Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1902 — Page 1

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Ellis Opera House James H. S. Ellis, Manager. _______ . Thursday# Dec* 18a The Great Sensational Drama. “the nor” I uVt BY EDWARD WEITZEL. The Thrilling- Electrocution Scene, Jill’s Leap on the Flying Train, The Great Dock Scene, New York Burning of the“ Hotel de Bum”, The Four Funny Tramps.... “The Tide of Life’ proved to be a ymrj up-to-date affair, for it contained all of the latest novelties”—New York World. Tree Seasons in Large Cities. Reserved seats at HUFFS’, 25c, 35c, 30c.

Wolcott for Voting Machines.

Senator E. H. Wolcott, of Woloort, who is one of the holdover members of the state senate, where he represents White, Jasper and Newton counties, was at the English hotel in Indianapolis, Tuesday, when he was interviewed by a Sentinel reporter to whom he said: ‘T will have a few small and unimportant bills to introduce but nothing of any consequence that I know of now. lam heartily in favor of some measures that have been suggested and will certainly support them. 1 believe a law for voting machines should be passed for one thing. The people are in favor of.this reform, I believe, as there seems to be a general demand for their introduction. The principal reason for the popular demand is that they are tired of the delay. The great advantage of the maohines, however, lies in the fact that the mistakes and many of the illegal practices now followed in elections will disappear. We can never have honest elections until we have machines and for that reason provision ought to be made for their use. The only great objection is the expense, and I do not believe this will be enough to prevent the passage of a bill for the purpose. I am also in favor of the proposition to put justices of the peace and prosecuting attorneys on salary. I believe this would result in getting better service out of both officials. A bill for this purpose will be introduced and I hope it will pass.” ;

What’Bln a Name* '

Everything is in a name when it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. 0. DeWitt & Co., of Chicago, discovered some years ago hpw to make a salve from Witch Hazel that is a specific for piles. For blind, bleeding, itching and protrading piles, eczema, cats, barns, braises and all skin diseases. DeWitt’s Salve has no equal. This has given rise to numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt’s—the genuine. A. F. Long. ,

IT IS A CRIME! ~! v To let your horse suffer from the cold when you can buy him a blanket for such a trifle g? yo * ca £- We have them at from 85c to $3 and Fur ahd Plush Lap Robes’ from $5 to $7. Don t freeze yourself nor let your horse suffer this winter to save such paltry sums. : : : : ; : : ; . LEE & POOLE, McCOYSBURG IND MM,m * » ♦♦♦♦»«» f l it ri H t i"i 11* i, ij 11111 ri 1111|-

Our Man About Town

Discourses on Many Subjects and Relates Sundry and Other Incidents.

/■'vNE morning last week a Rensaelaer man, who shall be nameless here, had a peculiar experience at his home. The gentleman in question had just got up and was patting on his hope when the oat jlimped upon the table. To eearc it away the man threw hie took at the eat: The Mine harried from the boese and the owner of the eoek started oat te ted Mo theeealste* TW «■*■». x'+mwm M»d hf teprtMMlNhtMi l e geaatee teeateoa (teaßaihs | | M. ■■ ~ wNgHP wRHRMRMb ‘lt may be all rigtt, ate,' aoM the George Washington’s hatehetfaad ail the othah s& called myths and fkiry tales, bat when it oomeo to seying that good whiskey, sah, isn't the one soverign remedy for snake bite the iconoclasts, sah, go a leetle too far. I saw in a papah of more or leas accuracy thet a scientific idiot has jnet discovered that whiskey aggravates—thet’s the infernal term he need—aggravates the poison instead of neutralizing it. Yes, sah, he aotnaUy used thet very term. The man’s a fool, sah, a blithering fool.' ‘Were yon ever bitten by a snake, Colonel?’ asked an incantions bystander. ‘Me?’ shouted the Colonel, in high indignation. ‘Me bitten?’ Why, good ged, sah, do yon think thet any selfrespectin’ snake would throw away a bite on me?’ , Then he threw down two cocktails in agitated succession. V «T have just had a narrow escape x from a fatal attack oi heart disease,” said a drummer who makes this burg semi-often to some Mends who were joking him at the Makeever House. He looked so solemn that those around him feared, for a moment, that he really meant it. Then he took a letter from his pocket and explained. “I’ve received a rebate of f7.fk) from a Cincinnati hotel, where I paid a restaurant check twice. If snoh a thing has ever happened to any other drammer I’d like to get his picture to use as a souvenir. Here’s a little story,” he continued. Not long ago I went to my old home, down east, on

RENSSELAER. IND., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1902.

a visit, and the folks got up a reception for me at which I was to sing. Of coarse I proceeded to do my level best, and when I was through the folks did not know how to express themselves and there was an awful silence, which was finally broken by an old man, who stood up, wiping his fbss and his bald head violently, as he M *Pm »-eweatin’ for ye. Jist come soft m* have a stogy. Reckon yon te be deem in the world. Hev ye paMfwbrtelblll here?”’ ••• yrtMte h. Renssetaer. What ssmemreflb* JaanwAL and what happy Ibsgms What vteftoa of Xmas trees est Mm etesetea. What expanse of teastep e« teafla Ohms fhrnlahings all MwtetMMk flrtw aever was snoh a Mtetelmtetelii and inclination «mNt tee way year after year for rtepp* eMweggaMae ia the way of tentetetetef wtea the hour of reJtesSßg lam Bear. And civilisation, tea caMmm at tea wsl and of the weal, tea mteemoat of the north and tee mate, halts for an instant to tatter tete tmpatas at tha cradle of miteaHM. The good old day will be properly abeeraai la Rensselaer. The churches •epseielly by long and interesting programs, wiU attest their loyalty to the Christ memorial. Many private families will load small trees after the hearty German custom. The hopeful odor of chioken, turkey and streamlug plum pudding already exhales through the land. Merciful and mighty is the giver of Xmas day. May peace and prosperity cover the people as by a mantle and the poor look np the Master of the Day’s Work who gave them Xmas day as a special privilege for relaxation and merriment. It wonld seem to be an excellent idea while we are preparing to enjoy the blisses of this season with true abandon to think of the poor as well and give to them oat of our abundance. Some children in this town have never known what it is Jo own a present on Xmas day larger than a saok of cheap candy. Can not the lnokier ones afford to give their poorer brothers something that will make both giver and receiver happier? The Lord of Xmas day preached the brotherhood of man more earnestly than anything else and it wonld seem only right and proper to take this way of following His will npon the day held sacred for the commemoration of His birth.

You will save many doctor bills by keeping Bailey’s Laxative Tablets on hand and taking them freely for constipation, biliousness, liver troubles, fever and indigestion. Very pleasant, effective and natural in action. They invigorate torpid intestines and rouse np the liver. Price 10 and 26c at A. P. Long’s.

Scientists Say We Have Entered Another Glacial Period and That This Country Will Again Be Covered With Mountains of Ice. •Contrary to the usually aocepted belief scientists tell us that there is no doubt but that the climate in the northern hemisphere is slowly but gradually growing colder. In proof of this they point to the foot that from remains that have been discovered it is evident that in former rages, perhaps six to eight thousand years ago, this country was inhabited by numerous tropical animals. Also that whan first discovered by the Norsemen near a thousand years ago, New England was balled “Vlniand,” on aooouiit of the profusion of tropical vines that grew on the ooast. r “ Coming down to later times, it is well known that corn and other products that grew to maturity in the New England states when that conntry was first settled some two hundred years ago, now fails to ripen on aooonnt of the shortness of the seasons. And later, orange groves that formerly flourished in southern Mississippi and Louisiana and Northern Florida, have been killed by ro peated freezes. Astronomy tells us that on account of the gradual changing of the earth’s elliptic this hemisphere is subject to alternating glacial and tropical epochs, each lasting thonsande of years, slightly broken annually, of course, by the earth’s passage about the sun. In the last glacial epoch, or period, mountains of ice formed in the northern part of North America, gradually slipping and grinding their way southward until the southern edge of the ice reached as far south as central Indiana. Here the ice gradually melted, leaving the gravel beds and vast quantities of loose stone so plentifully scattered over thisregion. We then entered the long summer when tropical heat prevailed over this part of the country. How long this lasted can only be estimated, bat probably several thousand years. The sun then began receeding further from us during oar winter season, or in other words the long diameter of the earth's orbit is slowly bat gradually swinging to a north -and south position, so that at some time in the future our winters wtll occur when the earth is at the extreme end of ite orbit, or farthest from the son. It is probable that then ice and snow will again cover this country for a long period, and all civilization in this northern country will be destroyed. This will occur in probably about ten thousand years from now. This paper and The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean $1.40 for one year. * ‘Special deal.”

Wanted. 500 bushels of good corn, bushels of good oats. Will pay above the market price. Inquire at Rensselaer Feed Store. A. L. Branch.

SEASONS GROWING COLDER.

How About This.

Another Goodly List of Farmers Who Know How and What to Feed, Not a New Feed But a Good One. Head What They Say. Rensselaer, Ind., Apr. 3,1801. I have been feeding Acme Food to oalves, hogs and horses. It Is a good digester and appetizer. lam satisfied that it pays to feed Acme Food. S. A. Dowell. Rensselaer, Ind., Apr. 4,1901. We have been feeding Aome Food to two oar loads of oattle. We think it is alright. It is a good digester and a good appetizer. Cara Bros. Parr, Ind., Apr. 5,1901. I have used Aome Food on horses and I like It alright. James L. Babcock. Parr, Ind., Apr. 5,1901. I have used Aome Food on horses and I think it pays to feed the Acme. It is a good digester. I wonld reoommend the Acme to.all horsemen. W. L. Wood, (of Judy Sc Wood firm.) Parr, Ind., April 5,1901. I have been feeding Aome Food as an appetizer and digester. lam sure there is no butter. T. F. Bruenahan. Surrey, Ind., April 1,1901. I have need Aome Food on oalves and horses. lam pleased with it. It is a feed saver. If is alright for hogs. Frank 2acher. . Surrey, Ind., Apr. 5,1901. I have been feeding Aome Food to two carloads of cattle and horses. It is a great aid to digestion. It pays to teed the Aome Food. Hngh Brosman. Mt. Ayr, Ind., Apr., 8,1901. I have fed Acme Food to a bull. I think it is a good digester. Frank Yeager. Mt. Ayr, Ind., Apr. 8,1901. We have been using Aome Food on cows and hones. We think it the best thing we ever saw in onr lives. We heartily recommend It to all stockmen. Sidney Steward, Edgar Steward. Morocoo, Ind., April 9, 1901. I have fed Acme food to cows. It is a good appetizer and digester. W. O. Smart. Mt. Ayr., ind., April 8,1901. I have used Aome Food on hones and hpgs. It is a great digester and a flesh producer. It pays to feed Acme Pood. James Burns. Morocco, Ind., Apr. 8,1901. * I have been feeding Acme Food tip honee. I work my horses hard every day and they gain in flesh constantly.

The Aome food destroys worms also. Geo. W. Dill. Brook, Ind., Apr. 9, 1901. I have given Acme Food a thorough test. I have fed oattle for ten years and I never saw oattle go on their feed so well as my cattle did on Aome Food. I never shipped oattle to market that shipped as well as the Acme sod oattle. I never sod anything to oattle In my life that gave me as muoh profit as the Aome Food did. Harvey E. Rust. Rensselaer, Ind., April 3,1901. I have fed Aome Food to one of uy horses that was not doing well mnA wonld not eat. After using Acme he commenced to eat grain and la now doing well and will eat all he can get hold of. I would reoommend Aome Food to all farmers and stockmen. Isaac W. Walker.

FINED FOR FIGHTING.

Glffordltes Make Lively Times In the Levee District. A number of Glffordltes oame to town last Thursday and ended their day’s jollifloation in a general fight down in the levee district. The parties engaging in the trouble were Omer Merrill, Allen Caldwell and son Diok and Julias Raska and son William. Young Caldwell and old man Raska started the row, and it ended In a general mixup between all the parties. The most vicious enoounter was between Merrill and young Raska. Merrill got a badly skinned nose and was fined 98 and costs, |l2 In all, by Squire Troxell for getting licked. Merrill then swore out a warrant for the arrest of Raska, who wasaoqnltted. One of the parties paid Merrill’s fine, flashing a |SO bill in tbe Court’s faoe, and as it was after banking hours It took considerable hustling on the part of the court to find enough change to break the bill.

MODERN POWER PUNT.

Motion About Ready to Start New Boilers at Shops. Three of the largest boilers in service at any place in the state have been installed at the Motion shops at Lafayette. The combined power of the three boilers Is 1,160 horse-power. They are what is known as the Sterling make and the work of installing them has been going on for a month. The power in the past at the shops has mostly been supplied by small locomotive boilers, and the new battery of boilers makes the Monon power plant the most modern In this part of the country. If you feel ill and need a pill Why not purchase the beet? DeWltt’s Early Risers Are little surprisers,, Take one—they do the rest. W. H. Howell, Houston, Tex., writes— I have used Little Early Riser Pills in my family for constipation, sick headache, etc. To their use lam indebted for the health of my family. A. P Long.

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