Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — Page 4

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF WORLD

BIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS Kernel* Culled From Events of Mb* ment in All Parts of the World— Of Interest to All th* People Everywhere. IZ. Ten tonic War News .StEd<3.ts f Hamilton college at N. Y_ • f their own volition, . deci lt-: r. " *e to give up athletic sp-rts f : r military training. . .« a a Twenty-Sre hundred applications Were ler'ativeiy accepted by the central army'd-parnnept at Chicago for th- six' camps now being ■ estatiisLed :• -m ply lu.dod officers ■*■ • ■ ' # 'Elinhis is itg’mtg the. country In re- ; . cmitj”-■ th- .;,ririy. Figures issued- 1 Et W -HJt- /.. ' ni'-n en•lichee ihe'period, of the war on I April m. y lo p.-rted 999 net ; C"- "f - .. : : ::s 2*4 hours. . | I* was -ri' .”y announced'' at the 1 T , ml that no credence ygs ; . l in reports from three, <■•• ~t. gu'..-i 'Station.- on Cape Cod that ; .Jg'ivT h. I been heard off the 1 : nt was fcsde *'■ st - ltd beer no naval en- . <- • • • AsFt-raEces reached Washington | that .tg. 'r no cwTßions now conceiv- ■ Eble will rhe provisional government ■ of Russia yi .’d to the overtures from : Goman and Austrian S •• ilistic rep- j reset, tatives t, negotiate a separate! peace. - - ' Tse American Bankers’ association | asked congress at Washington to ' err.-t. ’ th- federal reserve act, so as : :th fri- -:s with rhe country teaks -'off the cation in an effort to r t- easier ffr the government to f’er the' forthcoming $7,000,000,000! V . iFTh r's W:.r seerjri ties. Jf.i.b’r .General Wood, speaking at a xx—• 'ng f :h- American Cotton Waste 'endten^e'at-Boston.-said that the United S:.g:-s -- -’.i not fulfill itsJdnty in this war until' it had sent men to the front .. ■ " ? ■ • • • I; was -’mwsmvd officially a't Washing - r. rim.’- ft German submarine fired on th- -.yer Smith about 100 miles- - xth New 'York. The torpedo missed “the'destroyer by 30 yards.

European TFar Neu’s A■_ -* : Madrid say< that ? the Spanish <■- !’•>>”.. 11l num,' 1 - .-*-7 -r; : i-y G-- . a:i submarine ' a -< - i: •..--.. . \ - H A * ■*■> : • ' * ■■ ■’ ■" iMv-miriu.W. writing in the i I .7- _•■ - ".W. .A-*—ts that vic- I Nr. - 7 th-'German mon-' r ■ « •» « Fl r„ , j U I of -7 - ■ ’ : f ,ve cap1~ ,t<>- ’ ■ ■ ; ■ ; -I by the 1-.■ . ■ ■ ■ * < F ’ • _r nn <>ff muv >to • _ • -at.. Fraheo-*’ I T “ ime; from S - largo number • ' : •. - ■ ■ .! : ■■• l vy w - ' . ‘ > ' .Trite I Itaii'lrt gUII- ■ '■ 7 '.7 A < 7 ' ■ It - - - - d :»r r ‘ iris th it in ■' ■ a -■ n —■ ’ miles’ of the 7 . ■ 7 7", 7 - , - ■ f I -l.tiiM kilh d, ■ - ■ “ r< ah France L A,' . ' t ~a i iaht <lom<>ns'~ 7 -t . f -t. p’.citi of b.-r generals • and the courisge of her troops. ’ The British tank steamship Narra--7 L 7 f-.', the largest ~ Cy-ri-r* ■■<' 7" F k oil in the: world. has been torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast, according to word brought to th- J 7.7-7 Stipes by officers of a Brit--777 ;v. 7' ; tDomestic “ es'rsb-.shed limitations on certain foodstuffs beyond which individual purctasers will not he permitted to buy. The p u—. of the order is to foil boarding of foodstuffs." Canada's order patting wheat and wheat products on the freelist will be decidedly to the advantage of Dominion producers, officials at Washington said. The American duty ‘on imports of Canadian wheat will disappear automatically. 7 ;\7. T. 7 •'■ : »7\ James D. Craighead, millionaire stock broker of .New York city, was stricken with a slight fever at a San Francisco hoteL Miss Vivian J. Hofhger. a trained nurse, was called in attendaiiee. Ob Monday Craighead married Miss Ftoffinger. 1

American farmers are starting under a handicap in their efforts to car- • ry out President Wilson’s appeal for increased production of foodstuffs. Almost everywhere throughout the country during the last week temperatures were unfavorable and the season is generally backward, according to the weekly review of the national Weather and cropbulletin of the weather bureau at Washington. s Forty persons were hurt when the left-field bleachers’ rail gave way shortly before the Louisville-Columbus game at Columbus, O. * * * The heads of the Chicago meat packing establishments ‘ promised the president at Washington their co-operation in increasing and conserving the meat supply' and in controlling prices. ♦ • •

Washington The Webb bill to permit foreign governments at war with Germany to recruit their citizens in this country' for their armies passed both houses of Congress at Washington without roll call. , • ■ * • • ‘ The location of citizens’ training camps at which America’s new gigantic army will be trained, was announced by the war department at Washington. They embrace every sectiori of th.- country. On May 1 they will be resdy for the reception ;un reserve bflici rs ami camlidatcs fbT commissions. * • • The senate military affairs committee at Washington rejected all amendments to the measure advocated by the president and decided to favorably recommend it for passdge. But the house committee, by a vote of 12 to 8, rejected the compulsory plan and decided that it should recommend a Lili that will provide for the volunteer system in-raising the army. The action of’the house Committee greatly displeased the president, ♦ * • Republican senators wish congress' to adjourn the first of .Tune. Senator Gallinger, the Republican senate leader, said after his party’s caucus, that the Republicans, had agreed that it would be best to pass’ only war legislation at this session. * * • Congress is asked to enact immelegislation empowering the government to regulate food prices, and exercise such other authority as the president deems necessary to control the production, distribution and marketing of foodstuffs to meet, war demands, in a report completed bySecretary of Agriculture Houston of Washirffcton. | • • * President Wilson used the power of his great office to induce the house of representatives at Washington- to pass substantially unamended the administration's military conscription bill. ♦ » *

All persons in the United States, citizens and aliens, arc warned in a proclamation Issued at Washington by President Wilson that treasonable acts or attempts to shield those committing such acts will be vigorously prosecuted by the government. In most casi<s the death penalty will be inflicted; Secretary of Agriculture Houston anuonneed. at Washington that he would seek legislation empowering the council of national defehse to fix maximum and mmitnuin prices for f'Oi!< 'Z Tie- secretary proposed that the operations of middlemen be controlled bv the lieon-mg of food dis- • trihuthig; agencies by the . department <>f agriculture. ,"T p ' „ . '» *7 * ' Secretary of the Interior Larle ap--1 pealed to congress at Washington to j fo>-(-o the utilization- of more than 700,i > acres pf fuel in reclainnt ion proj- ' cuts and iivtensive cultivation of pri;\g>te lands throughout the country. \ Personal . Pref, lii-rliert WHlia.fii Conn. Di A., Ph. P. AT. A.. <>m' of the foremost bac- : tcriologisis in tbe United States, dipd • suddenly-: at Middletown. Conn/ » » ♦ ! Willem Cobb Thorne, for years _ goners.il manager ofs Montgomery t\:ir ( l & Co. and y ftil recently Its prcident, edit'd of ptienmonin at dips.-residence i» ' CTtlcago. lie w:is fifty-two years old.' ;** * ■ i - Frank Rockefeller, brother of John D.. died at •’level:!ml. O. Death 'followed ah operation performed several months sign. Mrs. 'Rockefeller and ,’dauahters were at’the bedside. .Frank Rockefeller’s life was punctuated by an intense hatred for his multimillionaire brother. John D. He was born in Rockford. X. Y., in 1§45. * * *

Foreign _’p_ A, message to The Hague from Berlin says that 125,000 workers are now .oh strike in Berlin. The Tageblatt ‘ admits that a considerable number of these are munition workers. r .» ♦ ♦ Reuter’s Amsterdam correspondent says that, according to a Brussels dispatch General von Bissing, German governor general in Belgium, died Wednesday evening. General s von Zwehl lias been named as his temporary successor. The German legation and consulate at Buenos Aires, Argentina, have been attacked by a mob, as have the newspapers Deutsche La Plata Zeiturjg and t La Union. The windows of the buildings were broken. <

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

News Items From All Over Indiana. 53 PERSONS ARE INDICTED -j; :g -■ ~ - Marion Grand Jury Returns Indictments Against Members of an Alleged Honduras Lottery Organization. ■ ''A a "w '■ ;■ ■■. . y .- Indianapolis, April 2®.—Fifty-three persons were indicted by the Marion county grand jury as members of an alleged Honduras lottery organization which, it is charged, has taken hundreds of thousand* Of dollars from Indiana in the last several years. The headquarters of the organization was in Chicago, it is,alleged. • C. E. Berg and Edward J. McCarty of Chicago are fiamed as the heads of the enterprise. According to the grand jury H. W. llonacberger’s name was affixed to the lottery tickets as president. ■ The grand jury charges that Royal Hammer, who- committed suicide in this-city a few weeks ago, was the chief Indiana agent. According 'in the grand jury he sent drafts to .Berg at. Hammond and Berg got them- there and took them to Chicago and turned them over to McCarty. In all cases, it Is alleged, communications made | by express, no chances being, takeij i With the United States mails. Hammer received each month tickets of face value of not less than $4,500, it is charged. The tickets were disposed Of chiefly by .saloonkeepers.' It is estimated that not less than $50,000 a year had been paid into the organization for several years. With the monthly assignment of tickets received by Hammer, also came a list of the. winning numbers and he was able to extract the tickets calling for the largest prizes. The chief prizes were $15,000, $4,000, $2,000 and SI,OOO with other prizes ranging from $4 to SSOO. The tickets sold for 25 cents, 50 cents and sl. It is believed by the authorities the same scheme was carried out in many middle Western states.

Campaign to Increase Hogs.

Indianapolis, April 20.—An immediate campaign to increase the number of hogs in the state was recommended by Prof. J. IT. Skinner, head of the animal husbandry department of-Pur-due university at a meeting of the state food commission with Prof. G. I. Christie, state food director. There will be a shortage of hogs if some measure is not taken Professor Skinner said. He; pointed Out that jthe sale of brood stock because of high prices and the sale. ■ of. hogs weighing .100 pounds or less had seriously 'depleted tl;e number of hogs in the stale. Repo rt s were received by the coinmission to tlio effect that all over the state extraordinary activity is being manifested in the war food campaign.

Woman’s League Elects Officers.

Indianapolis, April 20. —Mrs. Richard I’. Edwards of Perip was elected president of the Woman’s Franchise league of Indiana. Only one office; that of Second vice president, was contested in the eeletinn, Other officers elected were: First, vice president. Mrs, J. S. Barnhill, Indianapolis; second vice president. Mrs. Mabel Curry, Terre Haute; third vice president, Mrs. A. 11. Ileardsley, Elkhart: fourth vice president. Mrs. Isaac Born. Indianapolis; fifth vice president,..Aliss Ada Bush, Kentland: secix'tary, Mrs. Dora Bosr.rt, Indianapolis: treasurer. Mrs. < ’harl.es Gill. Muncie. Over $1,500 was pledged to carry < in the suffrage campaign of the league.

Stilt in the Ring.

Indianapolis. April 20.—Uapf. Herbert L. Mcßride, walking with the aid of .a cane and bringing home medals of bravery from England and France, was greeted by his-parents and friends as he stepped from a train here. Captain Mcßride, fdi-merly an officer in the Indiana National Gtm rd. enlisfed -in the British , army in Canada. Sent to. Europe with a machine gun company, he was in the thick of the fighting in Flanders. . He was personally .presented with a medal'by King George of jingland. “I am a little bimgeil up. but still in the ring,” he announced to his friends. Ills father is Judge Robert AV. Mcßride, himself a {veteran of the Civil war. T

Save Potatoes for Seed.

Gary, April 20.—Hotels and restaurants are saving potato peelings so that the “eyes” can be forwarded to the. Commercial club for seed distribution purposes. Bakers here have raised the price of bread, abolishing the nickle and dime loaves. Seventeen ounces of wheat bread are sold for eight cents and 22 ounces rye bread for ten cents.

On Wellesley’s List.

Columbus, April 20.—The Columbus high school has b,een placed on Wellesley college’s certified list and hereafter graduates of the Columbus school will be admitted to Wellesley without an examination.

Fire at Liberty.

Liberty, Apaal 20.—Fire damaged a building owned by Ross and occupied by the Morris Bond garage. ‘ •The total loss was about $2,700. /

NEWLYWEDS TO SERVE

WAR DEPARTMENT RULING HITS MEN MARRIED 'SINCE APRIL 6. Thousands Will Be Compelled to Join ; Fighting Forces if Draft Bill Becomes Law. Washington, April 20.—Men of military age who have married since a state of war against Germany was declared will notescape their obligations of military service under a war department policy’, formally announced. The department’s statement is as follows: “The war department announces that all men married since the outbreak of war will be treated upon the same basis as unmarried men in so far as their military obligations are concerned. It is desired that the utmost publicity be given by the press to this announcement.” The department desired that no question should arise as to marriages contracted since the outbreak of the war with the possible construction that the marriage in any case was hastened that military duty might be evaded. Chicago, April 20.- —The war department took steps to compel military service on the part of those men who sought to avoid it by marrying since the declaration of war with Germany. It >vas announced from the department 4hat for purposes of military service, all men who have married since the declaration will be considered in the same class_as unmarried men. Tins wjll affect thousands of men in Chicago w’bo have secured marriage licenses in the last few weeks.

GERMAN DRIVE ON PETROGRAD

Russian General Staff imparts News to the Public—Fleet Ready ♦ to Aid Army. ’ Petrograd. April 2(l.—German preparations to attack the northern front, supported by a German fleet, reports of which appear to be well founded,, bear out the war office warning recently issued that the enemy means to march on Petrograd. The preparations consist of the massing of troops on the Dvinsk-Riga front apd the concentration of transports, warships, and shallow draft ships in Baltic sea ports. A portion of the German fleet is reported to' have moved from Kiel to Libau. It is regarded here as extremely probable that the plan is to. cut off Petrograd from the active army. London, April 20 Reuter's Petrograd correspondent says the information concerning the preparations being made by the Germans for an attack on the Russian northern front was -made public by the Russian gene.ral staff. ' f

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, April 19. Open- High- Low- ClosWheat— ing. est. est. ing. May ......2.33’6-35 2.40 2.33 2.37%.. July .....1.96'•-97'-; 2,05% . 1.96% 2.00% Sept. .....A6S%-69% 1,75 1,68% 1.14% Oats— ' May .1.42 1.46 1.41% 1-44% Juiv ......1.37-37% 1.41 1.37 139% Sept. ..... .1.29%-30 1.33 1.29% 1-32 ; Corn—'' May ........65%-66% .67% .65% .66% | July .........55 7 5-5S .56%, .53% .56% ' Sept. 55%-56 .5<> T 4 •«>•’% .56% 1 July 64 .65%- .63% .64% ’ I FLOrii—Spring whfeat, special brands, in wood, $12.80 per bbl.; hard spring wheat I patents, 35 per cent grade. in jute. $11.35; i straight: in export bags. $11.15: first clears; $10.35. in jute;.second elears, [email protected] fi ;. low ; grades. $7.0037.50: fancy soft winter wheat patents, in jute. $11.70: standard soft winpter: wheat, patents,. >11.50, in jute: fancy I hard winter wheat patents, $11.35.in jute standard wheat patents, $11.15, in jute: first clears. $10.00310.35 in jute: second clears, in jute. J.8.0035.-5O: pure white rye flour, $10;no in jute: pure dark rye. $9.29. in jute.. i HAY—Choice timothy. s2>.<ibg2l,Oo-. No. 1 timothy. sl9.oo<ii£o,oo; No: 2 timothy. $17,503 18 50; No. 3 red top and grassy mixed timothy. $15.50316,50: clover. >46.50'318.50; light clover mixed, $17.50318.50; heavy clover mixed, $16.50318,'°'. Kansas and Oklahoma, ■choice: $17.50'*/15.50; No. 1, $16.50317-00; No. 2, $15.06316.00. BI'TT'ETI— Creamery. extras, 46c: extra . firsts. 44345 c: firsts, 43344 c; seconds. 4!’.3 ’ 42’>c; packing stock; 33'§:35c; ladles. 35@ | ’ process. 28339 c. i - ’ i EGGS—Firsts. 35336 c; ordinary firsts. 3-t : </?.♦’.><••; miscellaneous lots, cases included. 5333'Lc: cases returned, 32%335e: extras, I 3S33t<c: ; checks, 31@S2c; dirties, 33333%c; 1 st<>ry '0..375C ' : ; I.IVE POl'LTftY—Turkeys. 20c: fowls . 22c: broilers', ,$8.c039.00.-'per d**z.; roosters. IG’. -c; ducks,.2l>23c; geese. 13@15c. LOT ATOKS—BaiI:. . white. Wisconsin, ■ $2.8532.95;; .Minnesota.. $2.'[email protected]; western, $2 lz'?i'ii .2O'’ ; ' SWEET POTATOES—Hampers, Illinois, $1.7532.25;, Jerseys.' $2.60@2,75; Delaware, -$2,255/2.40. ' /- ;'.. i

Live Stock.

Chicago, April 19. CATTLE—Good; to Thoice stars'. $12,253 13 50: yearlings, good to choice. $11,00312-40; fair to good steers. Stockers and feeders, $75039,40; fair to good cows, $7.00310.10: good to .choice heifers, $5.003 10.10; cannerS. ss.oo@ffi6s: , cutters, .s6»oo§ 6,15; bologna /.bulls.,. $8.0038.50: butchers’ bulls. $8.50310.00; good to prime' calves, ■heavy calves. $8.003|0.00. HOGS—Prime light butchers, $15.40315.8); fair to fancy light, $15.25310./a: medium weight butchers/ 2003225 lbs., $15.70315.90; heavy butchers. 2503400 lbs., $15,70315.95; choice heavy packing. [email protected]: rough heavy packing, $15.20315.50; pigs, fair to good, stags, $15.00316.00. SHEEP—Yearlings. [email protected]; fair to choice ewes. $11.00312.75; wethers, fair to choice, $11.25312.80: -clipped ewes, slo.oo@ 10160:—western lambs, >[email protected]; feeding lambs,. -$14.00315.00; native lambs, $14.50@ 15.50; shorn lambs. [email protected]. '"I East Buffalo. N. Y., Aprill9. . CATTLE—Market slow; prime steers, $12.00313X0; butcher grades. $6.50311.75. CALVES—Market ■ slow and 50c lower; cull to choice. - - - SHEEP A I ND LAMBS—Market slow and 40c lower; choice lambs, $16.25316.40; cull to fair. $13.00316.00; y/fhrlings, [email protected]; sheep, $5.00312,50. HOGS—Market slow, 10c lower; Yorkers,’ $15.00316.15: pigs. [email protected]: mixed, >l6-10 @16.25; heavy. $16.25316.30'; roughs. slloo@ USO; stags, >11.75312.25. .

Liquor From Palm Trees.

More than 90 per cent of the alcohol and alcoholic drinks that are made in the Philippines are derived" from the sap of palm trees.

Our Sawed-Off Sermon.

It is sometimes better for a young man to get the marbleheart than tn marry the girl and have to eat her marble cake.

Magnet Lifts Great Weight.

A seven-pound electro 'magttet that will lift 15 times its own weight. has been invented for many uses about machine shops.

Nor That Little Long.

“Man wants but little here below,” remarked the new arrival in Hades, as he hurriedly removed his overcoat

Improve With Age.

The* older a good resolution gets the stronger it holds.—Florida TimesUnion.

Cranks Are Obsolete.

The most successful self-made men are self-starters. —Deseret News.

NUT MARGARINE

That is just what it is. Let Us tell you how it is made. The cocoanut meat is imported from Ceylon and the Philippine islands, the peanut oil from France and Holland. These two products are Churned; when it leaves the churn it is worked and salted the same as creamery butter. Try it once.* — j RHOADS’ GROCERY. J

Buy envelopes at The Democrat office. A large number of sixes, styles and colors, both bond and plain finish, to select from, at 5c per bunch of 25. Callln and see them. Ideal Account FUes, >1.50 each.— The Democrat’s fancy stationery department

Our--4j» fender this head notices will be pub llshed for 1-cent-a-word for the firsl insertion. 1-2-cent-per-word' for each additional insertion. To save book-keeping cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-five cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, will be published two or more times —as‘the case may be—for 24 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.]

FOR SALE Or Rent—A farm of 80 acres, 12 miles north of Rensselaer.—Address BOX 3Oj?, Otterbein, Ind. Chevrolet “400,” good as new. Bargain.—M. 1. ADAMS & SON. ts White Oak Posts—Good ones.Phone 4, WHITE & LEE. a 24 My residence property onAlcKinley averiue. Will sell at a bargain. —L. STRONG, .’phone 173- m 2! Second-hand Ford, in good mechanical condition; car is nearly new; at a bargain if taken soon-. S. A. BRESNAHAN, phone 932-C. ts - . Setting Eggs-—White Wyandotte, 50 c and 75c per setting,—MßS. J JOHN KOHLER. Phone 938-C. ts Seed Coitl—l have a limited amount < of early No. 1 white. Phone 6u-W. i i—C, MA CLM, Remington, Ind. a2l IS. C White Leghorn eggs, 75c for 15, -S5 per 100.— ■ Rensselaer.. „ ml ; One almost new Barens Horsestocks. 1 i Call or write CAL BURROUGHS,' Fair Oaks, Ind. a2l • , Good Recleaned Timothy Seed, $3 per bushel, at RENSSELAER i GARAGE. ts —. — j Deering 7-foot binder, almost good j as new, at a bargain^—-DANA I RISHLING, Rensselaer. ia.2BGood Team of Work Mares, wt. > 2400.—W. B. WALTER, Rens-, selaer, R-3. Phone 80-C, ML Ayr: • exchange. ts { : Two roan Shorthorn bulls. 11 nios. : | old, decendants of. “Whitehallj Sultan.” Papprs furnished.—GUSSi YEOMAN, R-3, Rensselaer, Irid. [ \ Phone 7S-C,. Mt. Ayr.a26' *

j Team of mules, 9 and 10 years old; j. team of edits, coming 3 years old. I broke to work, and 1 5-year-old .horse. Will sell on time. —JOHN LONERGAN,ophone 955-F. if Remington Typewriter, No. 7, i , with tabulating attachment. Machine in splendid condition and looks and is practically ais good as new; cost $l2O, will sell at a bargain—THE DEMOCRAT. < Five-passenger Automobile in good running condition, electric horn, Presto-lite lights, top, good tires, two practically new; extra inner tubes, jack, etc. A bargain If sold soon. * Will demonstrate.—F. E. BABCOCK. * One Gasoline 16-Horse-power Engine, mounted on iron wheel wagon, will run ensilage cutter or small separator. This engine is a Fairbanks Morse, and a good one. $l5O buys it. This is a bargain for some one. See JOHN J. STOCKTON, or telephone 915-B or 409. z ts 50,000 to 75.000 Feet of Oak lumber, consisting of 2x4, 2x6, sills, inch boards, plank and

bridge material. Price from sl2 to "|lB at mill, with exception of bridge plank, which is $25. Also have white «ak posts on ground at 7c each. Call J. N. BICKNELL, phone A 42, Rensselaer. ts Stop Paying Rent—Own a home in the tfardwood timber belt of Wisconsin, sls to $25 per acre on terms to suit. Sugar maple, oak, basswood, birch, etc. Choice clay loam soil. Pure spring streams. Close to towns. Improved and partly improved .farms. Write FRANK M. DOYLE, Immigration Agent, Ladysmith, Wisconsin. a2l One of the Best Located Residence properties in Rensselaer, 75x300 feet, corner lot fronting on two improved streets; good two-story house, with cistern, drilled well, bath, barn and other out-buildings, etc. Ground alone is worth price asked for entire property. Terms If desired. For further particulars call or address B. care THE DEMOCRAT. See JAY W. STOCKTON for some choice lots in the city of Rensselaer, Indiana. Fine location; all public improvements made and paid for. Also some fine uncultivated land, as well as some of the best land that’s in Jasper county. There is no indebtedness against any of this property. If you are interested telephone 25 or 915-B. Bees—l have for sale twenty strong hives of Italian bees. Price $8 per hive, cash. Each hive, if the season be favorable, will give from two to four swarms. I will sell May ana June swarms for $5 per stand. Men who assume to know claim that a hive of bees should be in every orchard and pickle field to pollenize each bloom and thus produce a large crop. The old saying, “A swarm in May is worth a ton of hay, and in June a silver spoon,’’ may hold good this year.—FRANK FOLTZ.

WANTED Girl for general housework. Phone 43, or address BOX 713. 50 More Girls and Women Wanted —A. Roth Co. contemplate installing 40 more power machines in their Rensselaer factory. If you desire employment send your application at once.— A. ROTH CO., Rensselaer, Ind. m!5 Old False Teeth Bought—Broken or any condition. We pay up to $5 a set, according to value.Mail at once and get our offer. If unsatisfactory, will return teeth. —DOMESTIC SUPPLY CO., Binghamton, New York. ' ml Sewing——Spring sewing wanted at home for boys and girls.—MßS. ELLA RISHLING, .Rensselaer, ml

FOR RENT SO-Acre Improved Farm, 2 miles southeast of Wheatfield. —HARVEY DAVISSON. . A Dandy Suite of Office Rooms over The Democrat office. —F. E. BABCOCK. ts Good 6-room house, city water, electric lights, 2 lots; in east ;part of town.—PHONE 920-D. a2l The Five-Room Flat over The Democrat office, city water, bath, 1 electric lights, etc. To small family only.-—F. E. BABCOCK. Phone j 315 or 311. Pasture of 160 Acres, has quite a good deal of timber on it, and there is al£o a lot of pasture in the open land for grazing purposes. Will rent reasonable. It is north of Rensselaer. See JAY W. STOCKTON for further information Telephone 25 or 915-B. We Have Room for about 250 head of. stock for the season on the J. J. La.wler pastures near Fair Oaks, plenty of grass and water. Cattle, all ages, $ 1 per month; horses, $1.50 per month—for season. Call or see superintendent, JAMES E. WALTER. Phone 337. ts

MISCELLANEOUS ; Notice to Breeders—My stud books i are in the hands of (Jus Grant, 'and all bills due me can be paid to him or to the Trust & Savings bank.- \V. H. BARKLEY. ml 8 Butter Wrappers—Vegetable parchment butter wrappers in an/ either plain or printed, at The Democrat Office, ts I .. L I ' Storage——l have two rooms for storage of - light household or other goods in The Democrat building. Terms reasonable. —F. B. BABCOCK. Phone 315 or 311, •Typewriter Ribbons —The Democrat carries in stock in its fancy J stationery department the famousl Nedich make of ribbons for nearly* all the standard makes of typewriters. Price 65c each. - Will he sent by mail prepaid to any address on receipt of price. ts

FINANCIAL Money to Loan-—5 per cent farm loans.—JOHN A, DUNLAP. ts Mutual Insurance—Fire and Lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS. Phone 533-L. ts Farm Loans——l can procure you a five-year loan on your farm at 5 per cent. Can loan as high as 50 per cent of the value of any good farm. No delay in getting the money after title is approved.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. ts Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO, —E. P. HONAN. I tint shh) Without Delay ’ l<rl lUr Without Commission, uUI IllU ( Without Charges for KniirV P laklns or Recording IHI I Instruments. UllL I J W. £L PARKINSON.