Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1899 — In General. [ARTICLE]

In General.

Salt in whitewash makes it stick. There are 5,C00 bicycle-makers in Chicago. You can not Jell by a man’s looks how much he owes. Fish lie 6 are Innocent, but they get people iu the habit of thinking that everything is "fish.” Butter, if eaten moderately, will not prove hurtful. The system needs oils and pure butter furnishes these. The five largest Belgian cities are Brussels. withssl,oll inhabitants; Antwerp. wltb 271.284; Luttich, 107,305; Ghent, 161,125; Brughes, 50,990. Mrs. Joubert, wife of the commander of the Transvaal forces, accompanies her husband In the Held, and herself has gained a considerable knowledge of military matters. Postage stamps may be reproduced once more Iu England In stamp albums and catalogues by a recent ordeT of the British Board of Internal Revenue. They must be printed In black and not be like enough to Uie originals to cause deception. Time wasted on little duties Is not often considered. A mill-owner not long ago issued the order that the girls in his employ should not wear laced shoes. The reason he gave was that each one’s boot became untied at least five times a day, and took at least five seconds to retie. When these twentyfive seconds were multiplied by 300tbe number of girls in his employ—the loss of time was, be said, too serloua to submit to. - Another mill-owner, talking over this case, said that be bad forbidden visitors, because each of bts “hands” tamed her bead to look at them. Computing twenty visitors a day and two seconds for the bead-tnrn-ings of each of bis 600 employes, mate 4 over six hours dally wasted In tbit gesture.