Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1919 — Page 2

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iif m coniin bmii J. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAt-fIR OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephones Office Sls Residence 811 Xntered as Second-Class Mall Matter Pune 8, 1908, at the postoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Published Wednesday pnd Saturday Fha Only All Home-Print Newspaper In Jasper County. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER THAR Strictly in Advance ADVERTISING RATES Display .. 15c Inch Display, special position.. 18c Inch Headers, per line first insertion.. 5c Readers, per line add. inser. ..3c Want Ads— l cent per word ea«h ■insertion; minimum 25c. Special 'price if run one or more months. 'Cash must accompany order 'Unless advertiser has o'pen account. Card of Thanks— Not to exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash with order.. No advertisements accepted for the first page. All accounts due and payable -of month following publication, 'except want ads and cards of <thanks, which are cash with order. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1919

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

Oh, Wilhelmina, may I not congratulate you on your guest? His merry ways will hit the spot, and give your humdrum, life new zest. There’s something doing all the time when I'ttle Willie is on deck, some fascinating curves in crime, new stunts in arson, death and wreck. He’s come to eat your Holland prunes, with you' he’ll, .rest amd break his fast, and I would always count the spoons when he has finished his repast. The kaiser at your door has knocked, you’ve let him in, without his crown; now see. the henhouse safely locked, and all your portables nailed .down. Oh, Wilhelmina, may I not suggest a safe deposit vault, for all the goods you prize a lot, for' everything except the salt? Your visitor’s a Charming skate, when he has will and wish to please, but wlfile he strives to fascinate, hang firmly to your cupboard keys. No doubt ’twill grieve your gentle heart to see him with his crownless brow, but you should bid your tears depart until you (have secured the cow. His hair is white, his cheek is pale, he bears the marks of misery; but while you listen to his tale, just chain your palace to a tree. 'Hte’ll doubtless talk of Me und Gott until your woman’s heart is sore; but Wilhelmina, may I not suggest a strong new cellar door?

It is again time to apply for automobile licenses. Miss Mabel Nowels, notary public at The Democrat office, will be pleased to fill out and acknowledge your application and send same in for you. Don’t wait until next month or the month after and run the risk of someone entering complaint and you having to pay a fine. Apply now. ts An armload of old newspapers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

PATHOS IN HIS DYING PLEA

Italian Soldier, Wounded Beyond Hope of Recovery, Had Horror of Being Left to Austrians. One of the wounded, whom we picked up at the Gonar crossroads, is in a dying condition. The column comes to a halt, and all the men bare their heads. This death, in the midst of the retreat, while we are still in ignorance of the fate of those who were defending tiie main section of the army, Is more titan usually tragic. Not a sound is heard from the cannons. In the heavens not a whirr of an airplane, that might say, “You are watched over and protected; forward in good order and in confidence.” The dying soldier has a scraggly beard and waving mustache. His cap has no number on it, ids boots lack laces, his coat is torn. A little while, before his death —a chaplain moistens his lips with cognac and suggests tiie last prayers to him — he opens his Ups and murmurs: “Don’t bury mV here. Don’t leave me to tiie Austrians I”—From “Dal Carso Al I’iave,” by Mario Puccini.

NOT A BARGAIN SALE

“See that sail out there, Laura?” “Where? If I wasn’t in my bathing suit I’d like to attend it.”

No Job for Nervous Man.

For sheer cold nerve, it seems as if the fellow in the observation balloon, who has to jump Into space, hoping nothing will happen to his parachute, has got It over the rest of the fighters. To fight with others amidst shot and shell takes all sorts of bravery, but a soldier is bolstered up by his comrades, by the excitement of it all, by his own fierce desire to get the better of the enemy. An airman has to take awful chances, but he guides his to a certain extent; he has a chance to do the best he can for himself. But the obseiyatlon man who must jump into space when the enemy his set fire to his sausage balloon —well It seems as If any other welfare would be easier. Of courae his parachute generally opens, but sometimes it doesn’t —and in any event he must fall just so many fee't before the parachute begins to work. Those sausage balloonmen make light of their bravery but some of their fellows on the ground are certain they’d sit in the balloon and burn up before they’d chance that leap into nothingness.

Purchase your calling cards, correspondence cards, correspondence stationery and envelopes from The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. We carry the most complete line- to bo found outside the large cities.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

DIRE MENACE TO TRAVELER

Stinging Tree of Queeneland le Frequently Fatal to Unobaervinfl or Too Careless Hunter. Although the tropical shrubs of Queensland are luxuriant and beautiful, they are not without their dangerous drawbacks, for there is one giant among them that is deadly in Its effects. This Is the stinging tree. If a certain portion of the traveler’s body Is burned by the stinging tree death will follow. “Sometimes while shooting turkeys In the scrubs* I have entirely forgotten the stinging tree till warned of Its close proximity by Its smell,’* said a visitor to Queensland. “I was only once stung, and that very lightly. Its effects are curious; It leaves no mark, but the pain is maddening, and for months afterward the part when touched is tender, in rainy weather or when it gets*wet in washing. “I have seen a man who treats ordinary pain lightly roll on the ground in agony after being stung, and I have known a horse so completely mad, after getting into a grove of these trees, that he rushed open-mouthed at everyone who approached him and had to be shot. Dogs, when stung, will rush about whining piteously, biting pieces from the affected part. The small stinging trees, a few Inches high, are as dangerous as any, being hard to see and seriously Impeding one’s ankles.” The stinging tree emits a peculiar and disagreeable smell. It is best known, however, by its leaf, which is nearly round and has a point at the top.

HEADGEAR OF ALL FASHIONS

In the Revolutionary War the Hats Worn by the Soldiers Were of Many Designs.* In our past wars there were no such things as flying shrapnel, or airplanes that dropped darts of steel on the soldiers below, so American soldiers wore ordinary army hats. But modern warfare has made it necessary that soldiers wear helmets of steel. In the Revolutionary War our soldiers’ hats were of many designs. One of the most common was the “cocked” hat, made of black or brown felt and turned up on the sides to form three corners. The Virginia riflemen wore brown felt hats with one side turned up, and the Maryland riflemen brown j fur-trimpied hats. The hat generally worn by the New York rangers or riflemen was of black felt, cap shaped, turned up in front, with a plume. Sometimes words were marked on the front, such as “Liberty,” “Death,” etc. Soldiers in the cavalrj’ or “light horse” of Philadelphia wore sportsmen’s caps, ornamented with bucks’ tails. _ * Hats worn by the First Governors’ foot guards of Cpnnecticut were closely modeled after those ofc the British Grenadiers. They were of black fur, cap shaped, wlfh a piece of yellow felt in front. On the side they were decorated with a red plume. Privates in the Pennsylvania companies wore braid-bound hats. The dragoons wore cap-shaped helmets.

Promising Opening.

The traveling showman was waxing eloquent as he described the characteristics of his wild horse from Tartary. “Ladles and gents,” he said, “this hanimal Is a real terror. If there’s any gent in this comp’ny as fancies hisself as a rider, I’ll give him five pounds for every minute he sticks on this hoss. I’ve rid bosses all my life, but this hoss is beyond me. I’ve tried ’lm every way, but ’e shakes me off In ten seconds.” “Why not get Inside him?” queried a humorist. The showman waited until the laughter had died down. “My lad,” he said, witheringly, “I’ve thought of that. But nature has been unkind to ’lin in the matter of mouth; it ain’t big enough. Now, If It ’ad been yours—” But the humorist did not wait to hear the logical conclusion of the hypothesis.

Naval Nicknames.

■ Curious nicknames are applied to vessels of,, the British pavy. The Ariadne Is known as the “Hairy Annie,” or “Haggy Agony;” the Narcissus, as “Nasty Sister;” the Cressy as the “Greaser;” the Inconstant as the “Inkstand," the Iphigenia as the “Silly Jane;” the Lucifer as the “Match Box;” the Hecate as the “He Cat,” or “The Tom,” and the Neptune as the “Jew’s Harp." In the American navy similar nicknames have been used to some extent. The Sassacus was known as the “Sassy Cuss;” the Miantonomoh as “My Aunt Don’t Know;” the Wlssahickon as the “Widow Higgins;” the Winnebago or perhaps the Wyalluslng as “We Know She Goes Slow.” —Chicago Daily News.

Would Be Lonely.

A little friend of mine Is quite a mischievous little boy, and after a day of play with the boys of the neighborhood his conduct Is not always everything his mother could wish. But he is quite a lovable little chap, too, and was one day showing his affection for his mother In true boy fashion, with hugs and kisses. His father looked on approvingly and said: “That Is good, son. That Is the way I like to see my boy. Can’t you always play nicely and be good?” The answer voiced the.feeling of Young America; “Sure,-I can, Hut I’d Imve to play by myself.”—Chicago Tribune.

Lahor. With New Vision, Calmly Faces Big Problems of Reconstruction

By SAMUEL GOMPERS.

therance of the common good. The new year may be considered as almost symbolic of the new time to come. Readjustment, reconstruction faces the entire world. We have passed through the fires of hell and we have come forth with a new vision, fired with a new zeal to deal forth justice for all mankind and to rid the world forever of the destructive forces that would debase our morality and destroy'the best that is in us. The organized workers of America did not need this cleansing fire, entailing such sacrifices of blood and wealth. Labor s motives have always been for the common weal. Its hopes have always been bound up inextricably with those of the great majority of the people. Its viewpoint has always been, “How much good for how many people ? And so labor faces the new year calmly and confidently, secure in the knowledge of having done its uttermost in the performance of a noble task; ready to service for the good of all our people and our republic; confident that good will, justice, freedom and democracy will prevail over the whole world.

Thrift Puts Dollars in the Bank; Iron in the Will; Steel in the Backbone

By S. W. STRAUS.

“The turning ppint in my life came when I made up my mind that I would spend only one dollar a week on things that were not necessary, said a young man to me recently. “I was spending every cent I earned, much of it going for extravagances. In the course of a few months I had SIBO in the bank. But what was of far more value than this, my thrift practices made me master of myself. I had developed will power in carrying out resolutely my self-imposed task. It was hard to lead such a plain and simple existence, but the very difficulty of it made it mentally beneficial. . ' * , v “Had I gone on following the line of least resistance and spending all I made, I would have had what may be called a better time. But at middle age I would have been nothing better than a pauper, and in my old age I might have become an object of charity. lam comfortably situated today and have peace of mind.” I was much impressed by this man’s anecdote for the reason that it illustrated so aptly one of thCDgreat truths of life. Too many people look upon thrift merely from the standpoint of saving money, which is only a part of the real story. It is for this reason that thrift is essentially educational. The man who looks upon thrift as only a dollar-and-cents virtue has gone no further than the primary class in his understanding of this subject. While thrift is putting dollars in your bank account it is putting iron in your will, steel in your backbone, squareness in. your jaw. This is why the majority of men in America who have been conspicuously successful began life poor. It explains also jvhy so many rich men’s sons never rise to the levels gained by their fathers.

Solidarity Among American Republics Greatly Promoted by World War

The world war has done more, strange though it may seem, to promote real solidarity among the American republics than any other influence since the declaration of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. Until the world struggle came on there had been no great event or combination of events in history, since the common efforts of a century ago of the American republics to secure independence, which made. a vital test of their unity of interest and action. It required a situation like a death struggle between democracy and autocracy to prove whether the Pan-American castle was built of paper or concrete. Just before the United States entered the war predictions were freely made by the enemies of the United States and the allies that if the United States participated in the conflict she would find that PanAmericanism was a mere term and not a reality, and that her sister republics of Central and South America would desert her in the crisis. What were the actual facts when the armistice was declared? Of the 20 American republics reaching from Cuba and Mexico on the north to Argentina and Chile on the south, 13 had actually broken relations with the common enemy of the United States and the allies; eight of these had gone further and declared war; seven only remained technically neutral, but nearly all of these were benevolently neutral and were characterized by a press and public sentiment that were almost unanimously pro-United States and pro-ally. In every capital of Latin America, whether that of a country engaged in the conflict or neutral, there were repeated pro-United States and pro-ally demonstrations and enthusiastic acts of sympathy. In no capital were there spontaneous proGerman demonstrations. Of the ninety millions of peoples living in Latin America it can be safely said that seventy-five millions were sympathetic with the Vnited States and the allies in their fight for the victory of democratic principles. A new Pan-America and a new Pan-Americanism, now actively growing out of the past work of the Pan-American Unioq and fostered by the European war, must appeal to the, governments and peoples of both North and South America and cause them to so strengthen this union in the future that the western hemisphere shall become and remain forever a united force for the preservation of peace and for the advancement of the highest principles of democracy, civilization and Christianity.

Preaideat Awsrican Federation of Labas

The war has been a new thing to America, to labor, to capital, to government—to all of us. Witji the war have come new methods, new ideals, new inspirations. We have had unusual problems to solve, and we have employed unusual methods in solving them. Labor, perhaps more than any other single element in our society, has never hesitated in adopting these new methods, in adjusting itself to the changed viewpoint, in putting its best foot forward. Only labor has insisted upon, knowing that what was found necessary to do would be for the benefit of all and iq fur-

President American Society for Thrift

By JOHN BARRETT.

, Pan American Union

WEDMERDAT, JANUARY 20,

T ~, -r OHioaao, itHNANAFoua a Louiwia «v ETWMIUBR TIME tabu In effect July 1, 1918. SOUTHBOUND No. 85 CMeaao to Cincinnati 8 ffiflua. No. 5 Chicago to IxMitevllle No. 83 Cgo to Indple and F L No. 39 Chicago to Lafayette lißlJn. No. >1 Chicago to Indianans TSJLKm. No. 3 Chicago to LouisvlUe lliWp.m. NOpty BOUND No. 38 Cincinnati* to Chicago tltoa JJo. 4 Louisville to Chicago No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7130 nun. No. 32 Indianap’s to Chicago 10:M4Cm. No. 6 "Louisville to Chicago 3:54 p.m. No. 80 Cincinnati to Chicago 6.'50p.m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor Charles G. Spitler CJerk....’Charles Mor Lan Treasurer Charles M. Sands Civil Engineer... ,L. A. Bostwick Fire ChiefJ. J. Montgomery Fire Warden...?.J. J; Montgomery Councilman Ist Wardßay Wood 2?d Ward Frank Tobias Brd Ward.....'Fred Waymire At Large, Rex Warner, C. Kellner JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Atty..J. C. Murphey Terms of Court —Second Monday in February, April, September and - November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk Jesse Nichols Sheriff True D. Woodworth AuditorJ. p. Hammond Treasurer Charles V. May Recorder. George Scott SurveyorE. D. Nesbitt Coroner....W. J. Wright County Assessor. .G. L. Thornton County Agent. .Stewart Learning Health Officer. ...F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist DistrictH. W. Marble 2pd DistrictD. 8. Makeever 3rd District Charles Welch Commissioners' Court meets the First Monday of each month. . COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davissonßarkley Bhrdett Porter Carpenter BenJ. F. LaFevre.....Gillam Warren E. Poole. .Hanging Grove Julius Huff... Jordan Alfred DugglebyKankakee Glifford FairrblldKeener Charles W. PostillMarlon Charles C. Wood{..Milroy John Rush Newton Walter Harrington Union John F. PetetWalker John BowieWheatfield M. L. Sterrett, Co. Superintendent C. M. Sands, Truant Officer

EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law Abstracts. Real Estate Loaaa. Will practice ip all the court*. Oflao over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA SCHUYLER C. IRWIN UAW, REAL ESTATE A INSURANT! 6 Per Cent Farm Loans. Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA George A. Williams. D. Delos DMA WILLIAMS & DEAN LAWYERS All court matters promptly attended to. Estates settled. Wills prepared. Farm loans. Insurance. Collections Abstracts of title made and examined. Office In Odd Fellows Block RENSSELAER, INDIANA. DR. L M. WASHBURN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 10 to 13 A. M. 2 to 5 P. M. •• “ 7 to 8 P. M. Attending Clinics Chicago Tuesday*— 5 A M. to 3 P.M. RENSSELAER, INDIANA 3. N. LOY PHYSICIAN Office over Murray Department Storu Office Hours: 10 to 12 and 2 to 5 Evening, 7 to 8. Telephone 89 RENSSELAER, INDIANA F. H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to Typhoid Pneumonia and low grades of fever. Office over Fendig's drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Res. No. 448-* RENSSELAER, INDIANA E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND BURGKON Opposite the State Bank. Office Phone No. 177. , House Phone No. 177-B. > RENSSELAER, INDIANA JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Fnttn) Practice in an Courts. Estates settled. I Farm CoUtectlon Department. Notary in the office. Over T. A 8. Bank. Phono NO. U RENBBELAER, INDIANA

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