Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1907 — Page 2

Rensselaer Republican ISSUED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Offlw in The Repubiictn Building, corner of WinnipM and West-on Street*, KeaaeeUer, Jasper County, Inoinna. Gaorga E. Marshall, - Editor and Propriator Marshall & Healey, * - Publishers Tuesday, J uly 2,1907.

At the Revival.

A revival meeting was in progress somewhere and Sister Jones was called upon for a testimony. Being humble she said: “I do not feel as tho 1 should stand here and give testimony. I have been a transgressor for a good many years, and have only recently seen the light. I believe that my place is in a dark corner, behind the door.” Brother Smith was next called upon. Fol lowing the example set by Sister Jones, he said, “I, too, have been a sinner for more than forty years and J do not think it would be fitting for me to stand before the as sembly as a model. 1 think my place is behind the door in a dark corner, with Sister Jones.” And he wondered why the meeting was convulsed with laughter of those who came to pray.

Serves Warrant on Himself.

In Mariou, last Monday, a constable, Joseph Middleton, arrested himself. He was charged with violating the pure food law by selling “thinned” milk at his lestaurant. Middleton took it as a joke. When the justice handed him the warrant to serve he said he would go out and find himself. He retnrned a little later, plead .guilty, and was fined,

June Was a Cold One.

A press dispatch from Washington says that the U. S. Weather Bureau pronounces the June just ended to have been the coldest in Washington for 76 years. No comparisons are as yet available as to its coldness in Indiana, but it was certainly much cooler than common with only a few warm spells during tha month. There was 3.65 inches of rain during the month, coming on six different days. The hottest day here was 90 degrees on the 17th and the coldest 42 degrees, on the 2id. Sunshine was at a premium, there having been only eight days recorded as clear, all the rest having been wholly or partly cloudy.

Board Gives Warning. The State Board of Health has issued a warning against the toy pistol in the celebration of July 4. The pistol which fires paper caps and the revolt er with blanks are both dangerous. The board urges that even the slightest wound should be treated by a physician. In 1906 there were 64 deaths from from lockjaw in Indiana 16 of which occured during July. H& £ Granulated sugar 21 lbs for *I.OO. Monsoou flour at *1.25 and Gold Medal at *1.40 is less than we could buy it now. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE, Our “Little” Wants. Your uearly-empty purse may make friends of many full purses through a few “For Sale,” “Want” or “Exchange” ads. in The Daily Republican. Try this column for “Wante” and see if it can’t be located for you.

Non-Residents Notice. . The State of Indiana (In the Jasper Circuit ■j Couit to September Jasper County (. Term, 1907. Leona V. Taber, 1 vs }■ Complaint No. 7177 Albert P. Taber J Now comes the Plaintiff, by E. P. Honan, her attorney, and files her complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendant Albert P. Taber is not a resident of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said de, fendant, that unless he be and appear on the first day of the next Term of the Jasper Circnit Court to be holden on the 2nd Monday of September, A. D. 1907, at the Court House in Rensselaer in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint the same will be heard and determined in his absence. In witness whereof, I hereunto f ]set my hand and affix the Seal of Court, at Rensselaer, this 24th day of Jane A. D. 1907. C. C. WARNER: Clerk.

Guard Against Heavy Eating.

Hon. John B Stoll, the veteran editor of the South Bend Times, hasgiveuthe subject (of eating a good deal of attentioh, and no doubt speaks from experience in the following: ‘‘During the heated term it becomes all-important to guard against over eating. Comparatively few people realize how little food is actually required to sustain the physical body. Lean iudi vidnals can safely consume more than fat ones. Toe latter can draw on their reserve without incon veuienciug themselves or impairtheir physical strength.” Mr. Stoll belongs to the '“fat” class, and his advice is intended for the benefit of such persons.

Veterans Asked to March.

A letter has been issned to the G. A. R. posts of the state by General Oran Perry, inviting the members to take part in the parade tion of the Morton monument at Indianapolis July 23. Geu. Perry will be marshal of the day. *

Notice From The Fire Warden. All owners or occupants of houses or other buildings in Rensselaers. are hereby notified to put the premises in good order at once, by cleaning up ail old paper and other inflammable rubbish, and especially to have the same tboroly done before the 4th of July, in order to guard as far as possible from all danger of fire from fire works. All persons who will keep an old barrel or orther suitable receptacle, and place all waste paper and other similarly combustible material in it, can have the same emptied at intervals free of expense, on notifying the undersigned. Charles B. Stewart, -> Fire-Warden.

JOYS OF A COLLECTOR.

Occasionally He Is Able to Snap Up a Prize. Collecting will always have Its romances. I know of one that occurred as recently as the sale at Christie’s of the effects of the late Sir Henry. Irving. SJome one I know had been to see the collection before the sale. He came across a portrait with which he was familiar, because he had seen it 30 years before. On consulting his catalog he discovered that the portrait was described as being that of a man unknown, and, further, the artist was also unknown. Now he knew that the portrait was that of a famous actor by a famous English painter. He longed to buy it, but decided that it would go at too high a price. He went to the auction with very little hope. The Whistler and the Sargent were sold, and then tt 'was the turn oi this picture. Nobody recognized it Finally he had to start the bidding himself, and this he did. Only one man bid against him, but he soon stopped, discouraged, and then the picture was knocked down to the man who had never expected to get it He hurried to the desk to pay the small amount and to carry oft his prize. “Dc you happen to know anything about that portrait?” the auctioneer asked him, as a porter took it down to a cab. I know it very well,” said the new owner, conscious that ft was n<r. safely his property. “It is a portrm of Buckstone, the actor, by Daniel Maclise. There is an engraving of it in the Maclise Portrait Gallery.”— Mrs. John Lane, in Pearson's Magazine.

King’s Restricted Diet.

When King fdward VII. visits Marienbad for the cure his diet is much restricted. For breakfast he may partake of eggs, cold ham, rusks and coffee. Luncheon is served about 1:30, and the following diet is recommended: Fresh trout, chicken, real and compote of plums, white wine wi|h Geisshubler water is drunk.

HARRIS & HARMON

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HOME TRADE NOTES

LITTLE GLEAMINGB THAT POINT MANY MORALS FOR ALL. Carefully Revised by the Catalogue Houses —Mail-Order Houses and i Pure Food#-—The Local .__ __ Dealer. ; ■ ..VC ■■ ' . The ten-commandments a#-revised to fit the mail order catalogue house plan: I First —You shall sell your farm products for cAsh whenever you can, but not to us; we do not buy from you. _ _ _ ' _____ J Second —You shall believe our statements and btiy all you need from us because we want to be good to YOU. although we are not tattonally acquainted with you. Third —You shall send the money in advance to give us the chance to get the goods from the factory with your money; meanwhile you will have to wait patiently a few weeks because that is our business method. Fourth —You shall apply to your nearest city to aid you In building good roads bo you may' conveniently' get the goods from the depot which you buy from us, for we do not buna country roads. Fisth —You shall buy church bell#

Send the lifeline of home trade to your local merchants. When you do so you are not only helpinfl him, but you h?lp your community and yourself. If you permit the competition of the mail-order houses to engulf him, his de» struct ion means the destruction of your town and your interests. Keep your dollars at home.

ana interior fixtures from us and forward the money in advance, for that is our business method, and you shall collect from the business men in your vicinity as much money as you can for the benefit of your churches. Although we get more money from you than they do, still it is against our rules to donate money for building country churches. Sixth —You shall buy your tools from us and be your own mechanic, in order to drive the mechanics from your vicinity, for we wish it so. Seventh —You shall induce your neighbor to buy everything from us, as have room for more money—the less money there is left in your community the sooner we can put your local merchants out of business and charge you any price we please. Eighth—You shall look often upon the beautiful pictures in our catalogue, so your wishes will increase, although you are not in immediate need of the goods, otherwise you might have some money left to buy necessary goods of your local merchants. Ninth —‘You shall have the mechanics who repair the goods you buy from us book the bill so you can send the money for his labor to us for new goods, otherwise he will not notice our Influence. Tenth —You shall. In case of accident, sickness or need, apply to your local dealers for aid and credit, as we do not know you.

The secret of how It has been that some of the eastern mall order houses which have done business In Montana and elsewhere were able to undersell local merchants on some lines of groceries has been revealed. The revelation has come about through the operation of the national pure food law. One of the big mall order concerns, Which has done a great business In Montana, makes the announcement that it has closed its grocery department, giving In a circular its reason for doing so "because its maintenance has been made Impracticable by the pure food laws Just pssssd by conIf that Is not an acknowledgment that the consumers ha vs been fur- •'*»*--* 1 I": p'*—’ *3(l f'cl (I**l "**

when they ordered groceries, then the English language is not understandable. By selling the stuff that ha# been put under the ban because of its impurity, the mall order concerns have been able to undersell the local merchants livfng hundreds of miles away from the great centers of supT>ly.~ ■’ —" —— In carrying on this trade in Impure goods, the mail order houses have done the greatest Injury to the consumer. While the local merchant has lost some trade, he has had at least a part of the business of the ranchman and miner in his vicinity, bnt the consumer, who has been caught by the "cheap- prices offered, jia# not got what he has been paying for by a long way, and there- is no way tot him to get even. As it has proved with the groceries sent out by the eastern mall order houses, so it is with the other lines they work off in Montana. The saddles and harness offered at phenomenally low prices, the buggies and wagon6,at-pr4eeß-whiGbseem-Alffioßt like giving the vehicles away, the kitchen utensils which are priced in the voluminous catalogues at figures that indicate the local merchants are highway robbers, the dry goods that are offered at such infinitesimal cost as to compel the ordinary woman to believe the mail order man is a public benefactor, all of these eastern mail order house offerings are on a par with the proved quality of the groceries they have been selling —fraudulent and put out to sell and not for service. The confession on the gro-

ceries should make the eastern mail order house patrons think before they send off another order for "cheap goods.”—Helena Record. Your local dealer stands ready to duplicate every offer so seductively set forth in the catalogues of mail order houses and more, says an exchange. He will trump the best trick the mall order house ever played if you will put down the spot cash and accept from him a class of goods devoid of respectable ancestry, and upon which no reputable manufacturer will place his name. He can sell cheap goods, too, If you will buy them from him with your eyes shut. He can meet the best price ever made by a mail order house if you will plank down the money and accept what he gives you without question and without recourse —but you must not expect him to be in his place of business every day in the year ready and willing to furnish expert help when you are in trouble, ready and willing to stand back of everything he sells with his own reputation and the warranty of a responsible company. Honest, now, don’t you really pat yourself on the back when yon spend your money in such a way that In supplying your own wants you help build up the neighborhood In which you live? Of course you do, and you act on that idea yourself, but the trouble Is that you don’t talk It enough to your friends. —Streator (Ill.) Press.

Home Trade Hints.

A dollar spent at home stays around home and may return to you. after a few days. If you want to make your own town prosperous you will spend your money In your own town In preference to some bigger bttrg a, long way off. The way to start a whgon out of the mire is for all the horses to pull together. One way to pull together Is for everybody to patronise home Industries whenever possible. Mosey in circulation around the town you live tn is mnch batter for your Interests than the same money In circulation In a city hundreds of miles away. Tour dollar Is lonesome la a big city, hot It baa friends around > -*re ’tv thvnfsra cere -mrit.

LUMBER We have never before been so enfiiely prepared to handle all departments of the building trade as we are this year. The prospects of increased building this year has caused us to lay in a larger line than at any previous period and we have the largest stock in the country. Moise than 25 cars received before April ISt. CEMENT, LIME, PLASTER, BRICK, SEWER PIPE, RUBBER ROOFING, LADDERS. Beleivsng that we can sell you your bill for either new or repair work, we confidently ask that you call in and get prices. ESTIMATES ON ALL BILLS LARGE OR SMALL— CHEERFULLY -FU-RAUS H-E-fY ~ '•l#.' *•' „ ' THE RENSSELAER LUMBER CO. Accoss from Depot. Telephone No. 4.

Furniture At Home ! Cheaper than Mail-Order Houses

FoMfag G.C"-.n, I _ii lunl - i j r . from from —from $1.90 to $lO $1.50 to sl2 $4.75 to sl7 The Celebrated Cotton Elastic Felt Matress, sold at $15.00. Our Price, Headquarters for all kinds of Furniture, Carpets, Rugs. JAY W. WILLIAMS Rensselaer, Indiana

Or make Ms Repairs About tbe Place If you are, then remember this: we can save you some money on any amount of any kind of Lumber or Building Material. We have a most complete assortment of the best Lumber, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Moldings, Interior and Exterior Finish, Porch Columns, in short, everything that you're likely to need to build with. Our stock is dry and well kept, and our prices are—well, an estimate will convince you that we can save you money. J. C. GWIN & CO. r i

lichigan Finns For Sale. Farms in Mecosta and Newaygo counties, Mich, for sale, that men of tap«*®e hitv

on easy terms. Fair payment down, and payments on balance to suit purchaser. For information call on J. CL Carmichael, Across from Makeever Hotel. T* ’ iwu.