Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1909 — Page 2

The Money of Savages.

Many savages know no commerce •xcept the direct exchange of one useful object for another, but numerous other tribes hare experienced the necessity of facilitating business by the creation of a standard currency which enables exchanges to be made indirectly and at any time. This money varies greatly in character in different places. The money moat commonly employed by primitive peoples consists of useful objects. Examples are: Slaves in Africa and New Guinea; cattle, reindeer among the Lapps; salt, in Laos, Indo China; furs, in Siberia; cloth, in Africa; shells, beads, feather and other ornaments, and even various articles of food. If the money is not useful In itself it must naturally be composed of rare materials. “Thus the Pelew islanders, near- Australia,” says 1 M. Deniker, “carefully preserve as current money a certain number of obsidian or porcelain beads and prisms of terracotta, imported no one knows jjust when or how, which have very high values. One tribe possesses a single prism of clay which is regarded as a public Treasure. In the neighboring island of Yap the place of money is taken by blocks of aragonite, a minehal which is not found in the island but is brought from the Pelews. The value of a block is proportional to its size, a thousand-franc note (s2oo\ being represented by a huge diSk which two men can hardly carry.” _ But this is an exceptional case. Usually, preference •is shown for more convenient objects, which combine a maximum of value with a minimum of weight. For example, the Chorchon and Bannock Indians of Idaho and Montana use teeth of the wapiti deer as money. For the same reasons the Michmis make use of the skulls of animate, while the money of the Loyalty islands, in the Pacific, consists of ropes made of fox hair, which may be cut to any desired length. The Mexicans formerly made extensive use of cacao beans and this sort of money Is not yet entirely obsolete, despite modern facilities of communication. Shells are often used a§ money. According to M. Deniker, the tooth shell, or “elephant’s tusk,” is thus employed by the Indians of northwestern America, wampum beads of the tribes of the eastern United States are made of the shells of Venus mercanaria, a species akin to the cockles. But of all shells the cowry is most used as money. The species most frequently employed are Cyprea monels and Cyprea annulus, of which the former appears tb be commonest in Asia, the latter in Africa. Both' species occur throughout fre Indian ocean, but they are gathered in ..large quantities in only two districts, the Maidive Islands, west of Ceylon, and the Sulu archipelago, between Borneo and the Philippines. On t v e Asiatic continent they are used as x . money most extensively in Siam and Laos, where, twenty years ago, from twenty to thirty cowries were equivalent to 1 centime (100 to 150 to a cent).

The Railroad in War.

Battles are of very secondary importance in modern warfare, says the Sunset Magazine. The rattle of fire and the booming of guns is the spectacular side of this greatest of all games, and to the fighting-line is given all the glory. But battles and bullets are really of very small importance, and are very secondary to the railroad in a campaign. Kitchener of Khartoum conquered the Soudan with a railroad. His bullets merely helped him to build it, in sweeping back the hordes of fanatical dervishes as the advance guard of laborers might clear the sage-brush for a desert line. Division after div’rion of troops have been thrown into the great wastes up the Nile towards Omdurman, only to be temporarily successful and finally driven back. This great African problem was not solved until the railroad built by Kitchener and his men, In khaki made the British occupation a permanency. Once that railroad was laid and guarded the force fighting at rail head was able to hold Its own against any contingency. The greatest problem of militarism of Europe is that of the mobilization of the greatest armies. Every military power on ttie Continent has its plan written down to the letter, so that with a single word of command the wheels of a great railway system are set humming with activity as they work out the plans long prearranged in bringing their great armies into striking position. The mobilization of these great armies of Europe Is but the systematized work of train dispatchers.

Poison Man’s Best Friend.

Strangely anomalous as It may appear the existence of active poisons In the animal vegetable and mineral kingdoms of nature has done more for the development of modern dYlllzed man than have all the other Innocuous elemental things which aboriginal man found to his hand, says the Technical World. These active poisons were man's first stimulus to first adaption of poison to the uses of man. The aborigine found himself at <once the hunter and the hunted of creation. Whether as hunter or the hunted, he> was a pygmy compared with many of the carnivorous beasts of his environment. He saw that whereas his own considerable physical force and power were as nothing to some of these creatures, the fang of the serpent was allcompelling. Where the poisonous serpent struck with poisoned fang and killed Its quarry, he Baw It sat without discomfort or Injury. To kill his own food through the venom of the serpent must have Wen on* of man’s first elaborated mental processes. As this aborigine applied the venom of the serpent to bi* arrow, and later blended it with the poisons of tbs vsgstabl# world, he may be said to have grown in mental atatunn.

JUST Of TIME.

Seme Rensselaer People May Wail Till IPs Too Lata. Don’t wait until too late. Be sure to be in time, lust in time with kidney ilia Means curing the back Before backache becomes chronic; Before serious urinary troubles set in. Doan’s Kidney Pills will do this., Here is testimony to prove it. ‘ William Malone, S. Illinois St., Monticello, Ind., says: “I suffered from a lame back and pains in my loins so acute that I could hardly get around at times. I could not lift without receiving sharp twinges and my kidneys were very sluggish. I did not rest well and felt generally miserable. When I saw Doan’s Kidney Pjlls advertised, I procured them and was relieved at once through their use. Since then I have not had any trouble from my kidneys nor have I suffered from lame back.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50c. Foster-Milburn Co.,Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s—and take no other.

LEE ITEMS.

Dollie Jacks spent Sunday with Etha anc| Thelma Noland. Mrs. Ostander’s grandmother has come to stay with her for a while. Mrs. Saxton spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Ostandpr, Mrs. Cora and Mrs. Fred Stlers went to Monon Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Saxton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ostander. Ira Williamson left Monday morning on the milk train for the west. Mr. Carlson was dow r n from Chicago Saturday to see after his farm. Mr. Whitlow is moving onto the Eli Woods farm. Frank Eldridge is helping his brother shuck corn. Earl Folks spent Sunday, with Tommy and Harley Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Young were Lee visitors Sunday. T. S. Cowger is boarding at S. M. Jacks' now.. " Ward Lewis went to Monon Monday evening. The surprise on Miss Verda Lewis Saturday evening in honor of her 16th birthday was a grand success. Mrs. Arthur Williamson and two children spent' Tuesday with S. M. Jacks and family. Quite a crowd frorq, Lee attended the blind peoples’ entertainment at McCoysburg Saturday evening. Mrs. Della Culp and Mrs. Josie Anderson called on Mrs. Ostander Monday afternoon. The ladies’ aid society will meet at Mrs. Hoy Rishling’s Wednesday to sew. Mrs. Ann Rishling went to Monticello Monday to visit Mrs. Harry Phillips, returning home Monday evening. Clayton Ward, of Rensselaer, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Chas. Jacks, for a few days, returned home Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jacks and son, Earnest, accompanied him home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sparling, of DeMotte, came to Lee from Monon, where they had been visiting their daughter and family, and visited friends and relatives at Lee till Monday morning, when they returned home.

BETTER THAN SPANKING Spanking does not cure children of bedwetting. There is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box W, Notre Dame, lnd., will send free to any mother her successful home treatment, with full Instructions. Send no money, but write her today if your children trouble you In this way.. Don’t blame the child, the chances are Jt can’t help It. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled wltb urine difficulties by day or night. After dogs had killed several of their sheep, farmers living northeast of Riushville formed a posse and finally got revenge by killing two dogs which they think were the principal offenders. Tlfey have been missing sheep for several weeks and finally discovered that dogs were the murderers. A DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION FOR PIMPLES. To remove Pimples, Blackheads, Blotches and all forms of skin eruptions, is, according to a well known physician, a very easy matter; he says that many are afflicted with some one of the above ailments, and are subject to a great deal of embarrassment on account of,j the unsightly appearanc.e which they present, and recommends the following simple, harmless and inexpensive treatment. Go to your Druggißt and get this prescription filled: Clearola one-half ounce, Ether one ounce, Alcohol seven ounces, mix, shake well and apply to the parts affected night and morning, allowing it to remain on the skin at least ten minuteß, then wipe off the powder from the skin. Use a soft cloth or sponge in applying thd mixture and in from ten days to two weeks your face will be smooth and clear as a marriage bell. Get the Pure Clearola, which Is only put up In one-halt ounce packages. Ask to see It

BURNS TOWN.

John Price’s aged mother is very sick at this writing. Manley Stowers is husking corn for C. Morgeuegg this week. "" S. H. Holmes sold S. Makeever a load of fat hogs Wednesday. James Stanley spent Saturday night with Walter Smith. Wesley Price is hauling corn off to market this week. Rolla Eib helped S. H. Holmes husk corn Monday and Tuesday. Michael Burns called on Samuel Holmes Monday evening. Mrs. Frank Shrorer is about recovered from her recent sick spell. Cleveland hnxj Bennie Price spent Sunday with hoine folks. Miss Lucy Morgenegg spent Sunday with home folks. Mrs. C. A. Reed was in Rensselaer Saturday. George McElfresh bought some seed oats of L. A. Greenlee Saturday. S. H. Holmes helped Mr. Eib shred fodder Thursday. Mrs. Chris. Morgenegg and children visited with Mrs. Geo. Cooper and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pullins visited with friends and relatives at Fair Oaks Sunday. S. H. Holmes says it is to late to be shucking corn now, as he finished up Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Reed and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Marlatt and family Sunday. Spencer Greenlee, of Plymouth, is visiting friends and relatives at Rensselaer and Mt. Ayr for a few days. Victor Yeoman has made quite an improvement on his Nubbin Ridge farm in the way of painting and recovering the buildings. Wm. Elkins and family and Miss Mable Bessie, of Britton, S. Dak., who have been visiting friends and relatives for a few weeks, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes and family.

THROAT MISERY

Read How a Boston Man Got Rid of Chronic Throat Disease. “£[yomei did me a world of good when I had chronic laryngitis; in fact effected a cure after all the best specialists had given me up as a bad job. I tried Hyomei the same as I had tried hundreds of other things that people or doctors would recommend. They all failed except Hyomei, and this effected a cure that has been lasting. All my troubles happened 12 years ago and I had ought to be ashamed not to have written you before. At first I waited to see if the cure ,was permanent or not, and when you realize that for five winters before I used Hyomei that I could not speak above a whisper and sometimes not at all, you can judge I waited with a good deal of anxiety for time to tell if I was really cured or not.” —E. A. Lindsey, 145 South Street, Boston, Mass., April 1, 1909. Breathe Hyomei in through the inhaler that comes with a $1 outfit, and this highly healing and antiseptic vaporized air will promptly relieve and permanently cure catarrh and all ordinary diseases of the nose and bronchial tubes. It gives great relief to consumptives. Sold by leading dealers everywhere and in Rensselaer by B. F. Fendig. K 8

MI'ONA Cures Indigestion It relieves stomach misery, sour stomach, belching, and cures all stomach disease or money back. Large box of tablets 50 cents. Druggists m all towns. BIG PUBLIC SALE. As I am going to North Dakota, I will sell at public sale on the Fred Waymire farm, 4*6 miles north and 2% miles east of Rensselaer, 4 miles west of Pleasant Grove and % mile east of the Smith GraVe Yard, commencing at 10 a. m., on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1909. 6 head of Horses—Consisting of 1 team matched bay mares, 6 and 7 years old, lady broke, single or double, sound, weight 1,100 each; 1 bay horse, 12 years old, weight 1,200, a good worker; 1 Alley, coming 2 years old; 1 horse colt, coming 2 years old; 1 suckling colt. 5 head of Cows—Consisting of 1 red cow, 4 years old, fresh Jan. 8; 1 black cow, 6 years old, fresh May 16; 2 Jersey heifers, 3 years old, fresh Jan. 14 and April 1; 1 red heifer, 3 years old, fresh Feb. 26. Implements, Wagons, Harness, Etc. —Consisting of 1 Oliver sulky plow, good as new; 1 John Deere disc, used two seasons; 1 John Deere cultivator, used one season; 1 Avery cultivator, In good condition; 1 16-foot flexible harrow, good as new; 1 Eagleelaw walking cultivator; 1 Deering movyer, 5-foot cut; 1 Deering hay rake, J 10foot; 1 hay rack; 1 endgate seeder; 1 Studebaker wagon, 3-inch tire, good as new; 1 Studebaker rubber tired buggy, out one year; 1 low wagon. In good condition; 1 U. S. cream separator, bought last April. Household Goods—l cook stove; 1 heating stove; 1 bedroom suit; 6 dining room chairs; 3 rocking chairs, and many other articles. Terms—ss and under cash In hand; on sums over |6 a credit of* 12 months will be given, purchaser executing note with approved security, without Interest If paid when due, but if not paid at maturity, 8 pey cent interest from date; 6 per cent off for cash on sums over $5. No property to be removed from premises until terms of

Holiday Gifts of Silverware' f° r any season or occasion. No more wfe | graceful compliment can be extended than vl I an offering of rich silver elegant in design, perI feet in taste and in the newest shapes. Wri ft 1847 ROGERS BROS..™ I ■ I} is the mark which represents the highest perfeo 111 IUI le S^VCr ate ‘ this imprint on every I M Jfth "Silber Plate that Wears’* a* safely as an expert. This stamp also guareach piece is perfect in artistic *////l h si^ ea^er * eveT y~ j \\\ M I ERt ° EN - BR, T ANN,A co * 11 STATE BANK OF RENSSELAER. , Corner Washington and Van Rensselaer Street. OPENED FOB BUSINESS JUNE Ist, 1904. . q ■ ’ V _... DIRECTORS. JOHN EGEB, President, DELOS THOMPSON, Cashier, LUCIUS STBONG, GBANVILLE MOODT. JAMES H. CHAPMAN. ■ -- ■ - ■ > y. »OES GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS ‘ Loans money on all kinds of approved security. Buys notes, pays interest on savings, pays taxes for customers and others. This hank will I be glad td extend every favor to its customers consistent with safe I hanking principles. Telephone 42.

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Notice to Non-Residents. The State Of Indiana Jasper County. In the Jasper Ctrcutt Court, to February term, 1910. Complaint No. 7.53&. Fred Lyons s, vs. Leonard W. Raymond et al. Now comes the plalntlfT, by Moses Leopold, his attorney, and flies complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendants, Leonard W. Raymond, Nancy A. Raymond, Mary Jane Fast, Isaac N. Fast, Emallne Lawler, LUlle East, Evallne East, Ermtna D. Lake and George Lake are not resldents of the State of Indiana. Notice Is therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and appear on the first day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court, to be holden on the 2nd Monday of February, A. D. 1910, at the Court House In Rensselaer, In said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the Bame will be heard and determined In their absence. In Witness Whereof, I hereunto, set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Rensselaer, Ind.. (Seal) this Z#th day of November, A. ‘ 5. 1909. C. C. WARNER, Clerk. Dec.J-10-lt^3| - 4

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Wood & Kresler's 5 CHAIR Barber Shop The Largest and Finest In Jasper County. Go there for a fine smooth shave and fashionable .-i j ' • hair eat. Boot Black Stand In Connection.

MIL BOY TOWNSHIP. The undersigned, trustee of Mllroy township, will attend to official business at his rosidenes on the first and third Saturdays of sack month. Parsons having business with me will govern themselves accordingly. Post office address, Remington, Ind. QUO. L- PARKS.