Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1893 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

PULLMAN SLEEPING CANS ELEGANT PARLOR CARS ALL TRAINS RUN THROUGH SOLID Tickets 6«fd and Baggage Cheeked to Destination. y.t W.ap* u<l Ttaoc I>Ua« if yea mit ta be ■ere fully tafbnaad—aL Tiaket Ageatm at Oouaon kmßrmi have them—or address J AS.bAKKEK ,)<• sir ,

WILD ASSES. They Are Beautiful Creatures, Ctteriy Different from *he D nnestie. 3he wild a°s s a creature to admire. I'.is ears arc not so ridiculously long as tl.o e of his domesticated brother and the e is also a black . mark running :t orig the spine, an i anoth r across the s.i uiders He is a hands me swif-, nl powerful animal, har.ly to be ret.ogn'y.ed as of the same stock with ti: dek nerate, sembby reatures wlm h • see in our own ■ ountr., worn down by ■•ueiiy, ill-usage, and fatigue, agg b from ueg ecu gaunt from hunger, then natural spirit gone, and its place eupjiiied by a mixture of obstinacy and ei.no it', contrasti g sharply vith (he ft >i t. spirited animals that roam at larg- -v**r tie plains of Persia, Ind.a and iabia. In :he East, where the ass is comparatively a noble animal, it is used for ruins almost ex iusively by the ri h end great The native ass of Mesop<tamia Is of la ge size, and the white s e ic- are most esteemed, being n . ien : iii.e the honored animals for ear- -• -iz t ;ai dignitaries, kings, pro. h- <- -, z *s. From the time tha . or •-came common in Palestine, a • ri to have fallen into disrepute hat our blessed Lord’s ridin ; s referred to by the Drop e ■ -i* showing H : e humility: “B« - .."og will come to the * v l <■ riding upon an ass.” i a-s, seldom found now west n r-o, has a short mane of ar ,• hair, and a stripe of dar t '• as ■ runs along the ridge of the Pu t In mane to the tail; itneiglis ;ifce* fbes at a trot, herds in n»\ imre fleet than ahorse, dwells bt e places, and is very shy, it j .•* -r legs and carries its head 1 han the domestic ass. It ir p.rited and wary, trying to thi he powers of the hunta*, an I t e .cipal object of the chaseun Peishi • e it is prized as the noblest of game -i troops of wild asses roam over tli. atic deserts, migrating in summer a '-i r north as the Ural, and extend n er Tartary, Mesopotamia, Persia, an mdostan. Layard tells us that in I’e - a they equal the gazelle in fleelnes a id to overtake thorn is a feat rat el' tecoanplished by the swiftest of mare iey move in herds, each having a leu •• wl.o goes at the head and is always ti.e watch: if he observes a hunter no; round and round him, and ii h t aspects danger he rejoins the herd a on.umunicates with them, and all set o a a gallop.

Who the Man Was. One day in my missionary wort i 0 e Cumberland llountains, said a mi; i ter, 1 rode up to a much better- o >!. ) ouse and hillside farm than was ei. i .v ary in that section. “Good morning,” 1 said to a ta'l, vii i"-.'i working in a patch betweo i t!. 1., a e and the road. • .low d’y?" he responded. . “ V ery nice place you have here. ” 1 rr..a ked. ight peart,” he returned. ", an I seethe man of the house?”

i v.uired, ” i liar ain’t none.” . “No? Does a widow own the plate "No; a married woman. ” “ Who is she?” “ i.ige .’ackson’s wife.” ".inJ there is no man of the hone iJ ” “ i hat’s what I said.” ‘ Well, can I see Mrs. Jackson, then " “No; she’s gone down to the store ~ fei some truck." “ When will she be ba’k?” “Ain’t no tellin’. She does pur ;• ; m ;i ez she pleases ’ro nd here ” ' .ir. -.ackson doesn’t cut much of i 1-t.nre, does he?" I laughed. ■;ot much." “,-.re ' ou working for him?” ‘ Course not; fer her.” “Vi ' o are you?" I ventured, for r we net o see somebody who could giv, ie . e information 1 sought. Tilt inau -miled a little. "Hi, he said, “I ain't nobody mat'’ ''ft Lige Jaekeon’s wife’s hus Otaf What a Break! h he*«rt)s/ect of -“kissing before engaceTTSiH for towriage” came up at the srijfci .<• bof haif*4ozen married couple*. It ,-ir >d out that one of the woman .ha i teen kissed **etll her troth had been ,p lib ted. One of idle men had a poor line ory. Wensed to kiss soeoeftmes, di n’t -we “ he. said to his wife. “No, sir.” she sajid, with Cleu. “you ne er kissed me till a'W we -w ■* en japed; jrou tried, and you fought •id übe privilege, but you never suc»c de<t’ Is that so " the husband remarked. I v ’ kissed so many—* - iVhat? Mb at did you say?" the w.fe heir was a pause. Intense but sup•p*«ee<H> t-ment was vid&ie on the taoesof the other a-arfied men I - y." aid the husltand, “I have it you so many time* I can’t reteembarwheelbewao.-