Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1897 — The Stork. [ARTICLE]

The Stork.

The Arabs bad a superstition tliat the stork lias a humau heart. When oue of these birds builds Its neat oil a housetop, they believe the happiness of that household Is Insured for a year. It is said that ex-Fresident Cleveland wrote all his messages to Congress with his own hand. The new administration evidently proposes t* übp modem facilities, for within three days of the inauguration two New Model Kemiugton Typewriters were ordered to be sent to the White House for the President’s use, and Vice-President Hobart directed one of these useful instruments to be sent to bis room in the Senate. A handy device for lncing the sho»H Is formed of a button attached to the flap aud having a pulley over which the thread ruus, so that a pull on the eud of the lace tlghteus the cord Its whole length.