Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1912 — Page 2

Entertain Visitors

OME time ago I read an article which criticised some of our city people for our extravagant ideas of entertainment. As I remember the situation, a woman from the country came to our city to meet''some friends and after a dainty luncheon at some ice cream parlor she was takentb the matinee. She had anticipated merely a lunch at a department store and an afternoon spent shopping. ■ *' The country woman thinks us extravagant, as to dress and

as to taste in general. Perhaps it is true, but the young women who entertained their friend in the story I have in mind probably had been prompted by the same motive which had led me to do likewise, not infrequently, but on ‘‘special occasions.” When I am to meet a friend who lives out of the city I dress in my best -gown, or at least the-one most satiable for the occasion. This is done for two reasons. First, we all bring out the best in ourselves when “dressed up;’ f secondly, in deference to the friend, we want to appear to the best possible advantage. ? ' In choosing a place to dine I do not wish to take my friend, to the places either she or I might frequent if alone for the sake of economy. I want to treat her to the best I can possibly afford. It may be extravagant, but, like nonsense, just a little extravagance is relished now and then. Shopping is-a tiresome pastime, or rather work. My woman friend from the country can shop \yhen I am not with her, but if I can take her to a matinee for a reasonable'amount of money I may help her to while away a few hours pleasantly, and bring a smile to her face, as she comfortably, si is-there and rests., , . hen one loves a friend there is nothing too good for her. If to hear the robins sing. ng'in the woods is sweeter than the voice of a prima donna, she. at least, has had variety of pleasure, and the birds’ songs have lost

Benefits of Sleeping in Open Air in Winter

By MRS. MARY MOORE Milwaukee

rolled up in the morning and readily put down at night. The cost was about SB, including erioiigh extra canvas to make a covering for the bed. i Really, we find the cool nights of early winter and spring the most' pleasant of al] the year. In extreme cold weather we place a heated soapstone ill the bed to warm it'up before we retire. r

We do, not bring in the bed clothes-during the day, although sqch a plan is a good one if they seem inclined to become damp. We have been freer than usual from colds, and my husband’s chronic catarrh is much better now than ever before. This in spite of the fact that we live only a few blocks from the lake. Try sleeping out this winter. You won’t regret it.

One Word That Should Never be Used

By FRANK CRANE

“Do” is the language of love. x “I like very'well to be told what to do,, by those who are fond of me,” said Aleibiades ; “but never to be told what not to do; and the more fond they are. of me the less 1 like it. Because when they tell me what not to do, it is a sign that I have displeased or am likely to displease them. Besides—l believe there are some other reasons,’ but they have quite escaped me.” ’ To be sure thelten commandments are “don’ts.”' But they are God’s, which is different.

Why English Sparrow Should be Killed

By MBS. L. SWEENEY Chicago

! reasons why the English sparrows are our enemies and other birds are our best friends and should be protected.

By LAURA BINGHAM

none of their sweetness. If the good time'she enjoys with her little sewing circle outshines the amusements of the theater, she can better appreciate her home pleasures by the comparison. • - - I hen, too, let her consider the subject from her friend s standpoint. If she cares for them she* will allow a little extravagant expenditure of money, not sufficient to harm the bank account, but just enough to please them and fulfill the,desire to show- her some pretty books and amusing plays.

Many people are, no doubt, interested in the subject of sleeping out of doors. Many have probably utilized their. porches for that purpose during the summer months who will move indoors with the approach of the first cool night. Like the birds, they migrate to wanner climes. My advice is. stay out all winter. It will do you more good than you realize and the hardships will be only those that will really be a benefit to the average person. My husband and I “canvased in” our back porch at about this time last year We arranged it so that p'.ie side could be

One word 1 should like to rub out of the vocabulary used by human beings, one toward another. It is the word “don’t.” Looking back over a somewhat full and. varied experience, I can say that in my judgment didactic prohibition issued from soul to soul, for every ounce of good it has done, has made a pound of.harm. ■ “Don't” is. the stupidest, most brainless and laziest of all parental terms. To tell a child what to do requires thought, investigation, interest. To tell anyone what not to do requires no cerebral ion. Don t is tRe language of annoyance.

I notice the department of agriculture is trying do devise means for ridding the country of English sparrows. It is a problem that has now assumed enormous proportions and the solution has been too long delayed. I believe that some states have offered bounties for the dead sparrows. Is this not the case? Does the state of Illinois offer bounties for them, and if so how much ? And where should they be taken? Newspapers could do a great deal of good by making known to’the public the

Nothing « Is Too Good for Country Friend

HOSKINS’ GIRL

By LENORE ADAMS

‘Lon" Hoskins had landed at Ocatawa Beach before its discovery and development. He had set tip his tent on the pleasant point of land between the boat dock.and the pier, and thenceforth it was known as Hoskins’ Point. Also, had he set ap a peanut stand and a roaster that hissed merrily In the ears of the dock hustlers and peach shippers. Hoskins' girl sold the peanuts. Jo was 15 then; slender and tanned as a boy, with a steady appraising glance, and a smile like the first rift of sunlight after a midsummer thunderstorm. , -■ One day Senator Farlow’s steam launch anchored at the dock. It was filled with pretty, stylishly gowned girls, and college pals ‘of young Courtney Farlow. And they bought peanuts of Jo—Jo, with her long-lashed hazel eyes, signals of danger, even then; her short curly hair, crisp and golden. Courtney lingered at the peanut roaster* long that afternoon, until the rest of the party hailed him from the launch. It was already casting off its lines, and the boy made a careless running leap, and fell short into the deep treacherous waters of Black lake. , Jo saw the danger first. The great fruit steamer was loading that day, and lay at her moorings a few feet beyond the little gay launch. Courtney was borne by the current to the waters between the steamer and the .piling. Any moment a chance swell might crush him to death. They tell the story yet at Ocatawa, how Hoskins’ girl kept her head, and threw a life buoy to the lad and pulled him out of danger. And just for a minute she had his head on her lap, jqst for a moment as Courtney opened his eyes and looked up at her. “What’s your name?” he asked hoarsely, with a boy’s awkward gratitude. “Say, I’ll never forget this —or —you.” ■ They call me just Hoskins’ girl,” she told him. V" The senator offered ker the next day of SSOO, and Jo only flushed, a.nd went on roasting-her peanuts. Better start a volunteer life saving station here,, sir,” she had replied mer-

She Looked Almost Childish.

rlly. “We’ll need It soon. Ocatawa’s booming." The senator believed her. Next year he built the life saving station, and the ne.w summer hotel. And Hoskins sold more peanuts. Courtney went oack to college, but often between his eyes and the real world, there would steal a vision,'the face of the girl as she had leaned over the, edge of the dock and thrown the buoy to him, the look in her hazel eyes later when she hel l Ills .head for one brief minute'on her lap, and smoothed back the wet, dark hair from his fprehead. Courtney had a good memory. He wished he.knew her name. ' ' ' Five years later “Lon” Hoskins owned the controlling interest in the Ocatawa Beach stock. There were Hoskins’ peanut roasters all over the resort. The handsome pottage along the shore was Hoskins’ home. And yet, there was in intangible aggravating line that Hoskins never crossed. Not that he cared for himself. It was only for Jo he thought. Sometimes he would look at her when she cam,e home for holidays, note her growing beauty, and thoroughbred ways, and whistle softly to himself, hoping fervently that the peahut trademark would not handicap her in the race with other women when she took her (Plunge into the big. swim. “Jo, girl, do, you ever wish your dad was somebody besides ‘the peanut man?’ ” he askedlher one day jocu larly, yet with the undercurrent of earnestness that Jo well knew. “Better peanuts than watered stock. Dad,” she would say. “They’re good* peanuts.” The fifth year Jo came back ready for the big swim. She was 20 and even the casual visitors at the beach .vowed that Hoskins’ girl had the others relegated to the background. Almost childish she looked in herblack satin bathing suit, with its wide Irish lace collar and jaunty little cap.

Courtney was standing up In the pier Casino the first time he saw her. He did not recognize her then. From the long pier he watched her swim far out beyond the Hafts and life line. She was making for " the end of the pier to dive off. Near him somebody spoke up.

“It’s Hoskins’ girl, Jo. She’s come back a stunner, and the best swimmer along the shore.” In a flash of recolection Courtney remembered the scene at the old fruit docks years before Surely, he remembered Jo Hoskins. Just the memory of her had kept his feet in the narrow path many’a time. A cry of horror rose from the crowd along the beach. There came that tense terrible moment of stupefied inaction that follows tragedy. Out on the last piling; of the pier, Jo haji stood for a minute, outlined vividly against the bright sky, and had dived almost recklessly. And she had not appeared

Courtney’s hat and coat fell behind him as he raced headlong the length of the Casino. Over the railing ~he went like a seal, straight after the girh She had struck an old sunken pile. Down there in the blinding depths, his reaching fingers caught in her thick curls, loosened when her cap fell off. With one arm around'theslender waist he fought his way back to life and fresh air. “I’ll carry her myself, thanks,” he told the wmlting crowd that surged to help him, and he bore her drenched form in his arms up the board walk to Hoskins’ peanut Two weeks later while the senator told Hoskins stories over bass fishing by torchlight out on the lake, Courtney sat on the veranda of the cottage on the point, and tried to win Jo. “But, Court, dear, don’t you understand,” she said at last, “after all, dad’s only a goocj peanut seller. He has been successful because people liked his peanuts. And 1 am only Hoskins’ girl. Court. That’s what folks would say If you married me. Not that 1 care —I love dad, dearly. I don’t think he ever did a mean trick in his life or failed to help anybody out of trouble. But folks would say.”

“Let them,” retorted Courtney, passionately. “I want you; Jo, just you. What do I care about peanuts in the family? Father made his money out of lumber. Don't they both grow out of the ground? It's all tommyrot, Jo. As' long as a man keeps his hands and heart clean, he's all to the good, and men put the broad white mark on his tombstone. Didn’t you save my life five years ago? You darling! Oh, let me take, your hand, Jo. And didn’t I save yours two weeks ago? Isn’t that Fate? A fair exchange is no robbery. You’ve got all of my heart, Jo. Fair play, sweetheart. Give me yours.” Jo laughed softly, and bent forward over the boyish close-cropped head. She was in the hammock, and he sat on the top step of the broad stairs leading down to the beach. ‘ Truly, Court? Won’t you be sorry if—if—l do?” Court reached both arms up quickly, without answering. The new moon had just risen above the crest of the sand dunes. It was a very discreet, maidenly young moon. It told no tales, and turned its rounded b'ack on Hoskins’ veranda and Hoskins’ girl.

COLLEGE GIRLS AS JOKERS

D<m’t Always Get the Best of the Situations, as Witness These Two Episodes. - Barnard college girls turn off the same Initiatory stunts that girls in other colleges do. Now and then they go other girls a bit better, thanks to the inspiring effect of city life upon feminine invention. There is the story of the girl who met a handsome young policeman, for example. The fraternity to which she aspired had ordered the stunt of asking the first copper she met to marry her. “Officer,” said she, getting him by the hand and looking liquidly into his orbs, “I love you. Will you be mine?” , , “Will I?" said that stalwart limb in a foine brogue. “Sure, darlint, ye’ve come -to the right man. I’ll take ye as ye arre.” And before she could get away the policeman had smacked a large kiss right on her ruby lips. Then he released her, and rubbed his bristling mustache thoughtfully. “I’ll take ye, as I said,” he remarked. “I’m a man of me word. But I used to marrch a beat at Poughkeepsie, miss, and I’m ’ree to say-1 like the Vassar kiss better.” Another kiddie not long ago permitted a pay-as-you-enter car to pass her Then she set up a shrill feminize scream, tucked up her scanty petticoats and ran madly after the car' On the next corner the obliging conductor halted it. She put one foot on the step, deliberately retied her shoe and then looked up at him and smiled, "thank you.” “Don’t you mention it, miss,” said the conductor, who had watched the shoe-tying- operation with ardor. “The favor was to me.” The girl started away, blushing, when against all rules of the company he ran after her and pressed a small card into her unwilling hand. "That’s the schedule I’np on now, miss,” said he. “I pass this corner every morning at 9:15.” —Cincinnati Times-Star.

Not as Young as She Feels.

She—A Woman, you know, is as youag as she looks. He—Yes; but, unfortunately, ‘she isn’t always as young as she thinks she looks.”

Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound “Cures In Every Case.” '/ Mr. Jas. McCaffery, Mg>r„ of the Schiltz Hotel, Omaha, Neb., recommends Foley’s Honey add Tar Compound, because it cures in every case. “I have used it myself and I have recommended it to many others who have since told me of its great curative power in diseases of the throat and lungs.’’ For all coughs and colds it is speedily effective. — A. F. Long. <

FARMS FOR SALE. 2; .acres, four blocks from-court house 66 acres, good .buildings, six miles ou t .............. J ■ $75 40 acres, 4-room house, barn, good land ..... ...................SSO 60 acres, mile out, stone road. ...$l6O SO acres, .mile out, stone r0ad....5160 'l2O acres, half mile out, well improved .... . ..-. $l2O 160 acres, good land, good buildings, $1,500 down ..$45 120 acres, good building's, some timber, ..$35 165 acres. 15-room house, other good buildings, orchard, well tiled, half mile but $165 539 acres near station, good buildings, on large ditch, will take up to $20,000 in good trade, remainder time $55 $5,009 mortgage and cash for farm or property. ,160 acres in Kansas, 160 acres in Arkansas to trade for land or property. G. F. MEYERS. Postponed , Big Public Sale ' ■ >■ I will offer at Public Auction on my farm, formerly known as the John Swartz farm. 4 miles north of A’x, % mile west and 3 miles south of Kniman, near the Gant school bouse, commencing at 10 o’clock a. m., on / ‘ ■ TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1012, * Head of Horses and Mules— Consisting of 1 Bay Mare, family broke, 12 years old, with foal, wt. 1 000; 1 Black Gelding coming 3 years old, .wt. .1 200; 1 Bav Mule, coming 3 years .old; 1 Spring Colt. 18 Head of Hogs— Consisting of 15 feeding hogs, wt. 125 to 150 pounds; 2 brood Sows; 1 fat Sow, wt. 400 pounds. 49 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 30 cows and heifers, some now giving milk, the rest . fresh in the spring; 2 Bulls and 17 head of Calves. .-.Cj ' Implements, Wagons, Etc.—Consisting of 1 3-horse Riding Breaking Plow; 1 Corn Planter; 1 Riding Cultivator; 1 2-section Harrow; 1 Farm Wagon; 1 worn Buggy; 1 National Cream Separator, a "good one; 1 set Work Harness; 2 Forks; 1 Scoop; Shovels, etc. A credit of 12 months will be given on sums over $5, with usual conditions; 4 per cent off for cash. J. P. HARTSOOK. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. Gc Spitler, Clerk. Hot Lunch on the Ground.

BIG PUBLIC SALE' We will sell at public auction at the Forry farm' 2% miles south and 2 % miles west Remington, 4 miles east and 2 /lines north of Wadena, 2% miles/ soittb, and >5 miles east of Goodland, conTmeffffng at 10 o'clock a. m., on THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1912, 21 Head of Horses and Mules— l span black mare mules coming 4 and 5 years old,- large and extra good, £ wt. 3000; 1 span black mare mules coming 3 years, wt. 2250; 1 dark bay mare 9 years, wt. 1500, in foal to Wealing’s big black horse; 1 gelding coming, 5 years, wt. 1450; 1 black mare 6 years, wt. 1350; 1 gray mare 9 years, wt. 1500; 1 bay driving horse, wt. 1 250, lady broke; 2 roan geldings coming 3 years, wt. 1400; 1 bay mare coming 3 years, wt. 14 00; , 1 sorrel gelding coming 3 years, wt. 1150; 1 bay mare coming 2 years, wt. 1200, an extra good one; 1 red roan gelding coming 2 years, wt. 1150; 1 black mare coming 2 years, wt. 1000; 1 bay mare 9 years, wt. 1 350, in foal to Norman horse; 1 bay spring colt; 1 black mule colt. 60 Head of Cattle— l extra good led Pole cow 5 years old, will be fresh soon, wt. 1570; 1 extra good Jersey cow 7 years, was fresh Dec. 1 ; 1 red shorthorn cow 4 years, fresh in Feb. next; 1 red cow 7 years, fresh in Eeb.; 1 red cow 5 years, giving milk, fresh in' spring; 2 red heifers, 1 with calf by side, other I resh soon ; 1 %-Jersey heifer 1 year bU; 1 red yearling heifer; head of extra and color- Y earling Steeps; 3 steer calves 12 months old, 3 shorthorn bull calves (will make good- bulls), 6 good bull calves; 1 2-year-old shorthorn bull. 22 Head of Extra Good Brood Sows—l 3-year registered Poland China sow; 3 1-year registered Poland China Sows; 15 Poland China gilts all eligible to be recorded;- 3 Duroc gilts; 1 1-year Poland China boar, registered; 1 Duroc boar, 2 years. All Poland .China sows are sired by and bred to high class boars such as L. & W: Sir Nigel and \yalk Over Second. Farm Implements— l gang plow, mowing machnie, feed rack, set of doulble wprk harness, sewing machine. i Terms— slo and under cash; 12 months credit on usual conditions on sums over $lO,-without interest if paid when due; 5 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. JOHN FORRY. IRA FORRY. W. H. Kenyon and W. V. Eastburn,' Auctioneers, G. A. Chappell, Clerk. Lunch by Gilboa Center Ladies’ Aid.

PUBLIC SALE OF 40-ACRE FARM. The undersigned,, having decided to move to Oregon, will sell to the highest bidder,’at 2 o’clock _p. m, on • ? ... ... THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1012, her 40-acre farm, located one mile east and three miles ' north of Pleasant GroVfe, six miles west and three

miles north of Francesville, in Gil-’ lam township, Jasper county Indiana. r . _ This (arm is considered the best 40-acre farm in that section of the county, has clay sub-soil, fair improvements, good orchard, within two mi.es of gravel road; Well tiled, good outlet, fine well of water - all’ under Cultivation. Terms: Cash. There is a SI,OOO mortgage on the farm, due in 10 years, which can.be assumed by purchaser or paid off. JOSEPHINE KUPKE. red Phillips, Auctioneer.

* Big Public Sale Having divided our real estate and making a dissolution of all our partnership business, we, the underMgned, will sell at Public Sale, commencing at 10 o’clock a. m., on TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1912, at the residence of G. H. Hillis, 8 miles straight south of Thayer ’ 6 miles southwest of Fair Oaks’ 6 miles northwest of Mt. Ayr, ’ 12 miles northeast of Morocco, 6 miles noitheast of Enos, 8 miles, southeast of Lake Village, all the property belonging to the company. 38 Head of Horses and Mules— Consisting of 30 head good serviceable horses and 4 span of extra good mules, 4 to 7 years old. 62 Head of Hogs— —Consisting of I registered O. I. C. boar; 6 young boar pigs; 10 pure bred sows, bred to first mentioned , boar. ( : Thesp 17 head, are eligible to registry) ; 15 .other good brood sows, all shfe in pig; 30 sh-oats, weight about 50 pounds each. 125 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 50 young cows; 20 head of two-

year-old heifers, all safe with calf; 35 head extra good spring calves, steers and heifers; 20 summer calves; 2 pure bred coming two-yeaf-old Angus bulls. All these cattle are high grade and good quality, mostly Angus. Farm Implements— Consisting of 17 Wagons; 1 Carriage; 25 sets of work Harness; i Road Wagon; 5 Binders; 4 McCormick Mowers; 2 Hay Rakes; 2 Acme Hay Stackers, nevy and complete; 1 Spencer Hay Press; 1 Grain Drill; 1 7% h. p. Gas Engine; 1 No. 4 Bowsher Mill;' 1 wood Saw; 14 Kingman Gang Plows, these* plows are good ones, light draft and free from side draft; 4 Walking Breaking Plows; 3 Toro Cultivators; 25 one row riding Cultivators; 4 Blackhawk Planters with Fertilizer Attachment; 5 Disk Harrows; 5 four-horse Drag Harrows; 1 h. p. Feed Crusher; 1 good Stock Scale; - 5 or 6 tons of Junk and many other articles too numerousto mention. A credit of 9 months will be jdven on sums over SIO.OO, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for cash. Will furnish free conveyance from all trains on the ,C. I. & 5. R. at Enos, and from the Monon at Fair Oaks. • Arrangements v\ill be niade for plenty of bonfi res ' in the event of cold weather. Hot lunch will be furnished on the grounds,. G. H. HILLIS, JOHN TATTEN, A. B. TOLIN. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk.

Big Public Sale. As I have decided to discontinue farming I will sell at public sale at Maple Grove, 2 miles north and ¥z mile east of Goodland, beginning at 10 o’clock, on MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1912, 15 Head of Good Horses, 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 same thorse, wt. 1600; 1 Black Mare 12 years? old, safe in foal to same horse, wt. 1500; 1 Sorrel Mare, safe in foal to Gailbrath Standard Bred Horse, wt. 1260; 1 Brown Gelding 2 years old, broke to harness, wt". 1300; 1 pair Yearling Fillies, color gray and black, wt. 2400; 1 Seal Brown Filly, out of Goodland Boy, wt. 800; ’’l Sorrel 2 year old of Domineer, broke to hariiW, wt. 1000; 3 hlgn grade PercheVon Stud Colts, wt. 27.00, one is a gray and two are J Sorrel Trotting Stickler, sired by Galbraith Horse; J Seal Brown trotting stickler; 1 suckling Mule Colt, wt ; 800.' This is an unusually’ bunch,-a little better than you will find elsewhere. Come and spend January 15th with me. ' 15 Head of Cattle— -12 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;. - 12 Pure Bred Duroc Jersey Gilts —wt. 175 to 30 0 pounds.. Bred to a pure bred boar pnd 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 Budldng Disc; 1 3-sec-tion Lever Harrow. A credit of 12 months will be given on sums of $lO, with usual conditions; 2 per cent off for cash? . ’ F. MILLER. Col. W. H. Kenyon, Auctioneer. , J. T. Hameton. Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds.