Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1892 — Not the Committee. [ARTICLE]

Not the Committee.

Detroit Tribune. It was u hkleus night. The manner in which the wind soughed the trees settled the matter. Now and then a drop of rain fell upon the dry leaves like a tear from the feverish eyes of a distressed nature. It was a corker. The solitary horseman with a heavy military cloak started violently when fourteen shadowy figures leaped from the underbrush and confronted him with vawninft shot-guns. “Your money,’’ they shouted in hoarse, lawless tones. The horseman drew himself to his full height. “Not a red cent,” he exclaimed. The leader of the assailants strode forward. “Yield or die,” he hissed. “"What do you propose to do with the money?” suddenly demanded the solitary horseman. “Buy bread.” There was a convulsive movement beneath the military cloak. “Then—” The horseman's voice was wonderfully soft—“you are not the campaign committee soliciting funds?” “No.” “Take what I have and welcome.’ After some further interchange o r civilities the rider put spurs to his horse and with a pleasant farewell disappeared. The city, of London covers 087 square miles. The Emperor of China order 200 pair of boots at a time. There are thirty townß called I Washington in America. Most papers in Germany are I owned and edited by Hebrews. | The St. Louis new water tower is said to be the highest in the world.