Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1892 — Page 1

VOLUME XVI

CHANGED HIS MIND.

Uni the Advent of the Dog Gave Him e Pained Expression. The noticeable interval of erstwhila white cloth between his trousers and his vest betokened a considerable degree of indifference to the conventionalities of the world. His face indicated a prolonged estrangement from ablutionary agencies. “Madam,” he affably remarked to the stout woman with a soiled apron, who had come to the door in response to his knock, “you doubtless recognize me.” The stout woman nodded grimly. “I was here this morning, you will recall, madam.” The stout woman contemplated him in severe immobility. “I wish to announoe as a preliminary postulate ” He assumed an easy air and leaned lightly against the door frame. “The scriptural declaration that the wise man changeth his mind, but the fool is perverse In his judgment.” He cleared his throat. “I dare say ..madam ” The woman with the soiled apron suffered her lower jaw to drop slightly. “ You will have no difficulty in remembering that you offered me this morning a piece of rye bread and a cold frankfurter. ” The woman closed her mouth decisively, but made no sign either or affirmation or denial. “Madam, that piece of rye bread and cold frankfurter I refused with scorn.” He gazed reflectively at the floor. "I am free to confess, madam, that in the excess of my disappointment I had it in my heart to utter contumelious sentiments relative to the food you gave me, but ” He coughed faintly. “Madam, I wish to act the part of wisdom. ” He paused. “Well?” The stout woman’s inflections were incisively interrogatory. “Madam ” He bowed. “I wish to reconsider my refusal, and ” “Sick 'em, Towser!” The sun set on a scene of peace, but the man, with the interval of erstwhile white cloth between his trousers and his vest was far away, wearing a pained expression on his face, as if something had gone amiss with him.

A Cate Judge.

Fifteen years ago Judge McSweeney was a famous criminal lawyer of Southern Michigan. He was called upon to defend a young woman from the charge of having poisoned her old husband. It was a question of whether or not she had placed poison in a cake of which the old man had eaten. A portion of the cake had been analyzed by a chemist and found to contain a great deal of deadly poison. The chemist testified to this in court and other witnesses succeeded in making a chain of damaging evldenoe against the pretty young widow. The time came for the sum-ming-up speeches of the attorneys. The prosecution began and finished and all looked hopeless for the pioneer of the bar. Judge McSweeney, the only speaker for the defense, arose amid breathless silenoe. He began in a low tone to sum up the defense of the prisoner. He had been allowed an hour in which to plead his side of the case. He dealt with everything but the cake. It rested upon the table just at his right hand,- where it had stood during the weary trial. Thirty minutes passed and the people were still motionless, charmed by the sweet eloquence of the gruff old lawyer. Three-quarters of an hour passed by, then another ten minutes. When the clook over the big desk told him there were but five minutes left he reached his hand out to the cake, half of whioh stood upon the table and broke off a ragged chunk. He held this in his hand and between sentences took great mouthfuls of it. During those five minutes he calmly argued the case and ate cake. He demolished more than half of it. The chemist had declared that there was enough poison in it to kill fifty men. The good people looked at him in amazement, and the jurors turned to each other and whispered. McSweeney wound up his speech, took another chunk of cake and walked ouielly from the court-room eating it. He closed the door behind him, ran into a small room close by and looked the door. Two physicians stood ready with a stomach pump, and in ten minutes the cake was all in the slop jar. The jury returned a verdict of “not guilty” without leaving the court-room.

Slavery Among Ants.

In Alsace there live a species of red-dish-yellow ants. These sally out at times in multitudinous hordes from their nests or ant-piles and attack the piles of some not far distant black species. Great slaughter then takes place, and when the black enemy has been dispersed, their pupee, or young—popularly but wrongly called ant-eggs—are carried home as booty. The black ants whioh subsequently emerge from these pupa* are then born slaves. They know naught else from their youth upward but that they have to serve tlie r red masters, and they are educated and trained to minister food unto them. Imagine what is not necessary to such a task. So great, In consequence of this custom, do the ease and leisure of these slave baronp become, that they ultimately lose that self-nourishment; as we know from the most powerful of all animal instinots, the instinct ot fact that they will starve to death by the very side of their favorite food unless one of their servants is present to minister it to them.

He Thought Himself a Squirrel.

Thomas Odell, living near Greenup, Ey. , lately met death in a peculiar manner. Whenever the young man ate beef he would go into the fields, crawl about on his hands and knees, bellow like an ox and eat grass. When he partook of mutton his actions were those of a sheep and he would bleat plaintively. Eating ohickens caused him to dig for worms and crow or attempt to lay eggs. His father the other day gave him some squirrels for dinner. No sooner bad Tfcomns fairly digested them than hi# curious mania came on hi pi and he rusfced into a grove spmp distance from bis home apd began tp climb the trees, His father saw him leaping from tree to tree and barking harshly. He called to him to oome down, but this only seemed to make the boy want to escape, and he attempted to jump to another tree, but missed his hold and fell to the ground, a mangled, breathless mass of humanity, and expired in less (hAP flee ndautee.

The Democratic sentinel.

IN A MASS OF SNAKES.

Thrilling Experience of a Farm Hand In a Well In Connecticut. The long drought in the Connecticut valley, during whioh the farmers have been compelled to get their water from the river, induced Farmer Alexander Penfield, living near Middletown, to clean up a long dissued well on his premises. For this purpose he sent his hired man, a Pole, to the bottom of it in a bucket. The Pole had not labored long before he was disturbed by a singular buzzing sound like the humming of a swarm of bees, and a moment later he began to see snakes. From every crevice in the stone curb of the well serpents thrust forth their heads, hissing loudly, then advanced their bodies, little by little, into the well, which were followed instantly by still more snakes, all crowding on the frightened workman and tumbling on each other into the bottom of the dimly lighted shaft. There were black snakes, water snakes, striped snakes and adders. For awhile the Pole waged a desperate battle against the serpents with his shovel, simply to protect himself from their attack, but in a few moments he was completely invested with a hissing, writhing, squirming, tossing tangle of serpents in the bottom of the pit, while a shower of snakes was continually falling upon him from the walls above his head. Finally he called for aid and was hauled to the surface. Subsequent examination revealed the fact that he had killed thirty-four snakes with his shovel.

A Disagreeable Complaint.

The affection known in hot climates as “prickly heat,” is not confined to the tropics. Certain occupations induce it. For example, cooks, bakers, grocers, bricklayers, and washerwomen have it, and in a very painful and serious degree sometimes. It is a non-contagious disease of the skin, characterized by Ihe appearance of small, hard papulte, slightly red, accompanied by severe itching. The disease appears on different parts of the body, but generally on the front of the forearms and hands, ihe sides of the neck and face. It is often due to irregularities in diet and habits. The best treatment is simple, unstimulating food and drink, and proper attention to the general health. A daily cold or tepid bath should be resorted to. This affection is the cause of the peeling of the skin of the hands of some people in the fall, apart from ihe effects of sunburn.

He Wanted No Sympathy.

The milkman gathered himself up from the ruins of his demolished wagon, scraped the whitish-gray mud from his clothing, smoothed out the dents in his hat, wiped from his whiskers the dripping fluid that had drenched Ills face when the catastrophe came, gave one glance at the runaway horse ' disappt aring down the street, surveyed the dirty-white puddles that represi nied his stock in trade and turned to the crowd “All I’ve got to say,” he observed, rolling up his coat sleeves and speaking in the tone of a man accustomed (o calling cattle, “is that the first son-of-a-gun that says a word about its being no use crying over spilt milk is going to get his blamed head punched. ”

It Weakens the Brain.

Imprisonment tends to weaken the I rain, says a Philadelphia police official. This places a released criminal, especially one who has served a long term, at a decided disadvantage in his efforts o bury the past and begin life anew. I o not believe that these so-called homes for reformed convicts wield much influence, if any, in molding the future of criminals. The tendency, it occurs to me, would bo to bring together a angerous class of croons who might improve the occasion to concoct schemes o' outlawry.

Oae of Nature’s Queer Freaks.

A local shell dealer in Atlantic City, N. J., while going over a consignment of imported shells recently, found a < u i us leak of nature in the shape of a heli on which was plainly decipherable lie word "Paris,” The letters lorniing he word were very irregular, and a close e am nation showed tt erri to bo natural and a part of the shell. The shell on which' is to be seen this strangely formed word, is a native of the Islands ot Maur tius. It will be placed in the cademy of Natural Sciences in Philad lphia.

He Has Clothes for a Lifetime.

If the Emperor of Germany should re- : ire from the ruling business to-morrow lie would have clothes enough to last him his lifetime. It is said that he has a thousan i suits, besides twelve dozen suds of underclothing and fifty dozen socks and handkerchiefs. Some of his s .its are uniforms which w-ould not he vailable if he became a private citizen, hut there is no doubt that he could i;eep his stock of underwear replenished from the sale of these extra uniforms, and retain a little pocket-money besides.

An Absent-Minded Man.

There is a very absent-minded attorney in Auburn, Me. Some time ago he went to a livery stable and hired a leam. When he had finished his drive ne took the team to another stable and est it. He was well known and at neither stable was any question made, discovery came after eight days and rom each stable the attorney received a bill—from the former for horse hire and from the other for boarding the animal. He resolved to keep his wits a out him in the future.

Eaten by a Panther.

A report from Deep Fork, Oklahoma, says the wife and baby of a settler living near there disappeared some time ago. The other day the head of the child and portions of the body of the mother were found in a panther’s lair. A large force of armed men are looking for the panther.

Had to Eat the Shells.

One night this week two well-known New York printers sat down to a remarkable feast. One ate the meats of a quart of peanuts while the other ate the shells. It is needless to say that the feast was the result of a wager, and the fellow who fed on husks bet on Harrisop,

He Locked Up His Verses.

It is a singular fact that when the late Lord Tennyson wrote a poem he Invariably had it put in type and locked it up for a number of years. If at the end of the allotted time he still liked the verses he corrected’ them and had them published, if not he destroyed them.

RENSSELAER fASPEK (XRLSrr L INDIANA FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1C 1892

WORDS OF THE WISE.

Tears are sometimes equal in weight c words.— Ovid. Things ill acquired are as badly expended.—Plautus. I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.—Cioero. Hypocrisy is the homage which vice renders to virtue. —Rochefoucauld. Labor rids of three great evils—irksomeness, vice and poverty.—Voltaire. The man who is most alow in promising is the most sure to keep his word.— Idem. Revenge is always the pleasure of little, weak, and narrow minds.—Juvenal. He avoids many inoonvenienoes who docs not appear to notice them.— Seneca. Where pleasure is eagerly pursued, the greatest virtues will lose their power. —Cicero. Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law. —Cicero. Patience makes that more tolerable w ich is impossible to prevent or remove. —Horace. Consolation, when improperly administered, does but irritate the affliction.—Rousseau. An evil at its birth is easily crushed, but it grows and strengthens by endurance.—Cicero. A wise man thinks before he speaks, but a fool speaks and then thinks of what he has been saying. French proverb. An evil sayer differs from an evil (her only in the want of opportunity—o \ the difference is but slight between a' calumniator and an assassin.—Quintilian. The reputation of a man is like his s adow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him; it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size.—French proverb.

CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

In Denmark the lighthouses are supplied with oil to still the waves in a storm. The Czar of Russia is reported to have presented the Stanford University, in California, with a complete collection of Russian and Siberian minerals. A well down 165 feet deep at Spen- < or, lowa, has a current of cold water lushing irom it with great force. It will raise a man sitting on a board placed over the mouth of the pipe. A woman in Oxford County, Me., took her husband’s overcoat containing a $b 0 roll of bills, and used it to cover up her plants. Missing his garment he instituted a search and found It in the garden. A female temperance lecturer visited Valdosta, Ga., the other day, She published a pamphlet setting forth the horrible effects of intemperance, and exemplified them in person by getting on a rousing drunk. In Darmstadt and other large German cities pot plants are given to school children who live in tenements. Usually three of the same size are given with printed directions how to care for them. At the end of a year exhibitions arc held and prizes awarded. A tramp detected at Port Jervis, N. Y., in the act of attaching to the trucks of a railroad car a novel contrivance for stealing a ride, volunteered the Information that, seated on the contrivance, he had journeyed over 1,600 miles. It was constructed something on the order of a swing.

UP IN SPRY YANKEEDOM.

A vein of quartz gold was recently uncovered at Craftsbury, Vt. Two new mica mines have been lately opened at North Groton, N. H. Deer are reported to be rapidly increasing in numbers in Central and Northern Vermont. A boy of ten and a girl of twelve in one of the public schools at Portland, Me., are subjects of a good deal of curiosity, as both are as bald as billiard balls. One of the curiosities of Nashua, N. 11. , is a twin tree made up of a maple and an elm, which have grown together ut a point about ten feet from the pound. A Vermont man suggests that the brthplace of Gen. Stannard, near St. Aibans, be turned into a memorial pork in honor of Gen. Stannard, the hero of (i ettysburg. At North Adams, Mas., the other day, a couple who were united in marr age in church before the regular service, went at once into the choir and assisted in the singing.

CUT IT SHORT.

If it is unnecessary to say a thing, why say it? What is the necessity, the cruel necessity, for the unnecessary thing? “I wile not stop to enlarge,’’observes the preacher, and then he stops, and enlarge is no name for it. ■■lt goes without saying, ” remarks the editor, and then for fear it will not go, says it over and over again for a column of two. “Tell me notin mournful numbers," sings the poet, and straightway informs himself in many unhilarious stanzas of the very things he did not want to know. “I deem it entirely unnecessary to combat the gentleman’s views,” says the orator, and, so saying, goes on to combat them till some rude person cries “iats!” “It is altogether needless to enter on any argument to sustain this proposition,” says the learned judge, and forthwith enters on one of great length aud intense dullness.

THE MERRY GO ROUND.

The farmer has caws for alarm when |.e sees the crows hovering over his Cornfield. —Lowell Courier. There are plenty of people who go to base-ball games too late tq get a seat who are honest, and yet they will stand watching.—Yonkers Gazette. Philadelphia is proud just because there are now five baby Hons, two baby bears and one baby buffalo in Its “Zoo,” all born in captivity, whioh is Philadelphia.—Boston Transcript. The speed with which planting is done at the West indicates that they have got sowing machines there that are a long way ahead of Singer and the rest.—Boston Commercial Bulletin..

”A FIBM AD ENC TO CORRECT PRISTC! LES.

WHERE YOU CAN'T HIDE.

In Berlin the Police Know toe Whereabouts of Everybody. You can’t hire a girl in Berlin, write# Frank G. Carpenter, Without going to the polioe, and you have to make out two statements whenever you hire a servant. One of these statements is for your landlord and the other tor the police. They describe the girl as a passport, does, giving her age size and the color of her eyes and hair. Lou have to state where she came from, and when she leaves you have to send in another statement saying she has gone. If you say she Is a good girl aim honest and the reverse is true, and she goes somewhere else aud shows herself to be a thief, you are liable to be fined for giving her false recommendation. This is the same with all sorts of servants, and a dishonest person cannot get a plaoe here under false pretenses, nor can a man here easily escape the payment of his debts. One of the curious institutions of the oity is an intelligence office, as it might be called, where records of these passports are kept, and where you can go and find out juit, where any man or woman is stopping. If John Smith, who owes you a bill, moves to another part of Berlin to escape you, you have only to go to this office, and by paying a few cents you will get a report which will tell you just where he has lived in the oity and where you may find him at present. There Is no chance for a man to escape or hide here, and the argus eyes of the Government are always upon you.

Frank G. Carpenter, the well-known correspondent, is much impressed with the way in which Germany’s capital is governed. While alums, every oity of consequence in the United States is yearly getting deeper and deeper Into debt, Berlin is making money and is at the same time magnificently governed. Beyond all her expenses the city makes a profit of about $1,250,('(10 a year. She owns two-thirds of the gas stock and sees that the people get good gas and ti at the streets aro well lighted. On her gas the city realizes a handsome revenue. Then she insists that every house shall be insured by the city, and forbids any other company- doing insurance business in the city. This is another profitable source of revenue. Theso aro only samples of many ways adopted to give the people good service and at the same lime make money for the city Instead of allowing private corporations to make It. Berlin’s government is run for the benefit of her citizens and not for a horde of politicians.

The Income of Millionaires,

Less than 40 years ago the American millionaire was considered a rare bird, but now there are more than t,OOO millionaires in the United States, and tho man worth from $j 0,000,0 D to $20,0 0,000 is so common that his presence excites little, if any, oorument. T<s-day this nation possesses not only the greatest number of rich men but also the richest of any on ho globe. A list of America’s ten richest men, with the sums they are worth, would be made up as follows: William Waldorf Astor, $i,,0,0()0,000; Jay Gould, $100,000,00' ; John D. Rockefeller, $90,(.00,000; Cornelius Vanderbilt, $90,000,000; William K. Vanderbilt, $80,000,000; John Jacob Astor, $70,000,000; Henry M. Flagler, $60,000,000; John I. Blair, $50,000,000; Leland Stanford, $50,00o,000; Collis P. Huntington, $50,000,000. The fortunes of these ton men foot up the stupendous total of $790,0 'O,OOO, a sum the vastness of which baffles human comprehension.

Wales Not a Happy Man.

The Prince of Waies is far from being a happy man. He has waited so long that he has about given up hope of ever being king. He is already a grandfather, while his mother seems destine 1 to live many years yet. He has seen every.hiiig worth seeing, met everybody w.irth meeting, is debarred from mingling in politics, seems to have no mission in life, no purpose to carry out. His position in life prevents his acting like a sensible man; he must keep up certain forms, submit to being toadied to, and be at the beck and call of everybody who has a social ax to grind. Wales Is perhaps not a very able man, but he is too manly to be satisfied with his present merely ornamental position in life. He is not half as happy as the average American citizen who has something to do and who is not ashamed to do It.

The Center of the United States.

The exact situation of the geographical center of the United States is a surprise to anyone who has not given the subject careful attention. The most eastern point of the United States is Quoddy Head, Maine; the western, Attoo Island, Alaska; the most northern, Point Barrow, Alaska; the most southern is Key West, Fla. The center of the quadrangular figure formed by uniting these four points is located at the crossing of 55 degrees nortii latitude and 110 degrees west longitude, about 420 mil*s north of the northern line of Montana. It is also true of the United States as of Great Britain, that the sun never sets on our territory, for when it is (i p. m. on Attoo Island, Alaska, it is 9:36 a. m. of the following day at Eastport, Maine.

Hard on the Lawyer.

A New York lawyer, distinguished in his profession, owns a delightful summer home in Vermont. His neighbors there tell this story about his young--st child, a girl not more than ID, After much coaxing she prevailed on her father to buy her a donkey and cart. The firet day of the donkey s arrival he was permitted to browse on the lawn The child followed the animal a! on, . l and thinking his countenance wo; e an | uncommonly sad expression she a•tiousiy ayproa lied, and, stri*••:*• n * r.o c e gently with her litt.e hand-, a “ oor donkey! on feel lonesome, i'oii i you Hut never mi i. pa a vr:i o h* r • io -.’oiro.v, and th u you v. iii have j company.” .A . . ' .'•! e ’ ife of the I.e id of t e : reaii 1 ’ niion at Wnshin ton, see . u o have been imbued - ith the spirit <» I Am- iiciii i very soon al e.- ! her an va in this .country. She en orl tains in the American lashion, i.ou.or.is i to our -tyle’of dress and has re.en.ly joined the Presbyt rian Church, sch; accompanies her husband to all pub ic receptions, not wholly to his delight, although h.s expurien 'e several years ago ,taught him the folly of- objectng. On ti at occasion, ,t will be remembered, the lady climbed through the kitchen window and followed her husband to a reception after he enjoined her to remain quietly at the legation.

Berlin.

Brother McEweu, of tho Sentinel is applicant for the honors and emolvments of tho Rensselaer post o-tice. He lias earned the position time ever and over again by the most fen less lying in the Western Hemisphere aud aught to have it of course and we hope he will get it, —Oxford Tribune. Ah, there, Joluny! Wo appreciate four kind wishes, but, as to our “fearless lieing,” you know we “cannot tell a lie.” That is not an accomplishment demanded bv the Democratic creed.

NOTICE TO TEACHERS!— We have a ton of choice caudy at rock-bottom prices, LaKue Bros. OBITUARY—-Uachel Robertson died at her home, in Milroy townshis, Dec. 7th, 1892, aged 50 years, 11 months ana 13 days Her husband di?d six years ago. She leaves twelve childreu to mourn the loss of a Christian mother. In her dying moments she tried to sing “Asleep in Jesus, llessed Sleep,” aud gave evidence that she was going to Bleep the sleop of the righteous. She urited w\h the Free Will Baptist Church 14 years ago, and has been a constant and faithful member. Tho funeral services were conducted by Rev. B. F. Ferguson. The children were al present at tho funeral bet one, Mrs. Minnie Sayers, of Fowler, Benton county', who was’detailed at home by sickness. Mrs. Robertson’s father and mother survive her, and are apparently in good health. *

La Rue Bros is H eadquarters for Santa Claus. WINTER REBOBTB OF THE SOUTH. Jacksonville aud Tampa, Fla., and other South Atlantic and Gulf coast resorts can be reached with but one change of cars from Chicago an i tliut at Louisville or Cincinuat', wnere the Mouon makes close connection the L. & N. aud Q. and C. Vestibule trains, running through to Florida. Ihe Monou sday trains are now all equipped with beautiful new Parlor and Dining cfcre, while i<g right trains are made up of Smoking Cars, Day Coaches, aud Pullman aud Compartment SLepers, lighted by electricity from headlight to hindermost sleeper. The Monon has gradually fought its way to the front, making extensive improvements in its roadbed service, until tosday it is the best equipped line from Chicago to the South, offering its pai runs fa ilities and accommodations second to none in the world, and at rate?, lower than ever before.

Don't wait uutil tue choice bargains are gone, but come at once! Laliue Bros. WO.VT bBLI/oN SUNDAY. A m. vemeut is bei. g inaugural' eil by t-oment our leading citize, g ■ o geo lii- h heller observance <f in- tai bath. Lt is believed ih t t ere ih no necessity lor the Simony law b ‘ing ilngrantly violale-i. ll is ch.irned bv some of our most rouge '-nliou > merchants that tluy ure practically compelled to open then p aces of business on Sundays, ,ue.Rust of a few who care m >re for gain ih n tgi Sunday observance. The following buginess men have signed the following agreement:

Dec, 11, 1892. We will keep our places of l,u« siness closed on the first day of the week, commonly culled Sund y, and that we will sell no goods whatever on that day. J»y Wil! • ns, Hammond Bro#., S. M, h. Lecktider. hilis & Mutruy, J 8 GrahW. / , Leopold, ii P . ' <fc SotiDie, IV. Forsyth Ji. i'. Bowjn in, L'lfceLros , N. V* nrner & lK'i»phili& Jloumi, Mr#. .M, Imes, O. \\ . Ganthiur, K. M. imicol* , ./. C, WiH •ait, A. 0 Bn«hcy. v» A. iluli. J >hn IS. Vauntta, ft. 1). Tiiomai, (J. O. Star , J.O. Morgan, W. H. Kgei, T. W, Clarke, J. Baitoi * C. W. Ki.*>uden. ZlninurmHi) & Rollert-*, J. Kijitesbacb, (’. D Nowcls & So", P ri« rtv Wishaid, Llt.vtl 1 & Rib bsob, I ex*..;v it Cox. A Si' ’p*o» & Sou, J. »'. li»rt<ni.| C. C. Htiri-hTiiau. H. L. Hrowu. The druggists wiil be presented a different petition, it is under-, stood iliac the law wi l be rigidly enforced agamst nil who sell on Sundays. - ■■■■■■ ♦-««»——> .-irIt is prudent to begin looking up Holiday Presents early. Come right iq! Lnßueßroe.

The Mouoo Bailway company have--ontracted with the Htskell & Bar er Car company of Mien-, igan City, Jndfor 200 sta dard CKttl cars at £4OO ea-h and 50 standard "stock cars at §455 each, or a total for the 250 cars of $102,750.

Extensive arrangements have been made by a number of our young iadies for a Leap Year par ty this evening ac the club rt om,

Vuy your wife a nice Dinner Sel, at LuKue Bros.

Resolutions of Respect. I Hull of Iroquois Lodge, No. 143 | 1.0.0. F , Thursday,Dec. 1’92. We the committee iq'|>ointed to draft resolutions of respect to the ’memory o! <>ur deceased brother, Henry I. Adams, respectfully sub. mir, tlie following. Whereas, It has pleased Almighty Qod iu His infinite wisdom, to call our worthy brother Henry I. Adams from his earthly conflict to the unseen heaven of rest; ai d

Whereas, By this sad occurrence there comes to all a deep feeling of solemnity which reminds us that the death of man is inevitable, and that, while He has destined our mortal bodies to return to their parental elements, He has also prove ed a home in the uutathomable beyond, Jiesolveil, That in the death of Bro. Henry I. Adams the fraternity has ost,l an efficient member, society an honored citizen, and the family a true, kind and loving father and husband, one who endured his ills with patience and fortitude of one who had the promise of a home after the sun of life is set.

That we extend to the grief stricken family and friends our profound, heartfelt sympathy in Ibis their sad bereavement, and pray God’s blessing to rest upon the widow and children wlib so keenly feel their loss, Resolved , That in token of his cherished memory, theso resolutions lie spread upon the records of our Lodge, a (opy sent to the family, a copy lo om- ountv papers, and that our Led' room be draped for a period of niity days. J. K. Wakrkn, ) J. F. Irwin, V Committee Alfred Collins, )

TOYS! TOYS!—-Tne Urges! stock hi Rensselaer, at Lultue Bros. A masked party was giv 11 at the Makeever House Saturday evening last by Miss Tiue Yeoman Those Holiday Goods at Latlue Bros, creates a sensation. Call at once and investigate. Flennug Phillips, of Hanging Grove, has bought the Mrs. Josie Irwin property in this place, and will Bocu erect a residence thereof. Chas. Cotz, a v-hicago sport, while out with Lau M; Gee hunting, Thursday afternoon, was accidentally shot in the neck and hand by the latter. Ur. V E. Loughriuge relieved him of a few of the shot, biu lie* was impatient and took the ballauce with bin. to the oity. Go to Bushev’s for the freshest and best of meats. See card.

A fine little girl at Charlie Simpson’s, Monday Miss Angela Hammond i—ft this morning I'm- «u kx leaded visit with relatives r.nd friends in Denver, Colorado. MsssM.ny tirdloi-' ii, of Chicago, daughter of M. llalloran, of this place, will b - married u» Thus Fitzgerald, Chicago, hue. 27th. John 1 1. Nichols has bought tne Sidnial King residence property on sou‘h Division sirect, and will soon become a citizen of Rensselaer.

Bro. .1 W. MoEthu, of tlio De uocratic Heutine., is an applicant for the Ueiissela »r postottice Bro. McEwen says he has-been a Democ»at sine > tßsi>.—Valparaiso Messenger. Oh, no, wedidt. t say that. We aa.d that wo have been connected with Demuenum journalism, conoo mencing Janua y, 1856, Our corneotiou with the party dates bade

beyond that a number of yeavs.— We have known no other For the Clnistmas and New Years holidays Ihe M nou wii soil excursion tickets to all points on its line st one a».d one third fare for the round trip. Tickets will be. on sale Deo. 24, 25th, 2fith, 31st, J :-u. Ist aud 2d. Good going only on date of saD, and good returning until Jan 8, 1893. . ——» To delinquent subseiibers who pay up and 81 75 iu advance we I will furnish the Democratic Sou- | tinel and the Ind anapoUs Weekly , Senuuel one year Ar.v»noe paying subscribers, for 81 75, can secure,the two papvva lor one year, I his ua y k

Now is the lime for holiday pictures. Older in time. A nice fsrnilv group is the most appropriate jjictnre made. W© are es peoially piep.red now for groups, all sizes up to 14x17. Williams’ Art Studio.

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I Editor McEwen, of the Ken*stlaer Sentinel, was in the city this morning. Bro. Me. has been iu the nt wspaper business since 1850, aud for nearly 16 years has “kept everlastingly at it” in Jasper county.—Lake County News. Yes, and the 18 preceding years was in management of the Brmocratic paper in Monticello. Dur lug the war it wasn’t a strictly fanny occupation. Democrats in large numbers enlisted in defense

of the Union, leaving Republicans behind to do the voting. Tbeße acquired the noth n that Mr. Lincoln was the government, and did not get rid of it until Mr. Lincoln’s demise revealed the fact that the government survived.It was aa extremely difficult matter to impress upon the “trooly loil” element the fact that one oo’d be true to 'he Democratic party and the government at the same time. Not until the war ended and the ‘ boys in blue,” came home and outvoted the “unconditional patriots,” as they styled themseves did they give up the notion.

•Tay Wilh'ams has filled his ware rooms with a handsome and extensive stock of goods especially fo v the holiday trade. Call aud see them. Rev. Gilbert Small w 11 conduct the services of the Presbyterian church next Sunday. Misß Jessie Bartoo mak-s a ape cmltyof children's pictures at the World’s Fair Pavilion. Give her a call.. The Buttt-rfly Social held at F. •T. Soars’ Wednesday evening was well attended, pleasant and profitable.

Haw quw>r Thlngx. A. D. Smith, of Cranosville, Tena., died to all appearances, but during the funoral services a thumping was heard on the ooftln lid, and wnon it was removed Mr. Smith sat up and stared at the pxoyp of fainting women and startled men. He was takon to his home and In a few hours seemed to recover. He told of many queer things which he saw In heaven and of friends with whom he shook hands. He said they showed him a book In which were written the names of himsolf, his wife and ohildreu. His own name was partially erased. The next day ho oalled out, "1 see them," and foil baok dead.

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