Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1888 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

VOLUME XII

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X T. J, MoCc y AIi’RED M'COT, „ E. L. Hollingsworth. A» bankerb> (Sncceesois to A. McCoy & T.Thompson,) Rensselaer, Ind. DO a flei era! banking business. Exchange bought and sold. Certificates bearing inerest issued Collections made on aL a/almble otats Office same place as old firm of McCoy Thompson A P ru 1080 mordecai f. chilcote. Attomey-at-Eaw Bbnsselabb. . - . - Indiana Practices lln thb Courts of Jasper and adenine counties. Makes collections a speXtfy Officeion north side of Washington flreot. opposite Court House- vld’ tfIMON P. THOMPSON, DAYTD J. THOMPSON Attorney-at-Law. Notary Public. THOMPSON & BROTHER, Übnsbedaer, - • Indiana Practioein all the Courts. ARION L. SPITLER, Collector and Abstracter' tVs dh nirticular attention to paying tax.aeflTng and leasiag lands. V2M9 «TC-, fl. H. GRAHAM, ’’ * attokney-at-law, Reesdelatr, Indiana. Money to loan on losg time at low interest. JAMES W. DOUTHIT, ACTX)RNEY''AT—LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIQ, Office in rear room over Hemphill & Honan’s store, Rensselaer, Ind. Edwin P. Hammond. William B. Austin. HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rensselaer, Ind Mice on second floor of Leopold’s Block, co’ne r of Washington and Vanßensselaer streets. William B. Avstin purchases, sells “dl’i se® Mai estate, pays taxes and deals 4n J’®S t , l ® bl ® Ifetruments. W WATSON, jA.TTO±CISTE3'y-A.T-XiA.'W ty Office up Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazay, RENSSELAER IND. yy W» HARTSELL, M D HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, • - INDIANA. Diseases a Specialty..® x-aJTicE, in Makeever’s New Block. Restfir deuce at Makeever House. July 11,1884. j B lovobums. victor a. loughbidgb Ji H.LOUGHRIDGE A SON, Physician* and Surgeons. Offlee in the new Leopold Block, second floor, second door right-hand side of hall: Ten per cent interest will be added to all taacounts running unsettled longer than *ree months. vini DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician A Surgeon fienueZaer, /n<Z. OaMs promptly attended. Will give special atten Hon to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. E. JACKSON, M.D., PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON. ' Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Office on Front street, corner of Angelica. 13..24. Zimri Dwiggins, F. J. Seabs, Val. Seib, President. Cashier CITI ZEN S'ST ATEBANK RENSSELAER, IND., Does a general banking business.Certificates bearing i- terest issued; Exchange bought and sold; Moneyloaned on farms at lowest rates and onmosfavorable terms. k Jan. 8. 88 _

RENSSELAER JASPEB COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY. DICEMBER 7. 1888

CEKE'S NAD ZI[?]

■aw a Bay Triad la Cwat tka Bataa Is Ba Maa* ar * rrighteaed Barer* [From th* Philadelphia Time*.] Zeke was thought to be the dunce at the family. He wasn’t dull eaaeti*, but because of his quiet ways and his lo vs of sleep he got to be known as the most backward of the bright Bumwell boys. Beks was so lazy that he couldn’t count, though twelve rears of age. When, along snout noon, his father would say: “ Run, Zeke, and tell me what time it is.” Zeke would look at the clock and remark: “ Little hand’s a stickin’ straight up I” One day Jerry, the black man, made fun rs Zeke, saying,- “G’lang wid ye, ye io’an know yer foot froni a hole in de jround; g’way from heah en lam to wrzmt up yer A B O’s.” What Jerry said made the lad feel ashamed. That night he covered his head with a quilt, and •aid to himself that he wished a bugaboo would catch him by the toesand take him io the bad place. As he was feeding the horses next morning he asked his friend Joe, the how he could learn to count /be laughed and winked at a big horse attnsd Bob. “Why, you pester you, wnj don’t you get up onto Bob’s back mb count them air hairs in his mane ?” rest made Zeke’s blood feel hot in his ?aoe. “AH right,” he said, and bounding from tke hay-mow he lighted upon Bob’s back. Bob was taken by surprise. He wasn’t in the habit of having boys, on his back at breakfast, so he started on t wild run. If Zeke couldn’t count he could ride a horse as a swallow rides the air. Away went Bob out the lane and up the sountry road. Zeke grasped a handful of the mane and began to pick out tha black threads.

“ Oqe, two, three, four, five—” but jpst as he was about to say six a violent jerk of the horse’s head drew the mane from his hand. Nothing daunted, however, the boy began again. Bob was running vp the road at full speed. “Hal ha I” hallooed a man by the roadside, “ what are you doin’ ?” ' “ Countin’ hairs,” said Zeke. “ What a Attic fool!” exclaimed the man; f ‘ he might as well try to number the hairs of sly head, but before he could get through with ms job every hair would be griy.” But the daehkig horse and his bold rider were out of hearing and out of sight. They went steadily on for nearly an hour. Zeke had counted a thousand and Bob’s run had dropped into a swift troi.

“Holdon,” said a, gentleman whom they met on the bridge; “where an you going to without saddle or bridle ?” “Counting the hairs of the horse’s mane,” replied Zeke, never looking up. “ Why don’t you count the hairs of his tail ?” roared the gentleman, with much merriment; but on sped Bob with Zeke bending closely over his neck. Soon afterward the frightened horse flame to the Schuylkill River. Into the water he trotted, and soon he was swimming for the other shore. This Zeke had not expected. The shock of the cold water caused him to forget his count, and he was obliged to cling to the mane to save his life. “ Anyhow,” Zeke said, -T find the mane of some use.” When Bob reached the other bank he kept on as madly as before, but seeing that his rider was more than a match for him, he at last stopped short and began to turn the head toward Zeke. Meanwhile Zeke had given over his attempt to count the hairs of the mane. What he was thinking about was how he could procure a bridlu His hands still grasped the hairs, which felt so smooth and strong that the lad decided to try and make a bridle out di them. Wibh his jackknife he succeeded in cutting off several strands, which he tied and twisted together in a clumsy fashion. A stick of crooked oak, whittled smoothly, served as a bit. Zeke looked with pride upon his odd pieces of harness, and he was delighted when Bob, responding to a pull of the rein, trotted off homeward. That night Zeke ate his supper in pain in bed, but the strange adventure so worked upon his mind that it resulted in good. He applied hamsell io his books, and now he is professor ia me of the beet colleges of the oountrv

Near-Sightedness.

Education may create discomforts as tell m secure great advantages. The Gowun nation is threatened with a pe* ctflff trouble of the eyes, as a penalty for reading badly printed books and for unwise methods of study. A careful in> vosttaation of the schools by competent physicians has revealed the unpleasant net that near-sightedness is growing common, and may become universal. In children of five yean and under, it was rarely found; the vision was quite Krfect. In the lower schools, from fifm to twenty per cent, of the scholars were effected; in the higher schools, from forty to fifty per cent. In the theological department of the University, seventy per cent, of the students were troubled; and in the medical department the misfortune was almost universal, only five per cent, not being thus afflicted. The physicians ascribe the difficulty to the practice of holding the books too near the eyes, and the practice is due in a large measure to the poor print <X cheap bosks. .. . _

nstwiDtt is increasing m our own country, and it might be wise to have a similar yr amination of our own schools by skillful physicians, in order to call public attention to the evil.*— Horgau* town Prtn.

[?]le Tales for Lfttle Childres..

1. Here wo have an album. It is ful it pictures for little children with dirty Angers to look ak Here are two pictures trf papa. This is one of him before ho was married io mamma. He looks like fi two-year-old colt behind a band of lassie. Here is a picture of papa after he had married mamma. Now he looks like a government mule hauling a load of pig iron. See if you can put vour finger on the aose ana the eyes and the Mouth of each picture. Turn down » leaf when you come to a pretty picture you like. The baby is eating bread and snolasses. Lot him take the album and look at the pictures, too. 2. This is a lamp. It is full .J nice, yellow oil. Can you light the lamp? If there is too much oil pour some of it in the stove. Mamma will not miss the oil J you pour it in the stove, but she may miss you. A little oil on the carpet is not a bad thing for the oil, but it is e bad thing for the carpet and you. 3. Do not make a noise or you vill wake the policeman. Ha is sitting on the doorstep asleep. It is very hard on him to have to sleep out of doers these cold nights. There is a hank being robbed around the corner and a woman s being killed in the next block. If the policeman waked up he might find it out aud arrest somebody. Some people believe this is what policemen are for, but the policemen do not think so. . 4. Who is this creature with long hair and a wild eye ? He is a poet. He writes poems on spring and women's eyes and strange, unreal things of that kind. He s always wishing he was dead, but he weahiii’t let anybody kill him if he could got a way. A mighty good sausage-stuffw was spoiled when the man became a noet. He would look well standing untei a descending pile-driver. 5. The girl is at the gate. A young *r<xn is coming down the lane. The girl’s plipa is sitting on the front porch. He is v. ry old. He has raised a family of iievuu children. What is the poor old non thinking about, and why does he <aze m intently at his right boot? Maj be ■?e ia thinking about raising the young nan who ic coming down th» lana.’wrer

Bostion as a poetry H[?]

To write poetry is merely considered. In Boston, as an elegant accomplishment suitable to the litterateur, and* less a special gift than the natural anrt expected result of scholarship and culture. The charming assumption with which a society or meeting of any description designates its members to write a poem on such and such an occasion is infinitely amusing. "Why did you not come to the literary coterie?' questioned a friend the other day. "Mrs. Dias and Mrs. Anagnos wrote poems for the evening, and we had a philosophical paper and tableaux. * This was an illustration of the Boston nonchalance regarding “writing poems.” It is discussed in a matter-of-fact way, as an affair quite of industry rather than of inspiration. If the birthday or wedding anniversary of » ' prominent person is to be celebrated, a fair gotten up, an exhibition opened, or the “Old South” receive another contribution toward saving it from the destructive march of trade, the of the affair all write poems—as a nab ural feature of the entertainment Though the so-called “poems” are numerous, the poets are few, yet these rhymers and versifiers all enroll themselves under that banner, and enjoy the felicity of their belief. The genuine poets of Boston are almost as few as of any other city. Longfellow. Lowell, Whittier, Emerson, Louise Chandler Moulton, who has a gift oi the almost perfect lyric verse; John Boyle O'Reilly, Dr. Holmes, and Mrs. Bowe, in her “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and her “Sealed Orders, * make up all that I now recall who eoom to have any claim to poetic immortality. Tet the people who grind out than poems to, on, and for every occasion, are as numerous as the prose writers. Volume after volume is published hers Of mere prosaic prose that rhymes, and is labeled—l came near saying libeled —poetry. What becomes of it is s mystery I cannot fathom. Where do all the dull books go to, any way! one wonders. The number of volumes of “poems" that contain, perhaps, one that really merits the name and retain* the whole, is a signal advance over those that have nothing in them but mechanical rhyme. It is singular that in a city which may, perhaps, not unaptly be designated as the literary cap ital of the country, there is so marked I a Jack oi fine literary discrimination ' Form more than spirit, quantity more | than quality, appears to take precedence. To “publish a volume of poems" is as much the part of the natural expectation as t<? read the current literature and attend ti e symphony concerts. Whether the poems are worth publishing is a consideration that doee I not seem to present itepit Boston Cor.

BILLY OWEN SERVES NOTICE. Chesterton Tribune; In a recent interview Billy Owen toh a Hammond Esho rep .rter that “Relative to the nest-office. 1 am sorry to learn that there is any appearance of s*rlfe after the federal offices anvwhere in the district. lio not want any petitions, or anything of the kind 8h ill pay no attention to aay of th m in recemmendiog a candidate. They but tend to make turmoil, and that is what wa must avoid.” As Congressman Owen wilt un<* doubtedly have the patronage of the Tenth congressional district at bis disposal, this information is import** ant. as it indicates the line of po’icy to be pursued. Those gentlemen who have been laboring so industilourly on their petitions will perhaps be disappointed, but the man who “stands in" with the party boss will feel relieved.

HAD IT OUT WITH MARY.

A Dauntless Housewife Nebves Her** self and Has It Out With Maby New York Evening Sun: Two ladies were riding uptown in a Madison avenue car, a d as they traveled were overheard discussing the vital ques’ion of their domestic ar* rangements for the winter—the question ot help “Yes, my dear,” said the first, '‘lam in the valley of the shadow of new servants. My husband s iyejmy hair has turned several shades grayer since the last tour of the employment offices began. It exasperates me every time I see you to remember how long you have bad the comfort of that treasure of yours who manages everything for you. I suppose she is still with you?” “You mean Mary?” said the other “Yes, she is still with me. I couldn’t get along without her. b t like most treasures she has completely spoiled. She thinks she owns me and the Louse, and everything elge. They all kept telling me at home that I must say something to her or she would ret too high to live with. But I hated to sayany hing, 1 wss so afraid of losing her. But last week I couldn’t stand It any longer tnd I had it out with her. I tell you 1 felt positive y worn eut when I went up stairs, and they all scarcely believed me when I said “Well; I’ve had it out with Mary!” “Did you. r.ally ?” asked her friend, much interested. “How did she take i ? And what in the world did you say?” “Oh* yes.” replied the courageous woman, “I( thought it was no use tri fling any lunger. Even I could not stand such overbearing ways. Ohl I was very decided with her. She looked quite dashed. I a sure you.” “What did you say?* asked her friend, eagerly. “I locked her right in the eye and I said. ‘Why, Mary!’* and the intrepid woman drew herself up with the air of oae who has bearded the Hon in his d ?n.

TARIFF TALK.

Omaha World. Henry Olay has always been looked upon as the father and high priest of the American protective system. Yet even under the tariff of 1824, which is known in American history as the olav tariff, and which he intended and argued should only continue while the infant industries it fostered were in a state of development—even under that tariff, which was at the time supposed to be the very climax of tho protective theory, the taxes on tho Important necessaries of life were by no moans as high as they are now. The Olay tariff imposed a tax of about 25 per eent on cotton goods, tho tariff now is 48 per cent , and the Mills trill only pi eposes to reduce it to 40 per cent, leaving i. thus 16 per eent. above Clay’s tariff. The tariff on raw wool under tho Clay tariff was 25 per,cent; under the present tariff It is just twice as high, while the Mills bill proposes to abolish it in tho interest of tho manufacturers and oi tho consumer.

foThe Olay tariff on woolen goods was 80 p«r cent, cur present tariff is 70 per cent* and toe Mills bill 40 per cent. Was Clay, the father of protection, a free trader? Under Clay’s tariff lumber was free; now It is taxed 20 per cent., and the Mills bill proposes again to make it froe. Under Clay’s tariff general iron manufactures were taxed 25 nor cont; under the present tariff the tax is 45 per cent,; under the Mills tariff It is 40 per cent. or 15 per cent, more than Clay favored. The same figures apply to s*eel manufactures not otherwise provided for. Under the Clay tariff flax goods were taxed 25 percent.; now they are taxed 55 per cent., and the Mills bill proposes to return it to the Olay rate of 25 per cent '

Under the tariff glassware was taxed about 25 per cent.; now it is taxed about 50 per cent., and the Mills bill pro, oses to reduce the tax to 40 per cent In the above paragrapi s we have a comparison of the leading or most important features of Clay’s protective tariff, the present tariff, md the proposed Mills tariff. These Items are most important because they jover the necessaries of life, upon the price of which the oost oi living so largely de 'ends. It is evident that the Clav tariff in these particu** lars was much lower than the present tariff, and that in most ar icle? of necessity the Clay tariff was lower even than the proposed Mills bill 11, therefore, the Clay tariff was a protective measure, then ! in a still greater degree must the Mills bill bo called protective. And yet the<e are honorable gentlemen and prominent party organs, who. through ignorance or dishonesty, call the Mills bill a free trade measure.

SOME SOUND PROPOSITIONS.

We have "our years to agit re tariff reform and no opportunity for debate should bo lost. During the campaign J have learned that nine out of every ten proteerionists uo not understand the simdlest laws of trade, Ih- ard one protest against “ i flood ofcheap foreign goods,” and a moment later declared th.it the tariff did not, raise jrices; that prices in England are about the same as prices here, and the tariff wus ssmply intended to exclude foreign goods. In his blind partisan zeal ho forgot that goods are never taxed except to get a higher price. Another declared that all Europe was under free trade, thereto! ein poverty. Apparen ly all protectionists believe that we might buy trom foreign countries eternally and never sell them anything. The* think cheap goods a great evil, and that if all foreign countries should send us food and qlothing at cost, frolghi p .Id. it would be a dire calamity. They all have childlike confidence in the employer, believing that he is anxious to share any Increase in price with his tmployes, and would not hire “foreign panperlibor” (driven here by high tariffs) on any aceount. I offer a fsw arguments which I have found to ).*e invulnerable te protectionists’ sophistry, thoush perhaps they are familiar to all tariff reformers:

1. Import duties protect only those whs have something to sell; laboiers have only labor to sell, but this com-* modity is not protected. It is reduc« ed in value by competition from all the world 2. A decrease in price causes in l * crease in consumption and consequent increased demand for product* ive power; hence higher wages. A low tariff would lower prices and ln u crease wages. 3. Heavy imports would not de crease demand for labor, because Im* ports must be 1 alanced by exports of commeditiea. 4. To buy in the cheapest market is natural and So-called “protection” denies this ri ht and vlo lates true freedom; 8. “Protection” restricts trade.— Restriction of trade is restriction of production and the demand for labor; hence, protection lowers wages. 5 • Prices are now Inflated oy monopolies and trusts that grow up because competition is made unlawful by ti e tariff, Considerable reduction could be made that would come out «f exhorbitant profits, no* out of wages. 7. If it bo right to compel Americans to buy American goods, it is also right to compel employers to hire only American laborers; and all immigtation should bo prohibited. I should like to have any of these propositions refuted. Rrxcruit

A good colored brother in Georgia recently wrote to bis Bishop for a clerical supply as follows: “Send no a Bishop to preach. If you can’t send us a Bishop, send us a sliding el* dor; if you can’t send us a sliding elder, send us a stationary preacher; if yu can’t send him, send us a circus rider; if you can’t spare him, send us a locus preach r; if you can’t spare a locus preacher, send us an exhauster.” That settled it and he got a preaches. ———i m —— Poor Lieut. Gov. Robsrtson. He was elected to the office of Lieut. Governor of Isdlana when there was no vaeatcy, failed to get his seat, failed of vindication when his own party refused him renomination, and now Judge Taylor, of the Superior Court in Indianapolis, decides that he cannot recover damages and costs from Green Smith for the time, money and a; ony spent and endured in trying to get passesslon of the State Senate. Alas, poer Robertson, his name Is Densis.

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