Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1889 — Page 7

"AH! THATS THE QUESTION."

An Amazing Temperance Tale Told by a Xawan Street Barber. I “You’re a reporter ?” observed a new barber as a Sun man leaned back in 'his chair. “I’ve done considerable •writing myself,” he continued, as he filled the reporter’s eyes with lather. “Yes, indeed. I’ve written a poem that was published in the Barbers' Journal, and I am at work on a temperance story that will paralyze the rumsellers. Shall I repeat it ?” As the barber had by this time begun operations on the reporter’s chin with his razor, protestation would have been unavailing, and the author continued : “It begins like this: In a lonely house—a small house furnished bare—there sat a thin, pallid woman dressed in meagre garments, through which the cold wind blew in< fitful gusts. Around her were huddled three thin, pale, half-starved children. There was no food in the pantry, no fuel in the stove. "Why was this the case ? Ah! that’s the question. “In a low grog-shop in the neighboring hamlet, surrounded by a crowd of drunken men, there sat a being that had once been a man. He was besotted with rum. His bloated face was buried in his red hands. He was asleep. He was a drunkard. Why was he a drunkard ? Ah! that’s the question. “ ‘Mother, why doesn’t father come home?’ asked one of the three pale children of the pallid woman in the lonely house. Ah! that’s the question. “ ‘I will start out for him and bring him home, mother,’ exclaimed the child.

“ ‘Brave boy!’ replied the parent, between her sobs. And so into the cold, dark night the fearless child went out. But why was this midnight and perilous journey necessary ? Ah! that’s the question. “A tap at the door of {he grog-shop. A deep mutter among the men whose unlawful amusement it had interrupted. The door opened and the child walked in. “ ‘Father!’he cried, as he leaned over the sleeping wretch, ‘will you come home with me? Ah! that’s the question. . “Father and child—drunken beast and pure innocence—hand in hand pursued their lonely way over the dark and rocky road that led to the deserted home. By the side of the path was a steep precipice. Here the twain paused. The man sat down to think. What thoughts, think you, were passing through his rum-crazed brain ? Ah! that’s the question. “They were awful thoughts thoughts of murder! He had been torn away from his haunts by the firm, pale hand of his little child. His wife had set a spy on his track. The insult should be wiped out. But how ? Ah! that’s the question. “Five minutes of silent but awful meditation suffice. Starting to his feet, the enraged man grasped his little son by the waist, and held him at arm’s length over the steep precipice. “ ‘Father.’murmured the child plaintively, ’shall I ever see mother again?’ Ah! that’s the question. “ ‘I don’t see why little Johnny does not come home!” exclaimed the pallid woman in the lonely house as the first streaks of dawn lit up the empty pantry shelves. Can any harm have befallen him?’ Ah! that’s the question. “Dawn saw a pale man, trembling at every joint, gazing with bloodshot eyes over a steep precipice at a little heap of clothes lying on the cruel rocks below'. The drunkard’s brain reeled with horror. Had he murdered his child ? Ah! that’s the question. “In a solitary cell in the Blackwell Island Insane Asylum there sits a pale, thin man, with long white hair and vacant eyes. All day long he moans aloud, ‘Why did Idoit ? Oh! why did I do it ?’ Ah'! my friend, that’s the question. “I think that will produce an effect,” continued the barber as he finished the narrative. The story is a true one, and I have written it in poetry as well as in prose. If you will come in tomorrow I will give you a copy of the verses. Thank you. Very much obliged, sir. I’ll have them copied out for you. Brush here. Next.”— New York Sun.

An Industrious Housewife.

After the funeral of Mrs. Fenn, of Terry ville, Conn., a few days ago, her husband, an octogenarian, found a half dozen shirts made by his aged partner and carefully laid away. Soon afterward he found six more in another place, and, remarking that a dozen shirts would probably last him as long as he lived, lie sent them out to be laundried. Last week, while rummaging about the house for something he had mislaid, he found . another half dozen shirts. Surprised at this, he began a systematic search and brought to light ninety-seven of the indispensable garments, all showing the careful needle-work of his estimable wife. The shirts are of fine muslin, and the work on them is of the finest description, and all done by hand. Ladies who have seen them marvel at the exactness of the stitching. Mr. and Mrs. Fenn were a quaint old couple, wealthy and without children. It had always been a remark that Mrs. Fenn, unlike most old ladies, never was engaged in knitting, but always took her sewing with her when she went out to spend the afternoon.

Tery Busy. “Busy now, Mozart ?” “Yes; up to my chin in business.” “What’syour trade?” “I’m a violinist.”

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Not a Silent Partner.

“John,” said a fond wife as she laid down the paper which she had been reading, “what is a silent partner?” “A silent'partner, my dear, is a member of a firm who takes no active part in its business. The active partner or partners do the work and he gets his share of the profits.” “I see. By the way, isn’t marriage a partnership?” “It undoubtedly is.” “And you are the active partner and I the silent one. You carry on the business of the concern. Where is my share of the profits?” “Ah, my dear, you are not the silent partner. You talk too much for that.” —Boston Courier.

ery Risky Indeed.

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How She Loved Him.

He (just married) —You say your love for me will never die; my own Kate? “No, my ownest George, never, never, never.” “And you will never want to get a divorce from me!” “No, indeed, George,” she answered, as she hid her head lovingly in his bosom; “why should I ever want to get a divorce from you ? Why, you are not worth a cent, and so what alimony could I get from you ? No. George, I shall never seek a divorce.”

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A Helpful Little Maid.

Her parents think Elsie the cutest child in the world, and certainly for a five-year-old this fairy is wonderfully handy about the house. She has a great ambition to be helpful, however much in the way she may happen to get in her laudable but naturally not yet very effective desire to make herself useful. The other day her father had a gentleman friend to dinner, and after the repast told the little girl to fetch a couple of cigars from his box. “Did you find them, Elsie ?” he asked, as she returned. “Yes, papa, and I bit the ends off for you.” —Buffalo Courier. * "The days ot miracles are past.” That may be, and yet souse of the most wonderful things ever witnessed by the human family have occurred within the last decade. Not the least of these wonders is the success which the agents of B. F. Johnson & Co., Richmond, Va.. are meeting. Write them Tor particulars. They will show you how to work wonders. A 10c. smoke for sc.—“Tansill’s Punch."

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Anecdote of Beethoven.

Beethoven, although it must be conceded that he had every right to be vain, never took the trouble to hide his feelings, and when his ire was aroused —and that is with men of genius more easily done than to allay it —he expressed himself very clearly indeed. Thus you may see at Heiligenstadt, near Vienna, where they are now forming a sort of Beethoven museum like the Mozarteum at Salsburg, a sketch of a chateau in Nether Austria, where, a few years before his death, Beethoven used to compose. It belonged to Beethoven’s brother, a chemist, who had made some money and was rather fond of displaying his wealth. Thi» brother called upon Beethoven and left a card, upon which he had engraved his name: “Jean von Beethoven, landed proprietor.” This innocent vanity so enraged Beethoven that he returned the call upon his brother, when he knew he would not be at home, and left his card: “Louis von Beethoven, brain proprietor.”— Temple Bar.

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He Wasn't a Chip of the Ould Block.

Mr. Flanagan—Oi don’t know phwat Oi wull du wid me bye Micky. Faith, he’s a bad young spalpeen. Mr. O’Rourke—Phwat liez he been afther doin’ ? Mr. Flanagan—Sure, he kim home last noight rollin’ a beer keg that he’d sthole from the saloon av the Dootchman beyant. Mr. O’Bourke—Sure, he’s a diver bye, is Micky. Mr. Flanagan—That’s phwat Oi t’ought, an’ Oi was just afther tellin’ him he wuz a chip av the ould block whin Oi diskivered the keg wuz empty. Mr. O’Rourke—Oi hope ye taclied him a lesson fpr thavin’ ? Mr. Flanagan—Begobs.Oi think he’s a-howlin’ yet from the bastin’ I give him.— Amei'ica.

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