Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1904 — SHORT STORIES. [ARTICLE]

SHORT STORIES.

For an extra fee of from 3 to 6 cent* registered letters in Canada can be insured up to a limit of $26. On March 4, 1906, 86,000 red men in the Indian Territory wllbgive rule and become American citizens. The country residence of Kudyard Kipling, near Brattleboro, Vt., has been sold at laat. Mr. Kipling offered it many years ago. j - General Corbin has succeeded in securing favorable responses from many national guard organizations in relation to participation in the maneuvers on the field of Manassas in September. The gray wolf is very destructive to cattle in Montana and sometimes overpowers and devours the strongest steers. No trap yet made has been able to capture one. The animal seems to shun all traps instinctively. On almost the identical spot where Roger Sherman welcomed President George Washington to New Haven, on a visit to the former’s home, over a century ago, a tablet commemorative of the event w r as unveiled recently. The United States supreme court has not been so far up with its work in years as at present Adjournment for the summer leaves only 282 cases on the docket, the smallest number known since 1870. During the term Just closed 449 cases were disposed of.