Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1889 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

VOLUME XIII

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*jwß* —-—--x, J, Mofc r AM>bsd McCoy, H(>l<ux , isWonTa . A- IW® I & BANK®® »’ Saccesboiß to Al McCoy &T. Thompson •) Rensselaer, ixo- • n o a fl ol h S^g : ® Office same place as old y Thompson 9f ' , U. .. ‘ YIORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Indiana JENSSELAUB, - - • Praotlees IJn Couxte ofa»d fi » e : of *a^ toc Opposite Cou t t_Hou 6 e-___ DAVtD 3. THOMPSON THOMPSON * Bbnssblaeb. „ - Practice in all the Oov-H ;■ ARION E. QolleotoP -.nd Wena? nirticular attention to *i fSSK and leasing lands. W. H. H. GRAHAM, * aTTOkNEY-AT-LAW, Reesdelath, Indiana. Money to loan on loVg IllAe sopt, lf io.'B6. ei ' j JAMES W. DOUTHIT, atoorneysat-law and notary public. JF" office in re:t ’ room T °/ er HemphlU & Honan’s store. ItoncAelaor, Ind. _ j ATTOBNi- J.-'A'i” LAVv, Rensselaer, Ind Wceon second real estate, pays Uses and duals 1 - 87 . instruments. ______ W ' WATSON, ATTO-KNEY-AT-LAV »sh- Office up Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazay, > \y w. HARTSELL, M 15 HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON RENSSELAER, - * INDIANA. Diseases a Specialty. OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeever House. July 11,1884. J H LOUGH RIDGE. VICTOR E. LOHGHRIDGE j, H LOUGHRIDGE & SON, 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 Amounts running unsettled longer than ffiree months. vlnl DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon Renstelaer, Ind, □alls promptly attended. WIR give special atten tlon to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. E. JACKSON, M.D., PHYSICIAN A SURGEON. Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Office on Front street, corner of Angelica. 12.. 24. 1 ■ m ■ 1 . ■■■ Zemih Dwiggins, F. JxSears, Val. Seib, President. VicWPreeident. Cashier CITIZENS’STATEBANK RBNSSELAffiI; SD DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS; Certificates bearing interest issued; Exchange bought and sold; Money loaned on farms at lowest onmo«.favorable terms

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16. 1889

To Restore the Freshness of Warm Clothing.

The mystery to many people how the scourers of old clothes can make them almost as good as new is explained in the American Anab st as follows: Take, for instance, a shiny old co t, vest, or piir of pants, of broadcloth, cassimere, or diagonal. the scourer makes a strong, warm soapsuds, and plunges the garment into it, souses i* upland down, rubs the dirty places, if necessary puts it through <i second suds, then rinses it through several waters,, and hangs it to dry on the line. When nearly diy he takes it in, rolls it up and presses it. An old cotton cloth is laid on the outside of the c at, and the tou v'assod cv°r that until the wrinkles are out; but the iron is removed before the steam ceases to rise from the goods, else they would be skiriy, Wrinkles that are obst’nate ar - r moved by laying a wet cloth ov r them, and passing th? iron over that. If any shiny places are seen llry re treated as the wrinkles are; the iron is lifted, while the full cloud of steam rises, and brings the nap up ith it. Cloth should always have a suds made specially for it, as if that wnich has been used for white cotton* or woolen clothes, lint will be left in the water, and cling to the cloth. In this manner we have known the same coat an 1 pantaloons to be renewed time and again, and have all the look and fiel of new garments. Good broadcloth and its fellow cloths will bear many washings, and look better every time because of them.

REMOVING PAINT.— The ordinary

process of scraping old paint, or burning it off, is hardlyexpedi* tiout? enough for general purposes, and is also laborous. Soda and quicklime are far mrre thorough, and the paint is more quickly removed. The solution of half seda and half quicklime is tnus made. The pod t is dissolved in water, tne lime is then added, and and the solution can be applied with a brush to the old paint. A few minutes is sufficient to remove the ! coat* of paint, wbihemay be wash--led off with'hot water. Many pre* i parat’ons are sold for the removal of paint; all of them having some basis of alkali. A paste of potash and strong lime is far more effectual in operation, and the oldest paint can be removed by it,Afterward a coating of vinegar or acid should be used to clean Fie the surface before repainting. One authority cn the subject recom mends the gasoline lamp, a quart of oil being sufficient to last 3| hours. The method is considered superior to gas, as the flame is stro ger and the cost less, besides whic - M -.. I m can b" •: i.T. co’ any part, which cannot be done I conveniently with a gas jet. But the use of flame of either is dangerous and to be avoided when possible. Many a house has be. a burnt to the ground from using jets of flame. For removing varnish, spirits of ammonia is used, but it is a slow process, and several applications are necessary. Scraping and sandpapering can be employed; but it must be done carefully by experienced hands, or the surface of wood will be injured. The chemical process of removal has the advantage of leaving the surface in a fetter condition than burning off or scraping and for large surfaces of paintwork is to be preferred. —Scientific Ameri can.

Mrs. Mary Ann Dougherty is a thorn in the side of the administration. Mary Ann was a prominent factor, on the republican side in the last campaign. President Cleveland vetoed the private pension bill of Mary, because she swore that she was a widow, when it was proven that her husband was living in another State while she was drunk in Indiana. Harrison gave her a position and Mary has been getting on weekly drunks and raising a cyclone in her department.

COL. JIM RICE.

A Brave Record as Recruiting Officer —Bluffing the Home Guards. “So you didn’t know that Jim Rice wa> sjldier ?” said an o ? d man from New Albany the other day. “Well, I never heard him blow about his war record, but if you call a man a soldier -who went in with the old Twenty-third regiment when he was sevoenteen years old, and stayed with them three years, -why Jim was a soldier. You see I know all about him, and if you’ll listen, I’ll tell you a little story. “Along in the spring of 1861, soon after Sumter was fired on, some boys from New Albany got up a fishing and h mting party, as i they were accustomea to do. Jim was the youngest but the greatest hustler in the lot. He furnished the boat, and superintended things generally.

“When going down the river at Stewart’s landing, the stars and stripes were waving, and some one hurrahed for Abe Lincoln. Noticing a confederate flag on the Kentucky side, one of the boys yelled for Jeff Davis, just for fun, for although the war had commenced, they had not given the subject a serious thought Their parents were strong Unionists and the incident was immediately forgotten. “They went some miles down the river and camped, fishing and hunting for a week. When returning, at Jim’s suggestion, they stopp . d at Stewart’s landing and camped for the night. At daybreak Jim called the cook to commence operations while he went over to Stewart’s grocery f or some butter and eggs. When he retained the boys observed three big fellows, with gui.s, standing near. In a moment they came up and the spoksman said:

“We done had a meetin’ last night, an’ tho verdick is that you’uns must git up an t git.’ “How’s that?’ said Jim, not j knowing exactly what they meant. “I say for you’uhs to gether up your traps an’ git,’ rep’ied the man. “Well, I reckon there’s no hurry,’ said Jim, getting some eggs ready to fry. “Just make yourselves at home, gentlemen, and have some breakfast with us.’ man, in a louder tone, ‘we don’t want no foolin’, an’ we don’t waul no Bouble, but we’ve got you’uns spotted, One of you hollered for Jeff Davis when you went down the river a week ago. W® had a meetin’ an’ you’ve got to light out or surrender. We’ve been a guardin’ you all night.’ The boys were ; 11 out of their tents by this time. “Are you really in earnest?’asked Jim. “We air,’ they replied, ‘an’ you’re surrounded by 150 armed men.’ “Then, by the gods, we’ll stay right here until we get ready 'o leave, and I dare you to touch us,’ said Jim, throwing down the skillet. ‘lt’s a pity if in a free country a pack of boys can’t eamp out on the rive/ front and bunt and fish without being insulted in this manner. Why, I’m Jim Bice; everybody know’s father. Go over there and ask S ewart; ke knows me.’

•Your father’s all right, but we don’t know nothin about you an’ this gang, an’ some of you’uns hollered for Jeff Davis, an’ that makes our bind bile. We air fur the Union, we air, an’ we expect to fight an’ die fur the perfection of >ur firesides an the old flag »u’ drive the traitors from our sile ’ “Oh, shut up,’ interrupted Jim, not particularly disturbed by the threats nor overawed by the outbreak of eloquence. ‘We won’t leave until we get ready; you can count on that,’ he continued, picking up the skillet again. ‘So you might as well stay and have some breakfast with us. I can’t invite the 150 heroes that are on giiard around in the brush, on account of a scarcity of provisions, but you

gentlemen are welcome to the best our table affords.’ “Some of the boys were frightened and wanted to leave at once, but Jim said ‘no,’and so instead cf going immediately after breakfast, as they or ginally intended, they waited until as late in the evening as possible. The guard kept them surrounded, but did not interfere with them, and they put in the day in grand simp *. “It is needless to say that this incident caused the boys, upon their return, to turn their attention to the existing state of national affairs, and the records of th. Twenty-third Indiana reeiment, ■which was organized at New Albany soon after, show the names of many of these young fishermen upon the roll of henoi. “Jim belonged to a Zouave company of home guards. He was especially active in recruiting for the new regiment, and told some of the officers that they had the most patriotic men in Indiana down at Stewart’s landing, and ho believed he could raise a whole compan there. He accordingly put on his gorgeous uniform and went dowe.

“He found them still boiling over with patriotism and ready to protect their firesides, but when he urged them to ‘call a meetin’ an’ ‘git up an’ git’ to the front, they wore not so enthusiastic, and while h< implorad them, individually and eollectively, to rally round the flag, he failed to get a single name. “He finally returned with one pc or, miserableslooking little fellow that he had picked up somewhere, who was not only under age,- but under size, ami he was rejected on general principles. “Jim was a better form for zou-. ave uniform than he is now, and he often said afterward that he thought the little fellow volunteered solely for the purpose of getting a uniform, for when he was assured he should have red breeches hke Jim’s, he immediately put down his name.”

Thu fellows at Stewart’s landing had their prototypes, in superior numbers, all over the land. They were “trooly loil,” and if submitted to would permit none k differ with the administration. They declared Mr. Lincoln to be the “Government,” and disc' v- cd the foolishness of the proposition only upon the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, when they had either to admit the “Government was dead” or concede thatfl he was not tho government. They could not be induced to go to the front, but remained at horns to vote and continue the republican party in power, which tney did with huge majorities, until the “Boys in Blue’’ brought the struggle to a successful close, and returned to their homes to pit their ballots against those of the excessively and “trooly loil.”

In The House of a Rich Japanese.

The wealthy Japanese make no display either In the architecture of their houses or in the way of furnishing, their pride is in the delicacy of their mats and the richness .of the satin Cushions. The chief room in the house of a rich Japanese is thus described: ‘The salon was 25 feet long by 15 wide. At one end, in the corner, was a small raised platform in a little niche and on on it a fine Imari vase three fOet high, holding flowering branches of the cherry tree. Behind, upon the wall hung a very valuable but very ugly kakamo of a god. Twelve blue satin teutons lay in two rows upon the floor and three standing lamps stood tn a line between. A folding screen was placed to protect us from draught —and that was the entire furniture of the millionaire’s drawing room. The ‘mats’ upon the floor were of whitest and finest straw. The screen was a gorgeous one, with a battle scene painted upon a gold background.” The Japanese keep their bric-a-brac in fireproof buildings, to be taken one at a time and admired, and then replaced by another

THE HOUSE JACK BUILT?

Curious Hebraic Ortfffa of the BestKuo wn of Nartery Legends. It is said that tho Jewish original of this celebrated cumulative u an altered translation of an ancient parabolical hymn which the Jews were wont to sing* at the feast of the passover. It was written in tho Chaldee language, according to a writer in Notes and Quiries. and may bo found in “Septer Haggadah.” vol, xxiit There is a tenth stanza beginings "Then came tho Holy Ono—Blessed bo He—that killed the Angel of Death,” etc. The following is tho translation of the parable: 1. The kid, one of the pure animals, denotes the Hebrews. The father who purchased it is Jehovah, who is represented as sustaining this relation with the Hebrew nation. The two piece.) Of money signify Muses, Aaron, through whoso mediation the Hebrews wore brought out of Egypt. 5. Tho cat Is tho Assyrians, by whom tho ten tribes wore carried Into captivity. 3. The dog symbolizes tho Babylonians. 4. The stick or Li. . LJi slguitioi tfco Persians. 6. The fire indicates the Grecian empire under Alexander the Great. 6. The water betokens the Romans, or tho fourth of the groat monarchies to which the Jews wore subjected. 7, The ox means tho Saracens, who Jubduod Palestine, and brought it unfir the authority of tho caliph. 8. The butcher denotes tho crusaders, who wrested the holy land from the grasp of the Saracens' 9. The Angel of Death is the Turkish power, by whoso might Palestine was taken from tho Franks. 10 lhe beginning of this stanza was designed to show that God will take signal vengeance on tho Turks immediately after whose overthrow the Jews are to be restored to their native land, whore they will dwell in Safety under the rule of tho long-ex-footed Messiah.

TWO DINNER PAILE. ®helr Content. Threw light on the State of Affairs at Home. Two workmen sat, down by the edge of a nsw buildlag and prepared to eat their dinners which thoy had brought with thorn m covered bii£l«ji..s, ami tho Sketch-artist, who was' waiting for a Qafy had the audacity to peer into the birak.-its to how well a worklngmaif Cim live. 1 hero was a great similarity’ Ih the appearance of the two men and in tlio out#lJo of tho baskets, but when tho lids were raised they rovealod

totally different contents. Ono had light, sweeL-lookiug homemade bread ciit in thick white slices, some, clean cut slices of cold meat, two hard boiled eggs, and a section of gooseberry pie. ft -.v,s a> rc ular ptenin lunch, ar.l it showed thrift, good cooking and a woman’s lovin;.; head. Tho other man’s lunch was a njjHeellr neous collection of broken bits, scraps of baker’s bread, cold fried potatoes, a sOggy bone and a crust of cheese. But herein lies a morel command—} udge not! As the sketch artist stepped on the oar the man with the appetizing lunch asked of hlg comrade: “Jimmy man, how is the old woman the day?” Very slowly the answer came: “Awful bad Mikey and gittin’ wuss,” and that little by-talk told the story of his homo ’-‘fa and the nearlected fo^' l W© give th© finest prizes that has ever been given, with Baking Powder, at Priest Paxtou’s. My son, deal vith men who advertise. You will never lose by it. Benjamin Franklin.

Home, Sweet Home! Lots in Leopold’s Addition ar selling very fast now. Leonoh' , terms are such that any pet m wishing to procure a Lome or usy payments should call at r U jeon Mr. Leopold and ascertain what they are. blew backgrounds, new camera, new balustrade, new burnisher and new ideas! Now is the time to g . ’ those photos taken you were bout. J. A. Sharp <»>■■ A good suit of clothes may now be had at R. Fendig’s tor $4, never before sold for less thans6.so. Autograph albums, etc., lower than ever, at the £oet office.

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