Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1904 — Page 2

Tis Republican. Official Papar otiaspar County. IBSUXD BVKKY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY BY GEORGE E. MARSHALL EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. ,Jj k w»J- l *.i >fc i • 4.1» » I c.1(3 OJ -IS t. 6 r >, vl j V .1-, < larnii ut Subscription. One Yesr.. $1.50 Six.M jurb Three Mouths • • SO

TO EXCHANGE. _ aS acres in Kankakee township all cultivated, orcnard.no buildings, JLtiO acres in Wheatfleld Township, black land, fair buildings, near station. Owner will take $2.50u in clear pro party of any kind as first payment. 50 acres in Walker township, all prairie land, Hes along large ditch near station. Owner ill take SI,OOO in town property. Dakota or Southern land. 81 acres near the Jasper county oil fields Owner will take SI,OOO in good tiade and give long time on difference 160 acres in Van Buren county, Michigan All cultivated except 20 acres of fine timber, has good nine room house large bar'll, seventeen acres of grapes in full bearing and a large amount ot other fruit. Owner will take part In clear town property or hotel. 40 acres cultivated, fair buildings. Will trade for live stock, 80 acres good improvement. Will trade for town property. 100 acres, black land, near station, good buildings. Owner will take clear town property as first payment. ; ,» ~J 2f2 acres in Laporte county well improved, tiled, owner Will trade for clear property or livery. Clear property in this city to trade for good improved land and will pay difference A good Beven room house on three lots in Fowler Ind. to trade for property in tnis city, or land. Several registered stallions and Kentucky jacks to trade for land or town property. Property in Chicago and other cities for land. Also have a large list of fine bottom land in Jackson and Scott countieslud., wellimproved at from $35 to SSO per acre. If von have anything to exchange we can match it no matter what it is. (Jail or wine and make your wants known. You will confer a favor on us and we may be able to do you G. F. nEYERS Over Murray's Store. Rensselaer Ind.

Non-Resifciit Noli*. State of Indiana, > CC Jasper County. ( •*"' Before Gsorge W. Swisher, Clerk of the Town of Wheatfleld, Indiana. Henrv A msler ) VS 4 Morris M. McCullough, 1 Be it known that on the 31st day of October, 1904, the above named plaintiff filed in my office his oomplaint against said defendant, together with an affidavit in garnishment against one Horace M«rbie. together with the affidavit of a competent person that said defendant, Morris M. McCullough, is not a resident of the State of Indiana. That a summons wan issued to the Constable of Wheatfleld Township, Jasper County, Indiana, notifying said defendxnt to be and appear in court at ten o'clock, A. M., on the 10th day of November. 1994 to answer said complaint: that on the 10th day of November, 1904, said const able returned said summons “not found"; that, money tothef-umoft7S.il has been garnisheed in sala action: Bald defendant, Morris M. McCullough, is therefore hereby notified of the filing and pendency of said complaint, to wit; An action for money had and received against him. and unless he appear and answer or demurr thereto at lite calling of said cause at my office in Wheatfleld, Jasper County, Indiana, st ten o’clock a.M, on the 30th day of Decemlie'-, 1904. said complaint and the matters and things therein contained and alleged will be U< aid and determined in his absence. MWAIIN George W. Swisher, Clerk Town of Wheatfleld. Baughman & Williams, Attys, for plaintiff. Dec, 2-9-1*

HINT NOTICE State of Indiana, 1 In the Jasper Circuit jasper County, ( Court November Term, 1904. James H. < hap id an. Trus’es ) o ] Alfred McCoy B&nkr pt I Complaint No vs , 8751 Mattie A. Ri -eta t and Wm, 1 a. Rinehart her husband 1 Now comes the Plaintiff, by Jesse K. Wilson his attorney, and files his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendants Mattie A. Klnehsrt and Wi 11am Rinehart her busbt. d are not residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defend ante, that nnleaa they be and appear on the first day of the next Term or the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the 2nd Monday of February A. D, 1905, at the Court Home in Rensselaer ia said County and Stale, and answer or demur to said comp aint, the same will ba heard and determined in their absence In witness whereof. I hereunto set s is hVj hand and affix the Seal of said at hensselaerthis Ist « ay of December A D. 1904. C. C. WARNER, Clerk. dec 9-1# a

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Hilton D. Noble ) V 8 Cause No. 6721, Henry Snyder, Bt al. ) f By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed by the Clerk of 111“ Jasper Circuit Oourt of Jaaper County Indiana in a cause wherein Hilton D. Noble 1b plaintiff and Henry Huydar Charlotte Snyder, William H Hamel le, William H Hametle Trustee, and the Monticello OH Company are defendants, commanding me to make the sum of two thousand sev-enty-four dollars and sixtet n cents, (*2,074 16) net, and costs, I will on Saturday, December 24th 1914, at the door of the Court House in the City of Kenaselaer, Jasper County Indiana offer for sale for cash at auction, the following personal and real property to wit: Ftrst, four hundred (400) shares of stock In the Montlcello Oil Company, In one certificate. No. 7, and If it shnll not sell for a snfflcient sum to satisfy said decree, Interest and costs. (Second ; I will then offer the rents and profits by the year up to and inolnding seven years, of the North Best quarter of (Section Fifteen (15) In Township Thirty-one (81) North Range Five (8) West in Jasper county Indiana, and if that shall not sell for a snm sufficient to satisfy said decree and interest and costa, I will at the same tlmd and place, offer for sale the fee simple of sale real estate, and if that shall not bring asufficient snm to satisfy said decree. Interest and costs Third; I will then, at the same time and place, offer for sale the rents and proflits by the year, up to and Including seven years, of the following described real estate towlt: the undivided one lisif of a part of the South Hast quarter of Section Thirty-three (88) In Townahsp Thirty-one (81) North, Range Five (•) West, described ns follows: Commencing at the North West corner of the South Bast quarter of said Section Thirty-three (8») ; run alng thence Bast Thirty -si* (86) rods and two (21 fast: thence South Forty-eight and onahalf (48}*) rods; thence West Thirty-six (88) rods anoTwe (2) feat ; thence North Forty-eight and eaa half (4fljjj) rods, to the place of beginning. All in Jasper County Indiana. And If said Xta and profits shnll not sell for a sum sufflIt to satisfy the remainder of aaid decree, interest and costa 1 will at the ami time and place, offer for sale the fee simple of Mid last described real estate. Said Hale will be made without releif from valuation or appraisement .. .' ÜbsfSW of xsswer (Watr

A TALK ABOUT CIGARS.

Men Think They Are Experts When They Know Nothing. ‘ Nine men out of ten when you hand them a cigar will roll it tenderly between the fingers and smell it know- ' ingly before attempting to smoke it,” said an avenue cigar man recently. “After puffing on it a minute or two, If you ask his opinion, he will tell you about the cigar, its make, grade and price, and inform you in a confidential way that he knows all about tobacco, and cigars in particular. In ninety-nine cases out of one hundred his information will be wrong, a= only the tobacco expert can quickly judge of the intrinsic merits of a cigar, and frequently he will be at fault. ‘‘For commercial purposes all cigars are divided into three grades of tobacco, known as dark, medium and light, but these are grouped into subheadings. “The grade of (tobacco used in a cigar has nothing whatsoever to do with its size, and there is practically no limit to the number of sizes. Any cigar manufacturer may bring out a cigar of special size and give it whatever name he pleases. The best known and most frequently used sizes however, in the cigar trade are the ‘conchas,’ which are divided into ‘bouquet’ and ‘especial,’ ‘regalia bouquets’ and ‘purltanoe,’ the ‘breva’ and; ‘panatella’ having a distinct shape of their own. The ‘panatella’ Is a long, thin cigar, with tapering ends, whereas the ‘breva’ is finished oft short at both ends and has am even thickness throughout, except a slight narrowness at the end which is held in the mouth. “Undoubtedly the best tobacco smoked in cigars in this country is the native grown Cuban tobacco, and the cigar is further improved if it is made in Cuba, particularly in the Province of Havana. For this reason many socalled Havana cigars are in reality cigars made in this country and shipped to the island, whence they are shipped to the United States, and the revenue stamp is duly pasted on the boxes to deceive the uninitiated. “Many smokers who prefer a light wrapper enjoy the flavor of the Manila wrapper with the Havana filler. To satisfy this taste the Havana tobacco frequently is wrapped in Connecticut wrapper, which is colored to look like a Manila wrapper. Inferior grades of cigars frequently are made of doctored tobacco, acid being used to stain wrappers a light straw color in spots. The best leaf of the tobacco plant is that which grows nearest to the ground, and when the rain splashes mud on the leaf these little straw colored spots appear when the tobacco is cured. When these spots are genuine the wrapper will be a good tobacco of its grade, but whether it is acid stain or not the expert will be able to determine.”—Washington S-ar.

HUMOR IN TEXT OF CLERGY.

Amusing Remarks Which Were Most Seriously Intended. Part of the humor which one occasionally meets with, even in the sedate incloeure of the pulpit, is due to the queer texts which are sometimes —often unconsciously—chosen by the preachers. No doubt there are many stories told under this head which owe their origin not to actual fact so much as to the invention of the wag. For example, a minister on the Sunday before his marriage is said to have chosen as his text, "And he went on his way rejoicing.” and on the Sunday after his honeymoon to have eloquently discoursed on the words, “Hlemember my bonds.” These instances are probably, apocryphal. but the following are true and have all come within the experience of the writer. It was in the north of England that the first incident happened. It was a country church where oil lamps were used instead of gas. One night in the I&te summer when the lam.>s had not yet been resumed after ’he long days, it got suddenly overcast and before the sermon it was deemed necessary to light the pulpit lamp. During the hymn the old sexton repaired to the pulpit, and, haring cleaned the glass

chimney with a duster lit It up, but only a feeble light struggled through. And then the clergyman took hla text, which was this: "And now we see through a glass darkly.” A few years ago a well-known blßhop married his second wife, and, returning home after his honeymoon, announced a series of sermons, the title of the series being “The Penitent’s Return." ThAs was obviously unintentional. There is a church In one of our large cities which boasts of a very high pulpit. A Bho**t time ago a strange preacher who was of a nervous temperament “occupied” this pulpit, hut, as the sequel will show, only for a short time, for having taken his text and said about a dozen words, he startled the congregation by saying: “I am not used to pulpits as high as this; you will pardon me, I know. If I come down and .■preach my sermon from the lectern. And this was his strangely appropriate text: “He that exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that hurableth himself shall be exalted.” One more instance: Not many months ago a clergyman preached one Sunday evening from the text. "My ■words shall not pass away." Exactly a fortnight later the Btune clergyman preached the same sermon from the same text in the same church, to the wonderment of practically the same congregation. Evidently It was his determination that at any rate < nr* lEir.iiffTMiiil

The Cape to Cairo Railway.

When Cecil Rhodes gave voice to Ills scheme of a Oape-to-Cairo railroad the world smiled and wondered at the vagueness of big men’s dreams. This was only a few years ago. Today about two-thirds of the six thousand miles between Cape Town and Cairo can be traveled with steam as the .propelling power. Most of this is by rail, while the rest —an insignificant and rapidly diminishing break —is by steamer on the Nile. The southern portion of the Cape-to-Cairo railroad, as already completer, extends from Cape Town to the southern bank of the Zambesi river at Victoria Falls — a distance, roughly speaking, of I.GOO miles. At this point a bridge which will carry the rails across the gorge of the Zambesi at a height of more than four hundred feet above the surface of the river, is already under course of construction. When this bridge is finished the railroad will be pushed toward Lake Tanganyika, 350 miles further north. Between- Lake Tanganyika and the southern end of the completed railway that reaches south from Cairo is a distance of about sixteen hundred miles. In two years it is probable that this sixteen hundred miles will constitute the only break In the line of rails between Cape Town and Cairo. Of course Rhodes’ Cape-to-Cairo railroad Is as yet far from accomplishment. In view of the progress which has been made on the road during the past four years, however, it seems very probable that before the second decade of the twentieth century has passed—if not much earlier —the dream of the great English imperialist will have become a reality. It is interesting to realize that the completion of this railroad, typical as it is of the highest stage of England’s successful colonial expansion, will be very nearly, if not quite, contemporaneous with the coming to Englishmen of the opportunity to judge from sufficiently ample experience the results of that experiment which many well-informed men at the present time think is the greatest mistake —even the greatest crime—of England’s colonial history—the opening of her great possessions in South Africa to Chinese labor.—Cincinnati Times-Star.

Cervera’s Own Story.

Few American naval and military men who played prominent parts in the little war with Spain resisted the temptation to break into print with accounts of their achievements, and these, it must be admitted, did not make particularly important contributions to modern history. The story of the vanquished was considered less valuable, or perhaps less desirable as “copy.” At all events, ! while the American side has been presented by scores of chroniclers, the Spanish viewpoint has been relatively neglected. There was no more interesting, or perhaps, important, figure on the losing side than Admiral Cervera, am certainly no other Spanish command er received more sympathy irom the victors or more thoroughly deserve,, it. He was and is a pathetic figure and it is a pathetic narrative that comes from his pen after six years of silence.- Americans have always had a soft spot in their hearts tor this unfortunate man ever since he treated Hobson and his men with such kindness. It has been felt that lie wa ; better than the government and the cause which he served. lie has written a magazine article in which he tells his own story of his disastrous campaign. The narrative is not startling. It tells little which Americans do not know or have not surmised. Cervera pleads that his ships were not ready for war, that some of them had not their large guns mounted or even on board. He was sent to the CanaryIslands to fit out, and. on arriving there was immediately ordered to Santiago. He was surprised to reach there at all. He saw that to leave the harbor in the face of the American fleet meant destruction but which could only be postponed by hugging the harbor and awaiting tne outcome of the siege. He made his fatal dash under orders from his superiors. He offers no excuse and makes no apologies. It is a plain, straightforward, evidently truthful narrative. Probably no one could have done better under the circumstances. A 8 the event proved, the Spanish s> at Santiago were no more a match for the American squadron than were the wooden craft in Manila for the modem, If unprotected, ships led by Dewey. Cervera did his best and pro A the best possible. His failure was no reproach upon him and was disgraceful only to the corrupt or hopelessly inefficient government at Madrid. — Cleveland Plain Dealer.

He Liked Bishop[?]s Booze.

It was the noon hour and quite a number of workmen had dropped Into the Subway tavern. Hu was a Hibernian, antique, grlezled, seamed and warped with age, hut he Bhifted his dimer pall with a certain sprightliness as he slopped on the way out to light his clay. He eyed the clerk. “I hodi a dhrink,” he prefaced with dignity. "Me name Is Dlnnls Mulcahy. I have th' distinction av bein’ th* oldest laborin’ man In New York. I am »1 years av age. Ye may tell th' bishop I was In, an' that his liquor Is virry> ixcellent Good day.”—New York Sun.

Still Learning.

"My boy only received half an education at college.” "How is that?” "Well he learned how to wear good clothes, but they didn’t teach him

FOOLISH PA.

My pa is always wishin’ he Could be a boy again, he claims; I don’t know why, because, you se<, The kids he knew would call him names ■ And make fun of him if he’d cry. And every hew boy that he seen He’d have to lick or get licked by To give up all he has today If lie could be a little tad With all his troubles cleared away; But if he thinks it’s only fun To be just ten or nine or less And catch it for the things you’ve done He never was a boy, I guess. The minute he was havin’ joy And get his turn to hit the ball I’ll bgt you. if he was a boy, His ma’d come to the door and call, He’d have to hurry to the store Or wheel the baby’s cab, and then He wouldn’t be so glad no more That he’d become a boy again. They’d call him “Skinny,” too, I s’pose. ____ Because he’s kind of tall and slim, And when he tore his Sunday clo’s They’d thrash the stuffin’ out of him; They’d-never let him stay ut> late Or ever have the things he’d wunt; He’d have to eat the stuff he’d hate, Or else, you know, he’d be a runt. If they was any plaecs where He always had the greatest fun They’d make him stay away from there; ' - And almost everything he done Would be the very thing they’d claim Was what they didn’t want him to; ’Most every day he’d get the blame For forty things he didn’t do. He’d have to give up ma and me If he could be a boy, you know, And every girl he loved would be Too old and have another beau; But still he says he’d like To whoop around without a care And be a happy little tike — I guess that he would miss it there, Pa says he’d give up all he’s got If he could be a boy today; I guess that he’s forgot a lot, Or else he wouldn’t feel that way. If I was in his place and had As much as he has —all my own— I’d give up wishin’ and be glad To just let well enough alone. —S. E. KISER.

FOXY BELLES.

(Catholic Standard and Times.) O! the belles! Summer belles; What a plentitude of heartaches their giddiness compels; How they giggle, giggle, giggle In the sea-breeze-laden night! How their victims squirm and giggle In an ecstacy of fright! How they hurt When they flirt. When with ghoulish glee they gloat On the squirming of a fellow when they have him by the throat. O! the belles! Brazen belles; How they conjure, scheme and plan To entrap the summer man — The ribbon counter gentlemen who masquerade as swells. O! the belles! Greedy belles; How they wring, wring, wring Soda water, everything, From the pockets of those “cash!”exclaiming swells! O! the belles! Foxy belles; ' What a wealth of hints they fling To compel the pleasant ring, Diamond ring! Ah! the heart-engaging ring Of the golden wedding bells, bells, hells, bells, bellB! O! the belles!

THE MAN BEHIND THE PEN.

Morning, evening, early and late. Rain, or shine, or snow. Behold our friend of the fourth estate In the hives of Newspaper Row! Who is tireless day by day? Who so modest of men? Who ao young, though his head be gray? The man behind the pen. Headache, heartache, merry or sad, True to his chosen trust, Recording the deeds of the good and the bad, ' Gentle, generous, just, Happy-go-lucky, fond of good cheer. Little to show for It when He balances books at the end of a year— The man behind the pen. Morning, evening, early or late, Rain, or sunshine or snow, Behold our friend of the fourth estate. In the hives of Newspaper Row! Who so tireless day by day? Who so modest of men? Who so young, though his head be gray? The man behind the pen. —Mhgennlß Iveagh, in Leslie's Weekly.

Takes the Money.

"May not be new. but 1 Just heard U.” said the man at the head of the table. “Give It to us.” “Man from California sAid that they raised cabbageß out there as big as a wash tub. Man' from Missouri said that they didn’t brag much on cabbage, but he bad bw*n. In Kansas City and had seen thr->e

a a I have a Line Assortment of ...... iPIANOSi %~ ~ and Organs % \(i Will sell as cheap as you can buy the of goods anywhere. Also a fine line of second ‘hand or- 'J yy gans to sell cheap. Don’t send off for an organ or fl\ pianos until you get my prices. jki V/ INSTRUMENT ON EASY PAYHENTS.] W W Pianos from... $l5O to $375 Organs from 26 to 100 Come and see me in CastlejHall Building. |R. P. BEN JIM AN*

Say! Nigger Blanket the Poor Ass... ■— 9 —• ■ - , - : :.. And set vour Blankets as well as Robes of all kinds of #

W. R. LEE " McCoysburg, Indiana.

The Stale Bank of Rensselaer Corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer Streets. —Director John Eger , President. Delos Thompson, Cashier Lucius Strong - Oranville Moody. Warren Robinson. 7 Does a general banking business, tibans Money on all kinds of approved security; buys notes, pays ir terest on deposite; pays taxes for customers and others

Cbti Bart will bt ffladte €xte»d €nery fmr to its Customers Consistent with Safe Pattkwg Principles. Telephone 42.

Wagons. Wagons. While they last we will sell THE MEW HARRISON WACOM Complete and every pieoe flret-olass and warranted. Remember, we guarantee, stand by and replace every piece of iron, wood and steel ia these wagons should they prove defioient in tny way. Doable Box and Spring Seat, complete—j**— f 16.00 W»l?on, complete v 65.00 Cash or Time. Easy Payments. a. l. Branch, Prop. Rensselaer Feed Stott*!

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