Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1890 — Page 1

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the new RENSSELAER. IND. 0, S, DALE, Propriety mordecai f. chilcote. t Attorney -at-Law Indiana BKNBBELAEB, - • Practices Jin the c °X°colle«tTo sS* O Mty. g O°ffic n c onnorth side of Washington StJeet. opposite Court House- vlpl Attorney-at-Law. 11 THOMPSON & BROTHE^’ iasa Bxnsssdabb. Praoticein all the Courts. ARION L. SPITLER, Collector and Abstracter We pay particular attention to paying tax .selling and leasiag lands. rn, H. H. GRAHAM, ’’ • attokn ey-at-law, Kebbdelatb, Indiana. Money to loan on long » me s^t l<, I 'J ; ipt . erest - JAMES W.DOUTHIT, mOBNEYsAT-LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC 4T" office in rear room over Hemphill & Honan’s store. Rensselaer, IndEdwin P. Hammond. ~ HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTOBNEY-AT<LAW, Rensselaer, Ind „ss*.x. B p4r‘.‘a »• instruments. IK A W. YEOMAN, Attorney at Law, notary public Real Estate and CflUectinE Agent’ REMINGTON, INDIANA. Will practice in all the Courts of Newton V Benton and Jasper counties. J j, h, LOUGHRIDGE & SON, Block, seco'd floor, OfflCe Xnd doo* right-hand side of hall: interest will be added to all JSSJBT three months. DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon Rensselaer, Ind. promptly attended. Will give special atten ’ion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. yrr W- HARTSELL, M- D HbMffiOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. BENSBEDAER, - • INDIANA. VChronic Diseases a Specialty. OWICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Resi- ' dence at Makeever House. July 11.1884CITIZENS’STATEBANK RENSSELABJ/ v d Does a general banking business: Certificates hearing interest issued, Exchange bought android; Moneyloaned on farms St lowest rates and on mos S avorable terms jgJan. 8. 88. sroHN Makeever Jay Williams. Pres-dent, uusiiit FARMERS’ BANK, j* rg-Oppos it* Public ’ SELAER, . - - - INDIANf g »ve DsposiU Buy and Soli Exchange Collections made and promptly remitted. Money Loaned. Do a general Banting Business, An gust 7.85 JW. HORTON, . DENTIST. All diseases of teeth and gums earefno. treated. ’ Filling and Crowns a specialty. Over Laßue’s Grocery Store. ‘ vIS-nt. Ke

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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

State Ticket. Judge of the Supreme Court, JOSEPH A. S. MITCHELL. Secretary of State, CLAUDE MATTHEWS. Auditor of State, J. OSCAR HENDERSON. t Treasurer of State, ALBERT GALL. Attorney General, A. GREEN SMITH. Clerk of Supreme Court, ANDREW M. SWEENEY. Superintendent Public Instruction, H. D. VOORIES. State Geologist, S. S. GORBY. Chief of Statistics, W. A. PEELE, Jr. District Ticket. For Congress—loth District, DAVID H. PATTON, of Jasper County. For Judge 30th Judicial Circuit, WILLIAM DARROCH, Newton County. For Prosecutor, 30th Judicial Circuit, FRANK DAVIS, of Newton County. For Joint Representative, LEE E. GLAZEBROOK, Jasper County. County Ticket. For Clerk, Jasper Circuit Court, WALT. B. HERRINGTON, Union Twp For County Auditor, NATHANIEL 8. BATES, Marion Twp. For County Treasurer, JOHN TILLETT, Gillam Township. For County Sheriff, WILLIAM VENTLING, Carpenter Twp. For County Surveyor, LEWIS W. HUNT, Gillam Township. For‘County Coroner, VIC. E. LOUGHRIDGE, Marion Twp. For Commissioned, First District, GEO. 0. STEMBEL, Wheatfield Twp. For Commissioner, Third District, JAS. H. GREEN, Carpenter Township.

A Oall For a Farmers Alliance and Industrial Convention. Center Alliance No. 75. We, the Executive Committee of Center and Fair Oaks Alliance, pursuant to the wishes of a number of sub-Alliances of Jasper county, do hereby issue a call for a Mass Convention of the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union to be held in the Court House, at Rensselaer, Indiana, on October Bth, 1890, at jl o’clock p. m.’, for the purpose of placing in nomination a county ticket. All members of the Farmers’Alliance and Industrial Union who are in sympathy with the call are earnestly requested to meet and co-operate in the convention. By order of the committee, Geo. W. Casey, Frank J. Gant, Austin N. Lakin, J. W. NOLAND, Chairman. S. P. Barker, Sec’y. Following is the Declaration of Principles of the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union, 1. We demand the abolition of national banks, and the substitution of legal tender treasury notes in lieu of national bank notes issued in sufficient volume to do the business of the country on i cash system; regulating the amount needed on a per capita basis as the business interests of the country expand; and that the money issued by the government shall be legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private. 2! We demand that Congress shall pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the dealing in futures of all agricultural and mechanical productionsjpreserving a stringent system of procedure of trial as shall secure the prompt conviction, and imposing such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance with the law. 3. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver. 4. We demand the passage of laws prohibiting the alien ownership of land, end that Congress take early steps to devise some plan to obtain all lands now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of such as is actually used and needed by them be reclaimed by the Government and held for actual settlers only. 5. Believing in the doctrine of “equal rights to all and special privileges to none,” we demand that taxation, national ana State, shall not be used to build up one interest or class at the expense of another. We believe the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all revenues, national, state or county, shall be limited to the necessary expenses of thd Government economically and honestly administered. 6. That Congress issue a sufficient am’t of fractional paper currency to facilitate exchange through the medium of the United States mail. 7. That the means of communication and transportation shall be owned by and operated in the interests of the people, as is the United States postal system. These demands ana principles should be studied by all members of the Alliance, and should be read and discussed at their meetings. ■ MB • The following goods, worth double the price, for a challenge: Cotton Flannels, 5 cents per yard. Wool Flannel, 14 cents per yard. Men's grey undersuits, 50 cts. a'suit. Scotch Caps, 25 cents. Leather mittens, 35 cents. Womens’ kid gloves, 50 cents a pair. Corsets, 25 cents each, and the best grades cheap in proportion. Other merchants will copy above prices. Chicago JJabgain Store. Protection is the thief of wages.

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26. 1890.

•‘A FIRM ADHERENCE TO CORRECT PRINCIPLES.

A Deserved Tribute to Col. Patton. The following well merited tribute to Col. D. H. Patton, unsolicited, was furnished the Goodland Herald, in 1886, when a candid ate tor State Senator, by his “old friend and comrade," Col. B. F. Scribner: New Albany Ind.,) Aug. 30, 1886. j Editor Herald: I notice in your issue of Aug. 7th last, an article concerning my old friend and comrade, Col. David H. Patton, and his candidacy for State Senator. It affords me great pie isure to thus learn that this brave end efficient soldier is appreciated by his neighbors at home. lam sure they can add to Col. Patton's good qualities as a soldier those of a modest,|educated gentleman; and while I do not know anything about his political opinions, not having the gratification of meeting him but once since the war, yet I am confident that his fellow citizens will honor themselves by placing any trust in his hands. He is one of the survivors of the famous 38th Ind. Vol., color guard at Perryville, and the only one I know of. He afterwards rose by his merits to the grades of Lieutenant, Captain, Colonel, and brigade commander. At Jonesboro he especially distinguished himself, but at Perryville he, passed through a fiery ordeal. The regiment went into this battle with 500 men, and lost 27 killed, 127 wounded, and 7 prisoners, making an aggregate of 161, over 30 per cent, of their number. Two of the wounded afterwards died of their wounds. I will here quote from my official report of the brttle of Perryville; ’ “The severity of this engagement may be appreciated by the fact that of the nine men who composed the color guard, five were killed, the color-bearer was wounded in two places, two had their clothes penetrated by bullets, leaving only one of them unscathed. The flag was riddled almost into shreds, the top of the staff was shot away, two bullets struck the staff, causing it to break after thejbattle at these places. ’ in your article above referred to you suggest that the flag be sent for the inspection of the old soldiers and their friends. I will therefore send it. so that all may see for themselves the dangers Col. Patton has escaped from. The old flag has been quilted upon a white backgroundwhich is just its original size, therefore the white exposed to view shows the missing parts of the flag. In conclusion, I will add that I consider it a privilege to be permitted to add my testimony to yours concerning this faithful soldier and honest man. B. F. SCRIBNER, Late Col. 38th Ind. Vet. Vols., and Commander of Brigade in Ist Div, 14th A. C. Army of the Cumberland. Now bring on the testimony of those with whom Billy Owens has stood shoulder to shoulder with reference to his courage and patriotism. The only thing we can get from them is from press reports, which indicate that Billy thought ho saw a chance for speculation, gave his notes for the privilege, courage oozes out, refuses to pay, and that they are compelled to bring suit demanding ten or twelve thousand dollars. —— . -*»- A full line of all wool double width cloth Dress Goods, from 25 cents to $1.45 yer yard. Chicago Bargain Store.

WILLIAM VENTLING

The Democratic candidate for Sheiff of Jasper county, William Ventling, of Carpenter Township, although a resident of the county for a number of years, has confined himself so strictly to his calling* that of tilling the soil, that he is probably not so well known in localities outside his immediate neighborhood as men generally are who ask the suffrages of their fellow citizens; his neighbors, however, without regard to party, speak of him in the highest terms of praise. But Ira W. Yeoman, Esq., of Remington, desirous of ascert lining the standing, of Mr. V. in the community where he had formerly resided opened correspondence with an attorney in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and following is the reply: Office of Samuel R. Gotshall, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Mt.JVernon: 0., Aug. 24th, 1890. Ira W. Yeoman, Att’y at Law, Remington, Ind. My Dear Sir: You kind favor of the22d inst., inquiring concerning the antecedents and history of William Ventling, formerly of this county, but now of Remington, was duly received. It affords me great pleasure to be in a position to recommend ah old and tried friend, especially when he is in every way worthy and deserving, as Mr, Ventling is. I ]have been well and intimately acquainted with him for about 25 years, my first acquaintance commencing when he farmed for my father, and I was a boy about 6 years old. My father | was an honest man and would keep no one in his employ who was not strictly honest, industrious and sober; and the fact that he worked for my father for seteral years, and left of his own free will, and against father’s protest, would,“to those who knew my father, apeak well for Mr. Ventling’s honesty and industrious habits. Mr. Ventling is a Democrat of liberal ideas, and comes from good stock, his father, lately deceased, Jbeing one of the pioneer presidents] of ; this county, and jkman of irreproachable character. Mr. T’s occupation was, while here, a farmer, and his daily life and habits were such us to command the respect and confidence of all who knew him. In politics. Mr. Ventling was an earnest and effective supporter of hie party’s principles, but was never a blatant demagogue or street corner politician; neither was he abide bound partisan like some narrow minded bigots whom we frequently meet, who boast that thej’ would vote for the Devil if he was rnnning on their ticket in opposition to the Savior, and as a result Mr. Ventling has many warm friends in the Republican party here, who, although recognizing that he is a Democrat, know that he acts from conviction and not from party rancor.' Mr. Ventling was talkedof by his friends here, for county office, but would never allow his name io be used. To the voters of your county I would say they would make no mistake in electing Wjl|iapi Ventling Sheriff, and that bis

election would be a just tribute to the commendable life he has led. I have written you but a brief outline, and any further information which you may desire will be gladly furnished. Trusting that you will assist in conducting the campaign to a successful issue, * * I remain Yours very truly, 8. R. GOTSHALL. Mr. Ventling will for the first time read this letter in the Sentinel, it is a certificate of the charactor and standing of a worthy man in the communty where he had been reared to manhood. And can be duplicated by the neighbors among whom he now resides. Persons anticipating buying woolen and cotton flannels in quantities, should buy afew small pieces at three different stores at -he same prices and compare quality at home. Include a few pieces from the Chicago Bargain Store,

Editor Sentinel: |The republican party now stands with hands upraised in holy horror at what they pretend to be unfair districting of the state, but never think for a moment of the spectacle in the admission of the six new states with a population of 750,724, a trifle more than Connecticut, yet they will have eighteen electors to six for Connecticut. New Jersey has twice the population of all these new states, and yet they will have twice the weight ofl Jersey in the Presidential election. Those states were created for the sole purpose of securing Republican control of the Senate, and make it easier for a minority to elect the president. PLOWBOY. C-Mr- Secretary Blaine’s revival of the long since exploded theory as to the “balliyice of tade,” so-called, has evoked a good deal of comment, mostly of an exceedingly uncomplimentary character.— In one way it is probably a good thing that the secretary openod up the subject, for though he exposed his ignorance, he has furnished an opportunity for setting a great many people right on a matter which has possibly puzzlod’thom. Mr. Blaine is in a very funny state of mind over the ballance of trade, and while he is making a mighty impression upon people who have no great familiarity with commercial affairs, his Waterville speech is calculated to make Now York merchants laugh—or swear. Let us apply Mr. B’s ideas—or lack of ideas—about our foreign trade to a concrete case or two. An American merchant exports SU’,()OO worth of flour to Cuba. He sells his cargo in. Havana at a profit, and invests tho proceeds in sugar and eigars valued at $12,000. He feels very good over this operation; he imagines that he has made $2,000. But Mr. Blaine says to him, “My dear fellow, you are entirely wrong—you, or somebody, or the nat ion. What I vaguely call we, in my speeches, have lost $2,000. Just look nt the statement made of your tranSection by the custom house—exports S 10,000, imports $ 12,000; adverse balfanco of trade- that is. what we lost in our trade with Cuba, $2,000.” “Yon can say what you like in your speeches,“ retorts the merchant, “but I know that that $2,000 was my profit in the transaction with a Havana merchant, and I don’t see how anybody in the United States, or the United States as a whole, lost any of it.’’

Here is another merchant who imprudently shipped a cargo of salt to Turk Island, the salt valued in this country at $5,000. At Turk Island there was no market for American Salt, and the captain had to sacrifice his cargo for about SSOO, which was invested in West India fruits and brought back. The merchant felt pretty sore over sending $5,000 worth of goods away and bringing only SSOO worth home, and did actually labor under the impression that he had lost $4,500, but when he happened to mention this disastrous voyage to the secretary of state, Mr. Blaine exclaimed: is splendid!— American trade in the West Indies is looking up! In this case the United States exported $5,000 worthe of"salt and imported SSOO worth of bananas—exported more than she imported. Balance of trade in our favor, $4,500. Evidently the West India trade is very profitable.— There’s millions in it!“ i “When I lose $4,500,” said the unfortunate merchant, "I don’t see howjthe United States can be $4,500 better ofl. “Nor I, either," said Mr. Blaine, “but that is our theory, and it must be so.“ OBSERVER. In the last issue of the Rensselaer Republican I saw the statement that Protection meant good wages. Will the editor of the Republican be kind enough to inform me through its columns, if this is invariably the case, and why? and oblige PLOWBOY. The United States Treasury comes to the relief of the Wall street stock gamblers, but does not come to the relief of the tariff-ridden tax-payers. Take a long breath and think of this, Mr TAX-PAYER. Every dollar made do double duty in buying, at tho fountain head, an endless variety of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Plush Cloaks, Hats, Caps, Gloves, Underwear, Tinware, Notions, &c., &c. Come early.. Chicago Bargain House.

FROM WHEATFIELD.

Hay making is nearly done and some new hay is being pressed. O. P, Hollott, of this place, is visiting his son, James H., in Huntington county for a few days, Tom Thornton, the C. & I. C. section ’ boss, has resigned his job and will move ! to Michigan shortly. I E. T. Biggs last Friday started with a j car load of cattle to Buffalo, N. Y. ' Jacob Sells, of Marthall countv, made a > flying visit to these parts last week. Mr. | Selig came with tho intention of going to work on a job of aitching he has here, but i when he arrived found there was too much water in the marshes, so he returned to his borne near Plymouth They began to move the Wheatfield school house Monday to a location one an I a quarter miles southwest. Our Trustee is making prenaratio-is to erect a large and commodious s ffiool bnihlingin Wheatfield. Wheatfield Sept. 17, "890. I The Rochest A Republican refers tq tho Democratic nominee for congress as an “unsuccessful pill peddler, “unknown village doctor,” etc. Bah!

WATCH THE RASCALS.

The Indianapolis Sentinel sounds the alarm: “It is now assured that the republicans intend to carry the coming election by purchasing the floating vote, and that they mean to evade the safeguards of the new election law through U. S. supetvisors. We are confident that the democrats can prevent the accomplishment of this scheme if they will set resolutely to work. As there is no way of preventing the appointment of these supervisoas, the best method to prevent their illegai;work.is|to have them closely watched; and for that purpose we recommend that in all cases where the republicans call for supervisors the democrats should do the same. The men selected should be citizens of known probity, Mho will not connive at fraud in any form, and their special duty should be to watch the republican supervisors to see that they do not hold any communication with volers. The democratic members of election boards should insist that whenever a voter desires the poll clerks to mark his ballot because he can not read English, or is physically unable to mark It himself, the conversation should be carried on in a low tone, so that it cannot be beard by other voters in or out of the booths. In such cases the poll clerks can step to one side with the voter, or request the supervisors to step to one side. The democratic supervisor should comply with this request and his republican colleague will hardly venture to refuse to do so.— The supervisors have no right to hear or see how a vote is stamped in such oases. In no case should then be any request for supervisors unless the republicans first ask for them. To prevent possibility of mistake as to this all requests for supervisors should bo forwarded to the state central committee, which will file them only in case th republicans have done so. It must bo borno in mind constantly that onr only hope for an honest election lies in making th ■ republican boodlers understand tn t they ate closely watched, and that every otlort will bo "made to bring them to justice if they violate the law in anv respect. In ibis workfevery democrat can help, and every democrat whois worthy the name will desim to help. Every democrat can do something. Do not stand back for fc r jour services will be of no benefit or will not berappreciated. •We would again urge on everyone who desires honest elections in Indiana the enormous importance of making astrong fight for them now. There is imminent danger that in spite of all the efforts that have been made to secure honesty, we shall again be dragged into the old system of debauchery. If the new law fails to accomplish the end for which it was designed at this election, there is noroom to hope that it will ever be belter hereafter. The frienas of election reform must win their fight now or never. It is tho most important conflict in which a free people can bo engaged. Honest ejections are the foundations of republican government.— If they cannot be conducted honestly, it is wars th n useless to hoi i them, for it redne s tho w.iolo matter of government to a quasi ion of purchase and sale, in which the wealthy will be successful whenever they wish to be. If the bribery system is to 1 o continued we may ns well concede that our people are not capable of -elf-government, and that popular government is a farce. Surely we are not re. dy for that conclusion. Surely honest men, at least those of the democratic party, are able to realize the serious nature of the situation, and are ready to lend their efforts to prevent such a calamity." “Forgiven but not forgotten;’’ that the Chicago Bargain Store about one year ago was licensed $lO per day, which meant they should leave tqwn for selling goods, cheap for cash, but they are here yet with more than double the stock, double the business, larger room, lower prices than ever.

Peterson’s Magazine for October is on our table. The steel engraving “Before the Battle” is a very handsome picture presenting the picture of Minna Irving, tho popular poetess and her soldier husband. Tho fashion-plate and illustrations, pcosent some new and effective fall styles. Tho needlework designs are varied and effective. The literary part of the number is excellent, and can only be equalled by the highest priced periodicals. The opening story “One October Morning" is well illustrated and well written. "Imprisoned Rainbows" by Louisa Jamison closes a series of interesting articles on precious stones. “The Watch of the Big Heart J ode” by M. G. McClelland is one of the best stories we have read in a long while, and “Three Warnings” by Lucy H. Hooper will fascinatelevery lover of the supernatural. "Things Worth Knowing" and the household department are brim full of interesting and useful matter. This faverite magazine always grows better. Terms. Two dollars a year. Address, Peterson's Magazine, 306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Up to this time the Republican has but sufficiently recovered to say a good word for its candidate for representative, whose nomination it declared must have been accomplished by some sculduggery.

HAVE NO NERVES.

That la the Reason Why Chines* Cm Work So ConttauouHly. An English physiemn residing in China points out that the most characteristic difference between the China man and thfe Caucasian of Europe lies in the former’s lack of nervousness. We in America, who have seen the Chinaman working incessantly in his little laundry, shall find no difficulty in believing the statement of the English physician when he says: "The Chinaman can write all day, be can work all day, he can stand for a whole day in one position, weaving, hammering gold or cutting ivory, without once being attacked by nervousness. Thia peculiarity makes itself apparent in early youth, The Chinaman can bear any kind of bodily exercise. Sport and play to him are unnnecessury labor, lie can sleep anywhere and in man* positions—amid thundering machines, deafeping hoisos, the cry of children or the wrangle of grown people; on the ground, in bed, or on a chair ” In hig own innocent way ths Chinais almost a Ssrhuriu.

NUMBER 35

SOLDIER AND CHRISTIAN.

▲ in the Rank* Who WoulA Not Shoot. There is a member of Company I of the Forty-first Georgia regiment living in this county, says the Heralson, Ga., Banner, who was in every battle fought by his regiment, in every skirmish in which hie company engaged in, in •very charge made by his commant; and did not fire a gun. He was then, and is now, a minister of the gospel, He did not believe in killing men, and frequently charged the enemy with a yell, saw his comrades fall by his side, and whether routing the Union soldiers or being routed he would not shoot. He was always ready for duty—stood guard, remained at the picket post, and obeyed implicitly every command of his superior officers except to draw cartridges, load his gun and shoot At New Hope church, on the retreat from ‘ Dalton, several rounds of cartridges were issued to the soldiers, and he took one, and a short time afterward he was struck by a spent ball, but not hurt This remarkable man is a successful farmer and a splendid Bible Christian preacher, and is named Zechariah P. Hardigree.

What He Would Fight With. Col. Robert Lewis, representative from Hancock, tells the story of a duel in which he was to act as one oi the principals, says the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. He was then paying voted attention to a young Indy, and had a rival as devoted as himself. The rival grow quarrelsome, and his feelings, of which he possessed as fine an assortment as any duelist that ever stood on the field, were hurt by some* thing that Col. Lewis had said. He sent a “friend” to see his enemy. A card was handed Col. Lewis, which read about as follows: “You have insulted me and I demand satisfaction. You may choose the weapons we shall fight with. Shall it be pistols, shotguns, bowie-knives, or what?" To this card Col. Lewis replied briefly that he would fight him with “what.** “We haven’t fought .yet," said ColBob. “I don’t suppose they have yet invented the weapon I wanted to fight with. But every time I see that man in a crowd I can run him away—w© are good friends now—by asking him if he still wants to fight." Curine a Hiccough. Mr. Smithkin had heard chat a sura cure for a hiccough was a severe frght One evening, smoking at his fireside after supper, he was taken with a hiccough which continued in spite of all his efforts to ohotk it. Presently he got up suddenly from his chair, and called out in alarm to Mrs. Smithkin: “I’ve lost my watch! I’ve lost my watch!” “John Smithkin!” said she, “wha| do you mean? Why, you halnt done any such a thing. Here’s your watch all right, in your vest pocket.” “Don’t you think I know thapP” said Mr. Smithkin. “I was just giving myself a severe fright, you know, tq stop the hiccoughs!"

POLITICIANS SHOULD MARRF.

Success Often Crown* the Man Who Haa a Sensible Wife. In an interview with Colonel C. M Woodcock a Nashville American reporter asked if a politician ought to "marry, "That is the very first thing he has got to do,” was the ‘•No man can hope to fill one ortho higher offices successfully without the aid of a wife. Take John A. Logan, for instance. He was one of those good-hearted, clever sort of fellows, but he didn’t know everything. His wife did. She was full of social magnetism that attracts. She was up on every point of diplomacy. Her information was thorough, broad and at ready command Logan’s political success was more his wife’s doing than his own. Harrison is the same way. All that austerity of demeanor which characterised him in his official relations wears off in his wife’s presence and he becomes the most genial of men. Blaine is an exception. He has the social attraction in himself. Yes, sir, the young politician must have a wife. She will save him from more expenses than when he has only the expenses of one to pay, and besides she will prove his best political ally in a thousand emergencies.” hi ».r,iu?niuerert Too Jbate, During the shower the other man was passing up State witt an umbrella over his head, says tht Detroit Free Press, when a stepped out of a doorway grasped th< handle, and said: "I’ve been laying for yeu for a month! I cla|jn this is my proparty. * “Ah! exactly—l see!” stammered the other, and he surrendered it without protest or struggle and bolted so» a doorway, while the other walked oft s ‘Was it a stolen one?” queried a Tian who had witnessed the affair. “Well—er—well, I suppose I picked it up somewhere,” He stood looking after the umbrellt for a minute or two, a sad expression mi his face, and then suddenly uttered a great oath and slapped his leg. “What is it?” asked his companion. “By the big spoon, but what a fool I wai. I now remember that I stole that umbrella in New Orleans a yeai ago and that fallow could nave had •4 aiwht to W*