Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1889 — Page 8

Tax Shark Millikan

. The Kokomo Dispatch, with characteristic enterprise, has collected and published the details of the career of MrFrank M. Millikan, the new secretary of the republican state central committee, wh j, for some ten years past, has operated as a tax-title shark in Howard county. A tabulated statement, taken from the counts records, shows that Millikan has purchased at taxsales 182 town lots and more than 6,(XX) acres of land in Howard county, paying for this property the sum of $7,299,51. The greater part of it has been redeemed at the extortionate rates allowed by law, so that he has, probably, received in cash from that source more than his entire in vestment. In addition to this he has obtained title to thirty nine lots and 1.044 acres of land, wh:'ch a r e valued at over $70,000. The amount paid for the land to which he has title was a little over SI,OOO. It would appear, therefore, that this Shylock has found tax titles as profitable as hold ing one of the Dudley letters. The character of the dealer in tax titles is well known in Indiana. He is a man who starts out to make money by taking advantage of the * misfortunes of his fellow-men If he has any native instincts of decency and humanity, he invariably quits the business after his first investment, and always blushes when he remembers that he ever engaged in it. When a man continues in the business he may al ways be set down as a heartless, rapacious money-grab oer—a Frankenstein of the business world, in whose scales mercy and compassion bob up to the ceiling like feathers when a dollar is placed on the other end of the balance. Millikan stuck to it , There is a peculiar appropriateness in p itting this style of man in charge of the affairs of a party which represents the organized cormorants of the country—a party whose organ is devoted, or can easily be induced to be, to the interests of the coal operators, the school-nook trust robbers, the gas monopolists, the tariff ring, and all the others of that goodly gathering of corporate and individual capitalists who are seeking to amass fortunes bv the sweat of other people’s brews. He is their kind of citiz n. He understands and unites in their feelings. When their hearts |beat| his beats — once a month on an average. It was ah eminently lit flection. Il Mr. Millikan can fry the fat out of republican capi talistsj as he has out of the Howard county unfortunates, the republican committee will be able to pay as much for Vot es as it did in the last campaign.—lndianapolis Sentinel.

Hints to Housewives.

»Vashing the face in water melon juice is said to remove tan, sunburn and freckles. A teaspoonful of ammonia in the water in which silver is washed reduces the labor of keeping it bright. . If by chance a fishbone lodges in the throat a raw egg im mediately swallowed will usually detach it. Treat tired or inflamed eyes with a bath of warm water five parts and witchhazel one part, three times a day. As a dressing for ladies’ shoes glycerine renders the leather soft and pliable without soiling garments which come in contact White zephyr articles, if but slightly soiled, are readilv cleansed by rubbing with dry flour and hanging out of doors on a clear, breezy day? A writer in the St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal says a 2 per cent, solution of sulphate of copper applied to the skin and allowed to dry on will cure prickly heat in a few days. In should be used pight and morning. Chemists gay that it takes more than twice as much sugar) to sweeten preserves, sauce, etc,, if put in when they

begin to cook as it does to sweeten after the fruit is cooked. Salt should not be added to oatmeal until it has boiled at least ten minutes. To kill cockroaches and waterbugs the following may be used: Boil an ounce of pokeroot in one pint of water until the strength is extract - ed; mix tt e decoction with molasses and spread it in plates on thej kitchen and laundry floors and in the closets or anywhere where the vermin may trouble you. The eating of large quantities of potatoes has been tried as a means of relief from foreign bodies that have been accidentally swallowed. The whole intestinal canal is thus d ilated proportionately, and the foreign body is carried through. Professor Billroth and Dr. Salzer affirm that many surgical operations might be avoided in this way, such articles as a twentyeramnu weight, a set of artificial teethland a needle having been successfully removed.

Queer Salutations.

The Hindoo falls in the dust before his superior. The Chinaman dismounts when a great man goes by. It is common in Arabia Petraea to put cheek to cheek. n Germany brothers kiss each other every time they meet. Germans consider ibay act of politeness to kiss a lady’s hand. A Japanese removes his sandals, crosses his hands, and cries out, “Spare me.’’ The Burmese pretend to smell of a person’s face, pronounce it sweet, and ask for •‘a smell.” , A striking salutation in the South Sea Islands is to fling a jar oi water over the head of a friend. in some of the South Sea Islands natives spit on their hands and rub the facefoi the com pl im en ted person. The Australian natives practice the singular custom, when meeting, of sticking out their tongues at each other. I lie Arabs hug and kiss each other, making simultaneously a host of inquiries about ea !i other’s health and prospect:-'. The Turk crosses his hands upon his breast and makes ' profound obeisance, thus manifesting his regard without coming into personal contact with its object. A Moorish gentlman rides at his friends at a gallop,

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s ;->l< is pistol, and fancies tiiaf lionasdone verythingin t'le line of courtesy which can be expected of him. An Englishman, meeting his .mother after twenty rears of s :j -aration, will y: "ow do y.-ii do. Jack;” will reaire hands, and will b ’onite < onteiimn yith an answering ■“Io w are youi” - reges of the Pacific > oh rob each ether’s noses toshoy iheirfriendship, varying this peculiar greeting by rubbing their faces aeainst the hands or feet of those for wjraiithey wish to show their respect axd. affection. 'u S 1 a man fhr w ’hi”' sal" on tb«-*'grennd end w.'its to g G O <'• ... C •:o | ; J se( J n’o w welcomed or whod away. th“ choice of reception 1 b'g 1' y -, j•; v : e m , Z<l’ D< ’’ to th . ■ ial cieahlin tile seif a cosed sal liter. A ra efcrewn as the Kai a; n<• ks re •' -■t to a ■ya 1 <;t ■ • A ery • i 1.• 'i- i>- ■ ' at-of'tlie E; .ui--1 r ' '• ! tob, rub *s ' ' ■ ft eyteach the same spot they upon their

knees and creep together, when the salutation culminates in an energetic contact of the olfactory organs.

By Home and North-Grown Tree.

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Cherry, and 400 Pear—all choice varieties. These trees are in a thrifty aod healthy condition. I also have the agency for the Greening Bros. Nursery at Monroe, one of the best Nurseries in the State. All stock bought of me guaranteed true to name, and insured for one year where properly taken case of at the following prices: Apples—Home Trees —20e. Mi-higan 30c. Ciobs, 30e.; Cherry, 90c., A’e.

H. B. MURRAY.