Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1915 — Page 2

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mt JASPER GOW DEMOGRM j.S, BABCOCK, IDIIOR lIP PUBLISHH. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephones Office 315 Residence 311 Entered, as Second-Class Mail Matter June 8, 1908, at the postoliice at liensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 pages; Saturday Issue 8 pages. SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1915

OCR FOREIGN TRADE

Though the imports for March were below normal, a fact whiel< accounts for, in part at least, tin* enormous excess of exports for th/p present, fiscal year, they nevertheless show signs of recovery For .March of this year ’ ainoantodj, to $ 1 58,0 11>,2 16, as agafpst, $ 1 82,4 cm r-spending months in llt I 4 andi 1913. Here is a’ slight excess dyer| the figures for March two years auo.|

The improvement seems to be continuing. For the week ending April 17 dur imports amounted to $.20,5 18,603,. as against. for the preceding week, and $18,678,233 for the week before that. Our exports are very large, so that, their ' excess over imports is hot

sobdy due to a decrease in the la 1 ter. I Last month we sent abroad goods valued at $299,445,498, which is a new record. This is an increase of more than a hundred million over the exports in March, 1914. The excess over imports was $140,969,347. For the first nine months 6; the fiscal year our exports amounted to $1,933,475,580, as against sl,88 3,221,915/ for jhe same period last year. It is believed that the total for; the year w ill not : all 'e-

, low $2,750,000,000. ’ Of course there lias hern a considerable shifting in e:.’- trade, due to the war. One sa! o r exports' n.,.< go to linti exTitory,'■ Ihi.portsfrom most of the important (pun-.' tries show a falling off. In the first | eig.it, .months of the year imports froiw the United Kingdom’ fell from ' 8•;9 >,4 i B. ono i p $353,585,000. There was a smaller shrinkage in imports' front Germany than in those from France, the decrease having been $127,289,000 to $75,727,000 in the former case, and from $104,765,000 to $55,169,000 in the latter. Our Russian trade suffered severely, the fall being from $15,553,000 to $2,959,000. Our exports to the United Kingdom and France show large gains, in the one.case of from $756,006,000 . to $811,289,000, and in the latter from $124,981,000 to $.188,094,000. Exports to Germany shrank from $262,719,000 to $28,768,000. Our exports to Italy rose from $5'2,787,000 to $115,278,000. And there

was an enormous increase in exports to Deninark, the figures for last year being $.11,299,000 as against $52,089,000 this year Sweden shows an increase from $9,554,000 to $47,593,000, Perhaps the great rise in the volume of exports to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Italy may be taken as indicating that some of the excess is finding its way into

Germany, A large part of the increase is in breadstuffs, the figures being $60,000,000 this year as against $8,000,000 last year. Taking breadstuffs, cottonseed oil, food animals, meat, dairy products, cotton and mineral oil, we find that the combined exports of these have risen from $75,110,000 to $154,159,000. The cotton situation is very encouraging, there having been an increase in exports from $43,360,<iii.o_.io $53,524,000. We sent abroad 1,208,000 -bales, weighing 630,692, Oop pounds, as compared with 695,000 bales, weighing 360,138,000 pounds last year. On the whole

our Repjgn trade, r Brunton n .v ~ aaje > ; rted to run. After running <a -- distance the wagon tongue Iriwn and run into the ground Sunda. the box to turn over and Leslie Mr. Brown -4 b the ground. Law ick the ground with his head Grace oulders and cut a bad gash Sunday i eye, and was shaken up con- Then le. Dr. Martin of Mt. Ayr, League . Becher of Morocco, were welcom< and attended him. He was Mr ? ?rious condition for a time Igetting along nicely at this j o h n s I .. Our ;

GOODLAND. i [From The Herald. 1 juyeu to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mr. a April 16, a girl. & un( *ay n Lemaster is a patient at ’ .Vincent hospital in Indian- , s - Mitchel , Mrs. \\ n Waterman was down v r hicago last Saturday and miss day to ' at Lin? l Monty and his good wife , : •mnlating a trip to the west- . *, rs • a<, m,.> ..a, pie, a a., toe u | set a good example—-no long cold drinks, for me." ’Tis thus with all ■ the warring nations; they’re finding out that liquid rations are fruitful of despair, far . more than all the swords, that slaughter, the subma j r nesdown finder water, the airships' in the air. In Russia now no 1 vodka's flowing; we see the thirsjy j mptijiks going .to tap the helpful well; and France, the volatile, and merry, prohibited the old “green .''ai.ry"; i d m-tit her sons to hell. The Germap soldiers heard the kaiser informing them it would bo wiser.i to give the pump a show; thus all the rulers are deciding that Barley-' corn, the long abiding, means trou-l ble, strife and wOe.

Libel Suit Against Shively and Editor to Be Dropped.

South Bend, Ind., April 28.—The $25,000 libel suit, against United States Senator Benjamin F. Shively and Lew O’Bannon, editor of thej Corydon (Ind.) Democrat, by Attor-; ney John W. Kitch of this city, will! be dismissed Monday when the May term of the St. Joseph circuit court convenes here.. O'Bannon was in this city this week, and an agree ment was reached. The plaintiff alleged that Senator Shively wrote a letter to Mr. O'Bannon, which was later printed in the Corydon Democrat. This letter and the publication plaintiff contended were libelous.

Don't Be’ a “Grouch,” Many persons acquire a reputation for crankiness and grouchiness when their dispositions are not to blaine. Peevishness, irritation, morbidness; biliousness, melancholia most often are the result of impaired digestion and torpid liver. Foley Cathartic Tablets make you light, cheerful and energetic.—A. F. LONG.’

OUR awfulest enemies, the elements and germs and insect destroyers, attack, us every minute without ceasing, yet we murder one another as if we were out of our senses. THINK OF WHAT HUMANITY COULD OBTAIN IF THE FIVE BILLION WORKING DAYS THAT ARE SPENT EVERY YEAR IN DISPLACING BOUNDARY LINES COULD BE DEVOTED TO FIGHTING OUR WORST ENEMIES, THE NOXIOUS SPECIES AND OUR HOSTILE ENV J RONMENT. Our vocabulary and our spirits have, been softened, too mucli. We speak of ‘‘public service” and “doing good” when we ought to be talking of war and fighting evil. We ought to put on'our armor and not take it off till we put on our shrouds, I would have the conservation of health and the direction of education conceived of as functions of the war department scientifically and austerely administered for the common good. If you say that this is all utopian and that without war, as we now see it, we cannot foster courage and honor I have but to point to General Goethals, who has divided the continent, and to General Gorgas, who kept away Hostile diseases while this Hercules was at work. TILL WE HAVE TAXED OURSELVES FOR SCHOOLS AS EUROPE IS TAXING HERSELF FOR WARS WE SHALL NOT HAVE DONE TOO MUCH.

Ancient Marriage Laws Do Not Fit Conditions of the Present Time

By Rev. PERCY STICKNEY GRANT,

THE old marriage laws considered women merely the chattels of their husbands. We arc told in the Ten Commandments not to covet our neighbor’s wife and are forbidden in the same sentence to covet his ox or his ass or anything that is his, THERE IS NO IDEA OF SPIRITUAL WRONG TO THE NEIGHBOR INVOLVED IN THIS PROHIBITION—MERELY THAT OF PROPERTY WRONG. THE. HEBREW POINT OF VIEW AT THIS TIME WAS A SURVIVAL OF THE PERIOD WHEN WIVES WERE BOUGHT AND SOLD. This conception of the wife as the property of the husband continued in a more or less modified form until a comparatively recent date. We find that most of the poetry and romance of the middle ages dealt with interests and attachments outside family life, and many of them were inimical to its comfort. The vast majority of marriages were arranged by the parents or relatives of the contracting parties, and the question of mutual love was regarded as negligible or at best secondary. . In the last hundred years, however, the property idea has gone, and America at least does not stand for the marriage of convenience. WOMAN IS NO LONGER A CHATTEL. SHE HAS ATTAINED AN ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE WHICH GIVES HER THE PRIVILEGE OF REMAINING UNMARRIED IF SHE SO CHOOSES WITHOUT SACRIFICE OF DIGNITY, AND SHE IS NO LONGER FORCED TO REMAIN MARRIED TO A MAN WHO IS ABHORRENT TO HER IN ORDER TO BE SUPPORTED.

Drink a Foe More to Be Feared Than the Warships of an Enemy

By DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE,

DBINh is doing us more damage than all the German submarines put together. Russia has stopped drink. M. Bark, the Russian minister of finance, with whom I conferred in Paris, told me that the output of Russian workmen had increased from thirty to fiftV per cent since the sale of vodka had been prohibited, He admitted that he had lost two hundred and eighty million dollars in yearly revenue which he certainly could not afford, but he added that if It was proposed to revert to the old conditions there would be a revolution in Russia. THE STOPPAGE OF Til E SALE OF DRINK IN RUSSIA HAD BEEN DUE ENTIRELY 'l’o THE CZAR, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST HEROIC THINGS OF THE WAR. 1 rance abolished the sale of absinth by a ten to one majority in a single afternoon. This shows how these great countries are facing their responsibilities. ° WE PROPOSE NOTHING SO DRASTIC, BUT WE ARE ARMED WITH FULL POWERS FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE REALM. WE HAVE GREAT POWERS TO DEAL WITH DRINK, AND WE MEAN TO USE THEM,

Imfluence of Environment Greater Than That of Heredity

By Mrs. PATRICK CAMPBELL,

WHETHER environment, means more than hqredity in the life of individuals is a question that has occupied much time and thought of scientists interested in biology and philosophy. I suppose most scientists contend that heredity counts for more with most individuals than environment. But I am of the opinion that usually environment means more than heredity. We have many brilliant examples of this in history and in everyday life WHERE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE COMMENCED LIFE IN THE MEANEST AND HUMBLEST CONDITIONS AND THROUGH A FORTUNATE CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR POWERS AND GAINED REAL CULTURE. The question still remains, “Is it wise to take men and women who are happy in one social class and put them in another in a reckless fashion?” I think it is most unwise. STILL, IN REAL LIFE WE SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL. MANY MEN AND WOMEN MAY BE HAPRY AND LEADING USEFUL LIVES WHERE THEY ARE.- BY TRANSPLANTING THEM TO ANOTHER ENVIRONMENT WE MAY MAKE THEM VERY MISERABLE.

The Money Spent on Armies Should Be Devoted to Destroying Disease Germs

By Dr. JOHN H. FINLEY,

Church of the Ascension, New York City

New York State Com-

missioner of Education

Pastor of the Episcopal

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Great

Britain

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A Living Torpedo.

At this time, when we are hearing so much of the torpedo, it is perhaps interesting to know that there is a fish which bears this name. This is the torpedo, or electric ray, a dweller in southern seas, which grows to a large size, sometimes weighing 70? This peculiar fish has a nearly circular body, a short tail and a very small mouth. The back is brownish in color, and the underneath parts are white. The torpedo obtains its name from its power of, giving a violent shock, similar to an electric shock, to anything with which it comes in contact. Whenever an enemy ap proaches, the fish emits from its body a kind of electricity, which in-, capacitates the attacker immediately. In capturing its food the torpedo finds this power of use. Being very inactive, it cannot pursue the small fish which form its diet, so it lies in wait 'until they swim close by, and then throws out its powerful shock,' Which instantly renders them helpless. . If a person touches this strange fish he is attacked by cramp, which affects the stomach, producing a kind of convulsion. For this reason the torpedo is sometimes known as the “cramp-fish.”—Answers.

Man Takes His Own Medicine Is An Optimist. He has absolute faith in his medicine—rhe knows when he takes it for certain ailments he gets relief. People who take Dr. King’s New Discovery for an irritating 'colds are optimists—they know this cough remedy will penetrate the linings of the throat, kill the germs, and open the way for nature to act. You can’t destroy a cold by superficial treatment—you must go to the cause of the trouble. Be an optimist. Get a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery today.—Advt. EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law, Abstracts, Real Estate Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAW, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE 5 Per Cent. Farm Loans. Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. F. H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to diseases of women and low grades of fever. Office over Fendig’s drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Resl , No. 442-B RENSSELAER, INDIANA. • ’ E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite the Trust and Savings Bank. Office Phone No. 177. House Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice in all Courts. Estates settled. - Farm Loans. Collection Department. Notary in the office. Over State Bank. Phone No. 16. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American School of Osteopathy under the Founder, Dr. A. T. Still. Office Hours —8-12 a. m., 1-5 p. m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Monticello. Ind. Office 1-2 Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. H. L. BROWN DENTIST Office over Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. HORTON - DENTIST - Office opposite court' House square. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. EX PARKER’S HAIR BALSAWJ A toilet preparation of tnerit, pS-?’sSlEi VH Helps to eradicate niir. For Restoring Color and f WW<—beantv to Gray or Faded Hair. -SOie and S 1.00 at Druggists. OVER 65 YEARS’ experience Trade Marks Designs r rFvvv Copyrights Ac. Anyone sending a sketch nnd description mny quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communion, tionsstrictly conlldcntial. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive tpecial notice, without charge, in the Scientific Jlmerican. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientitle journal. Terms, $3 a ■■■VaiSi F £ lon^8 * Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN pQ e 3t'4 Broadway, New York Branch Office. 625 ? St... Washington. D. C. Notice of Administration. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, administrator of the estate of David M. Peer, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. EUGENIA T. FEER, Administratrix. April 15, 1915. a-17-24-m-l

CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS & LOUISVILLI RY RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In Effect April 10, 1915. NORTHBOUND No. 36 ........... ,?/■. i 4:48 a.m. °- 4 ,?L 5:01 a. m. No. 40 . 7:30 a. m. No’. 32 . . 10:36 a. m. No. 38 ... ... . . ..... . 3•: 12 p. m. No. 30 . . 6:45 p. m. SOUTHBOUND No. 35 .. . . . ~. .. . ...... . 1:38 a. m? No. 5 . 10; 55a. m. N?. 3 .. . 11:10 p. m. No. 37 . . 11:20 a. m. No. 33 1:57 p. m. No. 39 5:50 p. m. No. 31 7:31 p. m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS May0r...........Char1es G. Spitler C1erk,........... .. . Charles Morlan Treasurer........ Charles M. Sands Attorney , Moses Leopold Marshal. W. R. Shesler Civil Engineer W. F. Osborne Fire Chief...—J. J. Montgomery Fire, Warden.... J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ist Ward Ray Wood 2nd W’ard Frank Tobias 3rd Ward............. Frank King At Large. . Rex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL Circuit Judge.. Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney. .Reuben Hess Terms of Court—Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. s ' COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk. ■. Judson H. Perkins Sheriff B. D. McColly Auditor J. p. Hammond trea5urer............. .a. a. Fell Recorder George Scott Surveyor M. B. Price C0r0ner........Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor.. . .G. L. Thornton Health Officer F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist District........H. W. Marble 2nd District D. S. Makeever 3rd District .Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davisson Barkley Burdette Porter Carpenter J- w - Stevens Gillam Warren P001e..... .Hanging Grove J ohn Kolhoff . Jordan Richard E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild Keener H. W. Wood, Jr., Marlon George Foulks Milroy John Rush Newton G. H. Hammerton Union Albert Keen Wheatfield Joseph Salrin Walker George A. Williams.... Rensselaer *•, L - Peck -• • Remington John Biggs Wheatfield E. Lamson, Co. Supt.. .Rensselaer ■truant Officer, C. B. Steward, \ Rensselaer

J TRUSTEES’ CARD. * 1 JORDAN TOWNSHIP ♦ | The undersigned trustee of Jor- f dan Township attends to official 1 y business at his residence on the T I first' and third Wednesdays of each ♦ If month. Persons having business I with me will please govern them- f selves accordingly. Postoffice ad-dress-—Rensselaer, Indiana. f JOHN KOLHOFF, Trustee. ♦ —♦ —• » ‘ ♦ ♦ —♦—♦ —♦—» —♦ —« —y -4 j liisMte m PM i I AT REASONABLE RATES <! Your Property In City, Town Village or Farm, Against Fire, O Lightning or Wind; Your Live- o stock Against Death or Theft, and o 1 I A YOUR AUTOMOBILE O 3 Against Fire From Any Cause, O ■ [ Theft or Collision. o h Written on the Cash, Single D Note or Installment Plan. All ° ? Losses Paid Promptly. <► b Call Phone 208, or Write for o D a GOOD POLICY IN A GOOD COMPANY. .. O RAY D. THOMPSON h b RENSSELAER, INDIANA o L iiii ml DRALEKIN. b lime it M ii CM. u J RENSSELAER 119. Glasmw Fitted By DR. A. G. CATT OPTOMETRIST. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. Office Over Long's Drug Stere, Phone No. 232.