Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1903 — Page 2

n tom oh P. E. BABCOCK, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA

WEEK’S NEWS RECORD

James Crashy’s wife and daughter, Groce, the latter 13 years old, were burned to death iu their home in Johnstown, Pa., while a son, James, is missing and is believed to have perished also. The family was asleep when the fire started from the kitchen stove. Crown tVmeo Frederick William of Germany was ordered by his father to remain in his room three days for haying raced a steeplechase against the Emperor's wish. The race took place near Potsdam three or four weeks ago. The crown prince is a venturesome rider. In St. Paul Casper Ernst, once reputed to be a financier and an owner of much downtown property, who has been under arrest on several charges of swindling Unman Catholic priests in various parts of the United States by means of forged real estate transfers, pleaded guilty to forgery in the second degree and to grand larceny in the second de gree. He received sentences of seven and throe years In the penitentiary, respectively, for each offense. One of the Edward Hines’ Lumber Company's cruisers, M. L. Hudson, of Ashland, Win., had a narrow escape from death by wolves north of Ely, Minn., a few* days ago. He was crossing a lake toward evening when nine of the beasts surrounded him. He wns unarmed and delayed the attack by yelling and waving his plat book. Two woodsmen engaged in transporting camp supplies on a hand sled came running to his assistance, firing revolvers ns they approached. The wolves then lied. Engineer Knox of the Denver limited oil the Burlington, west bound, was killed in a wreck oue mile east of Malvern, lowa, at 5 o’clock Tuesday morning. The engine and the forward trucks of the baggage ear left the track, and the engine rolled over on its side, pinioning Knox beneath it. The fireman, Lawrence Hayes, was on the upper side of the engine as it "was overturned, and ran at once to the relief of the engineer, but was too late. What caused the engine to leave the track is not known. The passengers were given a terrible shaking.

NEWS NUGGETS.

Five persons are missing ns n result of n fire that destroyed three buildings at Guthrie, Oklahoma. The Foster Armstrong piano factory at Hochester, N. Y., was destroyed. Loss SItKMX>O, insurance $50,000. Threatened general strike at Chicago stock yards was averted by offer of 15 cents daily increase to coopers. Fire at Krebs, I. T., destroyed the building and stock of. the Osage Trading Company. Loss $55,000; insurance, $20,000. An epidemic of cholera is raging at Kerbela, south of Bagdad. In four (lays 170 deaths from the disease were recorded. Mrs. Daniel Manning, of Albany, X. Y., has been elected president of the board of lady managers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The Seriate passed the Cuban reciprocity treaty by a vote of 57 to 18. One ltepublican opposed and nine Democrats favored the measure. The Prohibition National Committee has selected Kansas City as the locatiou for the purty’s next convention and Juue 29 as the day on which it is to meet. Twenty thousand dollars was netted in Chicago by bal poudre for St. Luke's hospital annex; admission tickets sold at $lO each and 3,000 persons .attended it. Inmates at Bellevue hospital. New York City, have told the authorities that Adolphus Packer, insured for $1,000,000, died from ill treatment by the nurses. Robbers blew open the safe of the Citizens' Savings Bank at Quincy, lowa, and secured $3,000 in cash. They escaped from the town with a team of horses which they stole. • Secretary of War Root has assumed all responsibility for General Leonard Wood's nds while governor general of Cuba. The Senate Committee on Military Affairs finished its investigation. Fire in the Arrott Power building located between I'enu avenue and Dntpiesne way and between Sixth and Seventr streets, Pittsburg, caused a loss of SISO,(XX), largely covered by insurance. Caroline E. Hixson, a negress, bent and wrinkled with age, lias arrived at Syracuse, N. Y., having walked, she says, from Georgia to seek relatives from whom she was separated fifty-six years ago. Harry Siften, chief of the “Battle of Waterloo’’ gang, led eight other convicts at the Philadelphia house of correction in a dash for liberty. All wore .the striped prisou suits aud all got away in safety. Three mysterious fires at Rochester, N. Y., destroyed the Sherwood shoefinding factory, loss $65,000; the FosterArmstrong piano factory, loss SIOO,OOO, aud the Haines piano factory, loss probably $35,000. A. C. Bushnell, cashier of the Yale National Bank in New Haven, shot himself at the bank some time before the usual opening hour. Bushnell died later. No cause for the cashier’s act is known except possibly ill health. Jewish emigration from Russia to America is constantly increasing in proportions, in consequence of the scarcity of work. Tranaport agents have opened offices at Yilna and Libau, to facilitate the embarkation of emigrants. Three children of August Bntteen, a farmer of Allamakee County, lowa, were burned to death the other night. Ratteen and his wife had left their five children alone in the house. The residence was bunted to the ground. Frank Walburton of Bemidji, Minn., arrived at Two Harbors out of the woods the other evening a maniac. His face and hands were frostbitten aud his clothing was torn from contact with the bush. Walburton, bis wife abd seven others went out ten days ago to look at land thirty-five miles from Tito Harbors. He 4a supposed to bars become lost

SEES BIC LAND STEAL.

Secretary of Interior Point* Loss In National Domain. . The annual report of the Secretary of the Interior, covering the Work of the different branches of that department of the government through the fiscal year, haa been made public. Recommendations are made for changes in homestead laws and pension regulation*. The report shows that public lands disposed of through the year aggregated 22,824,300 acres. Existing laws relating to public lnnda in many instances do not provide adequate protection for the interests of the government, and numerous frauds involving several hundred thousand acres have been discovered. In Oregon a land commissioner and his aaaistanta were found to have defrauded the government. In other portions of the Pacific coast there was loss of tracts of forest lands through swindles. In homestead lands the brevity of the residence term is found not to carry ont the purpose of Congress, but rather tends to encourage speculation under cover of the law. It is found in a large proportion of cases that the homestead settler assumes a tract of land with the intention of remaining no longer than fourteen montha, abandoning his claim and allowing it to remain unimproved for years. Land is accumulated by these settlers and held for opportunity for Bale. The Secretary advises the repeal of the commutation clause tit the homestead act and with it a change in the timber and stone lands acts. The right of assignment In desert land claims also is found to ba costly to th# government. By its provisions individuals, associations and corporations have acquired vast bodies of the public domain. A repeal of the assignment clause of the act is recommended. The present method of examining applicants for peusions is found to be uncertain, expensive and unsatisfactory, the personnel of the various medical boards being liable to outside contxbl and political dictation. The lack of uniformity of the marriage laws of the different States is also believed to work hardships to soldiers* widows, depriving many of them of the stipend to which they are entitled. The report of the commissioner of pensions shows that the total number of pensioners is now 1,043,933, the loss through the year amounting to only 2,901. It is believed that this Is the last year where the pension list will contain an enrollment of over 1,000,000 persons. The cost of maintaining the fund is $1.75 per capita of population, but the decrease in numbers is now believed to be so rapid that in ten years there will be little burden in carrying the roll. The estimated number of survivors of the war of the rebellion is 900,000, of which 703,450 soldiers and sailors are now on the lists., An “unknown army” of 200,000 has never asked for pensions. The commissioner of education, in his data, reports that in the last fiscal year there were 15,925,887 pupils enrolled In the public school. The total enrollment of public and private schools, academies and colleges was 18,080,840. The total number of colleges, universities and technological schools was 638, of which 131 admit womeu. Of the forty-three tech~ nical schools twenty-seven have women students in their Dumber. Men students number 78,133 and women 29,258. The total value of property possessed by institutions for higher education was $417,205,234. Of seven of these institutions each had endowments of more than $5,000,000, and eight have from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. The benefactions reported through the year amounted to $17,039,907. Commerce is taught in 177 universities, fifty-one public and private normal schools, 950 academies, 8,213 public high schools and 620 business schools, with 240,ffi)7 students engaged in preparation for commercial work. In agricultural and mechanical schools there are 47,147 students. The Indian population of the United States Is approximately 270,000. There are 150 reservations, containing 55,127,000 acres, outside of the Indian Territory and New York. A marked progress toward civilization is noticed, and the abolishment of Indian agencies is said to ba a help iu enabling the Indian to break from ancient tribal traditions and influences and become self-supporting. Thera era 257 schools for educating the red men and their children. Two new forest reserves have been set aside, making a total of fifty-three. Devastating fires swept over several of the western reserves, but the total burned area was not much greater thau in the preceding year.

OLDWORLS NOTABLES

With the recent death of the Duke of Richmond passed away the last of Wellington’s aids-de-camp. Dr. E. Grlmmich, professor of anatomy, has been chosen rector of the German university at Prague. Henry W. Lucy, “Uncle Toby, M. P.,” of Punch, is visiting th# United States. He is less than fiva feet tall. J. W. Ryder of Devonport, England, 04 years of age, asserts that he saw Napoleon Bonaparte la 1815 at Plymouth. Prince Eitel Frits, second son of the Emperor of Germany, is fond of theatricals and lately appeared in a play at Buda-Pestb. M. Jacques Lebaudy, who is endeavoring to found an empire in the desert of Sahara, is in London buying supplies for hia colony. Dr. Charles Steggall, Just retired from the organ at Lincoln’s Inn chapel in London, is 77 yearn old, and has made music In the chepel nearly half a century. King Edward has presented President Loubet with a shorthorn bull and heifer from the royal herd at Windsor. Violet Langham, slater of the wife of the German ambassador at Washington, will te a member of the ambassador’s family this year. Prince Khilkoff, the Cur’s minister of railroads, looks mere like an Americas than s Russian. He has the true Yankee energy and push. Rudolf von Gottschall, German playwright and novelist, recently celebrated hie eightieth birthday at Lei pale. He hat hew an author for aixty years.

BOREAS' ICY BLASTS.

Storm Sweeps the Mld<U*JV*#t, Canning Buffering end Death. Old Boreas began hi* winter engagement throughout the middle West Saturday with a blizzard which would hnve put a Texas "norther’’ to blush. A heavy rainstorm, which turned to sleet during the afternoon and finally merged itsekf with a blinding snow-storm from the West, was the winter king’s introduction. The storm was general throughout the West and the mercury fall rapidly daring Saturday night. With a minimum temperature of thirteen degrees below zero,-at 8 o’clock day morning and an average temperature throughout the day of seven degrees bolow, Chicago was one of the coldest places In the United States. Three deaths were caused by the frigid wave, two men and a woman being the victims. It was the coldest day Chicago had experienced this early in the year since Dec. 9, 1876, when the minimum temperature was 14 degrees below aero. Another unusual feature from the meteorological viewpoint was the prevalence of below zero conditions from midnight Saturday till midnight Sunday. Th# cold wave “arrived” in Chicago between 10 and 12 o’clock Saturday night At midnight the mercury had dropped to } below zero, from which point It fell steadily till 8 o’clock in the morning l , when tiie low point of 13 below waa reached. Then a slight rise in temperal- - was observable, continuing At th* rate of one or two degrees an hour until 7 p. m., when the mercury stood at 3 degrees below zero. The wind was westerly and had a sharp bite. Shortly after midnight It blew at the rate of thirty-eight miles, and throughout the day averaged twenty miles. Chicago appeared to be the central point of an icy zone, which embraced Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Dakotas developed the frigid ■pell late Friday night and aent It east and south eqrly Saturday morning. In the meantime eighteen Inches of snow had fallen in Chicago. The snowfall ceased at 7:30 o’clock Saturday evening, and the Dakota cold wave arrived a few hours later. Late Suuday night the Icy chill had reached western Pennsylvania, and by Monday morning it had visited New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington in "reduced form.” Held In the grip of blizzards and of ice, Michigan, lowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are shivering in zero weather. In Nebraska and in Missouri the temperature Is moderating. In Michigan and Wisconsin blizzards raged, the anow being swept before the raging gale. Trains practically made no effort to maintain any schedule, and near New Buffalo, Mich., a passenger train was held prisoner in the deep snow for fifteen hours, the passengers, when rescued, being nearly frozen and famished. In Indiana a miner, Henry Rowe, left Sullivan to walk to the Jackson Hill mine. Several hours later his body «was found in the road, where he had perished from the cold. The lowest temperatures reported were from Unity, Mich., where the mercury touched the mark at 28 degrees below, and from St. Paul, where the temperature dropped to 23 degrees below. Following were some of the cold points In the country -Sunday. Huron, S. D. .. —32 New York 82 Duluth —24 Detroit 4 Bt. Paul —l6 Pittsburg 18 Kansas City.... 0 Medicine Hat .. 2 St. Louis 2 Milwaukee ..... —l4 Denver 20 Green Bay, Wis. —lB Indianapolis ...

CHICAGO GETS CONVENTION.

Republican National Gathering to Bq Held in the Windy City June 21. Chicago the place, June 21 the time—< that was the outcome of an interesting session of the Republican national committee in Washington Saturday mornings The rote on location stood: Chicago, 43; Pittsburg, 7, and St Louis, 1. Nobody is quite sure who cast the vdte for St. Louis, although it is admitted that Col, Richard C. Kerens, national committeeman from Missouri, may hava done so, notwithstanding that his real choice was Chicago. Pittsburg’s vote was due In part to a rattling good speech by Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania aud partly to Senator Penrose's declaration that Pittsburg was prepared to present the national committee with SIOO,OOO in return for the convention. Eloquence and cash, however, were no match for the attractions of Chicago as set forth by Samuel B. Raymond, National Committeeman Stewart, Georg® R. Peck and James J. Sheridan, president of the Hamilton Club. The date for holding the convention, June 21, was agreed upon after a brief debate which related to the kind of weather Chicago is likely to have in June. Some members of the committee were in favor of June 7, believing that It would be cooler then than later. Mr. Stewart settled all doubt on this score, however, by assuring the committee that the entire month of June in Chicago abounded with the loveliest weather to be found on the American continent. The committee therefore voted for June 2L The committee had set its heart upon Chicago, and therefore Chicago won. Mr. Stewart pledged Chicago’s credit to the extent of $75,000 and guaranteed the payment of that amount upon his honor as a member of the national committee and responsibility as a business man. He was compelled to do this by the attitude of St Louis and Pittsburg, both of which eitles through their spokesmen and national committeemen submitted attractive cash offers as compensation for being awarded the convention. Prof Charles William Dabney, president of the University of Tennessee, has been invited to become head of the University of Cincinnati, to succeed President Howard Ayres. William Wellington of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y„ died in great agony from a fall which broke his neck, nearly every bone in his body, cut off his right ear and injured him • internally. * The suit over the $17,000,000 estate of Henry B. Plant at New Haven, Conn., is likely soon to be settled, from present Indications, outside of court. Gen. B. J. Vlljoeo, who was assistant commander of the Boer forces, proposes to reproduce notable Inc id eats of the Boer was at the St Louis expositions

CONGRESS

There were two speeches In the Senate Friday on the Cuban reciprocity bill, one of them by .a Democrat in support of the bill, and the other by a Republican in Opposition to it. The opposing speecn was made by Mr. Bard, of California. Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, made his maiden speech in the Souftte and supported the bill. Senator Platt, of Connecticut, introduced a resolution authorizing the printing of all the accounts of the government of Cuba during American occupation. Senator Culberson, of Texas, introduced a resolution that the committee on the judiciary be directed to report as early as practicable whether the inhabitants of the department of Panama may lawfully form an independent government In that ter ritory. Senator Tillman, of South Car olina, Introduced a resolution directing the committee on the judiciary to make Inquiry into the question of what constitutes recess appointments by the President The birth of the republic of Panama and its recognition by this government was the subject of a spirited debate In the House. Mr. Dinsmore (Dem.. Ark.) severely criticised the administration in connection with the canal, and Mr. Hitt (Rep., Ill.), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, replied in defense of the President and his Central American policy. Mr. Williams (Miss.), the minority lender, replied to Mr. Hitt, declaring the minority did not condone the part taken by this government in connection with Panama affairs. The Senate spent Monday on the Cuban bill, most of the time being occupied by Mr. Bailey of Texas iu an argument against the constitutionality of the proceeding. He also opposed the bill ns a matter of general policy. Brief speeches were made by Senators Teller, Depew and Lodge. Senator Morgan presented a concurrent resolution declaring that Congress lias the right to be informed of any purchases to be made in Panama by this government prior to the making of such investment. A bill to create a bureau of public roads in the Department of Agriculture was introduced by Mr. Gallinger. Tlie House was in session for a little more than four hours. The pension appropriation bill wns up. but no conclusion *- was reached. The isthmian canal and the Republic of Panama, the tariff, tobacco interests and questions affecting labor were debated. A concurrent resolution providing for n recess adjournment from Dec. 19 to Jan. 4 was adopted.

The Senate continued the debate on the Cuban bill Tuesday. Mr. I’erkius of California spoke for the measure, as did Mr. Simmons of North Carolina. Mr. MeCumber of North Dakota opposed it. Mr. Patterson of Colorado made a speech against the bill, during which there were numerous colloquies between himself, Mr. Aldrich and Mr. Dolliver. Two bills were introduced by Senator Penrose designed to strengthen the laws regulating the use of the mails. One Is aimed at the "get-rieh-quick” concerns, another at guessing contests, and includes (he District of Columbia and "all territory within the jurisdiction of - the United States” in the law forbidding the u-e of the mails for the transmission of lottery tickets. Senator Heyburn of Idaho introduced n joint resolution -requesting the President to acquire b.v annexation the Island of San Domingo, the dependencies of San Domingo and Hayti. Rural free delivery, reciprocity with Canada and the neA republic of Panama were topics of discussion in the House. The subject of rural free delivery was introduced by Mr. Maddox (Dem., Ga.). wlio claimed that certain States had been favored in the establishment of routes. Mr. Hepburn (Rep., Iowa) and Mr. Hemenway (Rep., hid.) among others replied on (lie Republican side. Mr. Crumpacker (llep.; Ind.l defended the course pursued by the administration in denliug with the Centrnl American situation. Representative De Armoiid of Missouri introduced a bill providing for the ranking and promotion of officers of the United States army on merit.

By the decisive vote of 57 to 18, tha Senate on Wednesday passed the. bill carrying into effect the reciprocity treaty made with Cuba. The principal speeches were ninde b.v Mr. Spooner for the bill, and by Mr. Bailey against it. The Senate agreed to the House resolution providing for a holiday recess from Dec. 19 to Jnn. 4. Senator Carmack introduced a resolution instructing the Senate Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads to direct the Postmaster General to send to the committee all papers connected with tire recent investigation in his department, and directing the committee to make further inquiry into the administration and expenditures of the Postoffice Department. Senator Nelson introduced a bill to grant to the State of Minnesota for forestry purposes any tracts of vaennt public lands not reserved or withdrawn which shall l»e certified as fourth-rate in soil and too hilly or rocky for cultivation. Cen#ai American affairs were discussed in the House and also pensions, indnstrinl and agricultural conditions and labor. The session lasted more than fonr hours, the House being in committee of the whole almost the entire time on the pension appropriation bill, on which no conclusion was reached. A bill was introduced by Representative Payne, of New York, amending the act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of revenues.

Notes of National Capital.

Secretary Shaw transmited to the House a request for $13,000 additional for the Deportment of Justice for '‘enforcement of the anti-trust laws.” The Interior Department has suspended Thomas McNutt, a special agent of the general land office, as a result of the investigation of public land frauds in Oregon. McNutt was appointed about a year ago from Indiana. The naval board which was appointed to investigate the fatal explosion at the naval magazine on lona Island has completed its work. The lioard was unable to ascertain the exact caase of the explosion, but has submitted a number of suggested changes in the regulations, particularly as to the unloading of si tils charged with black powder.

The District School of Spotless Tows.

When th* fell wuoa opened, the principal of the District School dlvified the year’s work Into eleven class** and asked that the head of each department should put Into verse the first I*BBo n of the year. The result vras very interesting, and we are glad •© reproduce It for the amusement and instruction of our many readers. CLASS I. THE ALPHABET. AN MT head or NA J Can learn the Alphabet to any, Bat U C It takes the clever II Of one who la a little YYY To C that when .recited, true The Alphabet's dirty through and through! But take this Q. the Alphabet A very thorough cleaning will get If U will UUUU Sapolio, ✓ If or it Onds dirt an EZ foe. The Proof. abe D efgb I jtlmnopq It a T uvwx T S CLASS 11. SPELLING. PROPER enough, no doubt, 'twould be If you spelled “cleanliness" with C; But a better way to spell It 1 know,— Just S —A —P —O —L—l—O. For that famed soap doth wyirk a spell And leads to Cleanliness so well That all pronounce the two the antne — Identical meaning though different nam* CLASS 111. READINO. THE short word READING, If twisted, ‘th said. Will prove we GAIN by all we've RED; But READING Is such a valued thing Ita merits In no EAR Ull DING. For be ou learning's road must lag Who falls to RIDE that geutle NAG. I’ll Just point out one handy rule: — You'll always And there IS A POOL Wherever there’s SAPQLIO. And so for water need not go! Each combination has the same letters as the word READING. “IS A POOL" has the same letters ts SA POLIO. CLASS IV. PUNCTUATION. WHEN yon hare put coal on (:) the firs. Perhaps you, too. Onine up with Ire, And with atf exclamation mark (!) Your bands are now a shade too dark. But then may come a (,) happy thought Of wonders which that soap has wrought. Whose widespread use through a period Cl long. Beyond all question marks (????) It strong. So you ditto (“) the course you always ga And make a dash (—) for SAPOLIO. CLASS V. ARITHMETIC. TO MULTIPLY' your pleasure each day SUBTRACT all dirt that conies your wayl But to do this, you ought to kuow. You first must ADI) Sa polio. Which will DIVIDE by 3 your moll And require but a FRACTION of former toll; For "the Rule of Three,” as may be seen. Ia DIRT plua SAPOLIO equals CLEAN) CLASS VI. GEOGRAPHY. IN life, whatever la your SPHERE, ■Tls safe to STATE dirt will appear; And this mukt quite annoying be. For dirt la no delight to SEA. But though It be plied MOUNTAIN high, ’Tls PLAIN that It will quickly fly. If you’ve a notion (AN OCEAN) to OBEY And follow what the wisest say: And all of them Sayl’OLEo, For that makes ev'rythlng clean as snow. CLASS VII. HISTORY. / - WHEN crusty old DIOGENES Vent on a daytime chase. With lighted lantern held before his philosophic face. He dlil not seek an botiest man as hlato rles declare. But searched for a dishonest man, and sought fat in everywhere. For a dishonest grocer bud palmed off no him some soap That failed to eleag his lantern and at night had made him grope. So now he sought that rascal man ’round Athens, high and low. To make the mnu refund the cola or glv* SAPOLIOI CLASS VIII. PHYSIOLOGY. DO not give EAR to counsel bad, Tor ev'ryone NOSE that makes one sad 1 lie worst advice that TONGUE can tell Is, "Take this soap, ’twill do as well." Just put your FOOT down firm and strong And tell the clerk his BRAIN Is wrong. And you’ve experience quite In point To put bis statement OUT OF JOINT. Just NAIL his lies and let him know Your HEART Is set ou SAPOLIOI CLASS IX. MUSIC. IT Is a matter of general NOTE That Into house or FLAT will float Dust and dirt to take their place In a fashion that’s impolite and BASS. For never mind how SHARP you are Their sly Invasion you cannot BAR Unless tne proper KEY yon know, Which Is, of course, SAPOLIO— The soap that brings you REST right soon. And keeps your house or PLAT Is TUNEI CLASS X. ALGEBRA. LET Housewife equal X plus E X-|-B Let E the sign for Sa polio be; B For Dirt let minus X be had; — X Then nil these symbols we will add. The X and minus X drop out (As anyone can see. no doubt) And leave what must the housewife please— The happy symbol we call ease. EE CLASS XI. SHORTHAND. THE cleverest hands, both short and long. Are far too clever to purchase wrong; So they buy the soap with the little abort hand— A soap that dirt cannot withstand. For the soap with stenographic speed Is the sort of cleaner that people need To handily handle in handsome hands, Hand So polio only meets the demauds.

Happened in Washington.

Congressman George B. McClellan relates in the New York Times this adventure, which might have bad s more serious ending had it happened in New York Instead of in Washington: “One night when I was walking down Pennsylvania avenue,” said Mr. McClellan, “I saw a big policeman standing on the comer, acting in a suspicious manner. He held one hand behind has back as if he were concealing something. Just for the fun of the thing I approached him and asked hlmi “ ‘What have you there?” “For an instant he looked startled, and then, quickly bringing his arm around in front of him, said: “ ‘lt's sn apple—have a bite?" “ ‘No, sir,’ I said, sternly. ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ “'Don’t know you from a lamp post, sir.’ “ ‘Well, I am Congressman McClellan.’ “Ts that so? Then take half of this apple. I suppose If you were a Senator I’d have to give you the whole of ur ”

One of Many.

Swinger—That old man on the comer selling papers can sign hia check for $16,000 any day in the week. Kasyan—lf that’s the case, why doesn’t he quit selling papers? Stringer—Simply because he couldn’t get the check cashed after he had signed it.

THE FIRST MTIONAL BARK ®F MKNSgKLAgft. assesses* vs vms Business w tub o»ss««w“ STATS SAMS' Opened March I, ISOS, at the old location, NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUA KB. 4general banking business transacted: da- * postta received, payable on time or on demand. Money loaned on acceptable security] Drafts on all cities at home and abroad bought and sold. Collection of notes and accounts a specialty. 5 per eent. farm loann. Your Business Solicited.

Chicago to the Northwest, Indianapolis, Cincinnati * and the South, Louisville, and French Lick Springs. Rensselaer Time-Table, In Effaot Junn 29,1902. . South Bound. fcifcsaS2S,Sr‘i.WinVi:: ’SU?;: £ No. 39—Milk Accomra., (dai1y)....... 4:15 p. a. No. B—Louisville Express, (dally). ■ 1125 p. re. •No. 45—Lose! freight 2Aftp. is. No. U—Past Mall 4:«a.m. ■ North Bound. No. 4—Mail, (dally) 420 a.m. No. 10—Milk aocomm., (daily) 781 s. ns. So. SJ-Fast Mail, (dally). . .... 9=55 a. m. INo. 88—Ctn. to Chicago 227 p.m. •No.46—Local freight 935 a.m. ’Dally exeept Sunday. tSnndsy only, Hammond has been mode s regular stop for No. 80. _ . No. 22 and S 3 now atop at Cedar Lake. W. H. MclkmiTPresident end Gcii. M’g’r, I Chas. H. Rockwki.i., Traffic M g’r, CMIOAaO. W. H. B* am. Agent. Rensselaer.

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