Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1916 — Page 6

THE UNIVERSAL CAR The largest shoe factory in the country makes less than one-fortieth of the entire shoe output, but the Ford Motor Company builds half of all the automobiles made in America. This volume is necessary to supply the demands of people who are looking for economy at a low cost. Get yours today! Runabout $390; Touring Car $440; Coupelet $590; Town Car $640; Sedan I 1 $740. All prices f. o. b. Detroit. On sale at Rensselaer by W. I. Hoover.

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

(iOOlUiWI) (From the Herald) Mrs. Anna Kitt was taken quite 111 Thursday afternoon. W. W. Washburn went to Chicago Tuesday, and Wednesday he drove a Hup mobile through to Rood land. Florence Watson, a student at Franklin college at Franklin, Did., came home Tuesday for a few days' visit. Miss Ruth Atkins returned to Monticelle Thursday morning after a short visit with friends in Coodland. Madge B. McKee, who is teaching at Kewanee, 111., came home Wednesday morning on her spring vacation. Mrs. Louis Wilson is a patient at the Henrotin hospital in Chicago, where she underwent an operation Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Hall of north Of town visited over Sunday at Reynolds, the guests of Mr. and Airs. ! Henry Kraud. Airs. Fred Crowden was taken to the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago i the first of tlie week where she will! undergo an operation.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Washburn and son Bret visited with relatives in Indianapolis and Paragon, Iml., j the first of the week, Bouis Voehem of C.yiett, Wyo., who is visiting herey went to Monticello Thursday for a- visit with his brother Will and wife. Miss Hazel Oilman went to Bloomington. 111.. Thursday tor a visit With her brother Wayne apd Mrs. Will Bringham and family. B. W. Oerrich is, nursing an infected thumb on his right, hand, the result of an injury received while j cranking his automobile. f. F. I)unlud was called to Peptone, 111., Monday afternoon to attend the funeral of his niece, Miss Marie Dunked, of that city. Mrs. Wm. Patrick returned Monday to Brook where she has been at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Maude Dowd, who is an appendieitis patient. Mr. ami Mrs. A. o. Jakway and daughter, Miss Hope, who spent sev-

MARKET DAY For Men Only On Market Day, April sth, we are going to sell a 35c celebrated DURHAM DUPLEX RAZOR With two 5-cent cakes of shaving soap, making a total of 45c, for this day only, at 25c L.-: ’ • ' A CLOTHES LINE REEL FREE WITH EACH DOLLAR PURCHASE OF ANY NYAL REMEDY. : : , : : : ; A- F. LONG, Druggist

| cral weeks at St. Augustine, Fla., | returned home Monday looking fine i and “tanned.” The dates for the annual Lincoln Chautauqua have been set for June 23 to 28, starting on Friday and. ending on Wednesday, with .Monday j as the big day. [ Air. and .Mrs. Ben Kenton are ! smallpox patients. It seems Air. 1 Kenton sjieivt. a lew hours in the j cobbler’s shop with Air. Lewellyn, i lie first victim. Mrs. George Sapp of Mecosta, Midi., who has been here since the ■ death of her mother. Airs. Jane Bur I gess, will return home the latter part of this week or the first of next. A new rotid repairer ib beiiig used in Jefferson township and it is giving the best of satisfaction. It is rumored that the commissioners expect ;o put one in each township for road repairing purposes. Air, and Airis, David AVjvmpsher of Danville. 111., came Alonday and visited until Thursday with the former's mother. ADs. Alary Wampsher. Thursday morning they left for Indianapolis for a short visit with rela- ! lives. : , •j Irvin Ripley of Fast Lynn, lIP. and Miss Alary Garrigus came to Food land last si a t onlay and spent Sunday with the . laitor's mother; j Mr- c.a trig us. Aliss Mary is teacli- | ing school of Fast, Lynn, and her si hoof will close .1 line 2,

Alt'.: ami Airs. it. W. Callender, j w ho have been residents of Goodland since tart slimmer. Mr. Callender he- ■ imr the projirietor of the <’.oodland > A nio Se i'v ice p O . ga sage on TT n ion tree;, left Saturday via Ford for .la< kson\ ilie, Fla., where they will make their home for the present. Last Saturday Ed Antcliff sold his residence property oil north Benton ; street to Mrs. K Sehlater and that! evening Ed purchased the W. C. Hughes property on New ton street. Mr, Hughes has rented the (’, E, Burgess property in the southwest part of town. Max Earner will reside in the house vacated bv the Anieliffs and the latter will move; j into their new home as soon as the Hughes vacate. j

Information for Women Housework is trying on health and strength. Women are as inclined to kidney anil bladder trouble as men. Aching hack, stiff, sore joints and muscles, blurred vision. puftinesS under eyes, should be given prompt attention. Foley Kidney Pills restore healthy action to irritated kid*jm ys and bladder. Sold everywhere. 1 —Advt.

HOW THEY CATCH CROCODILES

Unique Methods Employed by the Nativesof Borneo in Capturing the Man Eaters. i It is no uncommon sight in Borneo to see a large crocodile sunning himself on the muddy bank of a river. He takes no notice of the natives, even though they pass Stilt© near him. So com mod, indeed, is the sight that the Dyaks them-; selves pay no heed to these danger, r. ous reptiles; and yet it is no on-! usual thing in Borneo to hear of some human life being taken by a crocodile.’ For months, perhaps, the crocodiles in a river live at peace v. i; h mankind. Then suddenly one of will carry off .some lad bathing in the river, or even attack some one paddling along in his boat.; J There seems to be no reason why| the crocodile should suddenly show] a man-eating proiiensity in this way.; The Dyaks account for it by a curl-] ous supersition. They sav that If. food is offered to a person and he. refuses it, and\goes away without; a: least touching it, some misfortune ir sure to befall him, and he will j most probably be attacked by a crocodile. Also, it is said that One • of the ways the gods punish crime is by sending a crocodile to attack the culprit. \ The Dyaks ol Borneo will not kill a crocodile except in revenge. lithe animal will live at peace with ? him, the Dyak has no wish to start a quarrel. If, however, the crocodile breaks the truce and kills some one. then he feels justified in retaliating.. Under these circumstances the Dyaks set to work to find the culprit, and ' go on catching and killing crocodiles ! Until they succeed in doing so. The Dyaks generally wear brass orna-i ments, and by cutting open a c-roco-; dile they can easily ascertain whether lie is the creature they wish to pun- ; ; ish. Sometimes as many as I<< rroe<»-

j diles tire killed be ore they manage lio find the animal they want to be; I revenged on, Having succeeded in ! doing t hi.a they once more live at I peace with thc-m reptiles: until -u. n : time as ill*' trope is broken again 1 by soj.ii© crbcpdile killing a human j bellig. :. ■ . j There are men 'Whose business U j i is-to cat eh crocodiles and v.lio e-rn 1 tlieir living by that means. An i whenever a human being has fallen a victim to one of these ijeasts a •pro-., f-ssional crocodile Catcher is asked to help to destroy the murdered, >ri J a large reward offered him. The ~ ; lority © natives w ill not :;.terf*-r----with the rcptilesi or take any•'■part in their r apture, urolialilv fearing nb ,t _ if they *io anything cm the kind they ?

tlemselvi-s may soiue time or r . suffer lor it by being attacked, by a i roeodib x i Tile usual way of ’catching roi.oMiles in Borneo is with a Wooden r and slack cable. A ptec** of hardwood about an inch in diameter : 1 about 10 iifc-lies long, is >hir’>en»d '■to a point at each end. A lenvt i i plaited bark of the barn tree,''about [eight leet lolfg, is tied to a - alio v notch in the middle .dfpthis p-b’/'Uo.t.i wood, ami a pingle cane or rattan,}■ 40 or SO feet long, is tied to the end c of the Viark rope and tbrriis ..a - long s line. The most irresistible bail is j the carcass of a monkey, though i often the body of a dog or snake is j : used. Ti.is bait is securely lathed ■ •o 'he wooden bar. and one of the ;fitinted ends is tied back with a ft * ' turn-i of cotton to the hark r<>; bringing ’he. bar and Tope into the {sauie sfraigth line, Tlie more. over-1 powering the odor of the bait the : , greater is the probability of its being t a ken, for Ihe crocodile -.'has a

preference lor decaying -flesh: Wheni a •'crocodile- has fresh meat be carries it away and hides It.in-’-softie place until it decomposes. The next step is to sue cud she b-.it from the hough of a tree overhanging the part of the river known \ to be the haunt of the animals. The bait is hung a few feet above the high-water level, and the long rattan lino if left lying on the ground. Hie end of it being planted in the -oil. Several similar lines ar»- set - ip. '-A if-. 1 f> rent parts of the river, and there: left for several days, until one ,> tllg baits is taken by a crueotlibA t tracted ei ther by the sme.SL or sight of the bait, some animal raises himself from the water and sns's al the hanging bundle, the slack »iGe offering no resistance until th- bait has been swallowed and the Wast begins to make off. Then the planted end of the cane line holds cientlv snap the Hisht ’ 1. binding the pointed stick to the bark: rope. The stick thus returns to its original position at right angles to the,line, and becomes jammed across the crocodile's stomach, the two sharpened points fixing themselves into the flesh. The crocodi& swims 1 away, draggibg after him the long line attached to the bait which he has swallowed. Sometimes the cot-1 ton'holding the bar to the line fails j to snap. In that case the crocodile, becomes suspicious of the long line attached to what he has swallowed,' ; . ■/. , : ' ’ 'V»* v , 1

and. climbing up the river bank, disgorges the bait and unopened “hook” on the jungle, where it is sometimes j found. But should the cotton snap and the bar fix itself in the animal's! insides nothing can save the beast. i The formidable teeth of the croco- ! d l- are not able to bite through the! rope attached to the bait, because the bark fiber of which it is loosely made get between his pointed teeth, and the rope holds, no matter how much the fibers get separated. v The trhppers each morning visit s: different traps to see whether any any are missing they search for betbk They seldom fail to find the r -riVn or cane floating on the sur- } y of some deep pool at no great d- ''ante from the spot where the i bait was taken. A firm but gentle pull soon brings the crocodile to the 'urfaee, and if he’s, a big one he is brought ashore, although smaller spednaw are put directly into the boat and made fast there. Professional crocodile catchers are imposed to possess some wonderful, and mysterious power over the ani- j :..al which enables them to land them *-nd handle them without trouble. A : an has been seen to land a large! crocodile on the bank by simply •silling gently at the line; but this is rot surprising, as, from the eroco-•-ile's point of view, there is nothing - else to do but follow when every ; ’til. however gentle, cau.-?es consid- * cable [>ain. The rest of the proceeding is more rvinarkable. The animal is addressed in eulogistic language, and "beauiled,*" so the natives say, into offers. g no resistance. He is called a rajah among animals,'’ and is told , that he has come on a friendly visit, land must behave accordingly. First t e trapper ti*»s up his jaws—not a | very difficult thing to do. The next step appears to the stranger to be '** r > risky, still speaking as before •in high-flown language, he tells the rocodile that he has brought rings

ior big fingers, and he binds the hind legs fast behind the beast's so taking from him his grip cn the ground, and consequently his) •-“Hi*}' to use his tail. When one remembers what a sudden swing of ; u- ular tail means one cannot ■ admiring the courage of the! : ..;i v,ho coolly approaches a large ■ odile for the purpose of tying up! -indiegs. Finally the forelegs - tied in the same manner over the •• s bark. A stout pole is passyl under the bound,, legs, and the animal is carried away. He is taken tae nearest governimnt station. ;-nd Hi- reward given according to ! ieng'h of the animal ia claimed.! Though the animal is spoken to in i -a it h r tteriHg^terms before he is' secured, the moment his legs are! round across his hack and he isi owerlf-'S for evil the natives howl! at him and deride him for hia stupid-i ! •' ’ - »*ter. on t hey rip him open to j Search for human remains and to) hew him to pieces. He struggles; sr.<.p, bur to no purpose. His! ►ad is ,-ttr off and hung up over the i fireplace.'side by side with the cluster of uuiaan heads taken in war-; fire. i T!i- professional crocodile catener.a j - r® generally Malays, hot now thi*«> ;.r»- litaks who have given up their! old superstitious dread of the animal i and are expert crocodile catchers,! anirl quite willing to earn money by catching and killing crocodiles if req 'ired to do so.— Los Angeles Times

SCRAPS

The public educational system of j Greater New York shows a total res-! ist ration of 831,885 pupils. The death rate in tiie fnitod! Slat - V s 1- * l i was 13:6 a 1.000. tliej lowest fate ever recorded in this' country. i Raymond Tilton of Richmond. Ky., j aee 31. performed the feat of pain-j in«r four pounds of weight in less' than three hours to become a soldier In the t aired States army at the recruiting station in Cincinnati. Tilton desired to join the infantry, but! tipped the scale at 123 pounds 5 three pounds shy. He invested in a I meal and imbibed freely of water.' Tlten .it was found that he had gain-1 ed four pounds and In* was accepted, i years becomes almost black. When one watches a canary daintily picking at its little box of bird seed, one is not likely to reflect on the large Quantify of that food which is eaten every year. Nevertheless, during the last year the canaries of this country consumed a total of 4,7CM.523 pounds, or 2.350 tons of bird seed. At the advanced price of ~,v 2 cents a pound, which has . been in Tor e since the war made it difficult to import this material, the tiny birds have cost their owners s2r>B,- ■ 51-88.—Popular Science Monthly. 1-or 20 years a German prize of *SO was given annually at New York university bv Herman Ridder. Edward Langer. for many years a frfend of Mr. Ridder and of the uni r versity, has agreed to guarantee the continuation of the prize, either by an annual gift or by raising an en-

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dowment fund among the friends of the late giver. The award will continue ACL be listed in the university publications as the Herman Ridder German prize. Tlve university reports that in spite of the war and other conditions which might be expected to affect the study of German. the number of students now pursuing courses in Germanics is larger than ever before. Details regarding a Teuton hydroaeroplane which fe,ll into the hands of the Russians in the Riga region are of unusual interest in that they disclose the thoroughness with which German aricraft are finished and equipped. To quote from the report of the Morning Post correspondent at .Petrograd: “All the necessary manipulating parts of the machinery are made luminous at night with a indium composition. There is a special newly invented level to facilitate handling the plane in-dark-ness, and a special compass, and seats tire provided for three. The hydroaeroplane carries a searchlight, a Maxim, and a rifle, with an adequate supply of ammunition, and ten bombs, five on each side, of ten pounds weight apiece.”

Larsh&Hopkins Penslar Drug Store South Side Washington Street We are making a SPECIAL SALE ON WALL PAPER Three Big Days—April 4-5-6 We have selected 50 Rooms of Paper of which we offer 20 ROLLS AND BORDER FOR SI.OO 50 Patterns @ 5c Roll.. 7 l-2c Value 50 Patterns @ 7 l'2c Roll 10c Value 25 Patterns @ 10c R 011.... ...12 l-2c Value 25 Patterns @ 12 l-2c Roll 15c Value 25 Patterns @ 15c Roll.. 20c Value Cut-Out-Borders to match many of these for 3c per yard, a saving of 2c on the border : % : Bring us the size of your rooms and we will save you money. Don’t forget the Days—April 4-5-6

The worst extravangance is waste of time; but it is not extravagance TO HEAD THIS AD I have three makes of buggies for sale that can' not be topped by any firm in four states-—Binkley, Page Bros, and Studebaker. All are guarantee jobs. Just received the Binkley car, call and inspect same. All three styles have been sold off my floors for years. All these buggiesare up-to-date in style and quality and the prices are right, too. No advance at my shop nor loss of quality. On Front Street, Rensselaer, Ind. Yours respectfully, CHAS. A. ROBERTS. f Be a booster for “Go to Church Sunday,” April 16.

* RENSSELAER FARMERS’ * * GRAIN COMPANY • * See the committee having *> * charge of soliciting the sale of * * stock in the Rensselaer Farm- • * ers’ Grain company and sub- • * scribe for a few shares before all • * are taken, and receive better * * prices for your grain.—Advt. •