Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1909 — Page 8

Classified ColumnGtMMßEMHMMMMßHßMMssßnaßHhEaanaßßßsasßessassßesßsssseeEea* FOR SALE. For Sale—No. 1 Hungarian seed at Che Globe Onion Farm, north of town. JL Donnelly. june2 1 ■ ' For Sale—Two South Dakota mortgages of SI,OOO each, 6 per cent, due March 1, 1914, with optional payment privilege. Jones Bros., Remington, Ind. junes Phaeton For Sale —A low-built phaeton, good condition, suitable for old people. Also pony surrey, ti.’st class rubber tire. Price reasonable. Apply at Frst National Bank, j <.22 'Automobiles—if you want an economic, durable runabout, write M. M. Ocker, agent for the Brush runabouts, Medaryville, or see him when he comes to Rensselaer. For Sale—Three head of fresh cows, two with calves by their sides, also one half Jersey yearling heifer. Isaac Parcel. Call at Frank Turner’s, near depot. may 27 For Sale—Three dozen Light Brahma hens ht ?scPeach. Also good cooking range. Mrs. J. I. Gwin, R. F. D. Ko. 2. may2B-2w For Sale—New No. 2 Smith Premier or second hand Jewett typewriter for sale at a bargain. Inquire at Republican office. For Sale or Trade—4 good second hand cabinet organs. Fred Phillips. For Sale— Good renting property, paying good interest. Bargain if taken soon. Inquire at this office. FOR RENT. , For Rent—Six room cottage, with bath, closet, hot and cold water. A. Leopold. may27tf For Rent—Good pasture with water for six or seven cows at Riverside Park. B. F. Fendig. may 27 For Rent—Business room 95 feet deep, in brick block, opposite postoffice, possession June Ist Inquire of Warren Robinson or James H. Chapman. june2

For Bent— Two fine barns in one block of court house, suitable for 3 horses and an automobile; also some good residence properties to sell or trade; also some choice farms near Rensselaer to sell or trade. Anyone in need of same will do well to see me nt my residence, Ist door south of jail. Robert Michal. I handle my own property exclusively. maylstf ' For Bent— Four room cottage with garden. E. L. Clark. For Bent— Suite of office rooms, just vacated by Dr. Washburn; water in rooms. Inquire of A. Leopold or Moses Leopold. maylOtf For Bent— Cottage of four rooms, summer kitchen, woodshed and good .water, in good location. Mrs. S. R. Nichols. mayltf > ' 1111. - For Bent— 2 room flat over Republican office. Apply here. apr.2Btf For Bent— Furnished room. Inquire of Mrs. Ezra Clark. For Bent— B4o acres, divided into farms, about 300 acres for corn, balance grass; 2 good houses; grain rent R. F. Ferguson. For Bent — Nice small room, suitable for small business or office, next door to laundry, apply to 0. H. McKay. mch4tf WANTED. Wanted— Stock to pasture by day, week or month. Pasture within mile and a half of town. M. J. Thornton. Phone 510 K. ' Wanted —To buy good, gentle horse, suitable for delivery wagon. Rhoades’ Grocery. may 29 Wanted— Girl to do housework. Telephone 5208. Mrs. Kenton Parkinjam. may22tf Wanted—Manager for branch office we wish to locate here in Rensselaer. Address, The Morris Wholesale House, Cincinnati, Ohio. my.3o Wanted —If you own a farm, ranch, or other country property that you wish to sell or exchange at a good price, lose no time in sending us a brief description at once, mentioning price wanted, etc. Wo have unlimited for obtaining buyers far good property. It costs nothing to have your property listed; we charge a commission only when we find a purchaser. Write today. Address, Beal Estate Dupe **»"*"* National Brokerage Co., 528 W. ttrd St, Chicago, HI. myAOtf

Wanted—More milk customers. My cows are now on grass and until further notice I will deliver milk at 5 cents a quart. M. J. Thornton, City Dairyman. Phone 510 K. maystf r rf J- -' Wanted—To buy second hand pony saddle. Geo. W. Healey, phone 18 or 153. , SETTING EGGS FOR SALE. For Sale—Eggs for setting. Prize winning black Minorcas, rose comb, after May 20, 75c for 15. Rose comb Rhode Island Red, 50c for 15. Harry Murray. Junes For Sale—Pure bred S. C. Buff Orpington Eggs for setting. All eggs selected from prize winning pens and guaranteed fertile, all clear eggs being replaced free of charge. $2.00 and $3.00 per 15. Half price after May 15. G. Boyd Porter. jnel2 LOST Lost—Brown silk umbrella some place between the Shedd Bros.’ farm and Rensselaer. Finder please leave there or bring to Republican office. FOUND. Found—Man’s coat. Owner may have same by calling at residence of Wesley Hinkle, 5% miles north of Rensselaer.,, _• may 29 Found—Several books, evidently belonging to a school teacher. Call at this office. Found—A black shawl, which the owner can get here. Found—A good mink fur. Inquire here. MONEY TO LOAN.

Money to Loan— lnsurance Co. money on first farm mortgage security. Inquire of E. P. Honan. lots BEE KEEPERS. I have the agency for the Root line of goods for this territory and will fill orders at catalogue prices, saving you the freight Place your order before swarming season begins. Leslie Clark. CHANGE OF LOCATION. Parties wanting lawn mowers sharpened, gasoline stoves cleaned, etc., will find me at first house east of C. Kellner’s residence, after May 24th. J. W. Brown. may2B

REMINGTON.

Delia Sharkey eame home from Fowler Saturday. H. C. Seeks and wife were visitors at Chenoa, 111., last week. W. R. Irwin and family went to visit friends in Sharpsville. Mrs. Elias and Milo Julian and Miss Nancy spent Thursday in Logansport. Uncle Alph Elmore went to Bluffton last week to visit his grandson, and look after his farm. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Mabel Tamber and Nelson Boicourt on June 2nd. Miss Bessie Hitchcock returned from Florida, where she has been spending the past two years. H. E. O’Connor carried the mail on ■route one while the regular carrier had his annual leave of absence. >lrs. W. C. Smalley and daughter, Rachel, returned home Thursday from a week’s visit at Milford, 111. Turner Merritt and wife spent Sunday in Rensselaer and brought back their grandson, Willard, to stay a few days. Clyde Reeve and family returned home Sunday from a two weeks’ vacation spent in Rensselaer and Medaryville. Alex Bartholomew, who has been ailing all winter, is gradually growing worse, and is confined to his bed most of the time. Mrs. Maurice Peck entertained some twenty young ladies at her home Monday evening,* giving a kitchen shower in honor of Miss Mabelle Lambert. The rooms were beautifully decorated and the guests report a fine time. About half of Remington drove to Wolcott Monday to see the ball game of Wolcott vs. the Bloomer Girls. The girls played a creditable game, but lost on account of misplays on the part of their man catcher. The score was 3 to 4 in favor of Wolcott.

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INDIAN LORE FOR LONDON.

Information on Iroquois Customs Given by a Mohawk Chieftain. Among London’s interesting visitors today is a blue blooded chief of the Mohawk Indians, the head of the Bear clan, the tribe whose exploits have been immortalised by Fenimore Cooper. His name is Thanakariner, and he follows the profession of a man of medicine. His fine physique, his swarthy complexion and his rather striking attire tender him conspicuous. Out of deference to English custom the Mohawk celebrity had shed his buckskin and feathers for a navy blue suit and white waistcoat when he was interviewed by a representative, says the London Daily Chronicle. In response to the usual greeting he remarked: “Devedon hnon, yanih donh, nyawean,” which is Caniengahaka, the' Mohawk tongue, and signifies “Extremely well, thank you.’’ By upbringing the chieftain is in sympathy with the suffragists. He had much to say about the influence and authority of women in the Mohawk land. There they rule the roast “They select the chiefs of our clans,’’ Thanakarlneh said. “The men -are not consulted in the matter at all. I myself was chosen by the women’s council —a representative body of the various clans such as ‘The Bear,’ ‘The Wolf* and ‘The Turtle.’ “There is no such thing as my title being handed down from sire to son. If one of the present chiefs dies the Indies assemble in council and nominate a successor, who seldom is the son of the dead hero. They cast about for that Mohawk who is physically and mentally fittest for the distinction, and so long as he is of the clan he is proclaimed its chief. “This matriarchal system has obtained among the Mohawk Indians for generations, and not the slightest demur is ever made by those who fancy their claims have* been overlooked. If a militant agitation against the rule of Indian squaws arose there would be seen the counterpart of the suffragist demonstrations in London.*’ The Mohawks are one of the six tribes who inhabit the Six Nation Indian Reserve —a territory of 53,000 acres in Ontario, Canada, on the banks of the Grand River, lying sev-enty-five miles west of the Niagara Falls and about forty miles north of Lake Erie. The'five other tribes are the Senecas, Oneldas, Cayugas, Onondagas, and the Delawares and Tu'scaroras, the last being taken in “out of charity,” as the chief put it One of the chiefs is named Hiawatha.

But if the women select and appoint the chiefs, the latter administer the laws. They seldom make new enactments and their Council is something like a HouSe of Lords, because each chieftain has the same status among his tribe as an English earl. The Council consists of about nine representatives of each tribe and meets monthly. There is no President or Speaker. The system is on a purely democratic basis of. absolute equality. - Sometimes the legislators assemble in full war paint, and with the pomp and circumstance attending their position. Mr. Brant-Sero, an English speaking Mohawk Indian of the Turtle clan, who accompanied the chief, added the opinion that the decorum and dignity of the Chieftain’s Council would put to shame some of the uproarious proceedings he had witnessed in England. There are no lawyers In his Utopian land. “It Is regarded as a contemptible profession, because It causes mischief and trouble over technical matters that a little common sense will smooth over,” he observed in explanation. Chief Thanakarineh has adopted the name “G. W. Hill” for the purpose of his profession of medicine. It was contrary to etiquette among the Indian doctors, he said, to boast about their achievements, but he modestly claimed to cure pneumonia in half an hour. “I mean,’’ he explained, “that in that time I can get a patient out of a crisis and on a good way to recovery/’ Although preserving his secret, the wary chief —who, of course, is a hefballst—said that tie powdered only one root and administered it with water. Thanakarlneh’s skill was noised abroad and he was summoned by the Ontario Medical Council for practising among whites without being a registered practitioner. He was fined, and unsuccessfully appealed against the decision. So he came to England to submit his case to the Privy Council, who declined to reopen the matter. Thanakarineh can therefore only prescribe. “I must not feel the pulse,” he said.

Big Pay for Sermon.

Four thousand nine hundred dollars for one sermon! It’s enough to make even the moot prosperous clergyman envious. That was the foe that the preacher at Elberflold in Prussia, received for his sermon on Whitsunday, which lasted only an hour. In MBO Baron Fwvrot, a wealthy Frenchman, provided in his will for an annual sermon* to be preached In the Protestant church of the town. The day fixed is the first Bunday in June, and the qualification to obtain the prise is that the preacher shall hold one of the poorest parishes in the diocese and that ho shall extol the virtues of the benefactor.

QUEER PROFESSIONS.

Novel Occupations Employed by Enterprising Men to Make Lucrative Livings. Few people are aware of the existence of some novel occupations out of which many an enterprising man is making a lucrative living. One of the queerest of these is that of the expert "smeller.” Scent-makers need some one with a very delicate sense of smell to aid them in blending the ingredients of perfumes in proper proportions. Queen Alexandra’s ■ favorite perfume—violets—costs £lO per ounce bottle, and in order that it may be correctly blended before it is passed for Her Majesty’s use, it has to run the gauntlet of five professional “smellers.” Many of the larger firms of perfume makers pay their “smellers” from £5 to £6 weekly, and they are insured against cold and the loss of their sense of smell. Contractors for the lighting of streets, large public buildings and pleasure grounds often employ “smellers” to trace escapes of gas, Is being the sum paid for every leakage reported. Another occupation which is distinctly prominent on the register of Mr. Chesterton’s Club of “Qusar Trades” is that of acting as "best man” at weddings. He is in great demand during this, season of the year, and on bank holidays often finds his way to as many as a dozen marriages. His duties are chiefly only connected with the ceremony at the church, and on account of this he is classed with the minister, and his fee is not fixed. Sometimes he secures as much as £5 at a single wedding, besides a handsome present from the bridegroom. But in the majority of cases he is not nearly so fortunate, and his usual fee may be classed at about £2 2s. At this rate he makes more than enough to yield him a fair Income. He must be suave, adroit, nlmble-wltted and patient. He never gets rattled, never allows the groom to commit any glaring error, and keeps a watchful eye upon the bride and her maids to see that everything passes off in proper style. - Then, if his engagement extends to entertaining the guests at the luncheon or party afterward, he must be able to sing and dance, be conversant with the latest of card games, and reply to many of the speeches on behalf of his clients. But of queer occupations none could be more unique and weird than that of the professional “mourner.” Such was the proud boast of a man who recently died at Ramsgate. During his career he calculated that in the capacity of mourner his fees amount to no less than £3,500. From a very early age he developed a somewhat melancholoy interest in funeral ceremonies. . Indeed, .his interest was so marked that, ten years ago, when he was 62, he laid claim to have attended 6,000 funerals, and no such event seemed complete without the presence of “Alec," as he was popularly known. The solemn knell never failed to bring him hot-foot to the church. He was present at the first interment in Ramsgate cemetery, : attended 200 burials in St. George’s churchyard, and, although there are on an average 1,800 funerals in the locality, “Alec”, a short time before he died declared he had not missed 50.

For many years he supplied notices of deaths to the local newspapers, made all arrangements with the undertakers regarding graves, transacted business with half a dozen firms of stonemasons and florists, tolled the church bell for hundreds of funerals and would complete his duties toward each client by assisting the relatives around the grave and afterward into the carriages on the journey home. A number of what are known as professional “matchers” are to be found in the vicinity of Farrlngdon road, London, who make bis profits and keep large business houses. There is a good deal of money to be made out of the game if the "matcher” pursues the proper course. The stocks of articles required for "matching” are made up mostly from sales at private houses around London. At many of the private sales there are lots marked “odd Chinaware," or “Mixed China Ornaments,” which comprise, perhaps, from 50 to 100 dainty vases and old trifles of that sort. Being assorted in this way they are often ignored by the ordinary dealer, and when the “matcher’s" chance comes at the end of the sale he can usually procure the lot for sc. When they are sold, after “matching” purposes, the lot often yields 30 times the amount paid in the first case. At a recent sale particulars came to light of a “matcher** casually purchasing a small piece of Chelsea ware from old stuff in a miscellaneous lot The price paid for this by the "matcher” was 3d, and two days later he found no difficulty in disposing of it for 85s. The customers consist chiefly of mechanics and housewives, and the articles most commonly in demand are all kinds of crockery ware, decanter-stoppers, etc. The fees of professional “matchers** usually range from £5 to £lO to' "match” the required articles at a large sale, and if the number is large a small commission is also paid him. The "matchers” in a smaller way, who deal exclusively with domestic articles, do not charge a fee, but make their profit on the cost of the article required.—London Tld B!U.

BURNS TOWN.

Wesley Price called on S. H. Holmes Friday. Spencer Holmes is working for Add Shook this week. Michael Burns was a business caller in town Saturday. Add Shook called on Charley Pulins Saturday evening. T. G. Brown and son, Elmer, were in Rensselaer Saturday. Jim Stanley and Frank Brown visited S. H. Holmes Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Arnold and son, Harry, were in Rensselaer Saturday. Misses Alice and Jennie Eib called on Bertha and Ethel Holmes SaturMr. and Mrs. E. Eib attended church at Mt. Ayr Saturday evening and Sunday. Herbert Eib was in Rensselaer Tuesday, and hauled out a load of fertilizer. S. H. Holmes went to Rensselaer Wednesday and hauled- out a load of fertilizer. John Price’s aged mother, who keeps house for him, is very bad sick at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Milt Markin visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Price and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Manley Stowers visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Price and mother Sunday. Wonder what’s the matter with-Dan and his best girl that we don’t see them any more. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ropp and family visited with Elmer Sulemberger and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pullins visited with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac McCurtain, near McCoysburg Sunday. Herbert Eib came home from Chicago Wednesday, where he has been attending business college. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pierson, of Pleasant Ridge, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Charley Reed Saturday night and Sunday. Wesley Price’s little girl had a close call of being badly hurt Saturday with a team which got frightened in his barn lot. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Davison and daughter, Frances, passed through our town Sunday, going to visit Mr. and Mrs. John Scott. * The Republican is headquarters, for fine job printing.

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DO IT NOW.

Rensselaer People Should Not Wait Until It Is Too Late. The appalling death-rate from kidney disease is due in most cases to the fact that the little kidney troubles are usually neglected until they become serious. The slight symptoms give place to chronic disorders and the sufferer goes gradually into the grasp of diabetes, dropsy, Bright's disease, gravel or some other serious form of kidney complaint. If you suffer from backache, headaches, dizzy spells; if the kidney secretions are Irregular of passage and unnatural in appearance, do uot delay. Help the kidneys at once. Doan’s Kidney Pills are especially for kidney disorders—they cure where others fail. Over one hundred thousand people have recommended them. Here is one of many cases in this vicinity. Mrs. Chas. Livingston, 1026 Miami Ave., Logansport, Ind.,'says: “I have no hesitation in recommending Doan’s Kidney Pills. I used them several years ago for backache and other symptoms of kidney complaint and they benefited me greatly. I publicly endorsed Doan’s Kidney Pills at that time and now still hold the same high opinion of them.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s—and take- no other.

Public Sale of Dairy Cows. To be held at my pasture in the Rensselaer corporation on SATURDAY, MAY 29th, commencing at 2:30 o’clock. 80 head of Cows —20 with calves by their • sides from 1 to 4 weeks old; balance will be fresh soon. The above are all choice dairy cows and can be seen at any time in my pasture adjoining the Monnett Children’s Home. They consist of Jerseys, Herefords, Holstelns and Durhams. Terms—6 months time without interest on approved security, 4 per cent discount for cash. If not paid when due € per cent Interest from date of sale. GEO. F. MEYERS. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. * C. G. Spitler, Clerk.