Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1897 — Page 3

WOMANS REALM

FOR THE COMPLEXION. The best methods of enhancing the charms nature has bestowed are so simple that any one may employ them. We cannot always look like girls of sixteen or eighteen summers, but there are many matrons of thlrty-flve who look fully ten years older, because they have not taken the proper care of themselves. A morning bath in water cool enough to be invigorating but not cold enough to chill the body is not only necessary for cleanliness, but is a great beautifier also. This is quickly accomplished by wringing a towel out of cold water and going over the body as rapidly as possible. Then rub with a dry towel until the flesh is all in a glow. Eat plain, wholesome food, avoiding pastry or cake, fat meat, and rich preserves. Exercise freely in the open air. A brisk walk one hour every day is necessary for those whose duties keep them closely confined the remain•der of the time. Wash the face morning and night with good soap and hot water, rinse in clear water and dry with a soft towel. At night apply a mixture composed of equal parts of glycerine and rose water, rubbing it well into the skin. If the face is tanned from exposure to the wind a little lemon juice added to this lotion will whiten it, and is perfectly harmless. Cultivate a cheerful disposition. Nothing is so destructive of good looks as constant worrying, and w’hile nervous women cannot entirely control this habit, it cannot be denied that many ■of them indulge in gloomy fancies •more than the circumstances would warrant.—Western Housekeeper. Elected County Treasurer. Miss Katie E. Johnson, of Norton, Kan., who was elected Treasurer of the county on the Republican ticket, was

MISS JOHNSON.

tifleate and taught for two terms. She used the money in securing a better education, and next received a first grade certificate and attended the State Normal one year. She served six years in the county treasurer's office as deputy or assistant treasurer. She owns two good farms, which she manages berself*rfud finds them profitable Investments. She is good-looking and sociable, but cares little for society or “pink teas.”

Men Nervous at the Altar. It Is certain that at the wedding ceremony it is always the man and not the woman who is “rattled.” Ministers testify to the fact, and any prospective bridegroom will bear witness to the awful feeling of apprehension with which helooks forward to the wedding ceremony in which he is to play an important part. It is really a piece of selfconsciousness which shows the conceit ■of man and for which there is no need; the bridegroom is a matter of little consideration to anyone, possibly excepting the bride, when the great occasion arrives. To Make an Egs Reveal Its Age. / To ascertain the freshness of an egg, without breaking, hold it before a strong light and look directly through the shell. If the yolk appears round and the white surrounding it clear, the chances are that the egg is fresh. Or you may drop it into water; if the egg sinks quickly and remains at the bottom it is in all probability fresh, but if it stands on end it is doubtful, and quite bad if it floats. The shell of a fresh egg looks dull, while that of a stale one is glossy.—Mrs. S. T. Rorer, in Ladles’ Home Journal. Woman Admitted to the Bar. Miss Katie Rochford, of Devon, lowa, Is the first woman ever admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of South Da-

kota. She was subjected to a very rigid examination at Pierre, but acquitted herself -creditably. In 1895 she took the degree of B S. at the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso. She has studied law with Joseph Kirby, Sioux Falls, S.

D. Her father, G. E. Rochford, is a r prominent business man at Devon, lowa. British Women Dive Longer than Men. Despite the fragility with which their sex is credited, the number of British female centenarians greatly exceeds that of the men, 225 women out of.every 1,000,000 reaching the century mark, while only 80 men out of the same number round out 100 years. In Vp-to-Date Homes. Some really original salt-cellars are shell-shape and a relief from the usual pattern. A pretty idea long familiar to the French is the luxuriously embroidered chamber towel, with long grille fringes of sftk and cotton. White china for ferns and flowers is ever popular, and there is a growing tendency among young housekeepers to buy the pure white china, as a cable never grows tiresome if decked

born in Shelby County, Indiana, in 1865. She we n t with her parents to Leavenworth county in 1870 and moved to a homestead in Norton County in 1878. Here she attended the common schools. She received a third grade teacher’s cer-

MISS ROCKFORD.

In siKrtless ware with the necessary color added in centerpiece or a bit of Wedgwood. On old oak or Chippendale tables teaclotfas of finest Breton lace, with insertions of Cluny look the best. Some have openwork ecclesiastical designs and come from Austria, France and Ireland. Silken sofa pillows in French tapestry, with a pineapple pattern wrought in gold, are popular. So are pillows of hand-embroideded satins on grounds of dull blue and terra-cotta or conventional popples on green, with flounces of art silk. Abundant Locke in Favor. Fashionable women are using hairdressing again, so, though he admires her gleaming hair, he must let It alone. The belle now does not wash her hair, but brushes it and wipes off each strand with a towel dipped in some dressing. She rubs the scalp carefully, parting the hair in different places, but she would not think of wasting the natural oil by washing the hair, and yet you remember how we used to w’ash our locks apd dry them in the sun every week if we expected to attain the desired fluff. The current fashionable fancies In hair-dressing are in favor of the women whose locks are long and plentiful, but here are two coiffures for heads

STYLISH COIFFURES.

not so liberally supplied. lu the first the hair was waved and arranged in loose coils and puffs in back. Directly on top it formed a loop, re-enforced by a pretty ornament of black velvet and jet. In the other short, wavy hair was arranged in puffs at the sides and in fluffy curls in back, while at the top came a double puff, one on top of the other. Two combs were placed among the curls in front. With women whose hair Is abundant, the pompadour still holds its own. Jeweled side combs are no longer worn except for full dress.

ABOUT THE BABY.

Being pleasant Is largely a matter of habit, and the little baby may be taught to cultivate good humor. “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it” is a maxim as true to-day as it was when the world was young. Discourage impatient behavior at all times. First, by Imparting the knowledge to the unolding consciousness that nothing is ever gained by crying. Primarily, the child must be taught through Its recognized desires; the ethics of conscience may be appealed to later. Then, by convincing him of the potency of a smile. A baby of six months has a pretty well defined idea of his importance and will become a small despot if he is not made to see, through the gentlest but most persistent training, that there are other needs besides his own to be considered. I have in mind a little one who, the minute it was time for her bottle, screamed until it was given to her. Then a wise woman begun to “bend the twig.” “Smile and coo, baby,” she said, over and over again, “and I will give you your bottle.” For a while it seemed the experiment would fall. The little limbs straightened and the small back was curved backward alarmingly, but through the sharp cries the nurse’s voice continued smoothly: “Smile and coo, baby; stop crying, and smile if you want your bottle.” Suddenly the wee girl looked up; the red faded from her face. “Agoo!” she said, and received the bottle smilingly. Worn by Women. A new boa is flat, made of ermine and tied in a broad bow in front edged with ermine tails. Most stunning muffs are made long and narrow of deep tawny orange or Wedgewood blue velvet trimmed with fur. The newest dress models tighten the atrocious bloused waist and do not permit the cloth to overhang the belt in the back or on the sides. Skirts are guiltless of stiff linings and hang in soft folds. Cloth skirts with pouched velvet waists are fashionable. A green-plaid skirt with a green-velvet waist is a pretty combination.

GRAIN CROPS ABROAD

RUSSIAN WHEAT YIELD GREATLY REDUCED I All Accounts Agree that There la a Deficit, but Much Difference of Opinion Exists as to the Amount of the | Shortage. Condition of Foreign Crops. The Agricultural Department, in its monthly review of the foreign crop situation, devotes much attention to the grain crop of Russia, especially wheat, on account of its magnitude as a factor in the European supply. The review says that all accounts agree in representing the wheat crop as deficient, but much difference of opinion exists as to the extent of the deficiency. After quoting many dispatches painting the crop situation in various provinces in very black colors, and i the statement of the American consul at ' Odessa that this year’s crop has proved a failure, the review calls attention to the fact that since harvest Russia has exported grain “very freely.” The report continues: * “The exports of wheat from Aug. 1 to , Oct. 23 amounted to 4,152,840 ! against 2,855,040 quarters, and 3,383,780 quarters during the corresponding period iin 1896 and 1895 respectively. Those | very large exports have led commercial papers to withhold their credence from the more pessimistic of the reports which have been published. That the crop was deficient was admitted, but that the failI ure was so serious as such reports implied few of the grain dealers of western Europe believe. “Recently, however, some change of attitude is becoming apparent. Stocks in the ports are not increasing in the manner usual for this time of year, and the opinion is freely expressed that after th’a month Russia can be relied on for only very moderate shipments. “It is generally understood that Russia had large stocks of wheat left over from the crops of the preceding year, and this fact, coupled with the good prices which have prevailed, may account for the large exports which have taken place, even though the crop failure in large parts of Russia has been extremely serious.” The review says the estimates of the Russian crop are so uncertain that their reproduction would be of doubtful utility. The preliminary official figures for France show a reduction of 26 per cent below 1896 and 17 per cent below the average for ten years. As for five years France and Russia produced 26 per cent of the world’s crop,, the review says a heavy shortage in both countries would, therefore, be sufficient in itself to produce a very sensible effect on the world’s supply, independent of the short crops in Aus-tria-Hungary, the Danubian and Balkan countries and elsewhere, and the shortness of the last'crop in India, Australia and Argentina. In Germany rye, which is the principal bread grain in that country, has been officially estimated at 4 per cent less than last year’s crop. The various estimates for Austria-Hun-gary are more or less conflicting, but there is no doubt as to there being a heavy deficit in the wheat crop. The wheat crop of the United Kingdom is estimated a little short of 51,000,000 bushels. The preliminary estimate of the Italian wheat erop makes it 85.131,000 bushels, against 1441722,700 bushels last year. The Roumanian wheat crop is estimated at 37,134,720 bushels. The Bulgarian wheat crop is estimated at 40 per cent, rye at 35 to 40 per cent, and barley at 25 per cent less than last year. The wheat crop of Turkey has been estimated at 50,800,000 imperial bushels. As regards crops now growing in the southern hemisphere, the news continues to be favorable on the whole. In Argentina drought, which for a time in some provinces threatened serious injury, seems to have been generally broken, and danger of any serious loss from such a source seems now, in the advanced state of the crop, to have passed. The Indian wheat crop has been sown under favorable con- ! ditions, and the same is in general true ! tff the winter grain crops of Europe, and both in India and in Europe the weather seems, in the main, to have been very favorable to the growth of the seed.

DIE FROM HUNGER.

Frightful Mortality Among the Reconcentrados in Cnba. It appears now that nearly 75 f>er cent of the 400,000 helpless women, children and non-combatants in Cuba affected by former Captain General Weyler’s policy are dead. Despite the orders issued by Gen. Blanco to feed the starving, the daily mortality of the remaining “reconcentrados” is frightful. The rabid Spaniards, who believe that only by extermination of the race can the Cuban war be won, openly challenge the good faith of Gen. Blanco’s statements as to his intention to feed and find work for those whom Gen. Weyler has not killed. They jubilantly claim that the new captain general is enforcing the barbarous “concentration” of the country people exactly as his predecessor did. The Havana press no longer printa the news from the small towns. In one of the last articles upon the hunger situation it was called “one of the most awful spectacles ever presented to humanity.”

Girls for Gold Fields.

Charles Carrington of Seattle, Wash., has created no little stir among the young women of Auburn, N. Y., during the last week. Carrington announced his business there to be the selection of 300 healthy women whom he proposes to take to Alaska in the spring for the purpose of equalizing the disparity between the male and female population that it is supposed will exist in the gold regions next season. The matrimonial agent is an ex-minerand proposes to pay the expenses of the party, getting his remuneration out of the sums that will be paid for wives on his arrival. r Armed only with a shotgun, Capt. Porter of the little schooner World faced a full 100 Seri savages on the shore of Tiburon island, in the Gulf of California, and died fighting. When he at last fell, pierced by many balls, he had sent five of the red murderers to earth. He made his last stand in his boat, and even when mortally wounded raised his gun and fired i his last two shots. The death of Edouard Marie Ernest del l Devez, the well-known composer of op-j eras and ballets, is announced at Pari*.! He was bora in 1817.

SECRETARY BLISS’ REPORT.

Head of the Interior Department Makes Recommendations. Secretary of the Interior Bliss, in hit annual report, submits estimates aggregating $156,532,419 for appropriations by Congress for the fiscal year ending Juns 30, 1899. Discussing pensions, he says 200,00 C pension claims are.awaiting adjudication and it is estimated that 40 or 50 per cent of these will be finally admitted. If they are rapidly adjudicated they will swell th« pension roll from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. When, however, these claims art adjudicated and the first payments made thereon, the amount of the pension roll will increase _verv rapidly, possibly to $125,000,000 or $130,000,000 the first year. Secretary Bliss says while the opening of the Wichita reservation in Oklahoma to white settlement w ould greatly promote the development of that country, yet, in view of the unsettled condition of the questions affecting the rights of the Indians, until there is further legislation, he does not see how it can be done without causing great injury and distress. To guard against this recommendation is made that the Dawes commission be authorized to investigate questions and report recommendations for speedy and just settlement.

Referring to the work of the Dawes commission, it is announced that the investigation of the rights of applicants for citizenship in the five nations has been practically completed; the commission has prepared the roll of citizenship of the several tribes and has negotiated three agreements. That, with both the Choctaws and Chickasaw® of April 23, 1897, is before Congress and has been ratified by those tribes. That made with the Creeks Sept. 27 last was rejected almost unanimously by the Creek council and there is little prospect of any further agreement with them. The Cherokees have refused to make an agreement and negotiations with them have been abandoned for the time being.

The Secretary says the five tribes have undoubtedly violated in many ways the spirit of their agreements with the United States under which the territory is now held and and while he does not recommend any harsh government action the Secretary calls the attention of the President and Congress to the chaotic condition of affairs of the territory. No government for the Indian territory will be satisfactory until Congress shall provide for the establishment of a single uniform system for the entire Indian territory. Recommendation is made that the period for the allotment of lands to the Umpaghre Indians be extended such time beyond April 1, 1898, as Congress shall deem best. The sum of $1,216,886 is now in the treasury to the credit of the Utes’ fund, resulting from the sale of the Colorado lands, and in addition there must yet be realized from the sales over $500,000 to reimburse the Government, the expenses, etc., of the removal, and the $1,250,000 set aside from the public moneys as a trust fund. Secretary Bliss recommends that the public land laws be extended to Alaska; that the granting of rights of way for railroads, telegraph and telephone lines and the constrluction of roads and trails be specifically authorized; that provision be made for the incorporation of municipalities, providing for the holding of elections, etc.; that the legal and political status of the native population, which is in doubt, be defined; that complete territorial government be authorized and established, and that representation in Congress be granted. Work on the Nicaragua canal is still suspended and the company reports liabilities consisting of the amounts still due under the concessions to the company of $6,705,000 of bonds and not exceeding SIOO cash liabilities outstanding unpaid. Assets: Unused capital stock, $518,500 first mortgage bonds and the 2,425 shares of capital stock, received in liquidation, the concessions, rights, privileges, franchises, etc., which it now owns, plant, equipments, lands, railway supplies and other property in Central America, Including the lands between the lake and the Pacific.

PREACHER’S STRONG LANGUAGE

The Cuban Question Must Be Settled by This Administration. Rev. Thomas Dixon of New York made a stirring appeal on behalf of interference by this country in the Cuban revolution, in the Academy of Music, that city, the other morning. “How much longer,” he said, “will the common people of the United States endure the horrible story of the butchery of innocents on the isle of Cuba? How long will we stand tamely by and see our navy policing, spying and hounding the suffering patriots from our shore? Two million of dollars have been spent in this cowardly policing. “The gamblers, peddlers and hucksters had a war scare last week. It was well that they should have. The question must be. settled by this administration or it will hear from the people in no undecided terms at the polls next election. If Thomas B. Reed continues to throttle the will of the people he'll hear from them and it will be a long time before he will have another chance to preside over the House of Congress. “The frightful stories of the butcheries that are daily committed; in Cuba are enough to make a people rise in mighty wrath. Yet we have stood by aud seen all this—not only seen all this, but spent $2,000,000 to assist Spain in doing it. The blood of the Cuban martyrs and the skeleton-corpses of the inoffensive noncombatants are a stain of dishonor on the record of America.”

Told in a Few Lines.

Rev. George H. Houghton, pastor of the Church of the Transfiguration, better known as the “Little Church Around the Corner,” is dead. President Belaya of Nicaragua is send ing a commission to the United States and to Europe to sell the Nicaragua National Railroad and steamboats. A mob destroyed eight tollgates near Nicholasville, Ky., and warned the keepers to quit. The monthly statement of imports and exports issued from Washington shows the exports of domestic merchandise in October last to have amounted to $109,584,000, a loss nearly of $2,500,000 as compared with October of 1896. At Tiffin, 0., George F. Michael filed suit for divorce from his wife. They'were married in 1859 and ten children were born, the youngest being 16 years of age. He charges her with gross neglect of duty during the last five year*.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Coal Miners Crushed by Falling Hock -Scipio Youth Kills His FatherHow Edwards Come to His Death— Indianapolis Man Dies in Church. Two Coal Miners Killed. An accident occurred in a mine of the Brazil Block Coal Company, at Perth, in which August Vanso and Dominick Ulick, two miners, were killed while at work. The men were buried under over ten tons of falling slate, and their bodies were crushed to a shapeless mass. Duel to Death. William Edwards, formerly of Sheboygan, Wis., was found at the Halfway house, near South Bend, July 22 in a dying condition from the effects of a bullet wound in his chest. He died a week later after conflicting stories as to his fatal wound. It is now claimed that Edwards died from a wound received in a duel with a fellow freight robber with whom he had quarreled. Bank Failures Nearly Caused Riots. Riots were started in Leavenworth, Marengo and English by the failure of the banks in each city. The mobs that gathered in front of the bank buildings were made up of merchants and farmers who discovered that they had been robbed. It is understood there is not enough money in sight to pay rent. All three banks were under the control of R. H. Willett.

Suicide in a Church. With words of gospel song ringing in his ears, Charles M. Spencer drew a revolver in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Westville and without a word of warning sent a bullet crashing through his brain. Not a word escaped his lips, nnd the only motive assigned for the deed is despondency resulting from financial troubles. Dies Suddenly in Church. J. M. Tilford, 88 years old, died in his pew in the Irvington Christian Church in Indianapolis. The preacher had just announced the opening hymn, when the old man was seen to fall forward. He was at one time the owner of the Indianapolis Journal, and was formerly prominent in State affairs. Boy Kills His Father. Charles Keifer, aged 19, shot and instantly killed his father, aged 55, at Scipio. The son was cleaning a shotgun, when a quarrel ensued, caused by the father accusing the son of stealing some wood. This so enraged the son he raised the gun and fired. He gave himself up. All Over the State. The oil well drilled at Andrews proved to be a first-class salt water hole. Joseph E. Reynolds, aged 18 years, was instantly killed while hunting rabbits near Muncie. Frank Garrard, aged 50 years, was crushed to death at Brazil while working in a coal slope. Jacob Voris of Crawfordsville was acquitted at Shelbyville of the charge of passing a forged instrument. The Oakland City election on the question of levying a tax for water works was carried by a majority of fifteen. At Columbus, Mrs. Margaret Jones took a dose of carbolic acid through a mistake for gentian and died almost Instantly. Jonathan W. Crumpacker has been appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of New’ Mexico by President McKinley. While playing around a brush heap fird at Shelbyville, the clothing of Cardia Scripter was ignited and the child wm burned to a crisp. The stock barn of D. W. Maish at Frankfort was fired by an incendiary. Five head of horses, four cows and other property were destroyed. Near Elwood, Francis Dillinger, a farmer, while going through a dark woods was fired upon from both sides of the road. Three bullets passed close to his head.

In a letter which he makes public Robert Fitzsimmons tenders his resignation of membership in the Marion lodge of Elks, into which order he was initiated recently. The German Baptists of Whitley, Kosciusko and Huntington counties, Indiana, are organizing and will send out a company of more than 100 families in a short time to form a colony in Pawnee County, Kansas. Dairymen of Madison County are making preparations to enlarge their business. They will erect a milk condensing plant at Anderson and prepare the product for the markets. Postmaster Small of Anderson has filed application with the postal authorities asking for free rural delivery for Madison County. It is a great success in adjacent counties. At Indianapolis, Cecil Robinson, 14 years old, shot and instantly killed his 17-year-old sister, Mattie. He pointed a revolver in the face of his sister, not knowing that it was loaded. Four hundred representatives of the 10,996 members of the grand encampment Odd Fellows of Indiana were present at the annual convention at Indianapolis. During the last year the encampment spent $16,300 for the relief of patriarchs. During fifty years $376,540 has been expended in relief. The following officers were elected: Grand patriarch, J. R. McCoy, Peru; grand high priest, J. F. Marin, Decattfr; grand senior warden, J. M. Muzum, Elwood; grand junior warden, H. C. Seearce'y, Mooresville; grand scribe, W. H. Leedy, Indianapolis; grand treasurer, A. C. Daily, Indianapolis; grand trustee, G. M. Bell, Dunkirk; grand representative to sovereign grand lodge, J. E. Bodine, Indianapolis. Thomas McLain of Muncie, aged 28, was standing on a stump loading his shotgun when the gun fell and was discharged, the load tearing a hole through his abdomen. He is dead. Farmers north of Anderson and south of Elwood have reported strange noises, resembling explosions, which seem tn occur under the ground, and sometimes shake things up generally. Marion Leatherman, a farmer seven miles north of Indianapolis, was assaulted with a hatchet by a party of hunters, and will probably die of his wounds. His head was chopped and beaten' terribly.

FEW BIRTHS REPORTED.

State Boa ml of Health Unable to Oct Satisfactory Statistics. For the year ending Oct. 31,1897, there was reported to the State Board of Health by the county boards of health: Total number of deaths.lß,244 Total number of birth5.....32,274 Total number of marriages .20,419 According to the reports the mortality of the following diseases was: Diphtheria 943 Pulmonary phthisisl,974 Pneumonia ~'j. 1,181 Scarlet fever 55 Typhoid fever 655 Measles 92 “Counting the population of Indiana at 2,250,000, the death rate from the above reported figures would be 7.21 per 1,000 of population, a figure certainly one-half too low, for the rate cannot be less than 15 per 1,000, more likely 17 or 18 per cent,” says the report. “Even the number of births and marriages arc not accurate, the former being probably onetenth greater than reported, and the deficiency in the latter is unknown. The question, Why is this so? is most pertinent. One county, Parke, has made no report for the year, and for the last quarter no reports have been received from Lake, Scott and Warren counties. “The incompleteness of the statistics is increased by the further fact that many physicians refuse or neglect to report deaths and cases of contagious diseases to the county or other health officers. “In regard to the reported figures, if we accept the estimate that the reports are deficient by 50 per cent, the corrected figures would be: Total deaths 32,488 Diphtheria deaths 1,888 Consumption deaths 3,948 Pneumonia deaths 2,362 Scarlet fever deaths HO Typhoid fever deaths 1,310 Measles 184 “In 1890 the United States census enumerators reported 24,180 deaths as having occurred in Indiana. The population of the State at the same census was reported as 2,192,404. This gives a death rate of 11.03 per 1,000, which was unquestionably below the truth. In 1880 the census enumerators reported 31,213 deaths, or 15.78 per 1,000 of population. The average death rate for the whole United States in 1880 was 18 per 1,000. It is impossible from Indiana’s vital statistics to calculate the true death rate, and the expectation of life at each age in each sex. We do know, however, when certain diseases have prevailed, but no comparison can be made between different localities in this regard. Accepting the deaths from consumption to be 3,948, twice the number actually reported, then out of every 1,000 deaths in Indiana during the year ending Oct. 31, 1897, 121 are to be attributed to this disease. The corresponding figure in the whole United States in 1890 was 121.5. It therefore appears that as far as this disease is concerned we are no worse off than other States. The same method of calculation applied to typhoid fever shows 40.3 deaths out of every 1,000 deaths. The corresponding figure for the whole United States in 1890 was 32.2. This difference does not speak well for Indiana, for typhoid fever is a filth disease. A proper up-to-date health law is badly needed.”

THE STATE’S FINANCES.

Receipts from All Sources Amount to Nearly $7,680,000. State Treasurer Scholz has completed his annual report of the financial operations of the State during the year closing Oct. 31. The general statement is as follows: Balance In treasury Nov. 1, 1890. $525,694.69 Receipts from all sources 7,679,994,34 Total ...$8,205,689.03 Disbursements 7,808,964.52 Balance $396,724.51 The following receipts to th© general fund are Shown: From current and delinquent taxe551,257,089.41 Penal and benevolent Institutions 211,152.88 Higher court fees 21,555.65 Government aid to Purdue and Soldiers’ Homo 31,495.67 Transfer from monument fund.. 68,212.23 Taxes for lienovoleiit institutions 076,016.77 Taxes for State debt sinking fund 238,513.34 Advance payments by counties.. 1,030.914.55 Insurance fees and taxes 207,351.92 Secretary of State's fees 51,230.50 Miscellaneous receipts 47,596.00 Receipts to other funds were as follows: Benevolent institutions fund .. $984,865.04 State debt sinking fund 393,972.34 Monument fund 68,212.23 Educational institutions fund .. 213,356.95 Schol revenue tuition fund .... 2.241,294.30 University endowment fund .... 22.366.36 College fund, principal 9,042.50 College fund, interest 8,785.13 Unclaimed estates 21.429.53 State lands sales 8,182.23 University laud sales .... 1.688.66 University land sales (permanent endowment) ..,.. ....... 1,172.52 Swamp lands 13,608.70 I‘ommon school fund 5.732.70 Exee.-s bids sinking fund 2.023.25 Escheated ewtates 1,278.56 Sinking fund 467.78 Surplus revenue fund 500.00 The expenditures outside the school funds were as follows: Governor's office $413,583.80 Lieutenant Governor's salary .. 1,000.00 Secretary of State’s office 14,191.80 Auditor's office 16:640.70 Treasurer's office 9,520.00 Attorney General's office 13.916.12 Superintendent of Instruction's office 8,417.78 State library 5.444.77 Geologist's office 12,280.68 Supreme and Appellate ( ourts . 55,485.71 Circuit Courts and prosecuting attorneys ' 210,455.77 Reporter Supreme Court 6.675.05 Clerk of Supreme Court 8,900.00 Penal and .reformatory institutions 393,312.92 Benevolent institutions 909.134.63 Educational Institutions 449.248-89 State debt, principal 568.968.40 State debt, interest 215.810.65 legislature 1897 105.817.20 Custodian and engineer 36.140.84 State boards 50.135.27 Advances returned to counties . 920.906.43 Monument..... 66.102.81 Militia 25.842.14 Printing ... 55.923.34 Miscellaneous appropriations .. 91,444.00

The Right Sort.

Briggs—Do you know, I never thought much of Biker until yesterday. Griggs—What changed your mind? “I learned that his wheel Is the same make a. mine.”—Detroit Free Press.

No Soft Prinks.

“Can’t give you nothing but straight whisky, friend,” said the barkeeper to the Klondiker. “All the soft drinks is froze hard.”—lndianapolis Journal. The white rhinoceros is nearly extinct. London has two stuffed specimens and another is in the Cape Town Museum. In St. Louis there Is enough vacant and unused land to make a strip 123 feet wide and nearly 900 miles long.