Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — Page 4

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

GOODLANI). (From the Herald.) The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ant-cliff- is quite ill this week with bowel infection. Abe Dunham and two daughters moved Monday to Lincoln. Ind,, where Mr. Dunham's son Ed lives. ' Mrs. Dale and little son of St. Augustine. Fla., came last Saturday for a visit here with Mrs. Fay Burgess and family southwest of town. George Lough, rid go returned to •Chinago Sat urday , evening after being here nearly a month with his brother Art who has been seriously ill.

H A. Henderson of Greencdstle, Ind., will deliver the Decoration day. address here. Harvey is quite an orator and his many friends here will be very much pleased to hear him speak. Mrs. John Shetland, one of our dear old ladies who never forgets one of her loved ones, went to Remington Thursday to help her daughter, Mrs. Lora Robinson, celebrate her birthday. Barney Clark was operated on at the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis Monday and is doing as well as could be expected. Miss Nell Clark has been ill at her home on north Newton street this week.

A young man residing in Rensselaer comes to Good land frequently and he brings an auto load of girls to spend the evening at the skating palace. On last Monday night they came over and one of the girls remained in the car after the others had gone inside. The machine was facing the west, and one of our boys while in conversation .with the girls in the machine was asked to crank the ‘‘Lizzie’’ for her, which he did. The girl had had no previous experience driving and she started the car backwards, ramming the top, which was down, into the east plate glass window of the theatre. The car then started forward and turning north it landed in a ditch by the Barney Clark home. The stunt would would have faded Pearl White away into insignificance. The owner of the car has made satisfactory settlement.

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise.) Mr. and .Mrs. Albert Dunn and family spent Sunday in Lafayette. Mrs. Culbertson of Fowler was a ■Sunday guest of her son, Harry Culbertson, and family. George F. Baker spent a few days this week on business in Chicago, also visiting his son Homer. Mrs. W. A. Diederich and baby of Chicago are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. Goodacre and family this week. Miss Mary .Taegars and little brother Theodore Went to Peoria, ill., Monday for a visit with relatives. Miss Veda Spencer spent Sunday and Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Spencer, of Rensselaer. ' . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seifert spent Sunday with Mrs. Seifert’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Garvin, near Rensselaer. Mrs. Fred Lux and daughter Jean left Wednesday for Fair bury-, 111., for a few days’ visit with her patents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Beck. Mrs. Duberry of Monticello spent Monday with her nieces, Mrs. Truman Hold ridge, Mrs. Quincy Hughes and her sister. Mrs. Smith. The work ol) placing the cement walks around the water plant, and the swimming pool is progressing (finely and the improvement will he a fine one. Mrs. J. H. Carmine of Iwahig, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippine Islands, came Friday for an extended visit with her uncle, Mr. and Mrs. King Gray. Mrs. W. J. Benton and children. Alpha, Harold and Albert, left Sunday to spend a month with relatives at Corydon, Ind., and attend the state centennial celebration there June 2. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. James and daughter left this Friday morning for Eldorado Springs, Mo’., and expect to be absent until July 1. v The trip is a combination one for health and pleasure.

New Buss Line Between Rensselaer and Remington. I have started a new auto buss line between Rensselaer and Remington and will run on the following schedule: Leave Rensselaer from Main Garage; 7:00 a. m.; 4:00 p. m. . . Leave Remington from Panhandle Station: 9:05 a. m.; 5:15 p. m. Fare 75c each way. Reach Remington in time for the morning train west, and the evening trains both east and west, and for the Monon’s Chicago train at Rensselaer at 10:36 a. m., and the two evening trains, north and south. Will also stop for passengers at any place enroute. FAYETTE BURGIN. $7.50 Panama Hats, $5. Straw as fine as fly legs, at Hamill’s only. I The I Sanitary Barber Shop NEW UP-TO-DATE FIXTURES FIRST-CLASS BARBERS THREE CHAIRS Cal Cain, Prop.

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to meet at Louisville. There was a full attendance, besides many interested citizens from the southern states. We learned that all along the contesting lines south of Nashville, the people are exceedingly active in road improvement and the chances are, that the path-finding committee on their second tour of inspection, will find a class of roads the equal, if not superior, to many o: the highways in our own state, at this meeting a general discussion of the roads all the way from Chicago to Nashville was taken up. It was agreed that the highway should he properly marked with the initial letters - J“ “H," meaning Jackson highway, in the same way that our line is now marked with the “D" ' A." arid in a;very short time your county, as Well as all other counties through which this highway passes, will receive a suitable stencil and such instructions as may be’necessary to properly mark your part of the road. The officers of the association Strongly urged that all the counties along ihis line perfect their organizations, by electing a president, secretary, treasurer and three directors. Tippecanoe county has retained the same officers that were a part of the Air Line. We did this 1 1 cause they were alive to the situation and best prepared to do the work required. Yon will, lam sure, take up this matter of organization in your county and as early as possible advise me of the names and addresses of your officers. It was also proposed as this meeting that the

first week in the month of August, i;*i(i, be designated as “Jackson Highway Good Roads Week,” and it is hoped that in every county between Chicago and Nashville, one day during that week, will be employed by the citizens generally, without compensation, when they will turn out in great numbers with tools and teams to repair and improve this particular highway. You and your citizens will be interested in this and will help to make it a banner day in your city and county. The o;eers of the association and some of the southern citizens most interested in this great highway, have heard much concerning our good roads in Indiana and especially the line from Chicago to Indanapolis. They have expressed a desire to make a trip through this state about June 20* 1010. The details have not been completed, but we are trying to arrange it so they may be able to stop over night in your city, .meet your citizens and may be you would arrange an evening good roads meeting. It will he an inspiration to us. to meet these men who represent the Jackson highway in the Southern states. They are so earnest, so unselfish and so full of the spirit of good roads, that they dream and have visions of a great broad highway leading from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico, located and improved by a patriotic people and later aided and maintained by the government under which we all live, traveled and enjoyed by people whom we have hitherto known only in part. This highway is ours, without question or contest, and when these representatives come among us next month, you will assist in giving them the glad hand, all the _way along the line.

The Lafayette chamber of commerce are enthusiastic over our success in becoming a part of this great system so easily, while Frankfort and Lebanon commercial bodies stand shoulder to shoulder in the matter. We know the vim of Spider, Makeover, Ranter, the old Air Line officers, yourself and the fellows that furnished the band that canie out to meet us when a bunch of boosters invaded your county a year ago. The enthusiasm must be greater now. We are not so very much concerned as by what name the road shall he known, Jackson highway sounds just as good as Dixie, so long as it passes over our lands, the richest even known; through towns and cities, the fairest and best that time can build. These are our lands, our towns and cities and the opportunity is presented to link our energy and ambition with our brothers of the south-land and help their vision to become a reality. We want your advice and co-operation, in county organization, in marking the highway. in eelebarting good roads week, in maintainence and repair so that the Jackson Highway may be thoroughly established for all time to come. With kindest regards and best wishes for success, I am, Yours sincerely, D. M. BOYLE, Vice-President for Jackson Highway of Indiana.

Protect Your Buildings From Lightning By having them properly rodded. Sixteen years experience in the business and never have had a building damaged from lightning that I rodded. Best and heaviest rods used. Call and see me or phone 135 or 568.—F. A. BICKNELL, Rensselaer, Indiana. ts To the Public. Having purchased of C. H. Leave! the Parr Produce Market, I will continue to buy cream, poultry, eggs, hides and rubber, and solicit your continued patronage. I guarantee good prices and honest and accurate weights.—G. D. ALBIN. ts Banckok Straw Hats, $5. Light as a feather, nobby styles, wear guaranteed, at Hamill’s. The adoption of eastern standard time by the city of Detroit in May, 1915, caused a loss of one hour a day of lighting to the Detroit Edison company, materially affecting the earning from this source of business for 1915.

Fewer Abandoned Farms.

Less is heard about abandoned farms in Massachusetts now that so many of our vfasfe places have been taken up by city people for country homes, or by the foreign-born who are more and more leaving mill work to acquire farms. These newcomers to the country bping old world standards of toil, and every member of such a household does bis or her part. When our forebears were subduing the earth in this state such industry was a necessity to the situation, and so it is now with these people who must make a second conquest of land which had been permitted to recede for lack of at ten; i on. Tii ese -Bolamle rs or peo - pie of other nationalities are making more than a living. The wants of such families are small in comparison with those of native owners of farms, and the growing difficult problem of help is provided for by large families. From these, beginnings a desirable element of citizenship, taught in the local schools, Is growing. A man like the Rev. Dr, F. E. Enrich, the. Congregational bishop of the rural regions of this state, comes to know through personal contact how valuable an asset Massachusetts possesses in this part of her rising generation.

j Oyer in New York state there J would appear to be more far-mMand available for purchase. A statement by the commissioner of agriculture shows an increasing demand for farms, and that the inquiries come largely from the west, where agricultural opportunities are supposed |to he most inviting. We are told | that improved roadways, good mar- , kets, advanced methods, of cultivaj lion and of treating the soil, promising larger returns to the farmer, j are among the infiuences that are turning attention to agriculture in the Empire state.—Springfield Republican. A

Modesty.

Modesty is a quality mainly noticeable in folks who would lose by j having attention called to themselves. ! The most modest man we know has two or three other names on his waiting list, and there are, oh! so many places lie can’t go at all. Greatness is characterized by a tendency to efface oneself. This is true of great modesty also. The ! man we know who claims the most ' modesty has one of the sorts of I modesty that has effaced itself so I utterly it must he very great modI esty, One wouldn't notice that man’s , modesty at all unless one's attention ; were called to it, as it is sure to be by the owner thereof. The girl with ankles too thick or tdo thin is mo d est about the hi. Sh e doesn’t care much what color of hose she Wears, and she keeps her I skirts low. Also, if her neck and shoulders are scrawny she thinks ; these oiie-more-struggle-and-l-am- . free gowns are immodest. In fact, she is sure of it. We have it on | good authority that the homeliest of the Turkish women are the ones who manage to maintain the custom of going about vieled to the eyes. Animals are not expected to be modest, and think nothing about j those tilings, so they are comparai tively happy. They escape modesty while they live and hell when they die. Some people are not modest about telling of their ability but are extremely modest about displaying it. j aftef they get the job. Their mod- ( esty vanished again, temporarily, at i each pnv day. . I 'j. Synonyms for modesty are selfdefense, timidity, laziness, hope-of--1 attracting - attention - to -one-self-by- | pretending-to-be-so, etc. j We know absolutely nothing of modesty, except by hearsay.—Judge.

Original Sea Serpents.

The National museum at Waslv ington contains a notable display of the bones of several species of extinct mammals which, if seen alive in the ocean, would be called huge eea serpents. They were carnivorous, and their long slender jaws were armed with formidable teeth. Although a few remaining individuals of the group may have given actual basis for the sea-serpent stories, these extinct animals were not reptiles, but mammals which, like the whale and seal and otter, had happened to evolve in an aquatic environment.—Chicago Journal.

A Losing Game.

“The average man 50 years of age,” didactically began Prof. Pate, “has eaten 16,000 pounds of meat, 17,000 pounds of bread and 4,600 pounds of vegetables, drunk 7,000 gallons of liquid— ■” “After going to all that expense and trouble,” spoke up the Old Codger, ”he hag been unable to build up a structure that has anything like the unqualified indorsement of his friends and neighbors.”—Judge.

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Forty-one of the states have state geologists or similar officials. The tzar of Russia rides a bicycle, i lays tennis and bowls ninepins. He is also an excellent swimmer. New York City has the largest electric sign in the world. It is 261 loot long and contains 3,916 lamps. Caracas, capital (ft Venezuela, is tt have a huge new bull ring, but ( astro's hat-tossing days are past. Fraternities of the University of California have been prohibited from building houses costing more than ? 2 5,0 00.

Strasburg, capital of Alsace, was annexed by Germany in 1 870, taken by France in 1681 and recaptured by Germany in 18 70. The French have a process of making a sweet flour from fried sugar beets. The substance when complete contains 82 per cent of pure nutriment.

Telephone poles of glass molded over a heavy wire net are being made in Europe. These poles are rarely broken, will neither rot nor rust, and are impregnable to insects, Mrs. Mary K. Rindge of Los Angeles is said to be the first woman railroad president in California and untie' of- the three women executives of railways in the United States. A notable gift to the University of California is the library of about 6,000 volumes representing France’s contribution to civilization, which formed (tart of the French government exhibit at the Panama-Pacific

exposition. India's rice crop of this year is estimated at 76,792,000 acres, slightly in excess of the acreage of the year before. The total yield is expected to be 21„ per cent greater than last year. Estimates for both area and yield are the greatest on record.

Here is a short and easy way of determining the height of a Zeppelin. A piece of wood two inches long and an quarter of an inch wide would completely blot out a Zeppelin it it were 7,000 feet away and the piece of wood held about two feet ■ rum the eyes. ..‘•Recently 1 have been investigating ttie lives ot 4,046 American millionaires,” says Dr. Russell H. Conwell. "All hut 2u of them started life as poor boys, and all but 40 of them have contributed largely to their communities. But, alas! not one rich man's son out of 17 dies rich.”

A huge bowlder having To acres of surface above the ground from which granite is being taken for building the new Oklahoma state capitol, is said once to have been a favorite" bandit rendezvous. It is a solid mass towering above the tree toi»s and formed of an excelleu', grade of stone. Professor G. G. Hertzog of California, Pa , father of Dr. W. S. Hertzog, principal of the Southwestern State Normal school at California and himself a member of the faculty for 5u years, will retire after this year. He was the guest of honor at a banquet given by the alumni of the institution in Pittsburg. A New York judge who refused a man a divorce sought because "his wife was imperfect in everything,” said to the fellow: “If you are a perfect human being, or think you are, watch your step. A perfect human being," continued the justice, still bruising the head of the nail, ' would be an intolerable nuisance.”

Russia and Serbia, also Austria, may allow young women to light in their armies, hut Canada will not, although, according to a recruiting officer in Winnipeg, several have applied, and two could hardly be kept from jpining by force in response to a call for “stenographers for the second service unit of the 19th battalion.”

Public school teachers in New South Wales are asking that written home work he abolished in all primary schools. They also ask that no school he built on or close to main traffic arteries; that a domestic science college he established and that all reports concerning any teachers be open for inspection by the teacher concerned.

The United States bureau of navigation reports 48 sailing, steani, gas and unrigged vessels of 26,408 gross tons built in the United States and officially numbered during January, 1916. The largest steel steamers included in these figures are: Santa Barbara, of 6,621 gross tons, built at Philadelphia, and the Eurana, of 5,915 gross tons, built at San Francisco, Cal. „ Professor Roscoe Pound, who has been appointed dean of the law school of Harvard university, is a native of Nebraska. Hte was admitted to the bar in 1890, and for several years practiced at Lincoln. He is also well known as a botanist, having been director of the botanical survey of Nebrasba, 1892-1903. .He

| Are You T{eady to Play Your Part ? | *jf HE power of a nation in time of need is the pro- §| H * , ducing power of her industries. H America must find out what this producing power §s i§ is and then develop it The capacity of every plant H g must be gauged. The ability of every man must be known. ||j M Eor War is Mechanical. It is Electrical. It is Chemical. It |§ §g is Mining, Manufacturing, Transportation. It is EVERY M H phase of Engineering fused into a single industry— = “THE NATION'S VEFEKSE" 1 |1 rhirty thousand Engineers today are serving YQUR COUNTRY = without pay. They are making a survey of YOUR COUNTRY'S Indus- = H trial Resources. They are helping YOUR COUNTRY to FIND ITSELF H ™ ---and You! They are charting the channels ol commerce. Sounding each ™ g source of supply. So that, should the Day break when War mu it come- H H| YOUR ARMIES in the field will be but the crest of a Wave of In- = =1 dustry, as wide as the American Continent and as deep a* the American Soul. E§E r T hat YOUR COUNTRY may know what the Engineers are doing, == H| the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World have pledged their services to §|| = the President of the United States. And this adv rtisement, pub:ished free H ==l by this paper, is part ol a nation-wide series to secure YOUR co-operation || d w ‘th the Engineers. “(THAT CAN I DO?" This is, doubtless, the question you are asking yourself. Here is the = Hi answer: If you are a manufacturer co-operate fully with the Engineers so H H| they can do their job quickly and efficiently; if you are a working man H EE help your employer to help the Engineers and be prepared.il so needed, to be = = a Soldier in Industry, behind the firing line, which is just as important as being {§! = a soldier on the firing line; if you are a business man or a professional man, H == or whoever you are, help mobilize "GOOD WILL” behind this patriotic 1= tas b °f the Engineers in behalf of National Defense and International Peace. |j| H COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS OF THE B | ntsa NAVAL CONSULTING BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES in co-operation with === The American Society ot Civil Engineers The American Society of Mechanical Engineen •• yll The American Institute ot Mining Engineen The American Institute ol Electrical Engineers The American Chemical Society E=ll Engineering Societies Building 29 West 39th Street. New Yo'k =||||

has written many monographs and articles for European and American botanical journals.

The first extraction of quinine from the bark of the tropical cinchona tree by two French chemists in 1 820 marked an epoch in the medical world, and it was Sir Clements Markham of England, burned to death recently in his 8 6th year, who in 1852, after a visit to .ieru, persuaded the British government to plant and raise the drug in India at a time when malaria was seriously harassing the population there. - '

Each man-of-war is built on paper before a single plate of steel is forged, Nat only are length and breadth of ship decided, but the naval constructor can tell to an ounce how much water she will displace when her armor and guns are mounted on her, how many times her propellers will revolve in a minute with a given pressure of steam, and how many tons of coal an hour must be consumed to attain a certain rate of speed. An officer in a western reserve bank recently got a package from a Japanese firm and with it the following terse information: “We sorry that we can not prepay the duty, for which please accept, though if we could do so without very much trouble and waste time on mutual part we did so,” all of which may be somewhat politely jumbled, though here's a venture that he had no trouble understanding that phrase, “for which please accept.”

According to the naval critic, Hector G. Bywater, as far as building ways and construction plants are concerned, there is no reason why Germany could not have 25 battleships or battle cruisers under construction at one time. Though lie admits that this figure may be astonishing, lie Shows that, an examination of the various yards, governmental and private, in Germany, justifies the estimate. In fact, he says that, simultaneously, a program including light cruisers, destroyers and submarines, could be put through since there are many German yards which, although they can not build capital ships, are well equipped to produce the lighter craft. He estimates the total working force in all these yards at 100,000 men.

The remarkable measurements of the radiation of stars made by Dr. Coblentz, of the bureau of standards, with his new thermo-electric apparatus in connection with the Crossley reflector at the Lick observatory, have brought out an interesting relationship between total radiation and optical brightness. It appears that the eye is a poor judge of stellar radiation. For example, in the “dipper” the yellow star Alpha, one of the “pointers,” is somewhat fainter to the eye than the blue star Epsilon, in the handle; yet the total radiation emitted by the former is nearly twice as great as that of the latter. It is found that in general red stars emit two or three times as much total radiation as blue stars of the same photometric magnitude. Measurements of stellar radiation transmitted through an absorption cell of water reveal the fact that in the spectral region to which the eye is sensitive blue stars have about twice as much radiation as yellow’ stars and three times as much as red stars.

BIG COW SALE 15 to 18 Head Choice Jerseys and Holsteins. Desiring to keep only my pedigreed stock, I am selling 6 head. of fine 'Holsteins—splendid dual purpose cows and heifers. Fresh Jerseys, dandy young heifers, mostly 2 and 3 years old and bred to my iwBPMBaraFHMr registered Jersey hull. All cows guaranteed to be well mannered and broken and exactly as represented at ring side. Sale will be held Saturday, May 27, 1 o’Cloek P. M.. At Hemphill hitch barn in Rensselaer. Purchasers who may so desire, can leave stock and I will care for same till they find time to call for it. All representations guaranteed. Terms other than cash will be announced at ring side. RUSSELL VANHOOK. Rensselaer, Tnd. Col. Phillips, Auctioneer; C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Notice of Administration. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the clerk of the circuit court of Jasper County, state of Indiana, executrix of the estate of Andrew Hall, late of Jasper county, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. JOSEPHINE HALL. May 12, 1916. Executrix. Notice to Heirs, Creditors and Legatees. In the matter of the Estate of Clara Nagel, deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, April 1916, Adjourned Term. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Clara Nagel, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper circuit court, on Monday the 12th day of June, 1916, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Joseph Nagel, administrator of said decedent, and show cause if any. why such final account should not Re approved: and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear in said court, on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate. JOSEPH NAGEL. Administrator. Judson J. Hunt, attorney for estate. m-17-24 $5 Panamas, $3.50. Indestrueto panamas, at Hamill’s only. • HENSSELAER 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. * OVERTON BROS. Cnrptnieis i hills Let ns figure on your next Job. Nothing too large or too smallShop near Hiram Day’s lumber sheds. PHONE 552