Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1909 — Page 3

Oatmeal is the Cereal beefsteak It is the very thing that produces the finest meat on cattle. But why not take your meat at first hand or rather the meat elements? Why wait until it has passed through the tissues of a living animal? Don’t eat it second-handed—-eat it in oatmeal itself in the form of Mother 's Oats MOTHER’S OATS are for sale everywhere. They’re the best that you can buy. There’s a reason why you should insist upon them. When you ask for MOTHER’ § OATS refuse others’ oats — there’s a difference. Ask your grocer about the wonderful $ 3.75 Fireless Cooker given free to users of Mother’s Cereals. They are Mother’s Oats, Mother’s Com Meal (white or yellow), Mother’s Wheat Hearts (the tream of the wheat), Mother’s Hominy Grits, Mother’s Com Flakes (toasted), Mother’s Coarse Pearl Hominy, Mother’s Old Fashioned Steel Cut Oatmeal, Mother’s Old Fashioned Graham Flour. If he doesn’t keep Mothei’s Cereals write us today, giving his name and yours, and we will send you free a useful souvenir. The Great Western Cereal Company Operating more Oatmeal Mills than any other one concern AKRON BOSTON NEW HAVEN NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO PITTSBURGH ALBANY ST. LOUIS

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Asa Shreeves spent Thursday with telatives in Demotte. _ Mrs. C- F. Stackhouse spent Thursday in Chicago. W. H. Morrison made a business trip to Chicago Wednesday. D. A. Blystone of Frankfort was here on business WednesdayGeorge McKinsey of Demotte spent Wednesday here on business. jNMesdames C. A. Roberts and John Ager spent Thursday in Parr with friends. . J., F. Irwin returned Wednesday from a few days business trip to Wolcott. Alfred Donnelly went to Lafayette and Indianapolis on onion business Thursday. Leave your order at Rowles & Parker’s grocery for all kinds of fresh fruits N LRompke Spikema of near Fair Oaks was a business visitor here Wednesday. H. C. Neier and wife of Wheatfield were business callers here Wednesday. J. H. Tilton and Grover Smith of W T heatfield were in town Wednesday on business. Mrs. J. E. Harvey of Watseka, 111., came Wednesday to keep house for W. H. Miller. Mrs. Frank Miles of Wolcott came Thursday to spend a few days with Miss Nellie Grant. F. M. Hart and C. Thompson of Demotte were business visitors in the city Wednesday. Xpelos Dean left Wednesday for Bloomington, where he will enter the State University. Mrs. A. Gangloff returned home Wednesday from a few dhys visit with relatives in Chicago. Don’t fail to read our page ad elsewhere in this paper. , * ROWLES & PARKER. J. J. Hunt and E. L. Hollingsworth attended the bankers’ convention in Chicago a few days this week. Mrs. T. F. Dunlap of Surrey returned Wednesday from a week’s visit with her son, Ivan and wife at Elwood. F. L. Markley returned Wednesday frbm Larimore, N. D„ where he has been prospecting' for the past two weeks. *- Mrs. Emma Williams, Mrs. J. C. Thompson and Mrs. Grant/ Keller of Fair Oaks were shopping here Wednesday. We carry the best line of staple and fancy groceries in town, such as lobster, mushrooms, shrimps, salad dressings, pimieutos and German pearl ohlons. Try us for your next grocery order. If it can be had you will find it-in our grocery. ROWLES ft PARKER. %

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wishard of Big Rapids, Mich., came Tuesday evening for a week’s visit with relatives and friends here. >/ Mrs. Samuel Borchardt of Tampa, IflV, came Wednesday to visit her brother, B. F. Fendig, and other relatives and friends. Now is your chance to get a fit at the great tailor-made suit opening the last three days of this week. C. EARL DUVALL. Mr. and Mrs. S. V- Hinds of Morristown, Ind., who have been here a few days on business, returned home Thursday. Mrs. Matie Hopkins returned to her home in Chicago Wednesday after a few week’s visit with relatives and friends hereivMisses Ida and Laura Jensen of returned home Thursday after visiting their sister, Mrs. J. P. Hammond, a few days. Don’t forget the dates of the great tailor-made suit and overcoat oper ing, Sept. 16, 17, 18. C. EARL DUVALL. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Hendrix, who have been visiting friends in Mitchell, S. D., for the past three weeks, returned home Wednesday. Mose Leopold accompanied Simon Leopold, son of Ben Leopold of Brook, to Bloomington Wednesday, where the latter will enter the State University. About ten old comrades, headed by Capt. J. A. Burnham, left Thursday to attend the reunion of the 87th Indiana regiment at Lafayette. Woolens, woolens in one and one quarter yard lengths for tailor-made suits and overcoats this week. Be sure and get your measure taken. C. EARL DUVALL. • ' ' Monday was an unlucky day for the Monon. The afternoon southbound train ran over George Vetter at Frankfort and killed him iyS. C, L. Parks of Surrey returned Wednesday from Homer, 111., where he w>as called by the death of a relative. He also visited his son at Bainbrldge, Ind. Get a new hat or your old one made over in our new millinery department, the most complete poillinery department in the city. ROWLES & PARKER. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Wiley of Monon returned home Wednesday after visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Fisher and Mrs. Wiley’s sister, Mrs. Mary B. Keys, for avfyw days. — Get your new fall suit made by "The Royal Tailors,” the best tailors on earth. We guarantee a flit. Come in and see the new fall samples. ROWLES ft PARKER. W. H. Daugherty of Montlfeflo and Mrs. Nelson Randle and Thomas R. Daugherty went to Hammond Thursday to visit their brother, Lewis Daugherty, and family. Milo Miller, who is operatlhg a threshing outfit on the Dultey ranch near spent Wednesday night at his home In Mt. Ayr, driving from here to Mt. Ayr and returning to hiß work Thursday.

Archie Williams of Remington, went to Huntington, Ind.* Wednesday where he joined his wise r who went there several (Jays ago, and they will visit relatives there for some time. If you haven’t tried a sack of Acme Flour we want you to try it; we take it back if you don’t like it. Sold nearly a carload in four weeks and not a sack returned. ROWLES & PARKER. The Lake County Democrat, the new democratic paper at Gary, is a welcome visitdw on our exchange table. It is a neatly gotten up sheet and is ably edited. We wish it unbounded success. Why pay exorbitant prices for your tailor-made suit? Rowles & Parker, representing the Royal Tailors, will make your new fall suit from all pure wool cloths and guarantee a fit, all at reasonable prices. Francesville Tribune: S. U. Dobbins will retire from the hotel business which he has conducted in the Koster block for the past three years, for the purpose of moving to Lafayette, to educate his sons in Purdue University. Ritchey writes us to send nim The Democrat to Stilwell, No. Dak., where he is at work with a threshing crew- He says they threshed 1,800 bushels of oats at one place in four hours, or an average of 450 bushels per hour. Rev. A. H. DeLong, a former pastor of the Remington M. E. Church, was appointed pastor of the Delphi M. E. Church by the conference which closed at Crawfordsville Monday. Rev. DeLong, we believe, was also stationed at Rensselaer at one time. Acme and Gold Medal Flour are positively the best made. Acme is made from the best hard Turkey Red wheat of Kansas, and Gold Medal is made from the best spring wheat of Minnesota and makes more loaves of bread to the sack than any other flour made. Try a sack. You always get the best at Rowles & Parker's, the Big Store. Lake County Star: People who have driven across the Kankakee country since the frost came say the fields of corn are badly disfigured in many spots, while some of it promises a fair yield. This year will no doubt settle the question of seed corn, and some earlier varieties will be used, for the frosts usually touches that region first and last eacl\ spring and fall.

LAST INDIANA COUNTY FORMED.

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ton was represented by the Rev. Silas Johnson, John Andrews, Zachariah Spitler and John Ade, the father of George Ade, the playright. Judge Milroy led the opposition, and after a short talk the case was set for Thursday. The question was how to defeat the first petition. Aftpr due thought they got up a remonstrance and gave it thorough circulation, quietly asking the signers of the petition to cut oft the north part of the county along the Kankakee river to sign it, and a majority of them did so. The matter was kept a* quiet as possible. On Thursday when the case was called Judge Milroy presented the his petition with quite strong remarks and there was several hours’ hearing. When things had quieted down to a living degree, Silas Johnson, who had charge of the work in hand, arose and said to the honorable court he was aware that there had been fatal objections to the petition presented, but that he had an argument against it which he wished to present to the court. Then taking from his pocket the remonstrance duly sworn to, he read it, and then sat down. You may imagine the quietness of the situation. After it there was but little said and the petition was dismissed and the petition for the new county of Newton was called up. This petition was presented December 7, 1857, and was opposed by a remonstrance signed by over three hundred voters of the middle and eastern part of the county, but was rejected by the commissioners, stating that those living outside of the territory proposed to be cut off had a say in the matter, and granted the prayer of the petitioners and appointed Zachariah Spitler, John Darroch and David Creek a committee to run the boundaries of the proposed county of Newton. An appeal was then taken to the circuit court, which overruled the decision of the commissioners and granted an injunction restraining them from entering the order upon their records. An appeal was then taken at once to the supreme (court. During the time the defeated parties had secured the passage of a new law by the legislature in 185859 and in June a new petition and a remonstrance were presented to the commissioners. Both were rejected on the ground that the case could not be heard both at the same time in two courts, the cade having jjeen taken to the supreme court on an appeal. The new county of Newhaving been victorious in the long struggle for her independence, she was allowed to go and take her chances with the other ninety-one counties of the state. The final action in the decision was taken by the board of Jasper county commissioners December 8, 1859, when they ordered the report of the committee that had been appointed to establish the line of the new county of Newton placed upon their records.

THE TRUE HEIR,

How the Old Mansion Was Turned Into a Real Home.

By ALICE VAN ZAARN.

[Copyright, 1909, by Associated Literary Press.] The old house, with its coat of fresh paint, gleamed among its magnificent elms in the bright August sunshine. In the upstairs front room Priscilla stood before the mirror giving a last critical look at herself. Her hair was done high on her head in a style of bygone days, and an ancient shell comb was at the back. Her dress was a gorgeous brocaded silk .which had belonged to her great-great-grandmother. It had never been altered, and it fitted her tall, straight figure to perfection. “There,” she said, “I guess that will do! Now I will sit down and wait till they come.” She went over to one of the west windows and sat where she could look down the road. Her face was alight with joy. This was the happiest day of her life. It was what she had looked forward to and worked for. As she sat waiting for her expected guests her mind traveled back over the years that had led up to this day, which seemed to her to be the fulfillment of all her hopes. She remembered how when she was a little girl and lived with her grandmother in the house she could see from where she sat she had looked with awe upon the mansion which stood on the hill, and all the stories she cared to hear must be about the old house. Her grandmother could tell her many stories of the old place, of the young people tvho had lived there and made it gay with their happy voices, of the noted general who courted and married his fair bride there and of the sad times that came when the young people all went away and the old folks grew feeble and died and the old house fell into alien hands. Priscilla remembered how sh,e teased and teased till her grandmother took her to see the man and his wife who lived as caretakers in three or four rooms in the ell. After that she used to slip away to see them, and they got Fo be fond of her an. t her roam over the house at will. When she got to be eighteen she determined to earn money enough to buy the old house and restore it The owner took no care of It, and It was going to destruction. It seemed such a bad thing to Priscilla to see the blinds sagging, the shingles and clapboards coming off and the chimneys losing bricks in every high wind. She

“IT ALL SEEMS SO FUTILE!” SHE CRIED.

would buy it and save it from ruin, and it would stand there in all its old tiipe dignity, a valuable historic landmark. She told no one of her plan, but set about deciding on her work. She had always intended being a nurse, and this work would serve her purpose as well as any. So by the time she was twenty-one she had finished her course at the training school, had taken her first case and deposited her first money ift the bank toward buying the old place. •Then came a disappointment. The great-aunt for whom she was named sent* for her to cpme and take care of her. Priscilla rebelled inwardly, for the old v woman was crossgrained and miserly and grudged her the food she ate. But Priscilla knew that it was her last sickness, and she could not find it in her heart to leave her alone In her misery. For two long years, therefore, she devoted herself to her kinswoman and gave her as good care as if she had been a wealthy, paying patient. And the aunt’s disposition softened wonderfully at the last, and Priscilla confided her secret about the old house to her. After her death there was a great surprise for Priscilla. Her aunt had left all her property to her. There was more than any one had suspected, and the will expressed the old lady’s wish that Priscilla should use the money to buy and repair the old place on the hill. After the place was actually bought there was much to be done. Carpenters and masons and painters were kept at work for weeks. The ynrd was made tidy, and after that the Inside of the house was cleaned and repaired. It was in June that everything was 'one and Priscilla had moved her

•unfa old fashioned furniture Into the house. The old couple who had lived in the ell still stayed, and the woman was Priscilla’s housekeeper. Then Priscilla found that her legacy was greatly reduced and that she must go to work. So she went to nursing again with a light heart. And now it was old home week: and as one feature of the occasion she had thrown open her house and was to read a paper to the guests telling some of the most interesting stories about the place. She had furnished the rooms as nearly as possible like what they had been when the family lived there. There was not a modern piece of furniture In the whole house, and she had even been able to procure some of the very articles that had once furnished it. At last she saw her guests coming She colored as she recognized one figure among the others. He was the only one of the old family name who had taken the least interest In the old place. To be sure, he was merely the great-grandson of the last of the family to live there, and he had never seen it till this week. But he had taken an intense Interest in what Priscilla had done, and somehow she had seen a good deal of him during the week. Priscilla's heart beat high as she went slowly down the old staircase to meet her guests. • **•*•* Richard looked uncertainly about the dim old room. In a moment his eyes became accustomed to the darkness, and he went quickly over to where Priscilla crouched sobbing on the floor. Her old brocaded gown lay In folds about her, and the arm on which her head was bowed rested on the old chair by the fireplace. “What has happened?” cried Richard in alarm. He lifted her gently to her feet, and for a moment she rested heavily against his shoulder. Then she drew away and sank into her chair. “I am very sorry you found me this way,” she said tremulously. “I—l thought you were gone and that I was all alone.” “Walt a minute,” said the young man. with practical thoughtfulness, "till we have some light, and then you must tell me what troubles you.” Priscilla sat silent. She could hear the low murmur of voices In the next room, where the housekeeper and her husband were. Richard lighted the candles on the high mantel and one on the table; then he drew his chair nearer and sat down facing Priscilla. They were two striking figures in the dim setting of the old room. Both were very good to look upon, she in her gown of a century ago, he In modem dress. “I suppose it Is foolish,” she said, "and hysterical and all that, but I couldn’t help It. I was so happy this afternoon, and this is the reason.” “But what is it?” he asked, looking perplexed. “It all seems so futile?’ she cried. -"You know how I have worked and planned to restore this house to what It was, but It Is no use. It was a home, but it is not now, and I cannot make it a home. Besides that, it seems, now that I have done all I could, that I was presumptuous to undertake it. Every one seems to think I have done great things, but what right had I? Oh,” she cried passionately, “why couldn’t you have done it? You are one of the family!” “Priscilla.” he said, and she gave a little start and looked at him with dilated eyes. “I understand how you feel, and I wish I had done it, but there is a better way—a way in which you can make it a home and even bear the old family name.” His face was very serious, and he looked at her with searching earnestness. He rose to his feet and held out his arms. “Don’t you understand, Triscilla?” he said in a thrilling voice. And Priscilla understood and smiled »t him through happy tears.

FOR THE CHILDREN

Twilight—A Game. Each child lakes the name of a flower, and seals are provided for all but one, who stands in the ceuter and slowly spins a wooden plate, calling the name of a flower at the same time. The girl whose flower uatne is culled leaps up to catch the plate before It falls, and the vacant chair is taken by the spinner. If the plate is not caught before it falls a forfeit is required from the one who fails to catch unless it is plainly the fault of the spinner in not giving it a sufficient impetus, in which case she must try it over again, if. Instead of a flower, “twilight” is called, all change places, and the one who fails to secure a seat becomes the spinner. If “moonlight” is called all must sit still, and any one who jumps up is liable to forfeit. If "double twilight” is called a double change of seats is made. Prohibited Phrases. The faculty of Wellesley college has promulgated a list of words, phrases and expressions to be avoided by the girl collegians, and it might be studied with profit by many girls outside of college: “I guess so” for 1 suppose or 1 think so; “fix things’* for arrange things or prepare things; the use of “ride” and “drive” interchangeably; “real good” of “real nice” for very good or really nice; “I have studied some” for studied somewhat, or “I have not studied any” for not studied at all; “not as 1 know” for not that I know; “try an experiment” for make an experiment; “had rather” for would rather and “had better” for would better; “right away” for immediately or now; “well posted” for well informed; “try and do” for try 4.o do or “try and go” for try to go.

Over the Garden Wall. If this game is played upon a tennis court the net makes a good wall, or if played in the parlor a strip of muslin stretched across the folding doors or room will answer. Then select two captains, who. In turn, select their sides, each side taking a position on either side of the wall. Each captain has a soft ball, and at the count of one. two, three, they toss the ball over the wall, at the same time calling, the name of the opposite player who is expected to catch it. If in the excitement the wrong one catches the ball he or phe goes on the other side. The player who catches the ball hastily passes it again to his captain, and the former rule is repeated until one side outnumbers the other to a great extent. Adverb Game. One person must go out of the room while the others choose an adverb, such as pleasantly, crossly, slowly or haughtily. When he returns he asks the company questions in turn, which they must answer In the manner of the adverb they have chosen. For instance, if they have chosen “sweetly” for their adverb they must pui au extraordinary amount of sweetness into their replies, but If they have chosen “snappily” they must answer in an equally disagreeable manner or in a spiritless way. The object is for the person who asks the qu( rition to guess from the answer what adverb has been chosen. Broadface and Longface. Down the street comes Mr. Broadface, Smiling: like the summer’s sun. Bows and nods to all around him. Greets the boys with eyes of fun. E’en the dogs seem glad to see him— Wag their tails In canine glee. All the air Is full of sunshine When is passing Mr. B. Right behind comes Mr. Longface. Looking like a thundercloud. Greets no one unless to grumble, Gets no smile from all the crowd. People call him proud and Belfish, ‘ Say “he must live In a cell.” And the air grows chilly, gloomy. While Is passing Mr. L. Mr. 8., so kind and loving. Mr. L., with, cares oppressed—--1 can tell without much trouble which of them we all like best.

HAVE YOU ■ Maybe you have not tried A. & K. Best Flour yet™ We are very anxious that you should, for the reports are so satisfactory from all who have tried it, that we know we can please you too, with A. & K. Best $1.45 a Sack Home Grocery Phone I 41 I

-St. Nicholas.