Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1913 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Daily Republican , v Bvcry D»y Except Sunday. . ~ HEALEY A CLARK, Publisher*. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. Even if mankind has not improved tn 7,000 years the plumbing has. St. Louis man made u sausage fifty feet long. Must have been a dachshund. I A Russi®s->“ revolutionist escaped from prison Yin a milk can. Was canned, as it were. An eastern physician says: “No coumated." tied man, it’s a cinch. A Brooklyn man is charged with stealing an airship. Evidently he has aspirations to rise quickly. German restaurants are listing dog meat on the menu. Here, we buy it Under the head of Wienerwursts. Last season 133 tourists were accidently killed in the Alps. Mountain climbing is almost as fatal as aviation. Scientists have discovered that rattlesnake poison is a cureall. It’s a .cinch you'll suffer no more after using it

A Chicago waiter has just died, leaving a fortune. Evidently Chicago is making progress in its imitation of New York.

A recent New York auction disposed of pianos for 47% cents each. We know lots of pianos that would be a big price for.

In China breaking a cup means an oath of brotherhood. In America it usually means a separation between cook and family.

An Italian archaeologist says that the ancient Romans built flats. Must have bad janitors. No wonder the plebs were hated bo.

Five divorce cases in thirty-two minutes is the record established by a German judge. Why need New Yorkers go to Reno any more?

Atlanta City cemetery authorities refuse to let a woman bury a pet cat within its confines. Another case Where the cat came back.

A college professor, announces an exchange, was robbed of $5,000. Impossible! No college professor *ever had that amount at one time.

Boston papers are making a great todo over the discovery of an unkissed girl. However, we want to get a slant at her before expressing surprise.

Corsets have been abandoned by society belles in Washington, but whether it is a fad or due to a rise in the price of whalebone is not evidenced.

An English baronet has an ancient deed permitting him to kiss all the brides among his tenantry. He has fust found the deed, but is now eightytwo.

Food may be digested in the stomach of a cat thirteen hours after Its demise. Wonder if the eight remaining lives have anything to do with that.

What is the janitor of the apartment house going to do about It when the postman refuses to deliver eggs and butter at any place but the front floor?

•’Don’t expect tips from big men,” lays a hotel employe. “They are too busy to think of such things.” Which again proves the old adage that by looking out for pennies results in fortunes.

Theoretically, according to government figures, each person in the United States possesses $34.72. It is to be hoped the facts are no less consoling.

A British specialist says that Napoleon died from the effects of a cancer. Post-mortems held 100 years afterward are, however, unsatisfactory as a rule.

Brooklyn girl set fire to a house seven times in as many weeks because she was sad. If she’d felt real badly, probably she would have committed murder.

A Massachusetts centenarian says the way to reach the age he has attained Is to eat Johnnycake. But anybody who can eat Johnnycake is hardy enough to live that long, anyhow.

Beachcombers have recovered $2,000 worth of watches and diamonds from the beach at Rockaway. But what does anybody want to wear watches and diamonds for when they go in bathing?

A St. Louis bride interrupted /the marriage ceremony to promise not to nag her husband. A sort of hobby, evidently. For a good day’s work try. breaking in a new typewriting machine after having used one of a different kind daily for several yeart. Berlin reports that airmen have been forbidden to fly over the palace at Potsdam and other castles of the nobility. The time is fast approaching for aerlgl police.