Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1889 — Page 1

The Democratic Dentinel.

VOLUME XIII

THE DEMOCRATIC SENTIHEI democratic PUBLISHED EVERY FiiIDAY, BY JAS. V. McEwen aATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. ’ 1 75 Kates. , ar SBO oo ciun..i —, ar ’ too' ColUlQi*. „ 30 0° . rtt r „ 10 0° bt }L r . ~o t added to forego!ug price if - ; f f r t\somonts are set to occupy more than .glecclumii width at equita ble rates EcacUonal oarts ois ,iine 1 inch space, Business cams not . $ 2 {or three ‘WlSnoUcesand advertisements at established statute price. bUeatlon io cents a fffSh' pSfe?« on thereafter s rente « '“ftarly quarterly (once f r “otextra chargeTon o£ the advertiser, ut- m residents ojVssssssagSE aSL n advance when larger.

— t7j7m^ y ALFRED M.-COY, IIollin(JSWOR TH. \. &«*•» BA-NKB® > > » UcCov&T. Thompson,) Successoisto A. Mcimy » Rensselaer. a» d - • «~vO a flei eral banking bipHneseL hearing inl), bought and sold. C>« oa & y available ' crest icsued Collection of McCo/ olnts Office same place as om u u 2)1886 ■> Thompson 1 . INDIANA jBHSSKLASBi * , , Practice? Untho a speA stde of Washington opposite 1 Court House- vln l TZ DAVID J. THOMPSON BIMON r. thompmk. MotaryPubllc. THOMPSON A ABION I " c , S^™ r , nll A t„,r»c!<»' • qm'StoSSS3t£* > “ > J!™ ~X' 11. H. GRAIIAM, \\ • aTTOkNEY-AT-LAY. , RBESDELAtR, INDIANA. Money to loan on long time s £p t ’°io;B6. ere JAMES W. DOXJTHIT, .„_ T AV J AND notary public, rear* room over Hemphill * ttommV store, Rensselaer, . —— *■ " " c_ " Wttti \m P>. Austin. Edwin P- Harmon d. siIOTIHI HAMMOHO & AUSTIN, ATTOBHEt-A^LAW. Renssf.lae’% too w, oa 8«o.;a ‘alffi-"*!!"” of Was MHiitou Aud > , and le s<*s William deftig in negotiable real estate, pays taxes may 27, 87. instruments. _______ ' Vim. W -WATSON, A TTUTtNB Y-AT-LAW _ tsr Office UP Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazav, vet W.HARTSELL.M D aOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN ' RENSSELAER, * Diseases a Specialty..® OEVTCB in Makeover’s New Block. LosirFl° dence at Makeover July 11, 1884. ~ Ji H' LOUGH RIDGE & SON, PKvsioians and Surgeons. A« the new Leopold Biock, second floor, ° ffiCe second right-hand side of hall: _ „ pant interest will be added to all JSSlffi 'AT™- longer Siree months. DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon Rensselaer , 2nd. Viang promptly attended. Will give Bpecial atteu tion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases, jy|~ARY E. JACKSON, M.D., PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON. Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Office oe Front street, corner of ———s - iIMRi D wiggles, F. J. Sears, Yal. Seib, President. Vic.-President. Cashier CITI ZENS’ST ATEBA N K RENSSELAER V D Does a general banking business: Certificates bearing Interest issned; Exchange bought and sold; Money loaned on farms at lowest rates and onmos.favorable terms fcjan. 8.88.

RENSSELAER JASPEB COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAYS DECEMBER 27. 1889

GENERAL ELECTION LAW INCLUDING BRIBERY LAWS.

An Act concerning el-'ctions, providing i enalties for the violation ofthesam.u and repealing all laws in conflict therewith. [Approved March 6, 1889. | (Continued. Sec. 44. No person entitled to vote at any general,-national, state or county election, shall be employed upon the day on which such election shall be held, in any manufacturing, mining, mechanical or mercantile establishment or any railroad corporation in this state during the period ot four hours after the opening of any election in the county in which [such] person is entitled to vote, except as to works of necessity, iD which works ok necessity every empicye shall be given some period of four hours between the opening and the closind of the polls on said day; and any circuit court may enforce the provisions of this section in t:rm time or in vacation by mandat3 or otherwise, upon the aopUcation of anv voter. Every officer of any corporation, owner, superintendent, overseer *.r foreman, who employs or permits to be employed any person in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined no f 1 -ss than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. passed by the challengers, h ive been sworn in, he shall be admitted to the election room: l ros vided, however, Th t not more than three voters shal be allowed in the-room at one time. On entering the room the voter shall announce his name to the poll clerks, who shall register it. The clerk holding the bailots shall deliver to him one state and one local badot, and tlie other clerk shall thereupon deliver to him a stamp, and both poll clerks, on request, shall give explanation of the marner of voting; if deemed necessary, b; unanimous consent of the board, an interpreter may be called. — The voter shall then, and without leaving the r om, go alone into any of the booths which may b? unoccupied, and indicate the candidates for whom he desires to vote by stamping the square immediately preceding their names, and indicate his preference on 'ny question of constitutional amendments or other special matter by stamping in from of the words “yes” or “no” under such questions: Provided, however, That if he shall desire to vote for all candidates of one party or group of petit oners, and none other, he may place the stamp on the square preceding the title under which the candidates of such party or group of petitioners are printed, and the vote shall then be counted fur all the candidates under that title, unless the name of one or more candidates under another title shall also be stamped, in which case the names of the can-' didates so stamped shall be counted. Before leaving the booth or compartment, the voter shall fold his ballots separately, so that no part of ihe faces th-reof shall be exposed, and so that the initials of the poll clerks shall be exposed, and on leaving the booth or compartment shall return the stamp to the poll clerk and deliver the ballots to the Inspector. «r to the judge who may temporarily be authorized to act for him, who shall forthwith, in the presence of the vote*, and of the election beard, depdsit the same in the respective ballot-boxes, the state b Hot in the red ballot box, and the local ballot in the white ballot box: and the ballot clerks shall write the. word “voted” after the name of the voter on the poll-lists: Provided, however, That if any elector shall show his ballot, or any part thereof, to any other person, after the same j Shall have bee~* marked, so as to disclose any of the candidates

voted for, such ballot shall not be deposited in the ballot box. A minute of such occurrence shall be made on the poll list-, and such person shall not be permitted to vote thereafter. The voter shrll then leave the room, but to voter to whom a ballot and stamp, or either, have been delivered shall be peimitted to leave the room without voting the ballots cr re* turning them to the poll clerk, or without returning the stamp to the poll clerk from whom he received it. Any voter who shall attempt to leave the room with a ballot or stamp in bis pos-ession shall at once be arrested on demand of any member of the election board. Sec. 46. Not more than one person shall be permitted to occupy any booth at onetime: and no person shall remain in or occupy a booth longer than may be necessary to prepaie bu ballot, and in no event longer than five minutes. Not mure than three persons othe' than the election officers shall b e permi ted to enter or be in the election room at any one time, and no voter, or person offering to vote, shall hold any conversation or communication with any other person than a member of the election board while in the election room.

Bec. 47. Any person who shall, by accident or mistake, deface cr* mutilate, his ballot, may, on returning the same to the poll clerks and satisfying them that such spoiling, defacing or .mutilation was not intentional, receive another in place thereof, and such clerks shall make a minute of the fact on the poll lists at the time, and the mutilated ballot shad then te destroyed by the elector uj the pres* ence oj the board. Sec. 48. Any elector* who de* dares that by reason of physical disab'lity or inability to read the E r gli h language, he is unable to mark his ballot, may declare his choice of candidates to the poll clerks, who, in the presence of the elector and in the presence of each other, shall prepare the ballois for voting in the manner hereinbefore provided, and on request shall read over to such elector the names of tlie candidates as marked. Any one making a false declaratior under the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding five dollars an 4 be disfranchised foi a period of five years, and any poll clerk or poll clerks who shall deceive any elector in selecting or marking any ballot, or mark the same in aLy other way than as requested by said elector, shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction, shall be imprisened in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years, and be disfranchised for any determinate period not less than five years. Sec. 49. No inspe tor of election, or judge, acting for an inspector, shall deposit anv ballot upon which the initials of the poll clerks, as hereinbefore provided for does not appear, or any ballot on which appears externally any distinguishing mark, defacement or mutilation

Sec. 50. Any person who shall remove or attempt to remove a ballot or stamp from the election room, or having in his possession outside the election room any ballot or stamp, either genuine or counterfeit, during the election, shall be guilty ot felony, and on convictien, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than five years, and be disfranchised for any determinate period not less than ten years. Sec 51. Immediately on closing the polls, the board shall count all the ballots remaining unvoted, rec ord the number of the same on the tally sheets, and destroy all ot such ballots by totally consuming by fire.

(To be continued.)

AWD now oom-rij » chemist and ex' plodes the theory that unbolted flour is the most mentions, by stating that ex* periments show that it is harder to di* £eet. The most sensible plan to follow i to eat what experience hae proved Morses with you.

A Can[?]ry Bird.

Once I was at an inn in England, witfc ether strangers, when a poor man earns arid asked leave to exhibit a wonderful canary bird whioh he had. As it was a rainy day, and we could not go out to walk, we consented to the poor man’s proposal; and he brought his little bird rate the parlor of the lnh. The name of the little bird whs Jewel. He stood on the forefinger of his master, who said to him, “ Now JeweL I want yon to behave weH and make no mistakes. ” Jewel sloped his head toward his master, as if listening to him, and then nodded twice. “Well, then,” said his master, ” let me see If you will keep your word. Give us a tune.” The canary sang. “Faster,” said his master. Jewel sang faster. “Slower,” said his master; and Jewel sang slower. “Ytta do not keep time,” Baddhis owner. Hereupon Jewel began to beat time with one of his feet. I and the rest of the spectators were to delighted that we clapped our bands. “ Can you not thank the gentlemen for their applause ?” asked his master * and Jewel bowed his head most respectfully His master now gave him a straw gun i and Jewel went through the martial exercise, handling his gun like a tru* soldier. “Now let ns have a dance J* said his master; and the canary went through a danoe with so much glee, skill, and spirit, that we til applauded him again. “ Thou hast done my bidding bravely.'’ said his master, caressing the bird. “ Now, then, take a nap, while I show the oompany some of my ewn feats. ” Here the Htue bird went into a counterfeit sleep, and his owner began balancing a pipe and performing other tricks. Our attention was given to him, when a large black oat, who had been lurking in one oorner of the room, sprang upon the table, seized the poor oanaiy fed in nls month, and jumped out of the window before any one oould stop hi™, although wa all nished to make an attempt: In vain wa pursued the oak, The canaiy bird had boon killed by him almoat in an instant The poor man wept for his bird, and his j. rief was sad p behold. “ Well may I grieve for thee, poor little thingr paid he; “WeU W I ***** Mora than four years hM thou Cal from my hind and drank ftona my up I 1 owe thee my support, my health, tod my happiness. without theet what will become of me?” We raised a sum es money and gave it to hkai hut he oould not be oonsbled. He mourned for poo* Jewel as if ithad beto a cMH Bytova the litile bird had been tanghi, and by tore was ii visaed and mouraeo.

[?]gle [?]ales for little Chi[?]

1. Here wo hav& an afWm. It if foJJ ll plcturea sot little children with dirty Angers to look at. Here are two picture? of- papa. This la one of him before n« waa married to mamma. HA looks like $ two-y car-old celt behind a band of tyzaJS. Here is a picture of papa after re had married mamma. Now he look# like k government mule hauling a load cf pig iron. See if you can put your finger on the bk>bo and the eyes ana the i oi each picture. Turn down » if of when yon corn s to e pretty picture yon like. The baby is earing bread and aolftsoes. Let him take t".e album and look at the piotures, too. 2. Tliin is a lamp. It is full of nice, Jello w oil. Can ypu light the lamp ? If iere iff too much oil pour some id it in the stove. Mamma will not miss the oil ‘J you pour it .n the stove, but she may ansa you. A little oi on the carpet is aot a bad thing for the oil, but it is a b*d thing for the carpet ami you. 3. Do not make a noise or you will wake the policeman. He is sitting on the doorstep asleep. It is very.hard on him to have to sleep out of doors these ao ! d nights. Tliare is a bank being cobbed around the corner and a woman being killed in the next block. If the policeman waked up he might find it out and arrest somebody. Some people believe this is what policemen are for, but the policemen do not think so. 4. Who is this creature with long hair and a wild eye ? He is a poet. He writes poems on spring and women’r eyes and ttrange, unreal things of that kiad. He » always wishing he was dead, but lie wouldn’t let anybody kill him if he could jet ffvray. A mighty good sausage-stuffei waa spoiled when the man became a poet. He would look well standing tinier a descending pile-driver. 6. The jjirl is at the gate. A young man is coming down tho lane. The girl’* papa is sitting on the front porch. He us very old. He has raised a family of ilevea children. What is the poor old nan thinking about, and why does he raze so intently at hia right boot ? May be !»e is thinking about raising the young aan who iz coming down the Lane.-- - TW‘U«*

New Style In Trunks.

Trunkmakers say that the gigantic Saratogas are'*'out of style,” and that women of good sense are preferring to buy two moderate sized trunks, about forty inches long, with flat tops and iron bands and oak tips. Wicker trunks are also popular—both with women and expressmen.

CURIOSITIES OF NATURE.

V* Jumping Gall, th® Acrobatic Dean, aaS Seed* that Explode. “Here is a curiosity, “ said a botanist. It was a little ball of wood or fiber that when held in the palm seemed endowed with life, rolling o or and over and flying into the air. “I’ve had people ccuie to mo with these,” continued the speaker, “and say they were bewitched. One man believed ho had discovered spontaneous generation;another wrote an exhaustive paper which lie tried to read at all the learned w» i/ties, showing that here was the beginning of Loth animal and plant life, In fact, the little gall, for that is what it is, has attracted a good deal of attention.” “So it is only a plant,” said a reporter. “hot exactly a plant, but the unnatural growth of vegetable matter on tree*, bushes, or shrubs, caused by the se ration in tho bark of an insect egg that hate..os and i-ausoi the growth, in this en e, you see, tho gall is little larger l imn a mustard seed. “Th gall is ]v. d -«e;1 in this way: The eggs ot n very small dark-colored itise :t, am wn a • evnips, are deposited in me leaf, and, from some secretion XnUo.4iu.eu into Lee wound, the v» getable matter entombs the insect in a bail of fiber separate from tho loaf, from which it finally drops. The larva’s movements in restraint create the curious activity. “There are many kinds of galls, and though they are injurious to trees they are invaluable to man, arid are staple commodities. The ordinary oak galls of commerce aro made by a oynips. When they are green, blue, or black, the insect is in them, but when white it has escaped. England is the center of the trade, and receives galls from Germany, Turkey, Egypt, China, and Bombay. The galls are used for a variety of purposes. One sort of blasting powder is made of powdered galls and chlorate, but the most valuable product is ink. This is made from them almost entirely. “Seeds often jump about iu the same mysterious way. In Mexico stranger* see a curious seed known as deni’s bean, or jumping seed. In appearance it is a stnall triangular body. The first time I taw these seeds I was sure that they were arranged with mechanical springs, as they riot only rolled about, but jumped several inches in tho air, Bu 4 open otoe'of tiie seeds and the mystery is explained. The shell is hollowed out, containing .nothing but a white larva, that lias eaten out nearly all the interior and lined it with silk. Its motions occasion tho strange movements. “Some seeds move by an entirely different process—that of exploding. A friend of mine got some seeds in India once, and placed them on his cabin table. All at once came an explosion like that of a revolver, and he received a blow .on tho forehead that drew blood, while a looking g’asa opposite wag shattered. Tho seeds had become heated, and all at once the covering exploded, scattering tho seeds in all directions That is their manner of dispersal, and a large number of plants have a similar method of scattering ’heir seed.” —New York Sun

[?]eri es of Loudon Life.

Coleridge long ago recognized the existence of no fewer than sixty distinctly different stenches at Cologne, and it was perhaps the multiplicity of malodorous emanations in tiro city of the Dom that incited the original Jean Mario Farina to devise the delicious perfume which bears liis name. London, however, ia a city which far surpasses Cologne, if no! in the number, at least in the intensity and the noxiousness to health of its evil smells. We have the smoke always with ns, to begin with, which, as London continues to grow, and sea-coal is burnt i open flre-plac-,, mo t stupidly constricted, must noc-- -uvijy increase in volume and in pouonons attributes every vear. Wo have still, to judge from its color, a river which it; terribly polluted, and in which, below bridge, few fish can live; and where there ia pollution of water unpleasant odors must necessarily follow. The main drainage is, no doubt, a magnificent engineering work, but our house drainage is still lamentably imperfect, and out dust bins are so many liot-beds of disease, the perils of which are aggravated by the tardiness of dust contractors, the extortions of dustmen, and the apparently incorrigible laziness of servants. Our greatness as a commercial and manufacturing metropolis demands that we should carry on within our borders snch industries as the boiling and burning of bones, the making of glue, size, white lead, leather, varnish, tallow and chemical manures; and it would he interesting to ascertain how many millions of feet of carburetted hydrogen and carbonic acid gas there are liberated every year from the furnace of our gas-works and the 1 “fermenting squares” of our breweries. There is not a railway station in London that is not a focus of more or less pestilent smell. There is not a mews behind an aristocratic square or street that is not a hot-house of mar Waitin' London Times.

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