Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — Page 3

mb® £§—k A WEEKS; X , x nM»ssf

F. D, Burehard was a Lafayette goer Monday. Penry Eigelsbach was a Chicago goer Sunday. All kinds of seed potatoes at $1.20 per bushel.—RHOADS’ GROCERY. Mrs. E. X. Loy and son Robert were Chicago goers Saturday afternoon. '■ Feather weight underwear that fits, silk shirts, panama hats, city styles, at Hamill prices. Jesse Xowels of Roselawn was down to spend Sunday with "his father, William L. Nowels. Ever see a corner on tires. We have one. Step in and see them, it will pay you.—MAIN GARAGE, j-7 Dr, and Mrs. C, A. Myers of Michigan City came Sunday to visit Mrs. Myers’ cousin, Frank Foltz, and wife. Frank How r ard, the Remington furniture dealer and undertaker, weftt to Chicago Sunday via Rensselaer. D. T. May and wife of Mt. Ayr took the train here Saturday to visit Kosciusko county relatives and friends. Attorney and Mrs. John Dunlap and Mrs. Cal Cain motored to Moftienee, 111., Saturday to attend the funeral of a friend. Mrs. Catherine Rowen of Pontiac, 111., who had been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Long, returned home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Clark and son Edward and wife were over from Morocco Sunday afternoon the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bott. Mrs. Ida Pierce and daughters, Misses Mary and Gladys, drove up from Greencastle in their new Saxon car Friday for a few days’; Visit with relatives and friends. Will and Ejrl Barkley have recently traded 11 head of their thoroughbred mares and fillies to E. W. Debower of Chicago for 10 head of pure bred Hereford cattle. 0. L. Parks came over from Argus, Ind., yesterday and will spend a couple of days at his farm near Surrey, going from there to Bainbridge, visit a son residing there. ■ V" ■ T Charlie Clift received a letter a few days ago from his son Carl, who had been working at Monroe, Mich., for some time, stating that he was now at Toledo, Ohio, working in a front building plant. ■l. E. Lanason of west of Rensselaer has purchased tire Mrs. William Washburn property at the west side of town and will mpve to town and occupy same next fall. The consideration is reported to have been $6,000. • :

THE UNIVERSAL CAR The Ford Sedan—made and sold every day of the year. A woman’s car in all details; cozy, refined, smart, easy to drive, easy to care for. The convenience of an electric car with sturdy endurance and Ford economy. The price of the Sedan is $740; Coupelet Runabout $390; Touring Car $440; Town Car $640. All prices f. o. b. Detroit. On sale at Rensselaer by W. I. Hoover.

C. W. Ilarner was over from Remington .Monday. M. J. Thornton of Brook was a business visitor in the city Saturday. Sport shirts, panama hats, oxfords in late New York styles, at Ham ill's. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Randle, son Walter, and Mrs. M. D. Gwin were Lafayette visitors Saturday. HrS. O. Irwin and daughter Ivy of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday here with Mrs. Van Grant. Mrs. John I. Gwin is attending the annual meeting of the charities and corrections in Indianapolis. M. J. Delehanty of Wheatfield and John Shirer of Kankakee tp, were business visitors in the city Monday. C. M. Paxton and Stewart Moore were Chicago goers yesterday, the latter to drive back H. R. Kurrie’s automobile. Miss Fairy Gunyoh of Parr is representing the Parr lodge at the I. O. O. F. grand lodge sessions at Indianapolis this week. Miss Anna Misch of Wheatfield, who had been here visiting Mrs. L. P. Shirer and family the past week, returned home Monday. 4* ■ .v Miss. Xetiie Price, the librarian, who has been sick for Some time, was considerably worse Sunday, but is much better at this writing. Rev. McDaniel went to Danville, Ind., Monday to attend the state meeting of the Christian ministers. He will return home tomorrow. Mrs. George W. Hopkins entertained at her home on River street Saturday several little friends of Miss Doris Larsh at a birthday party* for the better. Mrs. \V. A. Fair of Davenport, lowa, has been here for the past] few weeks visiting her daughter, i Mrs. Joseph .leffries, and will probably remain here for some time yet. Xo rain fell Monday nor yesterday, and the temperature was quite a bit cooler. A high wind prevailed Monday afternoon which helped somewhat to dry up the fields and roads. ' Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Payne, Mrs. Xelson Shafer and Mrs. C. M. Haas returned home Saturday morning from Loganeport where they had attended the district meeting of Pocahontas lodge, having made the trip via auto. Word comes from Columbia City! that Xewt Pumphrey, formerly of Rensselaer, is in very poor health and specialists from Fort Wayne and other places have been unable to do anything for him. His wife is also in poor health,

AIL kinds of garden seeds at RHOADS’ GROCERY. m-20 Vincent Eisele i# building a large new porch to his residence on Cullen street. Don't forget the Ford party. Get Hamillized and you'll save on your clothes purchases always. • Mrs. A. R. Kresler and Mrs. B. J. Moore and daughter Eva were among the Chicago goers Friday. O. C. Halstead of Newton tp. left Saturday for Hot Springs, Wyo,, to spend some time for the benefit of iii» health. - ' J. J. Lawler was down from Chicago Sunday looking after his extensive real estate interests near Rensselaer. jMr. and Mrs. Charles Malehow were over Sunday guests of their daughter, Mrs. Julius Swartz, arid i husband of Brookston. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shook, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Gefrard and James Lamb of Lafayette were guests of J. W. Sink and wife Sunday. John Brhddock, who spent the winter with his brother in St. Louis, returned to Rensselaer Sunday and will remain here for the present-." B. E. Keeney and Eli Wagler of Illinois were visitors at the old Springer ranch in north Jasper county Monday, they now owning the tract. Drs. Johnson, Washburn and Gwin drove to Valparaiso yesterday to attend the 10th district medical meeting to be held there yesterday afternoon and evening. The five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Arnott was. bitten on the hand by a dog Monday afternoon, but owing to prompt medical attention no serious results are anticipated. W. J. Wright, who has been tajking treatment at Mudlavia ~Jor the past 10 days, is considerably improved and, in a letter written home Monday, stated that be expected to return to Rensselaer Saturday, The annual convention of Pythian j Sisters for district No. 3, composing Jasper, Newton, Benton, White, Pu- j laski, Fulton and Cass counties, will 1 be held at Brookston tomorrow. Several members of the local order expect to attend. Several persons .attended the turn- i ■ervein exhibition at St. Joseph's col-1 lege gymnasium last night (Tues-'l day). This was the first acrobatic attraction given by this society since •i year before the fire which destroyed the old gymnasium.

White County Democrat: Clarence Shields reeeived a carload of goats from Kansas City Saturday. The j goats, numbering 202, were imnie-! diately put into what is known as! "Ward’s Thicket,” where they will make the brush disappear. Mrs. W, H. Woodward of Chicago visited here over Sunday with S. C. Irwin and family, and a Christian Science meeting was held at the Irwin home Sunday afternoon which was attended by quite a number of Rensselaer believers of this cult. Owing to some remodeling and repairs being made to the H. R. Kurrie residence Mr. Kurrie and family did not come down from Chicago to take up their residence here lor the summer until yesterday. They had expected to come the first week in May. The text books of the junior and senior classes at the high school were again assembled into one collection Friday night and placed upon a platform at the front of the room, no damage having been done, it is reported. Those responsible for the assemblage have not as yet been apprehended. James Lefler of near McAllister, Wis., came Saturday and will remain in Jasper county for the present, His wife, wbo has been in rather poor health, has been here for the past five weeks, stopping for the greater part of the time with her father, William Bussell, in Hanging Grove tp., where Mr. Lefler now is. Mrs. Monroe Carr returned Sunday evening from Lafayette, where she went Saturday to take home her two little grandchildren who had been here since their father, John Copsey, had been in the hospital there, where he recently underwent an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Copsey is now convalscing nicely from the operation. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Porter returned Sunday evening from their honeymoon and will' occupy bis mother's property on Cullen street, recently vacated by C. C. Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Porter visited his sister, Mrs. Bert and family at Valparaiso and the bride’s relatives at FranceSville while away.

Charles M. Sands ana family visited in Monon Sunday. Miss Ethel McCarty is now employed as office girl at the Central garage. - 'V. D. Robinson of Lowell visited here Monday with hisj sister, Mrs. Jennie Thompson. As we went to press Tuesday afternoon for this issue of The Democrat the mercury stood at 56 degrees. ' ' ■ Robert Wartena and wife of Indiana Harbor were guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Wartena, here Sunday. Mrs. Mary Meyer-Healy and mother, Mrs. M. Meyer, went t<j Chicago yesterday on millinery business and ’Mr a short visit. Owing to the heavy rain Saturday night which made the ball ground too wet for use, no game was played Sunday afternoon, as intended. Yesterday's markets: Corn, 6f>c; oats, ;jSc; wheat, 00c; rye, 75c. The t rices a year ago Were: Corn, 69c; oats, 4 Sc; wheat, $1.18; rye sl. A son of J. W. Humes of Fnion tP- fell Friday and received a bad cut under his left eye, requiring several stiohos to close the wound. H. M. James of near W olcottdirects us to send his Democrat to Eldorado Springs, Mo., where he and his wife are sojourning until July 1. H. W. Kiplinger, who has been quite poorly for some time, was taken worse Saturday and was taken home and has since been confined to his bed with an attack of kidney trouble. At this writing he is some better. Miss Loretta Putts, a recently graduated trained nurse of St. Mary of Nazareth’s training school ijf Chicago, is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Putts, of south of town. She will again take up nursing in Chicago after completing ber visit here. Mrs. Mattie Dyer and little daughter came over from Wolcott Saturday to visit the family of her sister, Mrs. Eli Critser. Mrs. Dyer’s son Harry and daughter, Mrs. Monroe W inters, and husband came over. Sunday via auto and accompanied Mrs.' Dyer and daughter home.

George and John Ifeinphill, Joe Reeve and Edwin Robinson earne down from Chicago Saturday evening to spend Sunday with their parents. Junibr Benjamin also came down Sunday afternoon for a few hours’ visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Benjamin. Letter* remaining in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ending May 15: Roy C\ Woodworth, Howard Griffin, Sirs. Elnora Donlinger, Erick Lindstrom, J. H. Cleimnens, Robert Anderson, Carl Larson. The above letters will be sent to the dead letter office May 2ft if not. called for. The dredge on tile lower Iroquois river improvement, officially known as the J. C. Borntrager ditch, started cutting ’through the C. & E. I. grade at the railroad bridge south of Brook Sunday.,; They expected to complete the work Monday hut it is probable the high water has greatly interfered with their progress. The bans of marriage were published for the second time at St. Augustine’s Catholic church Sunday of Mr. Herman Hordeman of west of town and Miss Rose Budreau, daughter of Napoleon Bndrean, of near Pleasant Ridge. The marriage will probably take place at the church a week from next Tuesday morning, Rev. Father Daniel officiating. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Williams left via auto Saturday for East Liberty, Ohio, where they will spend the summer at Mr. Williams’ farm, but the former will be hack frequently to look after business matters here and will also attend the sessions of the county commissioners, he being the county attorney. They drove as far as Kokomo Saturday and spent the night with his sister, Mrs. C. T. Short. Rev. W. E. McKenzie, D. D., district superintendent of the Lafayette district, presided at the quarterly conference of the Trinity Methodist church Tuesday evening. The reports from the pastor and presidents of all the societies were given and showed that the church has had a most prosperous year in every way. Dr. Curnick reported that nearly 100 new members had been taken into the church, during the year.

CASTOR 1/4 For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears %namrc of

Ideal Account Files, $1.50 each.—. The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Spitler left yesterday for Atlantic City, X. J„ to attend" the Presbyterian general assembly of which Mr. Spitler is the delegate from this, the Logansport Presbytery. The convention lasts two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Osborne went .’to Indianapolis Sunday afternoon, tjie former to represent the local 1. O. O. F. lodge at the grand lodge .meeting and. Mrs. Osborne to visit in the city during the time. E. "M. Parcels, the other delegate from the Rensselaer 1. O. O. F. lodge, also went down Sunday afternoon. Mrs, Sylvester dray and Miss Florence Gorham represented the Rebekahs. A, Boston, a former resident of Jasper county some 12 or l?, years ago, died at his home in Pasadena, Calif., a week ago Friday, aged nearly 7! years. The funeral was held on the following Monday. Mr. Boston formerly owned a farm in Walker tp., and later resided at Goodlaml. H'is wife is a cousin of the Misses Mary and Elizabeth Comer of this city. C, Starr returned Sunday aflernoon from Danville, 111., bringing with him his little granddaughter, C.eneveive Starr, who will spend the summer here with her; grandparents. Her mother, Mrs. Fern Baldwin. now lives at Danville, 111., instead of Terre Haute, as erroneously stated in Saturday’s Democrat, they having recently moved from Terre Haute to Danville, 111.

“Long Sweet in’.”

If sugar keeps soaring in price, as it has done since the war began people may begin to think regretfully of the “long sweetin’ ’’ of the days before and during the war. In those days, in this part of the country, “long sweetin’ ’’ was loaf sugar, which came in chunks the shape of a tall hat crown and so hard that it had to be broken with a hammer to get M piece small enough to sweeten a cup: of coffee. “Long sweetin' “ was sorghum molasses, coninfonly known as “sorghum.’’ Loaf sugar was so expensive it wan a luxury, and was put on the table only when “company” came. But every table had its pitcher of sor'•‘,hnm, and mighty good it was, too, especially on pancakes or hot biscuit right after it was freshly made in the fall. J

In those days enterprising farmers hereabouts planted patches of sorghum and made molasses by sqnee:mg the juice from the cane ami boil - in - it; down. ; Coffee . became so Scarce during; the war that roasted err.in was used in place of it, and people got along just: as well with that, sweetened with a spoonful ot -orghuni, as they do now wi*n real .lava sweetened with granulated sugar, it cost them little, amt they knew that if was pure and wholesome. Sorghum molasses is yet made on farms in this part of : the country, and. it can he bought, in the grocery stores; hut. very little of it, is used in comparison with its consumption in the days of our grandfather.'. Granulated sugar has taken its plac e. Kansas City Star.

Journalism in Kansas.

This riewspaper business is a great c ame. Just in the midst of an obituary of a dear friend and when hot tears threaten to flow down arid | blot out the words you write, there breaks through the office door the radiant, face of the daddy of a new boy! Tears and joy mingle in the same breath, and the giving and taking away of life are recorded on the same page. Before you have finished the obituary the breezy advance man for a comedy show pops in and asks you to write a scream for his “forty fat' frolicsome fairies” and how joyous they are. Before you have done wit’ll the kind words about your departed friend, the joy over the new' baby and finished the showman’s ad, a fellow sneaks in to ask you to suppress the story of the fight that he was mixed up in. Then, after putting all the lace and trimmings on the bride’s wedding gown, dressing the groom in the conventional black and starting them off with congratulations and best wishes, you turn again to the tear side of life and write: “But the stately ship moves on, To the haven under the hill; And, oh! for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still.” Then comes a lull and the old typewriter is content to record the commonplace facts, knowing that just around the corner and each awaiting his tprn stands Joy, Grief, Sorrow, Mirth, Sarcasm, Wit and Laughter.—Oakley (Kansas) GraplUc . . /

Boys, a Watch Free

With every suit costing $5 or more at Hamill & Co.

AX INDIANA DAILY FOR $1.50 If Subscribed For in Connection With The Democrat, Both for $3.00. The Democrat has Just completed clubbing arrangements with the Indiana Daily Times of lndianap.> lis whereby it is enabled to offer to rural route subscribers The Democrat and the Times, both a full year for only $3.00. This is the greatest daily paper offer you ever hart, and if you want a good, daily paper at a bargain price, now is your opportunity to secure it by subscribing for The Democrat—or renewing, as the case may be—and paying $3.00 for the two papers a full year. This otter may be withdrawn at arty time, so send in your subscriptions at once. ts

Remarkable Swaying Tower.

By t lie mere pressure of your hand you can rock "Bather Campanile,” the 2 0 2-foot memorial tower just completed on the campus of the University of California. In order to minimize the danger from earthquake shocks the architect, Prof. John Galen Howard, and the engineer, Prof. Charles Derlith, jr., so built the strong steel frame of the Campanile that cross-bracing in eliminated at alternate stories. As a result the vibration of the tower is like that of a steel rod one end of which is thrust in the ground. In an earthquake the tower would vibrate like a tree. According to Prof. Elmer E. Hall’s tests the tower has a vibration of 1. 1 3 seconds. By pressing against the steel frame at the top of the Campanile every 1.12 seconds he was able to rock the tower, so that earthquake recorders (seismographs they Hl'e called ) registered the vibrations. However, the amount of motion was less than the thickness of this sheet of paper. The plan on which the tower was built is to prevent a re-enforcement of liie rocking caused by an earthquake vibration. For instance, a child can set. a hammock swinging violently simply by pushing at the right moment, no matter how heavy the load may lie. If the pushes are not timed correctly, the swinging is retarded. It is the same with the <':impanile. The. plan is to prevent cumulative swaying, such as would occur if the period ot the earthquake and the vibration of the tower were the same, and such as would cause the structure to collapse. Mrs .Jane, K. Bather erected the memorial to her husband. Popular Science Mont lily. \

Magazine Covers.

To those who concern Ihe hi Selves with the intellectual progress of the nation the now.si and, with its display of weekly aml monthly periodicals, is a melancholy spectacle. If it be true that magazines are sold by their colored covers we have just cause, for grave concern. Fully half of these covers contain the portrait of a wax doll with red cheeks and blue eyes, said to be a young girl. In eome oases She stands beside a. horse; in others she is alone in. her foolishness. A current number of a widely circulated Weekly shows her in company with a young man, both grinning idiotically. To illumine her face with the slightest suggestion of mentality would be a gross Violation of the most sacred canons of magazine art,. Men who frequent moving picture shows have been known to fall in love with heroines of the films and to regret the impracticability of waiting at the • ta£e floor to see tlie adored one depart for her home. Soubrettes and show; girls have countless admirers and many offers Of marriage, but nobody ever wooes the girl on the cover or shows a wish to meet the original of the portrait. The face of the girl one would like to marry never appears on a newsstand. Nor is it possible to find on any cover a cartoon or picture to mean something or suggest ah idea above the comprehension of a kitten. —New York Herald.

High-Flying Eagles.

There are t wo animals that puzzle naturalists more than any others. They are nature’s submarine and aeroplane, the whale and the eagle. It is known that whales occasionally descend as much as 3,000 feet below the surface of the sea—a depth at which, by the pressure of the water, they ought to he crushed flat. Why they are not injured scientists have yet to discover. It is this pressure which prevents a modern submarine descending even 300 feet, let alone 3,000. Eagles have been seen through telescopes to fly with apparent ease from 30,000 to 40,000 feet above sea level. At that height no huifaan biing can live, owing to the rarefiejation of air. How the birds live and fly at far greater heights than man can endure for long ie a question still to be answered. —Pearson’s. • -x ♦ ■ There are about 80 operations in the manufacture of a gold pen.