Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1899 — A Sense of lnsecurity. [ARTICLE]

A Sense of lnsecurity.

“I'm keepin’ a sharp lookout fur work,” said Meandering Mike. Plodding Pete gazed at him In mute dismay as he added: “I means it. You’ve gotter keep a lookouCfur work dese busy days. If you ain’t careful a situation’ll sneak up behind yer an’ grab yer an’ hove yer under obligations to de pay rt)U before yer knows what’s happenin’.”—Washington Star. Baltimore, October 12.—Should the present rate of increase in the net earnings of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad continue, almost the entire interest charges and the rentals for the fiscal year tiidiug June 30, 1900, will have been earned by December 31, 1899. This was foreshadowed to-day when the net earnings fbr September were made public. The estimated gross receipts were $2,804.293, fbe largest for one month in the history of the company, and an increase of $216,597 over September, 1888. The net earnings for September. 1899. were also a record breaker, being $1,030,493, an increase of $271,804 over September, 1898. The net earnings for the first three months of this fiscal year, July, August and September, aggregate $3,042,759, an increase of $1,174,668, over the sams months in 1808.