Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

I®” A new' swindle was operated by forgers in several towns in Hamilton county recently- Milliners Were made the victims. A man dressed as a farmer would appear at a store and signify h s intention of purchasing a hat for bis sister. When the transaction was about bonaumated a confederate woul 1 appear and ask the alleged farmer if he had.sold bis wheat and was ready to go home— The reply wns always ‘yes,’ and the second man left after premising to call ij a few minuies. This caused the farm er tojappear in a hurry, and a chfck, bearing the signature of a prominent ele vatot 11;m, wls presented, being several dollars in excess of the purchase- Of cour.-e the checks were forgeries. The purchaser always left the hat to be called for ‘when the wagon came around tor him.’ Gra*d Midsummer Excursion to Chicago,! The Monon will iun a special excur sion August 14th to Chicago Every es fort will he made to provioe tor the com fort of excursionists, and an extri car will be put on to carry bicycles This train will leave Rensselaer at 8-16 a m and arrive at Chicago at 11 a m Retur ning leave Chicago li;80 p m Fare 75 cents Bec Liljs VV 11 Pjbam, Agent

But One Easy Place. An exchange remarks that around near ly every town are found young mer who spend the time from one years end to the other looking for a soft plaee For the benefit ot auy v. ho may be afflicted with the desi e we will give he following sto iy of the late Henry Ward Peecher. A voung an once wrote to Mr. Beecher recommending himself very highly as being honest closed with the requ st “Get me an easy position, that honesty may be rewarded-’ To which Mr Beecher replied•’ ‘‘Don’t be an editor, it wo’d not be easy. Don’t try law Avoid school teaching Keep out of the pulpit Let alone all ships, stores aud merchandise Be not a farmer nor a mechanic, neither a soldier nor a sailor Don’t study, don’t think, don’t work None of these are easy Oh ; my honest friend, you are in a very hard world; I know of but one easy pltee in it and that is the grave.”

Olb Canvass and Rope For Sale I have 15,000 vards ot old canvass, and about 10,000 yards of old rope for sale Suitable for covering stack , machinery, etc Sold in laige and small quantities Cat vass with ropes attached, from 2 to 8 cents per yard At the Monnett th eshing machine shops J Y Wallick ~ A boxful of earth from the garden of Gethsemenewas sprinkled over Mr Glad stone’s coffin We wish to Inform the public that we are better than ever prepared to grind their wheat corn and feed we do a gen eral custom business, take wheat on de posit, grind rye floifl- and buckwheat in season and pay the highest market price tor good wheat Stoner Day Milling Co —New — Two of the most popul War Songs pieces of music arranged and for piano and organ have Music. just been issued bv the Popular Music Co., lcdinapolis, Indiana. “Biiiig Our Heroes Home.” dedicated to the Heroes cf the United States Battleship Maine is one of the finest national song overwritten The music is stirring and the word=j ring w.ih patriotism. .“Dewey’s Battle of MiniJa March Two-Step is a fine instrumental piece and w ill live forever as a souvenir of the Spanish War. Either ose of these piec s and Popular Music Roll containing 18 pages full sheet music sent on receipt of 25 cents. Address: Popular Murio Co., Indianapolis, lnd.

An eight year old girl out in a Kansas town was required by her teacher to write a composition one day recently, and the next day handed In the f Jlowing brief but starring romance “Once there was a poor young man who was in love with a rich giri whose mother had a large candy store The poor young man want) ed to marry the candy lady’s daughter but he was too poor to buy furniture Oue day a bad mau offered him $25 to become a drunkard The poor young man was dreadfully tempted, because he wanted to be rich enough to marry the canny lady’s daughter But when he got to the saloon door with the bad man he said “I will not break my p edge even to be rich Get thee behind me, Satan!’’ So he went home, and on his way found a pocket book with $100,<>00,(00 in if. SO he went and told the candy lady’s daugh ter and tijey were married They had a lovely wedding, and the next day they had twins Thus we see that virtue U its own rewaid.”