Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1910 — Page 5

*.*.v i . ES&V /'. . I CvV\ \\ nHi l' TBMpBTSipTj“ / xj/ If CT) 'WKE&rgjj&t&, rj\* •* * / I Royal is the I powder made I Grape Cream 1 ROYAL Baking Powder I Absolutely I ' 1 Highest in I I Leavening I I Efficiency I I Hot Breads I LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items, of Interest to City and Country Readers. Miss Grace Hollister visited friends in Kirkiin Wednesday. Dr. E. C. English was a Lafayette business visitor Wednesday. Dr. E. N. Loy spent Wednesday and Thursday in Piqua, Ohio, on business. 'NtCharles Wiltshire of Zanesville, (#., is visiting his parents, Harry Wiltshire and wife, (here. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beck of Boone county have moved onto the Nuss farm north of town, which Mr. Beck has bought. Mrs. Beck is a daughter of J. M. Torbet of north of town. See our revised prices on many lines before you conclude that you can’t get good shoes at nominal prices. Reductions on all kinds — Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block-” The rural mail carriers got no holiday on Christmas,, or the Monday following Christmas, rather, but will take a day off for New Year’s. Consequently no mail will go out on the routes Monday. ' s *J)r. Turfler has bought the former J. C. Porter property east of the Christian church. He gets both the new residence and the tenant house. The consideration is understood to have been $3,500. E.. J. Cagey of Union tp., has moved to Lowell, where with W. E. "Keener, also of Union, they have a real estate, insurance and “collection office, under ( the title of “Lowell Mercantile Agency.” The Democrat wishes the young men success in tbeir new undertaking.

„J. K. Davis went to Wolcott Thursday to visit relatives. j. Ex-sheriff O’Connor was down from Kniman on business Thursday. The Democrat extends compliments of the season to its army of readers. Miss Ethel Sharp is visiting her brother, John and family in Chicago Heights. • Joseph Putts of south of town transacted business in Battle Ground Thursday. Van Norrifan expects to return to Winona next Wednesday morning where he is attending school. James A. Flynn returned home yesterday from a week’s visit with his children at Lowell and Creston. George Hopkins went to Kalamazoo, Mich., yesterday for a few days visit .with his son Vern and family. Maines, a 10 pound boy. This gives Jud two pair, two boys and two girls..... Leonard Elder returned to Franklin Thursday, Floyd Meyers followed him yesterday. They are attending college there. r w E. H. Jackson and wife of Champaign county, 111-, are guests of his brother, H. W. Jackson, and family north of town. V jf<rhe Bert Brenner deal is “off for a drug store in Oklahoma City, and Bert will remain in Rensselaer, we are glad to state. Mrs. W. J. Imes of Indianapolis transacted business in Rensselaer Thursday. She spent Christmas with Oxford relatives. Von Woodworth returned to Caspar, Wyo., yesterday after a couple weeks visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Woodworth. Mrs. Frank Morton of Goodland, who had been here owing to the sickness of her mother, Mrs. A. Woodworth, the past w r eek, returned home yesterday. Richard White and wife and Thomas Mills and wife of Zionsville, Ind., returned home Thursday after a few days visit here with Oppie Wolfe and family. The Presbyterian ladies have thus far taken in $271.20 from their recent bazaar, and they are still selling more of the sanitary mops, which arrived too late for the bazaar proper. Mrs- J. L. Hagihs and Miss Clara Hagins of Chicago, who is visiting here, went to Wolcott Thursday to visit the former’s daughter, Mrs. E. R, Erwin, a few days. Mrs. A- S. Nowels and daughter Helen and son Russel of Columbia City returned home Thursday after a week’s visit here with the former’s parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson. ", , f ’ \ | Mrs. Ed Ranton of southeast of town accomapnied her parents-in-laW, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ranton, Sr., of Hoopeston, 111., home Thursday for a visit. The latter had been here visiting the past week. \|Mrs. Joseph Loughridge, well kpown to many of The Democrat’s readers in Jordan and Carpenter townships, died Wednesday afternoon at her home in Goodland after a three weeks illness. Mr. and Mrs. E- V. Ransford and nephew, Victor Faucett, left Thursday for Seattle, Wash., to visit relatives a few weeks. George Thornton, Mr. Ransford’s son-in-law, will have charge of the store while he is away. Some tremendous reductions in footwear at Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Every broken lot must be moved, hence we can give you a good shoe for a little money.— Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block. C. A. Radcliffe and family, who been visiting Mrs. Radcliffe’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Rhoades, here for several days, returned home the first of the week, accompanied by Leonard Rhoades and wife, who will spend a few days with them, at their home in Louisville. Uncle J. M- Lesh, in writing from Menominee, Wis., under date of Dec. 26, to renew his subscription to The Democrat, says: “We now have about six inches of snow and it is still falling. Snow is what the farmers ’and loggers appreciate. The season’s output of logs will be big. D. E. Lesh has about 60,000 fee£, mostly cut and skidded. He sold them for sl2 per M. for basswood and elm,' and sl6 for oak. Health is good here and there is very little tuberculosis.” v

To-day’s markets: Corn, 36e; Ooats, 38c; Wheat, 86c. • f /' ‘-r-, —: L_i : : Firman Thompson and Bradley Ross were in Lafayette yesterday. Mrs. James W. McEwen and daughter were in Chicago yesterday. Mrs. F. B. Ham wept to Chicago yesterday to spend New Year’s with friends. B. J. Moore went to Columbia City yesterday for a short visit with relatives. Mrs. E. N. Loy and son Robert went to Gary yesterday to spend New Year’s with relatives. Thomas Day and daughter Muriel, who have been visiting with Hiram Day and family the past Week, returned to their home in Urbana yesterday. * - Paul Sylvester and. Ed Crook of near Delphi returned home yesterday after spending the holidays here with their uncle, Wm. Daugherty and family. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Rawlings of Wilkinson returned home yesterday after spending the holidays with the latter’s sister, Mrs. C. Earl Duvall, and other relatives, Paul Glazebrook returned to. Purdue yesterday after a week’s visit here with relatives. He had some laboratory work he wished to finish and went back earlier than the other Rensselaer students. ’Nil. A. Leavel has rented the Mrs. I.V J. Porter property, on McCoy avenue, and will move here from Andrews, -Ind., in about a week or ten days. He returned to Andrews yesterday to pack up. In wet or cold weather, use Reed’s Cushion Sole Shoes. They keep the feet warm and dry and afford that ease so much desired at this season of the year. We have them for men and women.—lPendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block. Marie Sommers, the months old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Sommers of southeast of town, died, of ppeumonia Tuesday. The funeral was conducted from the home Thursday morn-* ing, and interment made in the Crockett cemetery. Mr. and Mrs-. August Gebhardt of Feotene, 111., Mrs. Charles Dunkle of Goodland, and Chris Sickinger of Carpenter tp., came over yesterday and with, Charley Plaft and wife drove out to Henry Zacher’s lh Xewtjon tp., to visit he latter and family for a day or two. Flcvd Tow and Miss Lola Oliver, daughter of Ed Oliver of Newland, were married at St. Joe, Mich., a few days ago. The bride is but 17 years of age, and for fear of the witholding of her parents Consent, the young couple went to Michigan where such little things don’t count. The political brew never has a .chance to cool in Lake county, and, as a result of factional quarrels, it is said, Mayor Knotts and several other city officials of Gary have been indicted by the Lake county grand jury for alleged conspiracy to commit felony, in the recent election troubles. $ —T : SThe rise in temperature has put 'damper on the ice packing busies of Conrad Kellner. He put up considerable ice Monday, working abou't fifty men. The ice was of good quality, being about 11 inches thick. It is hoped that he may be able to fill the large building before spring arrives. The three young ladies, winners in The Democrat’s Chicago trip contest, returned Wednesday night from their trip to that city, pretty well tired out but happy in the thought that they had crowded a whole loUof sight-seeing in the two days three and had had a most excellent time while gone. Mary Louisa Stowers, of Fair Oaks, thinks that a man is a mighty good thing to have about the house, as she only lost her first husband a month and a half ago and was granted a license here Tuesday to wed a “gay young grass-widower from Knox, aged 4>l. We’ve always said that the men were not fuly appreciated by most women, but it is evident that Mrs. Stowers does not .'5 ‘ • ‘ belong to this class. I: “ I’d Like to Be a Friend \\ j[ of All the Girls" j; Bf Lon Hsaly .. H i: on Sato at Phillips’ Music Store!:

PORTUGAL FACING CRISIS IS RUMOR

British Minister at Lisbon Asks Government for Warship. REPUBLIC SAID TOBETOTTERINS Insubordination In Army and Navy Said to Be Rampant—Leaders in Society to Restore Monarchy Reported Under Arrest. ■ , .. ; London, Dec. 30. —Has the republic and administration of Portugal broken down after hardly three months’ existence? Statements of considerable definiteness have reached Paris suggesting that the question can be answered affirmatively. It is asserted, among other things, that the Briti?h minister at Lisbon has telegraphed to his government asking that a warship be sent there at once, that the provisional government is no longer able to rely on the army and navy and that three cruisers have consequently been sent from Lisbon. The news of the anti-monarchial outbreak at the beginning of .October first reached the world by way of Paris and the fact that the reports are given currency by the sober Temps adds weight to them. The Temps’ news, in addition to stating that there Is disaffection in the army and navy, mentions the restlessness of the working classes, who are bitter against the government and are making demands that it is impossible for the latter to satisfy. It is also reported that the administration had discovered that a secret society is plotting to restore the monarchy, and the ringleaders have been arrested. On the other hand it is noteworthy that these disquieting stories come, from Madrid, whose news centers are in no wise necessarily mirrors of trutli, and especially where Portugal is conceri ed. Nevertheless, mailed reports from Lisbon which have reached England at intervals in the course of the last few weeks have been such as to prepare one to expect a crisis. Numerous strikes jn Lisbon and elsewhere have been one feature of these reports.. The working classes thing the government has not sufficiently recognized the share they took in establishing the republic. Insubordination in the army and navy is said to be rampant. Discipline has been entirely lost. Many officers of both services have resigned, finding it impossible to continue in their commands. The cruiser Braga, formerly the Don Carlos, was recently ordered to proceed to Madeira to assist in enforcing the anti-cholera measures. The crew flatly refused to go and when the ship was consequently ordered on a disciplinary cruise the men threatened repris als* It is said that the re-percussion of the mutiny at Rio de Janeiro is felt throughout the Portuguese navy, which is likely to fail the republic in the hour of need as it failed the monarchy. The abandonment of the prosecution of Ex-Premier Franco and his fellow ministers is another cause of discontent. The judges who ruled that Franco and his colleagues came under the amnesty proclamation and ordered their release have been bitterly attacked by the Republican press. Trade, too, Is suffering. Money Is not circulating freely, and the commercial classes, which are mainly Republican, are badly hit. The government has been forced to issue more paper money than the gold reserve warrants.

RAILROADS INCREASE WAGES

Fifty Western Systems Grant Raise of 10 Per Cent In Wages. Chicago, Dec. 30.—Fifty western railroad systems presented 75,000 conductors and trainmen with New Year’s gift in the form of a 10 per cent wage Increase. The raise came at the end of a series of conferences between labor officials and railroad representatives on on the heels of Ihe 10 per cent granted the locomotive engineers the day before Christmas at a cost of $4,000,000 annually. A. B. G&rretson, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, and W. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, signed the agreement in behalf of the men, and a committee headed by A. W. Tenholm represented the general managers.

DIAZ SEEKING PEACE

Mexican President Offers CMlve Branch to Rebels in Field. '• ' ’ City of Mexico, Dec. 30. been learned from excellent authority thht President Diaz desires to make peace with the rebels in Chihuahua and has sent an officer to see if it is possible to affect by changing the stale government Tot Chihuahua. It is said that Col. Cuellar is slated for the governorship and that Gov. Terrazas and Senor Creel will be removed from all participation in affairs of state. Amnesty will be declared for rebels who have taken up arms against the government, the laws will be modified to give the common people more liberty and taxes will be reduced.

For the Children

Big Bowlder Monument Marks Fort Washington.

Photo by American Press Association.

School children of New York city celebrated the one hundred and thir-ty-fourth anniversary of the capture of Fort Washington by the British and Hessian soldiers on Nov. 14, 1770, by unveiling a monument on the site of the old redoubt. The memorial is a big rock, suitably Inscribed. Fort Washington Is situated in the northern part of Manhattan Island, between the Iludsou and Harlem rivers, and the victory gave the British control of New York city. Young patriots may wonder# why. a British victory Is commemorated! It is to honor valor and mark an event in history. In the redoubt was an American force of only 2.818 men, while the British and Ilf’Ssians numbered 8,000. Against this overwhelming force the patriots fought bravely until Commandant Robert Magaw saw further resistance was useless and surrendered to prevent the slaughter of his men.

An Acoustic Chair.

Long before Hie telephone was invented it had occurred to people that sounds, especially the human voice, might be carried along a tube. Narrowing sounds, if only for a little distance, keep them from scattering through the air. Even savages many centuries ago discovered* that by put: ting the bauds together to the mouth it was passible to throw the voice farther. After a time somebody invented the speaking trumpet, especially useful at sea or among mountains, and the ear trumpet, by which the deaf are enabled to listen lo the conversation of relatives and friends. Kindness to the deaf, who are glad to hear even the cliatter/of children, led a Mr. Curtis to contrive what he called an acoustic chair, which lie exhibited early in the reign of Queen Victoria.

The «“hair was a high backed library one and hid two barrels to fit each ear, but those who wising! to talk by Its aid bad no.need to speak Into a tube or mouthpiece. Perforated plates collected the sounds of the room into a vase, and from this they were earrletf tp the ears of any one seated In the chair. Flexible tubes could lie attached to the barrels, communicating with other rooms in the house. Thus a deaf man sitting In the chair could bear everything that was going on almost as well as if his hearing was perfectly good.

Why a Cat Arches Her Back. Nature has taught the cat how to make up for small size and weakness by /pluck and nimbleness. In the presence of a dangerous animal the cat arches her back and erects her tail. This increases her Apparent size and is calculated to strike terror into the heart of the enemy. It Is curious that the cat assumes nearly the same attitude when she comes into the room or sees the family outer. Now. her object Is to attract attention, and with this end in view she rubs herself against your legs or your chair aufl purs. The similarity of the attitude assumed under such extremely different circumstances Is explained by supposing that apparent increase of size is useful, either to inspire terror or to attract friendly notice.

Memory Game. Take six coins—a silver dollar, a fifty cent piece, a twenty-five cent piece, a dime, a nickel and a cent. Have the room darkened or blindfold the players. Let the coins be passed quickly from one to another, not in regular order, but, say, the nickel, the dollar, the ten cent piece, the quarter, the cent, the half dollar. Each, player holds each coin .two seconds before passing. When alt have had all the coins the light Is turned up, paper find pencil are supplied, and the players write down the order in which the coins were passed. The one getting the correct order or nearest to |t re-' ceives the prize. Of course the order is decided upon beforehand by the hosts. —■ “ . To Prevent Starvation. • t When you haven't a scrap of bread in the house ' . And the children begin to cry Don’t scold and compel them to etarre oet right. „ | Just give them a little pie.

NEW YORK READY TO WELCOME 1911

Indications Point to Gala Night In Big Eastern City. NUMEROUS FETES ARE PUNNED Estimated That $5,000,000 Will Be Spent by New Year*! Merry Makers In Welcoming Advent - of the New Year. New York, Dec. 30. —In spite of all the talk of hard times in the past year, in spite of that bug bear, the creased cost of living,” in spite of th» high tariff, failures in Wall street and all the other cries of the pessimists New York and his wife, his neighbor and his neighbor’s wife are making ready to sit down to a $5,000,000 New Year’s supper party. It will be the biggest, New Year's night in the history of the celebration of the feast day in New York. More out of town folks are here than ever before, more New Yorkers are staying home from Lakewood, Atlantic City, Florida and the other winter resorts to celebrate in restaurants and theaters than ever before and the champaigne business—that barometer of prosperity—shows receipts that have mounted beyond the dreams of the agents. The millionaires' bread line, the strung out gathering of the wealthy, who are clamoring for table reservations in the Broadway and Fifth avenue restaurants and hotels, began to form last June and five weeks ago every table In every well krown place of refreshment in the city was booked. Here is the rough estimate of principal restaurants and hotels at which New Yorkers and the visitors to the city will spend in welcoming 1911: Food and wine,...# ...$3,000,000 Theaters 200,000 Flowers and candy......... 200,000 Cigars and cigarettes....... 100.000 taxicabs 100,000 Add toJhiß what will be spent for tips and other incidentals end yoo have a figure that Is so close to $5,000,000 as to make the difference not worthy of mention.

All of t'. e restaurants have provided novelties in entertainment or in souvenirs. In one place tiny aeroplanes, a new invention from Paris, will he released at the stroke of 12. In another the lights will be lowered and the orchestra will strike Up “The Star Span %ed Banner” and Miss Kitty Gordon, the stage beauty, will enter in a blaze of calcium and sing a little piece. Meet of the Broadway places In the neighborhood of Fort} -Second street will not give the list of their reservations.

WEATHER EVERYWHERE ! Latest observations of U. S. Weather bureau, Washington: Temp. Weather. New York.... 47 Part CloudyI Albany ....... 42 Cloudy ; Atlantic City.. 46 Part Cloudy ; Boston 48 Cloudy ; Buffalo ...... 34 Rain Chicago % 32 'Clear St. Louis../.. 28 Clear ! New Orleans.. 58 Cloudy 1 Washington .. 58 Clear j Philadelphia .. 50 Part Cloudy Weather Forecast. [ Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin ! —Fair and Colcer today, prob- '> febly snow tomorrow, northwest I winds.

THE MARKETS.

Chicago Live Stock. Hogs—Receipts 23,000. Quotations ranged at $7.65617.75 choice heavy, $7.65® 7.70 choice light, [email protected] heavy packing, and $7.65® 8.00 good to choice pigs. ranged at $6.50®7.00 prime steers, $385®4,50 good to choice beef cows, [email protected] good to choice heifers, $5.50 @5.75 selected feeders, $4.65®4.85 selected Stockers, $8.25® 8.75 good t<* choice veal calves. Sheep —Receipts 15,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] good to choice lambs, $5.25®5.65 good to choice yearling wethers, [email protected] good to choice wethers, $3.40® 4.15 good to choice ewes. Butter. Creamer, extra, 29c per lb; prints. 32%c; extra firsts, 28C; firsts, 25%c; dairies extra, 27c; firsts, 25c; packing stock, 22c Omaha Live Stock, J Cattle —Receipts 3,500 head; market steady; native Steers, [email protected]; cows and heifers, [email protected]; w.est- ' era steers, $3.50®5.75; Texas steers, $3.25®5.10; range cows and.heifers, $3.00® 4.75; canners, $3.00® 3.50; Stockers and feeders, [email protected]; calves, $4.00 @8.00; bulls, stags, etc., ' $3.25®4.85. East Buffalo Live Stock. "|1 Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Come, mission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., qupte as follows: Cattle—Receipt*. 2 cars; market steady. Hogs—Re*j ceipts 20 cars; market lower; heavy, and Yorkers, $8.10; pigs, $8.20. Sheep Receipts 40 cars; market lower; best lambs, $6.50; yearlings. $4.75® 5.00; wethers, $4.00®4:25; ewes, $3.75®4.00, Calves, $5,[email protected].