Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1902 — Page 4

TJICURES WHttTilL ELSeTaiIL ' |L|

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Notice of Joint Legislative Convention. T'he delegates selected by Jasper and Lake counties to the Joint Legislative Convention will meet at Hammond, Ind., on Wednesday, April 2nd, at 1130 o’clock p. m. for. the purpose of nominating a Joint Representative for said counties. The basis of representation shall be one delegate and one alternate delegate for each 200 votes and each fraction of more than 100 votes cast for Hugh H. Hanna for Presidential Elector at the. election held in November, 1900, and under said representation each of said counties shall be entitled to the aggregate number of delegates and alternate delegates as follows: Jasper county.. Io Lake county. 27 E- L. Shortridge, Chairman of Lake Co. C. C. Warner, Chairman of Jasper Co.

Republican Call tor Judicial Convention.

The delegates selected by Jasper and Newfton counties to the Judicial Convention will meet at Brook, Newton county, Indiana, on the 10th day of April, 1902, at 1:30 o’clock p. m, and nominate to be voted for at the gfeneral election in Noveifiber, 1902, the republican candidate for Judge 1 of tne 30th judicial circuit and the republican candidate for Prosecuting Attorney fpr the 30th judicial circuit. The representation shall be ohe delegate andpjne alternate delegate for each 100 votes, and for each additional fraction of more than fifty f Votes cast for Hon. Hugh Hanna for presidential elector at the ejection held in November, 1900. Each county to be entitled to the following representation: Jasper county, 21 delegates; Newton county, 17 delegated Z. F. Little,' Chairman Newton County. 4 C. C. Warner, Chairman Jasper County.

has been introduced in the Ohio legislature to allow Sunday baseballi L/ *————■■— A woman suffrage measure which passed the lowa Senate was rejected by the lower house. - —————P—OIfTE way to remove sectionalism is to rfemove political advantages that damage other sections. This is what the Crum packer resolution proposes to do. Excited protests at the mere pro posal of an inquiry on the lines of the Crumpackpr resolution recalls the motto, 4, A guilty conscience need no accuser.” The purchase of bonds in the open market by tjie Treasury Department has Kept the price high and the Secretary has ordered the purchases stopped. Prince Henry believes in “natures sweejj restorer.” As soon as he was away from the fetes of America he slept forty eight hours at a stretch, while recovering from the fatigue of his trip. A sinole American cqm.pany an« nounces that ic will buy at once 19000 steel cars and 260 locomotives to accommodate its increased traffic. No bounds are set on the industrial expansion of there public.

BAD BABiES Are often only hungry babies. They cry and fret because they are ill-fed. The healthy mother is sure to have good babies; babies that coo and sleep and grow.l t MotV’W iifjruilli who!use Doctor Pierce’s Favorite J. xlTlll Prescription, .are generally healthy happy children. h! "Favorite Pre- /J----acription” pre- _ y/ /[}', vents nausea. <3 soothes the nerves, ** c promotes the ap- / ( petitq and causes Sal vigor and^muscular'elasticity so ’W*V3\D that the baby’s ad- '/ ▼entjs practically , T J 4 Sinless. It is .the "Tv: r" " st tjmic for nursing mothers, restoring strength and promoting an abundant flow ®f nutritive secretions. *1 can cheerfully recommend Dr. Pierce’* Favorite Prescription as one of the best medlcines for women,” writes Mrs. Mary Murdock, Murdock, of 1045 Woodard Ave.,Topeka, Kan. "X aider it the best medicine made. I know it ha* no equal. I am the mother of ten children and only one living—the tenth one. She is one year old and is as well and hearty as can be. She is a beauty. Of my other babies, one lived io be one year olji, but she was always feeble. I tried different doctors, but none of ithem could ten me what my trouble was. They said I was well and strong. I was examined by surgeons but they found nothing wrong, and they were puzzlea to know what my trouble was. I did not Jcaow what to do, so I thought this time I would try Dr, Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. I took it the etttife nine months and bow have a fine baby I cannot praise your medicine enough for the good it did me.” * Favorite Prescription * riiakes weak women strong, sick wrimen well. Accept no substitute for tfie medicine which works wonders for weak ‘women. Dr.Pferce’B Pleasant Pellets are easy •nd pleasant totake. A most effective laxafcyfc Y oiqaibtT.M

Tired Out « Lw** very Morljr.*nd could hardly get about the house. I was tired out sll the time. Thin I tried Aypr’s Sarsaparilla, Spd It only took two bottles to make me feel perfectly well.”— Mrs. N. S. Swinney, Princeton, Mo. Tired when you go to bed, tired when you get up. tired all the time, why ? Your blood is impure, that’s the reason. You are living on the border line of nerve exhaustion. Take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and be qyickly cured. A«k your doctor wh.t he thinks ot Ayer'* Sarsaparilla.. ■ He knows ail about this grand old family medicine. Follow bis advice and V-e will be satisfied. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.

Mr. Cleveland says he is not at all troubled about MK Bryan’s comments. The “traitor, ingrate, an<f political nonentity” evidently thinks that it is better ,to be a “has beep’} than a “neviejf was.?’ 1 ii ■ i mil ii■ i ■ - Mr. Bryan wants to know what would happen if the farmers refused to pay taxes to support a bounty. What usually happens when persons “not entirely supported by charity” refuse to pay taxes? Another sword has been subscribed for Major Jenkins and President RopsevOlt will present it at the Charleston Exposition—tb© Tillmans to the conttkry notwithstanding. The Tillman sword cost $65 but tbe new one is’to cost SSOO. “Noblesse . oblige” is a motto too little recognized in America. If every citizen would reoognlze his suffrage as an obligation to be discharged in the light of his intelligence and station and would vote at the primaries as well as at the polls there would be less complaint ofborrupt politics. Henry Watterson thinks that the Philippine issue is the only one s>r the democrats to use next lime. Others are equally as strong for tariff reform, and Mr. Bryan nails his flag to the popular election of Senators. At the present rate there will be as many issues as fissures in the democratic party.

In the debate on the postal appropriation bill one member asked what a “nixie” clerk was, as several were provided for in the bill. Mr. Loud, of California, chairman of the committee where the bill originated,, explained that “nixie” when applied to a clerk, means one whose business it is tp decipher addresses practically illegible.

From the siege ot Troy to the occupation of Pekin the historian has not had to vary his comment on the “rapine of licentious soldiery.” There is a different commentary for the United States’ < ccupation of her new possessions. Witness Havana with 21,25? deaths the year before our troops went there, which; rate had decreased to 8,163 under the first year of our regime and has now dropped so 5,000,

JAMES C. HATFIELD.

James C. Hatfield of Bluffton will go before the Republican state convention as a candidate for clerk of the supreme court. He is 40 years of age, a man in the prime of life and of good ability; a gentleman who lias given

JAMES C. HATFIELD.

his life to the party at whose hands hq seeks nomination. Mr. Hatfield is dt present Clerk of the' Wells circuit court; the only Republican ever elected to that office in the county. Ip 1898 he cut down a plurality of 1,516 for Bryan- to one in his own favor. Mr. Hatfield is a gentleman of fine physical appearance, an Untiring-work-er and forcible campaigner. He has been endorsed by Wells county . Republicans and will be the represents tiye of the Eighth district, the largest in Indiana, as its candidate for the office so which he aspires. Conventibn headquarters, Rdoni 3, Denison hotel. j- : ' '

SAVING OF MONEY

Economical Administration of the Public Affairs of the People of Indiana. ! TIMELY CONTRAST OF METHODS How Money Is Being Saved to the Tax-Payers of the State by the Business Management Being Inaugurated in Our Public Institutions. A few years ago there was much extravagance practiced and ihany a dollar lost ih the handling of publlc ; money, for no other reason than that sysand order were apt wanted and never Inaugurated to carefully aiccount for the same. Under the old management of our state institutions, every article purchased was dumped into one or more store-rooms without regard to quantity or quality purchased, and after the supplies had been delivered it was the business of ho one officer to have charge of same and she that only the amount required for each day was delivered to the various departments; but, instead, the head of each depart-' ment, and oftefi tHCsC Who Were not at the head of the departments in the institution?,had keys to ,the storeroom and .aqtlrprity to help themselves. Such methods could not help blit ,bp Wasteful and would never be permitted by hn individual or private corporation. 1 ■' ■ Not Only* were such methods practiced, but In ordering supplies bids were never’ received and no attempts made to purchase where the tax-payer wopld rpceive ithe, benefit by getting the best possible prices. Under this method of transacting the state’s business in our institutions, more money was wasted in the Indiscriminate handling of supplies in the’ various store-rooms and buildings than it would take to build a room of sufficient size to accommodate everything necessary to carry in stock. At the beginning of the late Governor Mpunt’jS administration, those who were responsible fpr the management Jof the Institutions of the state began to introduce new ideas with a view of conducting the affairs of our institutions upbn business methods. In order to Pee what has been accomplished it is only necePsary for one to take a day off and visit any of the public institutions of our state as they arp - today managed. The writer has gone to the trouble of carefully investigating and going through one of the institutions of the state, and believes what he has found would be of Interest to every tax-payer, and will describe, as near as he can, the method and manner of doing business in the institution that he visited. Upon entering the institution I was at once satisfied that business methods are being used, from the cleanliness that can be seen on every side and the orderly and gentlemanly manner in which the officers conduct themselves. I was more particularly interested in the large and commodious store-room, where every dollar's worth of supplies that was purchased for the institution was delivered. This store-room was of sufficient size to admit of systematic methods by which articles of certain denomination and size may be kept, not only separate, but also in such manner that they are readily accessible at any time. Into this room evbry article purchased for the institution was delivered, checked up and compared with a duplicate invoice which is furnished the storekeeper. It is imperative that this be done before any of the goods purchased are issued to the departments for which they are intended. This duplicate is given a number by the storekeeper, the first invoice received at the beginning of the fiscal year being No. 1 and continuing the numbers consecutively through the year as the invoices are received. The article so purchased is given the same number as the.duplicate in-: and in addition is ,gjyen ipe year in which it. was. purchased. Tliis is necessary in case the goods purchased should be tarried into another year. - '' 1 ' '

The footings cf these duplicate Invoices must compare with the original invoice from which the vouchers are made, at , the end .of each month l , ,or upon any day that the (superintendent of the institution (leeflis it, necessary to call upon the storekeeper to furnish such' footings. This part of the system places the goods in the store-room and charges them to the storekeeper upon the books of the store-rpom as well as upon the, books in the chief clerk’s office of the institntiqn. I found that the officer in charge of tb,is store-room was very conversant and knew exactly Where tb fihd any one .of a thousand articled that were under'his care, and that he was able to advise r the superintendent at any tiihe he was called upon of the condition and amount of supplies on hand and do accurately, show from his records the daily demands upon the store-room by the various departments of the institution. I found that this could qnly be done by a system of records, requisitions and checks that not only show the amount of supplies coming into the hands of the- storekeeper daily, but the amount that is daily consumed by each department. Upon further examination I found that the head of each department was furnished with a requisition book, vyjth instructions that he is, at 9 o’clock

each morning, to fill up with pen and Ink one of these blank requisition)! by naming therein the articles and apiount wanted, with the understanding that he is to only draw one day’s supplies at a time. -He must number this requisition and he must also keep iii his book «pe stfib *rhicb W an exact copy of the order sent from the store-room. He is also instructed to date his requisition one day in advance, and as soon as the storekeeper receives these requisitions from the various departments of the institution he immediately sends them to the superintendent’s office, who carefully considers the various articles asked for, and if in his judgment they are njecessary, h.e gives his approval by signing each requisition and sending them back to the storekeeper. The storekeeper then carefully goes over each requisition, giving it the store number. If there is anything called for on the requisition that is not in stock, he at oncq makes an order on the superintendent for the items. This request must be in the hands of the superintendent at 10 b’ciock each day. I found that the storekeeper very carefully weighs out and measures up the articles called for by each department and delivers them at 3 o’clock of that day, getting the officer’s receipt for the supplies on the requisition heretofore made. The storekeeper then takes these requisitions and credits himself on the stock record with the amount of each iteip Issued, credits in dollars and cents and being thb actiial cost that Is shown byi his duplicate invoice.' This stock redord is a large book that will show at a glance every article that is ip the store-rqom. In the first column of this record ie. given the amount of the apticlp on hand at the beginning of the month, then the amount receiv : ed puring fpe month, tb.e. invoice nupiiber; "price and total value. Then follows 81 spaces fbr the dally Issue for the month, the 1 total of which is the issue for the entire moqth deducted from the amount On hand and purchased during the month, leaving the amount on hand at ihe end of the month. Or, n o her words the storekeeper at sny time c°n tell from this record exactly w*at, h e hoq nv, band of any article with which he is charged, and can furnish an Accurate inventory of the $5,000 worth of supplies that are usually In stock,, by having one day’s notice. After +W mrmis>tlons referred to are completed and entered on the books of the storekeep-t er, they are sent to the clerk’s office, where an abstract of the footings of each day’s supplies are made and entered into a book for that purpose, showing the dally cost of each department, and at the end of the month a recapitulation is made showing the monthly cost of each department. It was very noticeable in making this examination, that it was possible for the superintendent, at the close of each day’s work, to accurately tell what it had cost for that day to run each department and to also tell exactly what it had cost to feed each inmate of the institution for that day, which amount varied from six to seven cents per day. One department of this store-room that was very interesting to me was what they termed the “condemnation” room, and before the head of any department Is permitted to draw anything new from the store-room, he is compelled where possible to duplicate it* with the old or worn-out article. This article is condemned by the storekeeper and stored away In this room in lots of ten or twenty, so that at the end of the year they can be carefully counted by the board of managers and orders given for their disposal. This feature alone more than twice over pays the officer who is responsible for the safe-keeping of all the supplies purchased for the institution. I also found that this storeroom was the manufacturing center of the institution; here all institutional clothing, shoes, tobacco, or any article that is necessary to be made for the inmates, was manufactured and an accurate cost of same was kept by the storekeeper. It has been demonstrat-

ed that a great saving is made to the stat 6 by the institution manufacturing thesb articles. The tobacco for which 4hey had been paying from 28 to '32 cents per pound was now being made for from 8 to .9 cents and a much bettier quality than they had: purchased. Shoes that cost from $1.50 to $1.60 per pair were now being made for $1.21 and a milch better shoe. Discharge ‘ clothing, or suits that are given the inmates; ; when they are released from» prison now the state about s4;rperr suit and a better suit than could .be bought for twice that money when purchased under the old way of doing business at the institution. It has certainly bqen demonstrated that system and order is pur ppbjic institutions: lead to economy, apd the people of, the state are tp be congratulated upon,, the manlier in which the public affairs 'of our state are boipg handled, and there is nothing about a piiblic institution that; will induce its officers to be economical more than to have their daily transactions on record so that same is subject to inspection at all times by the board of managers, superintendent, or the public. System and method are the fundamental principles of economy, and as long as the state of Indiana continues as it is in the management of its state affairs, the chance for scandal and corruption to thh handling of public funds will be reduced to the minimum. I And further that in consulting the statistics of the statb, if the per capita cost of maintaining our state institutions in 1 <99 had been what it was in 1891, it would have cost the state $340,539.76 snore money. This saving can' be accounted for in no other way ■than by the strict business management that leas been Introduced ■; ;; vo ,-i {in '-b' ' i >'

The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of an d lias been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive yon in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and V, Just-as-good” are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger tike health of i Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria IS a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee* It destroys Worms ! and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind j Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the ! > Stonpach and Bowels, natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Tie Kind You We Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. j r , .. . ,r p. t f “ ,A|*r ikt u ±h RAY WOOD’S Five CKajr SKo£> < The Largest and Finest In Jasper County. Go there for a Fine Smooth Shave and Fashionable Hair Cut. Boot Black Standi n Connection ....

R. C. HILLIS.

Superintendent Hillis is a native of ! Jefferson county but has lived for 18 ! years in Cass. He graduated from the j common schools at the age of 14 and began teach ing at 15. Mr. Hillis comj pleted the scientific course at the Holbrook No' - : al at Lefc.'.con, Ohio, and later after' - 'd Indiana university. He has spent all his time in school work, in various phases—teacher in district school, township principal and county superintendent. 1 When elected county superintendent in 1899 Mr. Hillis had the honor of being the youngest man ever selected for tha,t important position. Hisfelloywofkefs recognize him as an able and digiiified member of their fraternity. Thdl Eleventh congressional district coirtatn's many enthusiastic' Republican workers who- confident iybgxpeet to spe Sup«rintendeut'Hiili3- successful in his ,ra-G9. . Headquarters during convention, Room 41, Oeniscp hotel. , •

TITUS E. KINZIE.

~!' One. of the, aqtive candidates, fpr the; Re, nomination for- superintendent or public instruction isProfessor Titus E. kixizfie Of St. Joseph county.. Prof. Kinzie was born and raised On ■a farm, and began teaching Tn the district schools of : his native 1 couiity ■l9 years ago. In 1884 hfe attended the Northern, Indiana Normal t school: at Valparaiso, and, in entered the University of Indiana, at BloomLpgton, receiving his degree in iB9l. He then phgaged in high school work for five years. He took d two-years’ post-grad-uate, course at the University of Chi-, eago, studying under some of the educators of 'the country. Mr,. Kinzie has for the Dast. four years been supervisor of CdUcatiob at the Indiana Institution for the Blind at Indianapolis. Headquarters, Room 54, Denison hotel. ;

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Diploma Examinations.

Diploma examinations will be held as follows: SATURDAY, APRII, 19, 1902, Rensselaer, Remington.' Wheatfield. Pupils may choose the time and place of their examination. *■ The examination of seventh year pupils in geography will not be held.this year. Pupils will be allowed to take but one examination. Pupils who have made 75 per cent or above in the Bi-monthly examinations in Music need not lake the examination in that branch. Teachers are to furnish the average grade to all eighth year pupils in music. READING. March.... Rip Van Winkle. ...... Irving. April.,.. .Barbara. Frielchie.. . .Whittier, May. . . .The White Footed Deer. .Bryant. Louis H. Hamilton, ! '3 Co. SUPT.

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