Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1889 — Page 1

The Democratice Sentinel.

VOLUME XIII

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JAMES W.DOTJTHIT, aitjrnet-at-la¥*and NOTARY PUBLIC. jy Office in rear room over Hemphill A Honan’s store, Rensselaer, Ind. Kmnx P- Hammond. William B. Austin. HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTORNEY-AT-L A"W, Bensselae", Ind ©Sloe on second floor of Le i>P ol f ® 1 r °. C t ‘ C ; e e?, r ‘ I’S'KiA’assfsts' „sxss.w. t«?, »<»«. instrument*. W- WATSON, ATTOJAN'EY-AT't.'A'W Office up Stairs, in Leopold • Baray, RENSSELAER W- HAR'I SEEIf, M D HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. VChronic Diseases a Specialty.JgJ j-"\FFICE, in Mnkeever’* New Block. ReeiO deuce at Matter House. July 11.1864. J H LOUGHBIDGK. VICTOR I. LOU6HKIDG* t;I H.LOUGHRIDUE & sow, Physicians and Surgeons. Office In the new Leopold Block, seco d floor, second door right-hand side of hall: Ten per cent, interest will be added to all >ooouuts running uusettled longer than ihree months. vinl DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physioiau & Surgeon Rensselaer , Ind. 3&ile promptly attended. Will give special atten tion to the treatment of Chronic Disease*. jy|~ARY 2. JACKSON, M. D„ PHYSICIAN «t SURGEON. Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Office on F t street, corner of Ai gelica. * 1d..24. Hi in. hi Zmrai Dwiggins, F. J, Sears, Val. Seib, Preside*t. Vic-President. Cashier CITIZEN S’ST ATEBA NK RENSSELAER, IND., Bobs a general banking business: Certificate* bearing i- terest issued; Exchange bought and sold; Money loaned on farm* at lowest rate* and onmoe.favorable term*. sJan. 8.88.^

RENSSELAER 'AS PER COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY FEBRUARY «. 1889

A Canary Bird.

Once I was at an inn in England, with other strangers, when a poor man came and asked leave to exhibit a wonderful canary bird which he had. As it was a rainy day, and we could not go out to walk, we consented to the poor man’s proposal; and he brought his little bird into the parlor of the inn. The name of the little bird was Jewel. He stood on the forefinger of his master, who said to him, “ Now Jewel, I want you to behave well and make no mistakes.” Jewel sloped his head toward his master, as if listening to him, and then nodded twice. “Well, then,” said his master, “let me see if you will keep your word. Give us a tune.” The canary sang. “ Faster,” said his master. Jewel sang faster. “Slower,” said his master; and Jewel sang slower. “You do not keep time,” said his owner. Hereupon Jewel began to beat time with one of his feet. I and the rest of the spectators were so delighted that we clapped our hands. “ Can you not thank the gentlemen foe their applause ?” asked his master ; wk Jewel bowed his head most respectfully His master now gave him a straw gun t and Jewel went through the martial exercise, handling his gun like a true soldier. “Now let us have a dance* said his master; and the canary went through a dance with so much glee, skill, and spirit, that we all applauded him again. “Thou hast done my bidding bravely,” said his master, caressing the bird. “Now, then, take a nap, while I show the company some of my own feats.” Here the little bird went into a counterfeit sleep, and his owner began balancing a pipe and performing other tricks. Our attention was given to him, when a large black cat, who had been lurking in one corner of the room, sprang upon the table, seized the poor canary bird in his mouth, and jumped out of the window before any one could stop him, although we all rushed to make an attempt. In vain we pursued the cat. The canary bird had been killed by him almost in an instant. The poor man wept for his bird, and his grief was sad to behold. “ Well may I grieve for thee, my poor little thing!” said he; “well may I grieve. More than four years has thou fed from my hand and drank from my lip ! 1 owe thee my support, my health, and my happiness. Without thee, what will become of me ?” We raised a sum of money and gave it to him; but he could not be consoled. He mourned for poor Jewel as if it had been a child. By love the little bird had been taught, and by love was ii missed and mourned.

Mrs. Barnaul Childhood

One can fancy the little ossiduom girl, industrious, impulsive, interested in everything—in all life and all nature —drinking in, on every side, learning, eagerly wondering, fastening to all around with bright and ready wit There is a pretty little story told by Mrs. Ellis in her book about Mrs. Barbauld, how one day, when Dr. Aiken and a friend “were conversing on the passions,” the doctor observes that joy cannot have place in a state of perfect felioity, since it supposes an accession oi happiness. “ I think you are mistaken, papa, ” says a little voice from the opposite side ot the table. “Why so, my child?” says the doctor. “Because in the chapter I read to you this morning, in the Testament, it is said that ‘ then is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repeneth than over ninety »nd nins just persons that need no repentance.”* Besides her English Testament and her early reading, the little girl was taught by her mother to do as Lttle daughters lid in those days—to obey a somewhat Austere rule, to drop curtsies in the right place, to make beds, to preserve fruits. The father, after demur, but surely not without some paternal pride in her proficiency, taught the child Latin and French and Italian, and something ot Greek* and gave her an acquaintance with English literature. One can imagine little Nancy, with her fair head bending over her lessons, or, when playing-time had come, perhaps a little lonely and listening to the distant voices of the schoolboys at their games. The mother, fearing she might acquire rough and boisterous manners, strictly forbade any communication with the schoolboys. Sometimes in after days, speaking of these early times and of the constraint •it many by-gone rules and regulations, klrs. Barb mid used to to this early, formal training smuething of the hesitation and shyness which troubled her and never entirely wore off. She does not seem to have been in any great harmony with her mother. One could imagine u fanciful and high-spirited ohild, timid and dutiful, and yet snrongwilled, vocrotly rebelling against the rigid order ot her heme, and feeling lo ely for want of liberty and companionship. It was true she had birds and beasts’ and plants for her playfellows, but she was of a gregarious and sociable nature, red perhaps she was unconsciously -longing for something more, and fa ling a want in her early life which no sdcut company can supply.—Cbm '•till Magazine,

A Texas young man shot himself because a young lady refused to dance with him. In his blind rage he probably mistook himself for a rival*

THE TIN PLATE FRAUD!

The Leader: The eountry baa been treated to a long dobito om ‘ the question of protecting tin plate. 1 Every possible argument has boon adduced to make it appear that the existence of the tin industry in America depended upon the imposition of a high tariff on all tin flats brought from abroad. — One senator stared that within sixty days fsom the passage of a bill to project the manufacturers of tin plat®, there would be started works capable of turning out v-st quantities, and giving employment to hundreds of workmen. It was a pretty tough story, even fer a Protectionist, and Senator Vest with little difficulty piobed the matter and brought to the surface the fact that all this talk about protecting tin plate was but a cover to a further tariff bonus for the benefit of the manufacturers of sheet-iron. The following extr»c + fron the Record will show the true inwardness of this tin plate tariff: Mr. Ve t—lt is true we are not considering the duty upon tin per se, but v e are considering the duty upon tin plates, which are simply thin sheets of iron bathed in tin. that makes the tin plate, and anotder process makes the terne plate. But we are advised now by th® senator from lowa that tin must b® eliminated from this discussion, that that is cot an element at all in this debate, and it now aomes down to a simple question of protection upon the sheet-iron. Mr Teller—That is ad of it.

Mr. Vest —It is all of it, I am told. Mr. Allison—Of course; that is all of it. Mr Vest —I thought from the begianimg that this was nothing else but a demand on the part of the manufacturers of sheet-iron m this country, the thin iron that is used for the covering of houses, in order to keep out the competition of tin plate and terne plate that is brought in from abroad. — But I do not want to continue the debate. lam as anxious to get through with this bill as the senators in charge of it. I wish to make one other remark and I am done with it.

1 have the highest respect for the opinion of the senators in charge of the bill. I believe that they are sincere in their statement that the effect of this duty will be to originate this industry, Jhat it may come into existence within the time which the’ name in this bill—the Ist of January, 18 0. But no w we are confronted with two possibilities—not to use the stronger word, probabilities. In the first place, if we originate it at all by reason of imposing this duty, there would still b© a considerable, an indefinite time when the production m the United States would mot supply the necessity of this country; and when that is the case, it will |simp!y, according to the statement of the senator from Rhode Island vesterday, as to the average effect of a tariff duty, increase the price to the consumer in the United States.

But let us take the further proposition and probability in my judgment. Suppose that these industries do not spring up; suppose that this tax does not have the effeet whieh is contemplated b\ the senators who have introduced it, then what is the condition of the consumer in the Ua.td States? He Japs to pay this increased duty without bringing into existence the domestic industry, with the additional employment of labor in the United States, and the increase of the homw market. It seems to me, sir, that it is dangerous legislation. It is carrying protection to an extreme nev r before contemplated by judicious minds, ft is going into an unknown future and undertaking to construct out of nothing an industry that does not now exist. * The Leader adds: In this connection it may be well te quote a few words from lenator Allison on the subject of tin production iu this country. .It must be noted

that there is at pres mt no demand for duty on the raw material. We have vast deposits of tin in seme of the western states and territories, but the methods of reducing the ore, and removing it from the rock, which apply to the tin found in the Co nwall mines is not applicable to American tin. Senator Teller informs us tha ? he tin found in this country is easily nc-f-eaaible, while in Cornwall and Malacca, “they are delving down 3,000 feet to get tin.” This will be well to remember after some enterprising American inventor has discovered a process that will economically remove the Dakota tin from the rock. Then the whole pack of Protectionists in and out of Congress will unite in a demand for a protective tariff on tin, in order that the richer and more accessible mines of Dakota may be protected against the poor Welshmen delving 3,000 feet below the surface to g®t tin. Senator Vance appreciated the situation fu’ly, and stated clearly what has always been the course of protection and the (compromises, by wh'ch the consumers have always been the victims: Mr. Vance —I question the wisdom of the course we are pursuing in regard to tin plates in trying to get the duty reduced for the benefit of the poor people of the countiv. I think the first thing we know we shall have a duty on tin alsc, and then a duty raised still higher on tin plates in order to compensate for the duty on the raw material. That is the tendency of everything here. Because some objection was made to the admission of free fish into the border states, where they could be obtained fresh from water without anv pres *rvative process, and be cause there was a movement made to extend that privilege to all the United States, the firsVthing *we know fish were put upon the dutiable list; and that was what was called a compromise. That is, it doubted the rate for everybody. A compromise always gives the benefit of the doubt to all persons who are protected.

I have been informed this morning by this debate that the richest deposits of tin to be found in the world at present are Known to exist in Dakota. My observation of protective tariff legislation is that there must be something always done by the ingenuity of man to counterbalance the gifts of nature, and the more lavish Providence has been to us in bestowing wealth of any kind upon us the higher the taxes have been elevated upon that article, so that really upon very things which we have been furnished with more abundantly than any people upon the face of the earth, we ’’ay higher taxation than other people upon the face of the earth. The time is not far distant when, if it be true that these great deposits of tin exist in Dakota and the proper methods of separating the tin from the ore have been discovered, instead of having what Providence manifestly designed, an abundance of tin cheaper and surpassing n quality any other people in the world, we shall have the highest taxation imposed upon that article, and the highest priced tinwire for the use of the common people of any nation of the world. That will be the result of it. — That has been the result of all our efforts to reduce taxation upon the common necessaries of life. They have resulted in an increased duty. I fear it will be the same in thi i case.

Poos vs. .Fat IBJMes. —An extreme ly poor horse is usfiwiljr a miserable one, but it ib ,jue ,t onable whether it is any more so than an extremely fat one. Especially is this true where the animal is required to perform any amount of hard labor. While horses need good, wholesome food, it should not be all of the fat-producing kinds. The matter of feeding horses by the majority of horse owners never receives the attention it should. The supply of food and the different kinds should be varied as often as tae amount and kinds of work * changed.

Persons c ntemplating the purchase of Fruit Trees will do well to examine my stock of over 7,000 Apple trees, on the farm of Luther Pon Bier, two miles north and one-half mile east of Rensselaer. Said nursery contains 29 variates of choice graft 'd trees. The trees are 2-year old and from 3t05 fe t high, and are in a thrifty and healthy condition. These trees will be sold for the spring delivery of 1889 at 20c. each, with one year’s guarantee. I am also prepared to furnish all other kinds of fruit and ornamental trees, <£rc., at lowest possibF prices. Any orders left with either Luther Pons er or Warren Rol inson will receive prompt attention. H. B. MURRAY.

Notice ot Examinations. The examination of pupils completing “The Course of Study” in the “Common Branches” will b > held as follows: Hanging Grove and Milroy townships, at Osborne school hou e Saturday, March 2, 1889. Gillam township, at Center school houso, Saturday, March 16. Barkley township, at Center school house, Saturday, March 16. Walker, Wheatfield, Kankakee and Keener township®, at Wheatfield school bouse, Saturday, March 23. Jordan township, at Egypt school house, Saturday, March 9. Newton township, atSaylerville Satuiday, March 9r Marion township, at Rensselaer school building Saturday March 9. Carpenter township, at the Remington school building, Saturday , March 16; Examinations will begin promptly at 9 o’ch ck. Manuscript blanks will be furnished by the examiners. Pupils will be required to furnish pens and ink. No manuscript will be received unless written with pen and ink, properly signed and completed. J. F. Warren, Co. Sup’t.

FOR SALE! ff*Very fine Poland China stock--both sexes—for sale. Males will weigh from 140 to 200. Sows — bred and unbred —will weigh Uom 150 to 400. These hogs oan be seen at OS. lUTCHEY’S, Four miles .south of Rensselaer. BANK STATEMENT. £EPORT of the Condition of the CITIZENS’ STATE BANK at Rensselaer, In the State of Indiana, at th« close of its bnsiness, January 38th, 1880. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts, «$57.88> 91 Overdrafts, SjH tio Duo from Banks and Bankers 14,?.2'5 06 Futnltnre nd Fixtures, 1,000 00 Current Expenses, 1,433 88 Onrrency, 8,710 00 Specie 105 5 Cash Items, 230 75 $78,176 7& LIABILITIES Capital Stockpaidin, $30,000 00 Su plus F :nd. ... . sfo 00 Discount,Exchange and Interest 3,647 58 Individual Deposits, on demand. 28,122 91 * Individual Deposit*, on time, 15,906 26 r _____________ *78,166 85 State of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss: I, Valentine Seib, Cushl r of the,Citizens’ State Bank of Rensselaer, Indiana, do solemnly swear that tec aoove statement is true. . VALENTINE SEIB. ® Sub sc iDed and sworn to before me, this 29th day of January, 1889. ARTHUR H. UOI'KINS. N tary Public. February 8,1889. The surest evidence of the efficiency of Mr. and Mrs. Brown as instructors in Art is the continual ' increase in the number of pupils. Personal. Mr.N. H. Frohlichstein, of Mobile Ala., writes: I take great pleasure in recommending Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, having used it for a severe attack of Bronchitis and Catarrh: It gave rne instant re-* lief and entirely cured me and I have not been afflicted since. I also beg to state that I had tried other reme dies w ith nrt pood result. Have als used Electic Bitters and Dj King New Life Pills, both of whieh Ica recommend. Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, is sold on a positive guarantee. Trial Bottles free at F. B. Mover* Drugstore. 11-21 1..

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