Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1911 — Page 8

News Notes of s Nearby Towns penings in the Territory \j Adjacent to the Jasper As Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents f County Metropolis

MT. AYR. —I —i—(From the Pilot.) Orville Putt made a business trip to Morocco Saturday. Bert Brener, wife and son visited at Ira Saylor’s Sunday. A. F. Long and family visited W. W. Miller’s Sunday, Born, to ”r. and Mrs. Harry Kemper, Wednesday, a girl. Miss Flora Parke visited Mrs. Minnie Crisler at Rensselaer Sunday. ■ ' Miss Charlotte Maben and Orphia Barton were visiting in Rensselaer Saturday. Mrs. Sigler and Mrs. Wiley are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Perkins at Goodland. Jay Makeever left last week for an extended visit in Ohio. He will return to ’Logansport and finish his business course begun some time ago. The operation on the eye of Mr. Byons is reported to have been very successful- A Cataract was removed and the surgeon expects sight to be restored. A masquerade party was given at the home of Mr. and Mra Aleck Miller Tuesday evening. About thirty-five were present. All report a jolly time. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bengston spent Saturday night and Sunday *with her parents. On their way home to Foresman they visited his' sister, Mrs. Earl Leek. Angus Washburn and family, Miss Grace Caldwell and Chas. Penwright were guests of C. A. Stacker last Tuesday. All report a good time and a splendid dinner. A deal was made last week in which W. A. Lyons becomes proprietor of the Sigler store and J. R. Sigler becomes owner of the Lyons farm. Mr. Lyons will take charge of the store the latter part of this month. News of two land deals came in last week too late to print. One in which Mrs. Baker gets the Clarence Blankenbaker farm and Clarence gets in trade her auto and two lots in Brook. The other was the Kaufman farm recently owned by C. G. Spitler, purchased by Triplet and Graves of Morocco.

| PINE GROVE. —i 1— Miss Creola Tor bet took dinner with Mary Comer Sunday. Thomas Cooper and Gerald Gifford spent Sunday with John Torbet. . . Harry Beck and Bluford Torbet are helping Clint Beck build his barn. Roy Torbet is working for Mr. Amsler of near Rensselaer this week. § Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ropp are living in the Will Hayes property at present. Mrs. Sarah McCleary and daughter Gusta were Rensselaer goers Wednesday. Tracy Williams of near Aix spent Monday night with her cousin Vernie Torbet. Roy Torbet and wife and Elmer Shroyer were Rensselaer callers Friday afternoon. Charles Britt returned home Monday after a few days visit with relatives at Attica. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Walker Sundayed with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Walker. Mir. anxl Mrs. James Torbet and daughter spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tullis of Blackford. The boys of this neighborhood seemed to have a fine time Tuesday night, it being Hallowe’en. Irving Peregrine, teacher of Independence school, spent from Friday till Sunday with his parents at Valparaiso. Mrs. Andy Ropp and daughter Bessie took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. James Donnelley of Rensselaer Saturday. Mrs. Chas. Shroyer, Mrs. Lizzie Cooper and Mrs. James Torbet attended the Aid Society at Mrs. James Myers’ Wednesday. Mrs. Chas. Jenkins and two sons came down Monday from Wheatfield to attend the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Rebecca Hurley. Mrs. Rebecca Hurley passed away Sunday morning after a long ill ness, and was buried in the Prater cemetery Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Those that took dinner with Harry Beck and family Sunday were: Clint Beck and family, Bluford and Charles Torbet and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Torbet.

FAIR OAKS. | i : Born, Sunday, to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wapren, a boy. My, but didn’t the weather turn cold Wednesday afternoon? Al Blake plastered a house' out on the Lawler ranch this week. C. B. Steward of Rensselaer was a visitor in our town Tuesday. .Mrs. Ike Kight returned home from Indianapolis the last of the week. 'Mrs. T. J. Mallatt visited and took dinner at Pairm Wiseman’s, on the Lawler ranch, Sunday. Mr. Sawln thrashed his 4 acres of beans with a corn shredder last week. He had about 100 bushels. Abe Bringle went down to his.

old home place west ot Rensselaer Saturday and brought back with him a load of apples and potatoes. We are still getting too much rain. Fields are very wet and owing to so much rain and cloudy weather corn is not drying out very fast. Mrs. Pearl Zellers, who has been at Michigan City for several weeks taking care of her sister-in-law, returned home the first of the week. Abe Bringle and family drove up to Wheatfield in their auto Sunday to visit relatives a few hours. They took dinner with Mrs. Joanna Byres. Jap Warbritten moved out into the country about five miles in Newton county Monday, and Barney Dewitt, who has lived down west of Surrey for a couple of years, moved back to Fair Oaks Monday, into the Munden property. The Hallowe’eners cut up their usual capers Thursday night, such as upsetting outhouses, etc. They even raised one of the school house windows and crawled in, took the lock qff the door and carried a buggy upstairs and set it up in the advanced room. The house that was the property of the John Makeever estate with was called Mt. Pela was burned in the early part of the night, e and of course nobody knows how it got on fire. —i ~~ I SOUTH NEWTON. I f _ Joe Jenkerson of Mt. Ayr is husking corn for Earl Leek. Mildred Powell has been on the sick list a few days this week. Earl Leek was a business caller in Mt. Ayr Thursday afternoon. Ed Wiling, of Brook built a corn crib for his brother Fred last week. Quite a number from around here attended the Halstead sale Monday. Henry Wortley and family spent Sunday over in Jordan tp. with

Philip Paulus and 'family Sundayed with their daughter, Mrs. James Reed, of near Surrey. Most of the farmers have begun husking corn in this locality. It is thought the crop will fall short of last year. Marion Pierson and Miss Ina Sunderland came out rrom Rensselaer Saturday to spend Sunday with Harve Pierson and wife. George Hueson .and wife, who have recently returned from North Dakota, visited Saturday night and Sunday with Robert Overton’s. Clarence Pruett and wife called on Arthur Mayhew and family Sunday afternoon, and spent the evening with Ernest Mayhew and wife.

Charles Waling and wife of Brook spent last Thursday and Friday -frith their son Fred and daughter, Mrs. Arthur Mayhew and family. It begins to look as if the farmers would have to husk corn in the mud if at all, some fields being so soft now that a team can hardly pull a load out. " Mr. and Mrs. Will Huff of near Brook and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mayhew of Foresman took Sunday dinner with Ernest Mayhew's, the former ladies being sisters of Mrs. Mayhew. -

The First Bread.

The “staff of life” was by no means the first ltdm on men’s bill of fare. For we know not how many ages human beings lived entirely without bread or anything approaching it in character. The first men were hunters and lived mostly on the flesh of the creatures they killed in the chase. The * pastoral stage, which followed the hunter period, supplied milk along with the flesh of the domestic aninp.als, and bread was practically unknown until men had settled down to agriculture. The Chinese emperor Ching Noung is said to have been the first to teach men the art of husbandry and the method of making bread from wheat about 4,000 year* before Christ

His Sign Said So.

One evening at 7 o’clock a man with a wife and 11 children, many of them grown up, appeared at the entrance to an entertainment hall, bought two tickets and Remanded that the entire family should be admitted. The doorkeeper declined to admit the family with two tickets only. "But all these are my children," said the man. “Of course,” said the doorkeeper; “but some of them are too old to be admitted free.’ 1 “Too old? What’s that to do with it? Don’t it say on your bills that children under 12 are admitted free with parents?” "Yes.” “Well, I’ve only got 11 children, and if 11 children aren’t under 12 I’m beat.” —Everybody’s Weekly.

Damning With False Praise.

William Dean Howells, the author, was talking about a criticism that praised him almost fulsomely. a “I don’t quite like such indiscriminate praise,” he said. “Such praise does a man more harm than' good. It Js like the enthusiastic policeman’s remark about the genial 'new mayor. “ ‘Oh, he’s a fine feller,’ th* policeman said. ‘Why.lt don’t matter who ye are, he’ll get drunk with ye.’ •

Rowles & Parker” ~ ■ ■ Shoes . I I “Rensselaer’s Growing Store” | . | “ New Fall Suits and Overcoats We want you to visit our men’s section the greatest store for men’s goods in this city and see the new fall and winter suits and overcoats. Our clothing cannot be equaled for fit and tailoring, cut in the latest styles in brown diagonals, the new blues, greys, tans and blue serges.' No store in this city offers you the variety of selections nor the quality of clothing at the prices we are naming and we want you to come in and see the values we are giving for yourself as now is the best time to select your new suit or overcoat, shoes, sweater coat andwearing apparel of all kinds Blanket lined duck coats, with high storm collars, very seviceable—sl.4s and $2.00. Corduroy coats, with warm servicable lining, special , ; value at $2.50. t Sheep lined duck coats with high storm fur collar, L ■ eXtra len^th ’ a very warm and serviceable coat—s4.oo. 1 Corduroy coats with sheep lining and high fur collars jS 1 kKS?' •' • Ot $5.00. vMI mkw Ex tra length corduroy coats with sheep lining and I ' r/ 1 'J'l I wombat fur collars, and long ulster overcoats iyith high ? kI fur collars ~s 6 « $7.50, SIO.OO and $12.50. Corduroy and reversible coats, soft and pliable, “ ; # priced $6.00. (/ /I \ M ' Sweater coats in both high collar and V neck styles \ ■ in all shades, including the dead grass hunting shades, you must scc these coats to appreciate their excep- M! mW tional value, $5, $4, $3.50 down to 50c. Ik® Suits and Overcoats for little folk, Russian suits in W plain blue and red serges and fancy grey mixtures, sizes ***' 2 X to 6, special value, $5, $4, $3.50, $3.00 and $2.50. Doo t fail to visit .or shoe section. t Overcoats in Reefer high storm collar styles, all sizes _ school shoes for boys and girls—the 4 to xO years, excellent value, $2.50 to SIO.OO. It will pay you to visit kind that wear. High Lace Boots nnr ctnrp far fall and Ammonia Proof shoes for men. Boy s double breasted and Norfolk suits in olain J • A lor y ®. Ball Band and Lambertville Rub- .s x P and Winter Supplies for ber Footwear. blue, brown and grey, sizes 6to 16 years, $5.00 to $2.50 the entire family.

PROFESSOR READ THE SIGNS

But Companion Had Doubts About Character of Boy, Despite Expert Opinion. The professor who reads character from physiognomy pointed to th 4 boy opposite. He belonged to the criminal type, said the professor. Look at his eyes, his ears, his cheek bones, his mouth—criminal, every one of them. The boy sat very still. All about him were other boys swinging ball bats, and cuffing each other’s ears, but that, the professor said, was only the natural overflow of animal spirits; the quiet boy was too thoroughly steeped in criminality to have any animal spirits. Just as the professor’s companion w r as beginning to wonder if it was safe to ride in the same car with the youthful degenerate the boy reached down into his pocket and brought forth a white flower. It was a common field flo*wer, a cluster of tiny white blossoms topping a slender stalk. The boy seemed very fond of it. He twirled the stalk, he stroked the leaves and petals, and every touch was soft and tender. But the professor had no eyes for those gentle fingers, he was intent on the unmistakable signs of inherited depravity. “A bad one, he is, all right,” said the professor with a solemn shake of the head. But the other person looked at the flower again. A bad one, was he? Kftiybe; but the ether person had doubts. '-A..

NOT ALTOGETHER A SUCCESS

Mr. Cohen Got His Meal and Escaped the Rain but Departed Unsatisfied. A long way from home, and the rain pouring down, with no umbrella, Isaac Cohen was in a terrible way. But suddenly it struck him that he might get shelter and a cheap meal, too, from an old friend, one Kressler, a German, who lived in the neighborhood. So, after a little searching, he found his friend’s house, and gave the door bell a manful pull. Presently he was face to face with Kressler himself, who evidently was none too pleased to see him. Being conducted into the dining room, where eight little Kresslers were seated around the table, he was bade to take a seat and have a little dinner. Isaac rubbed his hands and quietly smiled. He was In luck! ..... After an enjoyable meal, and the rain had stopped, he rose from his seat, and turning to friend Kressler said: "Ah, my dear friend Kressler, I vish to tsnk.you for voiu^- —■*

"Don’t mention it, mine friendt,” interrupted Kressler slyly; “shust give the ki<s a quarter each!” I

Ears of Animals.

The hearing apparatus of animals is like that of human beings, but i modified to suit the conditions of the animal’s life. Deer, hares, and horses, like all animals whose life necessitates keen hearing, have ears shaped and set in the best way to catch faint for far-off sounds. The serpent has no ' ear-drums. The ear of the fish is a membraneous labyrinth connected with the bladder by a series of little bones. Though the sense of hearing is peri feet only in the higher animals, even j the animals that have no ears per- ■ ceive sounds. Instead of ears they are i supplied with fine nerves whose func- : tion is to note and to respond to every touch; nerves whose receiving | centers are different from the centers .of the purely tactile impressions. All animals, including insects, have an apparatus which enables them to distinguish the approach of an enemy.— Harper’s Weekly.

Routes Traversed by Christ.

One of the caravan tours of Assyria and India lay near the little city of Nazareth, where In his boyhood our Savior undoubtedly saw and conversed with men of many nations and varied religious and philosophical beliefs. Indeed, some years a French traveler in Thibet reported, that, having broken a leg, he was hospitably nursed and cared for in a lamasery or Thibetan convent, and allowed access to its library, in lyhich he found an ancient volume, which stated that before our Savior began bls mission, he joined a caravan, and visited Persia and India, debating with the Magi and the priests of Buddha the tenets of their beliefs, and seeking to turn them to the worship of Jehovah. It Is by no means Improbable that a portion of his thirty years of obscurity was spent in such wanderings along the great highways of the world’s commerce.—National Magazine.

And Prints Them, Too.

“Jones writes more foolish things than any other man I knpw.” “What is he, a poet?” “No, congressional stenographer.” —Latin.

I Heard in School.

“Why did Atlas have to support the earth?” “He didn’t have to; he was Just practicing his physical culture lesson.”

CHILDREN SHARE ESTATE

Will of Peter Ritterskamp Filed foi Probate in Vincenpes. Vincennes, Ind., Nov. 3. —The will of the late Peter Ritterskamp was filed for probate. His interest in a |gun jointly owned by himselfand his son-in-law, State Treasurer William H. Volimer, is bequeathed to Volimer. Another gun, a watch and chain, and a tool chest and tools are bequeathed? to a son, William P. Ritterskamp. who is named executor. To his daughter, Laura Planke. sl,200 is left, and to Hermine Henze of Palisade, Neb., also a daughter, S3OO. The homestead -goes to Anna Schaller, another daughter. • The rest of the estate, valued at $30,000, is to be equally divided among seven children, including the wife of State Treasurer Vollmer.

HIKERS RECEIVE LOVING CUP

Lafayette Knights of Pythias Make Gift to Logansport Men. Logansport, Ind.. Nov. 3. —Lafayette Company No. 1, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, came to this city and presented the Logansport lodge with a loving cup, a prize which the local company won by “hiking” from here to the state encampment at Lafayette last summer. The presentation was made by Harry Wade of Indianapolis, grand keeper of records and seal of the order. Preceding the presentation there was a street parade, in which uniformed rank of every order in the city participated.

SAYS RAILWAY OVERCHARGED

Hammond Firm Makes Complaint to Interstate Commerce Commission. Washington. Nov. 3.—The Western Gray Products company, a Hammond flrm, complains to the interstate commerce commission that the Pere Marquette and Indiana Harbor railroad had overcharged the firm to the amount of $2,697 in freight rates on 147 tank cars of raw material shipped ficm Holland and St. Louis, Mich., to the firm’s manufacturing plant in Hammond. The company asks for reparation in that amount.

SAVES HUSBAND AND BABY

Wabash Woman Awakens Before Overcome by Escaping Gas. Wabash. Ind., Nov. 3.—When almost overcome with coal gas, Mrs. Guy Ba-

ker awakened and, with the greatest effort, reached a window, which she opened. After much difficulty she succeeded in arousing her husband an£ their baby. But for her action the three would soon have been dead. A door to a. coal stove had been left open, permitting the gas to escape and reach the sleeping room.

SNOW IN INDIANA

State Has First Killing Frost, Latest in Nearly Twenty Years. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov, 3. —Northern and central Indiana were swept by a. cold wave during the night, the mercury going down to 24 degrees. Indiana suffered its first killing frost, it being the latest in nearly twenty years.

Says Husband Flogged Her.

Newcastle, Ind., Nov. 3.—Charging that her husband taunted her about her church, Mrs. Hazel Hoover filed suit for a divorce from Paul Hoover, son of the Rev. David F. Hoover, county probation officer, and prominent in the affairs of the German Baptist church in Indiana. She also charges that her husband beat her with a buggy whip.

Veterans Ask Monument.

Washington, Ind., Nov. 3. —Survivors of the Civil War filed with County Auditor Nugent a petition bearing 3,47£ names, asking that a soldiers’ monument be erected Daviess county court house law u. Action will be taken by the commissioners and it is the belief that the request will be granted.

Bids to Be Opened Nov. 28.

Washington, Nov. 3. —The treasury department announced that bids for construction of the new federal building at Bloomington would be opened Nov. 26 fqr furniture for the Wabash postoffice, and on Nov. 8 for furniture for the Columbus building.

Local Men Get U. S. Jobs.

Washington, Nov. 3. —Roy T. Hamm of Indianapolis and Cash E. Mace of Sheridan were appointed inspectors' assistants for the bureau of animal industry, department of agriculture, being certified from the eligible register of the civil service.

Despondent; Hangs Himself.

Franklin, Ind., Nov, 3. —James Gourley, forty years old, committed suicide by hanging himself in the barn at the home of his uncle, C. C. Gourley. Despondency over failure to get work is assigned as the cause. Gourley’s wife discovered the body.