Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1898 — Page 5

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Directory. COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Wm. H. Coover Sheriff ..Nate J. Reed Auditor Henry B. Murray Treasurer Jesse C. Gwin Recorder Robert B. Porter r Surveyor John E. Alter r * Coroner ..Truitt P. Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District Abraham Halleck Sind District John Martindale 3rd District Frederick Waymire Commissioner's court—First Mondays in March, June, September and December. CITY OFFICERS. l Mayor Thomas J. McCoy * Marshal .Thomas McGowan Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasured C. C. Starr Attorney C. E. Mills Civil Engineer H. L. Gramble Fire Chief Edgar M. Parcels COUNCILMEN. Ist ward M. B. Alter, F. B. Meyers 2nd ward John Eger, C. G. Suitler 3rd ward...... .Wm. H. Beam, J. R. Eight JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney Albert E. Chizum Terms of Court.—First Monday iu January; Third Monday in March; First Monday in June; Third Monday in October. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Roltert S. Drake Hanging Grove A. W. Prevo Gillum John F. Pettit Walker Samuel R. Nichols Barkley James D. Babcock Marion Marcus W. Reed Jordan Jackson Freeland Newton C. C. Bierma Keener J. C. Kaupke . Kankakee Albert S. Keene Wheat Held John A. Lamborn Carpenter George W. Caster Milroy B. D. Comer Union TOWN OR CITY A. Beasley Remington M, F. Chileote Si... . .. Rensselaer Edward T. Biggs Wheatfiel-I Louis H. Hamilton, Co. Supt Reusse;t.€r

CHURCHES. First Baptist— Preaching every two weeks at 10:45 a. m. and 7 p, ni; Sunday school at 0:30: B. Y. P. U, 0 p. m. Sunday; prayer meeting 7p. m. Rev. V. Fritts, pastor. Free Baptist— One service every Sunday morning and evening, alternately. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. A. C. F. meets Sunday, 0:30 P. M. Rev. D. A. Tucker, pastor. Christian— Corner Van Rensselaer and Susan. Preaching, 10:45 and 8:00; Sunday school 0:30: J. Y. P. S. C. E.. 2:30; S. Y. P. S. G. E.V 6:80; Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30. H. N. Shepherd, pastor. Ladies'Aid Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment Presbyerian— Corner Cullen and Angelica. Preaching. 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday school 9:30; Y. P. S. C. E., 6:30; Prayer meeting, Thursday 7:30; Ladies’ Industrial Society meets every Wednesday afternoon. The Missionary Society, monthly. Rev. C. D. Jeffries. Pastor. Methodist E.—Preaching at 10:45 and 7; Sunday school 9:30; Epworth League Sunday 0; Tuesday 7; junior League 2:30 alternate Sunday: Prayer meeting, Thursday at 7. Rev. H. M. Middleton, Pastor. Ladies' Aid Society' every Wednesday'afternoon by appointment. Church of God— Corner Harrison and Elza. Preaching 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday school 9:30; Prayer meeting. Thursday, 7:30; Ladies' Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Rev. F. L. Austin, pastor. Catholic Church— St. Augustine’s. Comer Division and Susan. Services 7 ;30 and 10:30 a. m. Sunday school 11:80 p. m. Rev. Edward Jacobs, pastor. . » LODGES AND SOCIETIES. Masonic— Prairie Lodge, No. 126, A. F. and A. M., meets first and third Monday s of each month. H. L. Brown, W. M.; W. J. Imes, Sec’vEvening Star Chapter—No. 141,0. E.S., meets first and third Wednesdays of each month. Mrs. C. W. Hanley, W. M.; Hattie Dowler, Sec’y. Catholic Order Forresters— Willard Court, No. 418, meets every first and third Sunday of the month at 2 p. m. J. M. Healy Sec’y; E. P. Honan, Chief Ranger. Odd Fellows— lroquois Lodge, No. 144,1. O. O. F., meets every Thursday. Bruce White, N. G.; S. C. Irwin, Sec’y. Rensselaer Encampment—No. 201, I. O. O. F., meets second and fourth Fridays of each month. S. C. Irwin, C. P., John Vannatta. scribe. Rensselaer Rebekah Degree Lodge— No. 346. meets first and third Fridays of each month. Miss Maude Hemphill, N, G.; Mrs. Laura Shields, Sec’y. I. O. of Foresters— Court Jasper. No. 1708, Independent Order of Foresters, meets second and fourth Mondays. Geo. Goff, C. D. H. C. R; R. P. Johnson, R. Maccabees— Rensselaer Tent, No. 184. Kr O. T. M. Meets Wednesday evening:. C. K. Tyner, Commander; F. W. Clssei, Record Keeper. Pythian- Rensselaer Lodge No. 82, K lightt of Pythias, meets eiery Tuesday, C. W. Huulty, C . C. : N. W. Reeve, K. of R & S. Rensselaer Temple, Rathbone Sisters,— No. 47, meets 2d and 4th Wednesday, every month, Mrs. G. E. Murray, M. E. C. Mrs. O. A. Yeoman, M. of R. C. Grand Army.— Rensselaer Post No. 84 G. A. R. meets every Friday night D. H. Yeoman Poet Commander, J. M. Wasson, Adjutant. , Rensselaer Women’s Relief Corps—meets every Monday evening. Mrs. J. Q. Alter, President; Mrs. Hattie Reynolds, Sec'y. s Holly Council.—No. 7, Daughters of Liberty meets 2d and 4th Mondays. Gertrude Hopkinsi. Counsellor; Nellie Moss, Recording Secretary. A handsome envelope, either square or oblong, for 5 cents per package at The Democrat office.

Notice of Appointment. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and has duly qualified as administrator of the estate of Cynthia E. Goodrich, late of Jasper county, Indiana, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. ROBERT C. MAY. James W. Douthit, att’y for administrator. 31-83 Application for License. Notice is hereby given to the citizens of the first ward in the City of Rensselaer, the cit : - zens of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana, and the citizens of Marion township, Jasper county Indiana, that the undersigned, George A. Strickfaden, a male inhabitant of the State of I ndiana, and over the age of twenty-one years, and has been and is of good moral character, not in the habit of becoming intoxicated, and a fit person in every respect to be intrusted w>th the sale of intoxicating liquors, and has been a continuous resident of said ward for over ninety days last past, and that this applicant is the actual owner and proprietor of said business and will be|such if license be granted, will apply to the Board of Commissioners of said Jasper county, Indians, at their December term, 1898, said term commencing on Monday. December sth, 1898, for a license to sell ana barter spirituous, vinous, malt and all other intoxicating liquors, in a less quantity than a quart at a time, with the privilege of allowing and permitting the same to be drank on the following premises to-wit: The precise location of the premises on which the undersigned desires to sell and barter intoxicating liquors as aforesaid, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drank on the premises is as follows to-wit; The one story frame, iron-clad building, situated on lot number four (4), in block number three (3), of the original plat of the town of Rensselaer, Jasper county, Indiana; said building and the room therein in which the applicant desires to sell said liquors being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point on the westerly line of Van Rensselaer street, five (5) feet southerly from the northerly corner of lot number four (4) in block number three (3) o the original plat of the town of Rensselaer. Indiana, and running thence westerly parallel with Washington street for a distance of fifty (50) feet; thence southerly parallel with Van Rensselaer street for a distance of twenty-two (22) feet and tour (4) inches; thence easterly parallel with Washington street a distance of fifty (50) feet; thence northerly parallel with VanKensselaer street twenty-two (22) feet and four (4) inches to the place of beginning. Said room being fifty (50) feet long and twenty-two (22) feet and lour (4) inches wide by outside measurement, and said room being forty-nine 149) feet long and twenty-one 21) feet and four 14) inches wide by inside measurement. There is one single sasli door in the northerly side of said room adjoining Jan alley, and one sash dot rin the westerly end of said room. The front of said room is a glass front, adjoining the sidewalk and fronting on said Van Rensselaer street. That the said described room is separate from any other business of any kind and that no devices of amusement or music of any kind or character is in said room, and that there is no partition or partitions in sa d room; that the said room can be securely closed and locked and admission thereto prevented; that said room is situated on the ground floor and fronts on Van Rensselaer street in the City of Rensselaer, Indiana, and is so arranged with glass windows and glass doors so that the whole of said room may be viewed from said street. The said applicant will also at the time and place of applying for said license, make a further request for tne privelege of selling tobacco and cigars in connection therewith. Said license will be asked for a period of one year from the I4th day of December, 1898, at which time the license now held by said applicant will expire. GEORGE A. STRICKFADEN. 31-33

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GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM.

Some favor the af>ple, the peach, pear or plum— All luscious and quite appetizing—and some Prate long of the fruit of the family tree, But tbe wild-growing pawpaw Is what pleases me. It’s bilious and common—uncultured, ’tls true, Just a tramp of the road where the cockleburs grew;; But tbe gleam of its green-tinted skin Is a sight That sets my heart beating with old-time delight. For then, by the magic of fancy, I roam Across the dusk timber land near the old home. And over the rise with its treetops aglow With the scarlet and gold of a summer ago. I hear the sly cough of the squirrel that peers Like an elf from the crotch of the beeches, or jeers From a fancied seclusion along a high limb; But his plume of a tail makes a target of him. Again from a clump of dim bushes the whirr Of a covey of quail makes my sporting blood stir, And a high-holder flouts such a bright plumage that He seems bom for adorning some fine lady’s hat. And the chipmunks and pewees and sapsuckers, all Seem filled with tbe glad opulence of the fall, As they chatter and cheep in the path of my dream Like the sweet monotones ofa musical theme, Then down the long hill where the dead leaves and grass Whisper slyly the jokes of the wildwood, I pass Till I come to the slender, gray branches, the gold, And the long, languid leaves of the pawpaws of old. What joy for the palate, what a sight for the eyes Is the corpulent fruit in the grass where it lies All silvered with mist and as ripe as can be— Yes, the wild-growing pawpaw is what pleases me! —Chicago Record.

CORRESPONDENCE.

NORTH BARKLEY. —Aaron Leitz did business in Wheatfield Monday. —Mrs. A. L. Bowlus did shopping in Rensselaer Saturday. —John Brown of Shelby, visited Otis Beedy one day last week. —Dan Resh and James Nohn did business in Medaryville Monday. —Alf Donneley of Rensselaer, visitled T. M. Callahan a few days last week. —Charlie Walker and Harry Gifford did business in Rensselaer Saturday. —The R. R. is progressing nicely, they will get to Deadwood this week. —John Fanson and T. M. Callahan went duck hunting near Kniman last week. They succeeded in getting one “duck.” —John Fanson won the prize, a pair of socks, at Oak Grove school housfe Saturday night, as the ugliest man in the township. —There is a rush on onions this week, most all go to I. F. Whiteside & Bro., of Louisville, Ky. Eight cars are being loaded at Gifford station.

BLACKFORD.

—Weather very frosty. —Roads rough and muddy. —Most of the schools closed f . Thanksgiving. —Charles Jenkins and wif y. i Sunday with Allen Louk and fai ily. —Edd Sybel says that he is a batchelor now, as the boss and wife have gone off on a visit. - —The school in the old Sandridge school house is suspended on account of scarlet fever. —William Daniels, who had been to Indianapolis as a juryman, returned home last Saturday. —John Marlatt and wife went to Illinois last Sunday for a week’s visit among friends and relatives. —Sylvester Jenkins is helping Jesse Jenkins cut sawlogs, with the lumber of which the latter is going to build a new house in the spring. —The Gifford railroad hands were to move to the north end of the road last Wednesday. It has not been learned whether they did so or not. —That love letter sent in by the North Barkley correspondent takes the cake for eloquence, and ought to be an example for some of the bashful boys of Nubbin Ridge.

REMINGTON.

—Weather to-day (Wednesday) pleasant. \ —Will Zea from near Rensselaer, was in town Monday. —H. W. Milner from southwest of town, is visiting in Illinois. —A series of revival meetings at M. E. Church closed S ; id night.

—Robert Parker attended the meeting of bankers at Indianapolis last week. —Lewis Erb has again launched forth in the grocery business at his old stand. —Mrs. Wm. Geier, who has been very low with typhoid fever, is slowly convalescing. —E. C. Forbes and C. W. Hamer attended I. O. O. F. grand lodge at Indianapolis last weelji. —The Drama, “The Squire’s Daughter,” was presented by home talent at Durand Hall Thanksgiving evening. —O. P. Taber left on the noon train Monday for Jennings county to resume work on the road he has under construction. —Uncle Sam Babb went to Indianapolis last Tuesday to visit with his daughter Alma, who is conducting a drug store at that place. —Dr. Besser, shipped his office effects to Logansport Wednesday, where he goes to join Dr. Lanphere in the management of a dispensary for the cure of cancers. —Mr. Spangle of Wolcott, who recently purchased the restaurant business of G. W. Gauthier, took possession of same last week. Mr. Gauthier is as yet undecided as to his future plans. —We understand that Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hollett start in a few days to spend the winter in California again, where Mr. Hollett has landed interests, being engaged in orange and lemon culture.

—I. D. Luckey, our popular town marshal, is enjoying a 10 day leave of absence visiting in Chicago. C. R. Griffith is marshal pro tern in Mr. Luckey’s absence, and, by the way, makes a very good marshal. —Uncle Joseph Burling went to his barn in the southeast part of town Tuesday afternoon about 4 o’clock to do his evening chores. His wife some time after wanted something from down town and on going to find him to go on her errand went into the barn and found him lying unconscious. He was ! removed to the house where he died about 6 o’clock without having re- i gained consciousness. —Harry Noland who was re- j leased from the jail in Rensselaer ■ a few weeks ago for failure of prosecuting witness to appear | against him in a case of assault and battery, returned here last Wednesday and got into an altercation with Geo. D. Meyer and attempted to use a knife, was arrested and in default of a S2OO peace bond wag removed to Rens-' selaer jail again where it is probable he will be adjudged insane and j sent to an asylum.

TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS.

Following is a list of the township officers elected in the Various townships of the county: justices. Kankakee: C. C. Jones, dein; E W. Allen dem. Carpenter: Geo. B. Chappell, rep; Chas. Bonner, Sr. rep.; C. F Fisher, rep.; J. D Carson, dem. Walker: Joel F. Spriggs, dem.; Fred S. Meiser. dem.; Lars Gulbransen, rep. Milroy: William Barlow, dem.; Edwin Blakemore dem; William Smith, dem. Marion: James A. Burnham, rep; William H. Churchill, rep.; Joseph V. Parkison, rep.; Emerald Aldrich, rep., Geo. W. Burk, rep. Barkley; James W. Lewis, rep.; Thomas Driver, rep.; James Tanner, rep. Union: James Wiseman, dem.; Samuel Thornton, dem.; Abraham Warne, dem. Newton: John Geoetz, dem.: Joseph Thomas dem.; Frank Yeoman, dem. Jordan: Warren W.Sage, dem.; John L. Bicknell, dem.; Albert L. Duvall, Dem. CONSTABLES Carpenter: William Chappell, rep.; Richard Pruitt, rep.; Chas. Bonner, jr., rep.; Charles Shaull, rep. Marion: Joel W. Childers, rep.; John R. Warren, rep,; Jesse Nichols, rep.; Christie H. Vick, rep.; William Ferguson, rep. Kankakee: Marion Albin, dem.; John Allen, dem. Milroy: Branson Clark, dem.; William Yeager, dem.; John Southard, dem. Barkley: George Daniels, rep.; Green B. Lewis, rep.; Clint Bown. rep. Walker: John MiGiiin, jr. dem.; James M. Spriggs, dem.; David Wesner, rep. Union: Francis Gessa, dem.; Alfred See, dem.; Charles Martin, dem, Jordan: John Seed jr. dem.; William Dunn, dem.; Jacob Dewey, dem. Newton: Augustus Yeoman, dem.; Frank Krasney, dem.; Christian Weurthner, dem.

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The particular advantage these Menicus leiises possess are that they give much more correct secondary axes and when adjusted to the eye yield more perfect vision through the periphery of the lens, rendering the field of vision much larger and more distant. The above is a scientific fact. If yog want a pair of these lenses of the best material in the world, correctly adjusted to your vision, tify, or call on Dr. Chas. Vick, ■> Optician, Rensselaer, Ind.

GREENBACKS or Government Money.

At close of our Civil War in 1865, there appeared in the London Times the following: “If that mischievous financial policy which had its origin in the North Atnericaii Republic during the late Civil War in that country, should become indurated down to a fixture, then that government will furnish its money without cost. It will have all the money that is necessary to carry on its trade and commerce. It will become prosperous beyond precedent in the history of civilized nations of the world. The brain and wealth of all countries will go to North America. THAT GOVERNMENT MUST BE DESTROYED OR IT WILL DESTROY EVERY MONARCHY ON THIS GLOBE.” The famous Hazzard circular, to capitalists in New York, and the Buell Bank circular to United States Bankers, both emanating from London, and the fabulous corruption fund raised in England and Germany, estimated at $1,500,000, were the agents that secured the closing of our mints against silver. The “walk into my parlor” policy of England, during and sinfce the Spanish War, is the latest evidence of English Diplomacy in shaping the destiny of the United States Government. Notwithstanding the famine price of wheat, the Spanish War, and fabulous expenditures of money by our government during the past year, gold has increased in value eleven per cent and all other values decreased in the same proportion. For a thorough understanding of the money question, or silver issue, the Cincinnati Enquirer has uniformly given evidence of its ability to teach, explain and produce all facts and truth. It is a paper that ought and can be read by all classes with pleasure and profit.

THE CONDUCTOR’S MISTAKE.

The Seedy-Looking Individual Was Not What He Was Taken For. A Pullman car conductor who had a run out of Broad Street station, Philadelphia, recently made a mistake in “sizing up” a passenger which quite upset his confidence in his own judgment, says the Record, of that city. The passenger in question was a seedy-looking individual, who sauntered into the Pullman from the adjoining day coach, and looked around with the air of a man who had never before seen the interior of a parlor car. “Just watch me take a fall out of the hayseed,” the conductor said to a party of traveling men who were sitting in the smoking compartment. “Pardon me, sir,” he said, with mock courtesy, to the hayseed, “you will have to pay parlor car fare to ride in this Pullman.” The passenger appeared very much surprised at this information, telling the conductor he was only going to ride to the next station. “That makes no difference,” he was informed, “you will have to pay fare.” The passenger fumbled through his pockets absentmindedly until he pulled an old wallet out of an inside pocket. Then he drew from its recesses a Pullman car pass, displaying at the same time a fist full of railroad passes and a roll of bank bills of large denomination. | Before the conductor could revive j from his trance, the “hayseed” had i ordered the porter to carry in his grips ; from the day coach and “arrange a j drawing-room” for him. The fresh | conductor avoided the chafing of the i traveling men as best he ccnld for the rest of the trip into Philadelphia.

Lightning Discharges.

A centrifugalgun, discharging 30,000 bullets a minute, has been invented by an English engineer. The bullets are poured into a case from a bopper and guided into a disk, three feet in diameter, revolving in the case at the rate of 15,000 revolutions a minute. They are discharged from the edge of the disk.

Sleeping Machines.

Experiments have been made recently with some curious devices in the shape of “sleep machines.” Sleep will sometimes result from fatigue of the eyes; looking at the trees or other objects as we rush along in the train will frequently “send us off.” An ingenious gentleman has produced a machine for this purpose. It is a box surmounted by two fan-like panels, one above the other, revolving horizontally in opposite directions. These panels are studded with mirrors that throw upon the retina a ■wibrating flood of twinkling light. A similar effept it rt o<l aced by staring at a bright ball placed high above the head, so that some slight strain is caused by staring at it. Another apparatus for causing drowsiness is formed of clamps for squeezing arteries leading to the brain. The clamps remain in position for less than half a minute, and by that time the sufferer from insomnia has been placed in a state of somnolence by the decreased flow of blood to the brain. < . ' Still another method is to arrange an electric battery in the bed so that a mild electric current acts upon the spine. —Philadelphia Press.

“KING" DIAZ.

Be Ruled Mexico with ft Hand of M to tho Welfare Of the Country. In June, 188 G, Porfirio Diaz plished a constitutional amendment prohibiting armed resistance to duM authorized representatives cf national or state governments under penalty of death. He would not even allow the luxury of seditious assemblies and the moment the aggrieved swashbucklers convened their indignation meetings, he was down on them likn “Hickory” Jackson upon the nullifiers, and by way of modifying th» popularity of the national pastime haj threatened to have a few pronouncer* tried by drumhead court-martial and shot without privilege of appeal.. * Gens. Figurero and Garcia de In Cadona, Maj. Rios and Lieut. Lizalde were actually executed in thaE manner, and their horrified friends predicted that the tyrant would be assassinated before the end of that vear, but Diaz continued to frequent bullfights and musical parades with his wonted neglect of bullet-proof underwear. Still the approach of the next presidential campaign gave his partisans some uneasiness. The champions of time-honored anarchy, it was apprehended, would avenge the backset of their cause with ballots instead of bullets, and-to the surprise of all parties, the dragon-murdering dictator was reelected in 1888 with a fourfifths plurality, and with the support of many trimmers who thus far nad doubted the permanence of his rule. Free schools now began to spring up in every settlement, and the guarantee of peace attracted foreign capital from all pails of the commercial universe. Four thousand miles of railway were built by American syndicates alone, and Diaz could venture to guarantee their traffic manager* against the interference of rebellious, state governors—a measure that would have ruined poor Benito Juarea in a year. Religious tolerance, ia more than Frederick the Great’s sens» of the word, became the order of the day, and in backwoods where the chimney flues of misbelievers used to be watched after sunset to witness the transit of broom-riding hags, missionaries could now address their hearere on the open street and rely on friendly visits of school-teachers and newspaper correspondents.—Felix L. Oswald, in Chautanqnan.

NAMES OF THE FABRICS.

Mostly Derived from Ancient Cities la or Asia., Everything connected with one’s business is of importance. Very few dry goods men know the origin of tho names of many of thej goods thejj handle. They may seem trivial points, but they are of interest to the man who seeks to be thoroughly familiar with the merchandise in which ha deals'.' For the information of such, we give the derivation of the names of the following goods: Damask is from the city of Damascus; satins from Zaytoun, in China; calico from Calicut, a town in India, formerly celebrated for its cotton cloth, and where calico was also printed. Muslin is named from Mosul, in Asia; alpaca from an animal in Peru, of the llama species, from whose wool the fabric is woven. Buckram takes its name from Bochara. Fustian comes from Fostat, a city of the middle ages, from which the modem Cairo is descended. Taffeta from a street in Bagdad; cambric, from £ a niy brai. Gauze has its name from Gaza; baize froiq dimity fro© Damietla, and jeans from Jean. Drugget is derived from a city in Ireland— Drogheda. Duck comes from Torque, in Normandy. tBlanket is called after Thomas Blanket, a famous clothier, connected with the introduction of woolens into England about 1340. Serge derives its name from Xerga, a Spanish name for a peculiar woolen blanket. Diaper is not from D’Ypres, as is Bometimes stated, but from the Greek diaspron, figured. Velvet is from the Italian vallute, woolly (Latin vellus, a hide or pelt). Shawl is the Sanscrit sala, floor—for shawls were first used as carpets and tapestry. Bandanna Is from an Indian word meaning to bind or tie, because they are tied in knots before dyeing. Chintz comes from the Hindoo word chett. Delaine is tha French “of wool.”—Golden Days.

His Answers.

A traveler, meeting a settler near * house iu the backwoods, the following colloquy occurred: “Whose house?* “Boggs’.” “What’s it built of?* “Logs” “Any neighbors?” “Frogs* “What’s the soil?” “Bogs.” “Th* climate?” “Fogs.” “What do you eat?” “Hogs.” “How do you catch them?” “Dogs.”—N. Y. Observer.

Timely Remarks.

“Does this car go as far as OneMinute street?” asked a passenger on a Market street trolley. “Never of it,” replied the conductor. “Well* then, Sixty-second street,” smiled that passenger. And the conductor coughed and said: “That’a hon* terminus.” Philadelphia Nortkl American.