Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1901 — Page 5

I havo tho agency for Gas Engines, Threshing Machines and Clover Hulleraand Parsons Self-Feeders, the best in the land. Don’i Foil me Place, ONE DOOR NORTH OF MARBLE SHOP, ON FRONT STREET.

Edward P. Honan, .ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abstracts, Real Estate. Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, low, flhsiracis, Loans and Real Esioie. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stairs in Leopold block, first stairs west of Van Rensselaer street. - Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The L. N. A. A C. Ry. and Rensselaer W. L. A P. Co. CSEoOffice over Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer, Indiana. PAAMK FOLTC. O. a. SFITUSR. HARRY R. KURRIS. Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Absracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the County. RENSSELAER. IND. Moses Leopold, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND INSURANCE, Office over Ellis A Murray’s Rensselaer, - - Indiana. . ■ a ....

Mordecai F. Chilcote, William H. Parkison Notary’ Public. Notary Public. Chilcote & Parkison, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law. Real Estate. Insurance. Abstracts and Loans. Attorneys for the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. W ill practice in all of the courts. Office over J. Makeever's Bank, on Washington street. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. J. F. Irwin 8. C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections. Farm Loans and Fire Insurance. Office in Odd Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. Ira W. Yeoman, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Remington. ... Indiana. Law. Real Estate, Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. j H. O. Harris, E. T. Harris. J. C. Hanis, * President. Vice-Pres. Cashier. Rensselaer Bank. . Deposits received on call, Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit issued on time, Exchange Bought and Sold on principal cities, Notes Discounted at current rates, Farm Loans made at 5 per cent. We Salicit a Share of Your Business. Addison Parkinson. John M. Wasson. President. Vice President. Emmet L. Hollingsworth, Cashier. Commercial State Bank, (North Side of Public Square.) RENSSELAER, IND. The Only State Bank in Jasper Co. DIBKCTOBS. Addison Parkison, G. E. Murray. Jas.T. Randle, John M. Wasson and Emmet L. Hollingsworth. This bank is prepared to transacts general banking business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Money loaned and good notes bought at current rates of interest. A share of your patronage is solicited. Farm Loans at 5 par Cent.

Drs. I. B. & I. M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. I. B. Washburn will five special attention to Diseases of the Eye, Ear. Nose. Throat and Chronic Diseases. He also tests eyes for glasses. Ornes TssasMows No. Rsaisises Phoms No. »Z. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over lines' Millinery store. Rensselaer. Omen Phoms. 177. Rb»io«mo« Phon«i US. Late of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. INSTRUCTOR IN MUSIC. STUDIO: HARRIS BUILDING, Rensselaer, Indiana. unmcM : T. J. McCoy, B. F. Fendig, F. A. Rom Craft** Distemper and Cough Cure Sold by A. F. Lona.

ROBERTS’ CARRIAGE EMPORIUM. On Front Street, one door north of marble shop, you will find Chas. A. RobertsJh his new implement shop; a little late, but better late than never." I have on exhibition McCormick Binders and Mowers, and also their world-beater Corn Harvester; Studebaker Farm Wagons, Buggies and Carriages. I have the agency for the Union City Carriage Co., of Indiana. They a wide reputation of being high-class goods and can be sold at a a ery low price considering the quality. Ido not ship in carload lots, but pay spot cash and can meet anyone’s prices on good goods. Please call and inspect, it will cost you notheveryone welcome, ROBERTS

Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Ry. Rensselaer Time-Table, South Bound. No. 31—Fast Mail ....... 4:49 a. m’ No. 6—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. No. 33—Indianapolis Mail, (daily).. 1:46p.m. No. 39—Milk accomm., (daily) 6:15 p. m. No. 3—Louisville Express, (daily).. 11:25 p. m. ‘No*. 46—Local freight 2:40 p.m. North Bound. No. 4—Mall, (dally)... 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk accomm., (daily) 7:31a. m. No. 32—Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a. m. ♦No. 30—Cin.to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 6:32 p. m. tNo. 38—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p.m. No. 6—Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:30p.m. •No. 46—Local freight 9:55 a.m. No. 74—Freight, (daily) 9:09 p.m. ‘Daily except Sunday. tSnnday only. No. 74 carries passengers between Monon and Lowell. Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. No. 32 and 33 libw stop at Cedar Lake. Frank J. Reed, G. P. A., W. H. McDotSL, President and Gen. M’g'r. Chas. H. Rockwell, Traffic M’g’r, CHICAGO. W. H. Beam. Agent, Rensselaer.

CITY, TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor John Eger Marshal Abram Simpson Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney. ............ Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer H. L. Granible Fire Chief Elden R.' Hopkins COUNCILMEN. Ist ward Chas. Dean. H. J. Kanual 2<i ward I. J. Porter. C. G. Spitler 3d ward J. F.McColiy, J.C.Chilcote COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grove John Ryan Gillum Lewis Shrier Walker Elias Arnold Barkley Charles M. Blue Marion John Bill . .Jordan Geo. M. Wilcox Newton Bert W. Sigler Keener Thomas F. Maloney Kankakee Stephen D. Clark Wheatfield Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William T. Smith Milroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. 5m>t....... Rensseleer G. K. Hollingsworth ... Rensselaer J.D. A11man..,....... Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfield COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk .John F. Major Sheritf Abram G. Hardy Auditor W C. Babcock Treasurer R. A. Parkison Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor Juhnß. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2nd District . Simeon A. Dowell 3rd District Frederick Wuymire Commissioner’s court —First Monday of each mouth. JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge ?. ..Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February. April. September and November.

. WWNSHIP TRUSTEES’ CAROS. Milroy Township. Wm. T. Smith, trustee of Milroy township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on the Second and Fourth Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such -designated day. Wm. T. Smith. Trustee. Hanging Grove TownshipJoseph Stewart, trustee of Hanging Grove township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on Friday of each week for the purpese < f transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. Joseph Stewart, Trustee. Jordan Township. John Bill, trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on the Second and Fourth Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. John Bill, Trustee.

Real Estate Transfers, Simon P. Thompson et al to loseph Yeoman, June 14, pt sw 19-20-8, Marion, $35. q. c. d. ’ Comstock & Coouse to John K. Stoudt. May 21. pt lot 10, bl 18. Remington. S3BO. Belle K. Brady to Mary Ann Swartzel), Oct. 11. 1900, lot 4. bl 15, Rensselaer, Weston's add $475. Margaret C. Henkle to Samuel A. Williams et al. June 2Q, eH se 19-30-6. iw se 19-30-6, wH sw 20-80-0, nw nw 29-80-6, Barkley, q. c. d. Arthur E. Sage to Oliver P. Taber. June 19, pt ne 26-27-1, Carpenter, sls. q. c. d. George E. Vincent et ux to Anna V. MeCulley Meh 38. pt out lot 6. Remington,' pt nft nw 80-37-6, Remington, $825. George W. Andrus to Thoma; L. Jones, June 19, pt sw 86-80-7. Marion, $5,500. Wm. W. Ballinger et ux to Mary E. Armstrong, Meh. 24, 1897, lot 4 bl 2, Hogan. Schmidt’s add S3OO. Herman J. Alerding to Henry Kolhoff, May 21, se 8-38-7, sw 8-28-7, sH ne 4-38-7, se 4-28-7, 480 acres, Jordan. SIO,OOO. William M. Young to Aubert L. Berkley, May 10. out-lot 8. pt sw nw 80-39-6, Rensselaer. SBOO. Andrew W. Dike et ux to Arthur H, Hopkins, June 19, It 1, r!4lt 3, bl 1, McDonald's add.. DeMotte.slO. q. c. d. . Morris’ English Stable Liniment Sold by A. F. Long.

MONON EXCURSION RATES.

"On July 3rd and4th. the Monon route will' sell round trip tickets to local points within 200 miles at half fare. Also on many connecting railroads. Tickets good returning up to and including July sth. For the Pan-American exposition, the Monon Route will have tickets on sale daily during the exposition, witn limit of 15 days, at $15.20 round trip. Through tickets will be sold only via Delphi or Lafayette. Cincinnati.-July 0-10. Christian Endeavor Convention, one fare for round trip. Tickets on sale July 1 to 6. Kirksville. Mo.. June 22-27 and July 1-6, annual reunion alumni association American School of Osteopathy, I’s fare oh certificate plan. Denver and all Colorado Points. July 1 too, Sept. 1 to 10. good returning to Oct, 31, round trip $28.55. Denver and all Colorado points. June 18 to 30. July 10 to Aug. 31. good returning to Oct. 31. round trips33.6s. Milwaukee. Wis.—July 23-25. Elks Grand Lodge, first class fare plus-$2.00 for round trip. Good returning July 27 or by pay mg.so cetrts extra to agent not later than July 27, may be extended to Aug. 10th. Battle Ground, Ind.—July 25th to Aug. 7th, Battle Ground camp meeting. I‘s fare for round trip. Good returning to and including Aug. 17th. Rome City, Ind—July 24 to Aug. 16th, Island Park Assembly. 3 in a party at rate of 1 fare each for round trip. Good returning Aug. 12. Culver. Ind.—July 24th to Aug. 12. Maxi'oktickee Assembly, one fare for round trip, plus 25 cents which includes admission to grounds. Good returning Aug. 14th. Laporte. Ind.-July 28th to Aug. 4th, Christian Culture Assembly, 3 in a partv at 1 fare each for round trip. Good returning Aug. 5 th.

A Terrible Explosion “Of a gasoline stove burned a lady here frightfully," writes N. E. Palmer, of Kirkman, la. “The best doctors couldn't heal the running sore that followed, but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve entirely cured her." Infallible for Cuts, Corns, Sores. Boils, Bruises, Skin Diseases and Piles. 25c at A. F. Long's. Saves Two From Death. “Our little daughter had an almost fa- . tai attack of whooping cough and bronI chilis,” writes Mrs. W. K. Haviland, of * Armonk, N. Y., “but, when all other j remedies failed, we saved her life with I Dr. King’s New Discovery. Our niece, who had Consumption in an advanced stage, also used this wonderful medicine and to-day she is perfectly well." Desperate throat and lung diseases yield to Dr. King’s New Discovery as to no other medicine on earth. Infallible for Coughs and Colds. 50c and SI.OO bottles guaranteed by A. F. Long. Trial bottles free. 5 PER CENT. MONEY. Money to burn. We know you hate to smell the smoke. Stock up your farms while there is money in live stock and save taxes on S7OO 00 every year. Takes 36 hours at the longest to make the most difficult loans. Don’t have to know the language of your great grandmother. Abstracts always on hand. No red tape. Chilcote <fc Parkison.

My little son had an attack of whooping cough and was threatened with pneumonia; hut for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy we would have had-a serious time of it. It also saved him from several attacks of croup.—H. J. StrickFADEN, editor World-Herald, Fair Haven, Wash. For sale by A. F. Long. Farm For Sale. Desiring to locate in Oklahoma, I wish to sell my 160 acre farm (known as the old Cooper farm) ten miles north of Rensselaer, together with crops, stock, implements, etc.; 100 acres under cultivation, 60 acres timber and pasture; 50 acres oats. 40 acres corn; orchard; fair improvements. Terms to suit purchaser. * John Sworts, Kniman, Ind. You may as well expect to run a steam engine without water as to find an active, energetic with a torpid liver,and you may know that his liver is torpid when he does not relish his food or feels dull and languid alter eating, often has, headache and sometimes dizziness. A few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will restore his liver to its normal functions, renew his vitality, improve his digestion and make him feel like a new man. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at A. F. Long’s drug store.

Money On Farms AT S PER CENT. A special fund to loan on Farms for Five Years at 5 per cent interest, with privilege to make partial payments any interest paying time. Also loans on city property at low rates and Commissions as low as can be had in the county. Call a Commercial Stat? Bank, No. side Pub. Square, Rensselaer, Ind. ✓ells’ Hoosier Poultry Powder Sold by A. F. Long.

the old-fashioned fiddler. Oh. rare old-fashioned fiddler, how your distant mellow times In recollection’s crevices are sobbing, while the croons Of tender heart-born melody in misty music swoons In far, faint dreams where-candence beams across life's dim lagoons. When you played the “Devil’s Dream.” old fiddler, long ago. Or "Fire iu the Mountain" blazed from your strings and bow, Or Nellie Gray,” "The Flying Cloud,*’ or " Where the Waters Flow." With finger tips upon its lips your music quivered so. And while enchanted cherubim were knocking at the door The tapping of your massive foot kept time upon the floor; A halo seemed to take the place of that old hat you wore, Your rugged hands were' like two wands that diafffiWffie miMV'atMt'mcwl Oh. rare old-fashioned fiddler with your r’~~*"Tnuslc unsurpassed From out the gloom of other years, the gloom that's deep and vast; Come and play your mustt through, I'd hear you to the last, Oh. come to me from mystery where time has held you fast. —Denver News.

Common Council Meeting.

The common council met in regular session Monday night witii all members present. T. J. Sayler & Co. presented their bond and was accepted in the sum of $30,000 to the City of Rensselaer, for the performance of their contract for the construction of the improvement of Cullen, Harrison and Van Rensselaer streets. _ The report of the auditing committee of the Rensselaer Fire Department was filed and approved showing that they had a balance on hand in the disability fund of $240.35. By the unanimous vote of the council it was ordered that Benton and Cora E. Forsythe be directed to cause the erection of a; heavy gate at the entrance to the! basement stairway in the side-] walk on the west side of their property on Van Rensselaer street, and the City marshal was directed to enforce the execution of the order. The ordinance relating to the : publication of ordinances anti all of the printing and publication work that the city may have to; be done, was read and passed upon., Those voting in favor of the adop- I tion of said ordinance were,' Councilmen Porter, . Spitler and ' Chilcote; those voting in the negative were Councilmen Dean, Kan-1 nal and McColly, and there being i a tie the Mayor cast his vote in 1 the affirmative and said ordinance ' was adopted. The contract for coal for the en- i suing year was given to the Coal Bluff Mining Co , as they were the lowest bidders. J. F. Warren presented his I resignation and Thomas J. McCoy ! was elected as a member of the board of school trustees to serve . the bnexpired term of Mr. Warren The following sidewalks were 1 ordered to be replaced by cement i walks: A. Leopold, on the wester-1 ly side of Van Rensselaer street, block 3; John Mann, 150 feet 1 along Elm street. Specifications for the improvement of Van Rensselaer street between Washington street and Cornelia street were adopted. The following claims were allowed. CORPORATION FUND. A D Burns, service as tireman $ 6 25 John W Burns, same 5 25 C S Chamberlain, same 6 25 E L Gay. same, 6 25 J E Hopkins, same t. 6 25 E R Hopkins, same 6 25 J H Hoover, same 7 75 Wm H Mackey, same....'. 5 76 I John W. Mann, same 6 75 W m M Porter, same 6 25 C W Platt, same 6 25 | John Rush, same 6 75 j R W Sprigg. same 6 25 C L Thornton, same ... 6 25 E G Warren, same 6 25 Rena. Fire Dept, quarterly dues. 4 25 H L Gamble, services city engineer 18 60 Chase Shead. assisting “ “ ...... 5 25 Leslie Clark, publishing notices 9 00 Folta, Spitler A Kurrie, insurance prera 30 00 SC Johnson, serv as health officer 30 32 ROAD FUND. John Richards, work on street 9 15 Joseph P. Rowen. same 3 00 J A Ramey, same 10 80 Geo Anderson, same. 3 00 John C Hodshire, same 2 7(4 Chas. Seelmau,same.... 150 WATER FUND. D B Hollister, salary 22 50 ■LXCTHIC LIGHT FUND. CSChamberlain, salary 30 00 Lem Huston, same 22 50 Peter Giver, same 22 50 < Isa Ritchey, delivering coal 100 James B Clow and sons, supplies 1W Cling Surface Mfg. Co., belt dressing... 350 Electric Appliance Co., supplies 9 (0 M B Austin A Co., supplies 12 46 j Coal Bluff Mining Co., coal 44 28 i

Subscribe for The Democrat. How to Avoid Trouble. Now is the time to provide yourself and family with a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed before the summer is over, and if procured now may save you a trip to town in the night or in your busiest season. It is everywhere admitted to be the most successful medicine in use tor bowel complaints, both sot children and adults. No family can afford to be without it. For sale by A. F. Long.

GYP, A PHILANTHROPIC DOG.

Wonderful But True Tale Told of a Brooklyn Terrier. Gyp, the Brooklyn terrier, which achieved two years ago by saving his master’s family from death by asphyxiation through an escape of gas by a timely warning, has recently given such, proof of a kind heart as to deserve further mention, his friends think. Mr. Henry Thomas, a well-known resident of Flatbush, is Gyp’s owner and is willing to voufih for the truth of the following story: Not long ago the house cat presented the family with a litter of six kittens. As it was inconvenient to have all of that number grow up in the back kitchen, it was decided to pick out the prettiest one and to drown all the rest. To reach this decision and to select the fortunate kitten a family council was held, at which Gyp was present. Though he took no part in the discussion, he understood enough of what was going on to feel that some danger threatened his friend the cat and that the kittens were to be the victims of some horrible plot. That same afternoon, taking advantage of the cat’s temporary absence from home, Mr. Thomas, armed with a pail of water, approached the box to carry out the judgment of the council. To his surpise he found the kittens gone. No one about the house know where they were. Mr. Thomas took the trouble to make sure of that. The cat just then returned and stepped half way into the box before she noticed something wrong. The poor cat showed soon enough that she had had no hafnd in their disappearance. Where could the kittens be? Who could haue taken the trouble to remove them? No stranger bad been in the house all afternoon, and everyone in the family denied having anything to do with them. “Who on earth could havedone away with those blamed kittens,anywayMr. Thomas ejaculated, and no answer was forthcoming. It was not until two days later that this mystery was cleared up. Gyp and the cat, although quite friendly, were not very chummy, and sowhen she was seen going into Gyp’s kennel in the outhouse her relations with the dog fell under suspicion. An investigation followed, and the six kittens wet e discovered comfortably installed in Gyp's own quarters. Mr. Thomas is sure they were carried there by Gyp himself to save them from some danger hi.- subtle senses told him threatened his friend’s young ones.—N. Y. Time.-.

HIS LETTER PAPER.

The Lan Who Sent His Wifi a Sample by Mail. A man whose busipess detains him down-town so late every night that his wife never thinks of sitting up for him wrote to her a note the other day. He had received a gift of some new and very stunning note paper with which he was much enamored, and in the first blush of his enthusiasm, knowing he would not have an opportunity to show it to his wife until he awoke the next morning, he thought it would be a good joke and means of getting the paper to her in good season to write her a note upon it, and it would be delivered next day early. It was a great scheme, and he took much pleasure in it. But next morning his wife received it with mingled feelings of surprise and wonder. She recognized the handwriting instantly,.but could not imagine why her husband, who was in the house at that moment, sleeping the sleep of the just, should have thought it necessary to write to her. She turned the unopened letter over and over in her hands, wondering what in the world could be inside. What could her husband have to say that he could not say by word of mouth? It certainly was very mysterious. Could it be?—yes, she reBiembered now, they had had a little discussion the other day in which they were not both of the same opinion. Poor, dear boy! It must be that little matter that had rankled in his mind all this time. Well, she would open the letter and see. This is what she read: “Liebe Frau: What do you think of this for letter paper? Yours, I “X. Y. Z.” —N. Y. Times.

The Swedish Royal Court

The Swedish court is one of the least formal in Europe, and in the beautiful “Venice of the North” (as Stockholm hat been aptly called) King Oscar and his wife and family lead an ideally domestic existence and are accessible to even the poorest of their subjects.

SOME SMUGGLING STORIES.

Interesting Chit-Chat with a Foreigg i Customs Officer. I have had some interesting chitchat with the head of a Beige-Dutch custom house. He related to me how at his frontier station he had a tiff with Saraji Bernhardt. She had been a good deal spoiled at The Hague a and refused to alight from her saloon carriage. The refusal was not made in her voixd’or. The underling who had had to deal with her went to His chief, who approached her, hat in hand, and almost bent in two. He acted as though she were entitled out of her theater to the royal honors due to her on the stage as Marie de Ncubourg. Th is did h of m olTifylfef: As he could not Use force, as though she were a French deputy or an Irish M. P., he went to the railway stationniaster and required that S. Ik's saloon carriage should be uncoupled and run into a siding. This was done, with the effect that she alighted, and gave the customs director a piece of her mind. He might have ordered her to be searched, but he did not. However, to prevent her carriage staying all night in the siding, she declared that she had nothing qn her or in her boxes liable to duty. As the train bearing the accomplished actress steamed out of the station she started up, and standing at the window fit le pied de nez. You know the gesture. It is a very con> mon one In the primary schools of Paris. Boys there font le pied de nea behind the backs of school masters. The gesture is made by placing a thumb to the nose, extending the jiand, and placing the thumb of the other hand extended at the end of the fourth finger. Two historical instances of the pied de nez have come to my knowledge. One was made by Pauline Bonaparte behind the back of the Empress Marie Louise; the other was made by a late noble lord, acting as captain of the yeomen of the guard at Buckingham palace, behind the back of the late quec-n. She saw him in a mirror, and with consequences that he had cause to rue for the rest of his life. You see from this that human nature is the same in tragedy queens, in noble lords and in communal school pupils. 1 he customs director I have spoken of is a.good fellow, and he constantly lets ladies pass who he is persuaded have yielded to the temptation to make paltry gains by Smuggling. Ono day a very grand lady indeed, who was coming, via Queenborough and Flushing, from a visit to Quec-n Victoria, seemed to him rather hurried and uneasy. As she stepped into her reserved carriage a big bundle fell from beneath the flounces of her dress. The underlings made a rush for it, and she took care not to claim it, but ensconsed herself in a corner and drew down the blinds. The packet that had fallen was not of enormous value. The goods it contained might perhaps Lave cost five or six pounds more on the continent than in London. It was not possible to return them U her without stopping her for misdemeanor. The underlings who picked up the packed were allowed to keep it. “Attaches,” said the director of customs, “are awfully cheeky. . They pretend to think that diplomatic immunity extends to them. It does not —only to ambassadors. It is a favoritg trick of theirs to speak in French so broken that nobody can understand it. But as all postal and custom house officials in Holland and Belgium speak French, English, Dutch, and many German, this way of defending their smuggled goods is no longer of much use. The nastiest custom houses for foreigners are in Spain. Trunks are completely emptied, and Spaniards have not the cleverness or muscle of a French dounanier in repacking them—always for a fee. The Barcelona manufacturers at the greet frontier stations have agents who spy on the custom house officials and prevent them from becoming slack. But at small frontier stations, where there are no female searchers, ladies and poor women can smuggle in as much as they please. Stockings baggy at the kpees are specially knit to serve as receptacles.—London Truth.

The Names of the Months.

Several German papers are express* ing dissatisfaction with the names of the months. These critics point out that it is absurd for Europeans and Americans of to-day to dedicate ons> sixth of the year to the memory of Julius Caesar and Augustus, to name a third after heathen gods and god* desses, to have two months of doubtful nomenclature, and to designate the remaining four by misleading numerals, September being obvioual* ninth and not seventh in order. J