Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1893 — What X Means. [ARTICLE]

What X Means.

Boston Herald. Apropos of the Christian names of Harvard College graduates, there is one name in the Harvard catalogue that would puzzle the average investigator of the subject were he not fully posted as to the facts in the case. It is a middle name and it is simply “X,” which is known in the law as the symbol for “his mark.” In this instance, however, it stands for a ten dollar bill which was presented to the owner of the name on the day of his birth, and the acknowledgement of the gift appears in the recipient’s name unto this day.

Times are hard indeed when the bouncer in a saloon doesn’t do a rushing business. N. K. Brown's Essence Jamaica Ginaer Is a household necessity;- None better—try it: 25c. When a man’s dollars have gone to the dogs that’s the time he has to whistle for them. nig: Four Route—Louisville Line Now Open Two through trains dally leaying Indianapolis a; 2 55 p tn, and 2:45 a. m.. reaching Louisville at 7:00 p. m . and 7.10 a. m. Leave Louisville at 7 44 a. m., and 8:1.5 p. m. Arrive Indianapolis at 11:45 a. m.. and 13:30 Midnight. Sleepers and free Reclining Chair Cara on trains leaving Indianapjlis at 2;45a. m., and Louisville at 8.15 p: m.

Father-in-Law—l am ruined! all is lost! Son-in-Law—Ahem! Then I married for love after ail?