Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1917 — Page 6

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COMMISSIONERS’ ALLOWANCES

Following are the allowances made by the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, at the regular September, 1917, term: > Jesse Nichols, expense clerk - • *.,s a-00 Clark & Hamilton, same... 2.00 Thornton Levy Co., 5ame...... 30.5 S Same, supplies auditor .......... 16.60 Same, same recorder •• 28.60^ Same, same surveyor , i^.Oi j p Hammond, same auditor.... ' B D McColl'y. boarding prisoners IS AO M L Sterrett. sal co 5upt....... 63.00 Same, supplies same. 4.00 F E Babcock, 5ame............. LdO Mrs M L Sterrett, clerk hire.... 12.00 Ernest Lamson, sal co supt 40.50 Same, supplies same ............ 1-43 Mrs E Lamson, clerk hire....... 29.75 E R Hopkins, expense same.... 10.C*o Dr C E Johnson, per dm cornr 20.00 Same, expense same 6.25 Central City Chemical Co. sup county health commissioner... 19.31 G A Brand & Co, decorate c h 939.09 Chas Morlan. janitor 5ame...... 6" <•'> Mrs C Morlan. matron same.... 10.00 J L Griggs, fireman 5ame....... 50.00 /Johnson Service Co. sup same.. .69 D M Borland, same, ....... 43.50 G M Wilcox, sal sup co farm./,,. 175.00 Geo Westphall, labor co farm •. • 96.13 i James Overton, same 4.95 r Ross Pollock, same ............... 22,00 j • Halsie Gordon, stunt- .;,.. 16.00 j, John Kershner. same 13” 1 S E Kershner. same .. t........ 25.62 Dick Tudor, same 9-”” I Len McCarthy, same 11.2 a John Eger.. supplies satnel..... - 277.36 Watson Plumbing Co, same 9.01 F E Babcock, public printing... 21,15 Clark & Hamilton, same. 21.6*9 j E D Nesbitt, bridge engr....... 31.45 Fae F Pettv; care poor children 12.40 ; Mrs Belle McCarthy, same 26.00 A S Keene, bridge No. 3401... .1.0” ■ John Daniels, bridge No: 3042. . * 996. *j, W V Porter, brdg Nos. 3077. 307 S 740. it ; J L S Gray, co highway supt.. 105 03 E D Nesbitt, engr g r const.... 54.95 Jav Roth, asst same ........... 2.””; ' Harvey W Wood. Jr., same 1 'J V R Porter, «amel L P Shirer. supt Yeoman s r . 54.”” J H McClannahan, supt Wood s r 54.00 1 G Nanninga. supt Nanninga s r J W Nowels. same jparkinson s r 1 '.”i; Thos Lowe. asst supt g r const 5.0” E D 'Nesbitt, engr Quinn ditch 473 Ben O'Connor, asst same KingLawler ditch ...,. 1.00 Clark & Hamilton, ptg bonds, etc, _ _ u '< Scipio ditch .' 15 73 A B Robbins, asst g r- 5upt...... 140.25 W S Lowman. same 24."" Fred Popp, same 135.39 W S parks, same 127.35 A Woodworth, same ,—......... 14 2. ”5 C W Spencer, same 43.00 J P Lucas, same ............... 201.25 Chas Meadel, same 130.25

PUN OF CITY OR LAKE BUNGALOW. ' * i ' 7 design 1015, by Glenn L. Saxton, Architect, Minneapolis, Minn. PERSPECTIVE VIEW—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. ~ ~ ~ i; SLEEPING PORCH ;! r— jl I 14-0 XB*tf ■ | If s fK“ 3'L|4. |—L l—ii 1- r \ ■KiTCH£r#Tf-7~ * i -*—i C.HAMBEP i ,MW 'f g I seldom CHAFER 3 IZ-iTX JS-0 | La? I 12-tfXU-ff | - 11 . 13-.0X12-0 pa I — na r~ r i o i DININ&ROOM' L/VIN&RCOM STORE TROOM I 3 XW MXIW OIUKiC hsuun ■l— jj PIAZZA. FIRST FLOOR PLAN. SECOND FLOOR PLAN. The outside of this bungalow is very artistic; the inside arranged for com fort as weH as beauty. From the piazza one enters into a large living room. Which has a fireplace on one side and on another side three high windows. There are sliding French doors leading into the dining room and an abundance of light and sunshine entering from the two groups of windows. The kitchen *is arranged with a rear porch. Two chambers and a tbilet room finished in the second story; also a storeroom in the front and a sleeping porch at the rear. Size 34 feet by 40 feet deep! ’ Basement 7 feet in the clear. First story 9 feet, second 8 feet. Oak floors and oak finish, with birch finish fin the tear part. Cost to build, exclusive of heating and plumbing, about $4,500. Upon receipt of $1 the 1 publisher of this papgr will furnish Saxton’s plan trnok, “American Dwellings,” which contains over 300 designs costing to build from SI,OOO to $0,000; also a book of interiors, $1 per copy.

UNITED STATES TORPEDO BOAT DAVIS

A E Sticknoth, same ir c? H M Clark, same ........, --• • ■ 399. Sa Newton Co Stone Co. g r repair oOU .J Lehigh Stone Co. same ire/: Monon Crushed Stone Co,' same Jacob E Gilmore, same 21.0*1 Frank Wiseman, same .... • • 6. JO Frank Shide. same 34.00 Rens Cement Prod Co. same.... 1-1-03 Ed Herath, same ; 110.00 Central City Publish Co. publish notice Teoman s r L3** Same, same Ellsworth r0ad..... 2-60 S,7nie. Suite Rosk ma(l. . 7 hrrttr Same, same Forsythe r0ad...... 2-60 Same, same Thomas r0ad..../.. 2.ba Same, same Adams road, L3O Same, same May road ......1.35 JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor Jasper County.

pgagßßßM' Charles H. Hartin AUCTIONEER Sales made anywhere. Years of experience. A judge of values. An honest effort made to sell for the high dollar. For terms and dates Phone 77, Morocco, Ind., or call on John A. Ihinlap, Rensselaer, Indiana

TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Prejudiced.

“Professor Diggs, the famous archeologist, is said to have discovered half a dozen buried cities.” “Mrs. Diggs ought to be proud of him.” ■ ■/■ “Well, yes. But she would probably have more respect for his ability as an explorer if she didn’t have to find Trts-ftirr for him nearly every time - ire leaves the house.” »

THINKS UP NEW ONES.

“Married life is pretty monotonous.” “Say not so; I can’t tell the same lie to my wife twice.”

Revelation.

Oh, language is a curious thing. And strange results its use may bring. The more we talk the more we show ifow many things We do not know.

A Legal Claim.

“She has the loveliest complexion I have seen in many a day.” “But it isn’t her own complexion.” “You mean her coloring is artificial. Maybe so, but the fact that she is wearing it on her own face and has probably paid for the materials entitles her to claim possession, I should say.”

Overworked.

“It’s astonishing how much money is spent in trying to amuse the tired business man.” “But I understand that such ventures are usually profitable?” “Oh, yes. So much so, in fact, that some way will soon have to be found to amuse tired theatrical managers.”

Nothing Wrong.

“Do you see those two men studying a chart?” “Certainly.” “I happen to know that they are planning a crooked piece of work.” “Surely not«-” “Yes. They are two engineers who are mapping out a scenic railway.”

Won't Be Unexpected.

“Say, Mr. Blank, I’ve been spending a lot of time and money on your daughter, and now that I’ve asked her to marry me, she refuses. I’ve got a kick coming.” “All right, young man. You’re going to get it right now.”

POSSIBLY.

“I think we could be very congenial, don’t you?” “How much do you earn?”

Song of the Links.

Many are called, but only a few Elver do better than 92. Many are called, but with many a curse Most of them finish at 90 or worse.

In the Suburbs.

“Quite a scahdal in the neighborhood this morning. . Heard about it?” “No; my wife hasn’t come home from her Browning club.”

Sounds Reasonable.

She (admiringly)—Where did you get your knowledge of electricity? ■He —Oh, from the current magazines. . ..

THROUGH THE NEEDLE’S EYE

Rich Man Admitted It Was Hard to Keep Money From Petrifying the Feelings. Sittiug at his big desk in the office of the Thornton Manufacturing company, Mr. William Thornton was dictating letters when the name of Rev. Dr. Colton, the minister of the church he attended, was brought In. Mr. Thornton dismissed the stenographer and told the boy to show the clergyman in. 4 When Doctor w Colton came in, Mr. Thornton greeted him cordially, but he secretly wondered what had brought the good doctor there so early in the morning. “I’m sorry to disturb you at this hour of the day, Mr. Thornton,” he said, “hut I have just come from the home of a woman whose husband has died, and there’s nothing left to bury him with. I’m trying to raise enough to cover the expenses of the funeral. Can you give me sls toward it?” William Thornton knit his brows. “Wasn’t it less than two weeks ago that I gave you $25 to help pay a hospital bill for someone?” he asked. “Yes. it was,” said Doctor Colton. “Well, when Is this thing going to end. doctor?” he inquired. “One time it is $25 for hospital fees, another time it*s slo' for - cuatr another ItV -s2fbfor rent, and now’ It’s sls for funeral expenses. When are you going to stop coming, doctor?” Doctor Colton looked him squarely in the eye and answered, “I will stop coming whenever you wish it, William. Do you want me.to stop coming when you are amply able to help in such cases?”

Mr. Thornton thought a minute, and then replied warmly, “No, doctor, I don’t want you to stop coming. I’d grow ns selfish ns the devil if you did. Here’s the money, and God bless you in the use of it. It’s hard to keep money from petrifying your feelings isn’t It? Come again when you need more.”—Youth’s Companion.

NOT HIS KIND OF A CANNON

Admiral Knew All About One Species, But the Other Was Beyond His Comprehension. The late Admiral Dewey was very fond of music and when receptions were held at the Dewey home musical ■“entertainment was always provided. Among" the admiral’s favorite singers was Mrs. Susanne Oldberg of this* city and she related an amusing story that reveals the distinguished hero of Manila bay in the light of a wit. One of the admiral’s favorite selections was a (iuet, called in musical parlance a canon, where one voice is answered in imitation by another throughout the piece. He seemed particularly pleased always when this canon was sung and would unfailingly say to Mrs. Oldberg: “Tell me why is this music called a canon? What a queer name for a piece of music!” “Wouldn’t it be bringing coals to Newcastle for me to try to 'fell you anything about a canon, admiral?” Mrs. Oldberg would whimsically inquire. To this he would jokingly answer: “No, indeed. I’m afraid that here is a type of canon I know nothing about. My cannon is spelled with two n’s, you know, and though it sometimes sings and often repeats, it certainly isn’t fit for drawing-room use.” —Washington Star.

Hen Made Good.

The telegraph messenger at Ashland, Ky., Gerald Tharp, says the Western Union News, is familiar with the principle embodied In Elbert Hubbard’s story, “A Message to Garcia,” although this will probably be his first intimation that such a story was ever written. A local confectioner called for a messenger to go out to a farmhouse for two dozen eggs. Gerald was detailed for the errand, which ordinarily would consume thirty minutes. At the end of three hours he returned with the eggs, and was promptly called on the carpet by the manager to explain his long absence from the office. In a round Irish brogue Gerald explained that the farmer had only twenty-three eggs, and lie had waited, two and one-half hours for a Plymouth Rock hen to lay the other egg.

Limit Reached in Collars.

Augustus was going to a party, and when Augustus appears at a function of this sort he is a wonderful sight to behold. And Augustus was engaged in a collar hunt —a very serious occupation indeed. He had already visited three establishments, but none kept tlie article for which he hungered.. Every depth and shape the shop boasted had been laid before him till the maximum of four inches deep had been reached. “What! Do you mean to say that you haven’t anything taller in the shop?” he asked irritably. “Sorry, sir,” said the assistant, softly, “but our next size is cuffs !”

Ladies, Take Notice!

Imagine the smug self-sufficiency of the feminine mind which considers itself capable of selecting a man’s necktie, the most exacting bit of silk in the \vorld! Fancy the futility of such a mind passing judgment on it! Crlt- . Icize, and with reason, the cut of our i clothes and hair; advance theories upon gloves and footwear; but be sir lent if you cannot commend the neck- ! wear of a man. There you have the artistic culmination of the male. Censure it, and you insult at the same { time his judgment, pride and sens© of beauty. —Atlantic.

The Liberty Bond

By Veronica M. Maher

(Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.) “He’s gone!” pronounced Edna Barry with a sharp gasp. Her older sister, Lina, a widow, peered past her into a room of the oldfashioned village house, trembling and excited. The bed was undisturbed, the neatly kept apartment in complete order. “You see,” breathed Edna painfully, “father must have gone away last night.” “There is a scrap of paper on the bureau,” discovered Lina, and both hurrted thither to read the hastily penciled scrawl. “Don’t get anxious, girls,” it ran; "I will take care of myself. They won’t let me enlist on account of my age, so I am going to do ffixMtJbJ.-buy-ing a Liberty bond.” “Oh 1” cried Lina, wringing her hands in distress and fairly hysterical, “father has gone clear out of his mind.” “Don’t get frightened, dear,” reassured Edna in her quiet, sensible way, “father has had the war on his mind ever since it began. The volunteer rhlly the other evening worked him up. He won’t do anything rash.” “But to think of buying a Liberty bond and us with barely enough to live on!” “Ah, I knew father was too reasonable to go off on a wild-goose chase,” spoke Edna abruptly, as she opened a bureau drawer. “See, sister, his old tin box is empty.” Before the inner vision of both there flashed a memory of the cherished

elics their father, a veteran of the Civil war, had retained sacredly ever since he had left the army. There was ■ the old-fashioned, clumsy, but solid gold watch he had worn through all of his battle experience. There was a silver loving cup his company had presented to him at a soldiers’ reunion. There were two double gold eagles, tarnished with age, which he had- set aside nearly a half century ago for a rainy day. Alas! many of the same had come, but he had skimped it over until now. “Dear, brave, loyal soul!” breathed Edna with feeling. “We mustn’t murmur, sister. It is a noble sacrifice for

“Father Must Have Gone Away Last Night.”

the true patriot he is, and father will come back the -better and more contented for this grand act of devotion to his country.” Meantime Josiah Barry, cane in hand, and limping slowly, had just left the train at its city depot. The noise and bustle confused him. He partook of a frugal meal at a cheap restaurant. He put on his old silver-bowed spectacles and consulted a newspaper lying on the table before him. An advertisement. headed “Buy a Liberty Bond” engrossed his attention. He memorized the address of the brokers who had inserted it —2§ State street. Then he took up his slow tramp again. Inquiries and kindly given information landed him at length in front of the massive building, every window of which bore a flag, where the glittering plate-glass windows of the brokerage firm occupying the main floor were filled with colored lithographs comprising pictorial invitations to the passer-by to invest in a Liberty bond. Josiah went up the steps with winces at various rheumatic twinges, but came proudly erect as he advanced to a counter, behind which a handsome, pleasant-looking young man was'directing the operations of some clerks. “Good morning, sir,” he spoke cheerily to old Josiah, “can we be of service to you?” “Why, yes, I think you can, and I certainly hope you can. I want to buy a Liberty bond.” “Good for you!” commended the young man. “Come in and rest yourself; you look tired.” “It’s the hard pavements,” explained the old man, and he followed his host behind a railing and sank into a luxuriously padded chair with a sense of iara comfort. I think I’d better ex-

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plain at the start, sir. I want to hoy a Liberty bond, as I said, and I’ve come a long way to do it. I’ve not got all the cash to pay, but I’ve got the value and you smart city folks can turn what ain’t money into cash. I’m sure of that.” The young man looked interested, then curious. Josiah drew from a pocket an old faded bandana handkerchief. He untied its comers and spread out to the view of his host his motley collection of treasures. “There you are,” he said. “If it will cover a hundred-dollar bond, give it to me.” A sudden film crossed the eyes of young Earle Revere, for that was his name. The son of a millionaire, city bred, a partner in the great brokerage' house, luxury and wealth had not driven out the finer sentiments in this-true-souled young fellow. “Trust me with these for a moment, sir,” he said in a subdued tone; “I wish to submit your proposition to my father.” “Surely,” returned old Josiah promptly, “let’s have everything open and above board and clearly understood.” The father of Earle Revere, august, silver-haired, looked up in some surprise as his son plumped down upon his desk the contents of the old bandana, meantime reciting the incident of the moment. “See- here, father,” he observed, “help the old fellow out, for one can see at a glance that he is true blue. Then send for a reporter and have him brush up a story that will help on the bond sales Immensely. An old soldier, too —I noticed the Grand Army button in his coat; that ought to reach you.” A sad expression of reverie came into the eyes of Mr. Revere. He looked over the little heap before him. As he picked up the watch he noticed a deep indentation in the case, but not so deep that it had obscured an inscription—“ Josiah Barry.”

“Why, father!” Uxclaimed Revere in amazement, for Mr. Revere had sprung to his feet and was out in the main room, his face aglow with excitement. “Old friend of ’63!” he fairly “don’t you know me? Think, think hard. That day at Shiloh, when you dragged a wounded soldier to a covert safe from the rushing, crushing hoofs of the horses of the enemy. But for the water in your canteen I should have perished. The same old watch that bore your name. The canteen you left behind —I cherish it now, your dear old name scratched it. I have tried to find you and have failed, and now after the years, my brave old friend! I have never forgotten you. Tell me all about yourself.” “Twenty thousand dollars for that canteen I never paid for,” insisted Mr. Revere later, “and half of it in Libertybonds, you dear old hero! And my son shall see that you get home safely.” And back at the humble old home Earle met Ethel. Already the romance of war bound the two families in an indissoluble chain. And quite naturally the romance of love ensued, and te the Liberty bond was added—grandly appropriate —the bond of matrimony.

The Solitary Breakfast

At first blush breakfast seems a sociable meal; at that hour a man is best satisfied, or least discontented, with himself, and in a mood to make the most of the world. Human vitality is at its maximum, mere existence lugs exhilaration along with it; good humor mantles everything. But there is an uncertainty in company even when you may choose it; for temperament is never to be wholly trusted (artists aredangerous people to meet it breakfast), and there are a thousand happenings—troubled sleep, early awakening, mosquitoes, a surmised mouse, no hot water, buttoned boots, putting studs in a shirt—that may occur between going to bed at night and com-, ing down to breakfast in-the morning,, and ill-adjusted feelings in even one member of the company may dampen the spirits of all. Company is no doubt the better state, and brings out the full capacities for pleasure that lie in breakfast, but a solitary breakfast is safer; solitary pleasantness is more tempered, but it is more certain.—Henry Dwight Sedgwick in Yale Review.

Evolution of the Hat

A hat is distinguished from a cap or bonnet by the possession of a brim. The modern hat can be traced back tothe petasus worn by the ancient Romans when on a journey; and hats were also thus used by the earlier Greeks. Not until after the Norman conquest did the use of hats begin in England. A “hatte of biever” was worn by one of the “nobels of the lande, mett at Clarendom” about the middle of the twelfth century; and Frossart describes hats that were worn at Edward’s court in 1340, when the Garter order wjts instituted. The use of the scarlet hat which distinguishes cardinals was-, sanctioned in the thirteenth century by Pope Innocent IV.

Samson Agonistes.

A little girl came to see Michael, who might have been four years old or less. She came riding up on a very fat, sleek pony. Naturally admiring family wanted to see how he looked on the pony. But when his father tried to put him in the saddle, he howled with fright and stiffened his legs so that the equestrian " position could not be thrust upon ‘him. Perceiving the parent’s disappointment, however, and having an eye oh the incidental profit involved, Michael, oncemore safe on the ground, said: “If I had another slice of cherry pie I thinlc I might be strong, enough to ride tfi» pony.”' V