Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1915 — Page 3

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H. O. Harris was in. Lafayette on business Saturday. - ’ ■ A fine display of pattern hats at Alary Meyer-Healy’s. Samuel Potts of Fair Oaks, was a business visitor in the city Saturday. “The Rose of the Range,” a comedy drama in three acts, Thursday, the 25th. Miss Nellie Knapp of Wheatfield, sa«re Saturday to visit the family ot Prouty. Gray, Lex Fisher and Frank Watson were over from Remington on business Monday. Mrs. H. E. Hartley and Miss Anna, returned Friday night from a several weeks’ visit with relatives in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. A. Grosenback of Chattsworth, 111., visited last week with the family of John of south of town.

H. B. Tuteur went to Indianapolis yesterday to bring home his brother, C. A. Tuteur, who has been quite ill there for the past three weeks. ; d _ Mrs. A. A. Fell, who recently underwent a severe surgical operation in St. Vincent’s hospital in Indianapolis, has so far recovered that she is able to attend church services regularly and taught her class in Sunday school last Sunday. On account of the city schools starting late last fall and the week out for teachers’ institute, the regular spring vacation will be only two days this year, Thursday and Friday, April 1 and 2. The schools will not close until June 4th this year. Willette Hill, son of Frank Hill of this city, is organizing a stock company, to play in repertoire. There will be 12 people in the company, which will open in Rensselaer the second week in April at Ellis theater. From here the company expect to tour up through northern Wisconsin and Michigan. More will be said of the matter later.

EASTER = DISPLAY OF Thursday NEW Friday Saturday MILLINERY March , 25,26,27 MARY MEYER = HEALY

Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Yates were Chicago visitors Monday. Phone 98 for reserved seats for ‘‘The Rose of the Range.” Miss Grace Robinson came down from Chicago Saturday to nurse a case here. The little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eger is quite sick with a sore throat. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig and Lester Rich were among the Chicago goers Friday. Mrs. C. D. Lakin of near Parr, broke her right arm above the wrist a few days ago, the result of a fall. Rev. J. P. Green went to Burnettsville Saturday to preach Sunday for Rev. O. E. Miller, who preached at West Lafayette. Horatio Ropp, who recently moved to Dowagiac, Mich., came down last week to get his Ford automobile and drive same through to his new home. A miscellaneous shower is to be given this evening for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vick, both of whom are quite old and feeble and the former almost totally blind. All the children of John W. Baker of Barkley tp., have been suffering with colds, but are reported better at this writing except the baby, which now has pneumonia. Mr. Sharpnack took the eighth grade basket ball team over to Goodland Saturday night, where they were defeated by the Goodland team by—ar score of 28 to 20. We desire that you see the line of standard styles in the LaVogue line of suits and coats, we are handling, whether you want to buy one or not. Come in.—E. VAN ARSREL CO. In the list of Imlianians, visitors at the Pa|nama Pacific exposition, last week, registered at the Indiana building on the exposition grounds, as published in Monday’s Cincinnati Enquirer, was Rosa Callaghan of Remington.

If you want to laugh reserve seats now for “The Rose of the Range.” Rev. Titus of the Christian church, is holding protracted meetings at the Newland school house this w r eek. Mary Meyer-Healy was in Chicago Monday and Tuesday buying new stock and studying the latest millinery styles. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 65c; oats, 55c; wheat, $1.40. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 58c; oats, Daniel Chupp and family of near Parr, returned Saturday from Fort Wayne, where they had attended the funeral of a brother of the former. The doctors report a great deal of sickness, mostly colds and pneumonia in this vicinity. Thus far there have been but few fatalities, however. The Monnett Guild entertainment at the Christian church Friday evening netted about $25 for the benefit oF the school, the expenses being very light. Victor Yeoman of Barkley tp., got one of the fingers of his left hand quite badly mashed Monday •morning by a heavy stick of wood falling upon it. 7

Another new supply of Ideal Account files received in The Democrat’s stationery department. These are much cheaper and more convenient for keeping moderate-sized accounts s than a cumbersome ledger. Your friends and neighbors tell us ■ they are the swellest and snappiest coats and suits they have seen for the money. We want your opinion. Come in and see them.—E. VAN . ARSDEL CO. Charles Rowen of Parr, got the thumb of his left hand badly cut in a buzz saw one day last week while sawing wood. His glove caught on a piece of wood and was drawn into the saw, and the thumb badly slit 1 before he could withdraw his hand. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hallagan and Mrs. A. Gangloff returned Saturday evening from spending the winter in Florida, most of which time was spent at Ocalla. They also visited St. Petersburg, St. Augustine, Tampa, and other points. Mrs. A. E. 1 Deleoust and sister, Miss Maggie Hallagan, who accompanied them, will return later. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Parker have 1 moved into their fine new home on the wiest side, and Leonard Rhoades will move into the J. T. Randle tenant house vacated by them on Cul--1 len street. Frank Hamilton, who is employed in the Central Garage, 1 will move here from Winamac and occupy the Leopold tenant house, vacated by Mr. Rhoades.

Mrs. W. I. Hoover and son, Victor, were confined to the house several days last week with illness, the former with a severe cold and the latter with an ulcerated tooth and swollen tonsils. Both are much improved at this writing, but Monday the little daughter, Irene took sick, and Mrs. W. M. Hoover, who was caring for them, was also taken ill and had. to go home.

Spring was officially ushered in Sunday, but the air was cold and raw and was full of snow all day. Monday was a repetition of Sunday’s weather. Yesterday started bright and sunshiny, but a cold raw air. One good feature of the continued coolness is that it is holding back the fruit trees from budding and many thinks it will insure us a fine fruit crop.

C. A. Tindall, commercial teacher in the high school, who has been suffering from an attack of tonsilitis, accompanied by his wife, went to his home at Shelbyville Monday where he will remain for a couple of weeks and during that time will have his tonsils removed by his father, who is a physician and surgeon.

Daniel Webster said: “Trade with the man who does the most business, there is a reason for it.” The high quality of the goods we sell has placed us, in a position to give you splendid service. Whatever you may want, whethet wagon, buggy, carriage, plow, disc, or any other farm implement, we can supply you with the best on the market. See our line and be convinced.—HAMlLTON & KELLNER.

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Janies H. Ellis, Jr., of Chicago, is spending a brief vacation here with his father, “Major” J. H. S. Ellis. When you see them you want one, and we want you to see them. Our new spring coats and suits.—E. VAN ARSDEL CO. The Lincoln Chautauqua dates for Rensselaer have been set for Sept. 4 to 9. It will be held in Milroy Park again this year.

Walter Wiseman, who re-enlisted in the regular army some time ago and is now with the 17th infantry at Eagle Pass, Texas, came home last week on a 90-day furlough. Another new supply of correspondence stationery, calling and invitation cards, correspondence cards, etc., has just been received at The Democrat’s fancy stationery department.

L. D. Erwin, aged 84 years, who has been spending the winter in Chicago with his daughter, Mrs. Newt Waterman, came last week to visit his daughter here, Mrs. N. Littlefield. Mrs. H. R. Kurrie and children, who have been sojourning for the past several weeks in Florida, at Umatilla, returned home Sunday morning in President Kurrie’s private car from Louisville. Mrs. Jennie M. Conrad sustained the loss of a large barn and contents, on her north ranch, near Conrad station, by fire Saturday. With the barn six head of horses, two cows and a large amount of grain were consumed. By this misfortune Mrs. jConrad will be greatly handicapped in the beginning of spring work on her farms. Before the loss of the six head she was already short of horses sufficient for doing the work and only last week purchased a span of mules here from A. M. Smith.—Kentland Democrat. <

The Land of Bachelors.

England is the land of bachelors, so there is plenty of material for our “new army” without any of the married men. Indeed, we could safely exempt not only the married, but the betrothed, and still raise an army of 500,000, assuming, as we surely may, that only one man in two between the ages of 20 and 35 is physically fit. One works it out in this way: In England and Wales alone there are 4,250,000, men between the ages of 20 and 35 and over 2,250,000 of them are bachelors. To give figures, between the ages and 25 there are 1,275,000 bachelors to 275,000 married men; from 25 to 30 there are 750,000 bachelors to 750,000 married men (half and half), and from 3 to 35 there are 375,000 bachelors to 1,000,000 married men. This gives us our total of 2,250,000 bachelors of all recruitable ages in England and Wales alone.—Manchester Guardian.

The Bay State Sunday.

The district police are to differentiate on moving pictures that may be shown at houses licensed to give shows bn Sunday nights. The police have created a standard and demand that the Sunday night pictures shall satisfy "a New England conscience.” This gives perplexity to the film exchanges. One manager complains that scenes from the life of Abraham Lincoln were barred because the censor thought that battle scenes were too strong for the Sabbath. These pictures were sanctioned for use during the week. On Sunday the exhibition of films showing dancing, new or old; gambling, crime, rough play, cruelty to human beings or animals or the use of firearms is prohibited.—New Bedford Mercury.

Why Frenchmen Are Small.

If a qpnqueror wants tall men to fight for him he gets them and they die for him. But, whether he wins Or loses, he cannot expect the next generation to be so tall, and they are not. Napoleon only three generations ago wanted and used the biggest and strongest men, and they fought and died for him. Later, Michelet, the great French historian, declared that by his wars Napoleon had taken almost five inches from the stature of the French people. Observers in France today are noting how small are the French soldiers compared with the German and the British.—Youth’s Companion.

Ever Perplexing.

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PART RIVERS PLAY IN WARS.

History Full of Great Battles Remembered by .Name of Some Stream. Rivers have always played a great and sometimes a decisive role in the great drama of war, and the colossal European struggle is no exception to the rule. On the contrary, the greatest battles the world has ever seen, both by reason of its duration and the numbers engaged, is not unlikely to go down to history as the Battle of the Rivers. These are the Aisne, the Oise and the Somme, all of which, during that interminable battle, literally ran with blood.

What a role, too, has the Meuse played in this war! It was the difficulty of crossing it in face of the fire of the Liege forts which caused that fortnight’s delay in the carrying out the kaiser’s program which saved France and, perhaps eventually, the British empire. During that fortnight the waters of the Meuse were choked with the bodies of the slain. The River Nethe, a tributary of the Scheldt, formed one of the main obstacles to the Germans in their great assault upon Antwerp. Time and time again the Germans succeeded in getting a pontoon bridge completed and came down to the river bank in solid masses to cross it. As they came every Belgian gun that could be turned upon the spot was concentrated upon them, and they were blown away and the bridge destroyed, until the river literally ran with blood. Similar destructions of pontoon brTdges burdened with their living freight of men and horses and guns have occurred on all the many rivers which this war has brought into the terrible limelight of battle.

Who will ever forget the tragedy of the Tugela? From being an unknown river, except to South Africans, it suddenly sprang into universal fame. Its crossing proved the crux of the Boer war. The attempt to force a passage cost thousands of lives, including that young hero, the only son of Lord Roberts, who dleo in trying to save the guns, and upon whom the Victoria Cross was bestowed after death. Everybody will recall the part which “Father Tiber” played in oldfen days in the defense of Rome, and especially Lord McCaulay’s stirring ballad which tells how Horatlus kept the bridge against an army and then swam back, when the bridge was hewn down, weighted with his armor. That ballad and its heroic topic is but an indication of the esteem in which rivers have ever been held by strategists as lines of defense. -

What were the Germans singing before the palace of their Emperor just before the war started? And what are they singing as they march to battle? The German war song, “The Watch on the Rhine.” They have good reason to sing that song, for the Rhine for generations formed their western boundary, and no foe ever crossed it unopposed. From the days of Julius Caesar, who crossed it twice with an army, to modern times it has been making history. Napoleon crossed it times without number. His most tragical crossing was after the great Battle of Leipzig when his broken army struggled back into France. But on most occasions he crossed it victoriously, and on one memorable occasion his army crossed by moonlight on the ice. A tributary of the Elbe, Germany’s most famous river next to the Rhine, has been made immortal by a great battle on its banks. This was the Battle of Hohenlinden, fought in midwinter between the combined forces of France and Bavaria under that great military genius, General Moreau, and the Austrians. The latter were defeated with a loss of 18,000 men. The victors lost 9,000, but captured 79 of the enemy’s guns and took 7,000 prisoners. Immediately after this battle an English bard wrote one of his finest odes upon it.

Another famous little river, a tributary of the Danube, which itself has seen more fighting, perhaps, than any other stream in Europe except the Rhine, is the Nibel. Upon this stream stands the village of Blenheim, after which the splendid palace of the Duke of Marlborough, a gift from the nation, is called. The river at this point, where it falls into the Danube, is divided into several branches, with marshy ground between, and the French made it their left flank. The attack on the village had failed and Marlborough risked the crossing of this marshy stream, although the withering fire of the Frenoh artillery and the qssaults of their cavalry on the further side mowed down his men like corn. But he not only succeeded in getting his ‘own infantry and cavalry across, but routed the enemy when he had done so. It is recorded that the river literally ran blood.-jr-Philadelphia Ledger.-

ELLIS THEATRE Thursday, Meh 25 The Orescent Dramatic Club Presents "The Rose of the Range” A Comedy-Drama in 3 acts. Featuring Miss Luella Robinson with nine others. Prices 25 and 35c Seats now on sale. Phone 98 for reserves.

WALT MASON

The Poet Philosoplier. I stood on the bridge at midnight, and looked at the sizzling town, where the pleasure seeking people were holding the sidewalks down. The moon rose over the city and shone on the dames and gents, but the glare of the lights electric made it look like twenty cents. The windows of homes were darkened, for no one was staying there; the children, as well as grownups, were all in the Great White Glare. Deserted were all the firesides, abandoned the old time game; alas, that the old home circle is nought but an empty name! The father is out chug-chug-ging, the. mother is at her club, the kids see the moving pictures, and go to hotels for grub. How often, oh, how often, in the days that seemed good to me, have I looked at the children playing at home, where they ought to be! How often, oh, how often, in those days of the proper stamp, have I gazed on the parents reading, at home, by the evening lamp! But the world has gone to thunder, forgotten that elder day; and 1 took up the bridge and broke it, and threw all lhe chunks away.

City Property for Sale at Public Auction.

To settle an estate, the Leach property on Vine street in Rensselaer, will be offered for sale at public auction on the premises at 2 p. m., on. Saturday, March 27, 1915. Consists of lot 60x205 feet, 6room cottage in good repair, chicken yard and poultry house, large garden, lots of fruit, fine shade, drilled well, electric lights, cement walks. Now rented for $lO per month. Located one block south and In second block west of new Monon depot. Terms—One-third cash, one-third 12 months, one-third 18 months. For further information call on Col. Fred Phillips, auctioneer, who will show property to those interested.

Real Estate Transfers.

John Behms et ux to Emmet L Hollingsworth, Aug. 19, s 5-8 se, 1 1-30-6, Barkley, SB,OOO. Orlando A Yeoman et al to Ora Yeoman, Nov. 23, It 9, bl 10, Rensselaer, Sunnyside add, SSO. Robert W Burris et ux to Joseph Francis et ux, Feb. 26, It 13, bl 1, Rensselaer, Austin & Paxton’s add, $825. Thomas A Crockett et ux, to Geo. B Crockett, March 20, w U sw nw, 2- 10 acres, Marlon, $450. Joseph E Thomas et ux to Thomas L Lonergan et al, March 15, sw ne, 3- 40 acres, Newton, $4,000. Ulysses G Lutes et ux to John R Phillips,„ Feb. 20, pt w sw, 32-29-5, .68 acres, Hanging Grove, SSOO. Daniel S Makeever et ux to Edward J Randle, March 20, und pt se, 25-29-7, 10 acres, Marion, sl.

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AT GROCERY ■ I will have a car of ] POTATOES : on track in a few days. 4 Eaters at 50c a bushel; < late seed at 70c a bushel. < Also have early seed po- 1 tatoes. Good apples at ■ 75c a basket. < L. Fisher : Remington, - Indiana :