Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1892 — About Men and Women. [ARTICLE]

About Men and Women.

The Earl of Dudley has his life insured for $6,000,000. A New Haven man has worn the same coat for thirty-five years. The Austrian Emperor receives a yearly salary of $3,750,000. No man is so ignorant that you cannot learn something from him. Harry W. Wood, of Lansing, Mich., dislocated his shoulder while stretching himself. Other people are least satisfied with those women who are best satisfied with themselves. Silver articles are called “plate” from the Spanish word plata, which means silver. A, Colorado cat viciously attacked a burglar ond forced him to withdraw seriously wounded. If an old man only knew as much as a young one thinks he does, how this old globe would whirl. Dora—Why do you call Jake a ‘corker?’ Cora —Because every time ■ I draw him out a little he ‘pops.’ The richest of the new Senators is Felton, of California, who is said to have one million to Stanford’s three. The father makes a mistake when he whips his boy for chewing tobacco while he has a cigar in his own mouth. If the parlor rocking-chair could talk it would put a stop to much of the grumbling about crowded street cars. Mrs. OldUn— Age is beginning to tell on her. Mr. Oldun—Yes, but it doesn’t tell half as much as her friends do. It is in length of patience and endurance and forbearance that so much of what is good in mankind is shown. * In England and Scotland, Saturday, Sunday and Monday are considered lucky days on which to get married. Eighty-six and seventeen were the respective ages of a groom and bride who were married at Leavenworth, Kan,