Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1886 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

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Alfred McCoy, T. J, McCoy E. L. Hollingsworth. A. M«C®¥ & Wo } BAHlllig (Succesboisto A. McCoy & T. Thompson,) Rensselaer, Into. DO a fie; erul banicing basin ss. Exchange bought and sold Certificates bearing interest issued Collections made on al’ available points Office same place as old firm of McCoy A Thompson April 2,1886 £ORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Attoruoy-ivt-Lu sr ENSSELAEB, - INDIANA Practices [in tho Courts of Jasper and adoinlng counties. Makes collections a specialty. Office on north side of Washington street, opposite Court House- vltil SIMON P. THOMPSON, DAVID .T. THOM PSON Attorney-at-Law. . Notary Public. THOMPSON & BROTHER, Rensselaer, - - Indiana Practice in all the Courts. ARION L. SPITLER, Collector and AbstractorWe pay p xrticular attention to paying tax- , selling and leasiag lands. v 2 n4B H. H. GRAHAM, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Reesdelatr,lndiana. Money to loan on long time at low interest. Sept. 10,'86.

JAMES W. DOUTHIT, f*Tj RNEY'-AT—LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, ,d@ r "Offlee upstairs, in Maieever’s new <uildins. Rentselaer, Ind. EDWIN P. HAMMOND, ~ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rensselaev, Ind, W“Offiee Over Makeever’s Bank. May 21. 1885. W WATSON, ATTOkNEY-AT-LAW Office up Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazav, RENSSELAER IND. W. HARTSELLi, M D HOMOEOPATHIC ’PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. Diseases a Specialty.,^ OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeever House. *uly XI, 1884. «! i H, LOUGHRIDGE Physician and Surgeon. Washington street, below Austin’s hotel Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than three months. vini DR. I. B. WASHBURN, Physician & Surgeon, Rensselaer , Ind. Calls promptly attended. Will give special atten tion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. CITKEIW BANK, BENSSELAEIi, IND., It. S. Dwior,t%s, F. J. Sears, Vat.. Seib. President. Vic--President. ' Cashier ■nOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS U C rtiflcates beariug interest issued: Exchange bought and sold; Mon<-v)oaued on farms t low ?st rates and ox 2los JL nvorable terms. April JSSS,

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 188(5.

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Bereavement and Consolation. It is not In the parting hour when those we fondly love Have breathed to us their last farewell and winged their way above: Nor yet when in the darksome grave we lay them to their rest, The sharpest pangs of sorrow rends the stricken mourner s breast. *TIB when we seek our lonely home, and meet no more the smile Which could the darkest cloud dispel and every care beguile; And when we meet around the board, or at the hour of prayer, 'Tis then the heart most feels Its loss—the loved ones are not there. And thus as days and months steal on, as memory brings to view The visions of departed jdys, our grief was stirred anew. Though faith may own a Father’s hand, yet nature will rebel, And feel how hard it is to say, “He hath done all things well.” 0, mournful memories of the past! ye wear our lives away; Ye haunt us in our dreams by night and through each weary day. The home which late like Eden’s bower in blooming beauty smiled, Go make a barren wilderness—a desert waste and wild. But why thus yield to fruitless grief? Are they not happier far, The sainted ones for whom we mourn, than we who linger here? Our hearts should glow with grateful love to Him whose watchful eye Saw dangers gathering in their path, and called them to the sky. Not long shall we the loss deplore, for soon the hour will come When we with those so fondly loved shall * slumber in the tomb. Then let the remnant of our days be to His service given, Who hid our idols in the grave, lest we should fail of heaven. Not willingly the Lord alliicts, nor grieves the sons of men; ’Tis but to wean our souls from earth and break the power of sin. He saw us wandering from His path, and sent the chastening rod * To turn our feet from error’s way and brings us homo to God. Shall we defeat Ris wise design and waste our days in tears. Ungrateful for the numerous gifts that Heaven in mercy spares? Let faith and hope he cherished still, and brighter days shall dawn, And plants of pence shall spring anew from seeds of sorrow sown. —Louise Grant, in Good Housekeeping.

At Breakfast, Fortress Monroe.

To an angel, or even to that approach to an angel in this world, a person who has satisfied his appetite, the spectacle of a crowd of people feeding together in a large room must be a little humiliating. The fact is that no animal appears at its best in tins necessary occupation. But a hotel brCaikfastnroojn is not without interest. The very way in which people enter the room is a revelation of character. Mr. King, who was put in good humor by falling on his feet, as it were, in such agreeable company, amused himself by studying the guests as they entered. There was the portly, fiorid man, who “swelled” in, patronizing the entire room, followed by a meek little wife and three timid children. There was the broad, dowager woman, preceded by a meek, shrinking little man, whose whole appearance was an apology. There was a modest young couple who looked exceedingly self-conscious and happy, and another couple, not quite so young, who were not conscious of anybody, the gentleman giving a curt order to the waiter, and falling at once to reading a newspaper, while his wife took a listless attitude, which seemed to have become second nature. There were two very tall, very graceful, very high-brecl girls in semi-mourning, accompanied by a nice lad in tight clothes, a model of propriety and slender physical resources, who perfectly reflected the gracious elevation of his sisters. There was a preponderance of women, as is apt to be the case in such resorts. A fact explicable not on the theory that women are more delicate than men, but that American men are too busy to take this sort of relaxation, and that the care of an establishment, with the demands of society and the worry of servants, so draw upon the nervous energy of women that they are glad to escape occasionally to the irresponsibility of hotel life. Mr. King noticed that many of the women had the unmistakable air of familiarity with this sort of life, both in the diningroom and at the office, and were not nearly so timid as some of the men. And this was very observable in tho case of the girls, who were chaperoning their mothers, shrinking women who seemed a little confused by the bustle, and a little awed by the machinery of the great caravansary.— Charles Dudley Warner, in Harper's Magazine for April. At a paper mill in Lewiston, Me., the following letter, dated Brunswick, Nov. 11, 1866, recently was found: “Hiram, your actions at the husking bee last evening left, me no longer doubtful as to what course I shall take, 1 thought I cared for you, but I was a fool, and now am punished for my folly. Inclosed are the lock of hair, the picture and the ring you gave me. Perhaps the ring will lit somebody eise’s linger just as well. Jaue.” Colonel Byrne, surgeon in charge o t the hospital at the Soldiers’ Home in Washington, has extracted from the neck of an old soldier a ball which had been there since the battle of second Bull Run, and was well encysted.

MASTER AND MAN.

Relations of the Two in England—A Demonstrative Butler. General Badeau, writing on the relation of master and man in England, says: I was staying once with a young nobleman who had a crowd of peers for guests. We had been dining some miles away and drove back latei at night in what is called an omnibus. The valet of one of the visitors, a lad of 19 or 20, stood on the steps outside. By a jolt of the carriage this youth was thrown off into the road while we were still some distance from the house, and the whole party alighted to look after him. He was unable to walk or to endure the motion of the carriage, and a couple of Viscounts, an officer of the army and a Baronet carried the valet a quarter of a mile up a steep hill, then bore him into the room of the master of the house, and one tore open his shirt to look for his wound. There was no surgeon, so they bathed his breast and fils forehead themselves, and the youth lay on the nobleman’s bed till it was certain he was not seriously injured. Not till then did the gay young rollickers assemble for their late carouse. I know of another nobleman whost eldest son was standing for Parliament The contest was keen, and the excitement in the family extended to the servants. Finally, the heir was elected, and the news was brought to the Earl and the Countqss as they stood on the steps of the house in a crowd of friends and followers. Tho butler, a very respectable man of 50 or more, who had been in the family all his life was unable to contain his delight. He rushed up to his mistress, threw his arms around her and kissed her, and the salute was forgiven by the lady as well as the Lord. 1 did not witness this demonstration of fidelity, but I was told by an Englishman \\jio was present and pronounced it unusual, but not inexcusable. The Queen, it is well known, sets the pattern in this consideration for personal retainers. She not only visits her gillies in tho Highlands, but the servants on all her estates; she attends their balls and their christenings and funerals; she invites them at times to entertainments at which she is present in person; an honor she never pays the nobility; ampler affection for nor devoted John Brown she has been anxious to make known to the world. Twice I was present at country houses where - the servants joined in a dance with the family. Once it was after a servant’s wedding, which was, of course an event. On the other occasion, at a well-known lodge in the Grampians, a highland reel was proposed, but there were not enough ladies to go round, so the best looking of the housemaids were brought in and placed in the line with Marchionesses and the daughters of Earls. One was by far the prettiest of her sex in the room, and the heir of the house didn’t like it at all if any of his guests danced too often with his maid. But none of these young spinsters presumed on the favor that was shown them; the distance in rank was too great to be bridged by any transient familiarity. It was the very consciousness of the gulf that made the condescension possible. At a house of a nobleman who had a crowd of sons, and these always a crowd of boyish visitors, the whole frolicsome party was sent off nightly, after the ladies had retired to a distant tower of the castle where they might make as much noise as they pleased. They drank and they smoked, and they played cards, and had two or three of the footmen told off to them who stayed up half the night with their young masters, to wait oo them and amuse them. The young men were all of the same age, and the gentlemen often invited their servants to a cigar or a glass and not unseldom to a turn at the gloves, for most young Irishmen box. They played fair; the lords and the lackeys wrestling together on an equality. The servant might get his own master down if he could, ana if the valet struck out from his shoulder the gentleman took his punishment like a man. “Last fall,” said my Alexandria friend, “when the Norfolk boat stopped at Alexandria one night on its way down the river, a well known Alexandrian, who had more liquor than was good for him, walked on board and said to a gentleman who was talking to some ladies; ‘I want a cigar or blood,’ in bloodcurdling tones. ‘Have a cigar, sir?’ said the stranger, handing nim one in a most conciliatory way, and then the Alexandrian came on shore again.— Washington Letter to Philadelphia Record. The prevention of decay in wood is said to be effectively accomplished by exhausting the air from the pores and tilling them with a gutta percha solution, a substance which preserves the wood alike from moisture, water, and the action of the sun. The solution is made by mixing two-thirds of gutta percha to one-third of parafine, this mixture being then heated to liquify { the gutta percha, when it is readily in- I troduced into the pores of the wood, the effect of the gutta percha being, when it becomes cool, to harden the I nores.

Presentiment of Death.

The subject of presentiment concerning death and fatality in families spoken of in Hancock’s case recalls some sad points in the Bayard history. Few families have been more depleted by sudden death than the Bayards, and in many instances there have been forewarnings and presentiments. It is said that Miss Bayard wrote a letter indicating her approaching death. There are now in Washington many old naval officers who remember tho interesting circumstances attending the death of Miss Bayard’s cousin, Charles C. Bayard, at Mount Vesuvius. He was the favorite son of Richard Bayard, of Philadelphia, whoso father and Secretary Bayard’s father were brothers. In 1848, while on board the United States ship Congress. in company with several young friends from ou board, lie made the ascent of Mount Vesuvius. It was the same Congress that went down in Hampton Roads before the Merrimac, and in the party was Hie same Joseph Smith, who, as commander of tho Congress, had his head taken off by a cannon ball and of whom bis lather said, when he heard that the Congress was taken: “Then Joe is dead.” In tho ealso was Lehman B. Ashraead, of delphia, with whom young Bayard afterward went to Jerusalem to visit the Holy Sepulcher. While there they both had tattooed on their arms, by an old dragoman, the heraldic arms of Jerusalem, with the date of their visit. In the ease of young Bayard the tattooed cross developed virulent features, festered, and finally lie became sick and tho arm became greatly swollen. lie continued to declare that he would die, and even after it appeared to grow entirely well lie was in tho habit of saying to Mr. Ash mead and other friends: “This arm will be the death of me yet.” Ton years afterward young Bayard left for a cruise in tho Columbia as flag lieutenant of Commander Morris. Before leaving ho took a sad farewell of all his friends here, and declared to one and all that “they would never see him again.” He was very dejected and despondent. Ten years to a day from his previous visit, in company with young Carroll Tucker, of Maryland, and a few friends, the Coluaibia being then at Naples, he made tho ascent of Vesuvius during an eruption. With him were Rear Admiral Simpson and Rear Admiral Calhoun, who were then Lieutenants. He had tho arm of a Prussian army officer. He was quite gay. Just near the Hermitage, where ho had halted ten years before, the party stopped, finding it would be dangerous to go nearer the crater. As they were turning a mass of lava and rock struck young Bayard on the arm where he had been tattooed, cutting it fearfully ami obliterating the cross, and before the party could reach the foot of the volcano he died. His mother is still living, upward of 90 years of age. His body is buried near the foot of Vesuvius.

Casting His Horoscope.

Col. Sumter Mcßride, of Austin, Tex., while in New York on a vi-ut, read the advertisement of clairvoyant in a morning paper. He woqt to the female for-tune-teller to have his horoscope cast. She cast horoscopes with a dirty pack of cards, which she spread out on a table. “You will many an unusually wealthy lady and be very happy. Everything in your past, present, and future is an open book to me.” “I suppose you know everything about ray future?” said the colonel. “Not only about vour future, but about your past and present.”— “It’s wonderful, incomprehensible. Good morning, madame.” “Hold on there. A dollar, if you please,” said the female wizard, holding out her hand. “Well, that is strange. You know everything about my past, present, and future, and you didn’t know I left all my money with the clerk of the hotel before l started out to have my fortune told. It’s wonderful, incomprehensible,” remarked the colonel, as he passed out. —Texas Siftings. mm Secretary Whitney is a nephew of the inventor of the cotlin-trin. The “Old Reliable” is under the management of Norm. Warner & Sons. They keep constantly on hand an extensive stock of stoves, in great variety, hardware, agricultural implements, etc. They know when, where and how to buy, and put their goods on the market at bottom prices. Ah End to Bone Scraping. Edwn;d Shepherd,of Hrrfsburg, Ilf. '•ays- - 'Having received sc much honefit from Electric Bitters, I feel it mv duty to let suffering humanity knoj: U. Have had a running sore on my leg f r eight years ; my doctors told me I would have to have Ibe bone scran.-d or tg amputated 1 used, instead, tin e bottl s ot Electric Bitters and .«• on boxes Bueklen’s Arnica Salve d my leg is now hound and well,” Elect-ic. Bitters are sold at fifty cents a Bottle, and ’’ucklm’s Arnica Salve a. ’<s . per box b.v K. R .

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