Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1907 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE. The Columbia Literary Society announces its Commencement play for Monday, June 17, when its members will present the stirring drama ALEXANDER 111. The scene of this play is laid in Italy in the midcle of the twelfth century, a period of intense historic interest and epoch making deeds The very name, of Frederick Barbarossa, the principal character in the drama, points to things extraordinary. He is the soul of the titanic struggle for supremacy then waged by the Secular against the Ecclesiastical Power. This cen tral idea is potrayed admirably well thruout the drama which, altho moving along a high plain of thought, is not of such classic fiber that it could not be thoroly understood and appreciated also by those who are not students of history. In presenting Alexander 111, the Columbia Literary Society is con fident in promising its friends some two hours of exceptional entertainment. Play opens 8 o’clock p. m. Admission 25 cents.

IN FAR OFF MARS. People of Planet Hoarding Every Drop of Water. While the people on the planet of Mars are supposed to be vastly superior in every way to the Inhabitants of this earth, according to Rr-of. Lester F. Ward, of Brown university, they have only about 1,000,000 more years to live, while the people of this world are only beginning their allotted space of 24,000,000 years. .. Thirst will kill the Martians, the professor says, and even now it is dry time perpetually up there. Most of the waters that once covered everything have vanished in the same way that this planet is all the while losing hydrogen, one of the two components of water. This process has proceeded so far on Mars that most of the liquid refreshment of its inhabitants, assuming it has such, is confined to narrow circles about the two poles. It is made available for the uses of the Martians only by means of an intricate network of canals. “On Mars we can, as it were, see with our own eyes a race of vast antiquity and supreme wisdom, clinging desperately to the orb that bore it, half gasping for breath, and hoarding every drop of its precious water, but doomed in the relatively near future to face the lingering death of a dying world.” This gloomy picture, Prof. Ward says, is in store for the people of this earth, but there is no need of worry at the present time, as it is 24,000,000 years distant Many ills come from impure blood Can’t have pure blood with faulty digestion, lazy liver and sluggish bowels. Burdock blood Bitters strengthens stomach, Bowels and liver, and purifies the blood. — —-

Cementißlocks. For Foundations or House Complete. I have just received the latest cement block machinery, constructon the basis of the ever-increasing demand for this material for foundation and building purposes, many patterns. Now being able to save materially in labor, the price of blocks is cheaper than before, notwithstanding the higher price of cement. Let me furnish you figures before you buy. Put a cement foundation under your old house—you can do it yourself. Lee Jessup, Contractor.

SHIRE STALLION PHONE 514 D. BILLY WONDER. Dark bay, 5 years old, weight 1.500 pounds, full blood Shire stallion, Sire Jumbo, Dam Fanny 5,082, Sire Tom Tit 2,556 and 4,120 Dam Stuntney Queen 2,562. Will make the season of 1907 at my place, in Barkley tp., 3 miles east and 1 3 4 miles north of Rensselaer. Terms: $8 to insure colt to stand and suck. Or $6 to insure a mare to be in foal. Parties parting with mare or leaving the county, the service becomes due at once. Care will be taken to prevent accidents but will not be responsible for any that may occur. The get will be held for the service. HARVEY E. LOWMAN. * Owner and Manager.