Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1885 — Page 4

i, - ■ -.- ■ THE REPUBLICAN. Thursday,'April 2, 1885. ■■■■ £&•.«•• .Of Proiesswnai**ros,f6 per annum lor 6 lines er ess: w cts. |or each additional line. Lical notices, 10 cents perllne tor first insertion r cents ppr line for each snbseqticin insertion. Special rates tor choice places in t he paper, and for,advertisements widertluui one column. HWUsof regular advertisers payable quarterly ; isujstent to be paid in advance J.)B Phintixc..—Alargeassortment of typeanil otier material for poster, vamphlet, circular and kindred work. Prtces'.ow, ■

A late unamimous decision of the lowa Supreme Court affirms the constitutionalty of the u6w prohibition laws in that state, and of the provisions for their enforcement. Under the sweeping provisions of these laws it would seem that the prohibition principle, was to have a chance tenprove its practicability, under the most favorable circumstances. Gov. Gray has nominated Maurice Thompson, of Crawfordsville to be State Geologist, in place of Prof. Collett. Mr. Thompson is a right skillful man in shooting birds and other wild game with the old fashioned weapons, bows and arrows, and writes very interesting accounts of his exploits in that line; but there is no evidence, extant, other than his pwn word, that he knows anything in partic. ular about geology.

Although Harper’s Weekly, the great organ of the Mugwump?, managed to swallow the appointment of Tweed’s old, coadjutor Manning, as Secretary.©! the Treasury, with a tolerably good grace, the appointment of the machine politician and manipulator of ballot boxes, Higgins, to the responsible position of Appointment Clerk, in the Treasury Department, causes it to make a very wry face indeed. The Weekly well says that: “The appointment is a distinct violation of the principles to which the administration is pledged.”

The proposition to pass a law requiring the effects of stimulants and narcotics upon the human system to be taught in the, public schools, has been knocked m the head several times during the present session of the legislature, but has been as often revived. It received its final quietus, however in, the Senate, last Thursday, that body voting to indefinitely postpone by a vote of twenty-two to twenty. As has always been the case, heretofore, when a temper, ance measure was in danger of .receiving a majority, that (to heat him tell it) firm friend of temperance, Mr. Hoover, of this district, did not vote.

Here ie something for all loyal men and especially Union soldiers to ruminate over: Last Thursday the flag of the Union waved at half-mast over the Inferior Department, the building was closed, and ai) the clerks had a holiday in honor of Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, who is dead. The suspension of all business for one iay in the Department involves a loss to the government of fully 515,000, in money, and delays for twenty four hours fill action on thousands of applications for pensions from men who were disabled by the acts of such men as Thompson. This man while Secretary of the Interior under Buchanan, and sworn to support the constitution of the United States, plotted treason and aided Rebellion, and at the last died an Unrepentant traitor and an alien to rhe government. During the war he was the chief instrument of the Confederate government in the attempt do spread contagious diseases through the northern cities, and the chief leader and organizer those who , planned to deluge the 'North in blood, at the hands of the rebel prisoners and Northern Copperheads. That a department of the government should have been closed in honor of such a man is an insult that ought to bring a blush of shame to the ijieeksnf every decent man in the

The Value of Newspapers.

In nearly all cases people who grumble about' the subscription ” price of their * local papers, or make unfavorable comparisbns between them and the city papers, ’ do so from ignorance of the conditions under which they are published, and jvvitliout fairly estimating the real value of the country papers. The following from a late issue of the Indianapolis Journal says, in a clear and forcible manner, many things which readers of Country papers ought, in justice, to consider. We ask for the article a careful perusal: The value of few thingsis less appreciated than that of the country newspaper. The subscription price of the county press should be much more than $1 a year. At the rate of $2 a year, the cost per copy is less than four cents. Out of this the publisher must pay for paper, composition, presswork, distribution and postage, to say nothing Of the numerous other expenses incidentto the preparation ot a paper. At $1 a year, a decent county paper is circulated at an actual loss, and if the publisher realizes any profit, it must come from other sources than subscription. That country or county papers are sold at less than $2 is largely the fault of their owners. The cut in the price probably arose in an attempt to compete with city or daily papers that issue weekly editions. Many men not acquainted with the business “can t see why their county papers can't be sold just as cheap as can the Indiana State Journal." The reason is very simple when once explained. The Indianapolis Journal, publishing a daily edition, has greater facilities for collecting news for the weekly edition. Besides this, the Journal has a vastly larger field, and can therefore, command a much larger patronage. Wore the issue of the Indiana State Journal restricted to 1,000 or 2,000, as most county* papers are, by necessity, it could not be furnished for anything like §l, nor thrice that much. How unreasonable, then, to ask or expect publishers of county weeklies to attempt it. In no other branch of business is anything so cheap as a newspaper. Yet the man who thinks nothing of throwing down nickels and dimes for cigars, or for beer, often grumbles at the price of the paper that is to afford continued pleasure, not only to himself but to his family. The mistake made is in admitting that there is a rivalry between the county and the city press. There is not and can never be. The countypress has a field wholly its own; and this field, it ought to be said, has been more and still more fully occupied as the years pass. A marvelous advance has been made by the county papprs of Indiana during the past few years, notably during the past decade. If the reader does not realize this, let him take his home paper of to-day and compare it with an issue of the same or with one published in the same place before the war. The contrast will popularize the papers of the present time, and the wonder will be

that such a great measure of improvement has been achieved. The expense of publishing a paper in 1883, including the increased amount of labor’ put on it, is at least double wliat it was thirty years ago, jet in these days J? 2 was the well-nigh universal price. County papers should ho more be expected to compete in price with those of cities than a county carpenter should be expected to plane one board at the rate charged by mills where planing is done by the million teet by machinery that can not be transported to the spot where the one dressed board is required. The publisher of a weekly paper should not fail to appreciate the real value of hig labor, and should not consent to lose money on subscription in a senseless attempt to compete where no competition 'can be asxed. As well might a dry goods merchant attempt to compete with a hardware dealer. The man who wants the local news id detail of Greencastle, Attica, Peru or Manon does not subscribe for the Indianapolis Journal to get it—He would be foolish to it. On the contrary, he takes the county paper published in the locality in which he lives. The Journal can and does give the most important events of eVery locality in this and adjoining states. But it does not and can not ‘give that class of news dt interest to the people of the several localities. There is,' then, a field for each, or function for each. The Journal contains much of interest to every locality, from Lake Michigan to the Ohio,, and is valued everywhere tor the news it contains. But in each and every place the local paper stands next the people, and performs a service for them that neither the Journal nor anj’ other city paper pretends to. All things

considered, the price of a county weekly should be not less than $2. With a generous subscription list this would afford a decent support, in connection "with other sources of revenue. In return, the publishers would be enabled to still further increase the worth of .their respective papers, and the public would be the gainer- That publisher makes a ruinous mistake, who, for any reason, puts the price of his paper below the cost of printing it. The excellence of Indiana papers makes them deserving of a fair recompense. It should be given unqualifiedly.

Strictures on Card Playing.

Editor Republican: -In a late issue of your paper there appeared an article upon the subject of card playing, from which, in the main points, I wish to dissent. I do not suppose that you would desire to inculcate in the minds of (he youth an appetite for that which is wrong, therefore I look upon the article with much more clemency than I otherwise would. 1 beg the privilege of looking at it with all candor, and draw as nearly correct conclusions about the subject as I can. You undertake to give instructions how to play, “to not act childish” &c, but of course to try hard to win the game. Now all this looks well enough for those who wish to encourage card playing, but' for my part I do not, and my reason is that, to begin with, almost all the crime committed in the land is done by persons who have had a-training in card playing, from this to the grog shop, and then to a step more deeply imbued with crime. For a confirmation of this ask the criminal at the bar if his first step on the road to rain was not to play cards, at which he may have been an expert, and thought it an easy way to make money and this desire became a mania with him and perhaps against his better judgment he became associated with company that led him to ruin. I think this is only a brief delineation of thousands of cases that might be named. __ -

Ask the poor boy who has already started on the downward road if he learned to play cards and he will tell you the most truly refined society taught me to play and this was my first step. That what is called “the most re fined society”, play cards I have no doubt and that what is known as “the most refined society,” drink liquors, is not to be doubted. You may urge that a civil game of cards will injure no one. I am not contending that it will if it would always stop there, but in generates a desire to farther advance in that line and the end with a great many is clearly shown. You u ' a y say it is a pleasant pastime? but don’t carry it too tar. If this could always be done the argument against it would not have so much force. It is difficult to see that it is easier to form a habit than to discontinue one. The idea of playing for pastime is exactly in keeping with what a young map told me of his bringing up. He said his father was a liquor dealer and he (his father) woultj ( e H his bey 3 S° an£ l drink what they wanted but not get drank. Of course he did not know where to stop and when I saw him he was low down on the ladder. This recommend of card playing by a a paper likely to_be_read Jiyj.a manyyoung people I think is calculated to do harm and therefore my dissent, o There are a great many things that could be named that would serve as pleasant pastimes that would be useful and beneficial and that would certainly e|evate the mind as much as card playffig-.. Our aim should be to do all the good we can. Very Truly Y ours,

Overacker Waxeth Wroth overa Common Grievance.

Saline, Mich., Observer. Business is business, and The Observer, hereafter, will not give hny concern any free advertising that goes out of the village to get its printing done', which can be done at home. On several occasions we have been called upon to print long lists of wedding presents free, when the invitation cards were purchased elsewhere. ,We will, do this no more. We always endeavor to evince a fair spirit of accommodation, but we must protect our business. This office is prepared to turn out tine job work at reasonable rates, and if any of our citizens feel like going elsewhere for their work, there they should go for their free advertising. —. Women with pale, colorless faods, who feel weak and discouraged, will receive both mental and bodily vigor by using Carter’s Iron Pills, which are made for the blend, and <*omPiexion. „ April,

JARED BENJAMIN.

TEST TOUH BAKfflg POWER TO-DAT! Brandl ad vert 1 sad as absolutely para cowtaiw ammonia. THE TEST: Place a can top down on a hot stove untll heated.thea remove the cover and unelL A chemist will not be required to detect the presence ot ammonia. JEmK DOES NOT CONTAIN AMMONIA. ITS HK.4LTHFIT.NESS HAS NEVER BEEN QUESTIONED. ■ «« In a million homes for a quarter of a century It has stood the consumers’ reliable test. THE TESTJJFJHE OVEN. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., MAKERS Of Dr. Price's Special Flavrag Extracts, The strong e«t, most del idem and natural flavor known, and Dr. Price’s Lupulin Yeast Gems For Light, Healthy Bread. The Best Dry Hop Yeast in the World. FOR SALS BY GROCERS. < CHICAGO < ST. LOUIS. LIGHT HEALTHY BREAD YEASTGEMS The best dry hop yeast in the world. Bread raised by this yeast is light, white and wholesome like our CROCER9 SELL THEM. PREPARBO by thi Price Baking Powder Co., Han’lTs of Br. Price’s spscial -Flavoring Extracts, Chicago, 111. 6t. Louis, MOr

A “NEW DEAL” BY Deere & Company MOLINE, ILLINOIS. , Two Horses can io the wort of Three. A SAVING OF ONE-THIRD IN THE COST OF PLOWING. 24 inches heretofore required for 16 inches The greatest plow improvement of the times, THE “NEW DEAL” WHEELED WALKING PLOWS, SINGLE A.J<'D DOUBLE EUBBOW. THE “ NEW I)EAL” is lighter in draft and more easier handled than a hand plow, and cuts a > more uniform furrow. THE “ NEW DEAL” is lighter in draft, lighter in weight, and lighter in price than a sulky plow, and will do allits work. THE “ NEW DEAL ” Gang cuts 24 inches with the draft of a 16 i nch hand plow—a saving of 30 per cent, in labor. Does all the work of a fourhorse riding gang with one less horse and little more than half the cost. r ; THE “NEW DEAL” Plows are ALL STEEL, insuring greatest strength with lightest weight. This is no untried and rickety and these claims are not made recklessly to attract attention. This system is - the outgrowth of careful observation and experiment reaching over a period of years, with a rational view of the requirements of the times. They are superior to any plows ever offered, •nd the most economical plow, ever placed in the market. Spud for circular. DEERE A CO., Mfrs., Moline. HI.

G.A.Rabsrts&Bro.jAgts. In addition to the above plow advertisement, we wish the farming community to understand that they can get repairing of all kinds both iron and wood work, done at our place, in goo t sty le, and first class workmanship, and only the fest of materials used. Work as cheap as the cheapest, and warranted to give satisfaction or money refunded. Yours Respectfully, Chas. A. Roberts & Bho. Blacksmiths, Agricultural Dealers. Agents for Studebaker wagons, -McCormick Mowers and new Steel Binders, Evans & Foos corn planter and check rower, Bookwaiter Engines, John Deere Planters and check rowers-the best in the worlds and many other farm implements, too numerous ,io mention. gtsT 1 Office and Shop op Front St., • north of Washington St. Rensselaer Indiana...

Groceries, WWW IB IO 088 W AT C. C. Starr’s. • ’ - T • Largest Stock, Lowest Prices, Greatest Variety, Of this class of goods -ever before offered in Rensselaer. .•' ' ' Majolica and Kalomeda wares, Fancy Stand Lamps and Hanging lamps 25 to 50 per cent, discount from regular prices. Roasted Coffee, anti Strictly Pure, Ground Spices, from our own Steam Coffee and Spice Miils.=W ■ ... ■ • •. . ' • V.’n - ' ■ ‘ ■■ • . ?? = ■ r . . ’. -■ ■ —»---

J. C. PORTER, will pay you the Higliest Prioes For all kinds of MARKETABLE GRAIN. Has all kinds of HARD and SOFT GOAL For Sale. Warehouse and Coal Yard on Railroad, north of Creamery. -1 16-48-ts. LASORETHSP“.' S,H ’.2 SEEDS SEEDSI Crovvn by ourselvos °* n EEDS W' Handsome Illustrated Catalogue and Rural Register FREE TO ALL. MERCHANTS, SEND US YOUR BUSINESS CARDS FOR TRADE LIST. DAVID LANDRETH&SONS,SEED PROWERS,PHILADELPHIA

Rensselaer Loan, Insurance and Collection Bureau. ; FARM LOAMS, $300,t0 SIO,OOO, sto 10 years’ full term or partial payments, Low interest, and reasonable commission. Fire Insurance in Six Companies. Life and Accident insurance in the old reliable Travelers, aiid • TVetna Life. PoUcies written immediately on application. The Lowest Rates and PERFECT— Ste curity. COLLECTIONS on all point* in the U.S FRANE W. MBCOCK, Proprietor.

ra-ram mice. QTATE OF INDIANA, f Q.Q. Jasper Couutv, i David II; Bates, William Campbell and Benjamin M. Butler, are herebv notified that-Lewis Brownoll, John F. Browhell . and Robert Brownell, have filed their complaint in the Jasper Circuit Court, to foreclose a mortgage upon, and for tne appointment of a receiver for. certain Real Estate in said county; and that said cause will efime up for hearing on the Second day of the next Term of said court, to be held at the Court House, in the town of Rensselaer, in said County and State, commencifig omMondav, June Ist. 1885. x""*--. WITNESS, my hand and the seal of [sw ir \ said Court attached, this Match 31st ( SEAL 1 ltjS6 JAMES F. IRWIN. Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court. ThomjiHMiA firn. Atjya fnr Plaintiff— —— NOTICE OP 1 APPOINTMENT AS ADMINISTRATRIX. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned lias been appointed, by the Jasper Circuit Court, Administratrix of the estate of Alexander Rowes. deceased. Said. estate is probablv solvent. MARY ROWEN. Administratrix. Rensselaer, Mai ch, 1885. Aprit-i-9-16. 4 WHITE RUSSIAN OATS FOR SALE I have strictly pure White Russian Oats for sale at my residence, three miles -North-east of Rensselaer. The Oats weigh from 36 to 40 pounds per bushel measure. yield pet acre last season on my farm 56 btishels. Price 33 j cents per bushel, t ..... . Thomas Robinsot. 17 2$ St.