cipher says he has 108 coins in his pocket and that they consist entirely of dimes and cents. What ts the total amount? You might think this is impossible to solve, but it Isn’t, The answer Is $4.32, and no other sum will fulfill the conditions. There are thirty-six dimes and seventy-two cents. Prove this and satisfy yourself. Riddle and Answer. How can you make a Maltese cross with less than twelve unbent and,unbroken matches? Answer—By striking only one match and dropping it on his back. If the first falls, try another. When Rosy Singe. Our little Rosy’s voice Is queer. But mother says she’d rather hear Our Rosy sing most any day Than lots of folks that get large pay. We’re real good friends, all six of us, But If we ever have a fuss Or get a little cross some day, Why, Rosy stops us right away. Before we’ve hardly said a thing She'll make a bow, and then she'll slug, “Birds In their little nests agree,” And she can't really sing, you see! Then we all laugh till we most cry. So mother always says, “Well, I Have been to concerts, but my choios Would be our Rosy’s useful voice.” —Youth’s Companion. . Charm Against Nightmare. No man would willingly Invoke the horrors of nightmare, and it may therefore be of interest to know that in East Anglia a way has been discovered of averting this dreaded terror. A correspondent in an old number of London Notes and Queries writes: “I recently observed a large stone, having a natural hole through It, suspended Inside n Suffolk farmer’s cow house. Upon Inquiry of a laborer I was Informed this was Intended as a preventive of nightmare In the cattle. My Informant, who evidently placed l great faith In Its efficacy, added that a! similar stone suspended In the bed-’ room or a knife of steel laid under the foot of the bed was of equal service, to the sleeper and that he had himself! frequently made use of this charm.”— London Chronicle.

Diplomatic Comment.

“Many stories have been told of Cipriano Castro, exiled president of Venezuela, and of bis monumental conceit,” said Dr. T. ft. McDonough of San Francisco to the Washington Herald. “During tlie Russo-Japanese war the fall of port Arthur was being explained to him. “‘Pshaw!’ lie exclaimed. ‘With 500 Venezuelans I could have taken it In four days* “ ‘With a thousand In one day, your excellency,’ said the diplomatic representative of a European power. “Castro was so pleased that it Is said the diplomat succeeded the next day in procuring the payment of a claim that his government had been vainly pressing for years.”

Humor and Philosophy

By DUNCAN M. SMITH

PERT PARAGRAPHS. If a woman were to try to do her best she would probably modestly assert that it is really the worst thing that she ever did. A good custard pie properly applied will heal a breach in domestic relations.

It is hard to distinguish between friend and foe before tbe battle and after it still more so. Being optimistic is very brave and very grand and self sacrificing, but it is dreadfully wearing on tbe constitution ln housecleaning Hm« Tbe man who baa a brilliant opportunity to aay ‘T told you so" and who refrains needs no other teetlmonial as to bis eels control. Although they have been talking all winter about voting, you will be able to notice that there are a lot of women who won’t vote this anrlmr.

1 »Ml ] | || HE idea of the sea level canal appeals to the popular ] \ which pictures "an open ditch offering free and J! ■ | unobstructed navigation from sea to sea, but no such !! % substitute is offered for the present lock canal. nttJdt,t :f AS BETWEEN THE SEA LEVEL AND THE LOCK CANAL, THE LATTER CAN BE CONSTRUCTED IN LESS TIME, AT LES 3 COST, WILL * GIVE EASIER AND BAPER NAVIGATION AND IN ADDITION SECURE SUCH A CONTROL OP THE CHAGRES RIVER.AS TO MAKE A FRIEND AND AID OF WHAT REMAINS AN ENEMY AND IN THE SEA LEVEL TYPE. In any comparison we must confine our attention to the lock type as now building and a sea level canal as offered by the board of engineers and not by the idealist. ' •t R v. So far as the two prisms are concerned, FOR EASE AJFD SAFETY OF NAVIGATION THE LOCK TYPE IS BETTER because of the greater widths of channels, fewer and easier curves and freedom from objectionable and troublesome currents, both from the Chagres river And from its tributaries. This must be admitted by all. But the EXPONENTS OF THE SEA LEVEL TYPE CONCENTRATE THEIR ATTENTION ON THE OBSTRUCTIONS AND DANGERS THAT THE LOCKS CONSTITUTE in .the lock type and also on the dangers that will result from the failure of the Gatun dam, forgetting that at least equally great disaster must follow the failure of the Gamboa dam. Tbe lock in the sea level canal is not mentioned, probably because the danger is not so great, since there is but one; Again, it is objected that the size of the locks LIMITS THE CANAL TO VESSELS WHICH CAN USE THEM. This is true. The present lock designs provide intermediate dividing the locks into lengths of six hundred and four hundred feet. About 98 per cent of all the ships, including the battleships now building, can be passed through the six hundred foot lengths, and the total lock length will accommodate the largest commercial vessels now building, which, I believe, are a thousand feet long, with an eightyeight foot beam. R •» * IT 18 TRUE THAT SHIPS MAY INCREASE IN SIZE SO AS TO MAKE THE PRESENT LOCKS OBSOLETE, BUT THE LARGEST SHIPS NOW AFLOAT CANNOT NAVIGATE THE PRESENT SUEZ CANAL NOR THE PROPOSED SEA LEVEL CANAL AT PANAMA. IT MUST ALSO BE REMEMBERED THAT THE COMMERCE OP THE WORLD IB CARRIED BY THE MEDIUM SIZED VESSELS, THE LENGTH OP ONLY ONE OP THE MANY SHIPS USING THE SUEZ CANAL BEING GREATER THAN BIX HUNDRED PUT.

It Is a fine thing to beigrltty, but that very quality Is apt to create friction. Getting an education is either a bore or a blessing, all depending upon who you are. Probably government by inJunction was first Instituted by a rich moth-er-in-law.

i A mm ■ gx ■■ rww.Hiiiiiinmmii, pvau iC. Earl Duvall e-a, t t-h-h-h-m itw-HH-M innr’ Rensselaer 9 Indiana •H’li minim hh-ihhhT Exclusive Clothier and Furnisher LJ-J— * 8 j m m

'T'HIS is the week; * to buy your New ; Suit for Decoration : Day, as you will • want to be well; dressed, and any per-j son that buys a Col-! legian, Frat, or a; Pre-Shrunk Suit is: well dressed. It does • not cost much to : dress well, as I am • selling suits that are; better and also - for: «* • less money than any • other concern in our i city. •

ill»i C. Earl Duvall Sii| sSSSSS 9| RENSSELAER, - . INDIANA

Why I Favor the Lock Type Canal.

By Colonel GEORGS W. GOETHALS.

tflnaar of the Isthmian Canal Commission.

Chairman and Chief Bn-

Manure Spreaders—l handle the Kemp’s 20th Century and the Miller Spreaders. Call and see me t at the Brick Barn and get prices before buying. J. y. COLLINS. Legal blanks for sale at The Democrat office. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. State of Indiana, County of Jasper, SS: In the Jasper Circuit Court, September Term, 1909. Emmet L. Hollingsworth vs. Lewis J. Sayler, et al. ■ t Complaint No. 7451. Now cornea the plaintiff, by E. P. Honan, his attorney, and nies his complaint herein to foreclose mortgage on Real Estate together with an affidavit that the defendant J. Byron Sayler, and Belle Sayler, his wife, Cora A. Kessinger, and Harry Kessinger, her husband, Lillie A. St. Pierre, and Ira St. Pierre, her husB Parks, are not residents of the State of Indiana. Notice Is therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and appear on the first day of the next terai of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the 2nd Monday of September, A. D. 1909, at the Court House In Rensselaer in said County and Btate. and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard, and determined in their absence. In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Rensselaer. Indiana, this 6th day of May, A. D., 1909. tSeal.] c. C. WARNER, E. P. Honan, atty for Plaintiff. -H-M-H-I 1-H"I 111! 1-»M | 111 II 1 » :: This Store Has :: A Pure Food Law :: :: Of Its Own ■ | *T APPLIES to every- •» 1 thing, and everything \ \ 11 must live np to the pro- * 1 visions of this law. !! ;; you might think that •• * some things (canned \ ; J goods, for Instance) • ■ would have to be taken ! ; on trust, bat an oMerv- ;; Ing grocer coon learns • where each brand of j these goods belongs, no • • mutter what the labels * ; may say, and nets so • cordlngly. ' TP HE MORAL of all ' • 1 this Is that this | might be a good place ■ ■ to come when yon want ! ! pure food eatables. :: McFarland & Son:: I ; RELIABLE GROCERS ; ;

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AUTO4UI* under cur to mike adjustments. Simplicity, Durability Cushion Tires, no more tire troubles. PUCES ÜBHT. Send for catalog and details. Up-to-date. Agent* wanted. AN ALL THE YEAR ROUND CAR THROUGH SAND. MUD OB SNOW CORNISH & FRIEDBERG 1233 Hick Ida. Are., CHICAGO KING No. 6433. _ TXT „ ® HIRI ! STALLION. KING Is a dark dapple bay stallion, 16 hands high weighs 1,600 present time. Hibred C. M. Moots, Nor- V mal. 111. Sire, Al- ‘ lerton, No.. inns -1M (8682); Dam. Du la ■- 5868, by Conqueror TBS L x). Stand, Terms and Condltiona: King will make the season of 1909 at my farm, 10 miles north of Rensselaer, IH miles east Of Fair Oaks and S miles south of Vlrgle, at *IO.OO to Insure colt to stand and suck. Service money becomes due and payable at once 01 owner parting with mare; product or horse held good for service. Not responsible for accidents. PAUL SCHULTZ, Owner. VASISTAS. ms •WBBbSy" -—• -*■ —vGRg *! * n imported Percheron Stallion, recorded In botn the French *n<l American Stud Books; color black en?te U ™°° P° und * ln modgrate condition. He stands 16 hands *ova leg 10(4 Inches, hind lea 11 Inches. MTe will gladly show him to*you f* W 6 Invite &n inspection of sets and one-half mile of RiStwCr Jfey, & ftSK skvas Joai abl WrHn2 2!? ** to be to roai. parting with mare forfeits insurance and service fee becomes due et N ' >, cSSWWaj‘ l mSsk