Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1886 — American Enterprise. [ARTICLE]

American Enterprise.

No invention of the nineteenth century has worked a greater revolution in household economy or conferred more of a benefit on humanity than the sewing machine. The first productions were crude and uncouth in the extreme, and it was reserved for American skill 'md ingenuity to bring forth a machine of any practical value. In order to appreciate the great advancement which has taken place it is only necessary to compare one of the machines built during the infancy of the invention with one of the latest improved ‘ Light-Running New Home ” AU the really good points contained in other machines have been utilized in its construction.— Many new improvements and devices have also been added, the result of which is a machine as nearly perfect as it is possibie to make one. For simplicity, durability, ease of management and capacity for work, the “Light-Running New Home” has no rival, and the happy possessor of one may rest assured that he or she has the very best the world affords. See adTERTISEMENT ON ANOTHER PAGE OF THIS PAPER.

Barbers near Mono Lake, California, whose water is heavy with salts ot sodium and borax, use it as a natural shampooing water, to the satisfaction of their customers. Ex-Sheriff John W. Rowell has leased the Halloran Livery and Feed Stables, and respectfully solicits a liberal share of the public patronage. A lightning rod which does not go doum into the ground far enough to rea-h perpetual moisture is worse than no rod at all.