Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1911 — Page 3

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Jay Stockton was a Lafayette visitor Mbnday. Today is regular “horse sale day” in Rensselaer. Fred Phillips was in Chicago on business Mbnday. Today’s markets: Corn, 45c; Oats, 29c; Wheat, 82c. If it’s not right, we make it right.— Depot Grocery. Mrs!* Emma York was in Monon on buiness Monday. Kainit in 125 lb. bags, oaly $13.00 per ton. — Maines & Haihilton. (Lee Colvert spent Sunday in Battle Ground and Lafayette with friends. Hon. Jesse E. Wilson of Hammond was in the city on business Saturday. Bangor, Maine, suffered a $6,000.000 fire Sunday. Two lives were lost. Dr. M. D. Gwiii was inChicago Monday to see a patient in one of the hospitals there. Miss Violette Ash of Chicago is spending a week’s vacation with Mrs. Roy Blue.

Those fancy colored shopping baskets at the Home Grocery are very cheap at 30c, 40c and 50c. Mrs. C. W. Hickman of Burnettsville and Mrs. Ida Peterson of Herscher, 111., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jensen this week. Ed Randle was in Lafayette Saturday to see about the repainting of his auto, which he is having done there. Lorenz Hildebrand and granddaughter returned to Chicago Saturday after a several days visit with relatives and friends here. * Mrs. Laura Lutz returned Saturday from Colorado Springs, Colo., where she spent the winter with her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Bickford. The senior class has selected “Esmerelda” as the class play to be given commencement week, and rehearsels have already begun with a strong cast. Mrs. Emory Mills has returned to her home in Muncie after a couple of week’s visit here with her mother-in-law, Mrs. C. E. Mills, and other relatives. A. J. Maisonneuve of Kankakeekee, 111., was in the city Monday. He is looking for a location for a good shoe shop and htinks Rensselaer affords a fine opening- • We have the scuffer oxfords for boys and girls. Save your children’s feet by using theses— Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block. Brown Lamborn went to Chicago yesterday for a couple days -visit with his mother, after which he will return to the Lamborn farm near Remington and work the coming season. Get the habit of buying your shoes at a shoe store, where we devote our entire time to fitting shoes . toTeet.— Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block. • Mr. and Mars. C. A. Gundy of Fair Oaks were guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. D..E. Grow. They arc moving Her Gary where i ejr son, Roy, is employed by the Gary Telephone Co.

Mrs. A. R. Kresler spent vesterday in Chicago. W. C. Babcock was hi Chicago on business Monday. White Clover Honey, 15c carton.—Home Grocery. John Sullivan went to Monon on business Monday. Mrs. Walter Forbes spent yesterday in McCovsburg, visiting with friends. Charles Burns, was called to Marshall, Mich., Friday by the serious illness of his sister. The Standard Oil Co., has a new ball-bearing steel tank wagon for its Rensselaer station. Mrs. Mary E. Miles returns to Buttzvjlle, Xo. Dak., today after an extended visit with relatives here. Hiram Day returned home Monday from a few days visit with his mother, Mrs. Sarah G. Day, at Tolono, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Turnpaugh of Logansport were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. X. C. Shaefer over Sunday. W. H. Owinger of Roselawn was in the city Monday, leaving for Chicago on the afternoon train on a business trip. * Mrs. Albert Alter returned to Forest, Ind., yesterday after a short visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Xowels. Four more cars of Bowker’s Xorthern Indiana Special Fertilizer coming this week. Get your order in before it is too late.—J. J. Weast. Clifford Payne of north of town, who recently graduated from an Indiana business college, begun work as stenographer in the First Xational Bank Monday. J. J. Weast, the fertilizer agent, run short in his fifteen car load order of Bowker’s fertilizer which arrived last week, and telegraphed Monday for another shipment of four carloads, which he expects to arrive here this week. Mesdames John Kresler, A, R. Kresler, W. V. Porter and Bert Brenner, A 1 Rishling and Frank Kresler were called 1 to Rossville Friday to attend the funeral of William Porter, a brother of Mrs. John Kresler, who was an old time resident of Jasper county. * ' T

The teachers of the city schools were delightfully entertained Friday evening at the home of Miss Clara Parker, who was assisted by Misses Tillie Malchow and Ethel Sharp. The guests of honor were Miss Queen Perry and Miss Bertha Newton, two former teachers of the 'high school. A few guests, other than the teachers, also participated and an enjoyable evening was passed. The Democrat is informed that Bert Bartoo, formerly of Remington and Rensselaer, who sold out the Morocco Courier some three years ago and-went to Seattle, Wjfth., will return to Jasper county £with his family in a few weeks and will probably settle down in the newspaper business in Indiana once more. He has been conducting a job printing business in Tacoma, Wash., for the past year or two. Leonard Rhoades, Miss Mildred, Harris and Mrs. Oren Parker went to Chicago Saturday to bring home Mrs. Rhoades, who has been in a hospital there for several weeks recovering from an operation. She had not been informed of her mother’s death until they got there, owing to her condition, and was so much overcome by the great shock that it was thought not best to bring her home until Monday, which was done. Except for rheumatism in one of her feet she is doing very well toward recover)'. In renewing his subscription for The Democrat, C. E. Vincent, formerly of near Remington, writes from Dupont, Jennings county, and says that they had a big rain there again Sunday night, and water in the stream^—is--the —highest" it —hasbeen this spring. It has been quite a wet spring, which throws the farmers behind with their work. Mr. Vincent enclosed an obituary of his mother, Mrs. George E. Vincent, which appears on ariother page. Mrs. Vincent formerly resided at Remington and had many friends there, t

A petition will be presented to the county council at their special meeting today asking that appropriation be made to pay crow scalp bounties. '' - : x —s * L. W. Benbow, for several years a teacher in the Part schools, is preparing to move to Winamac and travel in Pulaski countv for the Rawleigh Remedy Co. ' \ . It is understood that a remonstrance sufficient to keep saloons out of Union is ready for filing but will not be filed until some applicant for license bobs upW. R. Lee was down at Huntington last week where he bought the Joe Jeffries bankrupt grocery stock and closed out same. Jose is now working as bookkeeper for a manufacturing concern there. Miss Bertha Xewton of Frankfort was here a couple of days the last of the week visiting with friends. Miss Xewton was formerly o German teacher in the public schools here, but is now teaching in Frankfort. We are headquarters for warm weather specialities, barefoot sandals, oxfords, cushion sole shoes and everything which affords comfort to tired, aching feet.— Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block. W. E. Jacks of south of town lost a valuable two-year-old colt last week. It evidently got frightened at something while out in the pasture and ran through the fence and struck a tree, injuring its spine so badly that it died within 24 hours.

The Feline Influenza.

[A large number of cats In the south of England are suffering from an epidemic disease which has been diagnosed as a kind of influenza. It does not seem to be commonly realized that the cat Is an exceedingly delicate animal. It droops and dies with hardly a struggle.—Times. Thomas is looking rather queer today. Do you observe? He’s lost his verve; He’s off his feed; He does not deign to plead For milk or fish bones In his usual way. What do you think's the matter? Can it be, As 'twould appear, That Thomas here, Our faithful cat (No, no; don’t say it’s that!). Has got the flue—our Thomas, even he? The Jonses' cat, you know, that was of yore In splendid form. Taken by storm (But, I regret. Not taken to the vet), Has turned his toes up. So have plenty more. You wouldn’t think that cats that gambol through Life after life In sin and strife Would yet succumb « Without a kick to some Untimely epidemic, but they do. ' Look at our Thomas there, the hefty beast! Who knows his plight? Tomorrow night May see him lie Drooping and fit to die. Sturdy and healthy? Bless you, not the least! And that is why I look at him and say That grief and dole Assail my soul. Life’s but a flower. And flue is full of power. And Thomas does look jolly rum today. —Punch. Little Sermons of Brother Dickey. Don’t ax time and tide ter wait fer you. Run ahead an’ make ’em ketch you. Mebbe es de saints in glory could come back dey’d tell you dat up dar is des lak it is here an’ de high seats ain’t de happiest. Es you had de wisdom er Solomon nobody in dis day an’ time would believe in it. Solomon hisse’f had his doubts, but he didn’t say so ’twel he got all what wuz cornin’ ter him. It don’t look lak sich a long ways ter glory sence de a’rships got busy, but de funny part er it is dat de very place we all de time prayin' fer is de last place we wants ter go ter, an’ de longer it keeps its distance de better we feels.—Atlanta Constitution.

The Motorist at Home. “You have a fine !ot of children, Binks,” said Hawkins as after a spin through the country they returned to the house for dinner. “How many are there ?’\ . “Seven,” said Binks proudly. “I’ve often wondered," said Hawkins, “whether you people with so many children have any favorites ’among them.” “Oh, no,” returned Binks hesitatingly—“that is to say, not consciously, but of course we are more interested in a 1911 model than in the earlier ones.”—Harper’s Weekly., Logical. A man, subsequently identified as a merchant in a southern city, was taken to a brain specialist for treatment for aphaSfh. When asked his name he searched his pockets, producing a hnge roll of bills,' hut nothing to identify himself. “See here, doctor,” he exclaimed, ‘Tve evidently forgotten my name and where I live; but, by the shade of Andrew Jackson, I mart be somebody, somewhere, to be carrying around as much money as this!”—Success Magazine.

SNAPSHOTS AT CELEBRITIES

B. F. Bush,

of Missouri Pacific.

The election of Benjamin Franklin Bush, president of the Western Maryland railroad, to the presidency of the Missouri Pacific railroad indicates that the control of the management of the system is to remain in the hands of the Goulds. Commenting on the selection of Mr. Bush, George Gould said: “I was much influenced in my advocacy of his election by the results he has attained in his administration of the Western Maryland property and by the esteem In which I knew he was held by Mr. Rockefeller, who is so largely interested in the Western Maryland and who, next to our family, is the largest stockholder in Missouri Pacific.” Mr. Bush, head of Missouri Pacific, began his railroad career in 1882 as a rodman with the Northern Pacific. He soon rose to be a division engineer. The Oregon Improvement company next employed him as chief engineer and general superintendent. He went with the Northwestern Improvement company as general manager and with the Western Coal and Mining company as vice president. In 1907 he was sent to Baltimore as fuel agent for tho Missouri Pacific. The Goulds put him into the Western Maryland. At the same time he served as president of the Davis Coal and Coke company and as president of the Pittsburg Terminal Railroad and Coal company, since leased by the Pittsburg Coal company. He is fifty-one and a native of Weilsburg, Pa. New Senator From Montana. Henry L. Myers of Montana, who succeeded Thomas H. Carter as United States senator, is little known outside his state, but has been prominent in Montana politics for the past fifteen years. Senator Myers is known as an experienced warrior. Together with

HENRY L. MYERS.

State Senators Whiteside and Clark, he made a long and arduous struggle against the seating of former Senator William A. Clark, the copper magnate, at the time of the latter’s first election to the United States senate in 1899. That contest resulted in the unanimous finding of the senate committee on elections against the seating of Mr. Clark, who resigned his seat Senator Myers is a native of Mjssouri and Will he forty-nine years old next October. As a boy he worked on his father’s farm, later taught school, became a newspaper man and finally studied law and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Montana in 1893 and opened a law office at Hamilton. He served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Ravalli county and in 1898 was elected state senator. The new senator Is described by bis friends aa an old school Democrat

New President

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FOR THE CHILDREN

What Was It? Guess wbst he had In his pocket. Marbles and tops and sundry toys, Such as always belong to boys? A bitter apple, a leather ball? Not at all. / What did he have In his pocket? A bubble pipe and a rusty screw. A brassy watch key hroken In two, A fishhook In a tangle of string? * No such a thing. - What did he have In his pocket? Gingerbread crumbs, a whistle he mads. Buttons, a knife with a broken blade, A nail or two with a rubber gun? Neither one. What did he have in his pocket? Before he knew It It slyly crept Under the treasures carefully kept, And away they all of them quickly stole—'Twas a hole! —Child's Hour. A New Kind of Policeman. Did you ever hear of a bear acting the part of a policeman? Yet I knew one, and. although he did not wear a uniform nor helmet nor did he carry a club, he captured a thief. His name was Bruin, and he danced to gather In the pennies for his young Italian master. Late one afternoon the Italian stopped at a farmhouse and begged to stay all night. He ordered Bruin to dance for the farmer’s children, and before retiring he shut the bear In the barn for safe keeping. During the night the family was aroused by a great noise coming from the barn and a load cry of “Help! Help!” The farmer ran to the spot, followed by Bruin’s master. They saw a strange sight Bruin with his huge arms around a man’s neck, hugging him tightly. The bear was muzzled, so he could do the man no great harm, but the man was too frightened to notice tbe..mnzzle. The man was a dishonest neighbor who had entered the bam to steal a fine calf. In the darkness be bad stumbled over the bear, who seized him and held him fast. ~ The Italian called out. “Hug him, Bruin!” The bear continued to hug until hIS master called him away, anc| the neighbor went away a frightened and wiser man.

Serpentine Tag. Every boy and girl plays tag, but few are acquainted with it in its liveliest form—namely, as serpentine tag. For this good variation a large square is drawn on the ground or on the bare floor, and the person who is to be “it” takes up the position within this boundary line, while the rest remain outside. He is armed with a long wand, at the end of which is a tuft of raw cotton dipped in flour. Any one crossing the chalk line or, in fact, venturing within reach of the tufted wand can be tagged, jf the tagger can catch him. A white flour mark on dress or coat is proof positive that a boy or girl has been tagged. As soon as any one Is tagged he must take the free hand of the person tagging and accompany him in his sorties against other invaders. Each person when tagged joins hanc& with the pursuers, and it is when the pursuing line has become really long and unwieldy that the game is funniest and most exciting, though there is laughter all through it. Plants and Animals. V Plants are like animals in many ways. The animal breathes; so does the plant. The animal has veins through which the blood flows, carrying life and vigor to every part The plant, too, has veins through which the plant’s blood flows to every part Through the center of the leaf runs a tough, heavy vein from which are sent oat many branches. These in turn send out smaller branches, and these last still smaller ones until the whole leaf is covered with a network of veins. The moisture is drawn from the earth through the roots and carried by these veins to every part of the leaf. « Look again at the surface of the leaf and you will see little pores. Through these the leaf breathes, taking in the air as we take it into our lungs. But the leaf takes that part of the air which' the animal cannot use, and the animal takes the part the plant cannot use. In this we see the wisdom of God, who made all things. Conundrums. What grows the less tired the more it works? An auto wheel. What fruit is the most visionary? The apple of the eve. Why should a hairdresser be sad? Because be curls up and dyes. What causes a coid, cures a cold and

pays for the doctor? A draft. What did Job’s wardrobe consist oft Three poor comforters. What is worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing cabs and cars. When is a chicken’s neck like a bell? When it is wrung for dinner. Why are pianos noble characters? Because they are upright, grand and square. If tough meat cmild speak what English poet would it mention? Chaucer. What should a clergyman preach about? About half an hour. Japanese Maxim. Not every one knows that the group of three monkeys so often seen In photographs from Japan represent a favorite maxim of the Japanese. One monkey holds his hand over his ear that he may “hear no evil.” the center one covers his mouth with his hand that he may “speak no evil,” and the third covers both eyes with his hands that he may “see no evil.” This group is found above one of the temples of Nikko and was carved by a famous left handed sculptor. At a Luncheon. Six or eight persons make a good number for an Informal luncheon. In the arrangement of luncheons as well as dinners there Is a decided tendency to simplicity of effect. Not only Is the menu shorter than lu former years, but the dishes nre lighter and not so rich, the equipment of sliver, glass and china not so elaborate and the display of flowers more simple. At a luncheon guests remove wraps in a dressing room on arrival, but bats are kept on. Cloves are removed when taking one’s seat at table. The hostess may lead the way In go- • lng in to luncheon, walking beside a guest, or she may ask her friends to precede her. At an Informal party the hostess tells the guests where to ait Instead of having name cards, i Guests are not expected to remain more than hulf an hour after a luncheon. - & " “ A Man's Devotion. Womanly dignity will always receive respect. Yet bow many wives are there who do not demand respect of their husbands. They ask for admiration, devotion, yet know that a man’s nature will not cling, will not be constant, when he cannot look up to the woman he loves. The mother who permits rudeness from hes sons, the wife who permits it from her husband, the sweetheart who does not resent It In her lover, will all find themselves some day wondering why they are not treated with deference and consideration, and tbft real reason will be that they have permitted In themselves some lack of mnnI ners or of morals which has lowered them In the eyes of the men they love. Using Christian Namss. A vulgar habit is prevalent among young girls, that of too freely using the Christian names of their young male acquaintances. Girls when grown up do not use the Christian names or nicknames of young men unless they here some special reason for so doing. , An Intimacy of years may be an ex- ’ cuse for retaining the use of the Christian name, for when Angelina In a plg- ' tall has played hide and seek or blind J man’s buff with Edwin In knickerbocki ers It Is difficult te become suddenly ceremonious. But acquaintances of a few months' standing—unless a love affair has changed the position of the parties toward each other—ls no excuse for excessive familiarity. Telephone Etiquette. Correct though it is to employ a telephone for social purposes, there have been established certain rules In regard to It, and to offend against them Is to show ignorance of etiquette. It Is not good form to reply to a written invitation with a telephone message, both because the manner of invitations should always be duplicated and also that it Is by no means certain that a hostess will receive a verba! message if it is sent through a maid.

One of the tragedies of life is to be given some beautiful real lace with nothing to hang it on. A man could credit his small son’s excuses more readily had he never been a boy himself. ' The difference between what a man knows and what be thinks be knows sometimes explains his unpopularity. Nothing exasperates a man more than to have another beat him to it with a new story.i