Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1897 — HE FOOLED THE SNAKE [ARTICLE]

HE FOOLED THE SNAKE

A»d Proved Himself the BmartesFro* In the United States. Milton Lake la a good-sized body ol wu ter at the extreme aorthwestern section of this city, says a Raihway (N. J.) correspondent. At th» eastern extremity of the lake Is a large dam, over which superfluous water empties Into the Rahway River. Thousands of hugs rocks and boulders support this dam, and during a dry spell, when very little or no water Is running over the dam, scores of huge, ugly-looklng, browncolored water snakes nse the rocks for sun baths. It- was at this point that Nick White witnessed a singular scene the other day. He was watching the snakes and had his eye on an old fellow, who, he declares, “had scales on him like a salamander,” when hie attention was drawn from the pilot to a frog that was hopping along on the bare ground between the rocks and the river. The frog was nearing the snake, apparently unmindful of his peril, for snakes love frogs and toads. But this frog had eviJently “been to school,” as subsequent svents proved. “I guess the old snake had ene eye open,” said Nick, “for as soon as the frog came In reach he sprang for him. The frog, seeing him, essayed to get away, making a high leap toward the water. But the snake was too quick for him and got between him and the water. It was then that the frog manifested his schooling. He picked up a twig about four inches long and held It In his mouth like a bit I wondered what for, and when I ascertained, said I to myself: ‘Nick, that U the smartest frog In the United States.’ The snake seized the frog by the fore leg, and, lengthening out, opened his jaws and wriggled forward. “In went the frog’s leg, and then, after many efforts, the snake got the frog’s nose and part of his head In until he oame to the twig, which, extending an Inch beyond his own jaws, queered him and saved the frog. The snake writhed and wriggled frantically. He relaxed the muscles of his jaws, as does a darky just after he cuts a waters melon, but all In vain. I laughed so hard and so long that I became weak In my knees and had to sit down and rest before I looked for a club to help the frog out of th« difficulty. Then I got a big stick and moved quickly down upon the sanke, who was toe busy to hear me. “With one strong, well-delivered blow { broke his spine and paralysed him, and as his jaws relaxed the frog backed snt, dropped the twig, looked up at me and gave a croak of thanks. Before I could reach him be gave two leaps and was in his element”

The death of tx Senator Ysorheoß at Wabhingtou Ci*y last Saturday, though not altogether uu- : expected, shocked the country throughout its entire length an breadth. The death of suoli man may be regarded ns a publi calamity. Able and eloqueut, b« occupied the head of the cloumn During the war, h j voted men and tnuue- without stiut fertile snee< ss tht u lion. Since then he has proved himself the most reliable friend of t’je veterans. The G. A. R in the cities through which his rema ns passed euroute to his d home iu Terre Ha ite, turned out to pay respect to hit memory. In the death of Daniel W. Vooihees Indiana loses one of her most honored citizens and the nation is deprived of a statesman whose famo was only bounded by the ooufli.es of the onion.—Marion Leader. His publio oareer was Lee from all taint. Money could not buy him. No dishonorable act has ever been charged to him.— He was the true fr .ud of the oommon people and i y them will be gratefully remembered.— Columbia City Post^ No man In the Hoosier state was more highly esteemed than ho an bis life and character is one whioh the young man of today would do well to emulate, Indiana's loss is inde&d great in this great man’s death.—Hammond Tribune, (Rep.)

Mrs. Lewis and Mrs, Gibsou, Jhe two widowed Bisters, of Cambridge, gland, who disoove ed the b blioal manuscript on Alt. .Sinai, are devout Presbyte iana and have just given to the Presbyterian college, located at Bloombury, London, the sum of $250,000 for the purpose of moving the institution to Cambridge. I picked up my Post last evening and read of the death of my friend Daniel Voorhees, said the Uev. Myron Reed in his sermon at the Broadway tabernaolo yesterday morning. He was an orator, a politician. But I think he was best known as a friend. Like Webster, Clay, Linooln and Gresham, he remembered on whioh side of the barricade he was born. Ho was not ashamed of a log cabin. “Two pens and a passage.” Never mind now what be arid about the war for the Union. He was a “state rights" man. (Perhaps Mr. Cleveland has made all remember that a state has rights.) Governor Altgeld reminded us of a foot we were fast forgetting. Never mind what Senator Voorhees said about silver first or last. Let us remember his kindness, his absolute democracy. He was “Great Heart.” A ladv of this oitv connected with (< e publio schools pre-empted some lund.b .lit a fence, plow* d a aore or so, d a what she could to use and oooupy the land, but for some reason her title was held not *uffloient, and he was about to ose her toil and patienooend laud. Al dI S >td to her* “There is, I believe, one man in Washington who will help you to re-open the case.” Senator Voorhees was the m m. and t e land is hers. It is no wonder to me that he wa i in publio life so long, and as long as he rated to be He was next door neig - borjand friend to all the folks. I was with him a month at Hot Borings, Ark. He had moie fame, money and interest for a siok negro than for a well-to-do coast planter Indiana is a country of nnlural men. But he was the 1 ast artificial of any one I ever saw. There is a peculiar and distinctive breed of men raised along tho Ohio river and the Wabash. They have fine faults but mankind I kes them. There is not an American but is sorry that Dan Voorhees | is dead. He was born poor, nd he sleeps *n the blessings of the poor. He wae the ■' best company among men I ever knew —, Denver l'os:.

‘Judge' Healy Ijhb hacUomp'y fitti <1 up his suit Broom. I'ljo otli. er day we overheard one lady remark to another: “1 have visited Mr. Healy’s Boot ami Klioe Emporura, and realize wlw lie has .been dubbed “JUDGE!” “He lias lud man.’ years experi eioe in the manufacture of b‘.o<>h -i- a iiractic.il workman—there fore is a good “J udge” of tLe work in a ghoe. ‘Hisexperience, too, iu the hand ling of material constitutes him a goi d“J udgo”of the stock in'his goods. “Helios an extensive stock, in all sizes, and can ‘ lit” the most exact iug, which goes to Drove that he is a good “Judge” of the wants of the people ”

An Oregon girl wi h two suitors named Mann and Mouse decided (o be a Mmn An . nst Andover, N. H., young girl was badly burned about tbe head huu face through a celluloid comb taking lire. Tbe cii namon tree has recently been intro need into the Biscayne bay region of Florida, and is now being cultivated exten slvely. City Engineer Bostwick has located in rooms upstairs in the Forsyths building. One of the oddest protests on record is that of the ladies residing upon a street in Cleveland, who petition against naming the thoroughfare Kissam-st. Pension payments during the last ten years were $1.25(5,630,748. This coll ssal amount was $719,638,167 in excess of the payments for the preceding ten years, 1877 to 1886. MILLINERY EASTER OPE NING—AT THE MEYER SISThRS.