Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1887 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

VOLUME XL

THE DEMOCRATIC BENTISEL. democratic newspaper. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, UY JA*. V*. McEwen RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year $1.5" Six •“ A.civertising Rates. One eCiunm, one year, SBO 00 Hall column, “ *° 0) fuartt r “ " 30 oo ighth “ 10 oo Ten per ccot. added to foregoing price if arc set to occupy more than angle c( lumn width . Fractional parts of a year atequitable rates Business oards not exceeding l inch space. *6 a year; $8 for six months; $2 for three All legal notices and advertisements at established statute price. Reading notices, first publication 10 cents line; each publication thereafter s cents a Nearly advertisements may be changed auarterly (once in three months) at the opion of the advertiser, free of extra ChargeAdvertisements for persons not residents of Jasper county, must be paid for in advance ol first pnblic etion, when less than one-quarter column in size; aud quarterly n advance when larger.

Alfred McCot, T. J, McCoy E. L. Hollingsworth. a. m«c©¥ & BANKEMS « (Succestois to A. McCoy & T. Thompson,) Rensselaer, Ind. DO a fie; eral hanking business. Exchange bought and sold Certificates hearing interest issued Collections made on all available points Office same place as old firm of McCoy & Thompson April 2,1886 MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Attorney-at-L aw .iensselaeb, - Indiana Practices {in thb Courts of Jasper and adoinlng counties. Makes collections a specialty. Office on north side of Washington street, opposite Court House- vlnl SIMON P. THOMPSON, DAVID J. THOM PSON Attorney-at-Law. Notary Public. THOMPSON & BROTHER, Rensselaer, - ' • Indiana Practice in all the Courts. ARION E. SPITLER, Collector and AbstractorWe pay 1 irticular attention to paying tax- , selling and leasiag lands. v 2 n4B 7T H. H. GRAHAM, * ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Reesdet.atb, Indiana. Money to loan on long time at low interest. Sept. 10,’86. •TAMES W. DOUTHIT, ahmirneysat-law and notary public, J&~ Office upstairs, in Maneuver's new yuilding. Rensselaer-Ind. Edwin P. Hammond. William B. Austin HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rensselae , IndOffice on second floor of Leopold's Block, co ner of Washington and Yanßensselaer streets. William B. Avstin purchases, sells and le ses real estate, taxes and deals in negotiable instruments. may27,’B7.

yy T M. W WATSON, ATTOkNEY-AT-LAW £SP"" Office up Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazay, RENSSELAER IND. ” yy W. HARTSELL, M D HOMOEOPATHIC [PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. Diseases x Specialty,^]! OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeever House. July 11,1884. i * H LOUGHRIDGE Physician and Surgeon. Office in the new Leopold Block, second floor, second door right-hand side of hall: Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running uusettled longer than three months. vmi DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon, Rensselaer , Ind. Calls promptly attended. Willgive special atten tion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. CITIZENS* BANK, RENSSELAER. IND., R. S. Dwiggpcs, F. J. Sears. Vat . Seib President. Vic.,-Pre»ident. Cashier Does a general banking businessCertificates bearing Interest issued: Exchange boncht and sold-, Mon-y loaned on farms tlewist rites and Jlsvorablc te » April 8 85

densselaer; jasper county, Indiana. Friday august 5,1887.

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A Cup of Tea.

“Sitting in a station the other day I had a little sermon preached in the way I like, and IM report it for your benefit, because it taught one of the lessons that we all should learn, and taught it in such a simple, natural way that no one could forget it: “It was a bleak, snowy day, the train was late, the ladies’ room dark and smoky, and the dozen women, old and young, who sat wa ting patiently, all looked cross, low-spirited, or stupid. I felt all three, and thought, as 1 looked around, that my fellow beings were a very unamiable, uninteresting set. “Just then a forlorn old woman, shaking with palsy, came in with a basket of ware and went about, mutely offering them to tho sitters. Nobody bought anything, and the poor old soul stood blinking at the door a minute, as if reluctant to go into the bitter storm again. She turned, presently, and poked about the room, as if trying to find something, and then a pale lady ifi black, who lay as if asleep on a sofa, opened her eyes and saw the old woman, and instantly asked, in a kind tone, ‘Have you lost anything, ma’am?’ “ ‘ No, dear; I’m looking for the heating place to warm me ’afore I goes out agin. My eves is poor, and I don’t seem to find the furnace nowheres.’ “ ‘Here it is,’ and tho lady led her to the radiator, placed a chair, and showed her how to warm her feet. “ ‘Well, now, ain’t that nice?’ said the old woman, spreading her ragged mittens to dry. ‘Thanky, dear; this is proper comfortable, ain’t it? I’m almost frozen to-day, being lamo and wimbly, and not selling much makes me downhearted.’ “The lady smiled, went to the counter, bought a cup of tea and some kind of food, carried it herself to the old woman, and said, as respectfully and kindly as if the poor woman had been dressed in silk and fur: ‘Won’t you liavo a cup of tea ? It’s vory comforting a day like this.’ “ ‘Sakes alive! do they give tea at this depot?’ cried the old woman in a tone of innocent surprise that made a smile go round the room, touching the gloomiest face like a streak of sunshine. ‘Well, now’, this is just lovely,’ added the old lady, sipping away with a relish. ‘This does warm the cockles of my heart.’ “While she refreshed herself, telling her story meanwhile, the lady looked over the poor little wares in the basket, bought soap and pins, shoe-strings and tape, and cheered the old soul by paying well for them. “As I watched her doing this, I thought what a sweet face she had, 1 hough I had considered it rather plain before. I felt dreadfully ashamed of myself that I had grimly shaken my bead when the basket was offered me; and, as I saw tho look of interest and sympathy and kindness come into the faces around me, I did w.'bli that I was the magician to call it out. It was only a kind word and friendly act, but somehow it brightened the dingy room wouderfully. It changed the faces of a dozen women, and I think it touched a dozen hearts, for I saw many eyes follow the p.lain, pale lady with sudden respect. And when the old woman got up to go, several persons beckoned to her and bought something, as if they wanted to repair negligence. “Old beggar women are not romantic ; neither are cups of tea, boot laces, and colored soap. There were no gentlemen present to be impressed with the ltdy’s kind act, so it wasn’t done for effect; and no possible reward could be received for it except the ungrammatical thanks of a ragged old woman. But that simple litiie charity was as good as a sermon to those who saw it, and I think each traveler w’ent on her way better for that half-hour in tho dreary station. I can testify that one of them did, and nothing but the emptiness of her purse prevented her from ‘comforting the cockles of the heart’ of every forlorn old woman she met for a week after.” —Louisa M. Alcott.

Sanitary Item.

A young gentleman, accompanied by a friend, sat at a table in a New York concert hall, enjoying a cigar and toddy. The young man nodded to the waiter, and, on the menial appearing, asked him: “Ish’t that Dr. Smith, over there in the corner ?” “Yes, sir.” “How many drinks has he had this evening?” “Six, sir.” “How many cigars has he smoked?” “Four or five?” “Now just see what a fraud that doctor is ? It was only yesterday he told me that one cigar and a toddy was as much as any man ought to take. Another beer, waiter?”— Texas Siftings. The wife of a boarder at one of our hotels belted her husband over the head with a wash-bowl the other day. When bis friends ask him what ails his head, he mutters, “Inflammatory room-mate-ism,” and adroitly guides the con- . ve.sation into another channel.

Negro Aphorisms.

Do candy-pullin' kiu call louder dam do log-r filin’. Do bos’ apples font on da top o’ Jo pock medjer. De steel-trap krow’ when to talk. Haibtones don’t pick hard heads to drap on. De young rooster dai crow too louil is ’lectioneerin’ for a lickin’. Tail tree make do s uVI s.euy. Do rod bird luh to drink whar lie kin see hisse’f in de water. De top o’ de hill is harder to find dan de bottom. De wood-pile ’fin'd o’ do norf wind. De s’inglo tree got to stan’ heap <F kickin’. Dus’ don’ settle on do meal-box. A shotgun kin oat vote a good-sizd’ comp’ny o’ watermelon hunters. A man dat cut his finger don’t brag on his knife while de blood runnin’. Do rabbit kiu make de bes’ time when he trabbliu’ for his health. Dur’s a bad streak in folks dat think de whole wul’ is a pentencli’ry. One dead boo-martin is wuf a hundred live ones. De shirt-buttons he’p de looks o’ things, but de gallus-bnttons do de solid wuk. De right sort o’ ’ligion heaps de halfbushel. De steel hoe dat laughs at de iron one is like de man dat is ’shamed o’ his grand daddy. ’Tnin’t, wuf findin’ out who gits de bes’ of a goat swap. When de bait is wuf mo’ an’ de fish. *tis time to stop fisliin’. Old Satan couldn’t git ’long widout plenty o’ he'p. De buggy-whip can’t make up for light feed in de horse-trough. A mule kin tote so much goodness in his face dat he don’t hab none lef’ for his hind legs. De price o’ tamo coons don’t poster many folks. Some grabble walks may load to de jail. De bes’ bravery is de sort dat ainifc skeered o’ de hot sun. De lead steer know when de whipcracker mended. De billy-goat gits in his liardes’ licks when he look like lie gwine to back out o’ de fight. , Better not pull down de empty jail. Little hole in your pocket is wnsser’a .a big one at de knee. Gap in de ax show itse’f in de chip. De dog on three legs ain’t alwavt lame. ’Tis mighty easy to run de track ob a roasted possum.

The Tables Turned.

Wendell Phillips had one eminont quality as an orator—he was never flustered. During the delivery of his first public speech al I'aneuil Hall, in 1837, there was one moment when the whole audience, friends and foes, turned against him, and there was a universal roar of dissent. It was when he said that the cause for which Washington fought was far beneath that for which Mr. Lovejoy, the abolitionist, died. The young orator was by no means disconcerted. No opposition ever disconcerted him. He waited for a lull in the storm, and then resumed his address thus: “One word, gentlemen. As much ai thought is better than money, so much better is the cause for which J ,ovejoy died nobler than a mere question of taxes. .James Otis thundered in ibis hall when tho King did but touch his pocket. Imagi e, if you can his indignant eloquence had England offered to put a gag upon his lips.” This happy turn brought the assembly over to his side again, and the hall resounded with applause. There was. no more opposition, and he concluded his speech in triumph.— Youth's Companion.

No Cut in Wages.

The employes of a Michigan railroad had been trembling in their boots over a reduction of wages, when an agent dispatched from headquarters, passed along the line and said to the various station officials: “I am happy to inform you that there will be no cut in salaries.” “Good. My salary is so small that I could hardly stand a cut of 5 per cent.” “The road is not making ahy money, but the President feels that every employe is earning his salary, and that, perhaps, the fall business may bring us out all right. Put your name down for what you can afford.” “On what?” “Why, on this paper. It is a subscription to buy the President a $2,000 silver tea-set as a token of the esteem of the employe ■>. Let’s see ? You get S6OO per year. If you put your name down for SSO you will be giving all you can afford. Rest easy, Mr. Blank, there will be no cut in salaries.” WaU Street News. t \ The Plantagenet line of English kings began with Henry 11. and ended with Richard If., occupying the throne of England for nearly two and a half centuries—that is, from 1154 to 13i)'y. Shakspeabe and Cervantes died on the same day—April 23, 1616.

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