Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1918 — Page 6

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A MESSAGE FROM FRANCE Spirit of This Vffar Pictured by French Schoolgirl in Letter Received by John H. Finley. THIS letter is one of the many messages which have been received from the schools of France in response to the messages from American universities and schools, carried to them by John H. Finley, Commissioner of Education and President qf the University of the State of New York. It is reproduced here and comes from a pupil in the Lycee Victor Durny in Paris, which he visited last May, and there heard the pupils singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in French and crying in chorus, “Vive 1’ Amerique.” It is doubted if there has been a more graphic or poetic expression of that which separates the men in the opposing trenches or of that which brings America and France together. 0 **/t was only a little river, almost a brook; it was called the Yser. One could talk from one side to the other without raising one’s voice, and the birds could fly over it with one sweep of their wings. And on the two banks there were millions of men, the one turned toward the other, eye to eye. But the distance which separated them was greater than the stars in the sky; it was the distance which separates right from injustice. ** The ocean is so vast that the sea gulls do not dare to cross it. During seven days and seven nights the great steamships of America, •going at full speed, drive through the deep waters before the lighthouses of France come into view; but from one side to the other hearts are touching.” ,

The Great American Dollar Has a Great American Heart

I AM the Great American Dollar. I was born of Toil and Sweat and sired by Human Endeavor. Treasured and trained by Thrift, I grew powerful and competent to perform for my masters the duties of a willing servant Apprenticed to Industry, I earned wages that repaid my sponsors for their care and self denial. They loved me— not for myself alone, but for 'what 1 accomplished for human good, for by tireless labor • I smoothed the paths of their lives and the fruits of my energy made sweetej their days. A Sudden Awakening. In piping times of peace 1 grew self complacent, and, forgetting the Spartan character of my upbringing, became more and more the slave of Luxury. Then suddenly came an awakening. The forces of Good entered into conflict with the Legions of Evil, and battle raged upon the .earth. The ( Land of the Free, where I bad my be-

WILLIAM GERARD CHAPMAN.

ing, entered the great tight that Right might triumph, and Men and Dollars were marshaled to combat the enemy. I chanced to be of those that lingered behind. for I was the mainstay of my masters, but one day the call of the wounded in a far country was heard by them, and they sent me to where the coffers-ef compassion waited to receive me. There by the alchemy of human sympathy I was transmuted into instruments of aid and relief and healing. Beneath the banner of white bearing a blood red cross I fought the good fight against pain and disease and death that the heroes who fell in the great war of Humanity against the Hun might be comforted and given new life. Comfort for the Wounded. Now, on the thundering battle line in my new identity I minister to the wounded, "bringing them Vom blood soaked rampart* to bed* » comfort.

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giving ease .to maimed bodies, relief to limbs writhing in torture, cooling drafts to parched throats. And under my beneficent ministrations the sons of my masters are rescued from agony, the hero youth of the la»d are restored, or the last hours of the wounded to death robbed of the grisly horror of neglect. The flower of our young manhood go in ever growing hordes to right the world’s wrongs. New legions of the Great American Dollar must be marshaled to equip the army that follows —the Red Cross Army that wages its splendid fight against pain and death behind the battle lines. Enlist your dollars to fight under the Red Cross banner, you who would staunch the wounds of those who battle to bring peace and safety to you and yours and your <iiome land—and to the world; For thus is the Great Anwtcan Dollar ennobled*

SUFFERED FOR HIS COUNTRY

Silas Deane, First American Diplomatic Agent, Received Harsh Treatment From Government. Silas Deane, the first diplomatic agent of the United States, was born at Groton, Mass., close to 200 years ago. He became a merchant and was a delegate to the first Continental congress. In the. spring of 1776 he was sent to France, as a secret diplomatic agent. He posed as a merchant from Bermuda, and upon his arrival in Paris sought an interview With Count de Vergennes, the Minister of Foreign Affaires, who refused to receive him. Deane was reduced to the direst poverty and was ejected by his landlady. Subsequent American ambassadors have complained of the lack of suitable embassies, but Deane was reduced to a point where he had to accept poor lodgings from a sympathetic Frenchman. Eventually he was given an audience with Vergennes and began the diplomatic relations which eventually resulted in the French alliance. In 1777 Deane was recalled. In the bitter controversy which followed his recall Thomas Paine revealed the fact that supplies furnished the colonies had been furnlfetied by the French government. Tins was considered a. diplomatic indiscretion and it cost Paine his place as secretary of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Deane, driven into poverty and exile, died in England in 1789. Half a century later his claim for his services abroad was adjusted by congress and a large sum was paid his heirs.

ALL MADE EQUAL BY DEATH

No Democracy Ever Conceived Is at All Comparable to That of the TomJk In the democracy of the dead all men at last arft equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave. At this fatal threshold the philosopher ceases to be wise, and the song of the poet is silent. Dives relinquishes his millions and Lazarus his rags. The poor man is as rich as the richest, afid the rich man is as»poor as the pauper. The creditor loses his usury and the debtor is acquitted of his obligation. There the proud man surrenders his dignities, the politician his honors, the wordling his pleasures; the invalid needs no physician, and the laborer rests from unrequited toil. Here, at last, is nature’s final decree in equity. The wrongs of time are redressed. Injustice js expiated, the irony of fate is refuted; the unequal distribution of wealth, honor, capacity, pleasure and opportunity which makes life such a cruel and inexplicable tragedy, ceases in the realm of death. The strongest there has no supremacy, and the weakest needs no defense. The mightiest captain succumbs to that invincible adversary who disarms alike the victor and the vanquished.—John J. Ingalls.

Sprouts After 1,000 Years.

At the Zensui Temple, Iwane village, Koga-gun, Shiga Prefecture, a very ancient wooden idol of Vaisravana was opened four years ago and some rice that had reposed therein fully ten centuries was removed and planted. The seeds germinated and the rice grown therefrom appears to be similar in all respects to that of the present day. The yield was large and the crop for next year from this seed is expected to be excellent. Vaisravana is the God of Treasure. When the statue was repaired a bag'of coarse flaxen textile was exhumedcontaining rice seeds, with a piece of paper bearing the following inscription, in Chinese: “This image has been engraved for the peace of the world. If any one of later generations opens it, he should put in new seeds.” The Tokyo Academy of Fine Art pronounces the image and its contents of great antiquity—at least 1,000 years old.

Origin of Blizzard.

Blizzard is undoubtedly a word of American origin, but it is much older than suggested. In Amersham (Eng-) churchyard today there is a tomb of the Blizard family and people of that; name still reside in the village of Chai-' font St. Giles. A man of this name accompanied William Penn to the new l world. This Blizard, it is said, deveb oped very unsociable habits and set-i tied far away from his fellows in the remote Northwest. Now a northwest-' ern snowstorm is the most disagreeable thing there is about the whole climate,; and Mr. Blizard, being so unpleasant a person to his neighbors, his name was adopted to describe the objectionable type of weather which blew from his direction. >

America's First Cartoon.

Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette was the first American newspaper to print a cartoon. There were rumors of a possible war with the French, which resulted in a call for a, meeting at Albany of the representatives of the British colonies. Franklin was one of the commissioners, and' to Increase the force of an appeal for' united action, on May 9, 1754, printed.’ a cartoon representing a shake cufinto; eight parts, the head representing New; England and the other seven parts the! various colonies outside of New Eng-; land. The legend read: “Join or die.”;

Its Class.

“A club buffet is a paradoxical sort of thing.” “Why so?” “Because so many men use it when they axe out of Spirit*.” .

FARMS FOR SALE

32 acres. This is all in cultivation; good corn land. Lies on pike road and dredge ditch in Barkley Tp. Sold on easy terms at $75. 40 acres. £<ies on public road and is in pasture. Owner will sell at the low price of $35. Terms, S3OO down. 160 acres. This farm lies on pike road, R. F. D. and telephone, near school and in good neighborhood in Union Tp. This farm has 140 acres of black soil in cultivation and remainedr pasture. It has good outlet for drainage with 12inch tile on the farm. There is a good ftve-room house, good barn, pump (house, good well, fruit, and well fenced. Will sell this farm on terms of $3,000 down and long time on remainder. Would accept clear property or simialler tract of land as part payment. Price, $65.

80 acres. This i& level black land and all in prairie pasture except six acres in grove. It lies on public highway and in good neighborhood and is fenced and used for pasture. Price, $65. Terms, SI,OOO down. 131 acres. This farm lies on R. F. D. and near station. 100 acres is black soil and in cultivation, and remainder in pasture and some timber. It lies on dredge ditch that gives drainage to the farm. There is a good six-room house, large barn, chicken house, well house and good well and some hog fencing. Owner will sell on terms of $2,500 down and easy terms on remainder; Would also consider clear property or smaller tract of lands as part payment. Price, $65. 160 acres. On pike road joining station and school. Is all level black soil with good outlet for drainage. 80 acres is in cultivation and 80 acres in pasture. There is some timber in the pasture but well set to grass. Will sell on tenms of $1,500 down. Price, $55. 100 acres. This farm lies on public road, R. F. D., telephone line and mile from black prairie land in cultivation and pasture except three adres in timber. It lies on dredge ditch which gives good drainage. There is now 10 acres in wheat. There is good four-room two-story house, good well, silo, and small outbuildings. Price, SBS. Will sell on ierms.of $1,500 down. Would consider clear property, smaller tract of land or western land as part payment. 160 acres. Well located and all black prairie land- in cultivation or blue grass pasture except 25 acres in timber. There is now wheat and oats on the farm and will be lots in corn this Price, $65. Terms, $2,000 down. 8 0 acres. This is a splendid farmin good neighborhood in Barkley Tp. It is all' good soil, well tiled, well fenced, six-room house, large barn, windmill and numerous other buildings all in splendid condition. Price, $137.50 per acre. Tenms, $4,000 down. 240 acres. This is a fine tract of land on main road in/good neighborhood. It is all black prairie land and is wheat, oats, corn and blue grass land, and all of which crops are grown on the land, excepting about 35 acres that is in timber. There are no buildings on this land. Owner will sell at the low price of $65. Terms, $3,000 down. Would consider some in clear property or smaller tract of land. 80 acres in Barkley Tp. This Is all good soil and good clay sub-soil, in good neighborhood. There is a fair set of improvements and good well and fruit. Price,. $lO5. 100 acres. This farm is well located and has dredge ditch on line of fapn that gives good ''drainage. It is all black land in cultivation

Large List of Properties for Safe. List Your Farms or Property With Us. George F. Meyers

An electric lighting plant in Nebraska is manufacturing ice as a by-product. The exhaust steam of the plant, which would otherwise go to waste, is .utilized in the ammonia

MONEY TO LOAN We will be in RENSSELAER WEDNESDAY, MAY 15,18 And will be prepared to LOAN MONEY on cattle, hogs, horses or farm implements. See Us at Makeever office i WALLACE & BAUGH LAFAYETTE, INDIANA

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except eight acres in timber, which lies adjoining the barn and is fenced with hog fence. There is a good five-room house, good barn and numerous other outbuildings, good well and some fruit. Price, $75. 160 acres in Union Tp. Thia fanmi lies on R. F. D„ telephone line and near pike road, school and church. It is all black land except 20 acres in pasture and timber. It has good outlet for drainage. There are splendid improvements, consisting of nine-room house with porches, cellar and nice shade, large barn and many other outbuildings, windmill and all kinds of fruit. Price, Will sell on terms of $5,000 down and long tiine on remainder. Owf er will take part in clear property or smaller farm. - 100 acres of timber land on main road in Newton county. Price, $35. Terms, SI,OOO down. Owner would consider clear property in part or aIL ?>■ ■ ■ 160 acres of timber land on pike road, fenced and small set of improvements. Price, $35. Sell on easy terms or will take part or all in clear property. 160 acres in Jordan Tp. This farm is all in cultivation except 10 acres in timber. It is well tiled and has dredge ditch for outlet. There is a very nice set of improvements in good condition, consisting of six-room house, summer kitchen, well, windmill and well house, large barn, double cribs and 80 acres fenced for hogs. Price, $125. Will sell on terms of $5,000 down. Owner will accept clear property or smaller tract of land as part payment.

60 acres in Union Tp. All black land in cultivation except six acres in timber fenced hog tight and joining barn lot. It lies on public road half mile from pike, mile from school and church and has R. F. D. and telephone. There is a new set of buildings consisting of a fiveroom house with porch, pantry and well, fair sized barn for horses and cows, chicken* house and outside cellar. Price, SBS. Owner would consider part clear property. 40 acres on pike road, 10 acres in grain and remainder in nice, tall second-growth timber. Price, $65. Terms, SSOO down and long time on remainder. 145 acres in Brown county, Ind. Five-room house, large barn, well and two springs. 600 bearing fruit trees. Will sell at a low price on easy terms or will trade for property. Modern ten-room house with all conveniences, lots of fruit close in on three lots. Will exchange for land. 1 83 acres. This tract of land in in, Wheatfield Tp. on public road, fenced and has small set of improvements, good well and fruit. There is a school fund loan on this land of $1,500. Owner will sell • on very easy terms or will trade for property or stock. Price, $45. 140 acres. This farm lies three miles from this city on stone road, fenced with woven wire and cedar posts. It is well tiled and all good grain land. There is a good set of imprcfvements, silo, windmill and orchard. Worth $175. For quick sale can be bought for less. Terms, $5,000 down and long time on remainder. Possession at once if desired. 80 acres. All cultivated except .six acres in wood hog lot. barn, fair house, fine orchard. Owner will sell on easy terms, or take clear property as part payment. Price, $65. Large two-story brick hotel in good condition and well rented In good Illinois town. The owner of the hotel will trade it clear for land and will assume or pay difference. Price, SIO,OOO.

process of ice manufacture, and also for distilling water from which the supply is made. This venture, it is said, has proved a very profitable one.