Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1889 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

VOLUME XIII

HIE DEMOCRATIC SENTINEL DKMCCP.ATIC NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHED EVERT FiJDAY, ./as. \v. McEwen RATES OF stjbsoription. ’ 75 7777:777:: *o iverii2ing ]R,£Vtes. • ~,r <BO °° irlUll.. ; - , t ' ar • 4 0 0 ) coluuu-. „ so 1)0 xt£l M 10 oO added to foregoing price 1* set to occupy more than -‘ e c^ 1 a year at equitable rates UMpushed statute price. übllcat ton 10 cents Jsjttarterly (once in tnr . xtra charge. *i of the advei tiser. oi e« Ideuts iswsa —>» q advance when larger.

-—; t. J, MoCct B°L. Hoxxisosworth. A.. ®Pi3®¥ Se ©0. 9 bank®®S) „ . ro r ’9v&T. Thompson,) Succesfc Jis t > *-• • LC -■' kV Rensselaer, Ind. AO a fie;. certificates 1»S"“ v Wts Offtoc same placa as old ira« " Thompson A ________ . ■ %fORDECAI F. CHIIiCOTE. Attorney«at«LftT . - Indiana RENSSELAER. * • Practice? tin th* Court" <rf J«ger and artcllSty 14 Office on north side of Washington street. ooDOßite Court House- *l*l - " , DANTDJ. THOMPSON “".S*., Kotarr Public. 4ho C mW>n . ftBSSSKDAEE, Practice in all the Courts. ARION li. SPITEER, Collector and Abstracter* * p,rl °^ WH. 11. GRAHAM, • ATTORNEY-at-law, Reesdelatr, Indiana. .»loan .a James w. douthit, OTKWMT-W"' *» Office in rear room over Hemphill & Henan's etpre, Rensselaer, Ind. EDWIN P Hamnond. W^l?i I ACBT,S * HAMMOND & AUSTIN, attorney - atsl. a w , Rensselaer, Ind finstruments. . ■—

W WATSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office up Stairs, in Leoppld’e Bazar, RENSSELAKR____^ <jMM[M|i^^ <|Mtl , nT W* HARTSELE, M* D UOMCBOPATHIC PHYSICIAN * SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. WChronic Diseases a Specialty OFFICE, in Makeever’e New Block. ReMdence at Makeerer House. Jnlyll, 1884. • ’ . H . DOtJGHBIDGE. VICTOR *. DOUGHMDG* j. H, EOUGHRIDGE St SON, phyaioianß and Surgeons. Office In the new Leopold Bloek, seeo*’d noor, second door right-hand side of hall: Ten per cent, interest will be added to all recounts running unsettled longer than three months. tHU DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician St Surgeon Rensselaer, Ind. galls promptly attended. Will give special atten tion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. tyJ-ARY E. JACKSON, M. D., PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON. Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Office on Front street, corner, of Angelica. 18..24. ■!_ »; aa . f.g Irani Dwiggins, F. J. Seaks, Vax. Seik, President. Vic President. Cashier CITIZENS’STATEBANK BENSSELAEj "I? Does a general banking business: Certificates beaflng interest issued; .Exchange boueht and sold; Money loaned on farms at lowest rates and on mos;f avorable terms -

RENSSELAER JASPEB COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY, MAY 24 1889

HOUSEKEERS SHO'D KNOW.

That to have good coffee your coffee pot must be bright and clean inside. That you can «weep a rag carpet much cleaner by sweeping crossways of *he width. That in making up nnbleached muslin allow one inch to the yard for shrinkage. That if you fold your clothes as you take them from the line they will fold much easier. That your copper wash boiler, if well rubbed with a ciotli dipped in coal oil. will be clean and bright. That to keep your bedding pure and wholesome open your beds to air the first thing in the morning. That one part suet to two parts lard rendered together is much better for frying purposes than all lard. That if you want to keep house free of moths, never put down your carpets till the floor is perfectly c ry. That to wash smoothing irons in disnwater after washing y.mr skillets, will make them smooth and prevent rusting. Sandpaper applied to the yellow keys of the piam will restore the C3lor.

When troubled with neuralgio pains heat a flat-iron, put a double fold of flannel on the painful part, tflen move the iron to and fro on the flannel. Tne pain will cease ‘almost immediately. To remove egg stains from silver spoons, take a little common salt between the thumb and finger and rub the stain briskly. Then wash in hot suds.

Sefinition of Bible Terms.

A gerah was one cent. A cab was three p’tts. An omer was six pints. A farthing was three cents. A shekel of gold was SB. A firkin was seven pints. A talent f gold was $13,809. A mite was less than £of a cent. A talefit of silver was $548,40. A bin was one gallon and two pints. A shekel of silver was about 50 t ents. Ezekiel’s reed was nearly elevta feet. A cubit was nearly twenty-two inches. A piece of silver, or a penny, was 13 cents. A finger’s breadth was equal to one inch. A Sabbath day’s journey was about one English mile. An epeah, or bath, contained seven gallons and five pints. A hand’s breadth was three and fivi eighth inches. A dty’s ionrney was about twen-ty-three and one-fifth mile.

The Logansport Journal relates that the prosecuting attorney of Tippeoanoe county has filed still another, and this time a monster list, and the amounts of hidden taxables (notes and mortgages) range from SIOO to $42,000, the Aggregate being over half a million. In every case out the delin* quent will be required to pay a penalty of SSO. where tho am’t hidden exceeds SSOO the tax hider will pay an additional three per c*nt. upon the excess over that sum. Bach and all will also be required to pay the taxes,penalties, interests, costs, ete., for all the years of delinquency. The process will put a very large amount into the Tippecanoe county treasury, and enrich the prosecuting attorney.

The whirligig of time brings arouud many changes. An exchange says: Ten years ago the superintendent of an lowa railroad booted a tramp out of his office for having the cheek to ask fpr a pass. To-day that tramp is the superintendent of that same road, while the man who lifted him on his boots keeps a restaurant and seuds him over lunches. Morooto Courier: iss Cora Clark, of Rensselaer, Sundayed with old friends in Morocco.

FROM WHEATFIELD.

Business lively. Farmers have mostly got theii corn and other spring crops in. Weather pleasant, but a gooc shower of rain would be appreciated by the farmers. Mr. Smiley has at last seenred the Wheatfield post offiec, and will take possession soon. James Smith, of Rensselaer was the guest of Miss Flora Collins, Saturday and Sunday. Look out for another Wheatfield wedding at an early day. Fishing appears to be in full headway now; the river is being visited by crowds of fishermen daily, and all report good luck and lots of fish. The funeral sermon for Grandma Snyder will be preached at the Wheatfield school house, Sundav, June 16th. Mr. Hawkins, Mrs. Keane and Flora Knapp are still on the sick list Summer term of school commenced on Monday last, by a lady teacher of Moonshine. Bird-Eye Bill. Wheatfield, 5, 21, ’B9.

All desiring to move South are invited to investigate FLORENCE, ALABAMA.

In the selection of a business location, a pleasant home is also desirable, and m no place will the intending settler meet with a more cordial welcome than is offered by the enterprising citizens ,f Florence, Alabama, and Lauderdale county. The soil is diversified and yields readily, as is shown by the variety and quick growtli of crops, consisting of colton, corn, tobacco, wheat, oats, sugar cane, Iso apples, peaches and grapps. Fioreuce ex-. cels in beauty of location, being situated on the gently rolling plateau banks of the Tennessee River —navigabfe soi r the largest class of steamboats. The records show singular exemption from malarial diseases,and the mild temperature, pure air and water make it a desirable resort, both summer and winter, from the extreme heat of the South ond the rigorous cold of the North. Aside from this it is on the basal line of the new iron and coal discoveries, and with abundant water-power supply, favorable transportation facilities, by rail and pa ket, and by virtue of close proximity to valuable ores not found in other localities, Florence is destined to become the metropolis of the State, and will necessarily concentrate the bulk of industries in this region. The eomntry north of Florence is covered with a primeval gro vth of immense poplar, white oaks, maple, hiekory, pine, and walnut trees, and within a few miles large quarries of beautiful marble found. Building stone and limestone abound all over the county. The erection of the finest college building in the Sonth was commenced May 13th, and at this time there are over 250 houses i 1 course of ereotion. For excursion rates and full particulars address, E. u. McCormick, Gen’l Pass’r Ag’t Monon Route, 185 Dearborn St., Chicag, 111.

Buy Home and North-Grown Trees.

Parties wishing Fruit Trees will do w«ll to examine my Nursery Stock at Luther Ponsler’s farm, 2 miles north and one-half mile east of Rensselaer. _ 1 have over 5,000 Apple, 1,000 Cherry, and 400 Pear—all choice varieties. These trees are in a thrifty and healthy eeidition. I also have the agency for the Greening Bros. Nursery at Monroe, one of the best Nurseries m the State. All stock bought of me guaranteed true to name, and insured for one year where properly taken care of at the followingprices: Apples— Home Trees— 2oc. “ Michigan 30c. Crebs, 30c.; Cherry, 30c., Ac.

H. B. MURRAY.

Newspapers and Politicians.

The editor not only suffers from the general business stagnation, but is obliged out of devotion to his : ause to incur aotual expenditure of money and make business sacrifices, besides neg’ecting his legitimafe business. If the truth could be known, says the McGregor (Iowa) News, not half the editors in this State have been paid their legitimate printing bills for campaign committees. This is to some

extent true of othet s, but especially so of editors It is a credible fact that a large majority of American citizens do not, as a rule, go into politics for the money there is in it. Of editors this is especially true. If his party is defeated and driven from po*er the editor, if he is true to his principles, must not only retire from office, if he happens to have one, but he must go right on with a cheery face, a bright smile and h stiff upper lip, defending a for a time unpopular cause. The average business man §oes about his business, hides his efeat by trying his utmost to make his customers think he cares nothing for defeat or has no politics at s ake. So fares not ye editor. Then there are those hollowminded persons who ’treasure up the fallacy that a political editor should not hold office. We are not prepared to claim that all the great men of the nation began to climb the ladder of fame eut of the attie of a country printing-office. But we believe an editor can be a partisan and a gentleman. We relieve he feels the spur of devo ion to principle in any rust as keenly as any from (he ranks of the more mercenary c; 1!ings. We are aware that there are black sheep in the editorial flock, who use their power for the pulling down of humanity, and often assail and do wrong to good men. .iut the people who can trust a man to furnish mental food, gqpd or bad, for their families or their children can trust the same man ;o perform some merel clerical service for them. The former is by far the greater resporsibility to intrust any man with. Tften there might be added to the “black sheep” li t a small class who hold their principles, at merchants do their goods, as purchasable commodity, and they generally do the party which has purchased such affiliation a vast sight more harm than good.

In his latest charge to the grand jury of his court, judgs Woods has this to say: “In all eases affecting the election franchise the acts complained of must haye had reference to the choice of representative in o ingress, else the court has no jurisdiction, hut sec. 5,514 makes it PRIM! facie sufficient proof in this respest if the acts done had reference to tickets or ballots on whioh the names of candidates fer congress might appear. “The practical effeot of this provision, in states where, as in this, the names of candidates for local offices appear upon the same ticket with those for representative in congress, is to make it possible to drew into the federal court well uigh every accusation for offenses likely to r e committed at an election when|a representative in c ngress is voted for, but that, instead of this, a great majority of the ordinary cases should be left to the disposition of the loctl courts, seem to me to be in every way more desirable. Besides the burden upon this court, which may easily be made so great as to pravent the prompt disposition of other business and the additional expanse to the public and to individuals caused by bringing parties and witnesses from distant places, other considerations of public policy and individual interest make if preper that you exercise a consid rate and discriminating judgment whether a case, though technically maintainable, should be prosecuted in this court. As a

rule, it seems to u e—though I give it only as advice, and leave you to a free exercise of your own discretion— the federal j urisdiction should noi be invoked unless the crime affected or was intended to affect the congressional eleotien,” ete. The above would indicate that the federal net had cai tured too many republicans at the last term, aud judge Woods is in no humor to have it repealed. lie does not seem inclined t<> display the same seal he exhibited in the cases of Co / and Bernlianior. Why 9

EPOCH. The transition from i>y, lingering and yainful si Luess to robust health rruks an epoch la the life of the Individual. Such a remarkable event is treasured in the memory and the agency whereby the good health has been attained Is gratefully blessed Hence it is that so much is heard in praise of Electric Ritters So many feel they owe their restoration to lealth to tt<e us- of the Orest Alter atlve and Tonio If you are troubled with any diseaso of Ki Joeys, Liver or Stoirmeh, cf long or short standing, ,mu will surely had relief by use jf SliSstrlo Bi ters Sold at 50c and 11 -es Lottie at F . Meyei’e Drug Store h

The census office has bt ;un the work of seuu.i.’ v, ut notices to the newspapers asiang that public attention be called to the f etthat the census yuir begins Juue 1, 1889, ami eods May 50, 1890, and requesting that physicians keep a record o*. all deaths occurring in thut period. — - •<*+-***■ The grade on the Lake Shore rond between New Durham, Laport e county, and Burdick, Porter county, is so steep that engineers on all trains shut off steam at New Durham and run without its aid to Burdick. This hill is nine miles long, full of sharp curves, and is said to he the hardest one to climb on the whole road. Every Enterprising Thresherman knows that the threshing machine that will work the most rapidly, clean perfectly, and save all the grain will bring him the best jobs ana best prices, and so he will Write now to at once investigate our claim that

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