Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1916 — Page 8

Methodist Episcopal Church «North End Jasper County REV. G. A. EMERICH, Pastor, Wheatfield, Indiana ‘ Services for riarch' 19, 1916 WHEATFIELD TEFFT Sunday school ...,10:00 a.m. Meeting every evening this Preaching service. . 11:00 a. m. week ... ... . . . . 7:30 p. m. Epworth League, . . 7:30 p. in. Sunday School ...10:00 a.m. Bible Study Wed. . 7:30 p. m. Preaching Service. . 7:30 p. in. KXIMAX Sunday School ...10:00a.m. DLMOTTE League Service ... 7:30p.m. Sunday School ...10:00a.m.

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

REMINGTON. [From The Press. 1 REMINGTON R. R. TIME TABLE No. 318 East bound 7:38 a.m. No. 331 West bound 9:01 a.m. No. 340 East bound 5:09 p.m. No. 319 West bound 5:33 p.m.

Born, Thursday, March 9, —to Mr. and Mrs, George Geib, a son. Mrs, C, V. May of Rensselaer was a Remington visitor on Tuesday. Jason Biekel is remodeling the. interior or his residence this week. Miss Olga Baler went to Cisna Park, Illinois, Saturday morning for a week or ten days visit. S. P. Hackley went to Chicago this Thursday for a few days' visit with his son, Bert Hackley. Mrs. Lyman Zea and son Ernest of Rensselaer are visiting Mrs, Fannie Parks and other relatives. Mrs. Clara Phelps of Chicago came Saturday for a visit with John Phelps and family and also other friends. Mike Burns and family moved to the country Thursday to work for his brother-in-law, Morton Donihue. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, G. Beal and little daughter Marecline Were Sunday guests of Mrs. Ella Parks and family. W. C. Smalley and wife spent from Sunday until Tuesday with their daughter, Mrs. Max Broadie, at Lafayette. Mrs. S. A. Howard of • Bloomingr ' '• ton, Ind., oanie Saturday to spf-iid a week or ten days with her daughter, Mrs. John Ochs. Richard Thurston and sister, Mrs. Anna Brien, went to Chicago Friday to visit Mlsg Susan Thurston at the Henrotin hospital. Hubert Cornwell left Monday morning for points Oklahoma, where he will seek a business location, we understand. ' Perry Hill, who. now has a grocery store at El wood, made a hurried trip to Remington Monday, returning home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stitz of Wabash came the first of the week to attend the funeral of \V. 5... Rowe and to visit relatives near lo re and Goodland.

Mrs. Emma Forman of Keffipyfer, Wis., who has boon visiting iiv various jioints in the state, came Satur-* day for a visit among imr many friends here. Mrs. John Barioo is again at the hospital in Laiayetto taking treatment. She has been there a couple of weeks and will probably remain a couple more. The venerable Mrs. Raveuscrol't, who has' been in a very serious condition for the past few days, still continues very low. Her children

We have just unloaded a car of that High Grade INDIANA LUMP COALfor the spring trade, at per ton c -GOOK,McCoysburg,ln(l.

have all been with her for some time.

Miss Lena Phelps was unable to fill her place as pianist at the Presbyterian church Sunday on account of an attack of the grip from which she lias been suffering for sevenol days. .

Merle Gardner left Thursday for a western trip, and if pleased will try to secure work and locate somewhere in the west. On his way out he will make a visit in Wisconsin a short time.

Mrs. Lulu Spencer and daughter, Miss Ida, of Pringle, S. I)., visited with her niece, Mrs. \V. E. Johnston, and family over Sunday. They drove to Lafayette Sunday afternoon to call on old friends there.

<T. Denham loaded his household goods Tuesday and had !hem taken to Brook, where he will store them until he. can find a place to live. In the meantime the family will occupy Miss Emma Mischer’s residence in the south part of town.

Russel Timmons arrived home Wednesday from a winter's stay in Louisiana. He brought a you 11 g man with him and they are both nearly frozen up with our 12 above zero March weather, lie reports that corn planting is all done down there.

Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Morris will lie glad to learn that he has been fortunate in securing a position in Wabash, as he lias boon | anxious for some time to get out of Chicago: He moved to that city last Saturday and they. will make their home with his mother, Mrs. Taber, until a suitable residence can be secured.

I What catne near being.- a disastrous I lire occurred at the Fountain I’arkj ' grounds Sunday. An old mattress, ’ . i j which had either been left on the j porch of the hotel or had been jilac- j ed there by some one else, taken | I from a cottage or gathered from a , ] trash pile perhaps. became ignited and had it not been almost immediately discovered would have resti 1 ted ! in a total destruction of the hof< 1. building. As it was the Haines had burned through and ignited some of tin' Combustible stuff on the ineid»>. Bruce Peck and other young men were on the grounds and were notified by some girls who bad made i ice d seovi i y t hat there was a lire at the hotel. At first they thong!,; it. aas a .iok<\ but pit investigation they tonnd there really was a lire. They called for help and by <|tii d; work tramped out tlie Hanies, and a few - buckets of water made all safe. All argee, however, that had (lie tire remained undiscovered another ! ten mimiacs nothing within the power 1 at hand could have saved the btiild-

ing from total destruction. As it was no great damage was done, but the loss of the building would have been a severe blow to the association. How the fire originated of course no- one at present knows. But the suspicion is that some boys who are in the habit of going off for a quiet smoke had carelessly left a burning match where it ignited the old mattress.

McCOYSBURG. Mrs. R. V. Johns called on Mrs. T. B. Stevenson Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Marrs called 011 Royal Bussell and family Tuesday. Mrs, Jess Brown and baby called or. Mrs. C. Ferguson Wednesday afternoon.

Misses Alice Steven Son and Eva Johns called on Mrs. Leslie Lownian and baby Monday afternoon. Mrs. Henry Heck and daughter Edna Ruth spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Gus Stevens.

Mrs. Robert Johns and baby Lyon and Pearl Ross and little brother were McCoysburg goers Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles, Ferguson and sons, Arthur and Ray) spent Saturday evening and Sunday with his mother at Reynolds. Mrs. Charles Beaver and daughter Dolly and Mrs. T. B. Stevenson called on Mrs. Wm. McDonald and daughter Opal Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Win. McDonald and daughter Opal and Mrs. Charles Ferguson called 011 Mrs. T. B. Stevenson and daughter Alice Thursday afternoon. Mrs. John R. Phillips and Mrs. Dora Stevens were Rensselaer goers Saturday, Mrs. Dora Stevens staying till Monday with her sister, Anna Woods, and children.

MANY IN RENSSELAER TRY SIMPLE MIXTURE Many Rensselaer people are surprised at the QUICK action of simple buckthorn lark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. This simple remedy acts on BOTH upper , and lower bowel, removing such surprising foul matter that ONE SPOONFUL relieves almost ANY CASE constipation, sour stomach or gas. A few doses often relieve or prevent appendicitis. A short treatment helps chronic stomach trouble. The INSTANT, easy action of Adler-i-ka is astonishing. —A. F. LONG, Druggist.

HEARING RY WAY OF THE TEETH Interesting Experiment Shows What a Good Sounding Bov the Human Skull Is. An interesting experiment that proves what a good sounding box the human skull is can be performed by any one w ho has a disk phonograph. Stop up both of your ears with cotton as tightly as possible, so that no sound will bo heard from the outside. Now place an ordinary darning needle between your teeth by biting on it. hard, taking care that the lips or tongue do not touch the needle. The latter is important, because if either lip or longue touch the needle the sound will be decreased considerably. For the best results the needle itself should project not more thap one or one-and-a-half inch from the mouth. For that reason the darning needle should be broken off about one-and-one-half inch from its sharp point. It goes without saying that the sharp point should project out of the mouth, while the broken-off end should be held inside the mouth. Now start an ordinary disk phonograph and carefully press down upon the record with the needle’s point held at the same angle as the reproducer's needle is held ordinarily. With a little practice one will liecome proficient in moving the head at the same ratio of speed as the ordinary reproducer arm is moved from the outside of the record toward t li»■ inside. As soon as the needle loaches the record with sti(Hcienl pressure the inside of the head w ill be . tilled immediately with music, exceedingly loud and clear. A curious result of the experiment Is that a person standing near .by can hear the music, the lieaci acting as a reproducer in this -ease. - Elect Heal Experimenter.

A Salesman's Slip. There was a young fountain pen salesman who, to his great .toy. was succeeding on his first trip in persuading a stationer to order 100 pens. Bui all of a sudden the -sta* tinner's manner changed to the young man. "1 countermand that order." he barked, and hurried into his private office, slamming the door behind him. Later in the day his bookkeeper said to the stationer: "May I ask, sir, why you so suddenly countermanded your order for those fountain pens?,” “The young salesman,” explained the stationer, ‘‘booked my order in lead pencil." - Minneapolis Journal

On many of (he best salmon rivers in Canada, power works have been or are being constructed, the dams of which bar the salmon's way up to the spawning grounds. To obviate this difficulty, New Brunswick lias tried the experiment of erecting close to one of these dams an automatically worked lift, which raises the confiding salmon to the higher level. The salmon have jumped at the idea.

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, March I*. Open- High- Low- ClosWheat— ing. est. est. s ing. May 1.09%-% 1.12 1.09% 1.11% July ......1.07%-08% 1.10 1.07% 1.09%-% Sept. 1.06% 1.08% 1.06% 1.08 CornMay 76%-% .77%-% .76% .76% July 77%-% .78%-% .77%-% .77%-% Sept. 77% .78% .77% .77% Oats— May ..45-45% .45% .45 .45%-% July 44-44% .44% .43% .44%

FLOUR—Spring wheat, patent, Minneapolis, wood or cotton, $6.70 to retail trade; Minnesota and Dakota patents, [email protected]'Jute, straight, [email protected]; first clears. [email protected]; second clears, Jute, $3.50 @3.70; low grade, Jute, [email protected]; soft wheat, patents, $5.40#5.50; rye flour, white, patents, [email protected]; dark, $4.10#4.30. HAY—Market firm; choice timothy. [email protected]; No. 1 timothy. $15.50@>17.00; No 2 timothy, [email protected]; light clover mixed, [email protected]; heavy clover mixed, $9.00# 12.00; No. 3 red top and grassy mixed timothy, [email protected]; threshed timothy, sß.oo# 10.00; clover, $9.00@12 00; heated and damaged, [email protected]; alfalfa choice, $17.00® 18,00; alfalfa No: 1, $14.00@15,00; alfalfa No. 2, $13.00@14 00; alfalfa No. 3, [email protected]. Chicago, March 16. BUTT.ER— Creamery, extras, 35@35%c; extra firsts, 34%c; firsts, 32@34c; seconds, 30#31c; dairies, extra, 33c; firsts, 30@31e; seconds, 23@25c; packing stock, 22@23c; ladles, 23#24c. EGGS—Firsts, 19%c; ordinary firsts, lS%c; cases returned, 17%@19c; extra, 23® 24c; checks, 14@15c; dirties, 16@17c. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, 21c per lb.; fowls, 17%c; spring chickens, 18c; young stags, 15%c; roosters, 12%c; ducks, 16@18e; geese, 12%#13c. DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys, young, 28c; chickens, springs, choice, 17@18c; fowls, 14@17%c; roosters, 12#t3%c; ducks, 1 S'®2oc; geese, 124x14c. POTATOES:—Minnesota, Dakota, white, 88@S9c per bu.; Wisconsin, Michigan, white, BS@B9c: Minnesota and Dakota Chios, 88#95e. NEW POTATOES - Bbls., [email protected]; “hampers, $1.25#3.G0. —— —— — —/ New York, March 16. WHEAT—Stronger, demand limited; No. 1 northern, $1.34%; No. 2 red, $1.24%; No. 2 hard'. $1.23%; May, $1.19%: July, $1,12%. CORN—Stronger, moderate dealings; No. 2 yLdlow, 85%@92p. OATS—Strong, demand quiet: No. 3 white, 50%#51c‘; No. 4 white, 49@49%c; ungraded, 49#53c. Live Stock. Chicago, -March 16 CATTLE—Steers, good to choice, $7.75® 10.00; yearlings, good to choice, [email protected]. inferior steers, [email protected]; Stockers and feeders, $7.25#8.15; good to choice heifers, $7.00#8.50; good to choice cows, [email protected]= cutters, $4.WiiSiK); butcher bulls, $6 09# 6.75; bologna bulls, $5.00#0,40; good to prime, veal calves, ;[email protected]; !p:avy calves $7.50#9.25. HOGS—Prime light butchers, $9.60#9.75; fair to fancy light, $9.50@9,65; prime medium weight butchers, 240# 270- tbs., $9.65# 9.50; prime heavy butchers, 270#310, lbs., $9.66#9.80; heavy mixed packing, $9.50# 9.60; rough heavy packing, $9.35#9.55; pigs, fair to good, [email protected]; stags* [email protected]. East Buffalo; N. Y., March 16. CATTLE—Market active and steady; prime steers, $9.60#9.80; butcher grades, $6.50@8 85. CALVES—Market active; cull to choice. $4.50# 12.50. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market active; choice lambs, $11.50#11.75; cull to fair, $7.50 #11.25; yearHhgs, [email protected]; sheep, $4.00# 9.05. HOGS—Market slow; Yorkers,, $9.50# 10.30; pigs, [email protected]; mixed, [email protected]; heavy, $10.30#10.35; roughs, $9.00# S*2s: stags, $6.50#7.75. "/* f■ St. Louis. March 16. HOGS—Market steady; pigs and lights. [email protected]; mixed and butchers, [email protected]; good heavy, $9.85@9,90. CATTLE—Market steady; native beef steers, $7.50#9.G0; yearling steers and heifers, [email protected]: cows. $5.50#8.00; Stockers and feeders, $5.50#8.00; Texas and Indian steers, $5.25#5.00: cows and heifers, $4,00#6.00; native calves, [email protected]. SHEEP—Market steady; yearling wethers. $8.00#10,00.: lambs, $9 00#11.55; ewee, $6 5f #S 25

POSSUM RUN.

Orpha Parker called on Mrs. -Willard Abbott Sunday afternoon. tna Stump is spending the week with her sister at Rensselaer. Several have been attending pro • tranted meetings going on at Gifford. Lem and Frank Rraddock spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Price. Fern Hei 1 spent a con pie of days last week with her cousin, Essie Comer. Mrs. G. 11. Comer and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George JJeil. A large crowd ’‘belled" Lewis Davisson and Gertrude Barkley Monday evening. After the belling the eyning was spent in dancing. All left at a late hour wishing them success an d hap pin ess.

Miss Carfit 1 Cadwalder is here this | week visiting Mrs.: 0. A. Moleman. i Tire Ladies’ rHoine Missionary mel Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. S. M. ! .lacks. . " j Mr. and Mrs. (). E. Noland went I from church Sunday to (). A. .racks’ J for dinner. Roy Sieirs, our hardware man. j whose store burned at this place lour weeks ago, has begun to rebuild his store room this week. | Mrs. ('. A. Hole man, Mrs. Etta Livelier and daughter Helena, Mrs. Oorda Overton and daughter ( liloe i and Miss Ktlia Noland called on ' Mrs. ,(. 11. Culp and daughter, Mrs. Lora Gilmore, Monday afternoon, Ou Thursday morning of last week .1. 11. Culp, Clmer Gilmore ami o. A. Jacks went to Latayette to bring 1 Mrs. Lora Gilmore home from the St. Elizabeth hospital, where she | had successfully underwent an operj atiOn for appendicitis. She was I gone almost i hree weeks, her mother- | staying all the time with her. Our j agent got the afternoon train : to stop here which they appreciated 'cry much. She will make an in* definite stay with her parents. J., XL Culp and family.

Avon, Me., a town with a population of 380 in 1 91.0, has paid off the last, of its municipal indebtedness, which only 1G years ago was $lO,000, The burning of the laat town bond on. town meeting day will be, the occasion of a celebration.

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DEACON PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN

Acts B:2G-ft—March 19. Another Faithful Deacon In the Early Church—A Gentile ‘fFeeling After God” —Co-ordination of Divine Providences Bringing "these Together. "Vnderetandest thou what thou readestt”— Acts 8:30. Deacon philip was just such a mamas the Lord is pleased to j use in the service of the Truth. ! Huving proved himself faith- ! ful in the work of serving tables, he had been made an ambassador for God ! in the preaching of the Gospel at Samaria. Faithfulness in little things is sure to bring larger opportunities. We are not informed by what means “the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip,” sending him to the road on which lie would find the eunueh’s chariot. It was a time when the Lord used miraculous means of communication jnore than at present, doubtless for tile very purpose of establishing both the faitli and the work of Ilis servants. Today we walk more by faith, less by sight and miracle. Yet so bright is the Jigiit shining upon the Word that we have much advantage every way, even over the early Church. There were no New Testament writings then. Tile eunuch belonged to the kingdom of Meroe, which lay on the right bank of the Nile, and thence east to the mountains of Abyssinia. He was a court officer, evidently deeply religious, who had come

into contact with the Jewish religion. In ids religious fervor he had gone up to Jerusalem to \vor-_ ship and to gain additional knowledge of the true God. Evidently this occurrence was after the close of Israel's

“seventy weeks” of special favor; for this eunuch was not a Jewish proselyte in every sense, eunuchs not being granted tlie privileges of the congregation. The eunuch had come away from Jerusalem with a manuscript copy of the Prophet Isfiiah’s writings—a very costly treasure in those times. That ho was doing more than simply reading aloud is evidenced by his language to Philip. The question. “Understandest thou what thou readest?” was a test, so to speak. If the eunuch understood what he was reading, he would have gladly said, "Yes, friend, I thank God that I do. Do you also understand it?” But bad he been in the wrong condition of heart, his answer might have been, “Mind your own business!” Or had lie been hypocritical, he would have professed a knowledge of the subject and then, to cover his real ignorance, would have turned the conversation into another channel.

The Gospel For the Meek.

It was evidently of Providence that the eunuch was considering Isaiah 53. Like the majority of the prophecies, this could be understood only in the light of its fulfillment, and then only by those iu proper heart attitude and under the instruction of the Holy Spirit. Deacon Philip had been taught of God through the Apostles, and was now able to communicate to .the eunuch the simple story of the Gospel—that Christ had come into the world to redeem mankind, had died for man's sin. had arisen and ascended to glory; that now God was calling out an elect Little Flock to be joint-heirs with Jesus in the Kingdom; and that as soon as this election should be completed. The Messiah (Jesus the Head, and the Church His Bodyi would he manifested in ruling and blessing jiower to all mankind. —Aits 3:19-23

Undoubtedly Philip further ex plained to the eunuch that those who accepted Christ as their Savior, and who desired to become His disciples, taking

"[?] Thou Believest.

promptness to be baptized. Philip was ready to receive the eunuch as a fellow-memi»er of the Church of Christ and to administer to him the symbol of introduction into the Body of Christ—baptism—as soon as the eunuch gave evidence of having accepted tfie Lord and of having made consecration to Him. He made no refinest that the eunuch learn the catechism or confess something else, such as well-meaning but mistaken men in the Dark Ages promulgated as necessary and as explanatory of tin* Bible. Neither did he say. ”1 will write your name as a member of the Church and will procure for you authority to preach flic Gospel in Ethiopis." No; at that time the subject was not confused, befogged, as it is now.

'On the contrary, Philip preached the Gospel ‘in its simplicity; and the eunuch received it in like manner. Moreover, with the Gospel itself went the right and the authority to declare it. (Isaiah <>1:1-3; Jeremiah 23:28.) All who have received the anointing of the Spirit, the unction from the Holy One. are thus fully commissioned to tell forth the Good Tidings*.

The Ethiopian cunuch.

up their cross to follow Hi m. should give their ass on t to this matter by baptism. Apparently it did not take the eunuch long to deci d e what his course should lie; and ' his readiness of heart to follow llie Lamb is indicated by bis

V. S. Soldiers Shot By Villa Snipers; Mormons Safe.

(Continued irom page one.)

Chihdhhua to ('prevent the fugitH _ rebel from making his escape over the trails lo the south or east. A clash between any of the Carranza troops and the Americans is not anticipated by the American army officers, but the danger that some small mutinous band might attack a detachment of th„e American punitive forte has not been ignored.

Two Armies Plan to Unite.

Secrecy is maintained as to the exact disposition of the punitive force, its compo-itlon and future movements. In general, it is admitted that Juncture of columns now heading south will be made before-the end of the week, perhaps Saturday, when they, will be some fifty miles south of the international boundary line. General Pershing will maintain his communication, 1 y meanß of wireless and courier, automobiles and aeroplanes being at his disposition for the latter.

The censorship at the border is being maintained. Here no censorship has been established, but other precautions have been taken to prevent unauthorized publicity of militia news.

El Paso and all the rest of the northern and western border continues to see the wild and fantastic rumors which can never be so fantastic as not to gain believers. How most of these rumors start is a mystery, but they are generally credited to Villa sympathizers who wish to provoke trouble for the Carranza government and stir up hostility toward it among Americans.

* Add to Border Patrol. New and powerful army units were rapidly forming along' the Mexican border to fill the gaps left when the first expeditionary army .entered Mexico from two joints on the New Mexican line.

In El Paso, Brig. Gen. George Bell. Jr., moving in here on the heels of Brig. Gen, J. J. Pershing, who led the first force into Mexico, was busy gathering a new organization and attending to the supply problem, the food, water and communications for more than 4,000 men, who today were out on a virtual desert rapidly getting farther from their bases.

The Twenty-third infantry from Galveston was pitching its tents at Fort Bliss here. At Columbus, N. M., the Eleventh cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe, arriving during the night, was ready to move into Mexico after the first army, but it was not known here when the Eleventh would go or in which direction. Columbus was today the immediate base for Brigadier General Pershing’s army. Identify Dead Mexican. The body of a Mexican found near the border at Columbus, N. M., was identified as J. Pereyra, personal representative of the Mexican consulate in El Paso. Pereyra had gone to Columbus prior to Villa's raid with instructions to watch Villa’s movements. At the consulate here belief was expressed that Villa's men had captured and killed Pereyra.

Washington in Dark. Washington, March 17. —An impenetrable wall of secrecy surrounded the movements of, American troops beyond the Mexican border. So far as official Washington was advised, the columns virtually might have vanished intothin air when they crossed the international boundary in pursuit of Villa. Even the commander in chief, President Wilson; did not know where General Pershing’s me* were. Officials displayed some concern over the-situation in the Tampico district, however, where there are signs of unrest. The battleship Kentucky was ordered back to Vera Cruz from New Orleans, Secretary Daniels explaining that navy vessels now on the Mexican coast did not have radio equipment powerful enough to insure uninterrupted communication with Washington. With the Kentucky at Vera Cruz reports from smaller vessels along the coast can be relayed, quickly to Key West and Arlington. Strengthen Border Guard.

Douglas, Ariz., March 17. —With Mexicans here and in Agua Prieta. greatly excited over the American entry into Chihuahua, eight troops of the First cavalry were placed near the border line facing Agua Prieta. ,

Carranza soldiers mobilized at Cabtillona, eighteen miles south of Douglas, were reported to have informed Gov. E. P. C’alles oP Sonora that he has sold out to the Americans. Messengers from GaJi**iTma stated that the 3,0.00 troops there had ordered Calles not to visit their camps and were actively entrenching and placing batteries facing northw'ard. Subscribe for The Democrat.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. As I have been two years building up my auto buss business between Rensselaer and Remington until it is on a paying basis, Which has proven a great convenience to the public, atnr as i have 'now to meet wi.th competition, I am asking the public's support and continued patronage to the old reliable line. Leave your telephone cally with Makeover Hotel, (’entra! Garage and my father’s residence in Rensselaer, and C. H. Peck’s Department Store in Remington. Fare 75c. With many thanks for your past patronage, ] remain at your service. . \ SAMUEL O. DUVALL, Prop, of the Remington-Rensselaer i Buss Line. .