Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1887 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A POSTAL CLERK’S STATEMENT Concerning the Mail Sybtbm Under the New Regime—Republican “Head Clerk." “1 see t e Repub’ioan Newspapers couiinue to keep up a bowl about ti e imperfection of the pos’al service under the new administration, remarked W. H. Wilkinson, a postal clerk running on the Monon between Indian apoiis aad Michigan Cltv. “Tne truth is that every head clerk on the thro’ mail lines going out of here is a Republican. They handle the letters and are responsible foi every mistake made in their delivery. And now I want to say a word for the new clerks Never in the history of onr present mail s’ stem has a lot of new clerks showed up as well a*, those that have been appointed during Mr. Cleve land’s administrutio. —their examination per cen‘B have been higher than those cf tue old clerks XV ny, formerly there were any number >f install ces where men received their permanent ; pjointment with 65 per cent. — Now mere is seldom a man taken that falls below 90. It these papers would tell the tr uth and judge us upon our merits, as shown by the tests we are put to, I would not say a wot d. but they al Use us aud hold is responsible for he neglect and incompetency of the r own men.” ♦

A Congressmans Future State.— When Gen B- F. Butler was a Member of Congress, he and Mr. Randall were frequently pitted against each other, but they, as a rule, preserved good temper and cordial personal feeling for one another. At ohepoint of the famous deadlock over the civil rights bill, when Randall was mana£« Ing the Democratic side as uauai, But ler, who favored holding u. session on Sunday, went over to Randall’s desk to arrange for i«. Randall would not s reo to the proposition. “Bad as I am, I have some respect for God’s day.” said he, “and I don’t think it proper to hold a session ot Congress on that day ” ‘ Oh. pshaw!” replied Butler; “don’t the Bible say that it i- lawful to pull your ox or ass out ot a pit on the Sab: ath day? You have seventythree asses on your side of this House that I want to get out of this ditch to-morrow, and lihink I am engaged in a holy work.” “Don’t do it. Butler,“ pleaded Ran» dali. “I have so ne respect for you that I don’t want to lose. I expect some day to meet you in a better world.“ “You’ll be there, as you are here,” retorted Butler as quick as thought, “a member of th-* lower house ”—Z. L. White, in the American Magaz ne.

THE METHODIST “THAT’S SO.” The old-tim Methodist habit of shouting “Amen” and “that’s so, brother,” io church sometimes leads to ludicrous results. An instance c.-c curred recently in the Hanson Place Methodist church in Brooklyn: The Rev. George E. K.ed, in his sermon was telling of the benefits cf givinp, and illustrated it by examples from the Bibla. As an old gentleman frequently interrupted by shouts of “Amen” and ‘that’s so,“ the preacher remarked that some persons might doubt what he told them and say“Oh, that’s only what Mr. Reed says, and he don’t know much anyway,”— Just then came the familiar interruption, “dial’s ao, b: Other. *J“TLe bouse was convulsed wit laughter, and the pastor smiled and said: “Your interruption came in at the wrong place that time, brother,”—New York buneTHE STATE OF MATRIMONY. A funny man who asked “where is f h‘e state of matrimony?” leceived this explanatory answer: “Itis in the United Stat<s It is bounded by kiss lug on one side and cradles and bab.k s ou the other. Its chief pioducts ar population, broomsticks and staying out nights. It was discovered by Adam and Eve while trying to find a northwest pas-age ont of Paradise. The climate is rather sultry until you pass the tropics of house-keeping, when squaity weather sets in with sufficient power to keep all hands as cool as cucumbers. For the prixcipal roads leading to this interesting state, consult the firs pair of blue eyes you run against."

WHAT ONE HEN CAN DO. The Indianapolis News is now de livered by agents each day in, nearly 300 towns and village.- and iu a majority of cas-8 at the door of siiosi ri.-> bets at only 10 ents per week —one and a half cents per day. At this rata the oroduct of an aver ge oid hen iu eggs anu chickens will more than supply a family with cue of the best and mo.-t reliable daily uewepu pers in the country, Krnesi. Ingersoll, m the June num ber of The Ameri'-an Migaz'ne will describe the “Has Remnant of Frontier”- a portion of our country near the northwestern boundary, which was an unsettled and almost unex.plored wilderness until penetrated by the Northern Pacific Railroad. The House of Bepbesentatives wi.l be described hy Z L. White, in the American Alagazine for June, with portraits and sketches of prominent Congressn >-n, uniter th* I eading o' "The Nation’.., La rin i h rs 6