Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1890 — Horace Greeley’s Penmanship Phil’a Public Ledger. [ARTICLE]

Horace Greeley’s Penmanship Phil’a Public Ledger.

. Here is what Gfeeley wrote: Dear Sir-—I am overworked and growing old. I shall be sixty next February 3. On the whole, it seems I must decline to lecture henceforth, exeept in this immes diate vicinity, if Ido at all. 1 can not promise to visit Illinois on that eirand —certainly not now. Yours, Horace Greeley. M. B. Castle, Sandwich, 111. And here is how the Lecture Committee read it: Sandwich, 111., May 12. Horace Greeley, N. Y. Tribune: Dear Si r —Your acceptance to lecture before our association next win tor came 10 hand this morning. Your penmanship not being the plainest, it took some time to translate ii; but we succeeded, and wo’d say your time, “3d of- February,” and terms, “sixty dollars.” are perfectly satisfactory. As you suggest, we may be able to get you other engagements in this immedia;e vicinity. If so, we will advise you. Yours respectfully, M. B. Castle.

Wo now have some rare bargains in silk warp and China silk dress goods: 46 inch silk warp Henrietta, 72 cents per yard, regular price SI.OO. 46 inch silk warp Henrietta, 95 cts. per yard, regular price, $1.50. 46 inch silk warp Henrietta, $1.20 per yd., regular price) $1.75 46 ineh silk warp Henrietta, $l4O per yd., regular price, $2.00. Chicago Bargain Store. The little paayer beginning “Noow I lay me down to sleep,” was written bv -John Rogers the martyr “In order to obtain small, delicate hards, when in repose let them dangle at yonr side,” says pa Jenness. “Holding one’s binds up makes the veins swell and induces a large, coarse development”

Japanese chickens with tails from eleven to thirteen long aie being imported into this country

Cow TotMoa Oran m vnu w Hn Stomach.— ln the “Ifamain of Oount Segnr ” there is tha following anoodote: “My mother, tha Oountaaa de Segnr, being asked by Voltaire respecting her health, tola Llm that tha moat painful feeling she had aroae tram the decay in her stemaoh and the difficulty of finding any kind of aliment that it oonld bear. Voltaire, by way of com eolation, assured her that ha was once for nearly a year in the same state, and believed to be inoorable, but the! nevertheless, a very simple remedy had rostored him. It consisted in taking no other nourishment than yelks of eggs beaten up with the flour of potatoes and water.” Though this oiroumstanoe concerned so extraordinary a person a t Voltaire, it is astonishing how little it il known and how rarely the remedy har been praotioed. Its efficacy, however, in oases of debility, cannot be questioned, and the following is tha mode of preparing this valuable article of food as reoommended by Sir John Hiw®ui r j Beat up an egg in a bowl, and then add six table-spoonfuls of cold water, mixing the whole well together; then add two table-spoonfuls <3 farina of potatoes; let it oe mixed thoroughly with the liquid in the bowl; then pour in as much boiling water as will convert tha whole thing into a jelly, and mix it well. It may be taken alone or with the addition of a little milk in oase of stomeohis debility or oonaumptive lUsniflriTS 4b* mUfie AtmrioatK

The Pavpose of leading. Every reader should know the non pose for which he reads. Usually this purpose is either rest, amusement, or what may be called improvement. A boy or girl, tired by work in the shop or house, takes up Hawthorne’s “Wonder Book,”—that is reading fur rest. Fretted by low marks at school, one becomes absorbed in “Swiss Family Robinson’’— that is reading for amumment Eager to instruct the mind, yon read Baa* •Toft’s “ History of the United States”— that Is reading for improvement. The three purposes are frequentty eomhined. One may find In reeding lfacaulay’s “Essay on Baoon,” rut, amusement, and improvement. Of these purposes that es improve* meet of mind and heart ia moat fapor. Inal In all reading who* immediate rim ia either recreation or pleasure, the remote aim should he the formation of a noble character. No one should read s boric without reserving to be aided by it lb every right endeevotr, ’The purpose for whieh one reeds d» tumbles the ohoioe of the book. If gpu art indoubt what to read, form a laser idea of the reason of your reading, ■ad the selection of a proper book b writ eagy. —itorganUtum freri

Eaiga Potatoes. Basil• commanding a high price, there are other <s r <n lideratuKis that come io to make the early crop of potatoes valuable. Th« Early Rose continues to be as good at the bout, not only for the early but the late oi oj>, au<l always fetches aremunorat:ug price in the market. But there i* this additional advantage in the early crop—it can bo harvested and removed and the ground put in good order for fall crops. The oest turnips v.e Lavo ever known crime out of a piece of ground (’’’St cleared of ~iy potatoes. Indeed, w-3 do not know of a mort profitable arrangement of crops than t* have turnips follow potatoes. Th* sround usually lias to be pretty good For potatoes, but it is not essential that the manure be very much decayed. Borne, indeed, contend that long, strawy manure is all the better for s petato crop. Tbs turnips, on the other hand, must have the manure very well Reaped, in order to give out its best results. Hence, after the potato hat lone with its fertilizer, there is enough left for the turnip to thrive upon. Wheat and rye alee thrive very vrell on land which has been previously well manure# for potatoes. In all these cases the early potato has a great advantage ovqr the lets one. They allow of a much-earlier preparation of the ground tor the subsequent crop. There is still another advantage in m early potato, la this part of the country at least the plant is subject to the attacks of the stem-borer. They usually commence their ravages about the end of June. They bore eat the whole center pith of Hie stems, an# before the end of July the plants eve all dead, being dried ut befwe the potato is matured. In suon cases there are not often fifty bushels of potatoes to the acre, and of these half of them are too small to be sab able. By getting the potato early in the ground and using varieties which mature early, the tubers are of pretty good size befsee the insects get to work, and thnethexe is a great gain. It seems to us we cm almost do without any more late kinds. We say nothing here of the depredations of the beetle, as it has been so completely net and overthrown as hardly warn longs* to be considered ae a serious ajvy te the crop, early or fihruiOsisw