Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1887 — Page 8

BARGAIN IN MUSIC.

This favorite Album of Soogs and Ballads, contaL lrg 32 piece* of choice and popular music, fu.l sheet music size, with complete words and music asid piano accompaniment is finely printed upon heavy paper with a very attractive cover. The following ate the titles of the so gs and ballads contained in the Favorite Album: As I’d Nothing Else to fit: The Dear Old Songs of Home; Mother. W<Eeh the Little Feet; Oh, You Pret T y BlueEyed Witch; Blue Eyes; Katy'. Le •-> ter; The Passing Util: 1 Saw Esau Kissing Kate; Won’t You Tell Me Why, Bobbin; The Old Garden Gate. Down Below the Waving Lindens; Faded Leaves; All Among the Sum mer Roses; Touch th • Harp Gentiv. My Pretty Louise; I Rerlly Don’t Think I Shall Marry: Dreaming of Home; Tho Old Cottage Clock; Across the Sea; A Year Ago; Hi helot V Hall: Ruth and I; Good Night; one Happy YearA o: Jenny in the Orchard; The Old Bart* Gale; Suck’s Farewell: Polly; Whisper in the Twilight. Thiis a very line collection of real vocal gems, and gotten up in very handsome style. Published in the usual wav and bought at a musfe store these 32 pieces would cost you $11.20. We bought a job lot of this u: *e at grkat sacrifice and as the holidays are past, we desire to close out our stock at once. Will send you the entire collection well wrapped and postpaid for only 40 cents Send immediately. Address. THE EMPIRE NEWS CO., H<-6w13 Syracuse, N. Y.

Lives in a Tree.

Washington is the paradise O's cranks, and all the curious characters in the country seem to have congregated here. My la.t r d’eo-vory is a man who lives inai - ee. lb- \s an. $ 1,800 clerk in the Pei-scm • '3V • dl.ffname is A. B. ll.tv-, 'd He is ■whiskered, picas- iit-Q ! bq;-. < -m-med bachelor of about fmv -ns. Ills aerial habitation is du-.t-d j -.-t ou‘side of the bound: i v liinil:-. between the Fourteenth and -nth street roads, within a quarter of a mile of Joaquin Miller's cabi; it con- ists of a tent-like house bu.lt upon a pine platform fastened be tv. i .-n two big oak trees. This platform's p< rhaps twentyfive feet square, ami t \* fa-tened to the trees as far up fto . tin* ground as the first story of a bn - in ss building. It is certainly higher than any ceiling in America. [ non this platform a wall of pine boards aliout eight feet Irgh is built in the iW;a <4 a J.oilow square, and from the top of this a tent ro V of two thicknesses of canvas r : s«s in wedge shape. The <a'■ o, is of the best quality, and I notice the Govern- 1 ment stamp is on one of t e sides of the roof. The entrance is on the west, ami before it is a wide platform where m owner can come out a. I sit e warm summer evenings, tmd on wi. ~<i are now sitting a rut-king-chair -..ml a water-bucket. This platform is reached by a ladder twenty feet long, but very light. Mr. Hayward takes it off to a farm-house near by when he goes to work, and returning he brings it, again to his tent, and in the tent he entertains bis friends. Its interior is comfortably furnished, and it is heated with a little oil stove. There is a carpet on the floor, rocking-chairs are scattered about the room, and there is a book-shelf and a writing-table. Pictures arc fastened upon the walls, and the whole makes very comfortable quarters; - Washington Cor. Cleveland /.. ad,-.

A Group of Queens

The queens in Southern Europe are a remarkably interesting group of women. The Queen of iCoumania, or Carmen Sylva, is not only a poetess, and full of pictures ;uo romance, but she lately underwent examination for a diploma that might give her a right to d.o certain teaching in the schools. Everybody knows of the skillful manner in which Christina, the Queen of Spain, performs her unwonted duties. And now Margaret of Savoy, the Queen of Italy, is to appear as an author, with her stories founded on the legends of the middle ages. Among the various languages spoken fluently by this queer; is English, in which she reads every new book of importance, keeping herself posted on English politics and gossip. In religious matters she is neither too liberal nor too devote, and she is a passionate patriot. In person sho is lovely, fair, and bright, more graceful than majestic, with a feminine sweetness very attractive in a royal personage. Her family relations are perfect; she is the intimate friend of her young son, the Prince of Naples; and, often seen on the streets and among the shops, she is idolized by the Roman people.—Harper’s Bazar.

Spiritualism to Be Investigated.

By the terms of the will of the late Henry Seybert, a rich and eccentric citizen of Philadelphia, the later years of whose life were absorbed in the vain effort to get at the truth of what is known as Spiritualism, a considerable legacy ($50,000) has been bequeathed to _ the university to found a professorship of intellectual and moral philosophy, with the proviso that the authorities shall undertake to make a thorough investigation of the phenomena of modem Spiritualism, and publish the evidence and the conclusions to -which it leads. *The university has accepted the bequest, and has appointed a committee of five members of its faculty to conduct the investigation. This committee comprises among its members the provost (an M. D. ), and the professors of chemistry, social soience, and anatomy, and a tutor, who is a clergy-xva,--rhr:nolo3lca'. Journal,

A Letter of [?] poet Keats.

In one of his letters to his sister he says, expressing a momentary high feeling: Oh, there is nothing like fine weather, and heaWa, and books, and a contented mkid, and diligent habits of reading and thinking, and an amulet against the enemies, and please heaven, a little claret wine out of a cellar a mile deep—with a few, or a good many, ratalia cakes—a rocky basin to bathe in;” and he enunciates much else, tapering off into a series of rollicking whims, and ending with about tliirt .-ii: lines of doggerel rhyme. But K *atn alway * Lad a breezy way of ratt-mig oil’ his wishes ami i •• lings in his eerrespondeiicv*, wi< h w-* wi# i • but one more •- 1- p!e. It is bun eof the letter *o h>- rive - v from Winchester. He says: ‘! should like now [<) prOillH «» U' Ft U#lU *D it **. ■ *ll'* . * apple-1.. -tin.g, 1 mr-tasd.-g, plum-judg-iug, apn- t.t nihi.imv, peacli- .lunching. m etarine-sucl iog, and melon-carv-ing. 1 have also a great feeling for anti plated el -rrifut! of sugar-cracks • —and a ' hi: currant tree, kept for company. J admire lolling on a lawn by a water-lilied pond, to eat white currants and see gold-fish, and go to the fair in the evening, if I'm good. There is not hope for that —one is sure to get in some mess before the evening.”—Joel Benton, In the Manhattan.

A Good Opportunity.

The deacon had been threatening to repair that well-curb for the last thirteen years, hut something had always occurred to prevent. He was not, therefore, greatly siirprised one day when the boards gave way as he was hauling up the bucket, and he found himself going ior the b Atom. He bumped, around a spell, dodged the bucket a--if followed-after, and finally brought up in good shape with his feet under him, and the watt r up to his chin. The well -was forty feet, deep, and tin* house rive rods away; but nevertheless-, the deacon called Ir • wife by name about 3,000 times before lie got tired of playing on that string, and began abusin- her relatives clear Lack for seven generations. He had dropped this and was threatening to mortgage the farm and run away with the Widow Taylor, when his wife appeared at the well and called out: “Deacon, are you down there?” “Of course I am, and have been for the last three hours!” he veiled. “Well I thought so, but I was busy and couldn’t look. Sav, deacon. being as you are down there, you’d better stir around and look for that table-spoon which slipped out of my hand the day Joel Skinner’s barn got afire!”

Mistakes of Shakspeare.

The mole has eyes, but he does not use them very much. Bhak.speare speaks repeatedly of the blind mole, but the sweet hard of Avon was incorrect. The lflole is not blind, but Ids eyes are exceedingly small. If any person wants to find out this for himself he must first hold his mole, which is no joke, for they bite like fiends and scratch with their forepaws iff wildcats. Then by blowing away the fur a small black speck appears, which is- the eye. But the best way is to put humble in water, when the eye immeli ately appears, showing that he has the power of projecting the eye beyond the fur. The same proverbial vis,]. , f * that made file mole blind gives it < r -lir - ;• a sense of hearing singularly do ho.. yet tlie fact is that the ears ~0. special-! • acute. The dolieuc;. ing is due to the singular m • - whiolithe caith carries wave . circumstance well known to Imiuers and military men. The sense of smell is the pre-eminent quality in this creature-, and upon which he depends chiefly to procure food. Moles are fiery to the last degree, and quarrelsome. Whenever two meet they fight, and the vanquished is devoured by the victor.Exchange.

Japan Tea.

“Japan tea is not a favorite in these days,” said a grocer. “Ten rears ago a rage in its favor set in, and’ the Japanese tea was called /or on all sides. But it fell out of public favor as rapidly as it came in. Wh v ? It had not enough of merit to Keep it in. The first lots we ot from J apan were choice in quality, because the growth was small and great attention was paid to its culture, with hopes for the future. But the demand increased in a few jumps, care was abandoned by tlie growers and tlie only object sought was to fill the orders. Consequently the Japanese tea that found its wav to the American market was a sorry lot Tea lovers soon found it but, and the Chinese stimulant was taken again and found much better. Not only were the old and tough leaves of the tea plant picked at all times of the year, instead of the young green ones of tin spring sea on, but wisteria leaves were mixed in with them. When the Japan tea first came here the dried leaves' had a delicate olive tint and were long and wiry. Now they are broken and range in color from black to yellow, the result of artificial colorings with various blues, gypsum, and soapstone. Cleveland Herald.

Died of a Fit.

. Byron’s good sayings have been in all men’s mouths—in the mouths of some who have claimed them as their own. Many were admirable puns, others had a better claim to remembrance. The last time I met him—a long time ago—l sat next him at dinner. “So Poole, the tailor, is dead!” remarked our host. “Indeed! What did he die of?’ “Of a fit,” said Byron, at once; “what else could a tailor die of?” Lcn o t WoW.'

Official Encouragement of Talent.

A fact not'ced in the Belgian correspondence of one of the. Parisian pa pers affords another illustration of the inefficacy of the official encouragement of talent by the state. The King of the Belgis: bus regularly offer. <i every year, for the last ten years, a prize of £I,OOO for the best work on soma subject of c r PT . tho latitude of choice being allowed the candidates, -provided the v, k -ame within the sufficiently comprehensive catego*. o, ■ nvits ~ i... During the wh >'!e tn v -• fV prize has on.y been award .1 • - . Year after year the jury appointed to decide on the ments of the, d -at essays sent in have load to;.. : melancholy r- turn that not one u: them came up to a decent standard. Macaulay (himself a writer of prize poems; has somev her ,i i that prize sheep are only fi* »t make candles of, and pr’ze poems t ' them with. Young Oxford would probably object to the dictum ; but in Belgium, if rlze essays and pr poem' may be p; ve.i on tee same footing, it would 'seem to bo in part true. —Fall Mall Gazette.

Old Clocks.

The old bi- ionly thirty hours, \i...• . w: in notion by a weight u-.i .. ito a ea;;iu which passed over a eating spikes' in the groove, v* 11 i* Jd i :1 tju- links of the I -"-i 1 w -! r o drawn up every .1. inti b set km of the lor., p ...i ..... . ; seemed to have assumed au:-. .- n character. Catgut was sv.os.itutau Via ■ chain, and barnas pv-rc in iron' - - - : on which tue c ... tgnt wa-f-p, :v-ff. .. gy atop 1 h of iifit) be in,. <’i!ipioycti, clucks were made to w for eight 3..-S instwdof thirty b* at-- ■ .:i uv. A:..)' . c, - •' i j)t ... ; . 'f 1 - * . . 1* upright clock cases, which were often made of ornamental woods and enriched with hue marquetry. The earlier cases were made of oak and walnut, the mahogany cases being of the following century, when that word was introduced. — The Arab and His House.—The Arabians never beat their horses; they never cut their tails; they treat them gently; they speak to them and seem to hold a discourse; they use them as friends; they never attempt to increase their speed bv the whip, or spur them, but in cases of great necessity. They never fix them to a stake in the fields, but suffer them to pasture at large around their habitations; and they come running the moment they hear the sound of their master’s voice. In consequence of such treatment these aninials become docile and tractable in the highest degree.' They resort at night to their tents, and lie down in the midst of the children, without even hurting-them iu the slightest manner. The little boys and gnds ara ofL-n seen upon the body or reek of the mare, while tile ! id: v dinna inoffensive and *.rfuless, po: muring them to play with and caress th ■ a it! out injury.

Just Looked at Him .

Comet:an impudent ruffian gets Bis uue a! . ha n.s o: a won.an. Aot brig *, well-bred girl o ■> ' '■ - '< a street corn- r to a friend whom she L.* ! nn saw the stationary -, and, approaching, I. . ; with * .-mi:dunce to talk about . her, and inquire the young woman’s destination. He was met with a stony stare. He braved it for a moment and poked on, but presently liis word g&n to fail, he repeated himself, he stammered, he stuttered, he even blushed under the cool, surprised eyes, and in the end he turned and almost ran away from the woman he was insulting. —Chicago TP farstlil-

Begin Aright.

A frowning face or unkind word may shield a whole household in gloom the entire day, while cheery smiles, like brilliant sun rays, fill the atmosphere with glowing warmth and happiness. Let us cultivate the habit of goodhumor and sing with the poet: Dark clouds away and welcome day; With nijrht we banish sorrow. Sweet air, blow- soft; mount, lark, aloft, To give my love good-morrow. ——■— ■ A band of Italians brigands captured a duke recently and held him for thirty days. Any American heiress can do that, and hold hint loniser.

LEAR HOUSE, J. H. LEAR, Proprietor, Opvosite Court Jlovte* AJonf-icellc, In'o ' Has recently been new furnished throng! out. The rooms arelargeand airy. thole • tion central, making l it the most convener and desirable hopse in town. Trv it nous jtCJEJs f iEAT X MARKET!" Rensselaer, - Ind., 3. J. Eiiglesljaich, pßOP.nloa n ftPK. Pork. Vea. Mutton,.lran** g*B atre; }>o!isgttit. etc., sold in quauti ti h to >uit purchasers at the iow r esl 1 r.r N >ne but the best stock slaughu : ered. K. orydody is invited to call. T:ii LiiUih.T Price Paid tcr Geo* s Gaxtli.

TH Fidredge Leads TEI World! j - ' I- . ./* " ' - *• BQKD.-CHMIOI.En M RS. J AS. W. McEWEN, Agent, Rensselaer, Ind. jj&P* ■ fT> R% BBS fI?S S'A W' KW® 57,'m - ;b; \ mfe/f r ; - J W-a L i & fegl M *Y/v Wo will gunranteo the “LOVI’Id, WASHES’* to At’ V tirGjkmLltr better work au«yio it easier ;.;n! in Jcsh tin etlian anjt s '- waeh the clothes cleau without nU-laiig, we will AGENTS WANTED 1 I :l vi- -din every countv. We CAN SHOW PIIOOF that Agents are making from 875 to 8150 per month. Farmers Up-fragfemake S2UO to SSOO during the winter. Ladies have great --Rw-fe.lnayiP-*!- •• success selling this Washer. Retail price only 85. Sampie to those desiring an agency B‘A. Also the Celebrated KEYSTONE VVIUXGERS at mannfactrrcrH’ lowest price. Wo invite tlie strictest investigation. Zend j ..ur ; address on a postal card for further particulars. asilHlliSlHWKP* LOVELL WASHES CO., Erie, Pa, 1 . "I 'III 11 Hi I lill—lHM I —liWfllß IBIIIIIMHBWIMWIIiMMBBBMMM—■■MMBWMMMMpMMM THE WRtGHT UIDEE AKfflG* FUEHITDEE ROOMS. T. P. WIGHT, NEW! ALL NEW!! I would respectfully announce to the people of Jasper County that I have made arrangements to sell ysFARMbMASHI ERYW fifllbMewEKsTYl'wßE Reaper? EMPIRE BINDERS. And will keep extras on hand at all times for the machines.— [ am also prepared to do RERPiAJROTfSh in[the best and most workmanlike madner, and at the lowest possible rates. WAGONS AND BUGGES repaired, and all other work usually done in that line. NEW WAGONS AND BUGGIES de to order, and of the b f s t material and workmanship. on Front Street, South of, Citizens’ Bank,^J r> , ,„ „ ■ RH. YEOMAN? Rensselaer, Ind,, May 21, 1886 f