Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1891 — A Victim of Fashion. [ARTICLE]

A Victim of Fashion.

Indianapolis Journal. Weary Watkins—What has become of Miserable Johnson? He oughter been long here a week ago. Hungry Higgins—He’s in jail. He was tryin’ to toiler this new sowveneer spoon fashion an* the boss of the beanery ketched him in the act. Prof. Ely, of Johns HbpkinS University,, is authority ' for tlie statement that there are 3,000,000 paupers in these United States, and Dr. Strong, the well known statistician, says that the wealth of American ohurch members amounts to over *13,000,000,000. 8 •. ■'' - ■■■ . ; • • - : - .fcXT'. ■