Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1901 — Page 4

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Arrow Shots.

I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to the earth; 1 know not where. —Longfellow. Theworst abused letter of the alphabet is“y.” Hardly any up to date girl spells her name without using a “y” in it somehow. A weeping woman always gets the rest of the women to crying. A woman is glad to see other kids act up because then there is some excuse for her own. Unless there is some important reason for it, do not wake a man before his getting up time, or he will not do you much good. Just because you have gone with a fellow’s sister is no sign you are his friend.When a fellow from a small town goes to a larger one, he plays pool and looks like thirty cents. What do you think of a man with a gray mustache that he keeps waxed? A lawyer who has been" in the profession but a short time calls himself an “attorney.” Lawyers like to parade their profession about as well as doctors. A young lawyer always announces his ‘business in a loud tone. A preacher has a hard row of stumps. If he eats as if he were very hungry, he looks coarse.

When a preacher falls from grace and quits preaching, he can tell more vulgar stories than any other proses sional man. It is said of a woman that she always uses the best potatoes in the bin. If you want to see a comedy that will make you cry and tragedy that will make you laugh, go to an amateur show. If children discover that their par' ents are ignorant, after they have sent their children to school, they would better stay at home. You can’t tell much about a hotel keeper by tne way his shoes squeak. For a relic and a curiosity have a picture of a man before he has his mustache shaved off. The people in the ueighborhood can always tell when amateurs in the neighborhood are to play the piano.

I could not rise to my feet without fainting. "I had suffered for three years or more at monthly periods,” writes Miss Ella Sapp, of Jamestown, Guilford Co., N. C. "It seemed as though I would die with pains in my back and stomach. I could I not rise to my feet at all 1 fainting; had jfl given up all hope of ever Jl being cured, when one of 0/M my friends insisted upon R’ my trying Dr. Pierce’s le/ Favorite Prescription. With but little faith I tried it, and before I had -jj/ taken half a bottle I felt Jmj better, had better appeal tite and slept better. J Now I have taken two B /\t bottles of ‘ Favorite Prejl scription ’ and one of ■k ‘ Golden Medical Discov--9jßh ery,’ and am happy to j§ say I am entirely cured, ■ s|la& and all done in two lb • months’ time when all EMM other medicines had failed 9 to an X gooc * at a^” Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant ■ * Pellets a pleasant and es-

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We would rather be called a horse thief than to be called lazy. There is no objection to a woman who comes visiting, if she helps wash the dishes. A man never realizes how many windows a house has till he undertakes to put in the screens himself. If you happen to go down town some morning early, you will see altogether different crowd from the usual one. Many a letter sealed with wax has nothing whatever in it. There are lots of people who boast that they spend their money as they please, when you know most of it is borrowed capital. The more acquainted you become with people, the less use you have for them.

Old Settlers’ Meeting.

At the meeting of the directors of the Old Settlers’ Association on last Saturday, B. F. Ferguson was chosen vice president, and the following com mittees were appointed: Soliciting Committee on Finance—A. Leopold, John Eger and Lucius Strong. Programme Committee— B. F. Ferguson, W. R. Nowels, Mrs. Frank Foltz, Mrs. Ora Ross, Mrs. Ida Randle, John F. Major, C. E. Mills, Dr. Ira Washburn, and Moses Leopold. This committee will hold a meeting in the clerk’s office on Saturday, August 3, 1901, at 4 p. m. The committee on relics are Louis S. Alter, Shelby Grant and Jared Benjamin. All persons having relics typical of the early history of Indiana, or articles of any kind possessing historical value or interest, and curios that are not now common, are requested to notity any one of the members of this committee, giving the age and such historical incidents connected therewith as will be of interest, in order that arrangement may be made for their exhibition. Arrangements will be made to care for all articles brought and to restore the same to the owners after the reunion. Do not hesitate io bring what you have, as it is the determination of the association to make thiß gathering the best that has been held.

Band Concert.

The following is the program for the band concert this evening: March Blue anil the Gray. Overture Carousal. ,* arc ]' Tigar Lilly. March National Unity. Wa * lz Autumn Breezes. Popular Airs Off anil On. Spanish Serenade La Paloma. ' na * e Mostjuito Parade.

AnthonyJ-Schath,

Hicks Predicts Storms.

Prophet Hicks predicts that August will be a month of storms. Severe storms are predicted from the first to the ninth, which will he followed by cold weather for a few days. Prom the 17th to 20th and from the 25th to the close of the month heavy electrical storms will prevail in this vicinity. The opposition bill posting crew of the Wallace circus struck town Saturday in advance of the regular car, owing to the circus advertised for last Monday.

Real Estate Transfers.

S. P. Thompson to C. J. Martin et ux July 23, Its 27, 28, 29, 30, Parr, pt sw IW 22-307 2DO Eliza H. Hayden to Alexander Merica July 8, s* nw 24-29-5, 80 acres. .. 1 900 Sheriff Jasper Co. to Ind. B. L. & S. Assn., July 25. It 17, Bruner’s add , DeMotte, sheriff’s deed 5.1 Sheriff Jasper Co to George Carisle! July2 s , lt 3 , bl 3 , DeMotte 527 Sheriff Jasper Co. to E. L Hollingsworth, July 25, nw 9-31-5, sheriff’s deed , 120 S. P. Thompson to W. L. Wood, July ao, pt nw sw 22-30-7 —> * —I

Our Man About Town.

Last Saturday a crowd was swapping stories and telling their" experiences. In the crowd were two preachers. One was a Democrat and the other a Prohibitionist. The Pro hibitionist has a very red face, and an extra red nose, which he has tried in vain to bring to its normal comlpextion. Iu speaking of the nose, the preacher said: -“I was traveling on the train one, day, when a drunken fellow entered the car and took a seat with me. Drawing a bottle of whiskey from his pocket he asked me to have a drink. Thank you, sir, but I never drink; I am a preacher, I told hitn. 'Better take in your sign, then,’ said the drunken fellow, and I nearly fainted.” * * 0 Talking to a church janitor the other day he said he does not feel right unless some old sister roasts him to a frazzle every Sunday. He says he has a sort of lonesome, unnatural, obnormal feeling. It is so unusual. But he seldom has long to wait, for nearly every Sunday there is somebody to see to it that he gets roasted properly. * * * * « A man in this town, who is noted for his non dett paying propensities, has a habit of going around among his worldly acquaintances admonishing them of the necessity of going to church. He will take lots of their valuable time, telling them how needful conversion is, especially when there is a revival meeting going on. One day he talked a long time to a man he has owed for twenty years. The inan took it all without a word of protest, but when he had left, the worldly man went back to his desk and got out his ledger and looking over his old account swore for an hour. v * » * One of the hottest days last week a working man was working on the west side of the square in the hot sun. Some one got off a good joke, and he laughed for an hour, as hot as it was. Everybody else was so hot he could scarcely move about. Which shows that leisure does not necessarily bring happiness. « • * I noticed a painter the other day who was certainly wise. He was painting a house and was sensible enough to follow the shade around the house as he painted it. • * * A little three year-old girl went to visit her grandmother in the country the other day and tbey went to nunt the eggs, which thqy put in an egg case with fillers. The little tot in relating it to her mama afterwards, said, “We found some boxes with holes in them.” , * «

Never mind the weafher. Tisn’t half as hot as it’s going to be for some of us hereafter. *1 V One of our little neighbor boys got a paddling from his mama the other day. It was not very serious, for you all know it is when the Old Man lioks, it counts. The kid howled like a Comanche. His mother thought she might have broken a bone or two, or permanently crippled him, by beating him too hard, and ahe quit suddenly and-was sorry for what she had done. The next day one of "the neighbors ask him if it really hurt when his mama licked him and he said, “Not very much.” And now the mama does not know whether to feel cheap or to get mad. # » * Rensselaer is full of mother’s boys who could be improved 100 per cent if they were bound out to some farmer for the summer vacation. * * * I hope that when I die some kind friend will head off the officiating clergyman when he approaches the family in a subdued voice, and asks, “at what age wa* he converted?"

Director.

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Discusses ieodry and Other Matters.

fCONTINUED.) ' ' “Arq you sure of that?” asked Mrs. Van Cortlandt impulsively, and Immediately after uttering the words she bit her lip in vexation for having permitted them to escape. "Why, yes! How should she guess?” asked the colonel, with the usual stu-

"We always miss you, colonel .”

pidity of a man, falling to understand the situation, which, however, Mrs. Mltchel, with a woman’s Instinct, Instantly comprehended. She therefore quickly remarked: “Why, my dear Colonel Payton, do you suppose for a moment that a woman must be told that a man loves her ere she can herself discover the truth? Why, we are brighter than that I’ll wager that your sweetheart knew your secret—yes, perhaps before you suspected it yourself.” “But then, if that were true, why should she marry another man?” "Because you did not speak, colonel," replied Mrs. Mitchel. “A woman cannot wait forever for a man to find courage. How stupid you are, colonel! But then you are excusable on account of your sex.” She laughed lightly, but the thoughts which her words aroused In the minds of the others caused an awkward pause, which was only broken by Perdlta’s saying: “You tell us a story, Mr. Mltchel. The colonel Is stupid tonight. I agree with Mrs. Mltchel.” “I tell you a story?” said Mr. MltcheL “Well, what shall the subject be — about the little girl who gave the old hag a lift with her bundle and then found that the old lady was a fairy in disguise?” . “No. Tell me about your daughter Rose. I never knew before that she was adopted. How was it?” “Ah, my dear, that Is a sad story for such young ears! I am afraid that your mother would not approve.” “You are mistaken,” said Mrs. Van Cortlandt. “I hold that the old notion that girls should be reared In ignorance of the world is not only wrong, but that such a course is absolutely sinful. Why should a girl be kept Ignorant for years only to have her ears suddenly assailed by such a multiplicity of terrible tales as must shock her rudely? I have no fear of anything that you may think proper to relate to us. I also would be much Interested to learn your daughter’s history.”

“I am glad to find a woman who has so much sense,” said Mr. Mitehel. “You are fln de slecle in the most refined meaning of the phrase. My little girl’s story is a Bad one, though the sad parts really happened before she was old enough to know anything. She is really the child of a cousin of mine. He met a young creole in our old home, New Orleans, and persuaded her to elope with him. The honeymoon lasted long, but in time the young wife was horrified to learn that her husband bad contracted a previous marriage.” “What! The man had married before and then had persuaded this girl to elope with him!” exclaimed Mrs. Van Cortlandt. “What villainy 1” “In this particular instance It was not as bad as It seemed at the time. He was the victim of an unscrupulous woman who had married him while he was intoxicated and then kept the matter a secret In order to blackmail him In the event of his marrying subsequently. Her fiendish scheme succeeded only too well. The wife died, and my cousin was finally driven Insane by his disgrace and grief.” “Is not that a sad story?” said Mrs. Van Cortlandt. “But then, after all, the girl brought much of her trouble upon herself.” “In what way?” asked Mr. Mltchel. “You said that she eloped, did you not?" “Yes. What of that?” “An elopement always Implies a marriage away from home and without the consent of parents or guardians, and therefore a girl who elopes proves herself ungrateful as well.as,selfish. She Is ungrateful because she Ignores her obligations to those who have cherished and cared for her from childhood. She forgets the nights of anguish spent by her bedside as they watched her through attacks of illness and how her welfare was always their first consideration. She forgets that those who thus have served her through life must have love for her in their hearts and that such lava onatM u

THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY

BY RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI,

Author of “An Artlat In Crime,” “A Conflict of Evidence,” “A Modern Wired,” “Final Proof,” Etc. OwqAL ism, by O. P. Pvtaam't Bern*. AU right* reserved.

Then, as I said, she is also selfish. She meets a man of whom she can know but little, seeing him only when he Is aiming to appear at his best. She is attracted by the glitter and the sheen of the metal, but how can she form an accurate judgment of its purity? But something about him fascinates her senses, and she mistakes this new feeling for love. He importunes, and she yields, leaving home, parents and real love behind to follow this ignis fatuus. She may even have romantic notions and Imagine that she Is doing a praiseworthy action in sacrificing herself, her conscience and her home to prove the sincerity of her love. Nevertheless there is nothing but selfishness in her act. She goes to gratify her own desires. Oh, no! Mr. Mltchel, I have little sympathy with women who so far degrade themselves as to elope. There must be something radically wrong in a girl who would do so. Why, as much as I love my daughter here I firmly believe that were she to attempt such a thing I would”— ‘‘No, no, mother! Don’t say any more. You do not know what you are saying. Mother, mother, I love you!” This interruption was a surprise to Mrs. Van Cortlandt, who could not Imagipe why Perdlta should thus cry out and then rush across to her, throwing herself at her feet, hiding her head on her shoulders and weeping bitterly. “Perdlta, my child,” said Mrs. Van Cortlandt, “what does this mean? Surely you cannot”— She stopped, appalled at the idea which was forced upon her. Mrs. Mltchel, sitting beside Perdlta during Mrs. Van Cortlandt’s arguments against elopements, had readily comprehended how the words must affect Perdlta. Deeply sympathizing with the young girl, she took her hand within her own and pressed It tenderly, noting that it trembled greatly in evidence of the nervous tension under which Perdlta was endeavoring to control herself. Therefore, when the climax came, with that finesse which her husband so much admired, she said: “Poor dear! Perhaps she is tired out. Come, Roy! Take me into the conservatory. I so much desire to see Mrs. Van Cortlandt’s orchids.” Mr. Mltchel quickly divined his wife’s intention and responded instantly to her proposal. Thus Colonel Payton was left alone with Mrs. Van Cortlandt and Perdlta. It was a trying moment for him, and it caused him acute pain to witness the suffering of his own child and to know not only that he could not claim a parent’s privilege, but that it was from his own abandonment of this girl that the present scene had been made possible. Yet, if not as her father, surely as an old friend, he might offaf her words of sympathy. Therefore he raised her tenderly and spoke to her. IXO B£ CONTINUED.! The railroad company has been continuously engaged for about a month in building a substantial track foundation across the sink hole north of Cedar Lake, and Wednesday it was deemed strong enough, but as soon as a train of flat cars went on to it, the structure went out of sight, and much more work 1 e required.—Lowell Souvenir

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“Laugh and Grow Fat.”

Life is such a serious business to the average mortal that an opportunity for a hearty laugh is more than welcome to most people. “A merry heart doeth good like a machine’’ and so do the humor.ous features of that great metropolitan daily, The Chicago Record-Herald. The first thing that greets you on the , first page of every issue is the humorous cartoon that frequently tells more at a glance than could be conveyed in a column of reading matter. Every issue contains also a humorous short story on the editorial page as well as ‘Out of the Ginger Jar,” noted for its snappy qualities, and the “Alternating Currents” column written by 8. E. Kiser, one of the most popular humorists in the country. In addition to all these the Sunday issue always includes a comic section guaranteed to produce laughter from the most lugubrious of mortals. Tfien the inimatable “Bob” Burdette, one of the most noted of American humorists, is a regular contributor to The Sunday Record-Herald, and every issue contains, in addition, other special articles of a delightfully humorous character.

The Wallace Circus Coming.

All contracts necessary for the innumerable details connected with the exhibition of the Great Wallace Shows in this city have been completed, and this show, which is one of America’s largest amusement enterprises will visit this city at an early date. r D||p Wallace Show prides itself upon beijjg absolutely without a peer, iu point of equipment, the excellence of its stock, the extensiveness of its zoological display, and the real merit of its performances. No moHey is spared, no expense considered too great to procure the best that can be had in all departments of sucn a mammoth institution. It is really a credit and a benefit to any community to have a show of such magnitude and character as the Great Wallace Show to visit it, and its coming to this city at an early date will certainly please the lovers of innocent amusements. Our people always delight in meritorious circuses, and the fact that the Great Wallace Show is in the very foremost rank of such amusements, and in a class exclusively of its own as to exceptional merit, is sure to cause ap unusually liberal patronage upon this visit here. The Wallace Show is one of the biggest; it is a ten acre department store whose wares consist of amusements. People who patronize the big department stores are not expected to want something in every department, neither is it expected that a spectator at the Wallace circus will be able to see every act, but it is expected that he will not have any trouble to find just what he likes to see. The management has so arranged its program that acts suitable to the great variety of tastes are always in view throughout the entire performanqjs, which will last for two hours and a half. The Grent Wallace Show will give twoproformances under its immense waterproof tents in Rensselaer, on Tueda'y, August 27.

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BANK STATEMENT REPORT of the condition ofthe Commercial State Bank (North side of Public Square.) RENSSELAER, INDIANA, at the close of its business, on the Bth day of July, 1901. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts..... $140,499.40 Overdrafts.' ’ 65002 U, S. Bonds 1,900.00 Due from Banks and Bankers.... 40,186.12 Banking House 5,585.00 Current Expenses 689.33 f Currency 5,213.00 Cash on Hand 6,847.17 (.Specie 1,634.17 Cash Perns 1,967.19 $ 98,1*4-13 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in 25,000.00 Suqdus Fund 3,000.00 Undivided Profits 522.65 Discount, Exchange and Interest 2,115.15 Individual Deposits on Demand 107,631.41 Individual Deposits on Time...... 59,854.92 $198,124.13 STATE OF INDIANA, 1 Jasper County, f SS ‘ I, Emmet L. Hollingsworth,, Cashier of the Commercial State Bank of Rensselaer, Indi-, ana, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. EMMET L. HOLLINGSWORTH, {« —‘ —. -. Subscribed and sworn to beSEAi.. > fore me, this fifteenth day of !' —>— ’ J July, 1901CIIARLES G. SPITLER, Notary Public. We respectfully call the attention of the PUBLIC to the foregoing statement of our condition, as reported, according to law to the AUDITOR of STATE. We have money to loan on Farm and CITY PROPERTY and on Personal Security pn fair 7 terms, reasonable rates and without delay. We pay interest on SAVINGS, sell drafts on FOREIGN COUNTRIES, make investments on FIRST MORTGAGE SECURITY for our customers, and transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. We respectfully solicit a share of the public patronage, promising iair and courteous-treat-ment to all. Addison Parkinson, , John M. Wasson, James T. Randle, Geo. E. Murray, E. L. Hollingsworth, Directors. 5 per cent Farm Loans a speclalty. Pont Be Fooledi Takt fenulne, original Mr kwS, BOCKY MOUNTAIN tea km Z Made ««ly by Madison ModiliW jC- <lne Co.. Madison, Wl*. N 'Ssmls keeps you well. Our trad* l&W mark e“t an each packags. Price, 35 cents. Never sold In bulk. Accept no substitaeoKPonoTiDius tute. Ask your druggist. MORRIS’ fcttGLfs^ . STABLEV J Positively cure Spavins Splint, Sprains, n e ? ney ’ bridle or Collar <iails, Putts UU 1 F,y, ; \iT' c, r 8 ’ Scratches, Callouses, Cute VVii Wounds of every description. This Liniim-m, has been in use lor twenty years, and l 8 P* 'nounced bv leading stock men the most successful remedy ever discovered. Large hot,. 50c. J. A. LARSH.