Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1901 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Albany, as well as Frankfort, seems to be a place where it is not henlthy for the innocent bystander to stand by. The Czar nmy well look out now that A. J. Beveridge and Frank Vanderlipnre sloshing around in his dominions. It renlly seems that instead of converting his party mates, Representative Babcock of Wisconsin will have to recant or face a charge of heresy. The Rev. Gilbert Reed, missionary to China, has the courage of his convictious. In a published letter, he bewails the fact that he didn’t get more of the loot than he did. The country has not .yet made up its mind definitely just what part of the recent "prosperity” was due to gambling and what to business—nor how much accrued to the trusts. Washington is certainly a queer city. Recently a man was murdered there, and although a dozen people heard the shots aud the following groans, no one took the trouble to investigate until six hours later. Texas now supplies one-third of the oil product of the United States, Yet before the election, oil was unheard of in Texas. Thus we see how great a blessing the triumph of McKinley has been to the country. Kansas is complaining that the rivers that used to irrigate her lands are all going dry. Well, what is more natural. Mrs. Nation has made the state go dry and it is perfectly proper that the rivers should do the same. Senator Morgan declares that Alabama is not Democratic on account of the negroes, but Democratic by instinct, inheritance and principle. He thinks the removal of negro suffrage will not affect the voters in that state to any perceptible extent. Minister Conger declares that "Wealth awaits us in the Orient.” We don’t doubt it. The only bother is that it belongs to some qneelse. Of course, however, this small fact makes no difference to M iniwter Conger and his missionary friends. The America’s cup races have | lost all interest for the American people. They will not be a na- i tional affair but only a local New j York matter. Probably nine peo-! pie out of ten will now hope that Lipton will lift the cup*aud give some genuine American and not a collection of snob* a chance to win it back. Regarding the re-letting of the construction of the Mosier ditch in Pulaski county by Construction Commissioner Burton, advertisement of which nppears elsewhere in this paper, as lands in Jasper county are also affected, the Pulaski. County Democrat says: “It was sold once, on March 30th lust, most of it being bidden in by Michael Dunn, but he has failed to enter into a contract to do the work and the job has to be sold again. Mr. Burton will this time exact the deposit by each bidder of a bond or certified check ns a forfeit in case of failure to contract after bidding in the work.”