Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1910 — Page 3

Ilf KJ t > Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.—Ho. :• Have you ever thought what care is exercised in the making of good furniture THE OLD CABINET MAKER SAYS: IN making the kind of furniture sold in our store, each piece of lumber is selected and seasoned for months before it is used. Skillful workmen then cut it and complete a piece at a time. The grain of the wood is treated to a preparation called a “filler” then it is sand-papered, after which the finish is given. Then, it is again sandpapered and another coat of varnish is given. This is the reason that upon our furniture there is a lustre that lasts. Of course, if we simply sold you furniture regardless of how it was going to look in a few years from now, we could beat our already low prices. We can’t afford to sell you anything which is not proper and right in every way. When it is so easy to misrepresent, don’t you think it safer to buy at home from somebody who knows how to select furniture, who you know is absolutely reliable —from somebody upon whom you can depend upon for honest goods? A little reflection will show you that we are right in this particular and a close inspection will prove that our prices are lower than you can secure anywhere else. You know that quality counts in furniture, for it is something that you don’t buy every day. D. M. WORLAND’S RELIABLE FURNITURE STORE

STORY OF 1909

Important Events at Home and Abroad. I nan ■! • THE NORTH POLE REACHED v Happening* the World Over Classified—Political and Personal Affairs, Sporting Contests, Accidents Due to Storms, Floods and Earthquakes—Conventions and Items of Miscellaneous Interest. JANUARY. X The president’s special message on the secret service rejected by the house of representatives. 20. Secretary of State Elihu Root elected United States senator by the New York legislature. Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez proclaimed president of Cuba. 2X Governor General Magoon formally turned over the government of Cuba to President Gomez. FEBRUARY. L President Elect William H. Taft formally opened the Pacific end of the Panama canal. X France and Germany signed a Morocco pact. King Edward VII. received in Berlin, the first visit of a British king to the German capital in 186 years. MARCH. 4. Inauguration of W. H. Taft as twen-ty-seventh president of the United States. 60th congress ended. X President Taft nominated his cabinet

officers as follows: Philander C. Knox, secretary of state; Franklin MacVeagh, the treasury; Jacob M. Dickinson, war; George von L. Mayer, navy; R. A. Ballinger, interior; James Wilson, agriculture; Charlas Nagel, commerce and labor; Frank H. Hitchcock, postmaster general; George W. Wlckersham, attorney general.

IS. Special aeaalon of the flat congress opened; Joseph G. Cannon elected speaker of the house. IT. Tariff bill framed by the Republican members of the ways and means committee of congress introduced in the house by Sereno 83. Payne, chairman of the committee *■ pr * B,d « nt Theodore Roosevelt sailed from New York for Naples on the Hamburg-American liner Hamburg. * An agreement reached by Austria and Serria effecting peace In the Balkans. L Tke last of the United states troops left Cuba. M Tbs Fame tariff MU passed ths house

by a vote of S 7 to 61. ' 13. Turkish garrison in Constantinople mutinied and expelled the Young Turks ministry. 13. Ultimatum of Young Turks to parliament. 24. The Young Turks gained complete control of Constantinople, making the Sultan Abdul Hamid prisoner in his palace. 27. Abdul Hamid 11., sultan of Turkey, formally deposed by the Constitutional party and his brother, Mohammed Reached, chosen successor. 29. 960 leaders of the army mutiny of April 13 in Constantinople executed for conspiracy. MAT. 10. Mohammed V., Turkey’s new sultan, invested with the sword of sovereignty at Constantinople. 17. Gen. Stoessel and Admiral Nebogatoff, who were serving sentences for neglect of duty in the late war, pardoned by the czar. 18. Dr. Charles William Eliot retired from the presidency of Harvard after 40 years' service. 19. Abbott Lawrence Lowell assumed the presidency of Harvard university. JULY. 8. The senate passed its amended tariff bill by a vote of 45 to 34. 5. Riotous Bolivians attacked the Argentine legation at La Paz in protest against Argentina’s decision In the Pei uvtan boundary dispute. 14. Prince von Bulow, chancellor of the German empire, retired from office and was succeeded by Dr. von BethmannHollweg. Royal troops of Persia defeated by the Nationalists at Teheran. a. Diplomatic relations severed between Bolivia and the Argentine Republic upon the initiation of Argentina. 26. An anti-Diaz political riot at Guadalajara, Mexico, resulted in wrecking the town. Anti-Moroccan war riot in Barcelona, Spain. AUGUST. X The Russian Emperor Nicholas received as the guest of King Edwafd VII. of England at Cowes. 6. The Payne tariff bill finally passed the senate; congress adjourned. 12. Samuel R. Van Zandt, ex-governor of Minnesota, elected commander In chief of the G. A. R. at Salt Lake City. SEPTEMBER. L Dr. Frederick A. Cook announced the discovery by him of the north pole on April 21, 1908. 7. Peary cabled from Indian Harbor, Labrador, that he reached the north pole April 6, 1909. 15. President Taft started from Boston on bls 13,000 mile trip. Marriage at Dingwall, Scotland, of &yss Anita Stewart of New York to Prince Miguel of Braganza, a claimant to the throne of Portugal. OCTOBER. fl IX American minister to China, Charles R. Crane, recalled from his mission by the secretary of state. IX Meeting of the provincial assemblies of China under the new constitutional program. Prof. Francisco Ferrer, Spanish revolutionary teacher, executed at Barcelona. U. President Taft and President Dias of Mexico met at El Paso, Tex. 2L Cabinet crisis In Spain, result of the execution of Prof. Ferrer, the revolutionist, on Oct. 18. M Czar Nicholas made a triumphal entry Into Italy, guest of King Victor Emmanuel. NOVEMBER. X Judge WUliaffi J. Gaynor elected mayor of New York on the Democratic ticket; election a general reverse for Tammany Halt Municipal reform defeated in San Francisco. Tom Johnson beaten by Horman Baehr in Cleveland mayoralty election. X Gold medal voted to Peary for having yuAod tho north poie by the National

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M). President Taft reached Washington at the end of his trip. 30. British house of lords rejected the Liberal budget by a vote of 350 to 75. DECEMBER. L The state department handed Senoi Rodriguez, Nicaraguan charge d’affaires in Washington, his passports, virtually demanding the organization of a new government to replace Zelaya's. 6. Regular session 61st congress opened. William J. Calhoun of Chicago appointed minister to China. L President Taft's first annual message presented to the congress. IX Judge H. H. Lurton appointed Justice of the United States supreme court. IX President Zelaya placed his resigna* tion in the hands of the Nicaraguan congress. 2X Prince Albert formally succeeded tc the Belgian throne. JANUARY. 17. Loss of 5800,000 by the burning of M autos in storage in Boston. IX Loss of nearly $700,000 by fire in th« woolen mills at North Chelmsford, Mass. 2X Fire on the wharfs of Galveston caused loss of $600,000. 2X Loss of $600,000 in a department store fire in St. Paul. APRIL. X Fire in Fort Worth, Tex., wiped out ten blocks and property valued at $5.000,000; 6 deaths. IL Fatal fire in the business section of Lenox, Mass.; 6 deaths; loss nearly $300,000. 14. Fire destroyed 3 churches, 40 dwellings and a business block in Rochester, N. 1.; loss nearly $500,000. MAY. IX A $1,500,000 fire in Akron, O. 8L Loss of $1,000,000 by the burning of the Nevada grain docks at Port Costa, Cal. JUNE. 24. Fort William Henry hotel, noted hostelry on Lake George, burned; loss about $250,000. AUGUST. 10. Monticello, N. Y., a popular summer resort, nearly destroyed by fire; loss about $1,000,000. 2X Fire in the business district of Decatur, 111., caused a loss of $1,000,000. DECEMBER. X Flames destroyed 5 buildings in the business district of Baltimore; loss estimated at about $1,000,000. X Fire in the business district of Kalamazoo, Mich., caused a loss of $750,000. IX The Racine Manufacturing company’s plant and other buildings burned at Racine, Wls.; loss $650,000. MARCH. X Oro Morningstar won the championship of the world at 18.2 balk line billiards. defeating George F. Slosson, the IXI champion, in New York city; final score, 600 to 214. 2X Opening of the Ormond-Daytona beach auto race. David Bunce Brown, driving a Benz car, lowered the amateur record for 10 miles to 5 minutes 15 seconds; previous record 6 minutes 15 seconds. APRIL. X Oxford won the 66th annual varsity race on the Thames, beating Cambridge by 3 lengths. Henri St. Yves of France won the international Marathon for professionals in New York. MAT. X St. Yves won the International Derby in New York, covering 26 miles and 385 yards in 2 hours, 44 minutes and 5 seconds. IX King James won the Metropolitan handicap at Belmont park. New York. 2X King Edward's Minoru won the English Derby. JUNE. X King James won the Brooklyn handicap at Gravesend. X Balloon race start at Indianapolis. Ind IX W. K. Vanderbilt’s Negofol won the French Derby at Chantilly. 24. Fitzherbert won the Suburban handicap at Sheepshead Bay. 27. Verdun, Rothschild owner, won the Grand Prix over the Longcbamps course, near Paris. JULY. L Harvard won the varsity race over Yale at New London. X Cornell won the varsity eight oared race at Poughkeepsie. X The champion polo cup, which had been held in England 23 years, won back by the Meadowbrook (Long Island) pclo team. X The Belgian crew won the Grand Challenge cup at Henley, England, defeating the Cambridge crew. SEPTEMBER. 7. The Taft cup trophy in the GermanAmerican zonderklasse yacht races won by the American yacht Joyette of Marblehead. Mass. OCTOBER. X Detroit won the pennant in the American Baseball league. 7. Pittsburg won the National Baseball league pennant. IX A. Holland Forbes won the Lahm cup in the balloon race from St. Louis landing near Richmond, Va., and covering 73114 miles in 19 hours and 15 minutes. X Pittsburg (National Baseball league) won the world’s championship from Detroit (American Baseball league) at Detroit Jack Johnson defeated Stanley Ketchel

in 12 rounds for the heavyweight championship at San Francisco. 17. Henri St. Yves won the Marathon Derby at Seattle in 2 hours, 82 minutes and 39 seconds. 30l Vanderbilt cup race won by H. F. Grant, driving a 60 horsepower Al co car an average of 628 miles an hour

for 278.08 miles. Pennsylvania beat Carlisle Indians at football, 26 to X on Franklin field. Chicago beat Minnesota at football, 20 to X at Minneapolis. November. IX Yale defeated Princeton, 17 to 0, at Naw Haven. Michigan defeated Pennsylvania, 12 to X at Philadelphia. Game between Cornell and Chicago at Ithaca resulted in a score of 6 to 6. Minnesota won the western football conference title from Wisconsin by $4 to 6 at Madison. 2X Brown defeated Carlisle Indians at football, 21 to 8, in New York. Yale beat Harvard. I to 0, In Cambridge, y Michigan won the all western football title from Minnesota, 15 to < at Minneapolis. M Jamas J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson signed to bos for the heavyweight championship, “46 rounds or more.” DECEMBER. X Cahrta Demarest won the IX2 balk Hus Millard title from George Sutton to New York. IL John Clarite and Walter Rutt won the « day cycle race, covering 3.660 miles 1 lap. at Madison Square Garden. New York.

Jack Johnson.

Wright’s duration record of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds by I minutes and 18 seconds at Mourmelon-Le-Grand, France. IX Cross country aeroplane record of 11 miles in 1914 minutes made at Mineola, N. Y„ by C. F. Willard. IX Walter Wellman ascended in his dirigible balloon at Spitsbergen, bound for the north pole, meeting with an accident after traveling 36 miles, which indefinitely postponed the trip. 21. Opening of the aeroplane races at Rhelms, France. 2X 8 killed and many Injured in a strikers’ riot at the Pressed Steel Car company’s plant at Schoenville, Pa. 23. Glenn H. Curtiss, American aviator, made a speed record at the Rhelms races by covering 61-5 miles in 8 minutes 35 2-5 seconds. 25. Paulhan, French aviator, broke ail records for length of unbroken flight, including WUbur Wright’s, by remaining in the air 2 hours, 53 minutes and 24 seconds at Rhelms. 27. Henry Farman, English aviator, set a new record for heavier than air machines by covering 11178 miles in j hours, 4 minutes and 56 2-6 seconds at Rhelms. 2X Glenn. H. Curtiss won the international aviator cup at Rhelms by traveling at the rate of 4X65 mile* an hour and covering 1242 miles in 15 minutes 508-5 seconds. The Spaniards at Melilla destroyed 100 Moors by exploding mines under their camp. 2X Centenary of the birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrated. SEPTEMBER. X Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the arctic Explorer, who left

civilization In the Bummer of 1907, landed at Copenhagen. X Capt. F. S. Cody, an American in the British service, made across country aeroplane flight of 40 miles, covered in 1 hour and 3 minutes. 21. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the explorer, arrived in New York. Peary reach-

ed Sydney, Nova Scotia. 25. The Hudson-Fulton celebration opened by a naval parade in New York harbor. IX The ship Roosevelt, which carried the Peary exploring expedition, arrived at New York from the arctic region.

OCTOBER. L Commander Robert E. Peary reached New York. International balloon goal race from Zurich. X Orville Wright broke the high flying record by soaring 1,600 feet at Pottsdam. The Mara won the international goal race from Zurich, landing within 600 yards of the goal. X Edgar W. Mix, American aeronaut, won tbe Gordon Bennett cup in the balloon race from Zurich, landing at Warsaw, Poland, after covering 696 miles. Statue of Verrazzano, reputed first discoverer of the Hudson, unveiled In Battery park. New York. IX Close of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair at Seattle; total attendance about 3,750,000. IX Opening of the Portola festival, commemorating the discovery in 1769 of the bay of San Francisco. NOVEMBER. X Paulhan, French aviator, made a new record in flight, reaching an altitude of 997 feet at Sandown park. London. 20. Standard Oil trust ordered to dissolve by the eighth United States circuit court, sitting as a court of appeala •0. Switchmen’s strike begun in the northwest. DECEMBER. IX P. F. Sheedy, noted sporting man and an authority on art, died in New York city; aged 59. 15. Senator John Raines, father of the Raines hotel law, died at Canandaigua. N. Y. Gen. W. W. Dudley, formerly commissioner of pensions, died in Washington; aged 67. 29. Centenary of the birth of Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, British statesman, called the ’’Grand Old Man” of England, celebrated. FEBRUARY. 18. National Congress of Mothers opened in New Orleans. 27. American bowling congress opened in Pittsburg. MARCH. 2X Southern child labor congress met at New Orleans. 3L Ths 125th annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church met tn Baltimore. APRIL. iX National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met in Washington. 26. Sth congress of the International Woman’s Suffrage alliance opened in London. 29. 30th annual meeting of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution opened in Baltimore. MAY. 2 National peace congress met in Chicago. IX National good roads congress met in Baltimore. JUNE. , X Reunion of United Confederate Veterans at Memphis. Meeting of the American Medical association at Atlantic City. IX International Council of Women met at Toronto. 29. The American Library association met at Bretton Woods, N. H. JULY. L Forty-first annual convention of the National Woman Suffrage association met in Seattle. X Convention of the American Institute of Instruction opened at Castine, Me. 7. Anti-vivisection congress opened in .London. International convention of the Christian Endeavor met at St. Paul. The Epworth league met in international convention at Seattle. 10. The International Air Navagatlon exposition opened in Frankfort. 28. World conference of the Y. M. C. A opened at Barmen-Elberfeld, Germany. august. X National irrigation congress met al Spokane, Wash. Annual G. A. R. encampment opened in Salt Lake City. 17. The 43d annual convention of the UniPeace union opened at Mystic, Conn. KL 6th international trades union congresi opened in Paris. SEPTEMBER. X International Esperanto congTees opened at Barcelona. 14. The American Bankers* association met in Chicago. ocronan. T nnual convention of the National Women’s Christian Temperance union opened at Omaha. M. American Roadmakers' association mat at Columbus, O. MOVgMWMb X The American Federation of Labor mot in Toronto. DBcaaraaß. 2X The 26th anniversary of tbe American Historical and the American Economie associations ceiebratod la Now York,

HINTS FOR FARMERS

Winter Feed For Cows. Every one who knows anything about the tastes of the cow knows that she prefers good, succulent grass, such as grows in the summer. But in the winter this cannot be provided. An excellent substitute, however, can ba made in nearly every section of the Country. Many of the roots, if given in connection with bay or corn fodder, add a great deal of succulence. Mangels, carrots and the like make a very good substitute. Pumpkins and potatoes even will do when ’other roots cannot be obtained. Turnips are very good, but if too many are fed the milk will have a very objectionable taste. The following ration is an excellent one for the dairy cow in winter: Eight to ten pounds of good clover hay, thirty pounds of corn silage, fifteen to twenty pounds of mangels and eight to ten pounds of corn and oats chop. This la a maximum amount. Some animals may not require so much feed .aa this. The next requisite is pure water in plentiful supply. Then the cow should have plenty of salt and be treated kindly. It is usually the case that when a man attends properly to salting the cows he will treat them kindly in other respects.— Farm Progress.

The Farm Ice Supply. Avoid slush or snow ice as much as possible. Watch for those several days of continuous hard freezing, then tap the ice field at its best, writes a Michigan farmer in American Agriculturist. Six inch ice is, of course, good, but eighteen inch is better, as the thicker the cake the better its keeping quality. Clear the field of snow and with either line or straight edge mark off the cakes to be cut, using any sharp pointed instrument for the marking. An old file makes a good tool for the purpose. Mark the field off into eighteen inch squares, being careful to have the cakes cut exactly to measure, for in no other way can close storage be accomplished. Cut out corner cake with an ax and start the saw exactly on the line, holding saw straight up and down. Remove one handle from the saw and in its place attach a small weight, said weight adding much to the rapidity of the sawing. Two pairs of ice tongs at about 50 cents each complete the outfit for the farmer’s ice harvest.

Dr. Frederick A. Cook.

Horse Notes. A horse cannot rest well lying down In a narrow stall. It is just as easy to speak kindly to a horse as to swear at him. If manure smells very strong when voided, something is wrong with the feeding. Scrape the dried sweat from the collars every day and keep them smooth and pliable. Horses stabled in a close, badly ventilated barn will come out in the morning dull and stupid. If your horse comes into the stable warm and tired, feed him no grain for at least an hour. When a long drive is expected, do not feed quite as much as usual. The horse will travel better. Trimming Fruit Trees In Winter. With apples and most fruit trees and shrubs trimming may as well be done In winter as at any other time. There are two decided advantages in winter trimming. One is that there is more time for the work at that season, and the other is that foliage and fruit do not interfere with the work. Since the cuts are made some weeks before new growth and healing begin it is well to paint the scars to keep out water, dust and germs that might cause decay.

PUBLIC SALE. As I have sold my farm apd will quit farming, I will hold a JPubllc Sale at my residence, two miles north and one mile west of Rensselaer, beginning at 10 a. m., on MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1010, 12 Head of Horses— 1 bay mare 7 years old, weight 1350, bred; 1 bay mare 9 years old, weight 1200. bred; 1 black horse 10 years old, weight 1100; 1 bay mare, 6 years old, wt. 1100; 1 bay horse, coming 4 years old, wt. 1250; 1 bay road horse, coming 4 years old, wt. 1000; 1 bay mare, coming 3 years old; 1 sorrel horse, coming 3 years old: 1 brown horse, coming 3 years old; 1 black road horse, coming 3 years old; 1 black filly coming 2 years old. Three Cows, all giving milk. Farming Implements—2 broad tire wagons, nearly new; 1 top buggy; 1 McCormick binder; 1 hay rake; 1 Deering mower; 1 John Deere gang plow; 2 walking plows; 2 riding Avery cultivators; 1 threesection harrow; 1 disc; 1 corn planter with fertiliser attachments and 80 rods of wire; i double shovel plow; 2 scoop boards; 1 hay rack; 3 sets double harness; 1 set single harness; 1 saddle. Some household furniture. A credit of 12 months given on sums over *lO with the usual conditions; < per cent off for cash _ ' CHARLES M. GREENLEE. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. J. P. Hammond, Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds.

Diseases of Fowls. Most of the diseases that afflict fowls are the result of carelessness and Indifference on tbe part of the owner as regards the surroundings and conditions of his poultry, says American Cultivator. No poultry will show to advantage on the credit aide of the cash account unless they are healthy and well cared for. How to prevent disease should be the watchword rather than how to cure disease.

You take Ywjy Pains a 1 to make the cbU " ] dren look mice .kl ust tor a day * I Why not presserve thp mem- / ory of their pret.'V/ II ■/ tlness by means * ot our PHOTOGRAPHS ® ur P lctu res, , either of Individ- * ml uals or 8 rou P 8 » I are so excellent that they rival j the steel engravhq y ft Ing in softness and far excel in J||| faithful portraiture the work of the most skilful Sharp’s Studio Near the Bridge, —— .. rT* Rensselaer, Ind.

■ Spring, Summer, ■ Autumn, Winter. H At any and all seasons you will S ns doln ß our b est to deM serve your patronage. |M We know of no better way of M deserving it than by running the best sort of a grocery that ■ we know how. |H That means never relaxing our S watchfulness of this, that and the other thing. M It means being satisfied with ■ modest profits. B It means many other things SH too—but chiefly it means ■ GROCERY GOODNESS. To-day is a good time to put us to the test, and the article S may be whatever you happen H to need. ■ McFarland & Son S Reliable Grocers. It Should Interest You to know that we are supplying our customers with the best feed. We solicit your milling. We also carry on hand at all times a large supply of whole grain and we are still in business at the old stand. River Queen Mills Phone 92. The “Studebaker” Isn’t a High-Priced Wagon When you consider the quality of the material, and its splendid construction. The price is very reasonable, and lower than any maker could produce a wagon of anything like the same quality for in anything but enormous quantities. 70,000 are made and sold every year. Only the purchase of materials in great quantities enables the makers of the Studebaker wagon to market it at the price they do. Talk about value, why there is no wagon made that has the value in it i that the Studebaker has. If you like to get your money’s worth, buy a Studebaker. We Sell it and Guarantee it C. A. ROBERTS, Wmm>, Battin, Fam Imhams. Whan Yau Put On Stocklnqa Of the heavier sort, do your shoes pinch, and your feet swell and perspire? If you shake Allen's Foot-Ease in your - it will give you rent and comfort, and instant relief from any annoyance. SoM Everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute.