Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1895 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

destroy the smut.. One ©i more later gathering should be made. This may be called clean culture, and if persisted in for s few years would reduce the annual production of smut to an inconspicuous and harmless amount. J. C. ARTHUR, , Botanist.

E. B. Baldwin, the Arctic explorer, delivered Ins lecture, -The Search for the North Pole,” al the opera bouse Monday evening, under the auspices of the Ron-seiner Igse'iire Club. He had a very Irv-ge audience, considering the unfavorable?weather, for heirtdertrtiWßdYTpmpleie ai'end-tm p of regular ti ke -4*u>!<lo s, nearly 100 Othe s wore o • -cm'. -nchurrng about SO pupils f out the town schools. Mr, Baldwin was n memos one of Lieutenant: Peary ’s .famous a peditions, and wiiat fie lias to to lis his actual expenenee, and not what he has joa nod " «»tu o'nW-s. —This, together with his large collection of relics and specimens, makes his lecture of absorbing 'interestas well as of great educational value. And what a region it is that he deserdies, for civilized men to venture into arid remain for months and years! If during the 9 or Hi. months of winter the thermometer i ises to zero, it is a very plessant day. Forty to sixty below is a common figure, and these low tempera;u cs are often accompanied for dais together by a wind of 40 or 50 mlh san hour. Making weather that no human being could TTve TiV for”gTTbninuUlp FT clothed

with any amount of woven garments, bkius aud fiiis-.iie iig the on 1 v things ihat can keep out the feaiful wind. The months of sunless nighl; the agOßi/.iog -Vacrt ic'erampi;** which can only lie relieved by pounding the victim black and blue, all these and more are some of the conditions ever present in these regions. But more intolerable than anything else, is the plague of verm in. The next time the explorers will have all their fur garments made in this country, and by keeping as much as possible away from the natives, try to avoid this torment. Mr. Baldwin firmly believes that with his present knowledge of what is required; and of the “lay of the land” that he can lead an expedition clear to the pole; arid the object of his lectures is to raise the means to equip such an expedition, to leave in 1897.

Eclipses Thera All. The Monon Route now makes the run from Chicago to Jacksonville, Fla.; in horns, leaving Chicago daily at 8:32 p. M. and arriving at Jacksonville at 8:20 the second morning, making connections with all lines at Jacksonville for central and southern Florida.' Pisses Rensselaer at 11:23 p. m. For full information call on the local station agent or address Frank J. Reed, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.

Pay That Brain Assessment. Notice is hereby given that all assessments on the Dayton street tile draiu are due, and those that remain unpaid Nov. 23 will have a penalty of 10 per cent and 6 per cent interest added. The only way to escape is to pay up. C. C. Starr, Town Treas. Eastern Kansas. If you are looking for a cheap home on easy terms, write or call on us. We have good farms at from sls to $25 per acre, owing to location and improvements. If you want to know about eastern Kansas, write or call on D. W. Bostwick. 1010, Kansas. Rensselaer steam laundry. “Ttat is the best. There is a new, neat and clean grocery in the .Odd Fellows’ aew building. Goods cheap for castrf H . J. Dexter Come in boys. We can laundry for yon all m well as one, “boys.’’ Spitler A Kight. Try our unadulterated spices. Long, the druggi*. The new grocery is the place to buy your groceries. Every thing neat, new and fresh. H. J. Dexter. • 9 per rent Commission. Austin Hollingsworth A Co. have a speefld fund to loan on real estate at 7 per cent per annum with 3 per cent Commission, in any sum. Why pay 5 per cent Commission to red tape insarapee companies, when we can close up a loan in 48 hours.