Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1905 — Page 4

in Easy Way from Standpoint of Convenience. Gnar= anteed By B. F. Fendig.

The so-called cures for indigestion are almost as numerous as the vie tims themselves, and scarcely a day passes without the hopes of thousands of sufferers being raised by the discovery of some novel method of cure for this prevalent disease. Until a combination of unusual remedies, heretofore but little known in this country, was made in Mi o na tablets, no certain cure for indigestion had been found, ami it is therefore hardly to be wondered at that B. -F. Fendig who has the Rensselaer agency for Mi o na, is selling large quantities. Oct 27 Nov 3

H 0 HARRIS. Pres. E T HARRIS, Vice Pres. C H MILLS. Cashier ; ' -i The Rensselaer Bank Established 1880, Rensselaer, Ind. Does a General Banking Business. Interest paid on tims deposits. Monday loanad on approved sscurity Drafts bought and sold on principal cities. j ; Farm Loans a Specialty. Respectfully solicits your business.

; ,ll 6lad to See you COME IN And let us‘figure with you on that bill We will figure against Chicago or any other place on price and grade. We belong to no association nor combination. Our prices are our own. Yours for business. 3. C. 6wiit t> Co. fIUC YC Le] U THE ONLY A I Grand Prize I I IN THE BICY«k CLASS I WsT.LOU IS fFA IR. 190*1 =r£m \V A \ M FOR BAI.E BY \ I Willis Supply Company I ■ gBPORB that totally different ■ ■ wheel—the Racycle- I I was invented or even thought 1 I of, the Chicago World’s Fair 1 ■ was a thing of the past. The I I ONL? BRAND PRIZE I ■ given in the bicycle class at I the SL Louis World’s Fair was ■ ■warded to the Racycle. m 'Which will yon ride for 1906, M Mthe winner, or one of the others. J

STOMACH CORE.

Mi-o-na is a guaranteed cure for all diseases of the stomach excepting cancer. If you have pains or distress 'after eating, headache, belching of gases, sour'taste in the mouth, dizziness,heart burn, specks before the eyes, furred tongue, sleeplessness, back-ache, debility or weakness, it shows that the stomach needs to be strengthened with Mi-o na. Just one little tablet out of a 50 cent box before meals for a few days and you will soon regain perfect health and strenth, Ask B.F. Fendig to show you the guarantee under w T hich he sells this remedy.

Just received at John Egers new self rising pan cake and buckwheat flour Maple syrup, honey ,and home made sorguhin molasses. A. G. Catt the graduate optician is permanently located in Rensse laer. Office over Warners’ hard ware store. Save your Eyes By Wearing the Diamond Lenses. * None genuine without trade mark on every lens. Absolutely clear and free from every defect. Accurate ly ground and centered, fused from minute crystal pebbles have no equal, being the most perfect lens made. IjControl the sale of these lenses in Jasper and Newton counties. Dr. Chas. Vick, Eyesight Special list office in C. A. Vick’s fruit store next door to express office, Rensse - laer, Ind. wtf Presbyterian Ladies’ Rnmmage Sale The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will give their anuual two days’ Rummage Sale, on Friday and Saturday Nov. 3rd and 4th, in the Michael Eger shop, on Van Rensselaer street, north of Parker’s vehicles store. Many useful and desirable articles, all in good condition and repair, will be on sale, at very low prices. dwtf Lost,, Saturday evening, front of Forsythe’s grocery, or near there, a lady’fe black pocket book, belonging to Mrs. w. R. George, contents ass biff some, silver and Racket store ticket. A reward for its re turn to this office. Dr. Chas. Vick, Eye Specialist. it ft 1 ij e of jnoHcsgS£j» Specialists. The ability to do one thing and do it well is more to be commended and is of more benefit to humanity than to do many things and none equal to the best. We limit our practice on the eye to errors of refraction, of which we have made a Special Study for over thirty years. Office in C. H. Vick,s fruit store next door to express office.

The Cullen Street Barbershop. Frank Haskell, having bough out bis foinier partner Sam Hend rickson, has associated with him George Bell, an experienced, rapid and very careful barber, and the firm is now Haskell & Bell. They invite all in need of work in their line to give them a trial. They guarantee a neat and well kept bop and satisfactory work. Shop on Cullen street opposite the Makeever House 1 Haskell & Be

HE STAGGERED REED.

Congressman Cousins of lowa uas the late Speaker Reed’s close friend for years, though one of their first interviews was productive of some embarrassment to the big man from Maine. He was then an aspirant’ for presidential nomination, and the western man stood much in awe of him. One day Cousins joined a group of which Reed was the center. The lowan ’ has a nervous habit of scratching the back of his left hand with the fingers of his right. Observing this, Mr. Reed called out to him, “Did you ever have the itch, young man?” Inspired by desperation, the embarrassed young Hawkeye man shot this reply at the imperious Reed, “I’ve never had the presidential itch!” Reed’s full moon face turned crimson, but next day he had a long talk with the man from the west. From that time until Reed’s death the two were the closest friends. Cleveland Plain Dealer.

An Eccentric Lord.

“M. A. P.” has some gossip about Lord Grimthorpe’s eccentricities. “He hatqd new clothes, and he disliked collars and ties. His favorite hat was the panama, and this in summer he would place under the pump, souse it with water and then place it on his head. Once the late Lady Grimthorpe complained that the drippings spoiled her mantle. ‘Never mind, my dear/ he replied, *1 shall have to buy another.’ He never wore a watch chain that 1 * was visible to the outside world, but a long, thin one which went around his neck and came through the armhole of his waistcoat and was attached tq, the watch in the topmost vest pocket. He never carried a checkbook, but wrote'his checks on odd pieces-of paper.”

A Plague of Mice.

In the town of Merriwa, in New South Wales, a plague of mice is disturbing the people. Recently 10,000 mice were killed in four nights in one store. Upward of 500 were captured while a cricket net was being unrolled. Four or five bushels of oats in a bag were appropriated by the mice in a night. A local well ceased to yield water, and on examination it was found to contain a solid mass several feet deep of dead mice. Food, water and bedding are overrun, contaminated and injured. The townspeople are fighting the terrible little visitors night and day, but at last accounts they had made little impression upon the swarms of vermin.

Automobile Expenses.

There is one cause of expense very few motorists anticipate when they buy their first car. I refer to what I might call the entertaining department. No sooner do you find yourself the owner of a car than all your sisters, cousins and acquaintances want to be taken here, there and everywhere. You as the owner of the car invariably act as host upon all such occasions, and the fact of your being a motorist does not make the hotel proprietor charge you anything less. On the contrary, he usually piles it on, as he naturally argues if you are rich enough to own a motor car you won’t grudje him anytliing he inclines to charge.—Motor News.

Growth of a Great College.

The aggregate income of Harvard in 1904 was $972,731.58, of which $373,450 was from dividends on investments and $5119,280.92 fees from students. To show the growth of the university it may be said that in 1832 the total income was only $42,596.23, and in 1872 it was qnly $227,292.49. The increase during the last thirty years has been o)[er 400 per cent, notwithstanding the fact that the rates of interest paid by the and bond investments have diminished one-half.— Chicago Record-Herald.

A New Coal Cutter.

English miners are interested in a new compressed air coal cutter recently introduced by a Sheffield firm. The machine weighs only 160 pounds, and it is 6aid that it can be used in seams so steep that the miner cannot stand upright and so thin that he has to crawl on hands and knees. A piston carrying a pick and governed by a valve movement flashes to and fro with great Bpeed, the point of the pick being gradually moved across the by , means of a lever, so that a continu- 1 ous cut is made.

Diamal Weather Forecast.

Dismal weigher is prophesied for Europe as an aftermath of the recent Indian earthquake. It is recalled that after the eruption of Mount Pelee England had two disastrously bad summers from a meteorological point of view, and the inhabitants of that island are now warned to expect a wet and cold year. Almost continual rain and tren sncrw has been England’s portion since the earthquake occurred.

TAMING A TIGER.

jftie Way a Showman Got Friendly With a Fierce Bean. A zoologist thus describes how an attendant brought about friendly rel* tions with a tierce tiger: “There was a showman I used to know named Melchior He once bought J magnificent Bengal tiger, which he ot at a low price because it had already killed two men. “At first Melchior would put his foot or his hand into his cage, but from thfc way the tiger would leap at him he knew that to put himself entirely in its power nrould be suicide. Nothing he could do would establish a friendly relationship between himself and the tiger. “Some originality was needed, and Melchior showed it by taking some old clothes, stuffing them with tags and throwing them into the cage. The tiger in a jiffy tore the old clothes to pieces, thinking that the figure was a human being. “Next day and the next day and the next Melchior continued to throw in tb the tiger stuffed figures, and the tiger continued to destroy them. But as time passed the animal ceased to put heart into its work and in the end It gave up altogether these attacks on the'"scarecrows. It would just play with them or else not notice them at all. . ; “N'ow was Melchior’s time. lie opened the cage door one morning, walked in boldly and slapped the tiger familiarly on the back. lit gave him a friendly look and purred. It took him for another manikin not worth bothering about. It lived seven years with Melchior and became as gentle as a kitten.”

WORSHIPERS OF BAAL.

Queer Way* of an Extraordinary Sect In Turkey. The Yezidees, the Baal worshipers or devil worshipers of Turkey, are an extraordinary people, and, although forced by the laws of conscription to serve In the Ottoman army, the seizure of one or more of their young men by a Turkish recruiting party is such a distressing spectacle that once witnessed it can never be forgotten. Walls and yells of despair are raised. Men, women and girls kiss the recruit’s eyes, cheeks, mouth and hands. Throwing themselves on the ground, they even embrace his legs and feet. The conscript appears quite dazed with sorrow. He folds in his arms and caresses over and over again his weeping kindred, whom he will never see again. He kisses the walls and the hearth of the cabin in which he was born, but which he is about to quit forever, and wets them with his tears, but when, accompanied by his Turkish captors, he leaves the village the lamentations of the villagers cease. Then, and as though nothing had happened, the latter go about their ordinary occupations. Never again is the conscript’s name mentioned, and on joining his regiment the youpg Yezidee becomes a Mussulman. His kindred, believing him accursed, affect to forget him, and were he to approach the village from wilich he has been forcibly dragged away every Yezidee, even his dearest friends, his father, mother, brothers, sisters and sweetheart, would drive him from their presence with curses and pelt him with stones.

Gooseberries and a Cat.

Not long ago, says Collier’s Weekly, officials of the department of agriculture were much amused by a letter sent the department by an occasional correspondent in V irginia. Among other things the writer hastened to advise the secretary of the department to this effect: My wife had a Tame cat that dyd. Being a Torture shell and a Grate faverit, we had the same berred in the Gardin, and for the enrichment of the soil I had the Carkis deposited under the roots of a Gooseberry Bush. (The Frute being up to then of the smooth variety.) But the next Seson’s Frute, after the Cat wa* berred, the Gooseberrys was all Hairy—and more Remarkable, the Catapilers of the Same Bush was All of said Hairy description.

The Government’s Music.

A certain congressman who takes an interest in musical matters presented a bill advocuting a larger appropriation for the care of the music in the Congressional library. He spoke briefly on the subject, and after the session a fellow congressman approached him confidentially. “I say,” he said in a low voice, “I like that bill of yours. But, tell me, what sort of music does the government have over there in the library! Is it a band or just a hand organ?”— Harper’s Weekly.

Her Hand.

“Sir,” began the timid youth as he entered the office, “I am in search— er —that Is, I came to seek your daughter’s hand”— “Well, it isn’t anywhere in this vicinity,” interrupted the stern parent “She’s probably using It as a piano thumper about thlß time of day.”

Boston Wires Resent It.

Angry Patron—Hello, central! What did you cut me off for? Boston Telephone Girl—Because you used a plural noun ns the subject of a singular verb. You are not allowed to do that on tbla line, sir.—Chicago Tribune.

Tired.

“Your account has been standing a long time, Mr. Dukey.” “Then give it a seat my dear Shears.” “Very glad to, sir. Shall we make It a receipt?"

Men and Clocks.

She—A dock Is different from a man. He—ln what respect? She—When II strikes it keeps on working.

ANIMAL LANGUAGE.

•oanda Both Shrill u 4 Low Wo Cannot Hear, Most people suppose a mole to be dumb, but It Is not. A mole can give a sound so shrill that it hasn’t any effect on the human ear at all a*d another sound so low and soft that no human being can hear it Yet a weasel can hear both these sounds as plainly as you can the report of a gnn, and a sound registering machine—the plionautograph—will show them both, with ocores of other sounds you are deaf to. The usual note of the mole is a low pur, which it uses a good deal while at work underground, and it can also shout at the top of its voice if hurt or alarmed; but, though it shouted and purred in your ear, you wouldn’t hear it. The sound register, however, with its delicate pencil that marks the volume of sound on a paper, gives the quality of both sounds. A weasel, too, which is one of the mole’s enemies, can hear these sounds through a couple of inches of earth and often catches the mole when he throws up his hillocks of earth. The common field mouse, too, has a pur that is altogether beyond you, though you can hear him squeak plainly enough if he is hurt. A death’s head moth, too, can squeak, but that is done by rubbing his wings together and 1b not a voice at all.

But the champion of all creatures for good hearing and one that can hear a sound that is over 100 degrees beyond your own limit is the common thrush, and you may often amuse yourself by watching him at if. He can hear a lobworm moving underground, locate him by the noise and haul him out. Often you may see a thrush stand perfectly still on your lawn, cock his ear and listen intently, then make a couple of steps and haul out a fat lobworm. Even the starling, which Is about the size of a thrush, cannot do ' this, but he knows the thrush can, and, being a disreputable person, with no common honesty, he follows the young thrushes about on their worm hunts and steals the worms from them as soon as they are calughL— London Answers.

VIGOROUS OLD AGE.

Plato died In his eighty-third year, and his last hour was devoted to intellectual work. Isocrates was ninety-four years old when he wrote his famous work, “Pannthenaikus.” Terestius Varro lived to be nearly a hundred, and he continued to write up to the day of his death. Hiero, king of Sicily, lived to be ninety, and Masinissa lived to be still older and ruled for sixty years. Quintus Fabius was appointed augur when he was past middle age, and he heldthe office for sixty-two years. Cato Censorius transacted business until he wa3 nearly ninety and retained to the end ail his old time vigor. Gorgias Lcentium, the teacher of Isocrates and other distinguished men, was In excellent health at the age of 107 years. Chrysippus began to write his work on logic in his eightieth year. Cleanthes taught his pupils up to his ninetyninth year. Sophocles lived to be nearly a hundred, and during his last days he wrote the “CEdipus Coloneus,” one of the greatest tragedies ever written. Arganthouius began to rule when he was forty years old and held power for eighty years, and In the third book of the “History” Asinius Pollio tella ns that he did not die until he was past his one hundred and thirtieth year.

Valuable Insects.

Perhaps there are few substances contributed by animals to the materia medlca of greater value or more extensively beneficial than certain species of Insects. Of these there are none more highly esteemed for medical purposes than those beautiful, shining, green colored insects known as blistering beetles, or cantharides. Their corrosive action is so great that they frequently inflame and excoriate the hands of those who collect them, and on this property their chief medicinal virtue depends. They are generally used in the form of plasters or ointment. and in cases of violent visceral Inflammation their external use can scarcely be supplied by any other medicine.

Curious Mode of Catching Turtles.

A curious mode of catching turtles is practiced in the Wefct Indies. It consists in attaching a ring and a line to the tali of a species of sucker fish known as the remora. The live fish Is then thrown overboard and immediately makes for the first turtle he can spy, to which he attaches himself very firmly by means of a sucking apparatus arranged at the top of his bead. Once attached to the turtle, so firm Is his grip that the fisherman on drawing the line brings home both turtle and the sucker.

Economical In Theory.

Hill—l suppose my wife is the most economical woman that ever stepped. Dale— Bo? Hill—Yes; she never spends money for anything that she does not say the will save it In something else. Dale—And does she? Hill—Well, yon see, we never have got so far as that yet But It Is the principle I was talking about—Boston Transcript.

At the Dinner Party.

“Surely you are not going yet Mr. Parvy Noo?” “I mast ma’am.” “But won’t you stay for tbe feast of reason and tbe flow of soul?” •fTlrnnky, ma'am, but I reckon Tvs already et an’ drunk gll that’s good for ■ml"— Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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DR IM WASHBURN I Physician & Surgeon Makes a Specialty of Diseases of 1 the eyes. ■■ jit * ■ -1 Fits Eyes for Classes I Rensselaer, Ind. DRMDG-WIN 1 Physician & Surgeon "?!l Office upstairs in Leopold's Building, next ■ hall west of Fendig’s Drugstore. Telephone! 205 office aud residence. E P HONAN J Attorney at Law 1 Lb w, Loans, Abstracts, Insurance and Beall Estate. Will practice in all the Courts. Allfl business attended to with promptness and dis-H pa ch. Rensselaer, Ind. ■ JJHUNT I Attorney at Law I Law, Real Estate, Insurance, Abstracts andH Loaus. Office over Ellis’ & Murray's Store. H ER EC ENGLISH I PHYSICIAN & SURGEON 1 Night and day calls given prompt attention® Residence Phone 116. Office rhone, 17. ■ Rensselaer, Ind. ■ 4 DRHARTSELL I HOMEPATHIC I jtl iJI Jl I M1(I ( N ■ “Chronic diseases a specialty. In Williams block opposite courthouse. SO. Rensselaer, Ind. ■ W Ht PARK IS ON I CHr 1 ATTORNEY AT|LAW, ■ Insurance. Law, Real Estate, Abstracts Loans. Attorney for the Chicag.o ois & Louisville Railway Co. Will pi ac-ice all of the Courts. Office in Forwytht hi lg., Washington st. Rensselaer, ind. DR W L MYERri 1 i ■ Modern Appliances.* lOffice over Eresler's Sloi'e. Phone IK>. Gas administered for Painless Operational

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