Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1888 — Page 1

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VOLUME XII

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—~ ~ T. J, McCc r ALFRED M><OY £ HoLLINGgwoRTn . A. MHSOY & «5®., BANKEB i > (Sasceasois to A. McCoy & T. Thompson,) Rensselaer. Ind. -wn . flat bunking business. Exchange otats Office same place as old fl ™ r ? 1 f 2 M I^6 ” Thompson F MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Attomey-at-Law jI»SSKLAER. - - . * INDIANA Pr«.eHoef> Hn thb Courts of Jasper and adP *nlng counties. Makes coUeetions a elalty. Office on north side of Washington uVe.t, opposite Court House- Tlpl ■IMONP. THOMPSON. DAVTO J. THOMPSON Attorney-at-Lavr. THOMPSON * BROTHER, BWSSELAEB. Practicein all the Courts. ARION L. SPITLER, Collector and Abstracter* We pay pirttcular attention to paying taxTaelling and leaslag lands. van4B «?. H. H. GRAHAM, ” * attorney-at-law, Reebdelatb, Indiana. Money to loan on long time Seae a J t lo^^ ereet - JAMES W.DOUTHIT, and notary public, Arnfflpe in rear room over Hemphill & Honan’s store, Rensselaer, Ind. Edwin P. Hammond. William B. Austin. HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rensselaev, Ind Mice on second floor of Leopold’s Block, corne r of Washington and Vanßeneselaer streets. William B. Avstinpurchases, sells and le. see JeiE. w. “I JS “ instruments. * mayzv, ai._

yyM. w WATSON ’ ATTOkNEY-AT-LAW Office up Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazay, RENSSELAER IND. yy W-HARTSELL, M D HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. ’WCbronic Diseases a Specialty, jggj OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeever House. July 11,1864. J H LOUG BRIDGE. VICTOR E. LOVGHRIDGE’j, H LOUGHRIDGE & SON, Physicians and Surgeons. Offise in the new Leopold Block, seco’ d floor, second door right-hand side of hall: Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than three months. vini DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon Rensselaer, Ind. promptly attended. Will give special atteo tton to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. jty|~ARY E. JACKSON, M. D., PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON. Special attention given to diseases of women Cnd children. Office on Front street, corner.of Angelica. 12..24. * I 111 AA! Zimri Dwiggins, F. J, Sears, Val. Seib, President. Vic-President. Cashier CITIZENS’ST ATEBANK BENSSELAEB, IND., Does a general banking business.Certificates bearing i-iterest issued; Exjfeange bought and sold; Money loaned on farms at lowest rates and on mos favorable terms. „ Jan. 8. 88.

RENSSELAER lASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY DECEMBER 14. 1888

THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

Things Necessary to Be Done if CivUizattoa Is to Survive. Of the things necessary to be done to save our civilization, the first and most important is to cause a complete change of attitude on the part of society toward wrong-doing. What is now* the attitude maintained ? It is one either of indifference, toleration, or connivance, or one suggestive nf paralysis of the power of indignation, and of every faculty needed for the repression of crime. Toward the criminal the attitude of ths public is that of weak pity, not un mingled with admiration. The criminal is an unfortunate man, to save whom from punishment seems to be the chief end of the law. Look for a moment at his trial in a court of justice. The jury, carefully selected, for their ignorance, are made judges of both law and fact; to convict they must be unanimous; if they have a reasonable doubt of guilt, they must acquit; they are themselves to determine what is a respectable doubt; and to crown all, they are instructed that it is better that ten guilty men should escape than that one inno cent man should be punished. These rules and maxims, devised centuries ago by merciful judges, then met the ends of justice, since, as the laws were, as against the crown officers, seeking to convict, a person accused had no chance of acquittal, for he was allowed neither counsel nor witnesses; but now they operate to screen the guilry from punishment, save in a few cases where there is a general cry for vengeance against some atrocious offender. The maxim about the ten guilty men is pressed upon juries by every felon’s lawyer as the great safeguard of private rights. In truth, however, the interest of justice would be best subserved by making it read: “It is better that ten innocent men should suffer than that one guilty man should escape. ” Were that declared to be the policy of the law juries would be made to feel, not that the innocent were less deserving than before of acquittal, but that the guilty were a hundred tunes more deserving of conviction and punishment; , ana the result would be most salutary. In not one case in a million could an innocent man suffer; and hardly cne in a thousand of the guilty, instead of three out of four, as now, would escape. How necessary such a change of attitude is, may be seen from the constant recurrence of voluntary movements of Srivate citizens intended to supply the efects of the law. Because great criminals generally escape punishment, lynching parties are of weekly occurence in our country. Citizens’ associations have been found necessary to seoure the 1 execution of our municipal laws. From the announcements constantly appearing in the public journals that from such a day laws, long in force, but left unexecuted, would be rigidly enforced, one might infer that the duty of an executive officer is to cause the laws to be executed when he pleases to do so, or not at all, if such pe his will —JudgtJarMwn, in Nvrti datricGn Btvteuh

zhe bign, nw nacxca soias na gone entirely out of fashion. They are now made with soft, curving, comfortable baaks. The handsomest sofas are covered with phuh in artistic blues and reds, and are made either of ebony or rosewood. Blaok kid gloves are sometimes a source of annoyance on account of little white streaks at the seams. This trouble may be diminished by coloring a little salad oil with black ink, then rub thie over white places with a feather ; dry quickly outside the window. A Great return for a small investment is realized by purchasing a small soldering outfit for a boy. He becomes at once a useful member of the family; old basins and pans become as new afr ter the transforming touch of his soldering iron, and there are great posibilities.m tin cans, and small pieces es tin; sugar sifters and funnels are among them. When using lemons for any purpose, ft will be found an economical plan to grate the ’ellow rind off, mix it with an equal quantity of sugar, and put it up in an empty box with a tight cover. This will be delicious for flavoring custards, molasses-cake and anything else where lemon extract is used. It retains the strength of the lemon while cooking and is mueh more delicate to the taste than the oil or extract of lemon. A small economy, but one not to lx despised, especially in large families, a io save bits of toilet soap when they begin to waste. When a pint or even half a pint is collected, put in a bowl, add boiling water and stir. Set away, And, as it evaporates add a little boiling Water and stir well Do this every day till all the lumps have disappeared. Then add a few drops of oil of cinnamon or oil of cologne. Wet a deep narrow pan in cold water, pout in th* soap and leave it to mold. After two or three dHys turn it out and leave to dry. The result will be an acceptable toilet scat Subscribe for The Dem. Sentinel.

Oank chairs are more used than ever. They are now painted in colors to harmonize with the remainder of the furniture in the room. The cane arm jajkirs have the backs and seats cushioned either with plush or velvet, while the rockers are generally ornamented with bows and ends of some bright colored satin ribbon. The shapes in odd ehaire are Very old-fashioned, and grow more ancient every day. The latest is a dainty-looking,though most uncomfortable, chair of Queen Elizabeth’s time. It is manufactured in highly polished rosewood, and haa cushions made erf peacock blue pl nah. embroidered * tno« roee-bwfa

for Great Mertan cathe[?]

The cathedral, rising eonspicuoualj above all the buildings of the city, is erf great size, and possesses considerable - architectural elegance, the facade, in particular, being elaborately decorated With stucco work. The design is Moorth, and "the bell towers, from which come a constant clanging of ol( Spanish brass, command an extend* •d view of the city, the lakes, and ths distant mountains. The interior of ths spacious house, which wcs erected by the Spaniards, contains many rare or naments, and the nave is surmounted by a vaulted roof, supported by hand* carved beams and pillars, among which hover somber shadows. At one time, that during the reign of the Spaniards, the altar was laden with solid object! •f gold and silver and preoious stones, fait to-day it has lost all, or nearly all, ' of these, and is covered with tawdry images and imitation ornaments, whits there is everywhere apparent the ex« tretne age of the building. Entering the nave at almost any hour of the day, I have never failed to find odd group! of Mexicans and Indians telling thafa beads and lisping their prayers, whi|| Bi regular mass the cold stone floor 11 covered with devout worshipers, and the place is filled With the whispering) of those who pray. And whal a heten ogeneous crowd one sees. The poor ans the rich, the hungry and the well-fe<| (he half-naked and those clothed b •flks, are all togoWwr. Here an Indian kneeling by his tattered sombrero, an/ With his heavy load near by, prays will fas soul trpon his lips; there a dimple! •enorija, demure but conscious, read! from her gOMdged book. InomuM odors fill the air, the monotonous chan! tags of the priests are heard, and sU bells ring out the holy com ttumds of the church, and send the wow nhipers to crossing themselves and bow fag fa holy penitence. Bet into ope d (beoutftt walls of the cathedral *th sacrificial er salendar stone of the A» tecs, hewn out of black porous lava mw covered with reminding, so it always seems to me, the ignore®! Indians who seH their bits of potter, bear by of the greatness of their fore fathers, wbe had their palaces and tens pies In the smuts which is now th fatty center of a great eity. Juare* Was an Indian, fart ho became the Lfa «NBWf Mosfae, and fa good time tht othmr descendants of Nontesuma maj ret Ttfnh their old-titne power.—Ctt, yMK—fait Gar. San JVouobcw Ghrt>

Reminiscences.

There is an old chest of drawers—an heir-loom. It is full of the dead years, laid away with withered rose-leaves and lavender. A grandmother’s cap, a mother’s wedding-comb, my own wed-ding-dress, a deep crape veil, worn for father and mother ; baby frocks, shoes, and little pants, barlow knives, a schoolgirl album, full of forgotten names—names covered with lichens, in the only other place where they still remain, and old letters—great bundles of them. How these old letters comfort me oftentimes/ No matter how the writers have changed, these words live. Mother, father, brothers, friends and lover, remain unchanged in the drawer among the withered roses of long ago. I will not weary you with the tale of the sorrows borne, the joys shared, in my own south room, overlooking the garden, so fair with flowers, or of the guest room, sacred to friendship. But there are tears and smiles for both, with all of the rest. Before I tell you good-bye at the door, let us go down, arid sit for a moment in the dining-room. Ah I the good cheer that has smoked cm that long table. The many times I havo stood with tired body, but swelling heart over its tempting array. Each birthday, through all the years, from the first one when the baby began to talk, to the last one who left a bearded man, has been remembered in this room. How the brown turkeys, flanked by oysters and cranberries, have steamed on thanksgiving days—although we are Western folk—and what exultation hat. the room resounded with, on Christmas and New Year’s, when not only the best cheer of winter, but love gifts, from and to, each and all, piled up the tables, and chairs. As I talk of it i in its near recurrence, the old feeling comes back, and I feel as if all the dear tittle people were only out, at school, perhaps. ' -mt in nroaantiv Bt-upiinin and Lev! met In Indian' apolis Wednesday.

PITTING ONE’S FOOi IN IT*

“I never opon my mouth but I pu my foot in it," was the curious complaint of an unlucky man, who might have received a consolation had he reflected on the number of offenders that daily keep him company. The guardsman’s remark to an English nobleman who was in the habit of affably conversing with soldiers. “I like you, my lord; there’s nothing of the gentleman about you.” offers a very good example of the kind. “How many deaths?” asked a hospital physician. “Nino. ” “Why, I ordered medicine for ton.” “Yes; but one would not take it,” was ibe startling reply “Hillo! where are you going to at thia ti ne of night?” said a gentleman to a servant. “You’re after no good, I’ll wairant. ” “Please, sir, mistress sent me for you,” was ( tbe response. A child may often expect to put hie or her heedless little foot in it, as the phrase goes For instance, a youngster begged an invitation to din <er at the house ol a friend with whom he had b r en playing. At the table tho host anxiouily inquired : “Charley, can you cut your own meat?”

“Humph!” said the youngster, who was sawing* away; “can’t 1 ? I’ve cut up quite as tou h meat as this at home.” People who are destitute of tact* might take warning from such juv - nile malapreps; but such does noi often appear to be the case, judging by the numerous examples to the contrary. A millionaire railway-hing has a brother who is bard of hearing, while he hlmsolf is remarkable as having a very prominent nose. Onoe this railway-king dined ata friend’s house where he sat between two young ladies, who talked te him very loudly, rather to his annoyance, but he said nothingFinally, one of them shouted a commonnlace remark, and then said in an ordinary tone to the other ? “Did you ever see such a nose |in all your life?” '‘Pardon me, ladies,"(said the millionaire, “it is wy brother who is deaf!* Alluding to newspapers, It way be remarked that advertisers and unpracticed writers therein through am** biguity of word* ant phrases often commit absurdities that may be touehed on as further illustrating our subject. A country paper once related hew “during a celebration a child was run over wearing a short red dress, which never spoke afterwards.” d In the description of the doings of a mad dog, it Is said that “he bit a horse on the l»g which has si >ee died.”

Ab account of a funeral says; “the remains were committed to that bourne from which no traveller ret rns attended by his friends.” It is not surprising that foreigners sometimes fal’ to catch all the shades of meaning belonging to jur words. A Frenchman trans ated Shakspeare’s line “Out brief candle,” by “Get out, vou short candle.” And the expression,“With my sw'jrd I will carve mv way to fortune, was rendered, “With my sword I will make my fortune cuHinr mea ." Advertisers often give us amusing specimens of composition, of which this is an example: “Lost by a poor boy tied up in brown paper with a whit* string a German flute with an overcoat on and several other f rticlos of wearing apparel.” A miller attempted to testify to the merits of a powder for destroying vermin by saying: “ A fortnight ago I was full of rats, and now I don’t think I have one.” Examples more of the ‘’bull” genus also come under the title es this paper as eases in point. For instance a newspaper was running a serial story called “The Truth. ” One weok. so much space being devoted to other matters, the editor was unable to continue the story, so he made the following an* noune* meat, containing perhaps more truth than any other item in the paper: “ ’TheTt uth’ was crowdedout in tqis week’s issue on account of the press of more important matter.” He Needed S. Record. -She was a self respecting Chicago girl. Ho had made his deelar tion of love, and it had been heard with a lowering of the fair h> ad and a blush on the s of cheeks. But he could not help say» ing something to fill in while he waited for her answer. “When I say I have never loved till now,” be said “it is not an emoty word. My lips have never tonchod the lips of any woman’s—except my mother’s, my hand has never pressed a woman's

hand; 1 do not dance, and my irm .” A look of strange woaderment came over the beautiful face and the deep eye? grew large as she listened most attenrively, “Is that true, George?"she asked with hushed breath- “It is,” he answered earn*, estly “it is absolute!-, literally true.” The laok of wonderment merged into a glance of icy teruuess «s she rose quickly to her full height and eonIjonted him. “Thea, for goodness* sake, George,” she said, ‘ go off seme where and practice till you get a re - ord I” Vibtdbs ox Glycbbime. —As a dressing for ladies' shoos nothing equals it, making the leather soft and pliable without soiling the garments in contact. Where the feet sweatburnt alum and glyoeiine—one of the former to two of the latter—rubbed on the feet at n|ght, and a light or open sock worn, tho foot washed in tho morning with tepid water, will keep them during tha day free Lorn odor, so disagreeable to those persons wh« are sufferers.

For bunionsand corns, cannibuslndieus and glycerine, equal parts, painted on the bunion or corn and bound around with canton flannel, adding a few drops of liquid to the flannel whore it comes in contact with the affected part, will soon restore to h alth. As a fats lotion, oatmeal made in a paste with the glycerine two parts, water one part, applied to the face at night, with a mask worn over, will give in a short time, If faithiully pursued, a youtfbul appearance to the skinAs a drossing in ike bath, two qts. ot water with two ounces of glycerine deeded with rose, will impart a lna\ tresbness and delicacy to the Skin*. In severe p-roxysms of coughing, either in coughs colds or consump tion, one or two table spoonfuls of jure glycerine in pure rye whisky or rot rich otoam, will afford almost immediate relief; and to the consumptive a panaeea is found by use of glycerine internally with the proportion of one part ot powdered willow char - coal and two parts of pure glycerno.

HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS via MONON ROUTE.

On Dee. 24tb, 25th, 31st. 1888 «md January Ist, ’B9, the Monon Route will sell Excursion tickets between all stations at one and one-third fare for the round trip. Good returning until January 3d, 1889, inclusive.— For rates and full particulars call at ticket office or Monon Route. E. O. MoCORMIOK. G P. A.

DEDICATION NOTICE.

The now church at Rose Bud. in Union Township is almost completed and will be dedicated to the Lord on the 23d day of Doo. 1888. Rev, H. Stackhouse, of Indianapolis, edi or of the National Methodist, will deliver the dedicatory sermon Every well wisher of Christianity solicited to at* tend; and all t dee who have in any way aided in the erectioL of this beautiful eeifioe, whore God’s people may worship Him, are especially invited to bo present on that occasion and see how tneii donations have been transformed into a cosy cofcrN able church bouse. Brethren, let us rally azvund the Banner of the Cross. Let the dedication of the first church in the township be the commencement of a now epoch in Christianity in this vicinity, May it be the epoch of revivals in religion, and may it continue until the enemy of mankind shall be driven from our midst, Christs cause prevail, and the Golden Rule shall be the unit of measure for

all our acts

THE POPULAR VOTE.

Chicago Herald. Tariff reform carries away one trophy of the recent battle Gen. Har--risen was elected by states, not bv the ballots ofc. the whole people. It Is generally conceded that Mr. Oleve* land received at loa-t 100,000 plurality In the United States. The Prohibition party had a low tax plank In Its platform. That organization polled 250.000 votes. Every ono of those ballots was an arraignment of protection. Of Streeter’s supporters fully 100.00C voted against Cleveland because, in their opinion he did not concede enough to freo ’rale. Upon this showi g, the Herald can say to Its readers that the re are in the country 5,900 000 voters who demand low taxation. A plurality of nearly half a million believe that whisky and tobacco are luxuries; that sugar and wool are necessaries. The Heaald is glad to stand on the side of the 5,900,000. Senator Plumb, of Kansas, is opposed to the Senate tariff bill.

NUMBER 47

A MEMBER.