Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1903 — Page 6

The Laziest Man.

UjOALL grass®* on the bank waved I "IP gently; a blundering bumblebee 1 *>■ tumbled upon the broad face of • burdock leaf, too overladen with pollan to fly; Interlocked branches traced a lacework pattern on the ground, and the September sunlight shimmering upon the bank and water was like a benediction.

Blngold lay gt length beside the footpath, flat upon his back, one leg over the other, thus thrusting a very trim and well shod foot into the air, and with his hands clasped behind his head pillowed on a hammock. Ha watched a spider busily spinning a thread so fine that as It was carried further and further out over the water «n the bosom of the breeze Its eud was Anally lost to sight Such a busy little creature as that spider was, tool It positively made Rlngold feel a desire to be dolug something himself, to see the spinner at work. So he lit an •ther cigarette and puffed steadily. A 'man can always And something to do when he’s in the country on a vacation.

By and by the spider, evidently believing his aerial ship, or kite, or whatever he waa making, of sufficient strength, cut himself loose and went flying away at the end of his thread. TJp and up the spider soared, and away over the river; and having seen the ascension Blngold was able to follow tbe track of the cunning insect at the end of his floating thread for some yards.

"That’s a fine way to cross a river,” (be said to himself. “Wish 1 could do it las easily.’’ Simon Sholes, the storekeeper, came trotting along the path. “HI, Bobby 1 What are you doing there?" he asked, easting a rather suspicious glance at the recumbent figure. “Sawing wood, Air. Sholes,’’ responded the lazy one. Sholes chuckled rather doubtfully, and went on. Blngold knew he would go down to his store and report that Bob was just as lazy as ever. Three years In tbe city hadn't changed him a mite!

Dr. Newell hove in sight a moment l»t*r. Really, the river path seemed a favorite way to the village today! “That you Rlngold? Taking It easy?" “Oh, no, sir! I’m plowing for oats.” “I reckon you would plow for oats this time o’ year, Rlngold, It would be lust like you,” said the old physician fcyiy. as he went on, his coattails flapping over his 1< eked hands. “Mnkes these folks jealous to see a man resting," declared Rlngold to himself. “Humph! Working just about as you useter, hey?" was old Peleg Marnay’a sharp remark as he passed a minute later. And he scowled down at the man of ease. He remembered when Rlngold had stolen his golden russets. “Harder," was the reply. “I’m making hay while tbe sun shines. I’ll sell you a ton at a discount, Peleg,” said Rlngold. He knew the old man’s fallhig.

By and by there was another step on tha path. Rlugold had been waiting for It, but he did not raise his head. “I thought I would find you here,” Mid a voice scornfully. “You are, Rob«t, the very laziest man In the world!” “Think so?” "I know so!” The girl tapped the patent leather toe of her shoe with the tip of her parasoL “And you mean to •ay that they pay you $3,000 a year in New York. “That’s the figure." “What for?” “For thinking.” “And I suppose you have been thinking all this livelong afternoon that you have lain hero?” “No; I’ve been doing better.” “What, pray?” “Watching spiders!” exclaimed Rlng•10, laughing and getting lazily upon hla feet Then he walked along by the girl’s aide. But she kept her face turnad loftily from him, and that evening •be went to the church sociable with young Sholes, the storekeeper’s son. “I like a man who does things,” she told Rlngold when he complained. • * • * • • • The last week of bis month’s vacation coincided with Rlngold'a hopes. To aay the least the weather was uncertain. Most of the time It rained. When It did not rain It poured. The river rose enormously. The water had not been so high (these be the words •f the oldest Inhabitant) since the great storm In ’59. The meadows were allood. Where Rlngold had lain and dkeagied away the sunny afternoon the water was two feet deep. If he had mot made up hla mind to abandon a part of bis 111-gotten galnß the bumbleIw must have been drowned, and the spider had shown Ills good sense In •hanging his quarters. Thurday night the foot and carriage •ridge went The next morning the dam burst, and the onrush of the great dood which swept the valley carried (ha timbers of the railroad trestle with B; leaving only the twisted Ironwork •■aging to the pillars on either bank. AM the village station a long, vestibul•d train had been held just In season to escape destruction. The wire told Hum that retreat was cut off by the, Ims of the bridge over the ravine two Miles up the road. Perforce the pas•sagers were obliged to submit to s eeastderable stay at this one-hors# “If K looks as mean and small to Basts as It does to me, they won’t like % m thought Rlngold. He strolled dawn - to tha station, “for the privilege of sea-

Ing a well dressed woman and a silk tile once more,” be said. Everybody seemed so glad to bavo escaped the wreck of the bridge that they were not yet troubling over the delay. All but one man. He was squat, ruddy faced white haired, quick motioned. Ringold’s eyes opened wider. He knew him. And Wall- street knew him,Blngold had «ot quite lost run of financial affairs. A New York paper waa wafted Into town on occasion. “He was going home In a hurry—and I don’t blame him, considering the way O. and P. la dropping,” muttered the lazy man. “And I’d bet that he won’t gain anything for being held up here.” The ruddy faced man thought so, too, He went down to the edge of the river which had now become a lake. “Is there any way of crossing?” he asked. The natives stared at him. “I reckon not. A boat wouldn’t live a minute in that current. And It’s like to rain ag'in ’fore night.” “I’ve got to get across now; I can’t wait” said the ruddy faced mar. “Where’s the boat?" “There ain’t none nearer than the sea-shore —fifteen mile away. What we had was lost In the fust flood.” “But I’ve got to get over,” declared the man, insistently. Tbe bucolic citizens left him. They made up their minds that he wasn’t exactly “right,” Rlngold went over. “What’s It worth?” he asked calmly. “Put me across the river—l can get a special to meet me there, I find —and I’ll give you— He looked Rlngold over, and finished; “A hundred dollars.” “These aren’t my clothes,” Rlngold said softly. "You see, I got my own wet I am connected with Pag4 & Jessop. They call me their confidential clerk.” “You misunderstood me," said the ruddy faced man, quickly. “I said a thousand!” “And expense*?” “And expenses,” with a sigh. “All right You wire for your train. You’ll need it about 1 o'clock.”

He strolled away as calmly as ever, but there must have been something In his eye that impressed the Wall street man more than It did Ringold’s old neighbors and friends. At any rate be telegraphed for the special. Rlngold did a little wiring himself. Luckily there was a roundabout way of telegraphing to the other side of the river, and A 1 Cuslck lived there. Ho could depend upon A 1 to do just what he was told—no more, no less. Then Rlngold made some purchases at Sholes’s store. Young Sholes told the girl when she happened In a little later that he guessed Bob Rlngold must be getting Into bis second, childhood, buying children’s toys! “And pa and ma thought them left over balloons we had for the picnic was a dead loss,” said the storekeeper’s son. His grammar was one thing that made the girl wish Rlngold was not so lazy!

Of course, she could not keep away from the edge of the overflowed meadows. Half the population and most of the delayed passengers were there. At on<s side was Rlngold and two men busily at work. On tbo other shore a wagon had driven down to the edge of the water, and she heard somebody say that It was A 1 Cuslck’s team. By and by other people noticed Ringold’s actions.

They exclaimed In wonder and laughed not a little when a bunch of toy balloons, fastened to a strong silk thread, rose in the air and was wafted over the water. The wind blew directly across the stream, wheh was yellow and angry In its central channel. But the ballons floated the silken strand high above It. By and by the pressure bf the air causing the balloons to leak, they dropped down. But It was on the further bank, and A 1 Cuslck caught the thread.

In a moment Rlngold signaled him to pull away. A cord followed the silken thread over the river. Then a small, strong rope followed the cord. -Several men had joined Cuslck on the further shore. Rlngold attached a new cable to the rope, and under the lusty “heave-boss!” of the group on the other side the yellow manila splashed through the flood. With It went another cord, which, when the cable was fast on either shore, was used to pull a block and breeches buoy which Ringold had made from a sail There was a banner of smoke against the overcast sky on the other side of the river. “Your special’s just in, sir,” Rlngold said to the ruddy faced man. “It’s a quarter to 1. I guarantee you’ll get across without so much as wetting your bootsole.” The ruddy faced, man shook hands “You call at my office when you come to town,” he said. “I think you ought to be something better than confidential clerk to Page A Jessop—if you want to change." The girl heard him, and she squeezed Rlngold’s arm In delight “Oh, oh!” she whispered, “Did yon hear that Robert? Isn’t that splendid? Why, we can —” “That extra thousand will furnish a pretty decent flat —in Harlem,” finished the laziest man—Philadelphia Ledger.

Then He Made Up.

He (after s tiff) —Going home to your mother, eh? She —Yea. I am. « He —Huh! What do you suppose she’ll My to you? She—Rtoe’ll mj: “I told you so.”— New York Weekly. „

OUR IMMENGE APPLE CROP.

Few Persons Have Any Conception at Its Bias and Velas. Few people have any conception of the enormous volume and value of the apple crop of the United States. The exports of applt* last year from the United Sjatee were 2,543,769 barrel*. All of them went to Great Britain except 140,041 barrels to Germany and 94,092 to other countries. The census of 1900 showed a total of 210,000,000 trees in what are known as Commercial orchards—that la, orchards maintained to sell fruit to the regular trade. This does not include the millions of tree* in the back yards of the towns and villages throughout the country. The increase during the last ten years, since the census of 1890, was 75,000,000 trees —more thafi 40 per cent —aryl tbe yield of 1900 from the commercial orchards akme was more than 176,000,000 bushels. By districts the north Atlantic States have 20,500,000 trees, the south Atlantic 25,600,000, the northern central States 92,000,000, the southern central States 31,000,000, end the rest of the country 13,000,000. Out of the total number of ( trees in the United States, the north And south central districts have 123,205,000, or nearly three-fifths of the whole. These are divided among the principal applebearing State* as follows! New York 19,004,832 Ohio 12,602,623 Pennsylvania 11,774,211 Michigan 10,927,899 Virginia 8,190,025 Missouri 20,040,399 Illinois 18,430,006 Kentucky 8,757,289 Indiana 8,624,503 West Virginia 9,441,112 Tennessee 7,714,093 North Carolina 6,438,871 lowa ..... .. 6.869,988 Kansas 11,848,070 Arkansas 7,486,149 Total .201,791,764 The crops of the fifteen leading States, In order of productivity, for the last three years have been tabulated from the reports submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture on Aug. 1 of each year, as follows: 1900. 1901. 1908. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. New York 45,077,502 13,628,082 86,166,833 Ohio 22,458,309 16,935,774 14,720,760 Penna. ... 26,891,308 14,507,153 19,814,648 Michigan . 15,466,853 8,060,191 16,991,754 Virginia .. 12,765,836 12,975,112 7,538,936 Missouri . . 11,322,322 6,125,196 10,023,048 Illinois ... 11,599,198 5,648,096 9,354,659 Kentucky. 0,158,157 8.226,819 9,898,474 Indiana .. 8,408,047 7,961,690 6,831,786 West Va.. 6,774,956 7,351,948 9,333,476 Tennessee. 9,357,678 7,089,150 5,829,537 N. Carolina 10,207,020 8,065,280 7,961,200 lowa 6,832,850 8,129,879 6,724,350 Kansas ... 6,734,806 8,649,422 5.461,024 Arkansas . 4,786,551 3,708,650 9,318,890 Total . .207,402,004 126,752,198 161,789,875 Barrels .. 69,134,001 42,250,732 93,929,958 Per Ct. full crop .... 60 42 64 Apple trees are peculiar and require a certain kind of soil and climate to flourish, hence there is great Irregularity In localities of production and enormous yields in spots. Thirty-five eountie* in the United States have more than 400,000 each. Illinois has three of those counties. The most productive counties are aa follows: No. of trees. Bonton County, Arkansas J. 818,365 Washington County, Arkansas .f 1,656,146 Niagara County, New York ....... 929,086 Wayne County, New York 796,610 Marion County, Illinois 795,188 Monroe County, New York 789,409 Clay County, Illinois «... 751,727 Erie County, New York 631,283 Orleans County, New York 629,401 Wayne County, Illinois 604,215 It will be noticed from the above tables that there is a great difference In the bearing capacity of the apple trees of the country. Missouri has nearly twice os many trees as Michigan, and yet Michigan raises nearly 60 per cent more apple* than Missouri. This is explained, like many other thing*, by the character of the trees and the amount of Cultivation given them. New York undoubtedly has the best apple trees in the country, and the returns of her apple harvest show it.—William E. Curtis in Chicago Reeord : Herald.

FORTY MILLIONS LOST.

Careful Ketimate of Recent Flood Damage In the West. In seven fearful days the water* of a prairie slope racing into the lower Missouri river have brought to the middle West the greatest loss in life and property of all its history. Hundreds of lives and perhaps $40,000,000 of property have been sacrificed. Fanners, manufacturers, towns, cities, railroads, have all •hared in the tremendous damage—and because fire was seldom present there is no recompensing insurance to make the blow lighter, writes- Charles Moreau Harger In Leslie’s Weekly. The Kaw valley of Kansas is like an outstretched hand. The finger tips are 200 miles from the end of the wrist, where is situated Kansas City, Mo. They are, too, 500 feet higher thau tbe city, and down their converging lengths flow . the prairie streams. As the river joins the Missouri It makes a turn <to the south, and in the bend is Kansas City, Kan., the big sister of the Missoupri town. Th# latter has 50,000 people; tire former 170,000. In the former are tbe stockyards, the packing houses, among the largest in the world; earshops, manufactories and wholesale warehouses and grain elevators. Sixty miles westward, at the joining of palm and wrist, is Topeka, the capital of Kansas. Of its 35,000 people nearly one-third live on the level ground north and south of the river rather than on the high slopes where is the statehouse and where are the beautiful homes of leading citizens. Over a stretch of the richest country in the Weet, where wheat stood waist high and com was peeping through the ground, whers alfalfa fields were In bloom and oats was beginning to wave, 200 mijee long and three to five miles wide, the valley Is swept clear. Not le*s than $10,000,000 will be the farmer*’ loss. The town* will lose another sl,000,000; Topeka, $3,000,000; the railroads, $2,000/000. And all because it rained up among the fingers of the prairie water basin. The towns will suffer most from the flood. The final will recover quickly. On many oMhe submerged acres a crop of corn will yet be planted and harvested. The wheat it not all gone. Not more than one-twentieth of the Kansas crop la directly affected—probably not that. There ha* been much stock drowned, many farms made desolate; the blow la a fearful one. Only tbe flood of 1844 compares with It But tbe West is stouthearted, buoyant; it will heal tbe scars anfl recover. t

OW papers far sals at this otto*

FARM AND GARDEN

PREPARING FOR WINTER. It is always important that a farmer keep his work well in hand at all seasons of the year, but especially is It desirable to have everything possible In readiness for winter. Any time now we may expect cold or stormy weather, such as is mo3t disagreeable for stock to be out In, hence the necessity for having the winter quarters in a condition to Nte used a 3 soon as wanted. And they should be put in the most suitable condition, too, for here is where the stock of all kinds will have to remain most of the time for half or more of the year to come. Not only should the stables and pens be roomy, warm, well-lighted and comfortable, but the barn 3 generally should be so arranged as to be the most convenient for those having the care of the animals during the winter season. Much time, travel and labor can be saved by proper attention to these details, more than one who has not fully considered the matter is aware of. There is such a thing as having the barn arrangement such as will make It pleasant and agreeable work caring for the stock during our long winters or, on the contrary, for want of proper arrangements it may be made most disagreeable and unsatisfactory. The stables should be sufficiently warm, but not close and unventilated, and there should be plenty of light for all purposes. A dark, low, bad-smell-ing stable is an abomination to man and beast. And when the nights get cold and there are bad storms, the cows will be much better off in the stable than out of doors, and will exhibit the appreciation of such comfortable quarters by great contentment and increased yield of milk. Another thing, it Is not wise to undertake to winter more stock than can well be kept and cared for, as this is neither pleasant nor prpfltable. Young animals should be kept thrifty and growing' all winter, and cows giving milk should receive the best of attention In care and feed, so they may give satisfactory returns at the pail. Stock of all kinds should come to the barn in good thrifty condition, as this is the best preparation for passing through the long winter in a satisfactory manner. Aside from the stables for the cows and most of the young cattle, it will be very convenient to have several pens which may be used for a variety of purposes as needed. This will be found a most convenient arrangement. We find dt better to tie calves from six months to a year old in a stable, the same as other cattle. They learn to become quiet In this way, and can be more satisfactorily fed than when several are in a pen together. The water is also an important matter in the care o*’ stock In winter. It should not be too far away, causing travel and exposure in bad weather, and should be warm enough for the comfort of the animals. These suggestions may appear to apply, as they do, more particularly to the northern part of the United States, but there i 3 comparatively a small portion of the United States in vKiich there should not be suitable provision made for the care of the stock in winter, as regards shelter and food. It will be profitable even in the most favored parts of the country to provide suitable shelter for animals, as the loss from the want of it may soon be sufficient to pay the cost of construction.—E. R. Towle, in American Cultivator.

IMPROVING POTATOES. It Is generally agreed that immature potatoes are much qjore watery than those which remain undisturbed In the soil until fully ripe. Analysis supports this view by showing that from 100 pounds immature tubers nearly 80 pounds water may be dried out, leaving only about 20 pounds dry matter, while 100 pounds fully ripe tubers have been known to yield 32 pounds solid matter thoroughly dry. I believe that leaving them In the soil to mature causes an increase of dry matter. Some varieties are dryer than others. For instance, Connaught Cups, or Irish Cups, contained*! large proportion of solid matter, especially of starch —21 per cent, starch and 11 per cent, other solid matter, and were generally considered to be & superior quality. »> As to effect of soils upon quality, generally such potatoes as grow on heavy clay contain most water, while those which have grown on sandy soil contain least. Watery potatoes are seldom held in high esteem for table use, drier ones being generally preferred, especially those which are rich In starch. The proportion of starch varies considerably, from 10 1-2 to 21 per cent, in different lots of potatoes, and averages about 12 per cent in tubers fully ripe. Warm climates and dry seasons, as well as dry soils, appear to increase the percentage of starch, which also increases as the tubers grow and ripen. In keeping from fall to spring, potatoes lose starch, a portion being changed to sugar, gum, etc. This process of change seems a necessary preparation preceding growth. Potatoes In wbVth starch Is most abundant are said to keep best; but observation and

experiments soem to indicate thafc whatever increases the proportion of starch dlminshcs the proportion of albumen and saline matter, both of which are necessary to the fruitfulness when used for seed.—Charles W. GETTING LARGER PROFITS. In order to be profitable dairy cows must yield a considerable quantity of milk. If they fail to do this, they either merely pay their way or cause a direct loss to their owner. No one can afford to keep cows on these terms. Some plan must be devised by which the rate of production can be increased. Now, as milk is made from what the coWs eat and drink, it is a natural conclusion that if more or better food is supplied, and an abundance of good water is furnished, there will bs a material Increase In the yield and in the profit therefrom. But, while partly true, this propostion has an admixture of error. The capacity of a cow Is fixed by Inheritance, and there is no way In which it can be increased. When this has v ien reached better feeding will cause the cow to take on flesh, but it will not make her give a larger quantity of milk.

In many cases, however, the cow has never had an opportunity to do her best. In these instances better feeding will be likely to turn the present loss, if any, to a gain, or considably to increase the profit where one is now being secured. But here we are met by the objection that better feeding involves a larger outlay, and thus tends to defeat the end which it is proposed to serve. Multitudes of farmers and dairymen are not now feeding their cows as well as they usually do, because they fear that at the present high prices of grain the Increased quantity of milk which would be produced would cost more than it would be worth. They realize that there may be a loss In forcing an excessive yield as truly as there Is in having the yield too small. But between these extremes there lies what may be called a fairly liberal rate of production, which with good cows that are suitably fed will be quite profitable. —New York Tribune Farmer. A MISTAKE. One great mistake made by novices in fruit tree planting is in planting in sod. Clover sod is not so bad as a timothy or blue grass sod, yet no young fruit tree will do well in any soil unless it has been worked long enough previously to free it from grass roots, weeds, etc., and make it mellow and fine. Some few peach growers start their young’ orchard in clover sod; plowing the intervening places between the rows and cultivating in corn. This is better than letting the place remain in sod7*though many of the trees are choked to death by the grass roots. Sowing any kind of grain, either wheat, rye or oats, between the trees is sure to seriously, and In many cases permanently, Injure the trees. Only cultivated crops should be grown. If, when the trees are well grown and in heavy fruiting, it is desired to partially check- the heavy growth of wood and foliage resulting from liberal manuring and good cultivation, sow cloverseed alone, and after one good crop (in rare cases, two) of clover hay has been secured, plow down the sod ana put in corn, and subsequently other cultivated crops.—Philadelphia Record. FOR GROWING PIGS. While there are several methods of handling young pigs during the summer, there Is no doubt but that the plan which gives them pasture with more or less grain produces better results than anything else. The Ideal plan would be to give the growing pigs the run of a clover pasture and make their grain diet of one-third corn meal and two-thirds wheat middlings mixed with skim milk. This ration furnishes all material for the building of bone and muscle and will put the animal in the best possible condition to be fattened In the fall. Moreover, this Is the aethod that produces pork cheaply, and is superior to either the pasture and slop plan or the feeding of grains without the pasture; the first is almost valueless, the second too expensive by far. This plan as recommended is the one used by extensive pig raisers after years of experimenting with numerous other methods.—lndianapolis News. FATTENING DUCKS. Fattening ducks and geese is best done when they are confined in Uttlef stalls, or when only two or three are together. Like a pig, a duck or goose' will eat more when It has a companion than when It Is alone, as greediness is one of the characteristics belonging to both. The food need not be expensive. Boiled turnips, carrots and potatoes, with corn meal, make the best mess with which to get ducks and geese fat quickly. They must be kept very quiet, given plenty of water for drinking, and allowed pulverized charcoal once a day. Ten days is long enough for getting them In proper condition. —Mirror and Farmer. R’s no crime to steal a kiss if 70s give It back.

THE FIRST NATIOIUL DARK OP RKNMKLAKR. INDAddison Parkison, Pres. John M. Wasson. Vice Pres. K. L. Hollingsworth, Cashier •VOOIUM TO TNS Busmen a* nn MMUISOIU STATS BANKOpened March 8, 1908, at the old location. NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE. A general banking business transacted; deposits reeelved, payable on time or on demanc. Mone* loaned on acceptable security; Drafts on all cities at home an if abroad bought and sold. Collection of notes and accounts a specialty. 5 per cent, farm loans. Your Business Solicited.

foiigg Chicago to the Northwest, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville, and French Lick Springs. / Rensselaer Time-Table, In Effoot June 29,1902. Sooth Bound. No. s—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. No.33—lndianapolis Mail, (daily).. 23)1 p. m. No. 39—Milk accomm., (daily) 6:15 p.m. No. B—Louisville Express, (daily) ..UJJp.m. •No. 49—Local freight 2:40 p. m. No.3l—Fast Mall 4:48a.m. North Bound. go. 4—Mail, (dally) 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk aooomm., (daily) 7:31 a. m. No. 82—Fast Mail, (dally) 6:55 a. m. No. 6—Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:30 p. m. •No. 80—Cin.to Chicago Yes. Mail.. 6:32 p. m. {No. 88—Cin.to Chicago.. 2:37p.m. •No. 46—Local fralght..... 6:55 a.m. rDally except Sunday. {Sunday only, Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 80. No. Stand 83 now stop at Cedar Lake. Fbakx J. Rxxd, Q. P. A., W. H. McDoxis President and Gen. M’g’r, Chab. H. Rockwall, Traffic M’g'r, chioabo. W. H. Bxau, Agent, Rensselaer.

JjTUWHIMM CITY OFFICER& Mayor J. H.S. Ellis Marshal .Mel Abbott Clerk Charles Morlan (Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Geo. A. Williams Civil Engineer J. C. Thrawls Fire Chief C. Bi Steward COUNCILMXN. Ist ward Henry Wood, Fred Phillips 2d ward W. S. Parks, B. F. Ferguson 3d ward J.C. McColly, Peter Wasson COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk John F. Major Sheriff 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 Johnß. Phillips COMXISSIONXBS. Ist District.. Abraham Halleck 2nd District Frederick Waymire 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioners’ court—First Monday of each mouth. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. SBCSTKM. 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 S. L. Luce.... Keener Thomas F. Maloney Kankakee (Stephen D. Clark Wheatfleld Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William T. Smith Milroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensseleer G. K. Hollingsworth Rensselaer George Basse Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfleld JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February, April, September and November.

Monarchy'll ■ • ‘ not craok, warp or «,, B '■S&uH' •Bfi3s*&B*r break. PulSoM BJ F t l.hcdsteel tired body r e - SBHMBMMIMy qulrea n wh„i e . e n ft to e 1. n nHBBWHgKBP Malita b! o "flee. B •““‘KMBT'B T*| frame • fCKßHnirffitrr *■- ~ -lfc-i mit k • ■HMicOii sßiidD r joint ■ »a tight wSSjmtuKsmX a- sirem UI IMIBniMI IM»lnPi»M| boiler Any Spedsl e q u u>doea not Kft'n«. h If MMMP'IP- low an e» “*ja. n wheiwenr Monarch Ranire nleeted, freight prepaid, without a c«nt In advance, (lire it 30 DATS ra«T. Than •end the money or return rang* at our coat. Postal wUI bring yon catalogue, partlculan and prion. a« t. «» Not a picture bat a perioy Monnrcn rrtt. feet reproduction of .--—-ft. range. Send throe two-cent atampe Lute for postage and packing. JjggL. Mailable Iroa Dange Co., Wp »< take St, BEAVER DAM. Wi*. /% WREYIYO restores vitality Man peekasua the sbotii reeelts In SOdeys. BMi ItyworfuUy and quickly. Cures when all others tail, lboaa men wiu neain thetr lost cssabaod, sad dd tin wUi recover thoir youthful visor by tains BKTIVO. It Quickly and Barely refttoiws NervousMae Loot Vitality. Imsoteacr, Nightly Emissions, Lo»tPower, Failing Memory. Wasting Diseases, and an effects of seU-abnse or exoeeeand IndtaoratiOß. which unfits one for study. business or marries*. K uotonly ouree by flUrttne at tbo sent of disease, but las'back S(n|SAsira^l^e^f^'^» other. It con be canted in vaat potto*. By suU, Wl-OOpr package, ocatx ter toteo. withe p—l_ ttve willlm guaneM# to eve er sales* Ike money. Advice and circular free. Address IOmffiWCINE COn For sale in Rensselaer by i, A. Lafsk druggist. Morris* P-gWA xtftMft UniiDeit