Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1882 — PERMIT NO SUBSTITUTION. [ARTICLE]

PERMIT NO SUBSTITUTION.

Insist upon obtainingFloreston Cologne. It is pre-eminently superior in permanence and rich delicacy of fragrance. Speaker Kiefer, on the occasion of the Garfield funeral ceremonials had a “fivecent shine” charged to the Government. The wife of a Chicago editor calls him Good Resolutions, because he is always broke. • Our steamed contemporary” is the way the Atlanta Constitution refers to a neignbor. Leadville exults over the fact that there has not been a natural death in that city for two weeks. A deaf and dumb person being asked, “ What is forgiveness?” took a pencil and wrote a reply, containing both poetry and deep truth embodied in those few words: “It is the Oder which flowers yield when trampled upon.” Having purchased ’ all my stock of watches, clocks and jewelry for cash I am prepared to, and will sell cheaperjthan any other Jewelry House in Jasper County. Call and learnjprices and be convinced,

A preacher in Tennessee tried to establish a Church in’whieh there should be no members who used tobacco or any beverage but water, a.id his only congregation was ,an old woman who chewed slippery-elm and believed in catnip tea ior measles. Banjo playing is becoming a fashionable accomplishment in Connecticut, and some of the prettiest young ladies and matrons of Hartford display much proficiency in performing on the despised instrument heretofore monopolized by the negro minstrel troupes. It is in special demand for summer evenings, out of doors, with vocal accompaniment. The Paris correspondent of the Lancet writes: “There is no doubt that a great number of dyspeptic cases that arQ met with in civilized countries owe their origin to the abuse oi mineral waters; the result being undue dilitation of the stomach, and the production of atonic dyspepsia, one of the most harrasslng forms of malady for both patient and physician.”

Cases of alleviation of heart troubles are freely reported in the medical journals as due to the use of nitro-glycerine in drop doses. The effects of the drug are described as sedative, gently narcotic, and, in larger doses, not unlike alcohol. It would be interesting to know how soon a “nitro-glycerine habit” will be added to the increasing varieties oi drug enslavement. A Loudon paper tells how,'when a certain Dean of Chester was all ready to perform a marriage between persons of nigh stan -ing, the bride was very late.— When she reached the alter, to the question, “Wilt thou take thi- man ?’’ she replied in distinct tones, “I will not.” On retiring with the .Dean to the vestry she explained that her late arrival was not her fault, and the bridegroom had accosted her on her arrival at the Church with —“G—d d —n you, if this is the way you begin you’ll find it to your cost when you’re my wife.” So she decided to remain single.