Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1898 — Women in a New Field. [ARTICLE]

Women in a New Field.

him. Helen M. Young, of Iroatoa, Ohio, has taken out a license as mat* of the steamer Lee H. Brooks. Oapt. Mrs. Oallle L. French, of New Orleans, has also renewed her license as a mas* ter and pilot fer steamships navigatm# the Okie and Mississippi Rivers. Bhs4l

We' fire c-xce diugly gratified to noteth* oi lowing good words'concerning tie increasing popularity of onr former friend and fellcw citizen, Jessb E. Roberts, sen of Pres F. Roberts, of near Mt. Ayr i which we reproduce from the Suburban I Newo: JESSE E. ROBERTS Onr village attorney,(Jesse E. Roberts, i is a conspicuous and successful membei 1 of the Cook county bar. and a oitizen : held in high esteem in this, his home | town. Although immersed in the detaiii of a large and lucrative prsotioe in Chi- ! cago, Mr. Roberts finds time to labor unceasingly for tho elfare of La Grange, an d to carefully guide 'this munioipaiiy past the recks of litigation. Mr. Roberts is a gentleman of r,*re scholarship and studious habits, and his close and honor, a be application to his honorable profeseion is bringing to him a well Jssttved and substantial reward. He is one of the most popular officials Lagrange haß ever had, and hi < ability has already been shown upon many occasions to the material advantage cf our taxpayers. He is a man whom all, irrespective of politios, are bound to respec* and admire. S6T“Croesuß of ancient tines possessed about |2O,<)(XV,OOO Fifteen honsand people are employed in making violins in Germany Alabama went Democratic by about 75,01)0 A very heavy gain was made by the Democrats They elect 90 out of the 100 members of the house of represent a tives The many friends of Mont M Hatha way will bo pleased to learn that the Democrats of the 13th district nave nom inated this promising young attorney for congress SSTThe [marks on playing cards are said to have their origin in a symbolical representation of four different classes of society- Hearts represented the clergy; spades, the nobility, derived from th® Italian word ‘spads,’ meaning sword clubs, the serfs, and diamonds, the citizensA ‘self-made man’ attempted to deliver a lecture in a neighboring town the other evening, but the first sentence lie uttered provoked such tremendous and antPloug continued applause that he co’d proceed no further He started out byjsaying: " When I was a boy my father wrs a poor man, a raiser ot hogs There were sev eral of us and ” If people would just remember that flour would extinguish blazing gasoline, the knowledge would be inestimable Says the man of the house: “One day our gasoline stove wa» blazing, and wet cloths were used without effect, when 1 remem. Dered that I had read that flour would extinguish the blaze A handful did al most extinguish it completely ” It wo’d be a good idea to paste this up so that in an emergency it may save both life and property .