Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1896 — Curreut Condensations. [ARTICLE]

Curreut Condensations.

There must be some mistake about orange juice being good for you; it is so pleasant to take. There is one old-fashioned thing that is quite common: the house that Is as cold as a barn in winter. The man who hasn’t sand enough to refuse a Leap Year proposal deserves the kind of a wife he will get. The woman who goes around soliciting aid for the poor is sometimes a great bore, but she is not a bore to the poor. A girl should bear In mind that her lover will overlook her faults, but she is lucky if her husband does not find them. A tanning concern in Seattle has received in one consignment 115 bales of deer skins, weighing eighteen tons, and representing, probably, several thousand dead deer. The ljerring have turned their noses in the direction of the Eastport, Me., sardine factories and business is rushing among the packers.. The price, however, is very low. An association has been formed in Paris of men who left that city in balloons during the siege. The number of these daring aeronauts was 168, but the association consists of only twentyfive. It has been discovered that the new election law in California, which denies registration to those who cannot read or write their names or read the constitution, will disfranchise many illiterate Portuguese and Italians, despite the fact that they are naturalized citizens. The youngest daughter of a revolutionary soldier, so far as known, was discovered at Lebanon, Conn., recently, and added to the membership of the Wjlllmantic chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution. She is Mrs. Augustus Avery, and is only 56 years old. Her father' was 74 years oUTWmtime of her birth. He was doubtless one of the youngest soldiers in the war. There are only eight other daughters of revoluntlonary soldiers belongs ing to the order. Vice President TV. Seward Webb, of the New York Central, has decided to build a new marble palace on his property at Scarborough-on-the-lludson. He intends to spend about $1,500,000 on the house. The style of architecture will be a modification of the chateau renaissance. The house, Including verandas, will be nearly 800 feet long and 130 feet wide. It Is to be situated on an elevation, surrounded by Italian flower gardens and winding roads, and will command an extended view of the Hudson River.