Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1886 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

VOLUME X.

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Alfred McCoy, T. J, McCoy E. L. HOLLINGSWORTH. A. MfCOY & DU,, 11KIIIS, (Successors to A. McCoy & T. Thomson,) RENSSELAER IND. (AO a fle. eral hanking business. Exchange V bought and sold Certiiicates beariug interest issued Collections made on al' available point* Office same place as old flrui of McCor & Thompson April 2,1886 MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Attorney-at-Law Rensselaer, - Ivdiana Practices Fin the Courts of Jasper and adorning counties. Makes collections a specialty. Office on north side or Washington street, opposite Court House- vlnl SIMON P. THOMPSON, DAVID J. THOM PSON Attorney-ht-Law. Notary Public, THOMPSON & BROTHER, ttENSSELAKF., - - INDIANA Practice in all the Courts. MARION Li. SPITLiER, Collector and Abstracter* We pay , irtieular attention to paying tax- , selling and leasing lands. v 2 n4B FRANK W. B vi-COCK, Attorney at Law And Real Estate Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newtor tnd Benton counties. Lands examined Abstracts of Title prepared: Taxes paid. Collections a. Specialty. .TAMES W. DOUTHIT, and notary public. Office upstairs, in Maieever’s new EDWIN P. HAMMOND, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rensselaer, Ind. H®~Office Over Makeever’s Bank. May 21. 1885. r M. W WATSON, attokney-at-law 8®" Office up Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazav, RENSSELAER. IND. H. W. SNfDEtt, Attorney at Law Remington, Induna. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY, W HARTSELL, M D HOMOEOPATHIC 'PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

Diseases a Specialty-^ OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeever House. July 11, 1884. j'h. loughbidge. t. p, bittebs LOUGHRIDGE & BITTERS, Physicians and Surgeons. Washington street, below Austin's hotel Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running uusettled longer than rhree months. vinl OR. I. B. WASHBURN, Physician Sc Surgeon, Rensselaer , Ind. Calls promptly attended. Will give special attec tiou to the treatment of Chronic iliaeuses, CmfflENS* BANK. RENSSELAER, IND., * It. S. Dwiooikk, F.T. Ska ns, Val. Seib, Presideut. Vie-Prerident. Cashier Does a general banking business-. C.rtfflcates bearing Interest Issued; Exchange bought and sold; Money loaned on farms at low )»t rales and on most favorable terms. April 1885.

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY JUNE 11. LBB6.

YIS, SAH; WESCOMIN’, SURE’S YERBORN.

To Rensselaer, on Friday, June 18th, From Way Down in Dixie’s Land! -A Real Simon Pure Band of Old Time Cctton Field Darkies*~A Genuine Southern Slave Singing Troupe op Camp-meeting Melodists. “Oh, shall we < o wen day cum Wid der blowin’ ob Ge trumpits an’ de baDgin’ er der drum*? How many poo’ sinuers ’ll be kotch’d out late, An’ fine no latch ter der Golden Gate.” A novel and not uninstructive feature of the John Robinson Mammoth Street Parade is the presence of a veritable slave-singing band of Southern negroes. The sable sons and daughters of the Sunny South are fresh from the cotton plantations of the Carolinas, the cane fields of Louisiana and the rice swamps of Georgia, and constitute an entirely new, humorous and at the sam time instructive feature of the vast, varied and peerless public pageant made by John Robinson and his Ten Gigantic Big New European Mammoth Shows Combined. All these negroes were old plantation southern slaves, black as crows. They appear in the grand parade clad in the same grotesque and varied garb they wear when in their sunny homes, and seated on cotton bales, piled in an old plantation mule team of precisely the same pattern as is used in the south. This band of freedmen sill sing, as procession moves, with all the soulful and weird effect oijformer surronndings, the genuine music of the campmeetings, merry-makings and slave cabins of the south, The public, instead of seeing white men with burnt cork faces, such as are presented in the intolerable misrepresentations upon the minstrel stage, will behold in this great street parade, in this band of freedmen, a troupe of genuine oldtime plantation darkies, and hear from the lips of these sable singers such quaint and original airs as

“Mary and Martna’s jist gone ’long To ring dem charmin’ bellsCryin’ free graie, 'end dyin’ love— To ring dose charmin’ bells. and Baptists, jist come Tong To ring dem charmin’ bells.” And also fire melodies of slavery days upon the old Southern plantations: “De ole bee make de honey- comb: Do young beo maße de honey; De niggers make de cotton an’ korn, En de white folks gits a.l de muuny.” These and similar songs will be sung with that fervor and gusto which makes an accurate delineation of genuine southern negro life a source of unalloyed pleasure to their white-faced brethren. The sable harmonists will positively appe r daily in the grand street cortege of John Robinson when the Mastodon Show visits Rensselaer, June 18.

‘cpojsso oa«» aqs ‘naipipio P«q *q« nary* ‘«u<qw»3 so | pauo oqs ‘pjjqo « sen oqs •n*o*«»0 J»q 9a»2 9m. ‘qojs tu iqsjj osiy*. Ex-Sheriff John W. Powell has leased the Halloran Livery and Feed Stables, and respectfully solicits a liberal share of the public patronage. BUCKLEIf*S ARNICA SALVE. The greatest medical wonder of the world. Warranted to speedily cure Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers,Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Cancers, Piles, Chilblains, Coins, Tetter, Chapped Hands, and all sk n eruptions, guaranteed to cure in every instance, or money refunded. 25 ce*ts per box. For sale by F. B. Meter. Goods delivered at all points in Rensselaer, from the Chicago Grocery.

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

It has been demonstrated by Mr. J. W. Slater that caterpillars are affected by magnetic currents, which liindeitheir development aud even kill them. A study of 650- Italian thunder-storms has shown Signor Terrari that ever} thunder-storm is behind a depression oj barometer and hygrometer, and before one of the thermometer.

Glass plates have been substituted foi copper in the sheathing of an Italian ship, the advantage claimed being exemption from oxidation, and incrustation. The glass was cast, like iron, in plates to lit the hull. An interesting field for scientific research has been opened by Prof. S. P. Langley, by the discovery that the heal radiated from the soil is of an almost totally different quality from that which comes from the sun.

A German chemist concludes that, on account of its great digestibility, cheese is the most nourishing of all foods, meat and eggs excepted. Of eighteen varieties of cheese tried, Chedaer is most readily digested. In the mining centers of England and Scotland are to be established danger signals in connection with the weather service, for the purpose of making known such atmospheric changes as may affect the working of the mines. The larger animals are being rapidly exterminated in Algeria, and tne lion oi the desert is fast becoming a myth. During the eleven years from 1878 to 1884 bounty Was paid on 202 lions, 1,214 panthers, 1,882 hyenas, and 27,000 jackals. In a paper on harbors Prof. L. M. Haupt mentions that from New York to the Gulf of Mexico there are only four natural entrances where the depth at mean low water is over sixteen feet, while the largest ships draw from twentysix to twenty-eight and a half feet.

An unusual number of white varieties of animals have been noticed in Germany this winter. A white chamois was shot in the Totengebirge, a white fish-otter was caught near Luxemburg, white partridges were shot near Brunswick, and a white fox was killed in Hessen. Late investigations indicate that the chlorophyll, or green coloring substance of the leaves,-is most lhible to pick up metallic matter absorbed by the roots of plants. When vines have been manor-■ ed with sulphate of copper, most of the metal is deposited in the leaves, merely a trace appearing in the juice of the grapes. Tea-leaves contain much iron,. oubtless due to the ochreous soil on which they best grow.

In the construction of a tunnel at Stockton cold air has been applied in a novel manner. In passing under a hill of light, wet gravel it was found practically imposiible to underpin the houses overheau. It was therefore decided to freeze the gravel by means of cold air, and put in the liming while the material was solid, the undertaking having now been successfully carried out. None of the houses passed under have been injured. Vivisection experiments upon cats and dogs lead Mr. A. Herzen, a German author, to the following conclusions: 1. The so-called sense of heat and cold is composed in reality of two senses quite independent, both anatomically and physically. 2. Observations on healthy and diseased subjects show that the sensations of heat and cold are transmitted through different nerves, by different routes, and to different brain-centres, 2. The gyrus sigmoideus contains the center (or centripetal branches leading thereto) of touch and cold perceptions. 4. These sense-perceptions are transmitted through the posterior columns of the spinal cord, while those of the senses of pain and warmth are conveyed through the gray substance.

Respect the Aged.

We never see an aged man or woman without feeling a sympathy and respect. How sad to hear the thoughtless remark in speaking of aged persons “the old man” or the “old woman.” What disrespect to an aged father or mother. Some do not seem to care, in speaking of the aged. They evidently think it not essential, to treat them with that respect they do the younger portion of mankind. It does not take a very keen observer to see this truth, for we have instances every day. It matters not how useful their lives have been, in bringing up families, making every sacrifice for their children's advantage; placing them in a position of honor in the world. Though young now, we shall soon be old, if permitted to live, in which case we shall feel the need of respect and kindness, that we fail to five others. Old age falls to every uman being, unless they die prematurely. Then may we remember that father and mother who has watched with unceasing care over onr infancy and childhood without a murmur, but with the paternal love that never fails, and let us ever bear with them patiently and tenderly, with due respect to the aged. —Fireside Journal.

Household Hints.

Whiting wet with aqua ammonia will cleanse brass from stains, and is excellent for polishing faucets and doorknobs of brass or silver.

Ham relish may be made by seasoning highly with cayenne pepper a slice of dressed ham, then broiling it, and adding butter, mustard, aud a little lemon juice. Salt will curdle milk, therefore in preparing milk toast, sauce, scrambled eggs or anything of which milk is the foundation, do not add the salt till the pan has left the tire.

Try this recipe for a pie: The pulp of one lemon, chopped tine, with half a cup of raisins; add two tablespoonfuls of flour, one cup of sugar anu one of water. Bake between two thin crusts. Baking powder and soda biscuits should be put into warm pans, and baked in a quick oven; a little warm water rubbed over them just before putting into the oven will give them a nice color. To remove fruit stains from a cambric handkerchief or other white goods, dip the stain in boiling milk; if tnis is not effectual, apply a very weak solution of chloride of lime, being careful to boil the handkerchief afterward.

Typhus fever is marked by short, delirious, broken dreams. Scarlet fever by realistic dreams, excited by surroundings. Remittent fever by long, delirious, painful dreams. Herein are suggested some suitable points in diagnosis. The fat of chickens is said by a cake maker of great experience to be superior to the finest butter for making the most delicate cake. If the fat of boiled chickens is to be used, cook them without salt, and there will not be the slightest flavor of fowl. Keep a pin-cushion in the kitchen. If none is at hand, a pin picked up is laid on the window-sill, or stuck in the dress, to fall, perhaps, into the next batch of bread kneaded. Each child should be taught to pick up every pin it sees and put it in its proper place.

Potato Sofflet. —Bake the potatoes, cut off one end, take the inside out, saving the skin; mash the potatoes with grated Parmesan cheese, butter, salt, pepper and mustard, and replace in the skin and bake, standing them upright in a dish. A capital savory for after dinner. An excellent and simple disinfectant for sinks and waste pipes is made by mixing one large tablespoonful of copperas with one quart of boiling water. This solution is odorless and deodorizes instantly. The copperas may be bought at any druggist’s for eight or ten cents a pound. For soft frosting, use ten tea,spoonfuls of powdered sugar and one egg; beat thirty minutes. For frosting and meringue, powdered sugar should always be used. Lay the frosting on with a knife, which, if frequently dipped into cold water, will give the icing a gloss. A little cream of tartar —just a mite — will hasten the hardening.

A writer in a medical journal says buttermilk is a good remedy in eases of irritation of the stomach. He adds: “I have had some experience recently with it quite satisfactory in a few instances. Four cases of persistent vomiting occurring in succession, intolerant of any other treatment, gave way kindly to this.” If medicine is mixed with very cold water, and a few swallows of the water be taken as a preparatory dose, the nerves of the organ of taste become sufficiently benumbed to make the medicine nearly tasteless. The method will not disguise bitter tastes, but acts well in oils and salines. To cure a felon, fill a tumbler with equal parts of fine salt and ice; mix well. Sink the finger to the center, allow it to remain until it is nearly frozen and numb, then withdraw it, and when sensation is restored renew the operation four or five times, when it will be found the disease is destroyed. This muit be Hone before the pus is formed.

A. Knowing Dog.

At a convent in France twenty poor people were served with dinner at a given hour every day. A dog belonging to the convent was always present at this meal, watching for any scraps that might be thrown to him. The guests being very hungry themselves, and not very charitable the poor dog did little more than smell the food. Each pauper rang a bell, and his share was delivered to him through a small opening, so that neither giver nor receiver could see each other. One day the dog waited till all were served, when he took the rope in his mouth and rang the bell. The trick succeeded, and was repeated the next day with the same success. At length the cook finding that twenty-one portions were doled out instead of twenty, determined to find out the thief, and at last the clever dog was detected. But when the monks heard the Story, they rewarded the dog’s ingenuity by allowing him to ring the bell every day, and a mess of broken victuals was thenceforth regularly served out to him in his turn.

Baron Fava Surprised.

A gentleman who attended the president's dinner to the diplomatic corps, on Thursday last, tells mo an amusing story about introductions in the east room on that cheerful occasion. Col. Wilson, who acted as the official introducer, knew many of the ligation people but not all of them, and in several cases he was obliged to ask the names of persons approaching the president and Miss Cleveland before presenting them. Soon after the first introductions had been made, a young man with a foreign look, banged hair, carefully waxed mustache, and eye-glasses came tripping along. “What country?” asked Col, Wilson, leaning forward and expecting to listen to foreign tones. “Albany,” was the response. • “And name?” continued the colonel. “Mr. Cassidy,” was the response, in very plain English. The Colonel laughed a little laugh and presented “Mr. Cassidy, of Albany, N. Y.” The colonel turned to the next comer And pursued the same formula. A swarthy gentleman with a superbly dressed woman on his arm reponded to the first inquiry, “Italy,” and to the next, “The Baron Fava.” Not stopping to reflect, Col. Wilson announced, ‘‘The Baron and Baroness Fava, of Italy.” Minister Soteldo, of Venezuela, who stood at the colonel’s elbow, pulled him by the sleeve in great tribulation “My dear colonel,” he ejaculated, “you have made a great mistake. It is not the Baroness Fava. Est is anozzer ladde.” But it was too late, and the pair were passed along the entire receiving line as the Baron and Baroness Fava. —Rochester Union. ,

A Way to Quench Thirst.

The agony of thirst at sea—when mid-ocean calms or disasters that leave sailors afloat but shiploss, have deprived a crew of their supply of fresh water—is aggravated fearfully by the sight of the very element they long foi but cannot enjoy. As Coleridge in his ‘‘Ancient Mariner” exactly expresses the situation: “Water, water everywhere. And not a drop to drink.” Nearly a hundred years ago, Dn Lind suggested to Capt. Kennedy that thirst might bo quenenod at sea by dipping the clothing into, salt water, and putting it on without wringing. Subsequently the captain, on being cast away, had an opportunity of making the experiment. With great difficulty he succeeded in persuading part of the men to follow his example, and they all survived; while the four who refused, and drank salt water, became delirious and died. In addition to putting on the clothes while wet, night anu morning, they may be wetted while on, two or three times during the day. Captain Kennedy goes on to say, “After these operations we found that the violent drought went off, and the parched tongue was cured in a few minutes.” After bathing and washing the clothes, we found ourselves as much refreshed as though we had received some actual nourishment.

Good Words.

The grandest of all empires is to rule one’s self. There are few grand who are not also calm. If you hear that others have spoken ill of you, consider if you have not done the same about many people. How much better to heal an injury than to avenge it! Guard vigorously that social tie which binds man toman, and establishes the rights common to the human race. Life is a pilgrimage, a warfare, and (hose who climb up and down steep paths and go through dangerous enterprises, are the brave men and the leaders in camp. To rest basely at the cost of others’ labors is to be a coward, safe because despised. .... - I— - — 1 . The young king of Siam is a reformer. He punishes all officials who are found guilty of accepting bribes.

The new display of Goods, selected and bought by such a combination of experience and taste as Mr. and Mrs. Ludd Hopkins may justly claim to have, will certainly sell at the prices offered. It if a notorious fact that Leopold gives greater bargains than any other house in town. Call and examine for yourself. To make it generally known to all interested, will say that the Furniture and Undertaking business of thejlate W. J. Wright will not be discontinued, but will be conducted by Park Wright, who hopes to retain his father’s friends his friends, and secure the patronage of many more by square dealing with all Park Wright.

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