Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1919 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1012

THE UNIVERSAL CAR The policy of the Ford Motor Car Com- | pany to spll its cars for the lowest possible price consistent with dependable quality, is too well known,to require comment. Therefore, because j; of present conditions, there can be no change in Ip the prices on Ford cars: Runabout SSOO Coupe $650 Touring Car $525 Sedan $775 - Truck Chassis $550 These prices f. o. b. Detroit. FORD MOTOR COMPANY Central Garage Company Dealers Phone 319 RENSSELAER, INDIANA , ill!

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Miss Nina Martindale spent Saturday in Lafayette. Jap Wright of Mt. Ayr was a visitor in the city Monday. <C. P. Fate of Crown Point was a visitor in the city Saturday. Freah fruit and vegetables at the E. S. Rhoads grocery once every week.—Advt. Miss Marsha Jones of Denver, Colorado, is the guest of Miss Hdlen Lamson. Yesterday's local prices on eggs ■and butterfat were: Eggs, 30c: butterfat, 44c. Misses Grace and Fame IHaas spent Saturday and Sunday in Gary with their Abater, Mrs. B. G. Oglesby. ** E. L. Hollingsworth home Thursday evening )> from a several wdeks’ in the south. Mrs. H. J. Bartod~«T Remington, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Trevor Eger, went to Chicago Monday to spend a few days. Mirs. R. E. Keeney came down from .Chicago Friday for a visit - with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jackson, northeast of town. We [have a carload of lime rock for agricultural purposes in transit, should be here this week. Phone ■your orders to FARMERS’ GRAIN CO. f l 5

Miss Thelma Wynegar, who is attending business college at South Bend, spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Wynegar.. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stackhouse of north of town went to Wabash Friday for a few days’ vjsit with the latter’s nephew, Charles Spain, and family. Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, $1.10; oats, 50c; wheat, $2.11; rye, sl.lO. The prices one year ago ware: ' Corn, $1; oats, 80c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.90. Sergt. Alfred Arends of Melvin, Illinois, but recently discharged hrom the service at Camp McArthur, Texas, is visiting Henry Toben of southeast of town. Mrs. Thomas Callahan went to Rantoul, Illinois, Saturday to see her father, who is quite low with cancer, from which he has been a sufferer for the past two years. When looking for a registered Shorthorn hull this spring, don’t forget Chauncey Wood will have what you want in his closing-out gsale next month. His prize winning herd bull will be included in the offering, also some yearlings.

NEW AUTO REPAIR SHOP. W« want to do your auto repairing. First class work, full line of tools. West, side Court House, in Dodge sales room. J. H. REPAIR SHOP PHONE 214.

Orlie Clouse was a Chicago goer Friday. E. P. Lane was in Frankfort on business Friday. C. P. Moody was in Lafayette on business Saturday. Pefley pays the highest prices for raw furs. —PHONE 475. ts Mr. and Mrs Roy Donfielly went to Indianapolis Monday for a few days’ visit. Robert Loy and Miss Bernice Long, who are attending Purdue university, spent Sunday here with their parents. Fred King returned to his home at Warsaw Monday after a short visit heire with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King. Miss Wilda Littlefield came down from Chicago Monday r for a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Littlefield. Mrs. Charles Davis and nephew, Ernest Davis, of Knlman took the train here Friday for Lafayette to spend a few days with relatives. Mirs. John Duvall spent from Saturday until yesterday in Knlghtstown with her son Edgar, who is located there in the dental business. Mrs. C. Earl Duvall went to Rockville Saturday for a visit with relatives and will also attend the milliffery opening at Indianapolis before returning home. / Miss Ray Blanke of Chicago is here for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. E. J. Duvall. Miss Minnie Blanke, also, of Chicago, spent the week-end here. /Harry Arnold of Barkley township has purchased of A. A. Boyer of Dwight, Illinois, the 80 acres of land adjoining the farm of his father, Elias Arnold, also in Barkley township. Leave orders now for fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, etc., for ' spring delivery. All trees guaranteed to grow or replaced free of charge.—CHARLES PEFLEY, phone 475.

Mrs. W. O. Rowles has bought the 120-acre farm in east Jordan belonging to the Sterns Iliff estate and occupied by William Iliff, the consideration being, it is understood, SSO per acre. Mr. Iliff will not occupy the farm the coming year. Mrs. E. J. Hewit and two children, late of Moline, Illinois, is here -visiting the former’s parents. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Fleming, until Mr. Hewit, who has recently been appointed assistant highway commissioner for Tennessee, decides upon a location in that state. Mrs. Brrnna Moles, an aunt of Mrs. J. W. Horton of Rensselaer, who was so badly burned Wednesday in the Stillman department store fire at Muncie, died as a result Thursday. Mrs. Moles was a widow and had livecT - in Muncie faearly all her life. She was employed in the suit alteration department of the store.

T. A. Crockett reports that his wife, who suffered a stroke of paralysis a few months ago and has partially recovered therefrom, remaifis in about the same condition. She is able to get about the house some, but that is all. His son. George and family, who recently went through a pretty severe siege of influenza, hhxe all recovered now and are able to perform their regular duties.

Friday Is Bt. Valentine’s day. Charles W. Coen of South Bend spent over Sunday here. Thomas Grant mad* * business trip to Montlcello Saturday. Trevor Eger went to Indianapolis on business Monday evening. Mrs. James Coffell of near Fraucesville visited her daughter, Mrs. Leo Worland, here Friday. J. H. Bates of Louisville, Kentucky, is visiting his brother, Charles Bates, and family in Barkley township.* Mrs. Marceline Snorf and little daughter returned to her home in Chicago Saturday after a visit with relatives here. '

Mrs. (Harry Rea spent the weekend at Logansport with her husband, who is manager of a grain elevator there. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Olwain returned to theiir home at Michigan City Friday after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hurley. Mrs. Faye Larson returned to her home at Donovan, Illinois, Sunday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marlatt. Mr. and Mrs. Frank King returned home Monday evening from Mudlavia, where they had both been taking treatment for rheumatism. George W. Hopkins has been troubled* quite a bit for the past few weeks with pleurisy, but has managed to keep about most of the time. Mr. and George C. Sherman left Monday for their home at Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Irwin. / - The- local hgh school basketball team was defeated by the Kentland team in a game played at the latter place Friday night, by a score of 22 to 17.

Mrs. John Hoosan left Monday morning for her home at Zanesuille, Ohio, after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. Alex Hurley, and brother, Philip Durant. Among the Chicago goers Monday were Edward and Leonard Nagel, Mesdames J. H. Holden, Eldon Hopkins, Floyd Robinson, Miss Emma Rishling and Mrs. Fred Hicks of Remington. Harry Dewey of southeast of town, whose public sale is advertised elsewhere in The Democrat, was up to Laporte the last of the week to see about 'renting a house there, as he expects to locate in that city. Mrs. George Green, who has been suffering from a severe attack of pleurisy and is now afflicted with gallstone trouble, was taken to the county hospital Monday. Her brother, John Bissenden, of Kankakee, Illinois, who has been assisting in taking care of her previous to hhr removal to the hospital, returned to his work in Kankakee yesterday.

W. A. McCurtain, the auctioneer, did not have any sale to cry Saturday, so he went out and shot a fine red fox instead, the sale of the pelt of which will probably net him as much as an ordinary sale. The animal was killed In north Union, in the vicinity of where Joe Norman has caught three of these animals in a trap during the past few weeks. Mrs. George M. Myers received a letter Monday from her son, Harland Best, who was then at Camp Mills, New York, having returned from overseas op February 3 on a transport. Serg. Best enlisted in the coast artillery in April,- 1917, and sailed for overseas duty August 21, 1917. He stated that he would probably get his discharge and return home in a short time Mrs. Frank Shide received a letter a few days ago from her brother, Arthur Fletcher; who Is now at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, stating that he was married on January- 13 at Galveston, Texas. Art has been in the army service for some time and prior to being transferred to Camp Taylor was stationed at a camp In Texas, where he no doubt met his bride, who is a Texas young lady. He is now under a three weeks’ quarantine at Camp Taylor and stated that he woitl.d probably not receive his discharge from the service until about March 1. *

CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bean - mm Bignotore cf

TUB TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Harry MeColly went to Gary Monday for a few aaya* visit. Among the Lafayette goers Monday were Rev. E. W. Strecker and J. J. Montgomery. , « Victor Hoover has ‘received his discharge from the naval service and .returned home. Mrs. Levi Sanders was called to Newman, Illinois, by the serious Illness of her father. Mrs. Mary Meyer-Healy and Miss Ada Florence went to Indianapolis Monday to attend the millinery opening. An 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Cooper of near Kntman received a broken right arm In a fall Saturday. Clint and Everett Brown of Huntington spent the week-end here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Brown. Mrs. Delos Thompson came down from Chicago Monday evening and will remain until Thursday. She states that her son Alfred Is getting along as well as could be expected, but is not yet out of danger.

James Price of Newton township had a gash cut on his head Monday when he was thrown to the ground by a sick horse he was trying to doctor. It required four stitches to close the wound. Among the Hoosler members ol Catteries B and C, 325th field artillery, • 84th division, which have recently arrived at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, for' demobilization, appear the name of Alfred Collins, Tefft, and George Knochel, Remington. Michael Kanne and Harry Parker returned Monday night from a land prospecting trip to the lower Rio Grande valley, Texas. Mr. Kanne purchased a 167-acre improved farm near San Benito, Texas, said to be the finest improved farm in that locality. Letters remaining in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ending February 10: Carl Battain, Jas. M. Hicks, C. F. Lowman, Henry O. Timmons, F. L. Chamberlain, Thomas Perrin, Pvt. Peter Mak, Delmar D. Courtney, John Osborn, Harry Snyder. If not called for, the above letters will be sent to the dead letter office February 24. ——T— * After several days of continued fine weather a change came yesterday morning in the shape of a snow storm from the west that gave indication of being quite heavy, and the temperature went down to 30 degrees. However, it proved only a “squall,’’ and when The Democrat went to press the snow had all disappeared and the mercury had risen to 4 0 degrees.

A reception was given Monday night for the new Christian minister, Rev. W. T. Barbre, and wife at the church parlors. Rev. Barbre was only recently discharged from the service, having been a chaplain at Camp Taylor. Prior to his entrance into the service he was pastor of Jhe Christian ohurch at Sheridan. He will move here and occupy the John Poole tenant house on McKinley avenue.

Indianapolis-Frankfort branch of Terre Haute, Indiana and Eastern, on a grade crossing at Pike, five miles north of Lebanon. They were driving in a new closed car and did not see the traction car as a result. One hundred and forty persons are dead as a result of steam railroad, electric railroad and automobile accidents in Lake coointy in 1918. The number includes those .who were killed outright and those that died of their injuries. Statistics showing the total have been made public by J. A. Graham, county coroner. In addition the report shows there were twenty-five murder and manslaughter deaths, according to verdicts by Dr. Graham. v America’s largest manufacturfrt,; industry is. iron and stael. The pig i:on recove;eJ in snvlting iron ..ore amounts to about 2b per cent, rs the raw materials. The oqu'.valent of about 11 i 4 per ce;t r . 's driven off by vQlatiliiat.on in the cooking of coal; ip the procet of sn,o»tiug a further 40 per '¥•&. wstWpes iU. gas, f -"r.-. and du-t, and the remaining -1 per a-:’: rei r«< bta the slag.

An armload of old newspaper* (or a nickel at The Democrat office.

(Continued from pace on*)

The Blue Dress

By MILDRED WHITE

(Ooerrigkt. ISIS. W«t«n Kmwn Uatoa.) * Little Mary Smith hummed a song, as she closed the office door behind her. She continued bumming in a Joyous thrill, as the elevator swung down to the ground floor. The elevator boy grinned into the girl’s glowing face. “Gee! you look happy," he said. “I am, happy,” Mary told him as she smiled. Out on the busy street crowded with its home-going throng, Mary looked up to*where early stars shone above the tallest skyscraper. . . “Even a moon,” she rejoiced, “as if everything was not perfectly perfect, without a moon.” She could hardly wait as she climbed the stair of the boarding house, to fit the key in the lock of her small room door, to gloat again over her new treasure. The treasure was lying spread out upon her bed. as she had left It in the morning. Mary bent over the gown touching it with caressing fingers, its coming had seemed to be the climax to her happiness. And so long had sadness been little Mury’s portion! All things beautiful —like this glorious fur-trlm-ined frock—hnd vanished at the time of her father’s death; when bewildered by the changing of her life-plan, Mary had gone forth to the strange city, to earn her livelihood. From the black dress, to the forbidding boarding house, through the indifferent city crowd, became a dull and accepted routine. Then all at once hope called to Mary'again, and smiled, and beckoned. Hope, in the form of a letter addressed In an almost boyish scrawl. “Dear Marysaid the letter. "No doubt you have forgotten me among your city friends, but I shall never forget you. Lida Warren came back to Lynden yesterday, and said that she had seen you In an office building where you were working. And I thought now, that I might presume to call upon you; (Mary smiled at the prim word) if agreeable to you, when I come to the city. That will be next Thursday; may I tnke you to the theater in the evening?” The lonely girl had sent n prompt reply: "She would he glad to go to the theater with her old friend.” After her letter was dispatched Mary sat staring across the city roofs. Lawrence Barr hud been her girlish ideal of all that ». man should be, hut Larry had never understood. To him in his simple cotinge home, Mary, In her father’s great house, was a creature to be admired and approached with diffidence. Only now when the apparent greatness of her future hnd crumbled, did Larry dare to seek out the one woman he desired to make his wife.

Then, as though fickle fortune in her sudden changing wished to leave nothing lacking, came on the morning of Larry’s expected visit —the box from cousin Lucia. This cousin of Mary's hud been pleased to send to her occasionally, certain discarded articles of her own appaVel. These garments Mary was usually obliged to cast aside us hopeless. Hut today’s box bore *‘a love of a dress,” as Mary mentally called It, and blue, of a color to match Mary's blue-bell eyes. Mary's heart quickened as she glanced wistfully at her companion during the performance at the theater. If he could only know how good It was to see some one from home again,— how very, very good It was, to see—him. But apparently Larry did not know, or if he did, he seeiueiP disinterested in the knowledge. “Good-by,” he said briefly at the boarding bouse door, “good night Mary and —good-bji.” Through a rush of disappointed tears, Mary in her little room sought out the fastenings of the beautiful blue gown. An envelope upon the dresser.drew her attention. It was a telegram. Hastily she tore it open. “The wrong gown was forwarded to you from the cleaners, where I left two to be renovated;” Mary read. “Please return blue fur trimmed dress to Lucia.” Little Mary Smith laughed shakily as she brushed aside her tears. "Everything—goes back,” she murmured confusedly. The boarding house maid tapped, and thrust a second note beneath the door. Mary recognised Larry’s familiar scrawl. “Dearest." she read again. “I can’t go away without saying wliat I came to say, even though It is of no use. I have always loved you, Mary, and hoped that now perhaps, it might not seem such an undesirable change, from your present mode of life to my simple home. Maybe it was the costly gown you wore tonlgut which discouraged me; I realize that It’s a far cry from that sort of dress to Lynden; and Mary, my heart is for your happiness more than for its own—so I’m leaving on the ten o’clock tomorrow morning—” Breathlessly Mary reached for pen and paper, her answer must go to him tonight by special delivery. Smiling, she folded cousin Lucia’s telegram into her letter. •„ “Dear Larry—:” Mary wrote. “I am glad that you do not have to be returned like my mistaken blue dress. I love you Larry. Above all things I’d love to live as your wife, in the Utile house at Lynden,” *

GETTING A LIGHT.

A condemned sinner was vainly aw* deavoring to light his pipe. “Tell me,” he said to Satan, “do yew keep these fires of yours burning Uscessantly, without regard to the cost of fuel T" “Incessantly,” was the sepulchral rwply. “Well,. 1 can’t blame you. With the kind of matches we’re getting. If yew ever let the fires go out, the chance* are you’ll never get ’em started agate.*

Crowding the Quarters.

“We feel crowded In this flat,” said the tenant, diffidently. “No wonder I” exclaimed the Janitor. “This flat was never intended for * family of six.” “But there are only myself and wife.” “I know better. Besides yon two there are a canary bird and three goldfish."

Differently Qualified.

Ma —James, I am surprised at yon I Why is It that you come home every night with a black eye or a bruised nose, and that good little boy across the street never seems to have any trouble with the other boys? Is he * better fighter than you? James —No, ma ; but I guess he most be a better runner.

GOOD AT SAVING.

“There goes Congressman Graft. He has devoted twenty years of hi* life to saving, the country.” “Yes, I understand he has saved about 110,000,000 of it for himself.”

Logie.

"No news I* good news." That’s very strange. Egad! If no newa la good newa Then all news must be bad.

“Relatively” Well Off.

“They’re comparatively rich, areal they ?’’ "Well, I wouldn't say ’comparatively,’ but ’relatively.’ They have a rick uncle of whom they expect things.”—London Tit-Bits. - \

A New Angle.

"Age goes before beauty,” aald th* chronic quoter. “Well, that may be, but there’a bee* several million young Indies who baVw had the Idea buckwurd for a good many centuries.”

Did Her Ear Deceive Her?

“Honey, I may he home u trifle lat*J* “Where are you telephoning fromT* “The office, of course. Why do jrm* ask ?" “Oh, nothing. Sounds like a bowling alley, but no matter.” —Judge.

Not Good to Look At.

“What horrled life preserver*l" “But so necessary." “Still, It does seem ns If the govern* ment might have made an effort tm make them more becoming.”—Lifn

The Way of the Wind.

Askett —Did those fellows com* th blows after their argument? Tellum —I should say so. Each w am blowing about what he could do to thh other wben I left them.

HARD ON MISS A.

just crazy to marq| Miss Antique. Edna —He must be. f

Not Always.

“Distance lends enchantment J To the view.” Exceptions though—of pay diUT . 'Tisn’t true.

The Impartial Doctor.

“My doctor has the reputation M being quite a lady killer.” “Has he? Wine doesn’t make th* slightest distinction between the *e*~ es.” —London Answers. - ,

No News to John.

She (reminiscently)—Well, I verj; nearly didn’t marry you, John. He (absent-mindedly)—l know’; but. who told you? —Boston Transcript. ■,

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