Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1912 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Still, the short weight ice dealer is not aa universal as once he was. ———————— | The Prince of Wales is of legal age, but has not been given a night key. < Philadelphia is to have a 21 story hotel It is trying to keep step with New York. '‘Absolute divorce and the custody Of the dog,” is the way an eastern decree reads. 1 Mary had a little lamb, and now ttat the price has dropped a little, she can have a little more. A woman looks under the bed for a ban, while a man looks around to see ts he can find a dictograph. More than 27,000,000 cigarettes .are smoked each day in the United States. Would not that stain your fingers? In the weather line the year continues to show a disposition to go to extremes more interesting than popular. j > The fact that Nan Corrigan, a pret- * ty newsgirl, is to marry a very rich man is further proof of the power of the press. -- - - - - A noted poet is reported as dead of Indigestion. Ever has it been difficult to harmonize the muse and the bread basket ‘Sr Rats are to be exterminated on the ground that they do less good and more harm than any other animals In the world. ♦ H ll i mi ■ "■■■ A St Louis man’s wife left —him eight times in two years, and still he Is suing for divorce. How much liberty does that man want? China is still in the market for money but is more particular than she used to be from whom she borrows it. China is becoming civilized. V i . New Yorkers are picking people’s pockets through the open windows of elevated trains. New Yorkers are nothing if not progressive. ■„ i Baroness von Suttner says the use of aeroplane fleets would barbarize the air. Who cares? There are no Innocent bystanders up there. Oik* The man who can smile and smile ■when his neighbor’s chickens scratch up his grass seed deserves to dwell ■where lawns grow green forever. ' ____________ j An exchange Informs us that there are 11,463 practicing lawyers in New York. No wonder that wicked city Is •visited by frequent crime waves. , The barbers of Paterson, N. J., have asked for higher wages and wish to abolish tips. Paterson doesn’t sound "like much of a place for tips anyway. , i A Russian immigrant landed at Philadelphia the other day with a beard 11 feet long. He should have no trouble getting a Job in some sideshow.

One New York manager expects to have twenty-five shows on the road next season. When you begin to find your troubles hard to bear think of him. .■ If you have been going fishing these summer days and some of the big ones have been getting away, remember the story will be as good next summer. Coffee experts have testified that the last shipment from Mocha was over 200 years ago. It must have been a tremendous shipment to have lasted this long. A Boston woman physician advocates scientific marriages. We Imagine that scientific marriages would greatly increase the waiting lists in most of our clubs. A woman who has been married, thirteen years has just received a diploma from a Chicago high school. Marriage Itself is a pretty liberal edu- /' bation for most women. A Japanese statesman remarks that his country needs a new religion. We have a few hundred varietles of r»llgious cults and isms which we can well afford to give away. They say some Boston women are so slow in adopting fashions that they are wearing hoop skirts at this late day. Imagine a street car conductor saying: •'Move forward, please!” - It was 100 in the shade the other day In Medicine Hat, where they run the blizzard factory, and 96 in Battleford, where the Canadian northwest fights for cold records every winter. How’s that for an antl-monotony climate? An Ohio man wishes to get cured of Ithe gambling propensity by a surgi- “ cal operation on his brain. Most gambling places will be pleased to effect a reasonably sure cure by the usual operation on the pocketbook. Ififl ■ I. ■ ■■ Pt A mother sparrow in a nearby city defended her nest so vigorously from g. painter that she caused him to fall off the scaffolding and break his arm. A brave little mother like that, fightUng tar her babies under such odds, ought to win human respect even if pbe is only a common bird.