Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1898 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The finest line of box, Chis and winter tan shoes for ladies and gents, also the best 6tock of boots ever brongh> ic tl iscity, at Judge ' l *;iey’s,’tne “fine ould Irish g;n-.ysa-'o,’ wtio will take great pleasnroiq ebowit g them to you. d 1 We are prepared to do at. binds | of plain and ornaweutal freseojainting in oil or water. We wiil j ake yonr ola paper off an make ' your room clea and healthy (you j -now paper is not healthy) as! heap yo.u can put on good pa- ; per. If you want your furniture] •enewed, floor painted, or colors 50m pounded, hard oi soft wax fiu*ish, call on W. J. Mijter, Ho ;se, *3igu and Decorative P..iDtcr.>tudio in old band hall <.ve* t,o fiiee.

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FACTS ABOUT SfLfc All moths produce some form of silk. The silk worm is liable to over 100 j diseases. Silkworm eggs are about the size of : mustard seeds. The French introduced seri-culture In Louisiana in 1781. In the year 1600 the manufacture of silk began in England. In 1840 the silk factories of Prussia employed 14,000 operators. The product of silk in Connecticut in 1889 was five tons of raw silk. Silk goods are said to take dyes more readily than any other fabrics. The Supreme Judges of the United States wears gowns of black silk. Henry VIII. was the first English king to wear pair of silk stockings. The Imperial Library in Paris has thirty-six books printed on white silk. The Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland was formed in 1886. In 1714 the first regular silk mill in England was put in operation at Derby. In 1718 the first patent was taken out in England for the manufacture of silk. The inner fibers of tbe cocoons are much finer than those of the outer layers. Before the revolutionary war homemade Connecticut silk sold at $1 an punce. In 1881 six new species of silk worms were undergoing development in France. Germany manufactured in 1887 6,800,000 pounds of silk, worth 14,600,000 pounds. The silk industry of China employs, it is estimated, from 4,000,000 to 6,000,000 people. Ten years ago Japan manufactured 8,800,000 pounds of silk, worth 6,200,000 pounds. In 1887 Great Britain manufactured 8,400,000 pounds of silk, worth 6,400,000 pounds. In the time of Aristotle cocoons were unwound and silk was made in the Island of Cos. Ten years ago all Euroots manufac-

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P.AWOODiN Sr (SO, FR.Oal-EjfcStEytrOx gOXU 1; £ Foresman, no No. 76: 280 acres, fipelv improved, 5 miles sob 111 west of hensselaer; a very desirabl » i nm; will be sold on favorable terms at per acre. . 78: 160 acres, wejl improved,2 miles fiom tow n; 1 lit time. 84: 3>o am es, unimproved, one mile from rr. town ; 60 mil. f southeast of Chicago; price f 10per acre; will takes6Ooin good trade. _ 86: 160 acres, all fenced, town site on the farm, large hay s ‘ x)re building, hay scales, etc.; on 3-1 ry., a bargain as S2O per acre 89: acres, unimproved, two and one-half miles from town; price $12.50 per acre; long time at 6 per cent, interest. 96: 40 acres, unimproved, two miles from town; $lO per acre on good terms. 98: .400 acres, unimproved, 4 miles from two railways: a bargain at W per acrer . . t