Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1889 — LIGHT MOODS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LIGHT MOODS.

Song of the drygoods clerk—Swinging in delaine. Sabah Bernhardt on foot is a continual walking match. We should be good to our Indian proteges. They are our kind red. It is reasonable to suppose that some trees are very old, especially those that produce chestnuts.. When an orator becomes a great gun in his own estimation he is apt to be a good deal of a smooth-bore iu the estimation of others. Ask permission of a penurious man to interview him for the benefit of some charitable object and the chances arc he will not give assent. The room was dark, the maiden rose To fetch a match, she said— But he persuaded her to stay And make a match Instead. Thebe are small insects that resemble base-ball players, inasmuch as they are liable to go out on fowls. They are liable to make a short stop on bats. Could “the father of his county” see how the stars in the field on our flag have increased fiom thirteen to forty-two he would be surprised at the growth of his family. “Keep ’way from dat nigger, I tell you,” said Uncle Rube to his sable daughter. “He’s like wot John de Babtis lived on.” “How’s dat ?” she asked. “Low cus an’ wild, honey!” was the reply. One hundbed years ago New Jersey was a “frontier State.” It is so still when you take into consideration the size and savagery of the wild game. Where can the Jersey mosquito’s peer be found? At the theater: Blobson (rising excitedly)—Down with that red umbrella iu front! Mrs. Blobson (drawing him back) —For mercy’s sake, hush up! That ain’t an umbrella. It’s a new spring hat. At a recent examination of girls for the rite of confirmation, in answer to the question : “What is the outward and visible sign and form of baptism ?” the reply was: “Please, sir. tint baby.”

ALAS ! I hod told her that I loved her. She had whispered me the same; Then in innocent flirtation 1 was caught. The climax came. Sho demanded back her letters; And my mind is in a whirl, For by some mistake I sent her Letters from another girl. Maine, lowa and Kansas are said to use up more cloves than any other three States in the Union. The area suitable fpr clove cultivation is very limited, as they require a peculiar kind of soil; and if prohibition ever becomes a United States law they will become worth their weight in gold.

The following squib has its moral: “Talk about wives,” said Farmer Hawbuck. “I’ve got one wife in a million. Why, she gets up in the mornin’, milks seventeen cows, and gets breakfast for twenty hardworkin’ men by six o’clock.” “She must be a very robust woman, Hawbuck,” remarked one of his hearers. “On the contrary,” put in the farmer, “she is pale and delikitlike. Gosh, es that woman was strong, I dunno what work she couldn’t do.” A good work: “So this is where Congress sits V” saida traveling man who was going through the United States Capitol for the first time. “Yes,” was the reply; “you want to takeoff your hat wheu you come in here.” “Take off my hat, what for?” “Out of respect for our Congressmen and the great work they are doing.” “What great work did they do last session V” “Why—er. Why, they adjourned.” “So they did,” said the traveler, uncovering his head, “so they did. ” A MIDNIGHT RAID ON A HEN-ROOST..

Sambo—“Now where all dem ornary dawg catchas? Dey’s jist likede good fer nuthiu’ pei’leece; iiebber ’roam when dev’ss needed!”

Early iu the century experimenters tried to magnetize iron and steel by tbe action of light, but such a thing has since come to be regarded as impossible. Prof. She I ford Bidwell thinks, however that some evidence of the action of radiation upon the magnetism of the iron should be found, and he is seeking it. A soft iron rod magnetized and then demagnetized is known to have undergone some mysterious' change of structure, making it peculiarly susceptible to magnetic influences in one direction. It appears to be remarkably sensitive to illumination, and in Mr." BidweU’s preliminary researches the magnetometer das Seemed to indicate that the effects may be ' not entirely due to heat, but partially to the light rays. A man buried in thought is usually *ble to resurrect himself.