Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1888 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

“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 cneered the old soul by paying well for them. “As I watched her doing this, I thought what a svrwet face she had, though I had considered it rather plain before. I felt dreadfully ashamed ol myself that I had grimly shaken my head when the basket was offered me' and, as I saw the look of interest arid sympathy and kindness come into the faces around me, I did wish 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 wonderfully. It changed the faces of a dozen women, and I think it touched a dozen hearts, for I saw many eyes follow the plain, pale lady with sudden respect. And when the old woman got up to go, several persons beckoned to her and bought «cmething, 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 lfcdy’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 little charity was as good as a sermon to those who saw it, and I think each traveler went on her way better for that half-hour in the dreary atation. 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 • week after.”— Zouisa M. AlcotL

j Cishu <jaks.— erne aca a naif ouj-.-uarar, one-half cup butter, three eggs, half a oup sweet milk, and a hall cups of flour, one of saler&tu* and two of cream of tartar. Beat the sugar and butter well, then add the well-beaten yelks and stir in the milk arid then whites beaten to a froth; sift the salaraiuo and cream tartar with th* “T am ohoost as full ash a bag of Hour,” remarked an inebriate to a sober friend. “There is a difference between you and a sack of flour, however.* “Whas ish difference?” “When a sack is full it can stand up, but when you are lull you oan’t even lie down on the ■round without holding on.” —Tax at mftong*.

Sait fish of all kinds and quantity, at kfiivall’s Duvall keeps the newest line of hanging lamps in town. Try that Flour, on sale at Duvall’s new Groeery. It is fine. Geo. W. Casey, at I air Oaks, is agent for the celebrated Peerless Mower, Reaper and Binder. Call on him and examine machine before buying elsewhere. Yeoman & Hemphill keep the leading Agricultural implemements on hand. It will pay you to visit the Furniture rooms of Jay W. Williams.

Accessories to the Eldredge Sewing Machine can be procured of Mrs. Jas. W. McEwen, New backgrounds, new camera* new balustrade, new burnisher and rew ideas! Now is the time to get those photos taken you were ailing about. espectfully, J. A. Sharp