Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1893 — ITEMS OF INTEREST. [ARTICLE]

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Katie Smith is a little eight-year-old girl, of Chicago, who is without hands. She resides at 6516 Perry avenue. By means of an artificial hand she writes legibly, and she also writes by holding the pen in her teeth. At a prayer-meeting in Livingston, Ala., Arthur Croom, an old man, was asked to pray. There was no response. He remained on his knees when the congregation arose. He had suddenly died in that position. Catarrhal affections are almost entirely unknown among Quakeresses. This freedom from a disease common among other people is due to the fact that the Quaker bonnet protects the back of the head and neck from cold air. A cowboy in Texas thought he would have some fun with a tenderfoot and ordered him to dance, but it worked differently from what he expected. The stranger not only refused but knocked the cowboy down, took his gun away from him and then made him dance until he fainted from exhaustion. Stib up the the liver, remove disease, promote good cheer and good health, by the use of Beecham’s Pills. Sworn off—the tight boot. -

The first street car was built by Jojin Stephenson. It was first used on Nov. 26. 1832, and ran from Prince street, in the Bowery, to Fourteenth street, New York. On its first trip it carried the Mayor and Common Council. The patent for this car was signed by. President Andrew Jackson. The car had three compartments of ten seats each, the doors being on the sides. It also had seats on the top.