Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1901 — Page 5

NOTICE OF DITCH ASSESSMENTS. MOSIER DITCH. I" In the Pulaski Circuit Court, November Term, 1900. In the matter of the petition for dralniweby F. O. MMler, Jacob Frohm. Lydia J. Hub- - bard. J. W. Rou«h, LouUa J.Roush, N. B. Green, Edward B. Stamp, A. L. Clark, P. M. Sowell, George H. Congram and Stephen Thrasher. Notice la hereby given that on the Sth day of December, 1900, the Pulaeki Circuit Court approved the report of the Drainage Commissioners In the matter c# the establishment of the ditch ia Pulaakl and White Counties, Indiana, petitioned for by the above named parties, and adjudged the assessments of benefits on the lands therein described to be as follows, to-wit:— , a XAHSg OF OWNBHS. S 3 « I , . - i 8 !i! i is g ; ' • ih m -n J Culp, Hannah sw 14 sw 54 12 29 5 40 (040 do se *4 sw H 12 29 9 40 13 44 do ne Hnw H 13 29 5 40 16 80 Lehman. Louis F. sw M se H 12 29 5 40 13 44 do ne 14 ne H 13 29 5 40 13 44 do se Hne ii 13 29 6 40 16 80 do f sw Hne H 13 29 5 40 16 80 do .jji nw H ne H 13295 40 16 80 Swarts, John M. and Albertand Lewis Waruer.. nw *4 nw >4 13 29 5 40 13 44 do se HnwH 13 29 5 40 18 80 do sw Hnw H 13 29 5 40 13 44 do ne H se >4 14 29 5 40 13 44 do .. nwHseH 14 29 5 40 13 44 Maier, Helena nwH iwj 13 29 5 40 16 80 do ne it sw H 13 29 5 40 25 20 do <■.... se K sw V 4 13 29 5 40 33 60 do aw H*w 14 18 29 5 40 30 24 Cuddeback, Gamaliel D. I.— - •* rieHseH 13 29 5 40 42 00 do - nwHseH 13 295 40 3360 do - sw H so H 13 29 5 40 33 60 do :.. se H se H 13 29 5 40 33 80 Merloa. Alexander ...... aw H-aaH 14 ® 5 .40 13 44 Haler. Helena seHseH H 5 40 13 44 Heriea, Alexander ne Hne H 23 29 5 40 13 44 do * se H ne >4 23 29 5 40 13 44 do nwHnwH 24 29 5 40 30 24 do ne Hnw Vi 24 29 5 40 33 60 do ~i~ - nw Hne H 24 29 5 40 33 60 do ne Hne H 24 29 5 40 42 00 do se H ne H 24 29 5 40 42 00 do sw H ne H 24 29 5 40 33 60 do ...< v nw Hse H 24 29 5 40 33 60 do - ne Hse H 24 29 5 40 42 00 do aw Hae % 24 29 5 40 33 60 do : - nw Hsw H 24 29 5 40 33 60 do se Hsw H 24 29 5 40 33 60 do .« ne Hsw H ** g » 40 33 60 Peterson. Andrew 8. nw Hne H 23 29 5 40 13 44 do sw H ne H 23 29 5 40 13 44 Hannah. Elisa se Hnw!« 24 29 5 40 33 60 do aw How H Mg® 40 33 60 Byestone. Robert M. se Hse H 24 29 5 40 42 00 do - ne H nw H 25 29 5 40 25 20 do se Hnw H *A"g 5 40 25 20 do - - nw Hne H »g 1 40 33 60 do - ne Hne H 25 £ 5 40 42 00 do - - se Hne H »£ ® 40 42 00 do - sw Hne H 2® g ® 40 33 60 do - nwHseH 25 29 5 49 33 60 do - ne Hse H 25 29 5 40 42 00 «jp - - se H se H 25 29 5 40 33 60 do - sw H»* H 25 28 5 40 25 20 do nw H*w 'i 25 29 5 40 10 08 do . ne Hsw H 25 29 5 40 10 08 do se HSW H 25 £ 5 40 10 08 Byestone. Robert M sw H sw H 25 29 5 40 10 08 Culp, William B- tie Hne 35 29 5 40 10 08 do sw V, nw H 36 29 5 40 10 08 Anderson. Nelson se H se H 26 29 5 40 10 08 Gitchel, Phebe. se H se H 35 29 5 40 10 08 Horner. Cornelius M. nw Hnw H 36 29 5 40 10 08 do ne Hnw V? 36 g r 40 18 40 Peregrin, Clara nw H ne V* 36 29 5 40 20 16 Bldridge, Sarah A. ne V? U e 8 36 29 5 40 840 do Thomas i se 'Jne H 36 29 5 40 840 % . Weeks. Annie B ae Hnw H 36295 40 10 08 do sw H ne H 36 29 5 40 18 40 do nw H se H 36 29 5 40 18 40 do - - ne H se H 36 29 5 40 8 40 do - - - se Hse H 36 29 5 40 840 do J. sw Hse H 36 29 5 40 840 McCord. William B nwHswH 36 29 5 40 10 08 do - ne H sw H 36 29 5 40 10 08 do - se H »w *4 36 29 5 40 10 08 do sw V 4 sw H I 36 29 5 40 10 08 Eight and one-third (8H) per cent, of the assessments on each tract of laud will be due aud payable to the undersigned Commissioner at his office on the first floor of the Vurpillat Block, in the town of Winanme Pulaski County. Indiana, on Saturday, the 30th dav of March, tpoi, and a like amount on the last Saturday of each mouth thereafter until the whole assessment, or as much thereof as may be necessary to complete the work, is paid. You are further notified that if said assessments are not paid at the time above stated in accordance with said assessment aud agreeable to this notice, I will proceed to collect the same according to law. _ .. , . ._ . JOHN L. BURTON. Dated this 26th day of February, 1901. Construction Commissioner.

APPLICATION FOB LICENSE. Notice is hereby Riven to the citizens of the 1 First Ward of the Ctty of Rensselaer and Marion Township, in Ja«perCounty. Indiana, that the undersißtied. Henry Hildebrand, a male inhabitant of the State of Indiana, and over the age of twenty-one yearsand has been and is of good moral character, not in the habit of becoming intoxicated, and a tit per-) son in every respect to be intrusted with the sale of intoxicating liquors and has been a continuous resident of - aid township for over ninety days last pa>t and that this applicant is the actual owner and proprietor of said busi* , ness and will be such if licenw be granted. 1 will apply to the Hoard of Commissioners of ■aid Jasper county, Indiana, at their April term, 1901, said term commencing on Mon- i day, April i. 1901. for a license to sell and barter spirituous, vinous, malt and all other intoxicating liquors in s less quantity than a quart at a time, with the privilege of allowing and permitting the same to be drank on tbe following described premises, to-wit: The precise location of the premises on which the undersigned desires to sell and barter with the privilege of allowing ttie same to be drank thereon, is in the frunt and only ro: m of a one-story brick building situate on land described by metes and bounds as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the southwesterly comer of block four (4), at the intersection of Washing on and Front streets, in the original plat of the City of Rensselaer. Jasper county, Indiana, and running thence in a southerly direction along the easterly line of Front street ip said Town a distance of one hundred and seventy-two (178) feet and three (3) inches, and from thence westerly on a line parallel with Washington street in sa'd City fifty (BO) feet to a point on the westerly line Front street, in said City, to the southeasterly corner x>f the premises whereon said liquors are to be sold. Thence westerly on a line parallel with Washington street. In said City, twenty-ntne (20) feet, tbence northerly on a line parallel with Front street. In said Ctty, nineteen (10) feet and eight (8) Inches, thence easterly on line and parallel with Waahington street, in said City twenty-nine (30) feet, thence southerly on the westerly line of Pront street in said City, nineteen 09) feet and eight (8) inches to the place of beginning. And tbe said room In aaid building In which hedeslrea to aell is specifically by Inside measurement described as foBo*;;; Tne muo iv?"! If met ion*, twenty feet wide and twelve feet high, with three doors, one on the easterly end. one In the southerly side and one in the northerly sida of said room, and taro windows In the westerly end of said room and that said room has a glass front. That the said described room is separi ate from any other business of any kind and no devices for amusement or music of any kind or charmer hi in said room and that there to no partition or partitions to said room: that the said rooracsn be securely closed add locked aod admission tbersto prevented; that said room is ;!!?•♦«! on ground floor and fronts on Front street in said City of Rensselaer and is so arranged with glass wtndowa and glass door* that the whole of said room may be viewed from the said street The said applicant will also at the time and R’fS? ■PPlving for aald license make a 'rther request for the grant of a privilege to establish, maintain and run a lunch counter and auqply those desiring with a full meal of all kind* of edibles and drinks In the above described room and In connection with the said sale of liquors, and will ask for the privilege of selling tobacco and cigars In connection therewith. Said license will be ssVed for the period of one year. Henry Hildebrand. 0 PER CENT. MONEY. Money to barn. We know yon bate to smell tbe smoke. Stock up your farms while there is money in live stock and save taxea on 1700.00 every year. Takes 36 hours at the longest to make the most difficult loatia. Don’t have to know the language of your great grandmother. Abstracts always on hand.. No red tape. Chilootb & Parkison. Subscribe for Thb Democrat Craft's Distemper sod Cough Cure Sold by A. F. Long.

NOTICE OF DITCH LETTING. Notice is hereby given that on tbe 30th day of March, 1901, at my office on the first floor of the Vurpillat Block hi the Town of Winamac. Pulaski county. Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. rn. and 4 o’clock p. m. of said day, the undersigned. Construction Commissioner appointed by order of Pulaski Circuit Court at its November Term. 1900, upon the approval of the report of the Drainage Commissioners in the matter of the petition for ; drainage by F. O. Hosier and others, will pro- ! ceed to sell a-d let for construction the several sections of said work, each of which is one hundred (100) feet in length and designated by stakes numbering from “0” progressively down stream, as will more fu’ly appear from the specifications showing depth of cut. width, and numb r of cubic yards of excavation in each section of said work. In the construction of said work, each suc- | cessful bidder will be required to carefully reI move all bridges crossing said drain, to carei folly protect and leave clear of obstruction all lateral or branch ditches emptying into i and all public highways leading up to and i crossing said drain; to remove and replace all | dirt and rock at least eight feet from the banks of said ditch, and in all other respects perform and complete said work as designated in the report of the Drainage Commissioners and approved by the Pulaski Circuit Court at aaid term. Contract to be let to tbe lowest bidders and | every successful bidder will be required to furnish a good and sufficient bond as required by law aod In such sums and amounts as may be fixed by the undersigned Construction Commissioner. Said Commissioner hereby reserves the right to reject any and all bids. , witness my hand this 86th dav of February, 1901. John l. Burton, Construction Commissioner. *pKRM TIME NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS The State of Indians. I In the Jasper Circuit Jasper County. ( Cgurt, February Term Ellas Blg(* ) R. Cobb etalJ C ° mpUlnt No <WB- - °* Cdwit* in Mid cause, tbe followI tog defendants were found to be non-mi-cEm!JLi 1 *? Indiana, to-wtt: R. Cobb and Mrs. Cobb, his wife, and Mrs. Cobb. A ni° W <>T»«W R. Cobb: W. S. Alllson Hm! ** Mrs. Allison, widow of said W. S. Allison: Sarah J. Granger. Mr. far>n Jltr h i r Mr. Granger, wido- , w«r 6. Ssr:*J J. Granger; Sarah J. Bennett. Mr. Bennett, her husband. Mr. Bennett, widower ' of said Sarah L Bennne; and all the heirs, i devisees and legatees and all the unknown I heirs, devisees and legatees of the unknown heire. devisees and legatees and all of the creditors, administrators, executors of each and every one of the above named defendants. Notice ts therefore Tiereby give* Mid defendants, that unless they be and appear On the 19th day of April, th/ame being the lJth day of the April Term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the Second Monday of April. A* D. 1901. at the Court House In the City of Rensselaer, In said County wd State! and answer or demur to said complaint, tbe same will be heard and determined in their tOMSMU In witness whereof. I hereunto set I seal) my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Rensselaer.lndlsna, this 7th day of March, A. D. 1901. John F. Major. Clerk. Remarkable Cures of Rheumatism. From the Vindicator. Rutherford ton. N. C, The editor of the Viudicator has had occasion to teat the efficacy of Chamber - lain’a Pain Balm twice with the moat remarkable results in each case. First with rheumatism in the shoulder from which be suffered excruciating pain for ten days, which was relieved with two applications of Pain Balm, rubbing the parts afflicted and realizing instant benefit and entire relief in a very short tim**. Second, in rheumatism in thigh joint, almost prostrating him with severe pain, which was relieved by two applications, rubbiug with the liniment on retiring at night, and getting up free I from pain. Sold by J. A. Larsh

Commissioners’ Court.

The regular meeting of the bqard of county commissioners convened Monday. Following is a report of the business transacted as appears on record: Bridge petitions all continued. John N. Price petition for highway; C. J. Deafv,, Warren Robinson aqd Benj. Harris appointed viewers, to meet Mch. 20 and view said proposed highway. j, g. Attef, expense ejection," $16.78; dismissed for want of jurisdiction. ,: V ./ S. O. Derbv et al petition for ditch; board appointed J. C. Thrawjjß engineer to allott said ditch as directed by circuit court. August Rosenbaum was granted a license to sell intoxicating liquor license in Rensselaer, said license J.o date from June 20, 1901. Josephine Kupke, petition for highway; continued, as was like petition of Geo. Poicel. Trustee of Marion tp., granted leave to transfer 1248 94 from “gravel road construction fund” to "“additional road fund.”" T. F. Clark, requisition for supplies at poor farm; examined and approved and auditor directed to give notice of letting on first Tuesday April term, Following funds were reported collected and turned over to the county treasurer: Clerk, $459.30; Clerk (fees old clerk) $47.80; Auditor, $95.45; Sheriff, $101; Recorder, $791.05. Chas. M. Blue, trustee Marion tp , granted leave to extend poor relief not exceeding sls to each person during next three months, to Sarah Platt, Belle Watson, Mattie E. Morlan. Richard Stone, Cora Morlan, Frank Ramey, and John W. King. Annual settlement of county finances examined and approved, and ordered published in the Apologist and Barnacle. This settlement should have been made at the January term. Bill of Jennie Clark for S2O for sewing for'poor asylum inmates, continued for want of specific appropriation. Tbe following claims ware acted upon aud allowed for the full amount unless otherwise noted: Leslie Chirk, county assessor $ 700 G K Marshall, public printing for county treasurer $47, allowed at.. 38 00 Same, publishing corn’s, allowances. .. 550 Burt-Tarry Sta. Co. supplies $128.50... con’t I’arkeCo Coal Co, fuel ct house 72 48 A G Hardy, serving road notices ...... 385 City Rensselaer, tights for county 31 19 R A Parkison. salary as treasurer 300 00 J F Major, salary as clerk. ... 159 36 Whited Marion, repairs jail.. 2 10 Same, repairs at poor farm .. J 25 . M I Adams. Marion tp„ gray rd rep.... 990 Chas Morlan. juuitor services 15 10 • G E Marshall, delinquent tax list 50 10 ! Same, printing for Co. Supt. $4.71 Continued 1 Chas Morlan. laundry for ct house.... 60 | G E Marshall, publish, com allowances 270 ! R B Porter, postage 5 75 : Same, salary 275 00 1 Philip Blue, truant officer 22 00 M B Price surveyorservices 63 00 Same, postage 1 00 T F Clark, supt. poor farm salary 162 50 Jennie Clark, sewing, poor farm ...... 1 Oo S B Jenkins, tiring boiler house 30 on Chas Robinson, labor farm 20 00 Maude Robinson, same 12 00 T F Clark, cash paid labor at same ... 10 50 Parke Co Cod! Co. coal 154 11 G P N Saddler, fridge plans aud spec $l2O allowed at 100 00 AG Hardy,sheriff, salary slßß.4oail’d at 101 00 Bales Lumber Co, fuel 15 86 William Knaiqi. allotting ditches 75 Burt-Terry Sta. Co. supplies $239.60 continued Joseph Borntrager, Marion gravel rds 500 Levi Clouse, same 3 75 Geo Borntrager.same 13 75 AG Hardy, boarding prisoners 6 30 Henry Leurs, Marion gravel roads..., 375 Joseph Leurs, same 5 00 W C Babcock, auditor's salary 500 00 Thomas Cain, work on Marion g. r.... 500 Joseph Putts, same 3 75 Ray Thompson (assignee) fox scalp.... 250 J T Snyder, 3 old wolf scalps 30 00 J G Llgget. 1 old wolf scalp 10 00 Felix Parker. 1 old wolf Htlp 10 00 Wip Prewett, t old wolf scalp,K) oo A J Hallows, services Oill^ te g rnva | ' f , x> ■ J C Thrawls, ditehoi, 7 * Sane.se>-- *•*•......1.J 8 «* White A Marion, repairs poor farm... 350 Seme, same jail j 7,5 Tress. Rensselaer School Board supplies for poor children 36 63 Ambrose Willie repairs poor farm ... 185

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Ilf I had Grip I would I use Dr. Miles’ Pain Pills I and Dr. Miles’ Nervine, f Sold at all Druggists. Morris’ English Worm Powder lnrtgai. SO*, pwkn. Sold by A. F. Long.

MADE HER OWN FALSE TEETH.

How a Woman Made Herself Presentabli for Her Con's Wedding. I can’t tell whether this is going to strike you as humorously horrible or as Horribly humorous, foi I've had times of seeing it both ways myself; but at any rate, as an illustration of ingenuity in time of aeed, I don’t believe I have ever heard anything that quite comes up to this gtory of a woman who made herself a set of false teeth. The necessity arose because ■alter her own lower teeth had been extracted the dentist failed to keep his word promptly, and tbe making of the porcelain and gold set that was to replace them was delayed for a long time. In the meantime the woman’s son decided to get married. For my part, I think it would be an inhuman sort of a son who would insist upon having his wedding take place at a time when his mother had no teeth with to go to the festivities; but that is neither here nor there. The invitations were sent out and the preparations went on apace. At home, isolated from her kind, sat the woman of the empty lower jaw. If it had been possible she would have gnashed her teeth with rage at the dentist, but circumstances prevented, and so she sat-and thought until out of her thought came an inspiration. She would make her own teeth. Lower teeth don’t count for much as appearances go, anyway, ah* argued, and if a woman who could use a jackknife in her youth could not wield one in her old age it was a pity. How she did it you’re not to ask me, for all I know about it is that that woman did go to her son’s wedding and she wore a set of false teeth—gleaming white regular molars and bicuspids newly carved out of a round marrow bone taken from the breakfast beefsteak.—Milwaukee Sentinel.

ETIQUETTE OF SHOOTING.

Absurd Formalities That Are Imposed Upon the Sport in Germany. The etiquette of shooting in England is sometimes a little difficult to fathom, and in some respects is a little absurd, especially in the most artificial form, the shooting of reared pheasants. But English etiquette, says the London Globe, even in its • stringency, is as nothing to the form which prevails in Germany. A book on the etiquette of the sport, published last year by a German sportsman, is now, it is said, being adopted by all the owners of the larger shoots, in spite of the absurd formalities, as they seem to us, of its regulations, j For instance, the invitations to shoot j are sent out in printed forms which ; contain the place of rendezvous, the j hour, the kind of game that may be | shot, and, last, but not least, the laws laid down regarding the conduct of the sportsman. There are a dozen things that each shooter is forbidden to do, such as to load before all the guns are in their places, or to move without orders, and for each infringement of any of these regulations a fixed fine—generally five marks—is laid down. As if this were not sufficient, further penalties are appointed for each shot missed. The effect must be strange. One can imagine a really careful German never letting his gun go off unless the shot were of the easiest, and waiting patientlv for a hare to stop. Then ' that typ€ o( man irea( jj too common—who has seen his bird tower in the next field . out two! But perhaps the German j host has a keeper to take down each man's aggregate of hits, misses and infringements.

The Originof the Dude.

Th« word “duu£,” M applied to 4 fop or exquisite, came suddenly into use about 1882-3, and all that we learn from the dictionaries is that its actual origin is not recorded. The Century Dictionary says that it "perhaps originated in London, England,” while the New English Dictionary expresses the more general belief that it came into vogue in New York about I tha beginning of 1883. Considering the number of German immigrant# i into the United State# we ahould naturally suspect it to have been auggeated by aome German dialect, saya Walter W. Skeat, in the Athenaeum. The problem of ita origin does not seem to be difficult. It can hardly be other than an abbreviated form of dudendop, a blockhead, a common term of depreciation in many parta.

She Becomes a Drummer.

Every time a doctor cures a woman patient he is assured of one drummer who will work for him forever without charge.—Atchison Globe.

Keep Putting It Off.

Lots of people who are inclined to do good keep putting it off until tomorrow.—Chicago Daily News.

THE PHONOGRAPH.

Prominent Hole Played by It In the Recent Campaign. “The phonographic record played quite a prominent role in the recent campaign/' said a St. Louis electrician at one of the hotels the other evening, according to the New Orleans Times-Democrat. “It was used to some extent four years ago, but jt was then in the experimental stage as a political adjunct, and the reproductions were confined almost entirely to Bryan’s ‘cross of gold’ peroration. This time extensive preparations were made in advance, and each party had dozens of selections from which to choose. The most popular were brief extracts from addresses by j the'different candidates, but campaign songs, declarations of principles and jokes with the laugh on either side one wishes have been sold by the hundred. The demand was principally from the country and small to liven up the meetings of political clubs, and in a number of states congressional candidates have employed the machine for sending messages of good cheer to constituents in remote parts of their districts. I spent several hours in a record factory, and was greatly interested in watching them turn out a new set of selections. It was a curious spectacle. One of the first things undertaken was an eight-minute Bryan speech. The op-erating-room was long and narrow, with a huge brass horn at one end and a sounding board at the other. A little baldheaded man sat on a stool in front of the horn, holding a sheet of typewritten copy, and behind him at irregular intervals were seven or eight men armed with megaphones. In plain view was a large dial, divided into minutes, to mark the time. When everything was ready the little man began to declaim, speaking in a very deep, slow voice, with distinct pauses between the words, which completely robbed the selection of anything like dramatic quality. Now and then he raised his hand, and the chaps with megaphones bellowed solemnly into space. It was a most depressing seance, but when the cylinder was put into the reproducing machine I could hardly believe my ears. The speech was delivered very rapidly but with beautifully distinct enunciation, and the voice sounded fully an octave J higher than that of the little baldheaded fellow on the stool. It Was superbly clear and ringing and was j very like the tones of the great Nej braskan himself. Even the applause | had taken a new spirit and animation i and sounded like the thunderous in- ! terruptions of a vast assemblage. I was greatly puzzled, but the miracle was easily explained. All thal was done was to speed up the machine about a third faster than it had been J going when the record was taken. That not only raised the pitch, but se- ; cured a distinctness unobtainable by any other means. It seems that there are tricks in all trades but ours.”

THE GENTLE READER.

He (or She) Seems to Have Disappeared with the Stagecoach. What hag become of the Gentle Reader? asks Samuel M. Crothere in the Atlantic. Qlle does not like to that he has passed away with the stage coach and the weekly news letter; and that henceforth we are to be confronted only with the stony glare of the Intelligent Reading Public. Once upon a time—that is to say, a generation or two ago—he was very highly esteemed. To him books were dedicated with long, rambling prefaces and with episodes which were their own excuse for being. In the , -nr middle of ‘the story the writer **.. 'rt and with a word of apol•ouldn- . ddreMtd toYh. oar or expltMi... ■ Gentle Reader, or at tn» . with a nod or a wink. No matter the fate of the hero be in suspense or toe plot be inextricably involved. "Hang the plot!” says the author, "I must have a chat with the Oehtli Reader, and find out what he thinks about it.” And so confidences were interchanged and there was gossip about the universe, and suggestions in regard to the queerness of human nature, until, at last, the author would jump up with: “Enough of this, Gentle Reader; perhaps it’# time to go back to the story.”

No Railroad to Quito.

Quito, while a delightful capital, cannot be approached by rail or by wagon road. In two years it is expected that a New York syndicate Will have completed a railroad to that point. Horses and mules and thousands of men and women are engaged in bearing burdens to Quito and other towns. It takes 16 Indians about 30 days to convey a piano to Ecuador’s capital from the nearest point. *

BUILDING CROOKED HOUSES.

Uany Structure* ia Europe Intentionally Pat Up with Leaning Walla. One of the curious things to attract the attention of visitors to Holland is the leaning of a great majority of the houses. To see certain parts of Rotterdam and Amsterdam it would seem as though there were no houses there standing perfectly straight and that great numbers of them must collapse. In buildings side by side some will lean forward, some backward and others sidewise. Their old cracked walls suggest that it is the result of age, while of course it is principally due to the soft, wet ground on which they are constructed. , There are, however, many buildings in these cities, says Pearson’s Weekly, which were originally and unmistakably built out of the straight. For instance, not far from the Hotel Vieux-Doelen, where the delegates to the peace conference stayed, there is an extension being built to one of the churches, and although the walls are not yet completed they lean outward more than 12 inches. •* Another instance of this is found in some of the comer houses, whose walls lean out over each street. In many cases new houses are evidently put up to match the houses alongside. Strangely enough, though, there are comparatively few cases on record of COIIUpSQ. - : ; At Frankfort-on-the-Main, though of course such construction is not common in Germany, there is one street in which two houses on opposite sides of the street lean over so far that their roofs meet. In one of these houses Lord Rothschild waa bom. In Paris, on the other hand, it is noticeable that the builders intentionally construct the houses so that they lean backward slightly, to add to their stability. But almost in the center of Paris there is one big stone building which leans out fully 3£ feet over the sidewalk. So solid, however, are the Paris buildings that this one is claimed to be safe.

Ainu Race is Disappearing.

The curious Ainu race, which originally occupied the whole of the island of Yezo, is rapidly vanishing before the influx of Japanese emigration. According to recent investigations now only number some 16,000, and in a few more decades they will probably be totally absorbed. They are the hairiest race in the world, are filthily dirty in their habits, and to drunkenness. They worship bears and snakes, and in some cases live in caves.

A Stumble.

A stumble sometimes prevents ft falL—Chicago Daily Neva. Recoveries FroiH. Urip. President M Kinley is simply recovering from grip and its after effects. Speaker Henderson is again in his chairin the House of Representativesafter a severe attack of the grip. Mrs. E. I. Masters, at her home in Monitor, Ind., used I)r. Miles’ Nervine and Pills and was well in a few days. Mrs. A. E. Lopeer, in the little town at Modelia, Minn., used Dr. Miles Pain Pills and Nerve and Liver Pills and was well in a few days. Rev. C. Body wrs in a serious condition at his home in St. Paris, 0., but Dr. Miles* Nervine and Nerve and I.ivei Pills pulled him through all right. George J. Flannery was relieved of the awful pains in his head in fifteen minutes, by the use of Dr. Miles' Paiu Pills. Now he is rapidly recovering at his home in Buffalo, N. Y. J. C. Helfrey, foreman at the Westißghouse factory in East Pittsburg, had a seveie attack of grip, but he used Dr. Miles' Nervine and Pain Pills and was soon hack in his place.

New Undertaking Firm.

—"ill and D. M. WorA. B v*,, " partnership land hftVitig mfmoa .. in the Undertaking fitiiMtiesß. *pecuilll> elicit a share ot tlTd public patronflgd, All funerals intrusted to our care Will have every possible attention. ME Cowgill is a thoroughly competent undertaker, having graduated from the Chicago College of Embalming, and also lias a state license. He has had three years of actual experience in the business right here iu Rensselaer We trust that by the best of service and fair treatment to be able to win your confidence in a measure so that you will feel like saying a word in our behalf. You rs Respectfully, COWOILL & WORLAND. Funeral cards at The Democrat office.

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