Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1915 — Page 2

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JBE JASPER COWI DEMOCRAT f. E. BABCOCK, IDITOR AHD PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long-Distance Telepnones Office 015 Residence 311 Advertising rates made known oil appii- ■ cation. - . '..-'. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter June 8. 1908, at the post'ottiee at Rensselaer, Indiana,- under the Act of March 3, 1879, Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 pages; Saturday Issue 8 pages. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1915

School Savings Banks.

" 'The value of school savings blinks is widely recognized'” says a report from, the bureau of education at Washington, “School saving develops the child’s individuality and self-re-sponsibility, causing him to consider the earning value of money, and to understand it as a comfort factor and a power for good. Realization of the accumulative force and,inter-est-bearing ability of small sums of money becomes an incentive to save from waste. As a nation we need to develop the sense of economy and thrift. In general, Americans know better hoyy to earn than how to save. It is very difficult to teach thrift to men and women who have grown up ignorant of its first essentials. In children, however, we. have unWrought material to work with, and we can as readily impress them with the habit of economy as .we can teach them arithmetic and geography. Frugality is one of the most important factors of citizenship. ‘ There can be a stimulating relation between postal savings banks and school savings: banks. In the short time in which the postal savings plan has been in operation, it has amply demonstrated its effectiveness in offering a wide open opportunity for people of all ages over ten years to deposit conveniently and safely small amounts of money. There were 10.903 offices- where patrons could deposit postal savings on deposit’. That about one-tenth of the depositors were : children from tenjtn fourteen years of age exemplifies the willingpess, of children to accept and profit by the opportunity of saving money they' might otherwise waste. It also indicates the propriety of giving systematic instruction in thrift and allowing children to deposit their pennies before they are ten years of age. The school savngjs bank is the guiding, training force ; the postal savings bank the safeguarding force. Both are requisite. School savings banks are in use in all the public schools in France and Belgium, and in borne of the schools in England, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Australia, Switzerland and Canada. In Reykjavik, Iceland, the savings system was introduced by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in 190 S, and the savings of 750 scholars average 2,500 Danish crowns yearly. In Parral, Mexico, it was established by the aid of a missionary in 1898, and it was introduced into the schools of Summerfield, Prinde Edward Island, in JS9I. Francois Laurent, born in . <’

Belgium in 1810, who spent most of his life as professor civil law in the I Diversity of Ghent, dying there in 188 7, formulated the system of teaching children thrift through school savings. ! "The first systematic attempt at a school savings bank plan in the I nited States, so far is is known, was that of Seneno F. Merrill, superintendent.of schools in Beloit, Wis., who introduced the system in his Schools in 18741. In 1873 Mr. Merrill had gone as a state commissioner to the Vienna exposition and had there attended the conference on elimination of poverty at which Professor Laurent's plan of school savings used in the schools of Ghent had been strongly indorsed. Mr, Merrill thus had his interest aroused in the problem of systematic thrift teaching, and it was the'eard system of thrift teaching, originated by M. DuJac, perfected and exploited by Professor Laurent, that he introduced into the Beloit schools in 1876. '■

“Although various newspaper articles were written about the plan and benefits of school saving for children by Mr. Merrill, John P. Townsend, of New York city, and others, apparently the work did not. extend beyond the Beloit public schools, where- it was used for five years. In the winter of 1879 Capt. R. If. Pratt, superintendent of the Carlisle (Pa.) Indian Training school, established a saving system for the Indians under his supervision. The boys and girls kept an average of SIO,OOO to-their credit for-years, and took trunks, clothing, and books purchased with their own earnings back to their western homes, as well as some accumulations of their own school savings in money. “It was John Henry T,hiry who instituted the school savings bank system on a permanent footing in the United States in 1885. Mr. Thiry was a native of Belgium. Coming to America, in 1859, he built up a large book business in New York, and retired in 1873, devoting the remainder of his life to horticulture and to school work, particularly the school savings bank, which became the dominant interest of his later years.” In Indiana there are school savings banks in East Chicago, Ft. Wayne, Goshen, New Albany and South Bend, with something more than 3,000 depositors, who had originally to their credit about’ $27,000, There is now on hand, however, only about s(7,ooo—an average of $2 per each depositor.—lndianapolis News.

Their Longest Run.

Your show was the worst we have ever had here,” said the manager of the Hicksville opera house, as he handed the manager of the Fly-by-Night company' difs share of the box office-receipts. “That’s queer,” said the manager of the company. “Why, when we played in Chicago we had the longest run in the history of the city.” I m sohry,” replied the manager of the opera house. Sorry about what?” demanded the manager of the company. “Sorry the audience abandoned the chase,” replied the manager of the opera house.—Pittsburg Chron-icle-Telegraph.

HEALTH DON’TS FOR WINTER.

Pneumonia Is a Disease to Be Guarded Especially Against. Look out for pneumonia at this time of the year, says the bulletin issued a few days ago by the department of health and charities. The disease claimed 3,060 victims ih Philadelphia last year, taking second place among the deadly diseases in the city. But, says Director Ziegler’s bulletin,-it is easy to resist the harm-* ful effects of the germ so long as we receive an ample supply of pure air and keep our bodily standard up to normal, <■<..: Obey the following “don’ts,” says the health department, and you need' not fear pneun/onia. bon't poison yourself with tainted air by staying in poorly ventilated, over-heated. crowded, fouj-Sniell-ing places. Fresh air does not cause pneumonja ox any other disease, but is necessary for good health, in winter as well as in summer. Don’t injure your health and lower your by overeating or excesses Xis any kind. Good general health, maintained at a high standard of living, is the best possible safeguard against pneumonia or any other germ disease. Don’t indulge to excess in alcoholic liquors. Those who become addicted to alcohol reduce their resistance to pneumonia and increase the liability of death from .it. Don’t sleep with the bedroom windows closed. Night air is purer than day air; it contains less dust and fewer germs. Don’t permit' direct drafts to blow on you, whether in bed or out. Don’t sit around with wet feet or in wet clothing., Don’t/’Tfermit any one who has pneumonia to pass it # on to you. Treat pneumonia as a “catching” disease,——Philadelphia Ledger.

Aircraft Have Played a Part in Many European Conflicts.

The present war is not the first big conflict in which aircraft has Played a part. During the siege of Baris, at the time of the FrancoGerman war, balloons successfully sailed over the French battle fields. These vessels, however, were used as forlorn - hopes rather than recognized fighting units, for by this means the besieged Parisians endeavored to communicate with the outside world. One attempt to convey letters by air from Paris was made with a triple balloon named the Etats Unis. Three rather ancient envelopes were fastened together and loaded with 2,500 letters. To the great delight of the citizens it floated away from the town, and eventually landed with its solitary occupant at Nantes. Encouraged by this success, the citizens sent aloft another balloon called the Celeste, with a hundred weight of mail on board. The wind, however, split the vessel in two, for at that time balloons were very insecurely constructed. The letters and the aviator tumbled to the ground from a height of over 1,000 feet, the latter being badly injured. Gambetta was carried across the French battle fields in a balloon, and this incident gave rise to a street ditty, one verse of which concerned (Jambetta’s soliloques as he passed over the Prussian troops. It ran:

See how bright the plain is glistening With bright helmets in a mass; Impalement would be dreadful On these spikes of polished bress. Although at this time balloons were continually collapsing in midair and killing their unfortunate voy agers, trips with cargoes of letters were continually made from France. A balloon named the "Washington on one occasion took up a sailor and a postoffice delegate, with a huge collection of 120,000 letters and 30 carrier pigeutfW. The sailor was an inexperienced air pilot, who fell out of the balloon whilst attempting to cast a grappling hook. At the mercy o? the wind the vessel drifted uncontrolled over the eGrman frontier, and the remaining passenger, with his letters and pigeons, came near to being sot as a spy. ' Nadar . gained undying fame at this period by ascending in his balloon, Neptune, at Montmartre, and by means- of a primitive form of camera took photographs of the troops below. Tvery half-hour he sent a glass negative sliding down the balloon rope, so that the complete operations of the forces below could be strung together—Tit Bits.

Australia spends large sums every year in the extermination of rabbits, and it is estimated that in Victoria alone 150,000,000 were put to death last year. It is'generally admitted that ten rabbits eat as much as one sheep, and riiany graziers ’have long since, realized that they can not profitably run sheep on properties infested by rabbits. Natural epeinies, such as foxes and wild dogs, which hre troublesome in certain districts, tend to keep the rabbits in check, assisted by the wire netting fences that landowners are erecting. Another enemy of the grazier is the blowfly, which causes an annual loss of 1,000,000 sheep.—lndianapolis News.

JOINT PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will sell at public auction at McCoysburg,, commencing at, Ha. m., on .( Monday, /ebruarjPlS,.' 1915. 17 Head of Horses and Mules Consisting of 1 gray mare 8» yrs old, wt 1 700; 1 gray htorse 3 yrs'old, wt - 1500; 1 black horse 3 yrs‘ old, wt 1 500; f roan horse 8 yrs old, wt 1150; 1 gray horse 8 yrs old, wt 1350; 1 team black mules coming 3 yrs old, wt 2200, broke double; 1 bay horse G yrs old, wt 1350; 1 mare 9 yrs old, wt 1450; 1 mare 11 yrs old, wt 1200; 1 mare 5 yrs old, wt 950; 1 team 4 yrs old, wt 2800; 1 mare 10 yrs old, in foal, wt 1350; 1 gray colt 3 yrs old, wt 1100; 1 bay /•olt 2 yrs old, wt 800: 1 aged horse, wt 1000. - 3 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 1 red. cow 3 yrs old, fresh in April; 1 spring calf; 1 2-year-old Shorthorn bull. 1 Poland China Brood Sow, to far-

row in April. Farm Implements, Etc. —-Consisting of 1 John Deere riding cultivator; I Dutch Uncle riding cultivator; 1 sulky breaking plow, IG-inch; 1 Champion binder, 6-ft cut; 1 Ditto corn shelter; (1 single buggy; 1 set of chain work harness, new; 1 set single harness; 1 large iron kettle and numerous other articles. Also D. W. Johnson will sell 30“ head of shoats weighing about 100 pounds each; | disc grain drill; 1 wagon, and 1 disc harrow. Terms—lo months credit will be given on sums over $lO with the usual conditions. 6 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. W. R. WILLETS,GEO. PARKER. John G. Culp, auctioneer; C. G. Spity ler, clerk. Hot lunch by McCoysburg Ladies’ Aid.

BIG PUBLIC SALE. As I expect to retire and move to Rensselaer, I will sell at public auction at my Iroquois Farm, Armies north and % mile east of Rensselaer, commencing at 10 a. m., on Wednesday, February 17, 1915. 8 Head of Horses—Consisting of 1 sorrel gelling 6 yrs old, wt 1870,, a good one; 1 bay mare, aged, but raised a colt this season, wt 1260; 1 dark gray filly coming 3 yrs old, wt 1370; 1 light gray filly com wig 3 yrs old, wt 1 300; 1 bay filly corning 3 yrs old, wt 1235; 1 Vay gelding

coming 3 yrs old, wt 1300; 1 9-months-old horse colt. These 'horses are all good ones. 'Also 1 3-year-old dapple gray stallion. Sire Gabon; dam, Bauly, 7-8 Percheron mare; this colt will be a money-maker for you. Has sired some good colts. Will give you two payments on him on sale terms, his wt is 1750 lbs. 0 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 1 red Shorthorn cow 7 yrs old, a good milch cow, fresh in May; 1 half Guernsey and Jersey 6 yrs old, and splendid milch c ow, fresh in May; 1 pure bred Jersey 3 yrs old, giving good flow of milk, fresh in June; 1 half Jersey 3 yrs old, a good milch cow, fresh in June; 1 4-year-old cow, ‘half Jersey and Holstein, calt by side, a good milker. Implements, Wagons, Etc.—Consisting of 1 Burdsell clover huller, self feed and blower, in fair condition; 1 wide tire wagon, triple box: 1 low-down farm truck; 1 buggy; 1 Janesville cultivator; 2 16-in. walking plows; 1 14-in. sod plow; 1 1horse weeder; 1 Champion hav rake; 1 Excelsior alfalfa drill. . also drill timothy, clover or nfulet seed, a good machine; 1 endgate seeder; 1 2-section wood frame harrow: 1 3section steel harrow; 1 new double wagon box: "1 TSrdin King scoop board; 1 feed grinder; 1 stump puller; 2 sets good heavy farm harness; 400 bushels of old corn, mostly white, a good chance to get some good seed corn from this; 3 or 4 tons of alfalfa hay in barn, and nunnerous other articles. Terms—l 2 months credit will be given on sums over $lO with the usual conditions. 6 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. CHARLES PULLINS. W. A. McCurtain, auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, clerk. Frank McGinnis will serve lunch. BIG PUBLIC SALE. *"

Having decided tp quit farming and move to Valparaiso, I will sell at public auction at my residence 3 miles southwest of Tefft, 4 miles southeast of Wheatfield, and 1 mile south of gravel road, commencing at 10 a, m., the following personal property on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1915. 11 Head of Horses—Consisting of 1 team bay mares 6 years old, wt 1500 each; 1 bay mare 9 years old, *wt 1200; 1 sorrel mare 9 years old, wt 1100. Above mares are bred and safe in foal. 1 black gelding 5 years old, wt ,1600; 1 sorrel gelding 7 ■ years old, wt 1400; 1 roan gelding 7 years old wt 1350; 1 brown gelding 9 years old, wt 1350; 1 black gelding 8 years old, wt 1200; I- black gelding 13 years old, wt 1500; 1 sorrel, Well bred yearling traveling colt. : ■ 2 Head Cattle—Consisting of 1 extra good will be fresh in June; 1 yearling heifer. 12 Hogs—Consisting of 1 sow with pigs: 5 brood sows, bred to full Berkshire boar, to farrow in May; 1 full blood Berkshire boar, 1 1-2 years old. s -

9 Tpns No. 1 Timothy Hay in stack. 6 tons of millet in stack, some corn in shock, 20 bu. buckwheat seed, some corn and oats in bin, some potatoes, 12 bu seed corn, 3 bu. seed sweet corn. Implements, Wagons, Etc.—s. sets double work harness; set double driving harness; single harness; 2 wide tire wagons with triple .boxes; wide tire Wagon with hay rack; 2 sleds, 1 with double box; set dump boards; scoop board; top buggy; S-ft. McCormick grain binder; McCormick coin binder; Gfeat Western manure spreader; .12-disk Buckeye grain drillwith fertilizer attachment; self rake reaper; Gale corn planter with fertilizer attachment and 160 rods wire; Gale gang plow, Oliver sifiky plow; scoop shovels and forks; steel walking plow, cast walking plow; 2 2-row P. & O. cultivators; single row cultivator; walking cultivator; garden cultivator, all With, gopher attachment; disc cultivator; flexible roller and clod crusher; tool shed 8x12x6 shingle roof with L 6x10; 3-horse gasoline engine; pump japk; 60 rods wire netting; 200 rods barb wire; 180 feet 1-inch pipe; 200 feet rope and bay fork; doubly disc; 4-horse spring drag; 4 -sect ion pegtooth' harrow; - 3-section pegtooth harrow; harrow, cartDeering mower; hay ticker; bull rake; side delivery rake; hay loader; hav rake; corn and grain grader; feed mill, tank heater; hog oiler; buggy pole; 2 400 bu. slat corncribs; 5 or 6 horse strung-out hitch; 5 horse abreast hitch; 4-horse abreast hitch; grindstone,. some household goods, ptnd .other small farm tools and articles too numerous to men. tion. The above implements are all in first-class condition, several of them only used one season. Terms—Ten dollars and under cash in hand: bn sums ober $lO a credit of 12 months will be given, purchaser executing note with approved security, with interest at 6 per cent if paid when due, but if not paid at maturity 8 per cent interest from date of sale. A discount of 2 per cent for cash will be given where . ehtitled to credit. GEORGE W. HOOSLINE. W. A. McCurtain, H. W. Marble, clerk', Hot lunch served free. Subscribe for The Democrat.

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if ■■ 1 I ■ ■ lUnder this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a-word' for the first insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional insertion. To save book-keeping cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-five cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, will be published two or more times—as the ease may be —for 25 cents. Where replies are sent in"-The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] ’> FOR SALE For Sale—Southeast Missouri lands where they get two crops from the same land in the same year. Corn from 40 to 90 bushels. Wheat from 18 to 45 bushels, followed by a crop of cow peas which makes from $25 to $35. Alfalfa makes from 4 to 6 cuttings and pays from SSO to SBS per acre. Cow peas are sowed in cornfield last cultivation and will produce .as much hog flesh as an acre of corn. Go there and see if we have told the truth; if we have not we will pay your round-trip railroad fare, which is $7.96 one way from Rensselaer. Unimproved lands can be bought from $25 to S4O; partly improved from S4O to SSO; improved from SSO up, according to location and improvements. Terms: Onethird down, balance on time at 6 per cent. Charleston the county seat of Mississippi county, Mossouri, and is situated in the heart of the finest farming country in the world. Charleston has three railroad connections and ten trains daily. Mississippi county comprises 265,000 acres of fine black alluvial soil which grows in abundance corn, wheat, alfalfa, clover hay and in fact all kinds of farm products. It is a city of beautiful homes, churches (all denominations) and is not surpassed by any city of like size in the state for general neatness and an attractive appearance. It has a population of 4,500; has great thrift and enterprise. Three newspapers, three banks, large flouring mills and wooden ware enterprises. The farm products marketed in Charleston reach very large proportions and the general merchantile business would be a credit to any city twice its size. The population is growing steadily and substantially. - Most of the inhabitants own their own homes. They have excellent schools. There are no saloons. They have the finest water. A healthful climate the whole year round. Mississippi county corn exports, 1,500,000 bushels. Mississippi county wheat exports, 1,100,000 bushels.—JOHN O’CONNOR, ex-sheriff of Jasper county, L. B. 475., Rensselaer, Ind. For Sale—A few S. C. White Orpington cockerels, pure bred.—J. M. ALLEN, Fair Oaks, Ind. For Sale— I have a nice lot of Barred Rock cockerels for sale yet; can not be excelled, for $2 apiece.—iA. D. HERSHMAN, Medaryville, Ind. m -l For Sale—Choice timothy hay in barn; also team of young mules, wt. 2300. CLARENCE GARRIOTT, Parr, Ind., R-l, phone 953-D. For Sale—2 Berkshire male hogs, wt. about 125 pounds each; also some white oak and red oak posts.— Phone 935-D, Rensselaer, Ind. f-7 For Sale—Bo acres good corn land in cultivation, well located, splendid buildings. Price $75. Terms, SI,OOO down, long time on remainder. — ARTHUR G. CATT, Rensselaer, Ind. For Sale— lo acres good black land, all in fair buildings, fruit, etc.; onlbn land close that can be rented, $1,500; SSOO cash, time on balance to suit; 7% miles Rensselaer.—J. DAVISSON, Rensselaer, Ind.

Town Puts Ban on Kissing. A man at Brinsley has been fined $1 for kissing a lady in the street. In the New England of the seventeenth century he would have been much mire severely dealt with. Mrs. Earle, in her book >on “Puritan New England,’’ recalls the case of Capt. Kemble, of Boston, who in 1656 was “set for two hours in the public stocks for his ‘lewd and unseemly behavior,’ which consisted in ‘kissing his wife publicly on the Sabbath day, upon the doorstep of his house.” / when he had ijust returned from an absence of three.,years. Attempts have beeh made to stop kissing in fact as well as in fiction I •have recorded. In Iceland the oldtime laws were very severe in this regard, banishment was the penalty for kissing' another man’s wife, with or without her consent, .and.Jhe same punishment followed* on kissing—an unmarried woman against her will. Even when kissing had the recipient’s sanction the penalty was a fine for each offense. But there' must have been times in winter when banishment from Iceland seemed cheap at the price of a snatched kiss* —London Chronicle. Notice of Administration. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, administrator of the estate of David Hilton, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. THE TRUST & SAVINGS BANK, Rensselaer, Indiana, Administrator. January 26, 1915. Subscribe for The Democrat.

For Sale—6o acres, ten acres timber, remainder black corn land in cultivation; on main road near school and station; fine outlet for drainage. New four-soom house, barn and well. Price $75. Terms, SBOO down, long time on remainder.—Enquire at First National Bank. For Sale—s head of work horses consisting of 2 mares 7 and 8 years old, with foal, wt. 1300 each; 2 geldings 4 and 5 years old, ,wt about 1200 each; 1 mare wt. 1200, 8 years oId.—HARRY HIBBS, Rensselaer, K-2, 10 miles due north of Rensselaer - > m-6 I’or Sale—lo 7 acre farm in Otsego county, N. Y.; 8 acres maple, beach and hemlock timber, including sugar grove, balance in good state of cultivation; good living springs in pasture lots, good well of water at house, land is gently rolling but not hilly and is easy to work. House recently remodeled, and practically good as new; 2 large barns in fair condition, and other outbuildings; farm well fenced, wire fencing; on R. F. D., and telephone. New evaporator and sap buckets goes with farm, all for $2,100. Reason for selling, poor health and too old to farm.—Address L. J. SHELLAND, Worcester, Otsego county, N. Y. * _ - FOR RENT For Rent—Bo-acre improved farm. A. G. CATT, Rensselaer, phone 232. WANTED Wanted—s3oo to borrow at once. Leave word at Democrat Office. Wanted—lte borrow $4,000 on good real estate security on 5-year loan; will pay 6 per cent interest, semi-annually if desired.—Enquire at The Democrat office. MISCELLANEOUS Oak Lumber—All kinds for sale, or sawed to order, at farm, 2 miles south an<L 4 miles west of Rensselaer.—AßTHUß POWELL, Rensselaer, Ind.., phone 29-M Mt. Ayr e» change. Auto Livery—“Frenchy” Deschand, Prop. A new car just purchased. Will drive any where at any time. Phone 319. Storage Room—Storage room for Household goods, etc., on third floor of The Democrat building. Prices reasonable.—F. ,E. BABCOCK. Mutual Insurant—Fire and lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire es M. I. Adams, phone 533-L. , FINANCIAL Farm Loans—Money to loan <m farm property in any sums ao to slo,ooo,— e. p, HONAN. Fann Loans—l am making farm loans at the lowest rates of interest. Ten year loaiis without commission and without delay.—JOHN A. DUNLAP I Ont th Al Wlthout Dtlay, 111 I Illi w,thout Commission, I Uvl IllU Without Charges for H Making or Recording Instruments. J W. H. PARKINSON Let The Democrat supply you with typewriter ribbons and carbon papers. We have ribbons, for all makes of standard typewriters, and handle the very grade of carbon papers.