Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1909 — Page 11

Mrs. S- Joyce, Claremont, N. H., writes: “About a year ago I bought two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy. It cured me of a severe case of kidney trouble of several years standing. It certainly is a grand, , good medicine, and I heartily recommend it.** A. F. Long. Big Public Sale As I am going to move to North Dakota, I will offer at Public Sale at my residence, 3 miles North of Mt. Ayr and 4 % miles West of Surrey, commencing at 10 a. m., on Tuesday, December k, 1909, 6 Head of Horses—Consisting of 1 Roan Horse five years old, weight 1100; 1 Bay Horse four years old, wt 1100; 1 Bay Horse three years old next spring, wt. 1100; 1 Bay Mare three years old in the spring, wt. 1000; 1 Black Horse, three years old, wt- 1000; 1 Roan Mare eleven years old, wt. 1500. 5 Good Milch Cows— Aged from six to nine years, will be fresh in the spring. 9 Head of Lambs— Consisting of seven Ewes and two Bucks. Farm Implements, Buggies. Etc. —Consisting of 1 Buggy; 1 Riding Plow; 1 Cultivator; 1 Harrow; 1 Potato Digger; 1 Scoop Board; 1 Broadcast Seeder; 1 Hand Corn Sheller; 1 36-lnch Wagon Box; 1 Disc and Trucks; 1 pair Sled Crooks; 1 Sled; 1 Cook Stove, and many other articles too numerous to mention. Terms—A credit of 12 months will be given on sums over >lO, with usual conditions; 8 per cent off for cash. JULIUS V. GIILDENZOPH. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C- G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot Lunch on Grounds. PUBLIC SALE. Owing to poor health, the undersigned will move from Jasper county, and will hold a public sale at his farm residence, one mile West of Parr and 9 miles Northwest of Rensselaer, on WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, 1909, « Head of Horses— Consisting of 1 Bay mare, 5 years old; 1 Roan mare, 9 years old; 1 Bay mare, 9 years old; 1 Bay horse, 10 years old, lady broke; 1 Sorrel mare, 10 years old; 1 Bay mare, 12 years old. 6 Head of Cows— Consisting of 1 Red cow, fresh in March; 3 cows, 1 fresh February 1, 2 fresh April 1; 2 two-year-old heifers, fresh in spring. 13 Head of Hogs— Wt. about 125 pounds each. Farm Implements, Etc.—Consisting of 2 Wagons; 2 Buggies; 1 Corn Planter; 1 Deering Binder; 1 Sulky Plow; 2 Walking Plows; 2 Walking Cultivators; 1 new Riding Gopher; 1 new 4-section Harrow; 2 Scrapers; 2 Gravel Boards; 1 Bob-sled; 3 sets Double Harness; 1 set Single Buggy Harness; 1 Deering Mower in good shape. Household Goods— -Consisting of 2 wooden Beds, with Springs; 1 iron Bed, with Springs; 2 heating Stoves; 1 Range; 6 Chairs; 1 office Desk; 1 Dresser; 1 Bookcase, and other articles of 1 ousehold furniture. Terms—A credit of 12 months will be given on sums over $lO, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for cash. JESSE ELDREDGE. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot Lunch on Grounds.

PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned, having rented their farm, will sell at Public Sale on their farm on the Pleasant Ridge road, two miles east of Rensselaer, at 10 €. m., sharp, on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1009, 9 Head of Horses— -Consisting of 1 Brown mare, 5 years old, wt. 1450, bred; 1 Bay mare, 4 years old, wt--1400, bred; 1 horse, 5 years old, wt. 1400; 1 Bay horse, 5 years old, wt. 1300, lady broke; 1 Brown horse, 12 years old, wt. 1300; 1 Bay mare, 7 years old, wt. 1300; 1 Bay mare, 7 years old, wt. 1200, good all-pur-pose horse; 2 Black yearling fillyg, good draft stock. 34 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 9 milch cows, fresh during winter and spring; 3 three-year-old steers; 5 two-year-old steers; 9 two-year-old and yearling heifers; 8 calves, 4 steers, 4 heifers. Implements, Wagons, Etc.-—Con-sisting of 3 Wagons, 2 with trippie beds; 1 manure spreader, good as new; 1 covered buggy; 1 open buggy; 1 gang plow, good as new; 3 walking plows; 1 disc; 1 Avery riding cultivator; 1 Tower riding cultivator; 2 walking cultivators; 1 corn planter, fertilizer attachment and 80 rods of wire; 1 lowdown seeder; 1 3-section harrow; 1 3-sec-tlon steel harrow; 1 2-section harrow; 1 Tower pulverizer; 1 mowing machine; 1 hay rake; 1 McCormick binder; 1 fanning mill; 1 hand corn shelter; 1 set of bobsleds; 3 sets work harness; 2 sets single harness; 1 sidesaddle; small tools, consisting of forks, chains, sledges, and others too numerous to mention. Household Goods— Four heating stoves, 1 hard coal base burner, good as new; 1 hot blast stove, 1 base burner for hard or soft coal, 1 small hard coal stove; 1 blue flame oil cook stove; 1 oil heating stove; 1 bedstead, mattress and springs;' 1 roll carpet; 2 feather beds; 1 cauldron kettle. Terms—A credit of 12 months will be given on sums over |lO, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for caßl1 j SHEDD BROS. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk.

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THE DIAMOND HORSESHOE.

A Mother Does Not Lose Faith In Her Son. By AGNES G. BROGAN. (Copyright, 1809, by American Press Association.] She was the last one to enter the train, running breathlessly up the steps and pausing for a moment in the doorway—such a bright and happy picture, with glowing cheeks and sparkling eyes, that the passengers glancing in her direction half smiled sympathetically as she beamed upon them all.

The porter, showing his white teeth, hastened to lead the way to the only vacant seat, and the man behind anticipated her movement toward the window and pressed the spring and let in the fresh October air. The little old woman who had been sitting unnoticed close to the window drew a long breath gratefully. She was a shabby, worn little old woman, with

“THIS IS THE PIN, IS IT NOT?" SHE ASKED.

wrinkled face almost hidden in the depth of an old fashioned Quaker bonnet. “Is the breeze too strong for you?” asked the girl, smiling down Into the bonnet, and then, seeing the great tears which were flowing down the furrows on the tired little face, she added impulsively, “Can 1 help you in any way?” “I am afraid no one can do that, my dear.” replied the little old woman painfully. ”1 am going on a sad journey today.” It was evident that her need of human sympathy was very great, but she checked herself suddenly, embarrassed at the realization that she bad been on the point of confiding in a stranger. With an expectant look in her soft eyes the girl waited. “Perhaps,” she suggested feelingly, “you would like to tell me all about it.” For a moment longer the woman hesitated, and then, reassured by the kindly interest in the girl’s face, began her story. “It’s my son," she quavered. “He to in great trouble, and I’m hurrying to him. it is years since I’ve been on a train, years since I’ve been in s city, and It will ail be very strange and bard for me. He doesn’t know I’m coming, Henry doesn't, but if bis mother can help him she is going tn be right there. Just yesterday it happened. He was going in on this very train to the city, where he lives. The car was filled, as it is today, my dear, and he sat beside a lady just as we are sitting. She wore one of those dresses, he wrote, that are fastened way up the back, and through the fastening was pinned a diamond horseshoe. She was leaning forward all the time, looking through the window, so he remembers the horseshoe very distinctly as it flashed and glittered in the sun. Well, why they should say be did it—those men—l can’t understand, unless they were anxious to blame it on some one when the lady missed it. for It was gone, the diamond horseshoe. There one minute and gone the next, and the men, two of them across the aisle, say that Henry—my Henry, who is as honest as the day—unfastened the pin and slipped it into his pocket. Quick as be was. they declare, they saw bim do it. The trainmen were called, there was great commotion, and there be had to stand and bear it all—the prying eyes, the disrrace. Ob, they searched bim well, but no pin was found. 1 could have told them many miles away that they would not find their stolen ntn upon my boy. So”—the grief stricken voice choked bitterly—“they locked him up there in the city. He had no money to give a bond, and this morning early they are to swear his honesty away—the men who say they saw him to do it and the lady who lost her diamond horseshoe. But if a mother’s prayers can help”— She could go no further. She saw her boy again as when she had first seen him the day he was born. She saw bim as. having kissed her. he toddled away to school. She saw him as

be began to grow from boyhood to youth and from youth to manhood and remembered how proud she bad been of him. What a fine man be was gotag to be! ' And now where were all these hopes? In a twinkling they had vanished. With misty eyes, the girl leaned forward gently. The little band in its dainty glove was laid upon the toll worn hand in its cotton one. “Tell me more about your boy,’’ she urged softly. Almost eagerly the old woman continued: “He has always been such a good boy, poor, like his father and grandfather before him, but bonest always and honorable as tbey were. His father wanted to paint pictures when he was a lad. but bad to stay at home and work on the farm instead. It bad been a great disappointment until the day of his death, so when Henry wanted to be a painter 1 let him go. He has had bard times. I’m afraid—be is looking to poor and white and thin—and when our neighbor called to see him there in the city he found him living in such a crowded place way up near the roof. But that’s for the skylight. Henry says. Artists like to be high up. and I’m not to worry." She paused and regarded the girl questioningly for a moment The girl nodded understandingly, and the other resumed: “But things were beginning to look so bright. He was to paint a rich man’s picture as soon as be'could earn enough to buy the necessary materials—canvas. brushes and -things. And now to be locked up and branded a thief!”

“I am glad you have told me. and I thank you,’’ said the girl very softly. “If Henry’s mother has such faith in him everything is certain to come right You must let me help you. I know the city very well, for it is my home in the winter time. When we arrive the carriage will be waiting, and we will drive immediately to the courthouse.” If the accused artist had seen them as they entered the courtroom be might have found in their faces—the wan, pitiful countenance of his distracted mother and the glowing features of her young companion—inspiration for a picture to be called “Hope and Despair.” but his head was bowed low and his face was buried in his hands as he sat waiting for his case to be called. Seating the little old woman in a secluded corner, the girl hurried forward and asked a court attendant to permit her to speak to the Judge. The man conducted her to the bench, and his honor signified his willingness to hear her. ‘lf the case of Henry Burrows has not yet been called,” she pleaded, “will you please have it dismissed? I am Miss Stanfield, the person who lost the diamond horseshoe, and I do not wish to appear against him. You will remember that nothing was found upon him when he was searched. There has been a great mistake, and the horseshoe is now safe in my possession.” So saying, she unclasped a pin from the laces at her throat and laid it upon the desk, a curious golden horseshoe, with the diamond nails flashing brilliantly.

With a puzzled expression the judge scanned closely for a moment her flushed, eager face and then motioned to two men seated together in the room. “The witnesses.” he said impressively, "are positive that the man unclasped the pin.” Quickly the girl turned to the men. “This is the pin. is it not?” she asked. “It Is a design one would not forget easily. There has been a great mistake.” Then, with lowered voice, she added: "If her son should be pronounced guilty it will break his old mother’s heart. Think of that, gentlemen, before you act.” Silently and with respectful admiration the men regarded her. “1 see." said one of them finally, "that it is ail a mistake, as you say.” A few moments later “The case of Henry Burrows dismissed!” rang out through the courtroom, and the old woman turned excitedly to those near by and cried jubilantly: "1 knew it! My boy, my boy!” The girl stood looking up into the white, tense face of the young artist. “Why did you do it?” he demanded curtly.

* Without flinching the girl looked straight into his eyes and answered. “The faith your mother has In her son should never be permitted to grow less.” With a quick sob the man bid his face from ber gleaming eyes. “It never shall be!" he declared. "Do you believe me?” In answer she held out her hand. Then he spoke again: “It was the madness of despair. When 1 saw them coming to search me 1 threw the pin through an open window. It must have fallen into the marshes or into the water below the bridge. How. then, can you have It today?” They were standing quite alone, but the girl almost whispered ber answer. “There were two,” she said—“twin horseshoes. My father gave them to me." As she was going be rose to his feet and raised his right arm as if he were registering a vow. “Some day I shall return it to you.” he said. Again the girl put forth her band. “1 believe you.” she said simply and went her way. And the memory that she carried out Into the sunshine of the morning was the perfect content on the wrinkled face of the old mother as her son led her tenderly from the courtroom. The young man kept his promise. One day two years later the girl re celved a little package by post. Opening it, she removed some cotton, and there below lay a diamond horseshoe oin.

LAKE STEAMERS IN A CRASH

Wireless Tells of a Collision In the St. Mary's River. Saut Ste. Marie, Mich., Dec. 7.—A wireless message from a steamer down the river reports that the 3,955-ton steamer Henry Steinbrenner of Cleveland was sunk and the steamer Berwind seriously damaged near Round Island, in the St. Mary’s river, as the result of a collision. The crew of the Steinbrenner escaped in yawls. The crew of the Berwind remained on board.

The People and the Sugar Frauds.

The public is informed that there is unanimous agreement among the powers at Washington to trace the sugar frauds to their source. While there is complete confidence that the administration means to do its full duty, there is some concern about the individual instruments Intrusted with the actual Job. The American people will not be satisfied with the proceedings if they merely go to the extent of putting sugar trust directors in the penitentiary. There is a bigger achievement to be scored—the cleaning out of a loathsome corruption in the federal public service. To find out the individuals guilty of statutory crime, whether in the service of the sugar trust or of the govern ment or both; to strike off the public, payrolls every man who helped the sugar trust’s cheating or hindered the exposure of the sugar trust and to fix all blame for the wholesale corruption of the American revenue service, no matter upon whom it may fall or what public idols it may shatter, will be the task to test supremely the skill and courage of the prosecuting authorities. Equally must this prosecution be a sore trial of the ability of the country to bear up stoutly and hopefully under a crushing blow to national honor and national ideals.

Doubtless there are enough rich spiritualists in this country to give Signora Palladino a truly golden welcome, and with her extraordinary powers of second sight she ought to be able to tell herself just where to find them. Both Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson expect to whip the other fellow next April. Dr. Cook will go for those Peary knockout proofs next April. A good deal seems to turn on the month of 1910 which begins with All Fools' day. The high water mark in the value of American cotton exported was reached in October, so the home consumer at least gets a return in glory when he digs up the record price for his socks and jeans. Apparently forgetting the adage “Who lives by the sword must perish by the sword," old world anarchists still argue with the bomb. Even at 35 cents a pound Thanksgiving can bold its own among the days we celebrate. The affinity industry is either on strike or working in whispers. Pearl Harbor and the Canal. The decision to fortify Pearl Harbor as our principal naval base in the Pacific is a wise one, and President Taft’s action will be approved by not only the military and naval experts, but by the entire population of the United States. This location gives our fleets in the Pacific the same advantage of position as is enjoyed by Great Britain at Malta as far as the Mediterranean sea is concerned. The American people want the work well done, thoroughly done and completely done, cost what it may, and they expect it done as speedily as It can be done In the very best possible manner. With San Francisco bay and Puget sound as the bases upon our coast line and Pearl Harbor base almost directly west of the Panama canal, the Pacific end of that great waterway will be well guarded by our war vessels from enemies coming from north, south or west. The decision of the army and navy board, approved by President Taft, to make Pearl Harbor the greatest naval station In the Pacific ocean Is much more important than most Americans realize. The famous Hawaiian harbor adequately fortified and manned as a base for the warships of our nation solves the problem of supremacy on the Pacific. Before Issuing the proposed George Washington five cent pieces It is to be hoped that the mint authorities, the designer and everybody concerned with the change will have carefully considered the risks involved in making new coin nowadays. It is announced that the German emperor and empress will make a visit next year to their relatives in England. This will doubtless call off for •while jingo blustering on both sides. Rockefeller enjoyed the show in a fifty cent seat, but some people who owe for their fine clothes and millinery think they must have first tier boxes when they attend the theater.

A Grand Treat For The Children The week of December 25th’O9 The 99c Racket Store has made arrangements with Mr. Fred Phillips, Proprietor of the Princess Theater, whereby every ‘ Boy and Girl from two years up to ten years of age will receive a FREE TICKET to [see Santa Claus in all his glory. The Tickets’can be had at The 99c Racket Store Proper. The Entertainment will take place December 23d and 24th, in the afternoon without fail. This is chance of a lifetime for the little ones, especially those from the country, as it gives them a chance to see Santa Claus and visit with him and have a grand time in the afternoon. Adults will be charged the small sum of 5 cents each and can buy their tickets right at the theater Yours for a good time, E. V. RANSFORD, Proprietor, The 99c Racket Store.

What Excuse Have You If your stock does not give satisfactory results when you feed them with a cheap feed, that you know contains injurious substances, but buy it simply because it is it cheap. This is foolish economy, for it is River Queen Mills, and you will have the finest stock around. River Queen Mills Phone 92. NOTICE OF DITCH SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, as Superintendent of Construction of the Edward W. Culp, et al. ditch, being Cause No. 9606 of the Commissioners' Court of Jasper County, Indiana. will let such work by contract to the lowest and best responsible bidder, at the office of the County Auditor, in the Court House, at Rensselaer, Indiana, on the 21st day of December, 1909, at eleven o'clock A. M. Said proceeding calls for the contraction of a large tile drain and a lateral thereto, and the contractor will be required to excavate the tile in a tile drain which has heretofore been contracted on the line of the above mentioned ditch, and to use all of the tile thus secured which are suitable for use. TH* plans and speculations for said improvement are on file in the office of the Auditor of Jasper County, Indiana, and are open for inspection. The said work is to be let as a whole or in parts at the option of the Superintendent, who reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Rids will be received from this date until the date above given, at which time said blds will be published and said sale made at public outcry, and let to the lowest and best responsible bidder, reserving my right to reject any or all bids. Dated this 29th day of November, 1909. „ GRANT CULP, Superintendent of Construction. MAIR BALSAM I ww and bMutUtas th* kata I <oo,»»dgl.<W*t Dnmiiui "' croups tress. A safe and pleasing syrap-SOoTDraggisaa, . :