Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — NOT WHAT HE'S PICTURED. [ARTICLE]

NOT WHAT HE'S PICTURED.

Detective Not Such a Wonderful Being After All. The over-watchful, ever-present, wily .tnd wary detective, whose doings as de,.b ted in the pages of dime novels have long llred the ambition as they have .aptured the heart of the small boy, o ists only in the imagination of the writers of those novels. The detect! >es at ro-day are much inferior to the sleuths whose pictures are so vividly drawn for she delight of the youth of the land. Not that men are not' burn nowadays with natures well fitted to serve in ferreting out a great mystery, but rather because men with such natures find much more lucrative fie ds of employment other than the disagreeable one of hounding down crooks and thieves. The age of well-lighted streets, of telegraphy and telephones, o. rogue galleries and co-operative State systems makes It almost Impossible lo a great dark mystery to occur. The reform schools and educational annexes to many criminal Institutions now turn aside from the downward path many a bright young youth, who, if but left alone, would soon succeed in puzzling the brightest peace officials, and so create a demand for clever detective work. Mysteries there are that daily oc ur, but they are as deep as the depths of the human soul, and nothing but self-con-fession can ever solve them. The old Meuth of dime-novel fame was credited with possessing a won - rous wardrobe of the vilest combinations and physical aapeots. Heel a orl the villain “that still pursues her" o < r hill and dale, Into mining camp and out again, among thieves banded together and moetipg in dark, greweome caves and lonely, villainous-looking houses and ever eventually “downing his man" with clock-work precision and han -ing him most thoroughly and trlumphan ly. But such men never lived. In the great cities of the Union de.eetive work is fast commingling with the ordinary work of the routine offle-r. They are mere emergenoy men, liable to be dresßed In uniform and placed on temporary duty In the absence of the egular offloer. Their work Is strictly ocal. No traveling over the country is necessary, except in oases where Identileation is neoe&sary or a criminal Is to e brought hack.

Children at Table. In good society very young children re not permitted to come to table uness the family are alone. But In the < liter case, We think the earlier children ire taught to sit at the table with partita, brothers and sisters, and behave roperly, the more surely will they scare good, refined table manners. It is ,ot difficult to teach a young child to a:e its wants quietly known to tfc; roper person and at the proper lime ut what can be more uncomfortable ud annoying than to sit at table wh -*rt lie children, from the oloest to :he •oungest, are the dominant power, iever waiting patiently for their turn tC »• helped, but calling loudly for whir ver they desire; Impatient If It Is not nought to them on the ins’ant? If atmion is not given as soon as the words ire out of his mouth, ho* unpleasant -o e ■ a ohild standing on the rounds of he chair, or reaching over other plates o help himself to whatever he desires! .irents can, with very little trouble to , mselves, save their guests from wit-■--ing suoh rudeness If thev begin i. n every habit is uniform. Children i ,u id be taught to be gentle and re- •• iful in manner when requiring sere from the servant or waiter. Viul yet how many give no heed to duty. How many hear their young • a ges oalling Impatiently or arrogant- , “(Uvo me the butter, Jane," “1 ass ■ bread this way," “Can’t you hiar, ;> I’ve told you two or three times ■ cive me some water.” Or some n:ay i ten their Imperious and harsh dends just a little by saying, “I’ll take bread, please;’’ but the “please," Is •o far off to be very pleasant. It see ns n afterthought. Whispering, loud Iking, abrupt calls for any article on table, beginning to eat or caltln to o helped the moment seated before the lest are served, is in the highest done rude" and vulgar, yet i y far too ■a i on. Boms natural feeling of ream t or diffidence may keep ihe young ore quipt when at a friend's table, for u t of the meal at least; Kit they can y no olaim to refinement or good manera if they use politeness only wi,-n ong strangers—keep it laid awuy, . o.'ji new garment, to be put on oc aally, and io bo ikrown off as speedily d possible because not being in habitii. use It becomes irksome.

Too High. The New York Tribune says that an >.il man boarded a train at a station on he Pennsylvania. Bailroad, carrying ;n 1.0 hand an umbrella tied up with a oeslring, and In the other an old valise hut looked as if It might have beep v.lth lee at Appomattox. He sat down > iv ihe door, deposited his property bene li m, and beckoned to a train hoy .no was Just then passing with a bas;et. • "Pot anything ter eat, young feller. J ” "Sandwiches ham, chicken and u 11*4116. ” ' Are they fresh?" ■‘Certainly.” “There alnt no ‘certainly’ about it,” jb ectod the old man. “The sandwh h business is mighty tieklleh in hot eather.” “They're fresh,” said the boy, impatiently—“only been made an hour.” “I'd rather like achtoken sandwich ■* 1 knowed I wouldn't draw a wing.” “So wings, sir, all clear meat.” “‘Spose you let me see one of them sandwiches.” “Can’t Blr; they’re all wrapped up. Take one?” “How much do you auk for ’em?” “Ten cents." “I don’t want a dozen; how much f<v one?” “Ten cents.” "Great day ’n’ mornln’!” gasped the old bian. "Ten cents for two bites of bread an’ a smell of ohlcken! I’m hungry enough to eat a piokaxe, but I’m game, an’ I tell yon what, before I pay ten cents for one little sandwich, I’ll set here and roll my eyes and swoller, all the way to Bawltermer. ”

Winter Food. Boots are superior to ensilage as winter food for stock, but the cost of >nsiiage is much less than robjs A ciop of carrots will be found one of ‘.he best foods that can be grown on ihe i ana. but the work of grovfing the carrots .s the great drawback. Ensiln e, on the contrary, can always be rei ed ipon as something.,sure, as the orn ■ or be cut at any stage of growth »i, :u’d i'P' .-ssHv vo ud.

A Curious Business. A curious yet profitable business la the exportation and Reimportation (A quicksilver has sprung up i# California. Quicksilver for export -is sold at $5 lees per flask, of 7<iJ pounds, than for home consumption, and shrewd dealers hove not bees slow to take, advantage of this rebate of over six/cents per pound. They have cheerfully paid the freight to } Australia and back, again, and havv cleared nearly five cents per pound oa the transaction. A Taxaa jMng man shot himself be MM a young latry refused to dance with him, ft ha blind rage. he probably