Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1911 — Page 3

lil T Jsli N ((s> * • " ,| w ■ ——^ Chicago to Northwest, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville and French Lick Springs. RENSSELAER TIME TABLE. In Effect December, 1910. SOUTH BOUND. , No.3l—Fast Mail (daily).... 4:45 a. m. No. s—Louisville Mail (daily). 11:06 a. m. No.37—Chicago to Cincinnati. 11:30 a. m. No.33 —lnd’polis Mail (dailyj. 1:58 p. m. N 0.39 —Milk Accom (daily).. 5:58 p. m. No. 3—Chicago to Louisville. .11:05 p. m, NORTH BOUND. No. 4—Mail (daily).., 4:59 a. m. No.4o —Mi.k Accom (daily)., 7:35 a. m. N 0.32' —Fast Mail (daily) 10:05 a. m. No.3B—Cincinnati to Chicago. 2:53 p. nu No. and Ex. (daily).. 3:15 p. m. No.3o—Cin. to Chi. Ves. Mail. 6:58 p. m. No. 4 will stop at Rensselaer to let off passengers from points south of Monon, and take passengers for Lowell, Hammond and Chicago. Nos. 31 and 33 make direct connections at Monon for Lafayette. W. K. BEAM, Agent, Rensselaer.

OFFICIAL DIRECTOR*. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor ...G. F. Meyers Marshal George Mustard Clerk Ch&s. Motiuj Treasurer R. D. Thompson Attorney >Mose Leopold Civil Engineer.. L. C. Klosterman Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden C. B. Stewart Councilman. Ist Ward George Hopkins 2nd Ward. ...Elzie Grow 3rd Ward Frank Kresler At Large..........C. J. Dean, A. G. Catt JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney Fred Longwell Terms of Court —Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Charles C. Warner Sheriff ~W. I. Hoover Auditor .James N. Leatherman Treasurer J. D. Allman Recorder .J. W. Tilton Surveyor. W. F. Osborne Coroner. W. J. Wright Supt. Public Schools Ernest Lanuon County Assessor .John Q. Lewis Health Officer E. N. Loy COMMISSIONERS. Ist District.... John Pettet 2nd District Charles F. Stackhouse 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioners’ Court —First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. Trustees Township Wm. Folgar. Barkley Charles May Carpenter J. W. Seimer GiUain George Parker... .....Hanging Grove W. H. Wortley Jordan Tunis Snip Keener John Shlrer .....ivankakee Edward Parkison Marlon George L. Park 5........ Mllroy E. J. Lane Newton Isaac Kight Union 8. D. Clark Wheatfleld Fred Karch. Walker Ernest Lamson, Co. Supt Rensselaer iE. C. English, .Rensselaer James H. Green Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfleld Truant Officer..C. B. Stewart. Rensselaer TRUSTEES’ CARDS. JORDAN TOWNBHIP. The undersigned trustee of Jordan Township attends to official business at his residence on the First and Third Wednesday of each month. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, Rensselaer, Ind., R-R-4. W. H. WORTLEY, Trustee. NEWTON TOWNSHIP. The undersigned trustee of Newton township attends to official business at his residence on the First and Third Thursdays of each month. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postofflce address, Rensselaer, Ind., R-R-3. E. P. LANES, Trustee. UNION TOWNBHIP. The undersigned trustee of Union township attends to official business at his store in Fair Oaks on Fridays of each week. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postofflce address. Fair Oaks. Indiana. ISAAK? KIGHT.

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Humor and Philosophy

By DUNCAN M. SMITH

PERT PARAGRAPHS. SPHERE is no place like home. This is probably the reason why so many people are never to be found there. . What is on the outside of a girl’s head is no clew whatever to what is on the inside. I One way to avoid poverty is to get rich and then die. Never argue with a woman. She can think of more nonessentials than you can. No matter how much trouble they have, some people are always willing to take more. Curious that some people never get rich enough to pay their taxes, v We rarely mean all we say. Life would be too meaningful if we did. The thing that a man boasts about will generally be found to require some sort of bolstering up. Scandal that gets no attention isn’t scandal. A good chance comes along occasionally. but somehow doesn’t always wear Its label. Self reliance is a virtue sufficient unto itself—as long as there is no particular need of it. The man who is out looking for a fight doesn’t have to have very good eyesight

Lost Opportunities.

“She had three proposals before she was twenty.” “And didn’t accept any of them?*’ “No. She said she was going to take her time.” “And what happened?’ “She is still taking it” Different. “They all are saying sach mean things about me." “Are they?’ “Yes." “Does it make you feel bad?’ “It certainly does.” “I wouldn’t mind. Everybody gets falsehood spread about them once In awhile.” “Oh, but these things are the truth.” No Need For It “Want to buy a phonograph?” “Nope.” “I have here the very latest thing, fine and dandy.” . “Can’t beat mine.” “Oh, yon have one, have you?” “Well, I was married last week.” Currying Favor. “Was It so awfully funny?” “What?” “The joke the fellow sprubg.” “Rotten!” “But you laughed so.” “Heavens, man, the man is worth a million.”

Had Heard of the Monsters. “Don’t yon see that sign?” “What sign?” “ ‘No Hunting on These Premises.’ ** “I ain’t hunting.” “But you have a gun.” “Huh! That’s only for mosquitoes.”

Truly. “I do like to give advice.” "Why?” “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

The Seeker. He was a seeker after truth And keen to find the light. Might it be gleaned from age or youth, In it he took delight. So he declared, and so he thought. Upon his honor bright, But really it was facts he sought To prove that he was right. He didn't search through books that might Oppose his theories flat. But, rather, looked through them to light On something to combat, He, claimed he wasn’t in a groove And thought he had reformed. But what he wanted was to prove The theories he had formed. To any speaker he would hark 1 ~~ Who was with him in line X And at the finish would remark t That it was surely fine. But when he happened on a chap Who thought the other way He either stayed to take a nap Or else he didn’t stay. That is the way too oft It acts With those for truth on fire. They find it first and bend the facts To meet with their desire. Oh, truth, how many are Inclined To search with vigor strong Who wouldn’t like It should they i A truth that hit them wrong!

SNAPSHOTS AT CELEBRITIES

James A. O’Gorman, New Senator From New York.

James A. O’Gorman, who was elected senator from New York to succeed Chauncey M. Depew. is a Democrat and for the past eleven years has been on the bench of the supreme court of New York.

In 1902 O’Gorman was elected grand sachem of the Tammany society. This is a much qoveted position, carrying with It great honor, but little power. The grand sachem of Tammany Hall Is theoretically the leader of the organization. Since then Justice O’Gorman has been honored by two universities. In 1904 he was made an LL.D. by Villanova college, and in 1908 a like degree was bestowed upon him by the University of the City of New York.

* Justice O’Gorman has always been a warm advocate of organized labor. He is a prominent member of the Catholic club and was chairman of the board of trustees of the ’9B Centennial association, a national movement designed to perpetuate the patriotic memories of the Irish rebellion of 1798. The new senator is a native of New York city and is fifty-one years old. He Is a graduate of the College of the City of New York and of the New York University Law School. In 1893 he was elected justice of the district court and on the expiration of his term was elevated to the supreme bench. ,

Culberson’s Inquiry.

Senator Charles A. Culberson of Dallas, Tex., was once making a political speech, and some of his auditors showed a disposition to “heckle” him, as they say in England. After a rhetorical pause (according to the tale as it Is told ground the capitol) a man in the audience asked: “Do you drink?” Without any hesitation the senator responded quickly:

“Is that an inquiry or an invitation?’

It was in Texas, and the audience roared.

Mr. Pujo of Louisiana.

Congressman Arsene P. Pujo of Louisiana, chairman of the committee on banking and currency in the Sixty-sec-ond congress, has served three terms in the national legislature. In the last congress Mr. Pujo was ranking minority member on this committee, so by seniority as well as by ability he was entitled to be exalted. In organizing the new house committee the Democratic members of ways and

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means have generally recognized the rule of priority In giving out chairmanships, but not in all cases, so there has been grumbling in some quarters. Banking and currency is one of the big committees of the house. During the extra session its duties will probably be only nominal, but when the monetary commission hands in its report to the regular session there will be work a-plenty. Representative Pujo Is a native of Louisiana and is in bis fiftieth year. He is of French descent and is a lawyer by profession. He was a member of the Louisiana constitutional convention of 1898, serving on the Judiciary committee of that body.

CLEARING LOGGED OFF LANDS

Char Pit Method Recommended Highly by Washington Professor. That logged off lands can be cleared of stumps, removing roots to a depth below the reach of a plow, and at a cost of less than 50 cents a stump has been demonstrated by the experiments of Professor H. W. Sparks of the state college at Pullman, Wash. Professor Sparks’ successful experiments have been with the char pit method. Once understood this method is the most simple and inexpensive that can be imagined. A little fire, a little clayey earth and a little watchfulness are the essentials in the process by the combination of which the most hopeless looking stumpy acreage can be prepared for the plow in the course of two weeks. The char pit tnethod is simply an adaptation of the old and well known method of making charcoal by burning in closed pits. It depends for its efficiency on concentration of heat. A ring of loose wood, bark, etc., is first laid all the way round the stump and as close to it as possible, and this is then covered to a depth of about six inches with earth, leaving a small opening 'in the direction from which the wind is blowing. The wood is then lighted at this point and left for about half hour, until the fire is well started, when this hole is then covered up like the rest As the fire burns back into the stump the blanket of earth must be kept right up to the stump so that the fire never has an opportunity to break out. The top of the stump doesn’t burn, but is simply cut off cleanly at a point about level with the top of the earthen blanket When the top has been cut off by the fire and rolls off the whole crown of the stump should be covered with earth and can then be left without much further attention until the roots have been burned out. This is sometimes done to a depth of fifteen feet or more.

The length of time required to destroy the stump depends on what kind of wood it is and whether green, dry or rotten. The most stubborn stumps will disappear in two weeks at the most, while many are done away with in three or four days. The record of Professor Sparks’ experiment shows an average cost of between 40 and 50 cents a stump. In some of these he has used fuel oil and coal tar.

The experiments which have so far been successful have been with clay soil. This, baked and hardened by the fire, conserves the highest degree of heat Sandy or stony soil sifts in and puts out the fire or permits it to spread. Professor Sparks is now working out certain theories by which he expects to perfect a similar method adapted to other soils than clay.

The farmer gets value received from seed sown. He who drops good seed into the ground will have an excellent crop of painted buildings, clean ditches, good fences, good live stock, profits and good humor. He who feeds the soil with poor seed will get and regret a splendid crop of weeds, broken gates, leaky roofs, poor machinery, scrub animals and back taxes. —Ohio Department of Agriculture Bulletin.

A Good Word For Buckwheat.

No crop will bring in better returns in the northern states for the time it occupies the ground than buckwheat. It is put in after all other crops have been planted and are growing. It is the best grain to raise to subdue a patch of troublesome weeds and to starve out worms in the soil. It also comes handy to sow on vacant pieces of ground which have been left because too late to be sown to some other crop. It is also a valuable crop to plow under to enrich the soil and give humus. ' Where Apples Bhould Be Grown. An orchard site should be on the best land on the farm, land that may be cultivated, as only under the most thorough tillage of the soil may the best apples be grown, such apples as the best trade in our cities demands. The higher elevations are better than the valleys.

Hum of the Hive. Be sure that your bees have a good prolific Italian queen, and the ants will not bother them. If any of the section boxes are travel stained a little polishing with fine sand or emery paper will remove it. Tljiere are many who advocate the non-use of the queen excluding honey board, but some authorities strongly advise its use in connection with the production of extracted honey. A large number of farmers scattered over the southern states are engaged extensively in honey production along with farming. Some of them ship over a car of honey each season. Heartsease was formerly not worth considering as a hoi\ey plant, because of its scarcity, but of late years it has become plentier, and now it is worth many dollars. Same with dandelion. The present improved system of management requires that hives should not stand: too near each other. should be at least six feet” between them, and ten iwould be a preferable distance. A bee expert gives away this little secret: If bees are kept in a shed the crossest of them can be handled without fear of being stung. A bee she 4 ought to be long enough to give at least two feet to each hive and suf- > flciently wide and high so that one ran work comfortably back of the row of hives. It should open preferably t» the east, so as to get the morning air.

100,000 Acres FarmandTimber Lands FOR SALE ON EASY PAYMENTS Special Discount Is Allowed on Cash Sales A little money will buy a farm. Quit working for others who grow rich from your toil and start to work for yourself and your family. Terms*. SIO.OO Cash Down, SIO.OO Per Month No Taxes. No Interest. Buys 40 Acres in Menominee County, Michigan. 5 per cent Discount is allowed on payments paid in advance. Should you die no more payments whatever are required and the land will be deeded tree to your next of kin. Buy a farm, be independent. Men of small means can buj from us. Own your home on which you can become independent. Raise what you eat, sell what you don’t need. Your crops grow while you sleep. Now is the time to buy. When you stop working for others your income stops When you stop for a day on the farm it still accumulates and you don’t have to pay a dollar out every time you turn around. Fortunes are waiting those who buy lands in Menominee County, Michigan. Why pay rent when rental elsewhere for a year will buy a farm .here. We offer for sale the very best land in Michigan's rich sugar beet belt. We have bargains to offer to the Investor whereby be can double his money. A lew hours ride will take you to this land at a small cost. It is good producing land and will raise all kinds of grain, the finest potatoes and fruits, besides being a natural grazing country. The price of land is advancing and will go,much higher. Buy land now. Buy good land. Buy close to railroads and ; markets. Buy where there is a good climate and good water. Buy where there are schools, churches and good roads. Buy land suitable for grain farming and stock raising. Homes for thousands in the garden spot of Michigan. Send for free booklet telling all about It Write GEO, W, CASEY, RENSSELAER, IND., Locating Representative

The Unanimous Verdict Of the American People, North, South, East and West, is that \ Surreys, driving wagons, farm wagons and harness are leaders in their line. That is why more Studebaker vehicles sre sold every year than those of any other make. Because the Studebakers build vehicles in such enormous quantities, more than 125,000 every year, they are able to offer a little better values than other makers. will make no mistake if yon boy a Studebaker from^ C. A. ROBERTS,

A Graceful Gait. Practically every woman walks too rapidly for grace. A tall woman for some reason walks more slowly than a short one. Her elbows, shoulders and hips move from side to side. To be graceful don’t look at your feet, but hold your head well up in the air. Don’t shuffle. A little thoughtfulness and practice in high stepping will soon break you of this ugly habit. Don’t bend your back at the waist under the impression that you are thereby walking erectly. It throws the stomach forward and is almost as Inimical to grace as round shoulders. Don’t allow yourself to walk ’’pigeon toed”—that Is, with the toes turned in or straight

It is always hard to tell what to do with the hands. The natural way, to have them hanging at the sides or loosely clasped in front, is not beautiful. And to have them glued to the sides as far as the waist line and then bent in at the elbow is not only awkward in itself, but elevates the shoulders in the most unlovely way. Therefore most women try to obviate the difficulty by carrying something. Sachets From Cut Flowers. Girls who receive a number of bouquets during the winter may preserve the scent of the roses and violets by means of two ordinary fruit Jars, one for each variety of bloom. While the flowers still are fresh cut off their stems, place the petals and stems in the jar and pour over them an equal quantity of cornmeal. Instead of packing the jar tightly leave almost a third of the space unoccupied, so that when the lid has been screwed on the contents of the receptacle may be shaken together. Then set the Jar outside of a window or in some- cool and convenient place, as every day it must be gently shaken and the top removed for just long enough for a very little fresh air to touch the contents. When the rose and. violet leaves are perfectly brown the cornmeal will have absorbed their odor, and the entire mixture may be transferred to an ornamental potpourri Jar or used for various sorts of sachets.

Milady’s Mirror

NOTICE TO HEIRB, CREDITORS AND LEGATEES. In the matter of the estate of Peter Nafriger, Deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, April Term, 1911, Notice Is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Peter Nafziger, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Saturday, the Oth day of May, 1911, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Peter D. Nafziger, administrator of said decedent, and show cause if any, why such final account should not be approved; and the heirs of decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear in said Court, on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate. PETER D. NAFZIGER, Administrator. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, ad-' ministrator of the estate of Henry Kupkie, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent CHARLES SALTWELL. Administrator. April 15; 1911. NOTICE TO HEIRS, CREDITORS AND LEGATEES. In the matter of the estate of J. K. Stryker, Deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, April Term, 1911. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of J. K. Stryker, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Friday, the sth day of May, 1911, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Hugh Treanor, Jr., administrator of said estate, and show cause if any, why such final account should not be approved; and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear in said Court, on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate. HUGH TREANOR, JR., " Administrator. M. B. Beard, Attorney for Estate.

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