Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — Page 2

THE JASPER COUNTY DEM F.UM.EDITOIIIIIDPOBm.I OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Advertising rates made known on application. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. - Residence 311. _v— Entered as Second Class Matter June 8, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaer, Indiana, under .«|e Act of March 3. 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday.' Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 1912.

THE SCRAP BOOK

WILD RIDE ON A RHINO.

Quentin Grogan, the big game hunter, who acted as guide for Colonel Roosevelt in Uganda and led him to the spot where he bagged his white rhinos, has just returned from a trip to s he Congo that was successful in ad ' nture if npt otherwise. Grogan went out in eearch of a pair of live white rhinos, no specimen of which is in captivity. He had tough luck right through. Hippo Bay, where Roosevelt got his rhinos,"was empty, and Grdgan wandered up to Regaf. Here he got in touch with a youngster, but missed getting a rope about its leg. In a mad endeavor to capture the brute, Grogan flung himself at it, grabbed it by the ears and mounted its back. He is probably the only than who has ever ridden a live white rhino. The beast screamed with terror and dashed at a wonderful gait across country. Frightened though the rhino was, it didn’t forget its native sense and made straight for a clump of thorn bushes into which it dashed. Grogan was literally torn off its back. His face and body were lacerated and his feelings, also, at losing the object of his trip. Now he is in a more philosophic mood and says; "Never mind, I had a darned tine ride.” —Baltimore American.

SNAKES FOR SALE.

Hunting snakes for a living is the occupation of a Mexican in San Antonio, Tex., who finds a ready market for all the venomous reptiles he catches, isays the Om-aha Bee The buyer is a dealer in West Commerce street, who supplies shows, museums and scientists. ■ . - The snakes are sold by weight, and for choice specimens of rattlers 25 cents a pound is paid. The Mexican has two ways of catching a rattier. An old one is caught by placing a forked stick over its body just back of the head and holding it down until the snake catcher can grasp it safely and' drop It into a sack.. Young rattlers are grabbed by the Mexican with his hand and dropped into a sack without using the forked stick. In catching water moccasins the hunter wades into the stream, carrying a noose, which is dropped into the water in front of the snake and pulled up as It swims through. Small moccasins, like small rattlers,he catches wit-h his hands.

VALUABLE PROMISSORY NOTE.

. Franzied finance is not exclusively a habit of recent'years, says r the Kansas City Star. At the Riggs National bank in Washington there is carefully guarded a proof of the. foregoing assertion. Regarding the proof, there is told this story: One winter morning, Henry Clay, finding himself in need of money, went, to the Riggs bank and asked Jpp the loair*bf $250 on his personal note. He was told that, while his credit was perfectly good, it was the inflexible rulp of the bank to reqhire an Indorser. The great statesman hunted up Daniel Webster and asked him to indorse the note. “With plep.ure,” said Webster. ’But I need some money myself. Why not make your note for five hundred, and you and I will split it? This they did. And today the note is in the Riggs bank—unpaid.

DISAPPEARANCE OF LAKES.

Whether the globe on which we dwell is gradually drying up or not is a question that has been much debated. Recent discoveries in Central Asia have been regarded by some as favoring the affirmative answer, -but. others have replied that the observed phenomena are simply- periodic changes. Dr. Walser of Zurich champions the affirmative view on the ground that a number of European lakes have certainly disappeared within the last 250 years. The Cannon of Zurich, for example, had 149 lakes s$ quarter of a century ago, and only 76 today. He believes that a similar tendency to disappearance has afrected the lakes of Germany and Russia.

POULTRY

PASSING Of POPULAR FOWL

Tremendous Demand for Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and Others Crowding Langshans Out.

The Langshan, or, as Its admirers like to call It, “the Lordly Langshan,” apparently has been losing ground in popularity, like the other Asiatic fowls. It may be that as many Langshans are bred and sold as ever, but it Is very certain that not so many are exhibited as formerly. The tremendous demand for Plymouth Rocks, Wyahdottes and Rhode Island Reds may make the demand for Langshans appear, relatively, small, while suffering no actual diminution, says a Writer in the Country Gentleman. Still, as the poultry show is a tolerably safe trade barometer, I am inclined to believe that the demand to some extent has really diminished. When the Langshan was first intro, dueed, it appeared to many fanciers of Asiatic fowls as an under-bred or poorly-bred Black Cochin. It lacked the compactness, full cushion; ..soft feathering, small tail and heavy footfeather that the Cochin fancier so highly prizes. It was predicted that It would not succeed as a breed, but the prediction, like many another, proved worthless. It did succeed. It put the Black Cochin badly in the shade. It became very popular. Its number became legions. „ If we seek a reason for its success, our search need not be long. It was

Black Langshan Cock and Hens.

an. excellent layer of large eggs. It made a good table fowl, though its white skin and black plumage handicapped it somewhat.

Value of Air-Slaked Lime.

Not enough importance is placed on the value of good air-slaked lime for use in the poultry house and on the runs. Properly used, the lime is of gre t sanitary value. It will counteract disagreeable “odors. A free- use ot air-slaked 1,1 me on, chicken runs where gaps prevail is exceedingly beneficial. Its use no doubt also destroys other germs and bacilli. The wise poultry-man wfll always have a good supply of,lime on hand and use it both ins.de ai.d out of his poultry houses.

Cause cf Infertile Eggs.

Too many hens with the male bird frequently results in infertile eggs, and if it is found that gexmless eggs are being produced’ the number should be reduced. Breeding stock which are the progeny of related parents are usually rather apt. to produce sterile eggs; this is one of the several reasons why It. Is a mistake to inbreed. Every colt should be taught a walking gait. This can be done by gently pushing him while walking but he should never be urged too long at a time before, changing-his gait. , If we feed and care for sheep we iare fattening as they should be cared for to make the most profit from this mutton, we also supply the very best ; conditions to produce the best wool \ in the combing class. I . : V • • '■ i lo the up-to-date and progressive j dairyman and to the most advanced ! fititie feeders, the use of the silo and j the feeding of ensilage is recognized 1 as being necessary to the. greatest sucj cess in their respective lines of husiI ness. j • ; -v. j ' The farmer ought to be able to pro- | duce eggs at a feed cost of , about | eight centp a dozen. To do this he ! must keep the hens which will make the best showing, instead. of a lot of mongrels at no breeding and without laying capacity.

All the- news in The Democrat.

POULTRY SHOW AWARDS.

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tarns, to Lee Catt and the little son of Sam Roth, respectively. w Saturday night, M. B. turkey, Earl Leek. ; Incubator, to Emmet Pullins. Barred Rocks. Max Kepner—l, cock; 1,2, 3,4, hens; 1, pen. Chas. Fleming—-4, cock; 4, cockerel; 2,4, pullet; 3, pen. Jese Snyder, 3, cock; 1 cockerel; 1, pullet; 2, pen. 1 Thos. E. Reed—2, cock;’ 4, pen. D. Hershman—2) 3, cockerel. Buff Rocks. )E. C. Pulver —i, cock; 1,2, hen; 4, pullet. Everett Brown, 2 cock; 1 cockerel; 2, pullet; i, pen. , Ernest Mayhew—2, 3’_ cockerel; L 2, pullet; 2, pen.

White Rocks. Ed Duvall—l, cock; 1,2, hen; 1. pullet. Bull Orpingtons. Floyd Amsler—l, 2, cock- 2 cockerel; 1,3, pullet; 2, pen. A. E. Wallace—l, 2, hen; 3 z cockerel. ■" ’ ’ Riley Snyder— 1, cockerel; l, 2 4, pullet;- } pen. ’ / S. C. Buff Leghorns. Gaylord Long—l, cockerel; 4 pullet. F. M. Maloy—2, cockerel; 1, 2 3, hen; 1,2, 3, pullet. i R. C. Rhode Island Reds. I. F. eMader— i, 2,3, cockerel; 1, hen. Guss Yeoman—4, cokerel; 2, 3 4, pullet; 1, pen. Gaylord Long—2, hen. C. W. Duvall—l, nen. S. C. Rhode Island Reds. H. B. Murray— l, cock; 1, cockerel; 1, 2, 3,4, hen; 2,4, pullet. Isaac Glazebrook— 4, cockerel. ;R. L. Riggs—3, cockerel; 3, pullet. Raymond McCarthy—2, cockerel--1 pullet. - S. C. White Leghorns. Max Kepner—2, 3, cock; 3, hen; 2 cockerel; 1,3, pen.’ Fred P. Beiderwolf—-4, hen; 1 cockerel; 2,3, pullet; 2, pen. Ransom Elijah—l, cock; 1,2, hen; 3, cockerel; 1,4, pullet; 1, 4, pen. « ' S.r C. Brown Leghorns. John A. Johnson —1 cock; 1,2, 3. hen; 1, 2, cockerel; 1,2, 3; pullet. . *Mrs. M. P. Warner:—4, hen; 3, cpckerpl. White Wyandotte. J. M. Sauser—l, 2, cock; 1,3, hen; 2, cockerel; 1, pullet; 2 pen. Arthur Mayhew—2, 4, hen; 'l, 3,4, cockerel; 2,, 3,4, pullet; 1, pen. . Columbia Wyandottes. W. A. Hiderbrand—l hen; 1 pullet. : . Silver Laced Wyandottes. Vera Hopkins—l cock; 1, hen. Golden Wyandottes. J R. L. Riggs— l , 2, cockerel. S. C. Black Minorcas. Joseph A. Pullins—l cock; 1,2, 3,4, pullet. ' R. C. Black Minorcas. Fred Waling—l, cock; 1, hen; 1, 2,3, cockerel; 1,2, 3,4, pullet. Light Brahmas. A. F. Long—l cock; 3,4, hen; 1,2, pullet. W. R. Nowels—l, 2, hen; 3,4, pullet. t Silver Spangle Hamburg's. S. H. Petrie—l, 2, cockerel; 1, 2,3, 4, hen; 1 cockerel; 1,2, 3, hen; 3,4, pullet. •Red Cubans. Clyde Corliss—l, cock; 1, hen; 1, cockerel; 1,-2, 3, hen. Buckeyes. Chas. R. Sprague-—l, cockerel; 1,2, 3,4, pullet. * Partridge Cochin. Theo. Dunlap—l, cock; 1, 2\ hen; 1, cockerel; 1, yullet; 1, hen. Dark Cornish. Max l Kepner—3, 4, cockerel. John H. Webber—l. 2, cockerel; ,1, 2,3, 4, pullet.; 1,2, 3, hen; 1, pen. *■ Buff Cochin Bantams. • Eli Brown—2 3, cockerel; 1,3, liens. - - \ . Jesse Snydq;—l. cockerel; 1,2, pullet; 2, hen. Brown Leghorn Bantams. B. L. Brenner—l, 2, cockerel. Marie Louise Crowell—3. cockerel; l, hen; 1, pullet. R- I'• Black Minorca Bantams. A. E. Wallace—l, cock; 1, hen. Japanese Sikies. _ A. Mayhew—l, cock; 1, hen. VV hite Holland Turkeys. Jos. A. Pullins- —1, cock; 3, hen; 1, 3. cockerel; 2,4,. pullet. Henry Gowland—l, 2, hen; 2 cockerel; 1,3, pullet. Bronze Turkeys. Chas. Fleming-—l, cock; 1,2, cockerel; 1, hen; 1 pullet. Indian Runer Ducks. Erents Mayhew—l, cqck; 1, cockerel; 1,3, pullet. Chas. Fleming—2, cock; 2, hen. Gangloff Bros. —1, hen; 2, 4,‘ pallet. Fred Waling—2, cockerel. Pekin Ducks. Thos. E. Reed-— ; 3, cock"; 2, hen; 3 cockerel; 2, pullet.. , Flora Pullins—l. cock; 1, hen; 1 cockerel; 1 pullet. C. E. Alter—-2; cock; 2, cockerel; 3,4, pullet; English Cgil I Hicks. Eli Brown—-1, cockerel; ; J-, 2, pullet. ' Touilousc Geese. Joe Butts, Jr.—l. cock; 1, hen. - Emden Geest*. C. E. Alter—l, cockerel; 1, pullet. Silvpr Cups Awarded. J, A. Pullins, for highest scoring bird in show. Chas. Fleming, for best, turkey in show. 1 «/. Max, Kepner, for best display of chickens. J. A. Johnson, for highest scoring pen. - Baby Show. , From 3 months to 1 year old. First —Mrs. Ernest Ramey. Second —(Mrs. Lew Robinson. From 1 to 2 years old. First—Mrs. Dan Chupp. Second—Mrs. Ray Collins.

Try the New Auto Bus—Prices Just the Same.

Try our new auto bus; prices are unchanged; any place in the city for 15 cents, round trip for a quarter. 25 cents one way to the college. Bess of service guaranteed. Will attend to all calls outside train time for : dances, parties’, etc. Leave orders as Rensselaer Garage, phone 365 Leek’s hitch barn, phone 342 ; Barnes restaurant, 432, or Tone Kanne’s residence, phone 214. Kanne Bros. *

\ Here’s a Present ifa* f "* r - ■ For Every flan In This County

Right now you will have the advantage of the lowest ’ prices we have ever quoted on fine clothes. You can not think of a better purchase than one of these. Hart Schaffner & JTarx Suits or Overcoats. This season we are going to move the goods faster than ever, get them out of the waV \ ot spring in soon. Here is a list of prices

$35 Fur Coats at - - S3O S3O Fur Coats, at - - $25 $27 Fur Coats, at - - $22 $25 Fur Coats, at j - - S2O S2O Fur Coats, at - - sl7 1 $lB Fur £oats, at - sls * From 10 to 20 per cent off on Men’s, Boy’s, and Children's Overcoats, Suits, and Men’s Fur Caps. From 25 to 50 per cent off on Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Cloaks

im G. E. Murray Co.

Real Estate Tranfers. George F Meyers to James R Fickner, Oct 27, Its 15, 16, bl 4, Rensselaer, sl, q c d. •Milton C Roe to Phillip R Stortz, Oct 30, pt Its 15, 16, bl 4, Rensse-' laer, $30,000. Phillip R Stortz to Milton C Roe, Nov 7, n% ne 25-31-7, n% nw, se sw 24-31-7, se ne se, e% sw ne 2431- 419 acres, Union, $30,000. William L Canary to Charles H Leisen, Dec 14, Its 9, 10, 11, 12, bl I 6. Rensselaer, Weston’s Add., $500. : Ernest Biggs et al to Martha H] Collins, May 11, 1908, pt se se 2632- 38 acres, pt sw se 26-32-5, 3 acres, Kankakee, $350. | Hannah I Watson to Martha 1 H Collins, 2.6-32-5, pt sw se 26-32-5, 38 acres, Kankakee, S3OO, q c d. ! E L Hollingsworth to A P Burton et ux, Dec 18, Its 7,8, hi 19, Rensselaer, original plat, SI,OOO. George F Meyers to E L Hollingsworth, Dec 18, nw ne 10-31-7, Keener, $472.13,- j W B Austin to A H Hopkins, Dec 18, It 5, bl 9, Rensselaer, Columbia’ Ad.. S2OO. ' INancy B Dunn et Baron to Geo W Goar, Dec 13, It 8, bl 16, Duimville, $l5O. | William Fitzgerald to Charles A Lawton, Dec 6, sw sw 26-32-5, pt* II Ms sw 2 6-32-5, 67.63 acres, Kankakee, $6,500.

Lecture Course Dates. Jan. 2-1 -John Eberly Co, ' Concert. )• Feb. 5--11. V. Adams (Lecture). . . Feb. 26—Landon (Impersonsator), March 22—Beulah Buck Co. (Ladies Quartet). Notice qf Annual Meeting. Ihe regular annual meeting of the 1 lome-Telephone Company of Jasper, Newton. Pulaski and \Vhite counties, Indiana, will be held at. the equrt vhou.se in Rensselaer, on ~ Saturday, January 13, 1912, at 1. o’clock p. m„ to elect directors and other officers and transact such regular business as may come before the meeting-, M- J. ,Yeomian, Pres. F. E. Babcock, Sec.

Ready for delivery off our hoor, two of those staunch, reliable runabouts that have made the Maxwells ‘‘the great economy cars.” A car which' can run on Jasper "county roadsat a total cost of 1 3-10 cents per mile. A nice carrying space on these '•ars, too. Step in and let us show yoy how to save money.— Maxwell.

itlMttaiA [Under this head notices w.il be published for 1-cent-a-word for the firs', insertion, %-cent per word for each additional insertion. To save book-keep-ing cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than 25 cents, but short notices coming within the above rate will be published two oi more times, as the case may be foT cents. Where replies are sent in The Democmt’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] For Sale—Heifer calf, 2 months old, full blood Jersey. Telephone 422 - ; ;; j 1 8 Lost—Groceries, lap robe and scoop shovel Saturday night, between Rensselaer and Geo. Reed’s place north of town. Finder please return to GEO SPANGLE, Phone 535-G. jl For Sale—My residence-property, on the north side; will be sold at a bargain,—LEM HAMMERTON, Rensselaer, Ind. j 22 Wanted —To rent a small place, preferably near Rensselaer.—Address O, care of THE DEMOCRAT. Wanted —Work on farm by married man, by the month or year. PETER TIISTS, Tefft, Ind. R-l. j 7 For Sale—Pure blood Duroc Jersey boar, registered. HOYES BROS., Phone 5,05-D, Hensselaer, Ina - * V | ts For Sale—Modern, new 9-room House and 5 acres of ground located in the south part of the city.—Enniitre of MRS. A. GANGLOFF for further information. ' • ■ - - : t , ' . . . Woodchoppers Wanted House furnished —for them.—JOS. KOSTA Fair Oak 3, Ind., R-l. ’ Wanted—Good men to sell the Rawleigh Remedies in Indiana territory. Some good ,first-class territory available. See or write me at once.—O. N. HILE, The Rawleigh Man, Rensselaer, Ir.d. f 4

For Sale—At the Rosebud Farm, phone 507-B, Parr, Ind. Think of it, eight ,300 lb; spring farrow Duroc-Jersey gilts, granddaughters °J Gpod-E-Nuff, No. 22437, and sired by R. B. Copper, No. 28927, These gilts are all good enough to go into the shew ring; also a few males of the same breeding at $25 apiece, with pedigrees.—.AMOS H. ALTER & SON. (J2S Farms For Sale——l have a number of farms'; for sale in different parts of this county and' adjoining counties, and I have made up my mind to devote my time to the business. Therefore if you have any farms or town property to sell or trade give me a chance and I will; give you. a square deal.—JOHN O’CONNOR, Ex-sheriff Jasper county, Knlman! Ind.

$7 Wool Blankets - - $6.00 $6 Wool Blankets - - $5.00 $2.50 Woolknap Blankets $2.00 $2.00 Woolknap Blankets $1,50 Special cut prices on Men's High-Top Shoes ’ See our new line of Silk Party Dresses Everything in the Rubber Footwear line at the lowest prices

For Sale—A nice cutter.—R d THOMPSON. ‘ For Sale—Barred Rock CockerW ° rld ’ s greatest strain— THOMAS E. REED, R-3, Remington, Ind., Phone 79-j. For Sale—White Wyandottes. I have 50 fine pure white cockerels several show birds. Come quick, going fast. Prices very low AR THUR MAYHEW, Rensselaer, fnd Phone 29-H, Mt. Ayr. • Jf For Sale—Mammoth pure bred Bronze turkeys, also pure bred Barred Plymouth Rock chickens MCDONALD SISTERS, McCoysburg, ’ .• j 2 5 . Legal Blanks— Warranty and quit (daim deeds, real estate and chattel mortgages, cash and grain rent farm city property leased releases and sey eral other blanks can be purchased In any An desired at THE DEMOCRAT OFFICE. Road tax receipt 'st n ock° rder t> ° okS Ere also kept tf farm”,! 1 Lwans —Money to loan on E^ y T> in any sums a P to SIO,OOO.— E. P. HONAN \ flnf m Without Delay Itl I Without Commission liUl It) < -Without Charges for H Making or Recording Instruments. Glasses flitted by DR. A. G. CATT Optometrist Rensselaer, Indiana. Office over Long’s Drug Store. Phone No. 232. Home-Made Candies. i We have commenced making candies again for the winter season and you can get the purest and best candies in the city at our store.—Leavel’s Bakery. • ■ A Great Clubbing Offer. The Democrat has just completed arrangements for clubbing the Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer with this paper at a lower rate than ever before , offeredsl.7s for both papers. Send in or bring in your subscriptions. + lie above ratb applies to both old and new subscribers.