Eureka Reporter | 1905-01-20 | Page 5 | More than One Ananias

more than one ananias the lion ananias baker member of the state legislature ol 01 indiana ie in the city to day he called on sen ator beveridge Beverl dge also ot indiana the senator introduced the lion ananias to several friends everybody snickered then the was given finally one man franker than the rest said that la an odd front name of youra mr baker nothing personal in it I 1 hope I 1 ve been a good many years ex pla ining about that name mr baker replied and I 1 guess I 1 can make a few more explanations for the benefit ot people like you who live in wash ington my name ie ananias all right but I 1 am not named after the ananias you are thinking of the man who was struck dead tor lying did not furnish me with my name there Is another ananias in the bible he Is the holy man who baptized saul I 1 was named in his honor I 1 trust you have not only learned some bible history by this explanation but somo manners as well washington post