Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1903 — Page 1

VOL. X.

IT PAYStoTRADEat SCHLEMAN’S It is my object to handle the best lines of Vehicles made-NOT CHEAP BUT HCW GOOD. Prices will always be found the lowest. Come in and see the car load of fine Harper Buggy Co.’s Surreys and Carriages. They are fine lookers and up-to-date in every respect. Prices and terms to suit everybody. I solicit a share of your trade. 7t pays to TRADE AT SCHLEMAN’S:'' ..... ■■••• WM. SCHLEMAN

Laundry a I am now sending Laundry work on ■■ ■■ Monday and Wednesday and delivering itonWednesdayand Saturday. I call for and deliver your Laundry ■■■ JL work and will give you as pretty j )... work as you ever have seen-^Satis-faction Guaranteed. 1 ' I* Christie H. Vick, —Agent for—y AMERICAN STEAM LAUNDRY, Telephone me your call. ’Phone 264. Laundry office next door to American Express office. Bensselaer Ind.

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The Renss elaer Journal,

The Main Traveled Route I np f O the Northwest is the ChiA cago,/ Milwaukee & St. Paul • Railway. It is the BEST j road, has best train equip* ment, and best sleeping car and dining car serviee. It is | the route of the United States Government Past Mail trains and of the famous Pioneer limited trains. If yon go to the Twin Cities of Minnesota or beyond go via “The St. Paul Road” and ride on the best train in the world. All tioket agents sell tickets via Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul JRy. For descriptive literature address: P. A. MILLER, General Passenger Agent, CHICAGO, ILL. Wanted. 500 bushels of good corn, also 500 bushels of good oats. Will pay above the market price. Inquire at Rensselaer Feed Store. A. L. Branch. FIVE PER CENT FARM LOANS. Oae Per Cent Commission. W. B. Austin, Rensselaer, has a special fund to loan at 5 pqr cent interest and one per cent commission. No delay.

RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY. JANUARY 1, 1903.

On to Little Rock.

Drab Journal: Leaving St. Louis by steamer Peter Lee on Friday evening we reached Memphis on Monday morning. Those who are long on time enjoy the river trip. By rail the time from the Mound City to this olty of the Boses is but ten hoars, while as we oame there passed sixty-seven. On Saturday morning we viewed an alternation of high ground and willow flats scarcely ever the same on both sides. The Frisco is grading a new track on the west side of the river on the side of the blnff and to be seen about half the -time as far as Oarrithersville. It is claimed to be twenty, seven miles shorter than any constructed line. In the evening just at dusk we reached Oairo to find the Ohio at flood tide, bringing down much drift. As the high waters were common to the Cumberland, Tennessee and Ohio the current was up the Mississippi for several miles. If the tributaries of the Mississippi above the junction were in flood as well the levees would be too low.

On Sunday morning we rounded to at Tiptonville, a typical Tennessee town. The chief discharge of frieght was coffins and we could see the grave yard in the center of the place. When we started only about twenty passengers made their appearance for meals. On Sunday the number was doubled. Two newly married couple were with us. At Carrithersville .some little girls oame aboard who were very lively. The boat landed at Forsythes solely to let them off. We had a discussion on Sunday morning as to a biblical expression and on inquiry no oopy of the good book was on board. The steward olaimed they had a bible but it had been stolen. On Monday morning we were at the Memphis wharf and found our way to “The Gayoso,’’ the best hotel we have seen. The water on the boat was not friendly to our comfort and we remained over until Tuesday morning and came here on the Choctaw. More than half the way was forest land covered with water. The great levee from Missouri on the west side protects the lands farther up the river. The tributaries of the Arkansas spread over a wide belt. This city is on both sides of the Arkansas, spanned by four bridges within the city limits. The capitol building is seventythree years old, and almost moss covered. There is talk of a new one to cost one million, plus the labor of two hundred convicts. The people here claim all parts of the state are better than the southeast, over whioh we came. The trip has so far been a pleasant one but our thoughts are of friends at home.

Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 24,1902.

Gone to Rest.

Stacy English, son of Able and Mary English, was bom Nov. 23, 1821, in Logan connty, Ohio, died at his home in Hanging Grove township, Jasper connty, Ind., at the advanoed age of 81 years, 3 weeks and 5 days. He was unified in marriage to Mary Ellen Orim, Jan. 4th, 1848. To this union was bom ten ohildren, all of whom are living except one, who died in infancy. His companion died Oct. 6, 1900. He never united with any church, but died a triumphant death in Christ Jesus. Said there was no darkness and he was going to cross the river happy. In speaking of bis suffering, he said he had no word of complaint, that Jesus had snffered on the cross for ns. He bore his sufferings with Christian patence and often repeated the songs, “We are passing away to the great judgment day,” and “Nearer my God to Thee.” Dearest father, greatly we’ll miss thee, but we bow in humble submission to the will of God, one who doeth all things well. * » *

S. P. THOMPSON.

Our Man About Town

Discourses on Many Subjects and Relates Sundry and Other Incidents.

TTAPPY New Year to everybody in XJ - Jasper oonnty is the best wish of the Journal. May increased prosperity bless every family throughout this vicinity and grant an increase of snooess. May the subscribers to this paper never have cause to feel sad that 1902 Is dead and 1903 is reigning in imperial splendor. We predict that great changes In wealth, scientific experiment, and educational praotioes will mark this cycle of 366 days. “Watch for the best, all good things will come to him who seeks them.” V t( A IN’T you worried about the trusts?” asked the nervous man. “No,” answered an easy-going oitizen who is reported to have voted the Prohibition ticket. “If they make trouble they’ll have to stand their share of it. I’ve done my duty. I wrote a card calling their attention to whither they are drifting, and asking them please not to do so, and now, if they persist, it’s their own fault. My conscience is clear.” /V youth living across the |river, who much desired to wear the matrimonial yoke, had not sufficient courage to “pop the question.” On recently informing his father of the difficulty he labored nnder the old gentleman passionately replied, “Why you great booby, how do you suppose I managed when I got married?” “Ob, yes,” said the bashful lover, “You married mother, bat I’ve got to marry a strange girl. *** TTOW many people have any idea why our almanac calendars are made up as they are—why, for instance, Bixty seconds make a minute? The explanation is that in ancient Babylon there existed a system of counting by sixties, the number having been chosen because no other number has so many divisors. The wise men of Babylon divided the sun’s daily journeys into twenty-four stages and subdivided each stage into sixty because in that way they were accustomed to count. A hundred years before Christ, Hipparchus, the Grecian philosopher, introduced the “sixty” system of reckoning into Europe, and 300 years later Ptolemy gave it his sanction in his system of astronomy. A

ITIHE every-day experience of merchants and clerks in Rensselaer will no doubt justify the retort in the following incident: The obliging clerk had taken down piece after piece of goods until he oould hardly see over the counter. “I don’t care to purchase today,” returned the shopper as she turned away; “I was looking for a friend.” “There is one more piece on the shelf madam,” said the clerk; “your friend may be behind that.” Some well-meaning ladies seem to think when they go into a store that the clerk’s chief end in life is to look pleasant and tear down goods whether any sale is made or not. V CJOMETIMES we hear politics dis-"-'oussed in Rensselaer groceries and barber shops after the manner of the following dialogue—the logic is just the same. Uude Silas—l tell ye, the credit business is what’s rainin’ the country, an’ the credit system is cabled by our not havin’ more’n |26 yer capita in circulation. Uncle Biram— How do you that out? Uncle Silas-Why, great cattle I It’s as plain aa daylight. There’s only 926 In circulation, and, consequently,when

a man’s used up his quota he’s got ter git credit and ran In debt, and as the amount in circulation doesn’t Increase fast, he’s got ter stay there. v AN exchange says there are still living some people who think they do not have to turn out to let others pass them when driving on tne public highways. About as mean a man as ever lived is the man who holds his team in the middle of a narrow road, drives slow and refuses to turn out to let some one who wishes to drive faster than he, get past him. The courts of several states have decided that a man has no right to obstruct a highway by slow driving or otherwise, and must, when practical, turn oat. If In refusing to turn out an accident ooours to a man attempting to get past, he (the obstruotor) is liable for damages.

Church Destroyed by Fire.

Fire completely destroyed St. Joseph’s church, at Dyer, Sunday morning. A row of evergreen trees protected the rectory. St. Joseph’s was nearly forty years old and was one of the finest churohes In this part of the state. The fire was so Intense that the ohime of bells was melted. The origin of the fire is unknown. The less is |26,000.

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Vneouolouo JProm Croup.

During a. sadden and terrible attaok of croup our little girl was unconscious from strangulation, says A. L. Spafford, postmaster, Chester, Mich., and a dose of One Minute Cough Cure was administrated and repeated often. It reduced the swelling and inflammation, cut the mucous and shortly the child was resting easy and speedily recovered. It oures Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, and all Throat and Lung troubles. One Minute Cough Cure lingers in the throat and chest and enables the lungs to contribute pure, health-giv-ing oxygen to the blood. Long’s Drug Store.

Head Should Never Ache.

Never endure this trouble. Use at once the remedy that stopped it for Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Wmnle, Va. She writes “Dr. King’s New Life Pills wholly cured me of siok headaches I had suffered from for two years.” Oures Headache, Constipation, Biliousness. 2So at A. F. Long’s drug store.

Contract Let.

The commissioners met In special session last Saturday for the purpose of letting the oontraot lor supplies for the oourt house for the next year. On Class l, which lnolndes blank books, special goods, etc., the oontraot was let to the Burt-Terry-Wilson Co., of Lafayette, at |1873. On Class 2, whloh embraces printing matter that can be done in the home offloes, the oontraot was let to Leslie Clark at 1323.60. J. A, Larsh secured the contract for Class 4at 137.17, and A.P. Long for Class sat $4. This class oonsists of janitor supplies, Oh Class 3 the oontraot was not awarded, the bids exceeding the appropriation. The following were the bids: Burt«Terry-Wilson. Co., class 1, 11373; olass 3, $158.50. S. D. Kiger, olass 1, |1522.50; class 2, 1380; class 3, $160.23. Leslie Clark, olass 2, $323.60. Ike Tutuer, olass 4, $62; class 6, $6. A. P. Long, olass 4, $48.60, olass 6, 14. J. A. Larsh, class 4, $37.17.

Christmas Turkey.

Is All Right as Food For Persons, But if You Want Something to Fatten Your Hogs and Cattle, Follow the Example Set By the Following Feeders. Rensselaer, Indiana, May B,IMI. I am feeding Aome Pood to cows, horses and pigs. It is a great milk produoer. My cows give almost twice as much milk when I use the Acme Pood as they did before, on exaotly the same quantity of feed as before. J. W. Marlatt. Remington, Indiana, May 9,1901. I have fed Acme Pood for three months to horses and oows and find it to be a good digester, a feed saver and that it pays to feed. I would reoom. mend Acme Pood to all cattle and horse men. Prank May. Remington, Indiana, May 8,1901. I have fed Aome Pood for two months to milk oows and find that it increases the milk 1 quart per day from eaoh cow on the same grain ration as before. I would reoommend Acme Pood to all dairy men and stock feeders. 8. M. Seymour. [.Remington Dairyman.] Brook, Indiana, April 80,1901. I have been feeding Aome Pood to calves, cows and horses. I never saw anything that would produce so much flesh for the cost as Aome Pood. lam satisfied that it pays to feed Acme Pood and I order more today. James Padgett. Kentland, Indiana, April 8,1901. I run a livery barn and I feed Aome Pood. I think it is the greatest food I ever saw fed to horses. A digester, a finisher, an invigorator.

The St. Paul Calendar for 1903.

Six sheets 10x16 inches, of beautiful reproductions, in colors, of pastel drawing* by Bryson, is now ready for distribution and will be mailed on receipt of twenty-five (26) cents—coin or stamps. Address F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. 2t.

A Scientifie Discovery.

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NUMBER 80.

Morris Boatman.