Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1885 — Just Like ’Em. [ARTICLE]

Just Like ’Em.

“Now, for instance,” he began, “suppose vou were poor—very poor.” “Yes, sir.” “And your husband was sick—very sick.” “Yes, sir.” “And you were to be turned out of the house for non-payment of rent.” “I see.” “Well, a philosopher comes along and gives you S2O to pay rent and buy medicines. ” “Well?” “But your husband dies, you are Eoor, the city buries him at its expense. a some cases the undertaker simply comes in a wagon and takes the body away, but in this case the city sends a carriage for the mourners to ride in.” “Ah!” “Well, now, you are a widow, rent unpaid, and S2O in your pocket, and what would you do ?” “Well, if I had money I ” “But you have money. The philosopher gave you $20.” “Yes, but when the city got ready to bury my husband I order four extra, carriages for the funeral procession, and that used up my last cent.”—Detroit Free Press. Far out at sea along both the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Florida are seveial springs of fresh water. They are well known to the spongers and fishermen, who frequently visit them to replenish their water casks. On thia same coast is an oil spring which diffuses a calm over the troubled wafera and affords a safe refuge to small vesseis during a gale. The Glasgow Herald thinks that if Americans would substitute oatmeal for pies and hot cakes they would be calmer, less lively, less speculative, less bombastic, and happier. Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. — I. Disraeli. For knowledge to become wisdom, the soul must be rooted in God. Antiquity is the aristocracy of history.