Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1918 — Page 8

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

LEE Roy Heltzel and wife spent Wednesday in Monon. G. A. Jacks and wife spent Wednesday in Rensselaer with their tfhildren. Raymond and Herbert Warren Bpent Sunday here with Glen and Gail Culp. Elzie Webb of Auburn, Indiana, was here Tuesday and Wednesday calling on relatives. He stayed at Frank Overton’s over night. Orval Warren, who has been working for Frank Overton, went to his home Monday to go with his people to Lake Charles, Louisiana, where they are moving. They left Tor their new home Tuesday. Edith Overton, who was very low With pneumonia last week when her temperature reached 106 degrees, is very much improved. She /has no temperature at this writing and the nurse has been dismissed. Little Robert Jordan, who was very sick with pneumonia, is much Improved, but his brother Elvin was taken down with the same disease about a week ago and has a very high temperature at this writing.

MT. AYR ' (From the Tribune) Wallace Nichols went to Laporte Saturday to arrange matters for his moving therein the spring. Foster Brunton and family spent the day Sunday with his brother Louie and family south of town. Miss Ethel Murfltt went to Chicago Wednesday, where she will visit her grandpiother and other relatives for several weeks. Miss Nellie Makeever is visiting friends in Chicago. She left Monday and will perhaps spend a couple of weeks in the windy city. We are reliably informed that John Miller and Miss Ella Yoder are to be married next Sunday. We certainly wish this young couple worlds of good luck on the sea of matrimony. E. M. Patterson and family have arrived here from Rogers, Arkansas, and will take up. trucking and mixed farming on the Billy Shaw place north of town. Mr. P’atterson and Mr. Shaw are brothers-in-law. Jesse Coovert came Friday from Mitchell, South Dakota, for a several weeks’ visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Coovert, and other relatives. Mr. Coovert will probably go on to Jonesboro in the eastern part of the state for a visit with his sister, before returning home. Simon Kenton, who is visiting axpmi(r4?-e4’i&.‘i«. l aer,-e*nmrSa tu rday to spend some time with his niece, Mrs. Jay Miller. Mr. Kenton’s home is in North Dakota, where the Kenton families have been quite successful at farming. Simon is a good sample of the sturdy bld Kenton stock of historical - fame, having made wonderful developments physically since we last saw him some twenty years ago.

NOTICE OF LETTING CONTRACT FOR COUNTY FARM SUPPLIES Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will, on- Monday, March 4th, 1918, receive sealed proposals for furnishing groceries* dry goods and meat for the use Of the county poor asylum. All bids to be on file by 2 o’clock of said date and to be accompanied by affidavit as required by law. The board reserves the right to Yeject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana. JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Omar J. Kenton et ux to Floyd C. Amsler, December 18, w % se 35-30-7, 80 acres; n pt e % 2-29-7, 50.73 acres; pt nw 2-29-7, 118.18 acres, Newton and Marion townships, $35,960. John L. S. Gray et al to George H. May, January 21, sw nw 16-27-7, 40 acres, Carpenter, sl. Webster's 1 ; New International! ; DICTIONARIES are in use by busi- H ! ness men, engineers, bankers, |J • judges, architects, physicians, H ; farmers, teachers, librarians, cler- H : gymen, Ly successful men and H women the world over. Are You Equipped to Win? i '• The New International provides H • the means to success. It is an all- H ; knowing teacher, a universal ques- m i tion answerer. H ; If you seek efficiency and ad- H ; vancement why not make daily H ! useof this vast fund of inform- H j ation? H > 406,000 Vocabulary Terms. 2700 Pages. H , 6000 Illustrations. Colored Plates. H ; 30,000 Geographical Subjects. 12,000 14 ; Biographical Entries. H • Regular and India-Paper Editions. H • j. Writeforspec- o imen pages, H L3~~ ====i illustratioas, fj etc. Free, a H jSp-j r*K'■;| set °f Pocket H SjggzSjfoH.Maps if you H H JKfcjg E“ - name this R i JKiiJfcflHßrtSliS P a P er - M WffiftjW 5 - 7 g. &c. a MERRIAM 0 ffcdg. co., H ““ Mass - m i-i in r-i m.rrri.l irrH

When Banks Are ClosedHolidays that Delay World's Business

New York City’s Financial District Decorated in Honor of a Foreign War Mission. Only 84 Days in 1918 in Which the World's Business Is Not interrupted Somewhere by Holiday* and Sunday*.

CURIOUS HOLIDAY FACTS.

There Is no national legal holiday in the United States. Massachusetts does not observe New Year’s Day as a legal holiday. Five Christian countries do not observe Christmas as a legal holiday. New Year’s Day Is the only holiday observed throughout the world. Eleven different dates are obMew Year’j Day In different parts of the world. International business will be Interfered with by holidays or Sundays on 281 days in 1918, of these 261 days being holidays. I his leaves only 84 days In which universal banking business is possible. November, with 26 holidays In different parts of the world, leads the months. March, with 19, has the fewest holidays. Brazil leads the nations of the world with 84 holidays. The United States comes next with 54.

By GARRET SMITH.

WHILE man plays or prays the world’s business will be Interfered with on 281 days during 1918. In other words, there will be only 84 days in tills coming year that are not Sundays or special holidays in one or more important commercial regions of the earth. Nor is this an unusual condition created by the war. We are accustomed to jump remarkable conditions into the category of war evils these days. On the contrary, some of the lighting nations have for the time being stripped their decks of minor and unusually superfluous holidays. Ever since man was condemned to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow he has been putting in a lot of spare time trumping up methods of beating the game. Next to working into the boss’s job the Invention of the holiday has been one of his ablest little achievements in this line. Likewise ever since bosses and holidays evolved, along about history's sunrise, the former have been cursing the latter as troublesome breaks In the year’s work. By the Middle Ages holidays had become so numerous that they seriously Interfered with industrial pursuits. A valuable result of the Reformation not generally appreciated was the abolition of a large portion of these holidays. But as time went on pojitlcal and religious milestones accumulated again. Today, while the year’s overload in any one country is by no means as serious as In the Middle Ages, the growth of International finance has made the world’s aggregate of closed days a serious factor and an expensive one. Not until now, however, has any attempt been made to compile an exhaustive list of holidays for the guidance of bankers and meichants. This task has just been completed by the Guaranty Trust Company of New The results have been published in a booklet that should be a valuable addition to the reference library of every bank in the country doing more than a purely local business. Importance of Bank Holidays. a bank has a commefCtiHpaper collectable in PeklngbKAthens •r Cape Town on January 5. It £

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French Citizens Celebrating the Fall of the Bastlle.

Important to know whether the bank in that particular city will be open that day. Does any one around the place know whether January 5 is a bank holiday 4n Peking or Athens or Cape Town? Usually no one does. It’s hard enough to keep tabs on the 54 holidays rampant in these United States. It therefore becomes necessary to send an expensive cablegram to get the information. This sort of thing happens not once, but many times, in every banking house with an extensive foreign business. Among the holidays established by custom the occasion Is generally the anniversary of an Important political’ r.vent or the birthday of a national hero. Such holidays are therefore lo*cal,—SVhlle church holidays are for the most general. The former class prevails in the newer and more democratic countries, while the older ones confine themselves largely to the church fasts and festivals. Where Holidays Are Thickest. Contriiry to the popular notion, the new democracies of the west enjoy a greater number of holidays than their sister nations of the eastern hemisphere. Of the 97 nations or dependencies listed Brazil leads, with 84 holidays. The United States, with 54, is a close second, although she, unlike Brazil, practically ignores the church days. Another popular delusion is shattered when we find that France has only 18 formallj’ observed days and Italy only 23. We had supposed the Latins always outdid us la this particular. Among the other belligerents Germany, it is presumed, will observe 20 days next year, Great Britain 16, Japan 15 and Russia 17. In most of these countries numerous local holidays ordinarily observed have been abandoned during the war. The study of holidays is fascinating to the historian. Those of our own country offer a particularly rich field. If one knew the meaning of all the half a hundred days celebrated In the United States, with the collateral events connected with each, he would be well versed In the nation's history. One of the first surprises in store for such a student is to learn that the United States has no national holiday. The reader will at once think of Fourth of July and of the President’s Thanksgiving proclamation. But not even these are national. Acts of Congress and Presidents’ pronouncements in this respect apply only to the District of Columbia and the territories. The states usually follow suit, but as a matter of custom only and not of law. Here is a chance to win some bets from your friends. America’s Red Letter Days. American local holidays are rich in historical significance. Of such are the commemorations of Bunker HUI and Bennington and New Orleans and San Jacinto; the all but forgotten Fast Day of New England, still surviving In New Hampshire; Patriots' Day to Maine and Old Defender’s Day in Baltimore, Pioneer Day in Idaho and the various Admission Days popular with other Western states. Confederate Memorial Day in the South, together with the birthdays of Lee and other heroes of the Confederacy. Two states have Independence’Days of their own. Texas observes her separation from Mexico on March 2. Nortli Carolina conunemorates the Halifax Independence resolutioiM on April 12 and the Mecklenburg declaration on May 20. It remains for Frederick county, Md., to celebrate all alone the repudiation of the stamp act, one of the most local celebrations of an Important national event on record. Among the favorite months for holidays the world oyer November leads,

with 26 out of its possible 30 days. May comes next, with 25 and an additional Sunday not otherwise celebrated, thus actually tying November In the number of days closed to business. March, on the other hand, is the longest all around business month, having only 19 holidays. Thus at least two-thlrds of every month interferes with the free play of international business. Even such generally observed festivals as Christmas and New Tear’s Day can't be depended upon by the banker without consulting the international calendar. New Year’s Day is the only holiday universally observed. But, alas, it falls on 11 different dates to different parts of the globe, and some countries observe more than one of them. An exhaustive study of these New Year celebrations would give one a pretty fair knowledge of the ancient history of the world. Curiously enough, one of our own states, Massachusetts, does not make this a legal holiday, though her citizens generally observe it. Where Chlstmas Is Not Observed. Christmas Day, due to its religious significance, is not so generally observed as New Year’s Day. It has, moreover, only three different dates. It was not generally observed on December 23 until the fourth century. The early church, lacking any authentic knowledge as to the date of Christ’s birth, celebrated it without uniformity in May, April and January. The Armenian Church still observes January & Why the December oate was finally selected is uncertain. Some see In it a displacement of the Roman Saturnalia; others declare it a survival of the Feast of the Winter Solstice, and still others point to Its coincidence with the old German Yuletide Feast. Countries where the old style calendar prevails stfll celebrate January 7. In the Puritan days Scotch Presbyterians and English Non-Conformists rejected Christmas Day altogether as “savoring of papistry.” and in NewEngland Thanksgiving Day was devised to replace it It seems a curious thing that there are today Christian countries where It is not observed legally. Such are Norway, Panama, Peru. Portugal and the South African Union. The last named, however, still observes the old English Institution of Boxing Day on December 26. This wSs the day when the English gentry, having had their own Christmas celebration the day before, turned their attention to the poor by presenting them with Christmas boxes. The day later became the day for general giving of Christmas gifts. Portugal Drops Traditions. The only country on earth a study of whose holidays reveals little of its political, racial or religious origin is Portugal. The first attempt to establish a republic in Portugal was made on January 31, 189 L This Is reflected in Its calendar of holidays, which runs: “January 1, dedicated to universal brotherhood; January 3L dedicated to the memory of all those who fought and died to establish the republic to Portugal; May 3, in memory of the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese; June 19, municipal holiday at Lisbon; June 24, municipal holiday at Oporto; October 5. the date of- the establishment of the Portuguese republic; December L Flag Day, to commemorate the Independence of the country; December 25, Family Daj.” These brief notation® en holiday* touch only their distribution and dates. Back of these lies a wide field filled with quaint and curious information relating to the manner «t eutebratlng them.

ATTENTION! Homeseekers, Farmers, Tenants, Renters, Stock Raisers, Fruit Growers, aud everyone looking for Homes and Investments. VISIT THE Free Agricultural Exhibit of the NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY at Makeever Hotel, Rensselaer, Ind. Thursday, February 21 Friday, February 22 Saturday, February 23 in .charge of GEO. A. JOBES, Traveling Immigrat’n Agent 40 East 4th St., Cincinnati, Ohio’ who will be there on the dates mentioned, with a full supply of literature dealing with the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, and a fine exhibit of the products of the Northern Pacific country, which cannot fail to be of interest to the prospective settler. DON’T FORGET that this section has captured most of the agricultural prizes at Fairs, Exhibitions, and Land Shows throughout the country during the past five years. If you cannot attend this exhibit, write for full information gnd literature to L. J. BRICKER, General Immigration Agent 108 Northern Pacific Ry., St. Paul, Minnesota.

FIFTY U. S. MEN STILL MISSING

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: stern of the liner and climbed on a rest. There he found Sergeant Muller. Sergetint Dubuque said he saw many j men in the sea. ' Collapsible rafts were thrown overboard to enable those who w ere struggling in the water to save themselves. Some of these rafts struck loaded boats. The sergeant said he believed quite a number of them must have been killed in this way. The sergeant and the others cn the raft were at the point of collapse when picked up, but they soon recovered. They are under the care of Dr. Langers of New York, who has been in the United States service for some time. The Tuscania was hit about 7 o’clock in the evening when the ships were within sight of land, and remained afloat for about two hours after being hit.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

How bravely, buoyantly, man bears his galling load of woes and cares! We see him toiling in the mart with fearless eyes and dauntless heart. Dispatches bring him tidings dire, his buildings are destroyed by fire, his vessels, filled with navy beans, were sunk by German submarines; the bank in which he had his wad is closed — the cashier’s skipped abroad. Perhaps he’s pale around the gills, confronting unexampled ills; perhaps he sheds a pint or two of sweat as cold as morning dew; but he's the modern fighting gent, and so he raises no lament. With stoic calm,

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with Spartan front, he buckles to his daily stunt. Then he goes home to have a doze; a silly fly with tickling toes is climbing o’er his drowsy brow —oh, watch the Spartan hero now! Oh, see the dauntless stoic rise, and cave around and cuss the flies. He knocks the pictures from he wall, and roasts his loved folks, one andall, and says it is .a beastly shame that one who’s weary, sore and lame, can’t harvest some refreshing sleep; and if his wife was worth her keep, she’d see that every doggone fly should curl its little limbs and die. The nations interested in the Boxer indemnity who are at war with Germany and Austria have, with the exception of Russia, agreed to the postponement of the amount due by China for a period of five years. Russia has agreed to remit onethird of the amount due her. China thus gains the use of $100,000,000 for five years and has the hope that the total amount may be remitted by and by. Whether the postponement will be an actual gain at this time is questionable since exchange is so in China’s favor. A more distinct gain, perhaps, is the agreement off the allied powers to permit China to raise her customs dues to an effective 5 per cent. As the present schedule or duties was compiled on the basis of prices ruling in 1902 in so far as imports are concerned and in 1858 in the case of exports, the present revenues should be almost doubled. —Far Eastern Review.

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