Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Valuable Voice, There are heights to be reached In every profession, and it is not to be wondered at if those of his own profession are considered superior to those of any other by the enthusiastic artist. Martin, the popular i rench singer, so; nd food for reflection in an experience which he had with a cab-driver. The Incident is report by the author of “3ouvenirs d’un l.anteur. ” <ri id had a voice of great compass ■ most agreeable sounl, of which he • decidedly proud. He had a weak*b or drawing out compliments oc it. cine day, as he was being driven no igh the streets of Paris in a cab, he <o e one passing carelessly in front . t io cab, and in danger of being run ver. “ > boa!” he cried in his most sonorous •ies. The coachman turned around .diedly. *O, monsieur! * he cried, “what a o aut.ful ‘whoa!’ Ah, if I only had a voice like that!" " ell, what would you do if you had?” tsked Martin, with a smile, believing 'aa he had been recognized, and i leased the idea that his reputation extended nvnn to the drivers in the streets. “V h t would I do, monsieur? Faith, eh uld become the first coachman in arts!"

Hotwe*ri«ujinf Wore Him Out. The man of the house took to the sofa n the sitting-room, with a newspaper, urectly after breakfast, while his wife went on with the house-cleaning. She was dismantling the front room, and while he pursued the sporting column she t arried past him, in turp, seven chairs, three tables, a desk, four foottools, all of the piotures, a piano stool, a i ookcase and the rest of the furniture. Then she lugged in a pair of steps and a big pail of water and began to dean. “Maria, do you want any 8881814000?" said the man just then, rising and folding his newspaper. “Not just yet, dear," said Marla. “Weil, then, I think I'll leave you,” 3aid he, and he started for the office. On the way down he told three men that if there was anything that wore aim to the skin and bone it was that onfounded house-cleaning. Said he: *iVe are In the midst of it now, and I ell vou I’m about used up.”—Bt Louis I’osi Dispatch.

How Rosewood Received Its Name. Many people suppose that rosewood takes its name from its color, but this Is a mistake. Rosewood is not red, nor yellow, but almost black. Its name comes from the fact that when first out It exhales a perfume similar to that of a "ose, and although the dried rosewood f commerce retains no trace of this early perfume, the name lingers as a relic of the early history of the wood. They Most Drink. Rats can be driven out of any house by depriving them of water. They can ive almost indefinitely without food, and when hard pushed will not hesitate to eat each other, but no rat can eo twenty-four hours without drink, and if every possible means of obtaining water is taken from them they will desert the vieinity. These Are Fine Threads. If your nerves were steady enough to admit handling the silkworm’s threads, and you were to take a carpenter’s rule and lay such threads side by side until they covered the space of an inch, you would find, after you had completed the task, that you had handled exactly 1,009 threads.

A Spider's Web Newspaper. A song recent novelties' that of a newspaper printed on the web of a white spider is ohronicled. It is * sheet about 11x14 inches, contains two columns of matter, including tin English story, and is excellently printed. And Vet He Lives! One of the most remarkable attemp at suic de ever known in Mexico ha just b en reported. Punstiao Gonzales a well-known young business man, b«--carae despondent, because his swe< ?- heart did not reciprocate his affect; cq Grog t£ ja!B room, hs began feasting on euijfhfc matches. He swallowed tw sticks, sulphur, and all. and mHmiffering terrible agony when d:- c *snd bv his roommate. It required Several doctors to save his life. Puck-winy. ' The girl of the period seems to be a ease of suspendered animation. An unprofitable job—Laboring under r^° n unce th* lends enchantment