Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1899 — His Reckoning. [ARTICLE]

His Reckoning.

Shakspeare enthusiast (quoting)— 2 here’s no art to find the mind’s construction In the face. Small Boy (breaking In)—Pa, gimme the quarter you promised. I’ve piled up all the kindling in the woodshed. Father—My son, you are deceiving me—l can tell it by looking at you.— Detroit Free Press. Baltimore, October 12.—Should the present rate of increase In the net earnings of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad continue, ' almost the entire interest charges and the rentals for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, will have been earned by December 31, 1899. This was foreshadowed to-day when the net earnings for September were made public. The estimated gross receipts were $2,804,293, the largest for one month in the history of the company, and an Increase of $216,597 over September, 1898. The net earnings for September, 1899, were also a record breaker, being $1,030,493, an increase of $271,804 over September, 1898. The net earnings for the first three months of this fiscal year, July, August and September, aggregate $3,042,759, an increase of $1,174,668, over the sama months in 1898.