Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1897 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Public Sale. The undersigned will sell at the home of G. I. Thomas 14 miles east of Kniman, Jasper County, Indiana, on 4 Wednesday, December 29, ’97. Beginning at 10 o’clock a. m,, the following property, towit: Nineteen fine young cows, 10 springers, 8 soon to calve, 1 fresh milker, 1 fine Durham bull, 50 head of hogs, 1 Poland China boar, 13 Poland China and 1 Chester White, brood sows, 2 fat hogs, 33 pigs, one Percheron Norman Draft Stallion, 2 good . driving horses, 1 large fine-bred mare, top buggy, harness, robes, whips, etc. Terms of sale—l 2 months credit will be given on sums over $5 on approved security, with interest at 6 per cent from date. 8 per cent discount for cash on sums over $5. Sums of $5 and under, cash Property not to be removed until terms of sale are complied with. G. I. Thomas, G. S. Wells. J. Greve, Auctioneer.

Notice of Election. Notice is hereby given that on the evening of the 20th day of December A. D. 1897, A. L. 5897, an election will be by Prairie Lodge No. 125, F. & A. M., of Indiana, at its lodge hall in Rensselaer, Indiana, for the purpose of eleciing officers for the year 1898, which will include three trustees of said Lodge. W. J. Imes, Secretary. Mrs. Geo. Jones, Danville, HL, writes that:—“Have been troubled with torpid liver for years and have never found anything to relieve me like the Universal Laxative Pill.” They cure constipation. For sale by A. F. Long.

SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE FOR 1898, A GREAT PROGRAMME. The Story of the Revolution by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to run throughout the year. (For the first time all the modern art forces and resources will be brought to bear upon the Revolution. Howard Pyle and a corps of artists are making over . 100 paintings and drawings expressly for this great work.) Captain A. T. Mahan's “The American Navy in the Revolution,” to be illustrated by Carlton T. Chapman,-the marine artist; Harry Fenn, and others. Thomas Nelson Page's First Long Novel, — A Chronicle of Reconstruction.” Mr. Page has devoted four years to the story, and he considers it his best work. (Illustrated by B West Clinedinst.) Rudyard Kipling, Richard Harding Davis, Joel Chandler Harris * George W. Cable, and others, are under engagement to contribute stories during 1898. Robert Grant's “Search Light Letters" — replies to various letters that came in consequence of his “Reflections of a Married Man” and “The Opinion of a Philosopher.” “The Workers" in a new field— Walter A. Wyckoff the college man who became a laborer, will tell about his experience with sweat shop laborers and anarchists in Chicago. (Hlustrated from life by W. R. Leigh.) The Theatre, The Mine, etc., will be treated in “The Conduct of Great Business” series (as were “The Wheat Farm,” “The Newspapers,” etc., in ’97) with numerous illustrations. Life at Girl's Colleges— like the articles on “Undergraduate Life at Harvard, Princeton and Yale,” and as richly illustraied. Political Reminiscences by Senator Hoar, who has been in public life for forty-five years. (ND. Gibson will contribute two serial sets of drawing during ’OS, “A New York Day” and “The Seven Ages of American Woman.” The full prospectusfor '9B in small book form [24 pages} printed in two colors, with numerous illustrations (cover and decorations by Maxfields Parrish) will be sent upon application, postage paid. PRICE $3 00 A YEAR, 25 CENTS A number. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.