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VOL.81. JASPER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1889. NO. 33.

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Wist Sixth Street. themselves in business, wt wish to sr. -- - - whisper that Jasper presents superior f kick or subsokii'TIox. 'inducements. etHgle Su becriptiou, for 52 Nob., $1 50, It U a town of about .1,100 inhabitant, ew ux HtnHtkg : : : : 1 00 surrounded by a fine agricultural rer jx country, which ships annually hundreds

KvrKSWWlADVKKT Fnr.nHftre. lOlineBortes,! week, $100, a.U LnWanueut iMMltlOH, D CIS. " . . . IOHKer ftivernMinici.r .... rate. A fraction over even ftquare or squares, counted as a square, inese are the terras for transient adTerU6e - ments;a reasonauie ueuuuiiu w nade to regular advertisers. Notices ol appointment oi buhuhib traorsand legal notices of like character to be paid in advance. AXXO0XCIX8 CANDIDATES. For Township Officers, each $1 00 Tor County " n " rer District, Circuit, or State, 2 OS 100 T. H. DILLON, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, JASPER, INUIAlIVA. COLLXCTlOESIa 'hi ta4 a4juoJR Ciitl.as otfer legal talna atteadwl to iU crea 4l.patca. OFFICE SHth side af rblle Sw. Fefcrj 8, Wn. A. J. 110NEYCUTT, ATTOllIlf AT LAW, JASPJBR, IND. SKTTLBMKST f RUte, G9sr4Uiktra ai CatUebi4c KpfLlty. OFFICE Kaat MldeerrHltllcSlir. Ih the Mr. Krr Klsck. April W. 1. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW JASFIK.. IMDIAIA. w a. TKAYLOR. W. HUKTKft. TKIYLwK&HDllTCR, zlttorneysat Lmc9 Jasper, Indiana, W lMa. PattkiUr .ttwitl 8 t eatSUUTOEce m rfrEait ef tfce St.Chwlti' Betel. BRUNO BUSTTNER, ATTOHNKT AT UW, Ami Notary Public, Jasfeb, Ibbiabs, rrru.t praetke ia ifci ctru er nw attorney at Imw. JASr EK. 1KB. 9Sk la ttt "Cr" wuhim,""!""""""GtENERAJj STORE Mrs. C. HOCHGESANG Cr. 13th and North Main Sts., JAsI?iClt,IMIIA.IVA, AS RKCKIVKD HKK SVMMKK STOCK OF DRY-GOODS, GI()CRI8, LADIK8 SMOKs, NOTIONS, ., Wklek lic offer to ike bUc at VERY SMALL BSBCHMrt'M'4ref allktMtakM)iii EXCMA56E ATTHK KMTBAKKKT I'MJCK, r)R 0001)8. Mrl. 'M-Ir. CKC1I.IA MOCMOKSANG. JASPER MACHINE SHOP! DANIEL F. J. MILLER, Preprieter. at mw rrr e4 Is tra fcWf . rtfilr pfpM, Ac, rr ail kiim ! XMainerr, m atasf me repw lag f MTAaU KNHI.VKS.Sl'KCIAI.TV. I an alte rpreJ t repair THKCHMIXI MAOHIXHB, SKPAKATORi, MOKSK POWKRX, KKAPKK8 am MOWEKS.KTC. Maajr fatmeft hav lM aMt Reaferi ad Metr a war vatfWlikh, wtth at little expe, 1 eB hi MAKE AS GOOD AS NEW. t A4MMMMMt4( JT e)H 'SMHHtt PIPattA MHRfl I 1 1 IK rTTI!flJI mt vavrHHM !, wkMi I am rHrM toll m eatral. I wHI mUt fanait 1 LEATHER and ItUDBER BELTINGS, XT BEMRED SI7.K, OX SHOReXOTKI.

TO BUSINESS INVESTORS.

Cmh to Jtiper, Tn Wahu I Iniiuat rtnua mm am m nt inlt. loc-iln- ta aatahlish of cars of agricultural products coniwuueutlv frubalstence ii chiid. it is under laid with a Una quality of seml-blOCk CO I, easily UliBSil DV drift ;ing into any of tlta hills surrounding it. tor steam purposes the pea coal from j, j8 delivered anywhere hi tj,e toWB i flftv ceHg t0n,and U prac tlc4jly inexhaustible, lump coal is fur .maned la t he coal House or bin, at any place in town, at from )1 30 to $1.75 a ton, according Jto quantity d wired. The county gets its ee delivered for um in the court bouse and jail at $1.18 j a ton. It la surrounded by a fine body of Umber, ef all kinds iadlgcaous to tbe latitude. Patolca river skirts the south and east aides of the town, and furnishes a never failing supply of water for manufactories along ita banks. Good soft water ia obtained in abundance lor domestic usee any place in tbe town at a depth of from au to bo feet. A fine quality of good building gray sand-stone is quarried near the town. This stone has demonstrated its excellence by standing good for over SO years the severe test of freezes and thaws in the pier of a bridge scroe Patoka river. House patterns of good brick are delivered at & tot$5 to per 1,009, and entailer quantities at a slight advance, and building lumber, rough, at $lft per l,ooo feet ; surfaced a ltd seasoned at $20 lo $30 per 1 lJO, ae to quality. Tbe community is a liberal and intentKent one; with handsome and commodious Catholic aud Methodist churches, tnd good public schools, and citizens, without exception, heartily welcome all new business enterprises. It is the northern terminoue of the Jasper and Evansville division of tbe L , K. fc &t. L. Ky. and has three trains each way per dy. The town has 18 manufacturlne; estabINhments using steam power, embracinE 2 steam flour mills, S planing mills, S aw mills, 1 spoke factory, 1 stave and shingle factory, 1 furniture factory, 1 brewery, 1 machine shoo. 4 waeron factories, and 2 brick-yards, which did a business laat year aggregating over 276,090. It has tbrse large well-stocked dry goods and general atoree, and 1 smaller ones, 4 grocery stores, none of them extensive, 4 confectioneries, 3 shoe ahops, a good photograph Enllery.a book Moies, 3 drug store, 4 hotels, 2 printingoffices, I state benk, livery stables, and several other branches of business, all doing well, and 2 building associations of fiuo.ooo and $50,000 capital respect ively. To persons who are seeking an invest ment for capital ih manufacturing cater prisee of any kind, and have skill ami hi nuhtry to apply to their business, Jasper present rare inducements, hiiu herein sens will extend a hearty welcome. Among tbe branches of business which ought to be established here and would certainly pay, are a woolen mill, a small foundry, a large fruit connery, a good butter, and cheese dairy, a tiling factory. a handle factory, a good broom factory, a good pottery, a general produce dealer. who would pay cash for farm produce of all kinds in any quantity: another our mill might possibly be made to pay, also, as ever fcO.UOU bushels of wheal were shipped from Jasper last year which it seems to ua might have bee made into flour here with profit, aad the manufactured nroducts shipped. It is probable, too, that a merchant with sufficient capital to carry a good stock of any single line of goods, would be able bv his larerer assortment of that line, and consequent lower pur chases, to secure enough trade from the general sloree abounding in the country to make it nrofitable-but this would be an experiment, while the others may be counted as certainties. At all events, if you are seeking a location, come aad be one of us. Hrrrinen and the) OfHc. Tbe Evansville Journal, discussing tbe anxiety tor office ornany He publican visitors to Gen. Harrison, says: "Tbe beet informed opinion is that, under tbe civil service law, a federal officer (poetmoster for instance) who has performed bis duties satisfactorily and has net meddled in polities, will have to be permitted to serve out the full term lor whkh he was appointed. In some instances his time will run a year or more from the inauguration of the new president. Next to tbe selection of a cabinet, this will be one of the most embarraesittg questions that President Harrison will have to deal with." Anger that Cuts a gqttaro Hole). It i reported that O. W. Young, a telegraph operator in the employ of the Milwaukee k St. Paul railroad at Charles City, has solved the tciaetlic problem of making in auger that will bore a square hole. He made a pattern auger, and it is claimed by thoee who have seen it work that it will cut a square mortise rapidly and accurately. A company has been formed, and application filed for patents ia this aud foreign countries. The weedee dish factory ef Mr, Car-

"UriujfiHg Up." It Isn't all in "bringing up," Let folks say what they will; If silver scour a pewtor cupIt will b; pewter still. E'en of old Solomon, Who said : "Train up a child, If I mlRtske not had a sou Proved rattle-brained and wild.

A man of mark who fain would pass For lord of sea and land, May have the training of a eon, And bring him up full grand ; May give him all the wealth of lore, Of college aud of school; Yet, after all, make him no more Than just a decent fool. Another raised by penury, Upon hiit hitter hread. Whose road lo knowledge is like that The good to Heaven must tread ; lie's got a spark of Nature's light, He'll fan it to a flame, Tili in its burning letters bright The world may read bia uauae. If it were all in "bringing up," In counsel and restraint, Some rascals had been honeat men, I'd been myself a saint. Oh, it isn't all in "bringing up." Let folks say what they will ; Neglect may dim a silver cupIt will be sliver still. National Standard. The Washington Star bvs : The Ger man eyatcm of espionage, signnof which have been noted by American army and navy officers tor several years, is provok ing attention anew, uerrnau officer have repeatedly unlisted in our annv to desert with the information which they were sent to secure. The Pitne thing has occurred to variou vessels in our navy. They have sustained wholesale desertions at times which were after ward discovered to be due to enlistment of numbers of German naval officers sent to report ou our ships and their armament. The latest out-cropping of this crafty system ot opy-work occurred this week during the trial of the 500pound dynamite shells iu New York harbor. There suddenly appeared on the scene, uninvited, a dapper little Spanish Count, so-called aud introduced, The little man now turns out to be a uaron aiomoerg, oi me uertnan trmv, ami his errand was to learn all he could aa to the new prnictile. ami the gun t a must be depended ou m a great tiiea-mi o for tbe defense of New York Citv in case of war with a foreign power. It h not pleasant to think that incite spies infest the country, hut it is well to know their presence and put a proper estimate upon it. When Ueruiany louglit v ranee her officers knew the trench territory better than the French themselves. About School IleekB Raahvltle JackaonUn. It is apparent to all that the stale superintendent of school, county eujt.'rin Undents aud mot of the great men who get money trom the school fund look on liie proposition to legislate on school books as a dangeroutt thing. Now we don't see wh it should endanger tht cause of education to authorize a few sensible men to prepare school books for the children of our echooU. A half dozen men can be found in Rushville who could readily prepare the necessary hooks. It is all folly to talk about the difficulty or danger of attempting to prepare suitable school books. Hut if h committee composed of (sensible and conscientious men were authorized to do this work, they would only prepare for live readers, one spelling book, two geographies, one grammar and one arithmetic. The arithmetic and the grammar would not be larger than the third part of these books now are, and they would lie just as plain and simple for tbe beginner as the first parts of thess books now are, and they would be just as thorough as the third parts now In use. Then why do school meu object? We do not venture opinion. Ne Leap Year Ih 10OO. Although the year 1900 will be divisi ble by four without a remainder, it will not be leap year. Twelve years must elapse before the interesting event takes place, but it was just the same in 1880 and 1700, but not in 1900, for that was a leap year, and the year 9000 will be a leap year also. Why this should be Is a problem. To explain in detail would be a tiresome task, but it restn on the principle that a difierence of 11 minutes per day exists between aclual time and calendar time. Thus a year is computed at 365 1 days, three years being 3fl days long and the fourth year 366 days. In fact the year is tibo riavs a hours and 45 minutes long or II miuutes short ol 36SJ days. Ex. To Purify a Room. Set a pitcher of water in the apartment and in a lew uoure u win nave nusoroeu nearly all tbe respired gases in the room, the air of which will have become purer, and tbe water utterly filthy. The colder the water the greater the capacity to contain these gases. At the ordinary temperature a pall of water will absorb a pint of carbonic acid gas and several pints of ammonia. The capacity is nearly doubled by reducing the water to the temperature of ice. Hence the water kept in a room for awhile is unfit for Greenfield will drill a gas well for the benefit of all nmtiuiscturers who will Gas will

One oh SoHater ISIacklmra. The Washington Critic tells the fol-

lowing characteristic story of one of Kentucky' iti'tiuguUhed statesmen: Not long a;o Senator Blackburn went! out m We-tern 'JVxh on a pleasure ex - eurston, and en route took in Indian Tor - ritory. He was so pled with itsla

green, uuie-grassy appeatance that helot the latter, i ne orator speaks to but concluded to make a horseback journey a few hundred, the newspaper addresees

through part of it One day, when hr.

was rmtng alone, taking in all the gloriesjdie in the air, the language of the news

ot ine great pasture land, he was overtaken bv a well-mounted, well armed aud well-dressed red akin, who enoke a little English. "uiw man, en? ' was his first inquiry. "Oh, no; I'm just looking at this fine country. I don't live here; I live in IT -1 ivuniucKy." "KentHCfc! Ughl You got whisky ?" The senator had a small fUsk of "Old Crow" in Uh side pocket, aud. immediately produced it. In a little time tbe aboriginal wanted a second drink, and finally fie whole llask; but after giving him two small "jiggers" tbe civilities were brought to an end. That evening when the senator was in the public room of th hotel at the little lexa town, he told the citCHiHstanre f having met the Indian, and -iid: "In all my life I have never seen any human being on God Almighty's green earth that ever had a tithe of the appreciation fur a bottle of whisky that this red-skin manifested. Gentlemen, I am telling you not a whit more than tbe absolute truth when I say thu Indian began bv off ring me his repeating Colt's rifle aud ended by dismounting his horse and ottering me his Arrapahoe blanket. us Mexican silver-titottnted suldle, hK gun, pistol and the hor il-eit tor whai remained in my tHk. I. really believe te would have given me hi leggins. moccasins, gee-string and all, and gone hHck uaken lortust that little modicum ofwhi-kv." "Well, senator," said one of his audi tors, "why didn't you trade with him?" "trade withlnm! 'exclaimed the Kentuckian in utter astonishment at such a suggestion. "Mv God, man! it was tbe last half-pint I had." Indiana Patents. The following patents were granted for the week ending Fee. b, I WW. re ported expressly for this paper by Jos li. il miter. Solicitor of AmvrKsan nd Foreign Patents, Wa-hiHgton, D. C: S. G. lhldwin. Marion, inkstand; J R. Cleayeland, Indhnapolis, fence ;T. C. Uleaver, Terre fitule, slide valve; W..I Gricbel, Fort Wavne. folding bedstead: hudwig OutmaHH. rrt H ayne,, eletrir converter; J. B. !Iime. Ladoga, coin valor; George Potts, Indianapolis, mold sending machine; H. W, Ku Ton and H. A. Gore. Gohen. carpel sweeper; M B. Springer, Indianapolis, pitch for match blocks; A. I). Teeter, Indiansnoli, sand molding machine: Benton Wagner, Milton, cultivator attachment; 0. II. Woodworth, Columbia City, filer pump. Bill Meyer's Story. When Hayes was elected, Mr. Blaine was asked how he liked it. He replied: "Well, I will tell yon a little story. A parcel of young men went out on a Ash ing excurMon up in the wosns of Maiue one stlmuiur, without any guide, and the question was who should plat' cook for the party. At length it was agreed that one certain member should undertake the job, ami that the first one who found fault with the cooking should take the cook's place. So the) all made faces over the abominalble fare for some days withoutsaviug a word, but at length particularly atrocious apple pie caused one of them to exclaim: 'Well, this is the d dedl pie I ever did see but I like ill'" We wonder how Mr. Blaine will relish Mr. Harrison's apple pie? It has been said that our young ladies should ak four questions before accept ing the hand of mhv young man, as fol lows: Ih he honorable? Is he kind of heart? Can he keep me comfortably? Is he a subscriber to the Commercial? All the questions must be answered in the affirmative. Yincennes Commercial. Gibson county young ladies consider the last question whollv unnecessary. It is generally understood that it th young man is to keep her comfortably it naturally follows that he is a tiutacriber to tins Lgadkb. Princeton Leader. The good young ladies of Debet coun ty think a subscription to the Courier is necessary to honor or a comfortable keeping, and so the first and last questions would be considered superfluous hare. u toe inuianapuus c. w ralied on the following table will it . . 1 Xwhat States or countries produced tbe members of the Indiana Legislatures: Indiana North Caroline Germany New York Pennsylvania England -West Virginia France - Minnesota Kentucky Ohio - 22 3 S 1 . 3 2 2 1 Illinois Prula - Connecticut Michigan Ireland Canada - Massachusetts The Thurlow gun. oast by tbe Standard Steel Company, ef Thurlow, Pa., stood the governmental test at naval proving grounds at Annapolis, Md. Twelve rounds were fired, two of 39 pounds cf: pnwder with shell of 100 pounds; 10 ol

41 pownw ef pewdKaad ltOpeuiHU efemnly swear vea are ia ear neat aeeut

aataii.

I Alan, How Pretty! We fed tbe following opinion ef tbe

jnewspaper.at the bead of the editorial pft ef the Oeaw (rla.) Banner: Ceeapare the orator, one of the ibbnt vehicle for tke diRuebm of thought,! ! with the newspaper, ahi tnt may giitt faint glimpte of tbe ubiquitowa powers millions; the words, of the orator may paper is stamped on tables imperiebable a marble ; argument or the orator may follow each other so rapidly that tbe majority of tbe audience may struggle in a net or ralioctnatiou, the reasoning of the newspaper way be scanned at leisure without a fear of perplexity ; tbe passion of tbe orator influences an assembly, tbe feeling of tbe newspaper electrifies a continent : tbe orator is for an edifice, the newspaper for the world tbe one shines for an hour, the other glows for all time ; the orator may be compared to lightning, which flashe over a valley for a moment, but leaves it again in darkne. tbe newspaper to a eon bUzing steadily over tbe whole firth, aad fixed on the basis of its own eternity. Printing be been happily de fined tbe an ibat preserver all arts. It cliches up his dying words and breathes into them the breath ef life. It is the gallery through which the orator thun ders in tbe ears or ages. He leap from the tomb over the cradle of the rifting generations. Much interest is manifested in Clay county in the proposed mining legisla tion by merchants in the hope of doing

away with tbe truck-store svsiem, aml.field Advertiser and hope some ef our a a ..a-.. fat .

by all in the hope that no serious mis takes will be made by political legisla tors in truckling for vote. Back of all this dicuio lies tbe ncccs- of tbe miners' national progreivn union, an arbitration order which, through its pre decessors at least, ha done away with strikes and lockouts, no greater calamity could befall tbe miners, operators and all concerned than tbe abandonment ef this order. And yet there m a disnosi to among operators who are now pay ing more than non-union operators to withdraw unless uniform rates are paid everywhere. a.w xorK civil engineer bee ana h & . - nKcaal far a naatataaf eVts- m lAAAAtUa .1 1 " awe ea prvvrnivt Its nieeaj tender, by which be claims he can make ninety-ftve miles an hour wilh ten coaches. The trailer is rectangular in sftape, having a large and permanent area of evaporating surface, supported hy a great extent of heating surface, the pre-iire at its weakest points. The cylinder are ih the rear r insread ol between tbe truck wheels, and tbe fire box i supported between the center of gravity of the driving wheels. A Buffalo girl got rid of an undesirable suitor in a unique way. He proposed on tbe way home from ehurch umiay evening, and the rir creature. who i "oer young to marry," said ye," but added she would not marry him fill he gained the consent ef her father. The young man discovered the next day that tbe young lady's father died several years ago, and the disap pointed lover has emigrated to Black Rock. A conenrrent resolution will he offer ed in the House proposing a constitn t tonal amendment extending the legis lative session to one hundred days. Kx perieaced men estimate that out of the present sixty-one days there are only thirty-five working days in a session. That is not time enough to properly con sider ami act npon all the matters that now come before tbe General Aseembly or Indiana. According to tke report of Adjt.-Gen. Drum tbe organized militia force of the United Stalest consists of 1CH.50 men, of horn 8,39 are commissioned nmeers But back of this force stand 8.104.628 available men subject to organization in ease of war. This showing ought to ctuse foreign nations even Germany to think twice before knocking the chip en our broad shoulder. Completed. A St. Look suicide wrote: "I sixty-twe years old. In eight years I wohm have been seventy, an eld, dilapi dated, fettering fossil. I have played the world out and it don't ewe me a eent, I ve had more fun than a mule in a eern-field aad Ive get enough. There fore I will cheat the course ef nature and jump the time te come." There are now more prisoners In tbe Missouri Penitentiary than in any other State Prison in tbe United States. The number ie 1,931. This is 198 more than

twQ , tfr0 yeil o-.kre been 1,635 TriminaU ineW!

rated aad L33 discharged. Of those discharged only 13 served full sentences. Fifty-two were pardoned, a ml, 1,17 freed under the three-fourths rule. Natural gas seems to be successful at Salem, although tbe eity is tar away from tbe gas belt. A targe number ef cR teens are new ntiag tbe gae in their houses for heating purposes, and one el the beeieeee men of the town has his house illuminated with gas, whkh gives a clear, bright aad very satis racier y light Other welle are to be drilled. A Spencer eoenty justice en marrying a couple, seya te them in hi gravest manner: MUo ven and each ef von soltuu i i -n

KojMiIlcaa Hy peer ley 1 1 titrated S. J. Carpenter has been Indbsted by the federal grand jury for briber v. Ha

has surrendered himself to tbe U. 8. marshal and given bonds for hie appear anee. He has been unseated in tbe Indiana senate for tbe same offense with which he stands indicted. And yet the republicans of Shelby end Decatur eountiea have nominated him again for etate senator. They propose sending this man, who ie awaiting trial for a penitentiary offense, to Indiana dolis to help make Uws for the people of Indiana. I hey are supporting him for this position in spite of the fact that by the judgment of the senate he has been constitutionally disqualified from holdng it. The republican prese, headed bv he inspired organ of the president-elect. "the president of many prayers," is giv ing carpenter a hearty support I Indianapolis Sentinel. Ass Arkansas Treat. Rockport Democrat : We are informed that a meeting was held by the republican eitiaeae or Rock port one night last week to settle tbe question among them selves as to who should be a t pointed postmaster for Roekpert under Harrison's administration. Tbe meeting consisted or about thirty.fi ve ol tbe true and faithful, who voted by ballot to see who wee tbe meet popular. When the vetee were counted, It was fouad that every member or the meeting had voted for himself; so aa other meeting will have to be called. Pay The Printer. We clip the following from the Edgereaders will commit it to memory : When storm cavorts around your deer, And you, by light of taper, Sit closely by the evening fire, To read your country paper, J ust think of him whose work the help To wear away the winter, And put this question to yourself "Have I paid up tbe printer?" A Word Frona Minieter Demfcjr. Washington. Feb. 19. Ia a eommunieation to the State Department Minister Den by states that the number ef American eit!ena now resit! ing in the Chinese Empire is 1.02. Of this number 906 are ISftionarieM, 73 are seafarei9, 38 are ia the Chinese customs service, and 23 fol low mercantile pursuits. The eeenpalions ef MS are unclassified. Our legislature is after tbe school book trust, syndicate, thieves or whatever you call it, that has made and is making the western states a howling sorrow to parents, with sharp sticks. The school book ring ia one of tbe strongest iu lite country and nothing on earth, bat etate legislation can throttle tbe robbery, and eren this i doubtful. Lagrange Democrat. It is estimated that 7 000 people took part in a fox chase in Pike county, ea Saturday, among; whom were several hundred ladies, mounted en horseback. Twenty-fire foxes were scared up. end thirteen were killed. A wolf end about twenty coons were also Slaughtered, but a panther, whieb was discovered in side the lines, was suffered to go hie way. Yincennes Sun. Mr. Harrison said to an ofilee-aeeker tbe other day: 'My dear sir, if 1 were to give an office to every man who has ap plied for it already by letter or in person, it would take me six years to elgnx the commiMiotts.' Although they have I teen out but four years, "very hungry and very thirsty" does not begin te dee eribe the Republican party. The Evansville Journal makes thfe gue: "It is more than likely that when the Maekey syndicate comes Intooontrol of the Air-Line property Evansville will secure the general offices of the line from Louisville and more than likely tbe general machine shops, whkh will be added to the extensive plant now used for the Maekey roads." Under tbe new law which prorldee that executions for murder in New York shall be by electricity, it is made a miedemeanor to reporter publish tht executions. The statute is held to be unconstitutional b cause it abridges the liberty of the prese, which ia guaranteed under the organic law. "Well, how is business on the read ? asked one commercial traveler ef another. "I fit.) it very rood." -And I find it very bad." What U year line V "Sleigh belle, skates and ennw shovels." "That accounts for It. I'm earryinr linen dusters, ice cream freezers and soda fountain this season." Hartford. Tbe actual net increase ef the surplus in th Treasury during January was $,- 59.009. This increase was made up largely of tbe tons of standard silver del- x tars which were shovelled into the Treasury vault. In the banks they have a reversible placard that reades "bank open" and "bank etosed." Boston should have one that reed "John L. drunk" and "John L. sober " All we need Is a bulletin. About one nun In fifty interviewed la St. Louis was able to give the Ten Commandments. Forty-nine in fifty knew relative standing of tbe haee-hall slubt tn tbe league. Forty-three per eent. ef the entire population of Alabama who are tee years eld and ever ean net read. Yieeennes wants te enlarge tad hat t desire te tack ea aeeut MO aeres.