People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

a district convention next spring and should expect great things of these young people. Talking about the crusade against and for good country roads, a facetious fellow had the temerity to ask: “If the farmer of the future had good roads, free mail delivery, a piano for his daughter, a top buggy for his boys, a type-writer for his correspondence and a telephone through which to hold conversations with the town folks, where will be the charm of country life?” Just bide your time, young man, the farmer is getting there, and there exists no reason why his home in the country should not possess the same elegancies, comforts and business facilities as that of the town merchant who lives in the country, and who makes all of his money with which to enjoy them out of his farmer patrons. Presently the farmer will ride to town by electricty and do his plowing, harrowing and reaping by the same motive power. Bide your time, young man, we have seen stranger things within the past fifty years.—Colman’s Rural World.

Judging from an article which appeared in the Chicago Evening Post recently the prospect for cheap vegetables in that city during the coming winter is not very flattering. Potatoes are selling on South Water street at greatly advanced prices while cabbages are almost becoming a luxury. Even the ever fragrant onion shows its appreciation of supply and demand by bearing taxes which represent a price nearly double that which they commanded this time last year Apples are scarce and very few first class articles are oflered for sale, and as a consequence, you niusi pay from fifty to seventylive cents a peck for them while the dealer comforts his customer by assuring him that by Christmas time he will have to pay a hundred per cent more for the same article. Thecause of the scarcity of vegtables and fruits is said to be cold, wet weather during the early spring which was general .throughout our country. The school statistics as shown by the county superintendent’s report to the state superintendent for the school year of 1891 and 1892 show the following interesting facts: Total amount paid teachers for the year, $27,334.02; total number of teachers era-

ployed during the year 111; tor tai amount of wages per day paid all the teachers, £190.47; average wages per day, males, £1.92, females, $1.59, total $171; average length of school in days in the townships 117, towns, 170; enumeration of school children, 3,859; total enrollment in schools for year. 3,133; average daily attendance, "2.224.6; per cent of attendance based on enrollment, 71; per cent of attendance based on enumeration, 57; per cent of school privileges lost by non-at-tendance. 43; amount of tuition expended for year, $27,334.02; amount of special school expended for year £12,806.44: amount paid trustees for managing school. £879; amount paid county superintendent, $1,100; total cost of school $42,119.46; average cost per pupil enumerated £10.91; average cost per pupil in attendance. $18.93; tftnount of,money lost on account of non-attendance, $19,111.36. It will be seen by the last item that over $19,000 is lost each year by parents keeping their children at home to work. This‘s is the best argument that can be made in favor of free schools. There aie 4,000,000 metal miners. Four members of one family in New York named Cockran hold positions as majors in the volunteer militia Of that state. The Turkish turban camo in during the reign of John of France, It was sometimes three feet high and as big as a barrel.