Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1905 — Page 2

TRUSTEES’ BEPORTS.

"Item] Beports of Township Trustees >Be Advisory Board of Re* celpts and Expenditures, Daring the fear IW4 WALKEr TOWNSHIP. , RECEIPTS Sffnxl F. Spriggs Docket • m 1.00 <NkJTr«Mur rw.rMM_u_ — — 4060.89 9s. Treasu er, Warrants 058 91 «Ctf Jlieasurer. w urania .1 78 76 Mto-iT-eusurer, warr nls 27 75 ><>• ffi. tva-urer,warr ns 522 94 - B<C»eul Hob« 9. Id'U ance 600 00 r aWjUs'a'bSa d Hauk. Money bo rowed 600.00 " ’®t. Tr™su «■, Warrants 2407.1 i •CSihs, at stro gd>« t x 90 00 ’ Dsis., d g ax 21.00 DISBURSEMENTS. v fie > Stilbau n Snpplt e ... 3.55 -tf./*. Haminou Tult on 13.n0 Btn-ow ig 'upp e _-70 ' Vu.e? b ik Ji. won 17.25 •Aiwt: e Olar , supp le< 7 85 ■SUV. I’ettet. wood 15JO Muy retiet. w • ► B.o> J. t. Spr K g . supplie .. 8.15 ,'TLJT .bi-ee e wo ,d - bOO J* JF» id SLalboiim, vood 15.00 ' .inbe. wood - 16 ?’ i In.»k rouru er wood 18 75 Hellie stalbaun. Institutes 13 05 - lacob H .il, wo d 13 o° M. «*. kntriu, lusittucei..... H.O/ Lack Kerns, wood - *.V- Clark, tut 1ju...... ■JT.F Mrouey, tuul n 27.00 Serome selsoii,wo*d - ■ 18.60 U*.«». Keiu cdy, ho;du g ex_. 2.60 J. W. much r, supplies ... .- 1-40 ■« a. der-L >au. ust tu.es . - }• « M.«. -xtitey. l. stitutee .... .-. 13 *> «KheS4tuih, Institutes 13l « 1 :D M. i esr, Institutes •.ttfstt woo 9»8 * , Cyrtt-Steele, work J.W o-Cs&s Jssperson. lus uutos io.uU 'vaSiiilinm J sperson supplies & work., 680 M.O- WiliuiMgtou, Institutes 10.92 _JBL «\M<«r , supplies l.<» fSifiseXil.ora .sen. Institutes 15.50 1 A. Manuka. Institutes l»«o enumeration ■»«{ >_>. IK Kiger. .tipples.,—„ dM. 5 ► o.d sta s 5.00 Uobc o- a. pi ograms.. ...... H mmoud, warrant »4B‘ o. Stembe , c-mineu emeat ex_ »•» >L« Hannlt iu, plans & ape. JL "W. Mo Ewen, ug d not’, e ..... *.<W .r. W.scuwlor M. D. Medtcai aid MW Mdse »•“* > iwii'g ncu, M D Meolcai aid 88.00 • <LXS towel, care for poor efts r< l»e. ears for pair. - »-o® .. jßfecnPutter. Md»e Dlltz 26-14 VTfcu't-ucu, Medical Aid ...... 28.50 L 8 bl er, service 19 8 950.00 A L Bonk, adr.so S oo -dlaoob Hell, a- Yiscr ——.. z4hso-fcra-bium, Adv.sor _...... 5.0 J <• tw-ASMarslisjl, cub. > eperi - 8.95 r JiWss.iWen Pub. Report 8.25 _ JW. TH,on PM P stege... Kw . J N Lesli e. iuan do .d receipt* 618.3 a -J Ji i eathermau r .ad receipts !3 6o Jtofim Bur ir, ad work -M ’t-wi .latrim. Teae’i'.ng No. 2 .... 221.40 CB ersbtnaui Teschli'g No.» 228.00 Holl niey, ToacSng No. 1 964.00 K eSmI.L, Teach 1 . g No, 5 ... 9<4.00 T. M. e«r. Teaching No. 4.... 261.95 8a le Gulbrausen, Leaching No. 5 . . 810 8o Anna Jaspars,n. Teac Ing No. 8 31200 . JH'O Wdrnl t ton Teaching No. 7—..... 218.40 St A. JrtM .on,. Teaching No, 5 319.00 HseUie sti baum, T acb ng No, 9. nJ N t. ath rma i Road necelp: 37.92 JN ue them,an Road List G.oo -£-S. ey r ,Koad Ordur ... 900 vCinet Klinger, work ichola , w rk —J 5 67 Frank Neir, w rk 6 00 tog Hooibrandt, wo k 3-5 20 .C.-u. bmith. work 31 5o > Frank-E lourni r, work °o O’ Lung, Bucks 7 So lies lie Clar-. .supplie 4 56 .* N Le Uieriuau, Excess Dog ... 110 0O J. D Adams di cou, bupi>li“e 1° uo . JS.4J Ada , s, Enroll re 17? 15 £SoberiZi<-k, Lu -oer 8 81 < ft. 4 menu 47 96 Frans FToiirnler work 12 do -A. W. H Iscuei, worn and supplies... 2 65 Sonii Petiet, work Io oo Allred Hallow, upphes 3 lo IL u. Hmuox t n, School sews 5 5o ® ? raiik-r - i iwweel •• Lot. 25 ou t Ji WiSMHsh j- Deed 100 "" Lumber 1 6o ] ”■ .*ldi!el Heiat <, l’e thing no. 9.. 85 vo , F « Peer •• 4 ~ 96 OO •* <J Hanley “ 5 85 oo Ml uile Karch •• 1_ 7o oo ■<3Sa Jasperson •' 8 loo<o _ .71Fora Heis mau “ 3 25 oo SliMictie te-ue •• 7... So oo N4IU Wilmington •• 6 85 oo ■ j£»CtaGulb an'On •• s ... iluoo .uwal ie SUibaum 2 _ . 55 oo L'K M yer. M so- 44 44 JC B Wt'iHngio i, Freight 02 J « T Iton, P stage _ 2 oo Bobrrt zte .ditch wo < 129 82 • LirulM. Fr. & haulin-' 6 IS ■1 AV .Hatdiltou, bridge pl’k lo 68 Earl Dsb ru, work 35 oo Heu.y smidt •• 1 P K B beock estimates 2 ft. K .Sillier, map 1 50 • si K nar/haL. estimates 2 Fred areli, woik 7Co ti K Winning on, express....'Z® 97 I£OB m ei.brl ge p ank 3177 •*' Kup Iles Ti H scon, express 94 Oker A Ma urn, supplies 2o 13 kluibr,..s n A , ord<r 166 -U/P Ha . moud insurance J > o > •'C ufE lred, work 88 oo ■' •• y 15 eo Ultuou rendig, supplies 8 95 >. E iVllmi igibn. freight .. 2 65 adred Bari w, Upplles 4 31 . Jl P alum ud,-ransfer .16 oo A K-eue. su .plies 982 i S Jai.-sou. or er 3 oo • JkDSSi «k .ork i 5o n 4 KeU-limark. work 2>2 19 FG B d. rldg-> pk. 32 74 .a k" Hammond, supplies... '<ls oo ■Wi s.O mm, Hauling. 1 6o ■lrani Day 3cb h>l Hous- >f>o oo >ie ins. supervisor 41 75 \ Ajj". 'Voo braudi, supervisor 45 oo , -4 I. .am th. upervis ir 45 •'» , Fr nk F Fournier. Nuper»l«or 45 oo m -laspers u work 74 5o J B Hey r. tu .»e 8 oo IH Mm er Supplies 98 abeelt,-- Cl ,rk -up -I esaud adv 3 25 3 M Peet, w.iod 18'83 4>Mho ! ♦ end g. npp.es 380 Sotiu Jliiier, aup ules so « F Sp tgg. dupe and Sup,, les . 16 56 4 F a c -tt, x re 5o . tAarreo <pm.ger Road Work ;» 98 sLoal'Ziok brldgeiu nb*r 3 oo Sioliu -Inter, toa 1 order.; 3 L ai|e C.ark, supplies 8 oo Lsat re on, ove drawn 10l H ,4tadl4 81d78i-F ce rent— *<» . • Bnnmary Bal and "ec. Rr' l B "' ss S Bsil 1 .. ..466.47 243 59 221.88 JAStals x 4 ' 11,873 34 8U16.62 3856.72 LEWIS P. bHIRE R, Township Trustee •ftxarmned and approved Ibis the Brd day < f Joanuary, 90S. GkobohHtaclbaum, ohairmau of the Advisory Board.

V*. *® • ' P at my place in C(/ax N ‘'q i Oo , 1 miles north of Mt Ayr, ablaok s w f*ce whi'e, tip »t o »• ear cr >pp d. weight «' 2*>o poucds Offner call,' pr v- |.r p-rty and piy charges. itdip E, E Harlow.

Third Anooal Stock Sale. POSTPONED ON ACCOUNT OF THE WEATHER. The uu irrsiyfaeii having pact pontd hie ibird aanut.l etook bJa, on aooount of the w atber, will offer h» Publio Sale on the Iroquois S ock Faini 3 miles weet of Kensseiaer n pjor firm ro d. 5 miles ns. of Ml A;.r, ojmmenotng at-l*l ’oiook a na , WEDNESDAY. FEB Ist 1905. 11 H nd Of Ho’sea 1, spun of Voafl tiihteN si-vm a id &jwearti old, foa'.; wt 2600: 1 blackrtiare four years old w, 1500; 1 bliak mire three yours old wt. -1400; 1 black gdldmg ti«re=» years cld wt. 1300; 1 nay ce ding tbr?e years old, wt. 1400;l bav treldina tarea years old wt 1300;Jl bay galding three yrs old wt 1250; 1 brown mure eight years <1 ; 1 b'uok diifiog borees five and eix veers old wt. 2300. Tuts pair is well matched, hitnh up i;ovd. a Ni r Carriage or Hearne teum 18 Heal O Ctitle—lo head of choice 8i ort h >ru and hereford milk ci.wh. bred to pure bred here'ord boll, two will be fresh byeale time;s g»>d herefori steers and three heifers; I [u e bred hereford bah J'tn Dundy No 71882; Pride ■>f Evertirt-e i No 51882; dam, Eric 59ih, No. 46340 a grand individual and h No. 1 b eeder. 21 H<sd Of Hoge—s pare bred Dario Jersey BjW6 bred to pure Dur jo Jersey B iar. Pilot Wonder 2nd, No 13849; he by Pilot Wondr No. 9017; Dun. May flow* r No. 22524. owned by May & Porter Ci zy Pslaoa No 62416 sire by Indiana No 14141; dum Nenie IV, No. 36210; bred to Pilot Wonder 2ad 4 e iwh sir d by Top Notcher Again No 29205, a Three Stute fair wim er; dam, Lady, Hasel No, 74991, and Red Giri No 74996; bred t > Pilot Wond.’r 2nd. Her j are fiv- great SjWs, good i idivid uah bred up in tha purr's and they bQd to Pilot Wond«y2. He lis out of the great Faroe herd of ’ Ira J pfcsoj yVest Ohio. 1 T: o Gilt- Bjld op<n, fu‘l hi-dars lo ♦bove eowin Six fail pigesind by AK Sir B«n, sih N i 10861; dam, Gvzy Pai.ce No 62416, Feuchina so J’s br< d to A, J. Perfection winder of 2nd, at Wiicor sin Siefe fair 1904 Three pure b’ed Poland china boars Three Durcc Je sey B >a sOne tear’s time without interest or 7 pe r cent off for cash on sums ov- r $lO A-J HARMON Gel AHie P well, of Wabash Auc. 0. G- Boi’ler. ClerkHit Lnnoh on ground.

KWESIMT KE . WW—B i State of.' Indiana i Injthe Jasper Circuit Cbwrt, I Bounty of Jasoer ) F«- ruary, ,Tern», 1906John E. Meyers I V» > ompiaint No. 6773 » j Littleton Baker et al) Now comes the plaintiff, by Baughman and Williams his attorneys, and files his complaint hereto, together with an affidavit that tne defendant Littleton Baker and Mrs. Baker hta wife and Mr-. B her widow of said Littleton Baker; Littleton W. Baker and Mrs. Baker his wife and Mrs. Baker widow of Mid Littleton’ W. Raker; Joa-pfa Run le and Mrs Runkle his wife and Mrs, Rankle widow of said Joseph Run le; David Jennings and Mrs. Jennings his wife and Mrs Jennings wid >w of said David Jennings; Riley Colgrove and Mrs- Colgrove his wire and M a Uolrrove wid w of said Riley Colgrove-. Marion 8. Botts and Mrs_ Botte his wife and, Mrs Botts widow of said Ma Hon 8. Botts; Hamuei Miller and Sarah B. Miller his wif-and Sarah K. Miller widow of said Savnuel Miller, and Mrs. Milker his and Mr* Miller widow of said Samuel Miller; and all the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, grantees-, administrators, executors, successors | and assigns, and all of the unknown neiri, devisees, legatees, grantees, administrators, executors, successors, and assigns, of the unknown heirs, dsyisees, legatees, grantees, administrators, executors, successors, and assigns of each and evo’y of the above named defendants are not residents of the State of Indiana. . , . Notice is therefore hereby given said Defendants of the filing and pendancy of said action to quiet title to real estate and R®”** they be andapp ar on Friday, Match 10th, 1905. the 23rd day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be iioldeu on the Secoui Monday of February. A. D »06, at the Ooart House in the City of Rensselaer, in said Ooundy ; and State, aud an-wer or demur to said oom- ' plaint, the s me WIU bo heard and determined, int elr absence. ! In u it nwseWhereof. I heromito aehi /iX7p\my hand and affix the of saM. (■®*J"foowrt. at Bmweeiaer, Indiana, Man [ ' ,z - 7 0^ / Utn day of Januarjr.AD. j C. C WARNER Oterk. Baughman & Wiilla- • s, Attsyv. fee PlaintuZ. J Joa. 17 39-M j SUNDAYSER VICE ANNOUNCEMENTS \ Trinity M E. Church. Rev H. L. Kindig, Pastor. 9:30 a. m. S'aoday Sohool. 10 45 a. m Publio Service--12: t o>n;ClaBß Mebtine. 2:30 p m Jr Ho worth Lnagua. 6:00 p. m Sr. Bpworlh League 7:00 p. m. Public Service. Prayt-r Meeting Wednesday, 7;30 p. m. Presbyterian Church. Rev. A G- lden Work, Pastor 9:30 a. tn. Sabbath School 10:45 a. m. Moraine Service. 2:30 p. m. Junior Endeav. r 6:00 p. ni 8-mor Endeavor 7:00 p hi Evening Service. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 p m.

NOTICE. All pe'S’os knowing them e’v a iiiit-ioied i<> h la e firn of I. •!.• Pvr er &Oo will pl-Htse call and ! 61'tie. After Feb. Ist. tUe books will be r laced in the bands of a c I’ec'o . Bert L. Brenner, I Admicistrator; For Sa’t : 40 acres of timber ( 4j mi es southeast of R ns Ind , wnl s 11 by the ace or p rt ( of ice Wi| sJI cod or stove W »cd or po ea. Stove w od cat to irder. C rd wjod $2.00 per co <1 ou the gr u d W, E Jacks. Reddrti & n ar timber New Dairy In Town. I hav * t stablished a first class dairy aud will d-liver mdk to all parts <>f R-nsselaer All milk aerated k >ef re deliver . and gu>-r----aoteea err ctlv pure. Ord-is may be lef< ar Eg-r’a ftore or, by teleph hi No 519 A. ( The Dr. ! Hn’tsel fMrna). dw2wp E O Maxwell & Sons. Public Sale. K A. Parker having pnrch.sad the Veiiic e and Machine business of Win Bch t-m<n and expecting 1 to move «u R nsselaer, we will dis i p s ot all ->u< personal property , at Public SHe at the F M. Parker farm, 1| miles North and l|mdes Euscof RenseLer, commencing at 10 a. m . ol

THURSDAY, FEB 2,1905, 11 Head Of Horses And Mu'es ooubisung or 1 span i f good ma e, mu’es, t.in- years old, wt. 2300, an excep i maliy giod span; 1 ouy mare iweive years old. in foul to Stack bo use horse; 1 grey mare twelve ye.r old. wt. 1400; 1 biy Gelding tour years old, wt 1400; 2 bay geldings three year old; 1 roan horse twelve years old; 1 twoyear old bay filly; 1 bay ge ding three years uid next fall; 1 spring oolt;lpoi>y. 1 goid Je'sey 1 Jersey HeiLr calr. 13 Brood Sows bll pafe bloud Duron Jerseys, bred to farrow in latter p-r or March ard April; 2 Duroo J reev B >ais. Two H ise Tread Power, with Buzz Baw «nd belt compltrte, and in goed shape, and 1 ttfoh.ne sweep gri d r. IMPLEMENTS, WAGONB ETC —c jlsiniu gos 1 McCormick binder, a good one;l Mower used t«o sea-oH-; 3 culnvat ts. 1 Riding, 2 Wulki ig. 2 Coro planteis both no d ones, cue with fertilizer attacbmeui; 2 Diac harr >ws, one new this year; 2 Smoothing harr jws, 1 thre- s otion steal, 1 Wood John Deere Gang pl iw; 1 Sulky plow; 2 g ><d Willing oliwa: 1 Bud Bie-o-mg plow ; 1 ♦eeder; Hav toils consisting of 1 Acme lay pitoner and Bay gatherers; 4 Farm wagons. 1 Triple b d oro-d tire Studebaker, good a» n w. 1 Iron wheel, 2' Narrow tires; 1 Carriage;! Road cart; 3 Sets w .'K harness; 1 Cow boy saddle; 1 H y ladder; 2 shoveling Bbard-;I HHid corn sheller; 1 Grind -ton-; 1 Lig chain; II Saw Household and Kitchen furmtwr , o ><ihis ing of beds, matHresses’' -prings, 1 wood beating stove, etc ; and numerous small articles A credit of 11 months will he given wth usual conditions on snffis over $5. 6peroentoff for c-ifth where e: t’’l-d to credit. F. M PARKER & SON. Fred P'H'bpe, Auctioneer, 0. G. So- 1 r, Clerk. Hot 1 U'iC'i on grounds d3w3 Notice of Ditch Letting I Mrs. < harles K. r ’axton et al', Ditch 2«x , sow. Jasper imuty Indiana. I Notice U nere v k'ven >hat on Saturday, February 25tti i 0 u .til It oolook M ot sank dHy. sealed bid will t»e received at the offl e of the an<li r o J i-p«r Coaaty at ttie oltv ot i H»r the i-ouHtrnCtlon of a Pubic Ditch ■ 8030 lo J«s er County. Beziniilng attheeenier of a ctlon Fourteen (14) Township no. i w«irt> nm (89) worth, Range Seven (T) West In Ja-pe Osinty, Indiana and running tbt-M - w st aud a UUI« South '» o ft. Theuce ta a gc eral North Watery direction to its ouu -i i. ar ib>’a nler of the South West quarter of the • cuch > «st quarter o' section ten (10) Town-hip Twenty-ntae (98) North Seven <7) «est la Jasper Coanty, Indiana Said Ditc'i win e offered in two s» para’.a 'al oune is as ,u lows: ‘ * Ist Allo in t i-onsi is of *ooo feet all til* ditch from -iaPo otu 88 Inclusive. 2nd a ouu nt ce a sts of 9898 e*t Of opan ditch from s atl n 80 to 145 inclusive. | Ail work uil be o.e in -coordan e wi h c peclhcatloi>" now on Ule in the Auditor")* ofli e. Kach bid must S< aecom|HUiie<l with bund approved ■ v h" 'udltov. JTMB-iN.LKAiHERM\N, Auditor Jasper Co. Jan 97 f»b 3 10 1 bav acir of fancy sandgrown !Wt.-conrtu or link potatoes that I I wi'l i u a it-e gainst b'ack or h >lh w en h> nd worth cne t hird , mire than er k rjwn round stock ■ Only s(>c a bu John Eger Fane’ s w Yrk apples row $2.25 pe r < I <>f 13 pits, ell go id i and sen I.Cnic g > Hagniu Bto-e. Fane’ rud'h- 15, 20 and 26j per pk.atC.. a o Bargain Stare.

public sale. W.. will sell at Public Aucticn. at rny place 8 miles eaet ami 1| mi et i ortti < f Rei.-s -elaer, m Hanging Grjve tp., beginning at lOo’cona m. sia-poi i WEDNESDAY FFB. 8, The folo-ving tovit: 8 he.td of h rses, one brown horse 3 yrs. do w 110J,' o e gr y mare 7 trs o d wt 1150 l red to McCo sburg t orss one datk giev mara 5 jra uld wt 13)0, brad to Morion’s Pe c ier n hors\ one coning tw - ear od fi"y, oie tprinz cot, one bay horse 8 yr old. wt 1250, one bay horse 5 yrs old, wt 1300 one black m-re 10 yra o d. wt 1500. Eight Heid of Cattle-C msist. ing or seven he id of cow », a l mukers font giving mLk, and others to b-fresh later. Also one full b ood eh rt horn hnll, 38 Heid of hogs-Heven hr od so ■* s, tw j fu’i-hlo »d Diiros, th-e» half breeds one ohent-r wh> e J-me Dotand china with p gs. one Dur c b ar, eliwib e to reghtt r, six full blood pigs 24 shoats. wt from 60 to 80 1 ha. Farm Implements Veh’des e»c Two W4uo s oie with tripe box and co >p board, o e low w gon with hay ladd r, one new ca>r age, tvo sets work bar iees. one 8 t double bnygy.han ess. One D»ering binder, one Dee*i g mower, one De ra corn planter with 80ria wire, one Moline planter with 120 r ids wire and new lerfilia-r nttach meot, two riding and one wai> ing cultivators one disc ong broad ca t steder, two walking plows, O>e hoz.ra-'k one feed .grinder, one single buggy harness. Terms 11 month’s time on usual conditions, or 7 per cant off tor sums over $5 J. C. &J. I. Gwin. F.ed Phillips Auction-er. 0. G. Bpitltfr, Clerk. Hit Lunch by Parker M. E. Ohnroh

Public Sale: -- - • Thj uude sigilid will «ell at Public Sale 5 milts North of Renesslaer, 1 mile east and If mjl 8 North of Pleseant Ridge, comtnenoiug at 10 o’c!o< k a m. ou THURSDAY, FEB. 9 190? 9 Head of Horte’, consisting of 1 bay 1490: 1 bay m*re uiue y< ara cld. wt, 1300; 1 bay turtle twelve veara' old wt, 1600; 1 span bay mares ' i iae years old. wt 2400; 1 black mire colt two yeas old; 1 sorre-1 roadster, filly, coming two years old; black mule coming tuo years old; 1 sacking colt. 10 H-ad of Ontile, cousiating of 1 tresh daw five years old; 2 milk c »ws fresh in spring; 3 two-year- • Id Deiters; 3 two-year-old ste-re; 1 calf 28 Head of Hoas, coueiating of 2 pure bred Poland China Sowa, bred to pure bred Poland obiua boar; 1 pure bred Poland ohma eo x with litter of 10 pure bred p g-i; 4 pure bnd Gilts seven months old; 4 pure tred P th'd china boar; 7 head of pigs, wt. 150 pounds each. Farm Impleißinta. Wagons. Etc Consistrug of 1 broad tire w gon; 2 narrow lire wagons; 1 top buggy; 1 deering binder, go d hs new; 1 Buckeye mow-r; 1J hn Detr walking plow, 16 in h; 1 Oabirne Dis *; 1 J bn de -r 0 >rn planner with ferril z j r a tiohment and 80 rods of wire; 1 three 8-otion harrow; 1 low wheel broad oast reader; 1 Rock Island or rn planter 1 riding cultivator new; 3 ma king cultivators, eagle claw attachments 1 read scraper; 2 se»s of single harness; 1 set of buggy harness 3 sets of work harness; Household a*d Kitchen furni ure and num erona other articles A credit of 11 menths will be given, with usual conditions on sums over $5; 7 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit' HUGH McKINNEY. A J Hat mon, Auctioneer. 0. G. Hpitler, Clerk Hot lunch on ground

Notice of Special Meeting Of The Jasper County Council Notice is hereby given that ther# will be a Special Meeting of the Jasper County Council held at the usual place of meeting in the Court house in the city of Rensselaer, Indiana, on Monday, the Gth day of February, 1906, at 11 o’clock a. m. James N. Lkathkrman Auditor Jasper County. January 23rd,1906 We have our cellar fi led with fancy potatoes, parsnips, turnips, onion*-, sweet p ''at es, and apples We get lettuce and cele’y twics a week ; > John Eger.

WHOLE ROOM

l« Papered With Notable Hands Held in Poker Games. One of the oddest carcTfdonis in the city is in a bacheler flat up-town. It is the resort of a half a dozen pocker players, who gather about the green covered table almost every evening and play a five-cent ante game. Originally the walls were decorated with a few cheap sporting prints of the old Engl: h style and a set of poker pictures, Ohs night a royal flush came out, and the five cards were tacked upon the wall to commemorate the event. A few weeks later a |T pot went to a man tyith a pair of deuces and the nerve to bluff, and for contrast and as a warning the pair of two spots was placed alongside the royal hand. From time to time other hands were similarly posted until : they began to encroach upon the j prints. One night when three players each held four of a kind, a print was taken down to make room for j the hands, and the next evening al! the prints were removed. Two or three packs of cards are used each evening, and now instead of ' being thrown away, the big hands are outlined in court cards, while the , gaps in between are filled in with spots. The entire wall is filled in, and notable hands, carefully are now posted on the ceiling. Not a square inch of the wall plastering is now visible, and it makes a singularly appropriate decoration. The cards are so placed as to shed the dust as muc as possible, but they cannot be fastened down firmly, and the problem of cleaning the place was the despair of the caretaker until the own r of the flat rigged up a large | bicycle Hr pump, with a line of flexible rubl er tubing such as is used to extend tae shutter radius on cameras. I Now the air is forced under the cards, and by creating a draught through the window the dust is taken up.— New York Press.

Do Animals Think?

John Burroughs effectually disposes of the idea that any of the lower animals is capable of thought. After recounting many interesting tests he says: “Animals have keen perceptions—keener in many respects than our own —but they form no conceptions, have no powers of comparing one thing With anpther. They live entirely in and through their senses, To all that inner world of reflection imagination, comparison, reason they are strangers. They never return upon themselves in thought. They have sense memory, sense intelligence. and they profit in taany ways by experience; but they have no soul memory or rational intelligence. All the fundamental emotions and appetites men and the lower animals share in common, such as fear, anger, love, hunger, jealousy, cunning, pride, curiosity, play; but the world of thought and thought experience, and the emotions that go with it, belongs to man alone. “It is as if the psychic world were divided into two planes, one above the other —the plane of sense and the plane of spirit In the plane of sense live the lower animals, only now anu then just breaking for a moment Into the higher plane.. In the world of sense man is immersed also; this is' his start and foundation; but he rises into the plane of spirit, and there lives his proper life. He is emancipated from sense in a way that beats are not.” —Harper’s Magazine.

GOIN’ BAREFOOT.

it’s more fun goin’ barefoot “than anythin’ I know. There ain’t a single nother thing that helps yer feelin’s so. Some days I stay in muvver's room, a-gettin in her way; An’ whtn I’ve bo.hered her so much, she sez, “Ok. run an’ play!” I say, “Kin I go barefoot?” ’En she says, “If y’ choose.” Nen I alwuz wanter holler when I’m pulling oil my shoes. An’ if yer goin’ barefoot yer want t’ go outdoors. Y’ can’t stretch out and dig your heels in stupl-1 hardwcid floors Like you kin dig ’em in the’ dirt.' An’ where the long grass grows, Th’ blades feel kinder tickley and cool between your toes. So whta I’m pullin’ off my shoes I’m mighty ’fraid I’ll cough—’Cause then I know ma’d stop me ’fore I got my stockin’s off!If y“ often go 'round barefoot there’s lots o’ things to know — Of how to curl yer feet on stones so they won’t hurt y’ so— An’ when the grass Is tickley an’ pricks y’ at a touch, Jes’ plank yer feet down solid an’ it don’t hurt half so much. I lose my hat mos’ every day, I wlsht I did my shoes— Er else I wlsht I was so poor I hadn’t none to lose! < —Health Culture.

HERO WORSHIP.

He seems like some old Roman With a high and classic brow — A creature to whom no man Could deny a humble bow. If he tried he'd ne’er disguise it. He was born to lead and teach. And you fully realize it When you hear him make a speech He wears a shirt and collar Just the same as other men. He likes to save a dollar On expenses now and thou. A joke, ho won’t despise it; And for pie he oft will reach. Though you wouldn’t realize It When you heard him make a speech —Wasb'ngton Star.

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Hands a ,u ■>. —....s t.ii Favo<‘i ; .s ■CKisJ&Ath the XimbunMus. . Returned to tEelr cld home after 20 years spent In educating the natives of darkest Africa in the great htmefitff to be gained from Ch.istiaaity, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Mead, who a:e visiting " with Dr. Babbitt at 721 Baeah stieet, tell strange tales of cannibals and struggles in savage Africa that driva fear into the hearts of the uninitiated. Talking to a Journal reporter on coations In Africa, Mr. Mead said: '!■ * Malange, a part oi Angola, Airica, w« worked among the Kimbundu tribe, one of the most intelligent of the African races. About a hundred miles north of the main village of the Kim- ■ bundus is a large cannibal camp, aT | which one of the men in my party had an experience he does not care l to repeat. | “The man had been sent with presents to the chief of the cannibal tribe. Now, if a cannibal chief dues not accept a gift, it is time for the gift giv- . ■ er to beware. Our man’s gilt of cloth I was refused. I “On leaving the chief’s hut our max noticed a number of human heads ox poles, and came across a big pot ix which was simmering a stew. Tx his horror, he found it contained human hands, shin bones and other parts . of the body. “A little cannibal girl volunteered 1 the cheerful information that the stew was made of victims of a war, and that unless our man took good care h« would flavor the stew for the morrow. I “At that our man thought out a plan. He went to the chief aud told ‘ him that, seeing he was at war with a I tribe he would need powder, and if the chief would allow him to go back t® the village he would furnish his men with powder. The chief fell into the trap and allowed the man to escape. “Our man got his comrades together and told them their lives depended upon reaching their homes as Boon as possible. Needless to say they escaped, pursued by a band of cannibals, whs soon gave up the chase. “It is only during .times of war that the cannibals eat human flesh. At other times they are like any other savage people.—Manchester, (N. H.) Cor. Boston Journal.

Makes Him Tired.

At the Eutaw house is Mr. James F. Stanley, of Buffalo. He has a grievance. “If you want to ask me if Buffalo Is the place where they put people off at, don't,” he said. “Some years ago a song writer took it into hfti head to write that piece about ‘Put Me Off at Buffalo,’ and wo Buffalox lans thought we were the biggest people on earth because the song went like “Annie Looney’ and the ‘Two Little Pearls in Glue.’ In less than no time, or sooner than that, the song began to whistle and sing itself from one end of the country to the other. Every time anything to the way of a convention hit towx, the delegates had to come in wearing Put-Me-Off badges and singing Put-Me-Off parodies. A lot of commercial organizations adopted the catch phrase and began to advertise it. Everybody who ever had angr idea of being put off anywhere demanded to have it done at Buffalo. After a while the thing got to be a nuisance. My personal experience has been that everywhere I go, even at this late day, some fellow from the institute for the feeble minded is sure to grab me by the lapel, ask me if I’m from the place they put 'em off at, and then swallow his sac mean open his mouth so wide to laugh that you can’t see his face until he comes together again. It’s awful to know that you are certain to be tackled on the perpetual question, but it’s worse to realize that each fellow honestly believes the joke to be original with him and nearly dislocates himself enjoying it. I—-” “But you are from the place they put people off at aren’t you?” But Mr. Stanley only glared at the speaker In majestic silence. —Baltimore News.

Didn’t Seem Possible.

While the agent was selling tanx machinery at the house, the friend the gate held his horse, and a conversation took place with the small bo(r of the family. With grave incredulity, he was saying: “Are you sure you are only 9 years old? I think there must some mistake.” The boy was positive; but to mafte sure: “Mai" he called. "Ain.lf I just 9 years old?” “Yes, son." After a time he van tuned: "{MM* mister, what made you think I ns more than 9 years old?" "Why," said the stranger, *1 couldn’t understand how you coaift get so dirty in 9 years.”—Chicago Herald.

Washington Pie.

A stranger in Boston was intares&d to discover, when dining with friends once, that the desert which, he wouM have classed as cream layer cake < home was known In Boston as “Washington pie." And the next time he ordered the same thing, but the waiter put before him a rather heavy looking square of cake covered with cho<xlate, Instead of the cream .cake tfio guest had made up his mlud to eujtWA puzzzled expression camo over lus face as he said reprovingly, "i ordered Washington pie, sir.” “That is Washington jjie, air.” “Well," expostulated the disappointed man, “I did not mean Booker Tz, I want George!"—Short Stories.