Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1914 — Page 3

FARMS THAT PAY DIVIDENDS Do Yon Want to Better Yonr Condition ? Is your farm paying a satisfactory rate of interest on its market value, in addition to paying for your labor? If not, you are losing time and wasting money, and should certainly look elsewhere for a farm that will do it. us help you select such a farm. We have many of them—farms that are just as productive, just as well located, just as well improved as the best in your own neighborhood, and that can be bought for half to two-thirds the price. / Here, for Example, are Four of Them WHk I—l .4 h jg J| | ’► j \ ■ IWo. D. Q. —80 Acres, Renville County, Minnesota M. C. R.—161 ft Acres, Paulding County, Ohio Located 4«4 miles south of Renville, a thrifty little city of 1500 Situated 1% miles north from Briceton and 4'4 miles from people, on the C. AL & St. P. Ry., a good market. One mile to Paulding, the county seat. One mile to school and various school. Surface is gently rolling, soil is good black loam with churches in near-by towns. The surface is level and sod is a clay subsoil, and is nearly all under cultivation. Well fenced good black loam with 152 acres under cultivation and 9!4 acres with woven wire. We are building a complete new set of im- “* timber pasture, well tiled. The buildings consist of a fine provements like those shown in cut, and when completed this 7-room frame hotis • good tenant house, double corn crib, will make a very desirable farm home, and at our price, which stock barn and we . e building another good barn 36x48x1 includes cost of improvements, will be of exceptional value. All buildings are newly painted. This farm is being well Price, SIOO an acre. It would be hard to find a better corn farm. Price, $lB5 an acre. ~ <■: > . > . v ’ :! l ' _ 7 .y 4* V <•*' ; No. N. d.-7O?i Acres, Noble County, Indiana No. D. C. T.-180 Acres. Essex County, Ontario This farm is situated 4 miles from Kimmel, a small market Lying 4 miles north of Harrow and about 16 miles southeast town on the B. -A O. Ry on gravel road with school and of Detroit. Michigan. Has a very fine quality of black loam churches within one mile. Soil is clayey loam and very pro- soil, with 90 acres under cultivation and 90 acres in pasture and duct iv e.surface is slightly rolling with 58 acres under cultiva- stumpage. The land under cultivation is tiled at every 8 rods tion and 12 acres in timber pasture. Improvements are a fine with 4 inch tile. Improvements are good 8-room frame house, i 4 story 8-room house good barn 32x44, with corn crib and new barn 36x48, new double corn crib 28x40, hen house hog " a f° n shed attached. This is a very pleasant place. house and tool shed, good orchard and flowing well. A fine rnce, si JU an acre. investment. Price, 9110 an acre. Write for Advance Catalog that describes, illustrates and prices many of the 300 other fine farms that we own in the most productive sections of Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, North Dakota and Southern Ontario, and every one of them a money maker. These farms are all well located in closely settled and prosperous communities; they are of all sizes from 40 acres up and are priced at actual value. Why farm high priced land if you can get just as many bushels per acre on lower priced land in a different section where markets and other advantages are just as good? Call on Our Representative Chas. J. Dean, Rensselaer, Indiana and have a talk about our farms The Straus Bros. Company FORT WAYNE, INDIANA LIGONIER, INDIANA DETROIT, MICHIGAN Horace Hoover, District Manager, Remington, Indiana

All Over The County

ROSELAWN. C. M. Rice and wife were Chicago visitors Sunday and Monday. Jacob Wolgoma, of the west side, was shopping in Roselawn Friday? Cal Burroughs, the Fair Oaks blacksmith, was in town Friday on business. We had a nice warm, growing shower here! Monday for which we are thankful. M. Manters, of Shelby, is helping ,’Xr. McCord with W. O. Wilders’ new house and barn. Fred Call was at Lowell Monday buying a new buggy built for two. Mary Jane Phillips has been on the sick list for several days, but is able to attend school again. Wm. Boyle has just completed a cement floor in his automobile room and a cement walk along the front of his property, which adds much to the beauty of his place. Let the good work go on. Mr. Whitten, of Roselawn, and son-in-law, E. J. Gawster, of Chicago, were sight-seeing in Rensselaer Sunday. Mr. Gawster holds a responsible and lucrative position with the Chicago Telephone Co. Word was received last week of ■ the sudden death of John Ade, of

Kentland, an old and highly respected citizen and pioneer of Newton county. Mr. Ade was attending and taking an active part in the republican convention at Valparaiso when the end came. Mr. Ade has always been a staunch republican and in spite of his advanced age of 86 years, was fighgting to uphold the principles of his party < He was well known and loved by many citizens of northern Newton county who will long cherish his memory.

Dull Feeling—Swollen Hands and Peet—Due to Kidney Trouble.

Your kidneys need help when your hands apd feet thicken, swell up, and feel dull and sluggish. Take Foley Kidney Pills. They are tonic, stimulating and strengthening and restore your kidneys to healthy normal action. Try them.—A. F. LONG.

SOUTH AMERICA.

Anna Caster called on Blossom Grouns Monday. Mrs. Rachel Sommers was a Wolcott goer Tuesday. Sunday school will be at 10 a. m., Sunday morning. Mabie Clark is working for M ayne Kerr this week.

J. F. GrOuns and Homer Ogle were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William V. Vanatta spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Casto. Mrs. Morgan Sterrett and Miss Belle May called on Mrs, Elmer Clark Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson attended the wedding of his brother, S. L. Johnson, of Monon.

Mrs. Joe Moosmiller and baby spent this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Martin. Miss Martha Crister and two brothers spent Sunday with their sister, Mrs. John Shellheart. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Grouns and family and John Havens and w'ife spent Sunday with William, Havens. \ erne Sanders and Edna Ward, of Rensselaer, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Anna and Earl Caster. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Luers and Mr. and Mrs. William Jacks spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William V. Vanatta. 1

Child Cross? Feverish? Sick? A cross, peevish, listless child, with coated tongue, pale, doesn’t sleep; eats sometimes very little, then again ravenously; stomach sour; breath fetid; pains in stomach, with diarrhea; grinds teeth while asleep, and starts up with terror—all suggest a Worm Killer —something that expels worms, and almost every child has them. Kickapoo Worm Killer is needed. Get a box today. Start at once. You won’t have to •coax, /as Kiokapoo Wof-m Killer is a candy confection. Expels the worms, the cause of your child’s trouble. 25c. Recommended by A. F. LONG

Sweet Clover.

The Kansas experiment station in a recent publication makes it plain that sweet clover, a hitherto neglected plant, despised as a pernicious weed, has very considerable agricultural value. It is stated that “as a soil improver it is unexcelled; for pasturing purposes it has considerable value, and as a forage crop it can be utilized to good advantage where alfalfa or red clover can not be successfully grown.” Attention is called to the fact that “there are several varieties of sweet clovter, of which the common white sweet clover and the large biennial yellow sweet clover are the ioost important. The white variety is generally to be preferred for farm purposes, although the biennial yellow is sometimes preferred where hay productipn is desired,” Sweet clover is adapted to a wide range of soils, and while it does best on good soils, it will make a satisfactory growth on very poor soils. Grown on good soil and properly handled it makes a fair quality of hay which may in many cases be substituted with advantage for thp more valuable alfalfa and clover hays. In actual nutritive constituents it is practically equal to these. It makes an excellent pasture for cattle, sheep, horses and hogs, and for this purpose may be profitably grown on very poor and rough land. For quick results in improving

the soil sweet clover is superior to most other crops. Its ability to thrive well on soils lacking in humus or otherwise badly run down makes it especially adapted for this purpose. Life alfalfa, cowpeas, and other legumes, it has the ability to obtain nitrogen from the air by means of the nitrogen-gathering bacteria which live in tubercles on the roots of the plants, thus adding much nitrogen to the soil in which it grows. When plowed under for green manure or allowed to remain on the land this crop is a very efficient one in building up the humus content of the soil. The large roots, which penetrate deeply, break up the lower layers of the soil and add much humus thereto when they decay, thus improving the physical condition of the soil to a considerable depth below the depth of plowing, Sandy as well as heavy clay and hardpan soils, which would not otherwise produce satisfactory crops, may be so improved in texture by growing sweet clover for a few years that they become quit'' productive. A weed has been defined as a plant which 'has not yet found its proper use. In view of present knowledge of its possibilities sweet clover can no longer be regarded as a weed.

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Heal Estate Transfers.

Louisa M lines et al to Fred N Chapman, Feb. 9, It 5, bl 1, Rensselaer, Thompson’s add, $2,500. O H Snell et ux to William H Wells, June 7, w % ne, 28-32-7, 80 acres, Keener, sl. Emma Herr et baron to John M Johnson, March 3, pt se se, 32-29-5, 7 acres, Hanging Grove, SSOO. > Mary H Swing et al to Caroline M Swing, March 21, s i/„ sw, 31-32-7, 83.80 acres, Keener, sl. q. c. d. James B Swing to Elizabeth S Johnston, July, 1911, und 1-3 n y, nw, 6-31-7, 80 acres, und 1-3 sw nw, 6-31-7, 38.92 acres, und 1-3 s % sw, 3 1-32-7, 83.20 acres, Keener, $ 1 • Henry O Gilbranson et ux to Frank G Kresler, March 31, pt out It 15, Wheatfield, Graham’s add, $2,000. George Hoehn, Sr., et ux to Ed Jackson, April 18, It 13, 14, bl 4. Wheatfield, Graham’s 2nd add, $ l' 1 . Earl A Barkley et ux to Rial B Harris, May 1, pt e % ne, 2-29-6, 62 acres, Barkley, $4,340. Willis Jennings Wright et ux to John w Marlatt, April 9, pt It 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County Drainage Ass’n, SSO. ( base W Kelley to Peter Nomensqn, April 28, se, 26-3 1-7, 160 acres, Union, $8,960. Mary Ellen Moore Yeoman et baron to Louis H Hamilton, April 27, pt out It 83, Rensselaer, $2,Morris Henoch et ux to Marcus Henoch, April 20, Its 11, 14, bl 7, Rensselaer, Leopold’s add, sl. ’ George Terpstra et al to Anna. L Overocher, March 31, sw, 15-32-7 Keener, $9,050. Johanna Eilts to Edward H Ejlts, May 2, frac ne, 1-30-7, 182,81 gFres, w % se, 1-30-7, 80 acres,, Union', $15,000. Joseph Mittelmeier et ux to Richard Smith, March 28, n % nw, 2-31-7, Keener, $3,700. 1 Firman Thompson, Guard to Daniel S Chupp et aJ, May 5, ne ne, 28-30-7, j 7.10 acres, Union*, SBBB. deed. J B DeArmond et ux to Ernest Treichel et ux, April 28, It 12, bl 5, Dunnville, S3OO. Isaac N Makeever to Albertus M Yeonian, April 29, n side ne ne, 28-29-7, 15 acres, nw ne, 28-29-7, e % sw, 21-29-7, nw se, 21-29-7, Newton, sl. Helen B Weiss to Abraham M Bringle, April 2, Its 3,4, bl 2, Fair Oaks, sl. q. c. d. Alfred P Rainier to Harriet M Rainier, May 4, Its 6,7, nl 2, Remington, Chamlbers add, $1,200. Vincent Eisle to Michael Kanne, May 4, s % nw, 7-28-6, sw, 7-28-6, Marion, sl.

BROOKLYN TABERNACLE BIBLE STUDY ON

THE UNJUST STEWARD. Luke 16:1-13—May 10. “He that is faithful in ,i i<r u little is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in a vert/ little is unrighteous tn much.”—Verse to. BECAUSE the Pharisees were the leading exponents us the 4 Law, Jesus'pointed many of His parables against them, while He comparatively ignored the irreligious Jews—the Sadducees, who made no profession of faith. Today’s lesson was spoken as a rebuke to the spirit of the Pharisees, who bound heavy bu rd ens u pou ot hers, bu t shirked them themselves, while pretending hearty obedience to the Law. In olden times, more than now, it was the custom for rich men to appoint stewards. Such a steward had absolute control of his master's goods. The one mentioned in pur Lord’s parable was extravagant; wasteful, unsatisfactory. His master concluded to dispense with bis services. and asked him to render up his accounts. ■ On his books were certain debtors who apparently could not meet t heir obligations. The steward' concluded to scale off these debts, so that the debtors could pay before he turned over his office to his successor. One owing a hundred bath of oil was told to scale it down to fifty; another owing a hundred measures of wheat, to scale it down twenty per cent.: etc. Such a use of his authority made him friends amongst those favored; and his lord complimented the wisdom displayed.

Hypocrisy of the Pharisees. Jesus condemned the Pharisees for taking an opposite course. He declared that they sat in Moses' seat as Interpreters of the Law; and that, had they followed this steward's course, they

would have made friends of publicans and sinners, by encouraging them to do their be S t to comply with the Law. Instead, they bound h cavy burdens upon the people, discouraged them and a I i on a ted their sympathy. All this was hypocrisy; for they knew their own

inability to comply witii the Law. which is the fdll measure of a perfect man’s ability. Their proper attitude would have been to confess their own shortcomings, to strive to do their best, to cry to God for mercy and to teach the people to do similarly. Thus they would have been better prepared for the Gospel. As it was, they were hindering both themselves and others from becoming Jesus’ disciples.

Applying the Parable. When God's people give themselves to Him, they give also their earthly rights and interests, and become merely stewards of their time, talent, influence. wealth, etc. These stewards have God’s approval in the use of all earthly things to the forwarding of their spiritual interests. As they use earthly opportunities for advancing Heavenly interests, this will be reckoned to them for wise stewardship. Being found faithful in the use of earthly things In God’s service, the/ can be safely entrusted with a share in Messiah’s glorious Kingdom. Their unselfishness, their willingness to sacrifice. will be the basis of Divine approval. -Whoever selfishly appropriates tho things of which he is steward will not be trusted with the future great things. Whoever Sacrifices will thus demonstrate his faithfulness, his loyalty, to God; and to such the greater things will be entrusted. t Would God entrust the riches of the future life to any who now prove themselves unfaithful, selfish, covetous, using present blessings for self-gratification? Surely not! Serving Two Masters.

There are two great impelling powers; one evil, the other good. God is the Good Master; Satan, the evil master. God. His Spirit and His teachings, are represented by the word Love; Satan and his course by selfishness, covetousness, mammon. Through Adam’s fall the whole world has lost the Spirit of God. and has been under

the Unjust Steward.

be associated witli Jesus in dispensing His blessings. He offers this great prize of the Kingdom to those who demonstrate that Jhey have the right spirit. Wlmever accepts the Gospel call turns his back upon sin. selfishness, and all works of the flesh and the devil, related thereto, and sets his face God ward Then he must demonstrate not only that he prefers right to wrong on equal terms, but that he is willing to suffer the loss of all things that be may be on the right side, on God’s side. Then comes the trial, the testing. He seeks to serve God and to gain the Divine reward. But be finds in his flesh a tendency to, appreciate the rewards of mammon, selfishness. This brings about the great battle. One or the other must conquer. But God has promised grace sufficient in every time of need, although He requires us to do all that we are able.

Jesus Teaching by Parables.

Satan's domination for centuries. The spirit of selfishness, covetousness. has gotten bold upon mankind. so that only with great difficulty can its |>cwer be broken. But here comes in the Gospg I proposition. God de s 1 res some faithful souls to