Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1896 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Curious, isn’t it, that a government loan, not distinctly popular, and placed at prices that mean barely 3 per cent interest, should have been subscribed five times over by the people of a country “beggard by a democratic tariff.’’

Ourloufl Cases of Cruelty. A great deal of work has been done this year by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Nearly 8,000 cases of cruelty have been Investigated by its agents. Although many were settled without prosecution, anil many were found to have been misrepresented, 297 were prosecuted, and In some eases quite heavy penalties were necessary. Ono man, who drove his horse to death, was sent to Jail for six months. For overdriving two other men wore sentenced to three and four months, respectively. As usual, there were a number of convictions for beating and kicking animals, one man being so gratuitously brutal as to beat a gray squirrel. Another man, while drunk, bit three Inches off the tall of a cat It cost him an inch. Two Frenchmen were fined $5 each for exhibiting a bear. The animal wm confiscated and killed, so that there will be no more cruelties practiced on that bear at any rate. A butcher was fined .$lO for hanging up a steer before slaughtering him. Two men, while drunk, attempted to kill a hog with an ax. They mangled blip terrtbly, and were each given ten months In the House of Corr<>ctlon. Two cases of docking horses’t tails cost the offencV era SIOO each.—Boston Transcript. That which scemeth most casual and Subject to fortune,, Is yet disposed by the ordinance of Heaven. There are people who seem to think that God only expects them to keep the Ten Commandments on Sunday. It is bad reasoning which builds up a theory of life on the narrow ledge of a passing human mood, and falls to take In the whole roi» -< life. FAMOUS NICKNAMES. Frederick the Great was called Der Alto Fritz by his soldiers, the Philosopher of Sans Soucl by his friends, and the Monomaniac by his enemies. Thomas Hobbes, the philosopher, was called the Bear, on account of Ids ferocious manner and his habit of swearing on even the smallest provocation. David Garrick was the Stage Atlas, the English Roscius, Little Davy, the Proteus of the Stage and the Vain Tyrant, from his stage skill and presence. Goethe, among many other nicknames, was the Mun of Many Medals, In allusion to the decorations and orders bestowed upon him by various Kings and Princes. Jean Sebastian Bach was called Father of Modern Plano Music because his writings were largely for the piano, and he was the first to use the thumb In fingering. Gen. Grant was called Old Three Stars, in allusion to his symbols of rank; also, Uncle Sam Grant, Unconditional Surrender, United States, and United We Stand Grant.

Alexander the Great was denominated Macedonia’! Madman, because of his rashness. He was ever ready to attack, and disparity of numbers maao no difference with him. John Adams was called the Colossus of Independence, because of his prominence In the debates and proceedings of the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention. ( Lakman, an Arabian prilosopher, was called the Aesop of Arabia. He was a slave, ugly and deformed, but famous for his fables and wisdom. He is mentioned In the Koran. Disraeli was nicknamed Dizzy, from a contraction of his name; the Gay Lothario of Politics, from his facility in adapting himself to circumstances, and Vivian Grey from one of hl** novels. —; •» „ To represent us in cities and towns, soliciting orders for oui “ ant high grade and complete Inn A Few o£ Ornamental Shrubs, Trees, u„.. .Hardy Roses, etc. Also, men cll ito werk country trade on sale of our famous Northern Grown Seep PoTAToh, and full hue Nursery Stock,— Apply at once, stating age. L. L. Mil & GO., Nurserymen, Florists and Seedsmen, St, Paul, Minn,