Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1912 — Page 2

/llblisJH P PAPE uT!.: known 01 Lot ance Telephones I ftMe* 8 % r^,:,-, jJlr' Residence MU Entered as Second C aas Mat - |H 8, 1908, at the post office at’ .TV mUt-rA Indiana, under the Act of toaillrW Published Wed Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday M*| sue 8 Pages. WEDNESDAY. JAN^mHIB

FRATERNITY HOUSE BURNS.

Chapter Ef- . -fleets of Members Destroyed, f Lafayette, Ind.; Dec. 31. —The * &ma Chi Fraternity house at Purdue University was badly damaged by fire this afternoon. The loss will be heavy Jo chapter records and personal effects.

FALLS UNDER WHEELS; DIES.

Cloverdale Man Falls In Attempt to H 1 Hoard Freight T.rain. Bloomington, Ind., Dec. 31.—While attempting to board a Monon freight train in this city this morning, Orville Coffman, 2 6 years old, a laboring man of Cloverdale, fell under the wheels and received injuries Trim which he died at the Bloomington hospital Vithin two hours. His right arm was cut off at’ the shoulder and he received injuries to his head and face. Coffman had come to the city on a late train Saturday to spend the evening and attempted to board a moving freight train that would have taken him home. He is survived by a family.

TICKET OFFICE ROBBED.

SISO Taken by a Tliit'f at the West Point- Station, f Lafayette, Ind.*, Dec. SO.-A-Another robbery bf a railroad tickht office, of which there have been many in this vicinity in the last few months, was committed last night at West Point;, eight miles west on the Wabashbash railroad, where a thief broke through a window and stole $l5O in money—fifty dollars in bills, ninety in "silver affd ten in change. The robbery was commits ted while the agent was away from the station. When 1 he discovered the theft lie notified the authorities here, who searched' all night for the robber.

A few weeks ago nearly, every ticket office on the Monon railroad north of here for a ’ distance of forty miles was robbed, and it is believed to be the work of one man.

VICTIM OF HIS INVENTION.

An Automatic Shaving Contrivance >d->— Mi. Dorman Will Re- i coves. I GiceU'j', Cole., Dec.' 30. John' Dorman, a local inventor, was the innocent cause of a riot call being! sen: to the police here, as"the result! of an operation of a patent automatic shaving device which he just completed. Dorman has a machine which _ls = guaranteed to shave the ordinary man in half the time it now takes, and he has followed the principle upon which a safety razor operates. He ‘tried it for the second time, when Something went wrong and a slice was taken off his nose and the end of his "chin. A spring broke' and the end- struck him over the eye. The commotion he created while getting' out of . his invention caused the neighbors to bplieve there was a family row in progress, and the police were. called. They found him bleeding and with a black eye, but he will recover.

IS LEE MUZZLED OR NOT?

Republican Chairman Tells Friends About Alleged Promise. 1 Edwin M. Lee, republican state chairman, said yesterday that he did not care to discuss for publication thfe question of whether he promised to muzzie bis future political utterances in consideration of the action of the members of the state committee in refraining from adopting a resolution disclaiming responsibility for interviews he bright give out in the future in regard, to the political situation i,n Indiana. • The resolution which was adopted by the commtitee at its recent meeting disclaimed responsibility for interviews given out in the past by - Mr. Lee concerning the Indiana po litical situation, which approved speaks itself. However, Mr. Lee has told his friends that) the only promise he made to the committee was that he did not intend to speak officially or on behalf of the committee, but that he reserves the right to say in the future what he pleases as an individual republican.— Indianapolis News.

20. -The eighth al services, for the wof perished December in the Iroquois Theater Svy v lljff today in the Iroquois r - liajNWbspital, which is main- , %n association formed “to the memory of the marL®f 4 Mp® ea( l' - ” A bronze tablet by -UiKdO Taft was unveiled.

BRYAN WRITES

I;’ !- . * m T ■That He Will Speak at the Jackson ■ Banquet in Washington. Washington, Dec. 30.—Letters received from W. J. Bryan, posted at Kingston, Jamaica, gladened the hearts of his followers in thisf city today. The Nebraskan announced that hd would be here Jackson’s Day would make a speech at tßCDj§ls oeratic banquet. TO Representative HenrVf-jP[ Texas, Mr. Bryan added thjiVfffe was heartily in favor of. thetfitetiry constitutional arnen drn ejIBBc ha n giw : the inauguration datjiflra startflU; sessions of Congress b, doing away with ssession# in which “Jobbery Jpnd trickery” through hurried ... Jfrgislation, may occur. ■ v . # /

TRAILED FOR A YEAR.

Son of Indiana Farmer Is Arrested on Charge That He Slew Four Persons at Kansas City. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30.-—Chas. Botvman, s’oh of a Westfield (Ind.) farmer, was arrested on the, farm of JjM M. Risley, near Nora, ind.;" tod# by Indianapolis detectives and , Kattbaß City authorities. In his arofficials are confident, they H|rße captured the person who murdered four people on the Barnhart: farm near Kansas 0 City the night of December 9, 1910. 'The police who made the arrest | allege that Bowman has admitted I that he was employed by GetM'ge Barn hard g who was found in the barn with his head crushed, but denies being connected in any way with the murder. j However, Bowman is said to ,iav;e ■ told Detectives Cronin and .DerosYit, [who' arrested him, that he knew who the real murderer is, but that .lie. had fled the country. He is alleged to have told the authorities j that;*: the real murderer told him alljthe circumstances leading to Hu brutal murder of the four persons.' The Kansas City authorities - out. Bowman back that city at T ■ o’clock tonight. The Barn hard murder was con - sidered at the time one of the most brutal murders in criminal history, and attracted considerable attention, ail over the country. Sarah Barn hard's body was found, in the

house, while that of her son, the old trapper, ' and the hired hand, were found in the barn. * The house had been ransacked and the pockets oft. the victims stripped of all-that was valuable. 'The Kansas City police for .more than a year have been at work on the case, which teiminated" in the arrest of Bowman today. 1t,...is ...said “"that there is anothoi; person implicated in the. murder by Bowman and that the local police are on his track'.

Forgotten.

The Highbrow—You have been in Stratford? Then you remember that passage from Shakespeare— Mrs. take it. We came by another route. — Puck.

Definite Information.

Lawyer—You said the prisoner had refused for comb time - to. sneak to you. On the day in question did he .cut you with malice prepense? V\ itness—No, sah; wif a raz’iih., sail.

Passing a Good Thing Along.

Bessie—Hurry’s gold watch must be a sort of a family watch. Jessie —Why? Bedfeie —First he has it, and then his uncle has jjt. '

A GOOD SOCIETY REPORTER.

The Editor —One of the proofreaders complains of your spelling of “beauty.” How did you spell it? New’ Reporter—“Biuty.” The,Editor—Ah! I see you have an “I” for beauty.

Memories.

All have their woes, The saddest yet, Methlnks, are those !Who can’t forget.

Victims.

vanity in her pocket, and'serve as a foil for her luckless stepcousin, Eli so She was sorry' for Elise, whose life ran sluggishly between drab walls. It had taken all her own mother’s tact and diplomacy to compass Elise’s being where she was, Peggy had been a little worried at Hirst —Elise had so few social accomplishments, and though Peggy was kind she hated carrying dead weight. Rut, by and by, when there were evening exhibitions of drawing-room accomplishments, Elise had shown such grace, such lightness, such rhythmic harmony of motion as to redeem herself But she had never yet done the cakewalk, save in the privacy of their own chamber, a bjg. airy ahd secluded one, high up in the tower, Peggy had practiced if with her, enough to make sure they “would not fall She had thought rather proudly of the sensation they would make, quite eclipsing Marie Dene, straight front Paris,’and still affecting the airs of her Parisian training. It took her all aback, though, to thinks of dapci-.ig in-such guise a,s would make her a fright. Notwithstanding, she agreed generously to put herself out of the question, partly through ‘ indolent good nature, partly also through the impelling of something under the surface which she felt in Elise.- t

POMPADOUR SISTERS

By Martha McCulloch- Williams

(Copyright, nil by Awoclated I.Horary Proas.) “The Pompadour Sisters! Horrors! Elise, you know I can’t wear pink! With my red cheeks and red hair It makes me a blowsy peony! And j?ou are angelic in pale blue,” Peggy said discontentedly, flinging herself back on the sofa. “But you will! Just this once!” Ellse entreated, her eyes sparkling. “For my sake! You know my one talejftt— my gifted feet. I can’t sing— VjmMbt a bit clever—l have never JklKanywhere but home and to But I can dance. Do help me ißphow it! For a special reason. 1 — BFwant to show I’m worth while.” r “So you’ll be a-sked again?” Peggy

“Poor cbick-a-biddy! Is this house party really bo much to you?” “What would It be to you. If it was your first—and yob;had never had a chance to jnpig, er have fun?” Elise aske.dN#p>st fiercely. “If you had to stealth—up in the garret, with Nobody to see—and all the music, what you could make on a comb?”

“Tell me—how did you ever hit on this frilly cakewalk? To think of the Pompadour as godmother to a cakewalk!" Peggy commented, smiling.

Elise looked puzz!ed. “Was there ever a Pompadour?” she asked. ”1 thought it was just a name —for the way you Wore your hair—and pink and blue together That’s vhy I said we’d do the Pompadour Sisters.”

Peggy explained, betwixt laughing and sighing. She had a pink frock, fine and straight from Paris, but she did not want to wear It. Aunt Margaret had sent it—Aunt Margaret had not seen her since she was nine, so knew nothing of the high colors which, properly subdued, made tier niece so pretty. Pink unquestionably exaggerated them to the degree of disfigurement. Rut Peggy, the stful of good nature, agreed at last to put 'her

“Was There Ever a Pompadour?”

She did not sense the hidden thing until they came put for their turn. The big house party had turned itself into a vaudeville company, by way of passing the two days of a drenching August storm. The house, oid and rambling, but luxuriously remodeled, lent Itself admirably to such uses. The library, four steps higher than the pig parlors, upon which it gave widely., made a fine stage. It was only a little trouble to supply electric 'footlights, screens tor wings and backgrounds, and a gorgeous drop of Cretonne bed curtains. A phonograph orchestra Was supplemented by Miss Ball, the governess, at a well-am-bushed piano. But the glory of it all was the stage director—in private life George Augustus. Belden, Esq., but in’ the mouths of everybody about him, Georgy. - , "

A man, and manly modest despite riches, and much pampered. Peggy had played with him In short frocks, learned to dance in the same -class! and grown up to regard him as at onc« the model and measure of man-

hood. She had never thought ot him as a sweetheart —for one reason other young fellows had not given her Aline Being an heiress, with a wide and wise family connection, If she married the wrong man It would certainly be in the face of light and leading She had liked several suitors well enough to consider them, but it had never gone further. At twenty-two her heart was still virgin, more truly virgin indeed than that Qf poor skimped and thwarted Elise, who had bestowed her affections silently upon this or that manikin, of knew no more than the whom she had turned into hero, knight or demi-god with the drapery of a girl’s fervid fancy. '

, She forget them—forget they had ever been, the minute she had looked up and found George regarding her with whimsical intentness. “Do they know you have run away?’’ he asked. “Those elders? if they come to take you back home, you shall climb into my pocket and stay snug till they go We can’t spare you.”

She was indeed wistfully childish, withal full of woman-ionging for life and love. Her mouth set hard whenever she thought of going back to the drab home life at the end of this marvelous fortnight. She would not do it —she could not- There must be a way out. At first she dared not think ol Georgy as the way out, but ot late he haunted her, awake or sleeping—her king, her hero, her deliverer

This Peggy read as In a lightning flash, when she felt the tremor of Elise’a slim fingers as Georgy, coming behind them, spoke, pretending to rebuke them for keeping the stage waiting Elise was humming over the dance music—a plantation air she had caught from her nurse, and twisted into something rather wonderful. Miss Ball had a fine ear —she caught it quickly-—still that took a minute or sq. Moreover Elise did not mean to dance in view until the music was in full swing.

... Singing, her voice fiigh and sweet, and thin, she swayed out on the stage, bowed right and left, then lifting their joined bands higher than their heads, she guided Peggy through a performance truly marvelous Up, down, back, forth, with intricate swings and side steps, and wonderful small shuffles, the two of them swept .the stage, the audience 'applauding madly Decidedly the Pompadour Sisters were the hit of the evening. Peggy smiled happily, thinking in what request Elise was likely to find herself. She looked half angel, half nymph, her face deeply flushed, her silky hair beautifully disordered. Peggy knew she herself was showing scarlet through the veiling made up—she had subdued her color with grease paint, but it was no longer effective. Still she footed it lightly, consciously making of herself mainly a support tor Elise —Elise whose secret she had surprised, and thereby surprised herself even more.

She was not indifferent to Georgy. Rather in him lay the root of her indifference to the others. wondered if he—with a catching breath she stole a> glance at. him, where he stood watching the dance,’ and particularly the chief dancer. As the curtain ; down after the third encore he ght Elise under the arms, ahd tossed her up, as one might toss a child, saying: “1 must! Tp find out if you u.e mortal or fairy. No,” as the applause rose madder than ever, “you mustn’t go back—l could look at you all night —but you have „ done enough. RunP outside and sit down now—just as you are —but don’t drink than seven lemonades —nor let more than nine fellows propose at once.”

Elise obeyed without a word. Georgy busied himself getting ready for the next turn. Peggy was stealing away—he had not spoken to her—when he wheeled and caught both her hands, saying: “Peggy —my love didn’t bat an eye over seeing you in pink—and you were a fright sure enough. So 1 think you ought to reward it Let’s set the day tomorrow.”

”But -Elise!" Peggy gasped, though her head swam with happiness. Georgy looked carefully over her head. "Pit attend to that,” he said in her ear. “She thinks of me as-r-Opportunity. We will see to it, she has many and better opportunities.” “Impossible,” Peggy said, turning away her face “Rut we will see that she is happy—almost ,as happy as ourselves.”

Too Near Home.

A ljtle bank in the south blew up one day and a bank examiner came down to look it over. , - i As he was working he noticed an old negro walking back and forth in front of the bank, ef. opping each trip to look anxiously at the door. The ex aminer finally ( went out and Asked: “What’s the matter with you?” “Boss,” the ndgro replied, “I done had fo’ty-eight dollahs in dat bank.” "Oh, well, 1 you musn’t worry. Banks' fall frequently, you know. It is nothing unusual. -We’ll make an examination and you’ll get all that is coming to -you. Dldn’.t you ever hear of a bank blowing up before?” “Yes, sah, I done hear tell of It. But, boss, this yer is de fust time I evah had one blow up right In mah face.” —Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.

The Retort Matrimonial.

She —You can’t ever accuse me ot helping you to make a fool ojLyourself. ; v He —I don’t know about that.. You said* yes when I asked to marry me

THE PARABLE OF THE MAN WHO ADVERTISED

Once upon a time there was a business man who resolved to advertise. He saw what others were accomplishing with direct mall matter, “spreads” in the magazines, bill-boards and other means of publicity, and he wanned to the thought of emulating their success. } .

So it came to pass that he hied himself to an advertising man and la.fd._his proposition before him. And the a. m., findhrg.it good and exceedingly fertile, recommended therefore a suitable campaign. The product and its appeal to the public were carefully studied, and letters, magazine ads. and other advertising prepared which would get the right point of contact. But the business man was not satisfied. “This letter doesn’t strike my fancy” and “that ad. wouldn’t sell goods to me in a thousand years" ani “I don’t like the picture that goes” with this folder” were some of the criticisms he made wheA the vaiious copy and layouts came before him.

Oh, he was the wise little gazaboo. He was fight there with a whallop when it came to advertising knowlelge, and when he got through revising things to suit his individual taste, their author knew that they were in-

■ deed orphans. Protests were of no avail. Pt was his money he was spending and he “guessed” he knew- good advertising when he saw it. You couldn’t fool him. People would buy what appealed to him,.and when his final O. It. went on i a ny advertising, it was right. But, sad to relate, likewise quite 1 obvious, the dear public did not seem ,to have the same taste as he. They found his advertising distinctly noninteresting and passed it by, also* lip: So the campaign turned out a failure and the business man becomes really quite peeved now when the I subject of “advertising” is men- ■ tioned. All ot which brings home this moral : —you can’t advertise to yourself and - expect to have more than one possible buyer.—The Layman Printer.

The uppermost idea in advertising is getting closer to things as they actually are, not as they are assumed to be.—Printer’s Ink. *

THIS ADVERTISING PAYS

Results Obtained by Sacramento Development Association Have Been Very Satisfactory.

•Although less than half of the $50,000 advertising fund of the Sacramento Valley Development association has been available during the past three months, tangible results have been obtained, according to the report of Secretary O. H. Milley. The report showed that big results are, commencing to accrue from the eastern the association recently iflaced in about seventy large publications. From July 15 to August 15 a total, of 1,020 inquiries were received from this advertising. Of the inquiries received, as stated in the report, farm journals lead with 551, daily newspapers with, 197, and magazines, 140; thoke received from miscellaneous sources were 82, and from the Sunset Magazine, 50. This is an average cost of 80 cents per lnquiry, and wfy|ch Is regarded as exceptionally good for the poorest month of the year, and is considerably below the average usually established as the cost for each inquiry. The members of the committee declared themselves pleased with the results of eastern advertising and voted to appropriate $7,500 to be used in additional advertising during the winter months.

Advertising for Direct Returns. Our neighbor killed his Thomas Cat, l For reasons all his own. Then he was sorry for the deed, He felt so sad and loner*'' NCSt week he advertised for one, And e’er, he got replies, > The old cat turned up home again. It pays to advertise.' T. E. M., in New York Telegram.

A Quick Recovery.

“Mamma,” said Johnny, ‘.‘if you will „let me go just this, one time I won’t ask for anything to eat.” “All right,” said his mother. “Get your hat.” Johnny, perched on the edge of a big chair, became restless as savory odors came from the region of the kitchen., At l,ast he blurted out: “There’s lots of ,pie and cake in this house:” The admonishing face of his mother recalled his promise and he added: “But what’s that to me?’’—From Success Magazine. ‘

Real Advertising Is News.

The succesfnl merchants of today place their faith in honest, commonsense, persistent publicity. They know that advertising is simply news—news of merchandise, and prices, ahd stbre service, and so on. And the advertiser who gives the people the news they want to read has the only sort of power over pocketbooks that is fundamentally feound.- —Baltimore Sun.

His Success.

“I wonder if anybody will ever attempt. to fix weather signs on a height?” , “Why?” “Because it is more or less a vane attempt.”

Sad Fact.

“Two are company.” - “Yes—until they are made on®.”

uS™*!** h «*»ces win be published for 1-cent-a-Word for the %rwt **sj*** ,o P*. ,^*' cent Per word for aaS additional insertion. To save book-keep-ing «u»h should be sent with notice No notice accepted for less than 25 cents, but short notices coining within tha above rate will be published two or WK aa th ? caae m *y be for 2o cents. Where replied are sent in The Democrat s care, postage will be charged t?ser < ] rWar<llnß * UCh replles to tht > adverFor Sale—Pure blood Duroc Jersey boar, registered. HQYES BROS., Phone 505-D, Rensselaer, Ind- ts For Sale—Modern new 9-room house and 5 acres of ground located in the south part of the city.—EnqdTre of MRS. A. GANGLOFF far further information. ' Woodclioppers Wanted House furnished for them.—JOS. KOSTA Fair Oaks, Ind., R-l. ,or Sale —Barred Rock Cockerels, the world’s greatest strain.—■ THOMAS E. REED, R-3, Remington, Ind., Phone 79-J. ts For Sale—White Wyandoftes. I nave 50 fine pure white cockerels, several show birds. Come quick, going fast. Prices very Iow.—ARTHUR MAYHEW, '> Rensselaer, Ind Phone 29-H, Mt. Ayr. ts Wanted— Position as clerk or office position by young man of 19. High school graduate and a good penman. Address D, care Democrat, or phone 311. For Sale—Mammoth pure bred Uronze turkeys, also pure bred Rarred Plymouth Rock chickens MCDONALD SISTERS, McCoysburg, find., > j 2 5 Wanted— Good men to sell the Rawleigh Remedies, in Indiana territory. Some good first-class ter:itory available. See or write me at once.-—O. N. HILE, The Rawleigh Man, Rensselaer, Ind. f 4 For Said—At the Rosebud Farm, phone 607-B, Parr, Ind. Think of it, eight 300 lb. spring farrow Ur<^ C ~^ ersey granddaughters oi Good-E-Nuff, No. 22437, and sired by R. B. Copper, No. 28927. These gilts are all good enough to go into the show ring; also a few males of the same breeding at $25 apiece, with pedigrees.—AMOS H ALTER & SON. d 2 8 ‘

Farms For Sale—l have a number of farms for sale in different parts of this county and adjoining counties, and 1 have made up my mind to devote my time .to the business. 1 heiefore il you have any farms or town property to sell or trade give me achance and I will give you a square deal.—JOHN O’CONNOR Ex-sheriff Jasper county, Kalman’, Ind. Legal Blanks—Warranty and quit claim deeds, real estate and chattel mortgages, cash and grain rent farm leases, city property leases, releases ot mortgage and several other blanks can be purchased In any quantity desired at THE DEMOORAT OFFICE. Road tax receipt and order books are also kept in stock. ’ ts Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to 4>IO,QOO.—E. P. HONAN. |)a Without Delay Isl I Without Commission Ul) • IU < Without Changes for Making or Recording Instruments. W. H. PARKINSON.

Big Public Sale. As I have decided to discontinue farming I will sell at , public sale at Maple Grove, 2 miles north and % mile east of Goodland, beginning at 10 o’clock, on MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1912, 15 Head of Good Horsds, Colts and Mules—Consisting of 1 Bay Mare 3 years old, safe in foal to Corbett’s Belgian horse, wt. .1550; 1 Gray Mare 13 years old, safe in foal to safhe horse" wt. 1600; '1 Black Mare 12 years old. safe’ in foal to same horse, wt. 15 00; 1 Sorrel Mare, safe in foal. to Gailbrath Standard Bred Horse, wt. 1260; 1 Brown Gelding 2 years old, broke tp 1 harness, wt. 1300; 1 pair Yearling Fillies, color gray and black, wt. 2400; 1 Seal Brown Filly, out of Goodland Boy, wt. •> 800; 1 Sorrel 2 year old Filly, out of Domineer, broke to harness, wt. IbOQ; 3 hign grade Here heron Stud Colts, wl 2(00, one „is a gray and two are black; 1 Sorrel Trotting Suckler, sired by Galbraith H.orse; 1 Seal Brown trotting suckler; l suckling Mule -Colt, wt. 800. This is an unusually good bijnch, a little better than you will find elsewhere. Come and spend January 15th with me. 13 Head of Cattle—l 2 high grade short horn Milk Cows, 2 high grade Heifer Calves; 1 registered short horn Bull, papers go,’ with' him Most cows to be fresh by time of sale. This lot will be worth your while. < t 12 Pure Bred Duroc Jersey Gilts —wt. 175 to 300 pounds. , Bred to. a pure bred boar and due to farrow last *of Feb. to April 1. Farming Implements—Consisting of 1 Deering Corn Picker as good as new. husked about 100 acres; 1 Black Hawk Corn Planter, with fertilizer attachment and 100 rods of 3.6 wire,* as good as new; 1 ’ Riding Cultivator, with gopher attachments; 1 Budlong DiscFl 3-sec-tion. L.ever “Harrow, • A credit of 12 months will be given on sums of sl|j, with usual conditions 2 per cent off for cash. F. MILLER. Col. W. H. Kenyon,_ Auctioneer. J. T. Hanpeton., Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds.