Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1911 — Page 8

Country Correspondence BY OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS. » -V - ■ . If'r'

NORTHSIDE GLEANINGS.

Miss Gusta McCleary spent Sunday ■with home folks. John Williams is helping Joseph PulUn a couple of days. Revival meetings have now begun at the Brushwood church. Aliases Kathryn and Clara Arnold were Rensselaer goers Wednesday. Frank and Mark Schroer are husking their shock corn and hauling it to Parr. Mrs. Mahalia Williams and daughter Bertha were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Mrs. Rachel Price and Mrs. Chris Morgenegg are not very well at this writing. Ed Barkley and wife called on their daughter, Mrs. C. Davisson, Wednesday. Ed Price and family arid Elvin Schroer visited John and Mark Schroer and families Sunday. The Weather has been very nice of late except the variety which causes severe colds and much pneumonia. ' Ed Price of Parr has begun to do a little work on his recently purchased farm onto which he expects to move in the spring. Mrs. Z. Swaim, Mrs. Shelby Comer and little daughter and Frank Schroer and wife called on Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pierson Sunday afternoon. Ross, Arthur and Dalton Ropp and wives and Elmer Sullenberger and family spent Tuesday at Henry Ropp’s, visiting with an uncle of Mr. Ropp who is here from Ohio.

Look for the Bee Hive On the package when you buy Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and colds. None genuine without the Bee Hive. Remember the name, Foley’s Honey and Tar and reject any substitute. —A. F. Long. ' _!

PINE GROVE,

Andy Ropp finished husking corn Tuesday, ' " Arthur Ropp called on Henry Ropp Wednesday. Rernice Walker called on Chloac Torbet Monday morning. Nile Britt called on Gusta McCleary Sunday .afternoon, C. B. Wells took dinner with Chas. Shroyer Wednesday. Bay Jordan spent Wednesday night with J. M. Torbet and family, Mrs. Chas. Shroyer was the guest of Mrs. Adam Flesher Tuesday afternoon. Bluford and Chloae Torbet were guests of Everett and Gusta McCleary Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Shaefer called on Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Daniels Monday afternoon. Mr: and Mrs. Geo. Tullis were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ropp and family Sunday. Mr.? and Mrs. Chas. Shroyer and daughter Verna spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Pullins. Miss Bertha Cooper and John Daniels spent Sunday afternoon with the former's mother, Mrs. Lizzie Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ropp of Ohio spent several days this week with the former's brother, Andy Ropp and family.

Foley’s Kidney Pills Are tonic in action, quick in results. A special medicine for all kidney and bladder disorders. Mrs. E. Fisher, Logansport, Ind., says: “Some time ago I came down with a severe case of kidney trouble and gall Stones. At this time I secured some of Foley’s .Kidney Pills and took them accordingly. It required only one bottle to cure me. I suffered: severely from pains across the back and there was a retention that gave me much trouble. I felt tired out and generally run down. All these troubles left me after I took Foley’s Kidney Pills and haves never returned. I owe my recovery to Foley Kidney Pills, which I highly recommend.”—A. F. Long.

SOUTH NEWTON.

Mrs. Alice Potts is on the sick list. Beastly winter weather we are having now. Robert Overton helped Charles Weiss to butcher Monday. .'’Press Roberts and Earl Leek hauled hogs to Mt. Ayr Monday. Mrs. Philip Paulus spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Mark Reed. Mr. and Mrs. George Potts spent Monday night with Mrs. Arthur Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pruett spent Monday with their son Clarence and wife. Mrs. Maty Powell returned home Monday after a few days visit at Fair Oaks. Robert Overton and wife visited with the former’s brother Bert and family Sunday. Arthur Mayhew took a team of horses to Rensselaer Tuesday which he sold to Will Zard. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Silas Potts near Brook. Ed Waling and family of hear Brook were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mayhew Sunday. » Miss Margaret Yeager spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lamson and family. • Nelse Hough and wife took Sunday dinner with their daugther, Mrs. Ed Schanlaub, and husband. The doctor was called out to see Mrs. Everett Grimes Thursday. She was taken quite suddenly sick. The bird cage is complete now and is waiting for the bird. will have to get busy and hunt her up. Joseph Francis, Sr. and family spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Erhardt Wuerthner and husband. - Miss Odile Grimes called on Mrs. • Sam Wicker last Thursday. The latter has been sick for some time, but is improving. Little Albert Jenkinson is getting along fine with his broken limb. The plaster cast is removed now and the limb isj in splints. It is over six weeks since I It was broken. [

Mr. and Mrs. AmieF Sommers of near Foresman and the former’s sister Emma of Goodland came Wednesday night for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett. The two former returned home Thursday! but the latter remained for ah extended visit. * -

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LEE.

Hollis Jacks is sick this week and unable to be in school. The. orchestra practiced at Miss Ethel Lewis’ Wednesday evening. Frank Eldridge has had lumber shipped to. build himself a kitchen. Ephriam Gilmore shipped a ear load of cattle to Chicago Monday night. The Ladies Aid did sewing Wednesday afternoon at Mrs, Joseph Stewart’s. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Culp went to Motion Wednesday afternoon to have dentist work done. •' Walter Jordan is sick having narrowly escaped from pneumonia. He is better at this writing. Mrs. Holeman and son Asa and his Wife yisited Grandma Mcllender at her home with John Osborne’s north of here last Sunday. Mrs. D. Z. Clark is very poorly, and la gradually growing weaker. Miss Mollie Wood is with her now for a few days, Friday afternoon, at the home of Mr. Ireland, was held the funeral of his little grandson. Deceased was a son of Will Ireland and Wife of Hammond, having died at' that place at the age of two months. He was brought here and burial made in the Osborne cemetery. Our blacksmith, Mr, Scott, and wife were Called to Lafayette Saturlay by the sad news of the latter’s father getting seriously hurt. He had been hero visiting them and as -he Stepped from the train on his return- trip, fell to the platform, he being a feeble man, and was seriously injured. He was taken to the hospital, but was so badly hurt that death soon followed. We extend -our sympathy to them in their bereavement.

NORTH UNION.

We are having another thaw .out again. Wess Faylor’s family are on the mend. Tom Florence took in Rensselaer one day this week. Will Weston called on Dan Lakin Thursday morning. Lena Schultz called on Grace Payton’s school Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Miller went to Rensselaer Saturday. Grace Peyton spent Tuesday night with Gertrude Faylor. D. Hahn and daughter Carrie .were in Rensselaer Saturday. A. Millspaugh’s little girl Ruth is quite sick with throat trouble. Helen Meader, who came home last week sick, returned to school again Monday. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Karl Leech find little ones spent Monday with Will Faylor and wife. , The little ones of Paul L. Schultz are on the sick list at present. His wife is also under the weather. Grace Peyton, Gertrude and Bessie Faylor and Arthur Schultz spent Tuesday evening with Elsie Schultz and brothere. Mrs, Will Faylor and son Will and Grace Peyton attended the meetings at couple of nights the first of the week at Brushwood. D. Hahn’s little girl Ada has been very sick the past week. Mary Reeder and one of Tom Florence's daughters are also very sick. Mrs. Adolf Schultz and son Fred came home Monday from Michigan City where they went to see her mother who Is very low and with little hope of recovery. The friends and neighbors remembered that Sunday was Will Faylor’s birthday anniversary, and with well filled .baskets they gave him a good surprise. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. H. Dexter, George Cover and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, L. Todd, wife and daughter Helen, Wesley Faylor and family, James Garriott, wife and daughter Madaline, Albert Keener, Grace Peyton, Will Weston and Steve Comer. In all about forty persons were present, but on- account of sickness many families were unable to attend. —One Who Was Present.

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SCHULTZ SETTLEMENT.

Manley Price called on Will Teska Sunday: ~ Mrs. Julius Schultz took cream to Parr Friday. • . ' : - Aug. Makus took dinner Sunday with Michael Schultz’s, i Miss Lena Schultz called on Maria Comer Wednesday. Miss Bertha, Stibbe attended church at Kniman Sunday.

Mrs. Dennis Healy attended church at Knlman Sunday. Will Teska attended, the dance at M. Jungles' Friday night. Aug. Makus called on Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schultz Tuesday. Paul Schultz took in the sights at Rensselaer Wednesday. Mrs. Louis Sehreeg attended church in our settlement Sunday. Mrs. John Stibbe visited her sister, Mrs. Michael Schultz, Monday. and Edward Krueger helped their brother Fred butcher Wednesday. Miss Martha Schultz called on her uncle, A. R. Schultz, and family Friday. Amiel Schultz Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schultz. Merrill was caked out from Rensselaer Wednesday to see Chris Schultz. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schultz called on their daughter, Mrs. Fred Krueger Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Schultz visited their future home oyer near Gifford Wednesday. Michael Schultz visited his brother, Chris Monday, the latter being on the sick list again. Ernest Stibbe and Rinehoid Teska called on Paul Schultz and family family Sunday afternoon. Fred Krueger and Rinehoid Schultz attended the wrestling match at Rensselaer Friday night. ' Mr. and Mrs. -Fred Krueger called on their grandfather, Michael Schultz. Wednesday evening. Mrs. Miehaei Schultz was taken very ill Thursday and Friday, but is much better at this writing. Miss Martha Schultz returned to Blue Island, 111., Saturday morning after a few days visit with home folks and relatives. Chris Schultz attended church Sunday. There was not a very large turnout at the German church Sunday; the grip has a firm hold on our settlement still. Barney Comer had a fine cow go mad Saturday, it being the second cow that has gone mad in our settlement, Aug. C. Schultz’s also having a cow ...to go mad. Mrs. Adolf Schultz and son Fred returned home from Michigan City where they had been visiting the former’s mother. They report Mrs. Hershman as gradually failing.

Do not buy your fertilizer until you have gotten our prices.

MAINES & HAMILTON.

The Difference.

“What is a statesman?” r . “A man who works for his country.” “Well, then, what is a politician?” “A man who works His country.”

Paradox. The reason plain you may not see, But let the truth suffice— The stronger butter grows to be The weaker gets the price, And dealers square a man should pay To carry some of It away. With eggs it is a different case. And here the plot does thicken — When eggs are old and in disgrace They throw you in a chicken. You may not know the bird is free Until you open one and see. Not In Stock. “I think we all do the best we can.” ‘‘Do you?” “Yes. Don’t you?” “I know- some people don’t.” “How do yon know it?” “Because they have no best.” Quick Work. “Did you get your interview with the distinguished personage?” asked the editor. “Yes,” replied the alert scribe; “here it is. And here’s his denial of it, ready to be printed the day following.”— Washington Star. Fortunate. P. It seems his uncle fell out of a hotel window in Europe. Q. —Gracious! Any bones broken? “No; he was merely drowned. It happened in Venice.”—New York Journal. Corner Grocery Repartee. “Say,” said the loafer, who was holding down the cracker barrel, “did you ever see a brick walk?” “No,” answered the grocer, “but I’ve heard a college yell.”—Chicago News. Fond of Music. “She seems to be very fond of music.” “Yes, indeed. You’ll always find her at the piano when her mother is wash-* ing the dishes.’’-Detroit Free Press. Compliments, “What are ‘double edged compliments,’ ma?” “The nice things your father and uncle tell me when they come home late nights.”—Judge. High Ones.. Mrs. Styles—l see that aviation hats for women are all the rage. Mu Styles—lndeed! And what’s the altitude record, please? Yonkers Statesman. A Requisite of Success. / “So you are sure that your new play will be a success?” “Certain. Why, even the manager blushed when he read it.”—Chicago Tribune. i Appropriate. "We must scale down the amusement of the children”— “Then make this snowstorm time a rtidlng scale.”—Baltimore American.

COMEDY OF LOST NUMBERS

A Woman’s Shrewdness Unlocks a Mystery.

“Oh, Maria, I’m ruined! Our wedding will have to be postponed.” “For heaven’s sake, George, what’s the matter?” “Fve lost twenty SIOO bills.” “Where?” “Where? What nonsense! If I knew where wouldn’t I go and find them? I’ve been robbed.” “Robbed!” “One.of the customers of the house came into the office last evening when I was alone and insisted on paying me $2,000. I told him that I would not receive it, as the safe was locked and I didn’t know the combination. Then he said he had to take a night train for Now York and 1 must receive it, as he wouldn’t carry it with him. Fearing he would report me to the firm and they would blame me, 1 consented; and gave him a receipt. After he had gone I put the bills in my inside pocket and started for home,, I can remember leaving the office and walking a short distance. Then my memory stops. At the end of a blank I was lying on the sidewalk with a crowd around me. The first thing I did was to put my hand in my pocket to feel for the hills. They were gone.” “Gone? Oh, George!” “A couple of policemen took me home, and mother persuaded me to go to bed.” “But what was the matter with you?’ “Why, the policemen say that I was undoubtedly follow<>d by some person or persons who sandbagged me and took the money. Any one could see Into the office, for the gas was on and the curtains not drawn. They may have seen me counting the bills and making a memorandum of their numbers after the customer had gone.” “You have the memorandum?” “That’s what troubles me. If I had that the bills could be recovered. I can't remember what I did with it” “Don’t distress yourself. George, dear. Since you remember making it, we must find it. First the office must be ransacked.” “The office has been ransacked and nothing found. I don’t believe I left it there.” “Nor I: It would be more natural for you to take it with you. 1 hope you didn’t put it in with the notes.” “I don’t know whether 1 did or not. My head aches yet. and 1 can’t remember much of anything.” “Do they blame you at the office?” “Oh, yes. They say that I had no business to receive the money under the circumstances.” * “And do they intimate—have they shown any disposition to suspect you”— “They don’t say so, but they look it.” “George, that memorandum must be found. You may have put it in some safe place in the office so unusual that it will he very hard to find It You must attend to that. I can’t help you. If you put It In any of your pockets I will find It, for I will go home with you and turn them all Inside out “Cheer up. Come; let us go to your home, and I will make a search.”

“First give me your coat-” “Here it is.” “Now your vest and trousers.” “Here they are.” “Your hat You may have put the money in the lining. No; it is not in any of your pockets nor your hat Did you have on gloves?” “No.” ‘ “You wouldn't have put it in yonr shoes. I’ve examined all your outer clothing. I don’t suppose you have any pockets in your underclothing?” “Not except in my nightshirt, in which I have a pocket for my handkerchief, but,” contemptuously, “I didn’t have on my nightshirt on the street” “Certainly not Have you got on the shirt you had on when you were robbed?” “No. Mother gave me a clean one to put on this morning.” “What did she do with the soiled one?” “Ohi my dear, you are wearing me out!” “If yon will get me the soiled shirt I’ll not trouble you any more." “Here it is ip the closet But I must say that it seems very ridiculous to overhaul a shirt to find a memorandum. But father gave me a long lecture the other night to serve me after being married about the singular ways women have of getting at things, and It may be that, after all,” very contemptuously, “there Is some connection between $2,000 and a soiled shirt Here it Is.” “Where Is the collar?” “Oh, that’s in the closet too. I suppose you want the cuffs?” “Yes, I do.” “Well, here’s the whole thing. By thunder!” “These marks In pencil on the cuff —what are they?” “The numbers of the notes.” “Thank heaven!” “You mean ‘thank you.’ Father’s right Women do have queer ways of getting at things. Give me a kiss—another, another, a thousand.”

Extract from newspaper item: A Qiiick Recovery.—A man attempting to change a hundred dollar bill yesterday on which was a number known to the police was arrested, and nineteen other similar notes that. had been stolen were recovered. George Randell, from whom • they were taken. Is to be married this evening. Mr. Randell’s employers have given two of, the bills to his bride as a wedding present

• ' \wJ; : • •; v- ' ■’ /. •/' .. .' ‘ t. pANCHON married New Year’s day. Begun to keep house right away, Bought a cook book~of proper print Then larder without stint. 'J'HE way, as everybody knows, To man’s heart, thru his stomach goes, She held her lord from the’first hour By baking bread of “FANCHON FLOUR.” $1.50 a Sack, at THE G. E. MURRAY CO.

HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE

Bread Mixer That Kneads Dough by Compression.

A breadmaking machine which will quickly knead enough dough to make one to six loaves of bread has been Invented by a New Jersey man. The machine is In the form of a cylinder which can be clamped fast to the kitchen table and which has a lid hinged to the top. * Inside the cylinder Is a spiral blade which is operated by a handle at one end. The dongh Is poured Inside, and as the handle turns it mixes and kneads by compression against the ends of the cylinder. The consistency of the dough can be judged by the difficulty with which the handle works without the trouble of lifting the lid. This method of kneading is not only much easier and quicker than doing the work by hand, but is more sanitary. If fche machine is kept clean it is likely Jto be much cleaner than the cook’s hajnds, no matter how often she washes them. Brine For Pickling Salt Pork. Pickle recipe for beef or pork for each 100 pounds of beef or pork: Twelve pounds salt, two quarts molasses, six gallons water, one-quarter pound saltpeter, put on to heat on the stove to dissolve it Cover pork or beef with this pickle and weigh down with stone Ready to use in three weeks. To salt pork, pnt in bottom of pork tub one or two inches of salt, then a layer of pork placed on its edge. Pack very close together. Put on another layer of salt, and so on. nntll all pork is used up. Have top layer of salt covered completely with water and weigh down with stones. Will be ready in two or three weeks. Household Notes. One ounce of butter equals two level tablespoonfuls. , Allow four eggs to each quart of milk in making cup custards. MUk is better than eggs for moistening- fish before rolling in crumbs. Flannel and linen for blouses should be shrunk before the material is cut. Mattresses should be thoroughly brushed off with a whisk once a week. A level teaspoonful of salt will give flavor to a quart of soup, sauce or vegetables. Rice will absorb three times Its measure of water and a larger quantity of milk or stock. Salt Codfish, Spanish Style. Cut into small pieces enough salt codfish to make a heaping eupfuL Remove the skin and bones, put the fish In an earthera dish, cover with boiling water, keep hot for two hours, then drain, cool and shred fine. In one tablespoonful of butter fry one chopped onion. When delicately frowned add the prepared fish, sufficient water to cover, one cup of stewed and strained tomatoes and one tablespoonful of chopped green pepper and let simmer one hour. Season with salt and serve on squares of toasted bread. Renovating White Fur Cloth. To clean white fur cloth, first brush the garment to get all the dust out. then dip a perfectly clean sponge In alcohol and wash the nap thoroughly. While it Is still wet sift into it all the powdered starch it will hold. Mix fine borax with the starch in the proportion of one part borax to three of

starch. Put the garment away In a box, free from dust and leave three days, then take It out and beat and brush out all the starch. Cleaning a Veil. To clean a veil, take one pint of wood alcohol and put into glass jar. Drop veil into jar, cover and shake thoroughly for several minutes. Remove veil, squeezing gently and allowing the dripping to drop back Into vessel. Shake in the open air and draw into shape on a round, perfectly clean stick. a m Cement For Tinware. An excellent cement for mending tinware is made by mixing litharge and glycerin to the consistency of thick cream or putty. The mended article must not be used until the cement has had time to dry, which may be a week or more. The litharge can be secured at drug stores. To -Iron Embroidery. To iron embroidery the iron should be applied to the wrong side and a thick ironing blanket should be used. In this way the embroidery will stand out well instead of being flattened and looks its very best.

Cookery Notes

If improperly cooked beef kidneys are a coarse dish, but when carefully prepared they make an excellent stew. Remove all superfluous fat, trim them and cut them into chunks. Let them soak in cold salted water for about an

hour. Rinse them very thoroughly and then set them over the fire in fresh cold water. When they come almost to the boiling point and begin to show scum on the surface pour off the water and add fresh cold water. A better way, if one has time, is to remove the kidneys, put them in a new pot or lay them aside a moment until the pot they were cooked in has been thoroughly washed out. Then put them back. In order to get the strong flavor out of this meat it is necessary to remove as much scum and blood from it as possible. Let them reheat in water a second time. Then pour off this second water and treat as before. It may be necessary to do it a third and a fourth time also. When the stage is reached in which the water is quite clear‘and free from scum cut up one or two onions—a good sized one for every kidney—one or two small carrots and one or two potatoes. Put them into the water around the meat and cook slowly for about two hours or until a gravy is formed. Some cooks add a little lemon juice or part of the yellow peel of a lemon to the stew. The carrots and onions may be left out and the kidneys stewed by themselves, the gravy being flavored only with a tiny glass of wine and lemon juice. Potato Cake. Two cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of flour, one cupful of butter, one large cupful of English walnuts, one cupful of potatoes, mashed and seasoned. ready to serve; ohe and onehalf cupfuls of chocolate, grated; onehalf cupful of milk, eggs, using all the yolks and whites of three., keeping two whites for boiled frosting; two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one each of cloves, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg, one each of lemon atid vanilla. Bake either in loaf or layers. Cream butter and sugar. Add milk, then yolks of eggs, beaten high; then potatoes, soft spices, chocolate and baking i>owder in flour, and add to eggs and butter. Then add beaten whites and lastly the nnts. Will keep fresh for a week or ten days. Split Pea Soup. For split pea soup, so good in this cold weather, soak a quart of split peas overnight In the morning put them on the stove in plenty of fresh cold water, about four times as much water as peas. Add a large piece of salt pork, half a good sized carrot, a good sized leek, two potatoes of medium size, one root of parsley, one teaspbonful of thyme, one large turnip, a bunch of celery tips, a large slice of bread and salt and pepper to taste. Let the soup boll all day, adding fresh water as it boils down. Strain beforeserving. . -I.’’