Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1908 — Our Mineral Products. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Our Mineral Products.

Wahlngton. Oct. 30.—A grand total of $2,069,289.19(1 worth of mineral products In the United States is announced in the statistical summary for 1907, just issued by the geological sur•▼ey. Of this production $1,166,165,191 Tras nonmetallic, $1MK{.024,605 metallie and SIOO,OOO not specified. Mineral products for the previous year aggro. Bated $1,904.007,034. t Cheaper. The lady muchly wanted lee, fe. But couldn't pay the bill, ' And so she moved out on the swamps And had a dally chill, PERT PARAGRAPHS. k The man Is to be pitied who can’t dip tlnguish between friend and acquaintance. The man who knows how to make good doesn’t trouble about l>elng so. Take your grouch out in the back yard along with the parlor carpet. By the time one is dusted the other will have fled. The girl who doesn't know how to elope Is always the one who Is dying to do so. There may be room at the top. but the security is greater at the other extreme

To some men a vacation in the : country Is one long delirious poker game. If you have a bad reputation, try a continuous treatment of genul n e handmade labor.

It Is held by scientists that a human being can't live without a brain, which only goes to prove how mistaken science can be occasionally. When things go dead wrong roll up your sleeves, go to work and try to revivify them. Some men are so sure that they wfll succeed that it looks to them like affectation to make an effort. No Chance. “Were you ever disappointed in love?" -No.” -That seems strange.” -Oh, no; I have never been married.* Very Nourishing. “The doctor said I would have to to very careful about what I ate.” -Did be prescribe a light diet for Z -Urht and air.” „ I