People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

We have a set of young ladies, Who are just budding forth into society, attd Who are doing some very unbecoming things, One of the latest which they hftvd attached themselves to, is the abominable practice of smoking cigarettes, They do it because they think it & Sfflttrt thing. It is bad enough to sed boy* ttfid men sucking at such things, but when girls take it up it makes us blush for them. Parents, are you aware of these practices your daughters are falling into? If not, you had better investigate. Not long since, we witnessed a couple of these young “bloods” puffing away for dear life on these filthy things. Be ashamed of yourselves, girls. On February Bth, March Bth, April 9th, the Monon Route will sell tickets at one first class limited fare for the round trip, to all points in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, and to points in Georgia as far east as Augusta. Also to New Orleans, final limit 20 days from date of sale, also for the occassion of the Mardi Gras, to be held in New Orleans. The Monon will sell excursion tickets to New Orleans and Mobile at the rate of $23.40 for the round trip, January 29th to February 4th inclusive, good returning February 28th.

Readers of reform literature who desire something interesting of this nature should send to the American Nonconformist and get a copy of Stockwell’s “Bad Boy,” and also a copy of Stockwell’s “Government Ownership of Railroads.” The arguments in both these pamphlets are of the most convincing nature and written in a style that makes the ideas as plain as a nose on a man’s face. The price of these pamphlets is ten cents each.

Dr. Patten, the lecturer who was with the Kickapoo Medicine Co., presented us with a batch of his Mexican Pinon soap one day last week. He probably thought we were in need of something of the kind. We have used it according to directions, and we can freely say that we have never a better kind of that article than his soap. He had quite a sale of it during their stay here. The Makeever House took 100 cakes of it.

Mary Rhodes, the little girl who won the gold ring given by the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., as a prize to the prettiest baby in the audience, is the three year old daughter of Rev. J. C. Rhodes, of Chicago, former pastor of the First Baptist church of this place, and was visiting Mrs. C. B. Steward, last week.

The question, resolved “that the government should own the railroads of the United States,” will be debated at Sand Ridge school house, on Monday evening, Jan. 29th. The speakers on the affirmative are Walter Harrington and J. D. Brusnahan; on the negative side, Mell Wishard and D. W. Shields.

The government should not be obliged to borrow money in a time of peace for the payment of its ordinary expenses; but that is the present situation, and Democratic rule is the only logical and reasonable explanation. —Globe Democrat.

A number of people from Porter and Jasper counties met in Attorney Crumpacker’s office today to discuss the erection of another bridge across the Kankakee to connect the two counties.—Lake County News.

Michael Nagel was the lucky one to get the oak rocking chair given away by the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., at the opera house, last Saturday evening. D. A. Stoner is shipping quite a lot of his blooded poultry these days. His orders come from all parts of the United States.

C. H. Whiting, of Chicago, 111., visited over Sabbath with his neice and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe.

Watch the bargain days every Saturday. Chicago Bargain Store.

Marion Adams, living south of Rensselaer, is quite sick of lagrippe. Ira Washburn came home from Butler University, last Monday