Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1897 — PHILADELPHIA POINTS. [ARTICLE]

PHILADELPHIA POINTS.

Jerry Simpson takes no interest in the recent Invention by a Chicago woman of a machine for darning stockings. —Telegraph. The Supreme Court has decided that witnesses must testify, but It has not announced the way bo make them talk. —Public Ledger. Poet Laureate Austin may also have taken that plunge Into the Tweed for Inspiration, In which event some more watery verse will undoubtedly eventuate.—Call. Half a century ago glass was unknown to the tables of royalty, and half a century hence It won’t be knowu anywhere else, If the glass trust shall have Its way—Record. LI Hung is again out of favor and any moment may see his wardrobe unsettled. What’s the matter with giving the old statesman a bureau of some kind and be done with It?—Times. Prince Louis of Savoy says Boston Is the finest American eity. That’s all right. He had to say something when they asked him what he thought of the town, and that was the first thing that came into his mind.—Press. While people who write and converse in English use many French words, the French have dealt sparingly in English words. M. Jules Lemaitre, however, now comes forward and suggests the word “snobism” as one that might be added to the French vocabulary. There Is so much snobism in countries where English Is spoken that it could be easilj loaned to the French without lessening the supply.—lnquirer. Woman used to sweep everything before her, but this season she sweep* everything behind her.—Elmira Gazette. The busy men of the wotld are the best men, provided they are busy with their own business.— Riohmoad Recorder.

Many newspapers are adopting various plans to meet the exigencies forced upon them by the hard ! times. Some conclude to try a redaction of the subscription price and hope to increase the number of subscribers; others announce that they will throw off 50 cents per annum to delinquents who will square up arrearages. We do not think either of these plans will pay. With wheat stating at 50 @ 60, oats 10 @ 12, corn 15 @ 16 producers find it next to impossible to make their income meet their necessities. We have concluded, tor a time at least, to meet the emergency, in reducing our necessary cash outlay each week by reducing the size of the Sentinel, and the price to $1: and so soon as we may feel justified in doing so will restore the paper to its former dimensions.