Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1898 — Page 3

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The Age of Animals.

Afi far as naturalists have been able to discover, the elephant lives to the greatest age of any of the animals with which we are familiar. It takes twen-ty-five to thirty years, and sometimes longer, for elephants to complete their growth. It is recorded that certain specified animals have lived more than one hundred and fifty years, but the statistics on subjects of this sort are necessarily incomplete, and therefore unreliable. The Hon is supposed to live forty years, although it is claimed that one kept in the Tower of London attained the age of seventy years. It is not supposed that he would have lived to that age in the natural condition. The horse is a short-lived animal, but when carefully kept and allowed to spend a great deal of its time in pasture it has been known to live past the age of forty years. The trouble with horses is that they are fed for hard work, consequently their feet and their digestion wear out. Eighteen to twen-ty-four years is a very high average for horses to attain. Cows live eighteen or twenty years, but they have very little value toward the latter portion of this period, save in exceptional cases.

The Horrible Part.

“Oh,” she said; “I had a horrible dream last night. And—and you were a part of it.” “I?” he exclaimed. “Yes; I dreamed that you and I were alone together upon a deserted island.” “Well,” he replied, as he arose to go, “if that’s your idea of a horrible dream I guess I may as well be saying goodby.” “But wait,” she cried, “until you have heard all. You were standing on the beach waving your coat as a signal for help.” When he left, three hours later, a great change had come into his life.

Tender Flesh.

The more tender the flesh, the blacker the bruise. The sooner you use St. Jacobs Oil, the quicker will be the cure of any bruise, and any bruise will disappear promptly under the treatment of the great remedy.

Cause and Effect.

Mrs. Wigsley—You seem to be on very friendly terms with the Pinkhams. I can’t understand it. They are certainly very common people—not In your class at all, I should say. Mrs. Barkley—That is very true. But they are the only ones in the neighborhood who have a telephone.

Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

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Noncommittal,

“Don’t you think, senator, that Dewey would make an excellent President?” “Well, I don’t know about that. There still seems to be considerable doubt as to which party he favors.”

The Best Time.

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A Mother’s Excuse

’ “I am willing to admit, madam, that the thieving propensity may be a disease, but I don’t see any excuse for your son’s handling his victim so roughly.” “Oh, your honor, he took all his diseases so hard.”—Cleveland Plaindealer.

Coughing Leads to Consumption.

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Are You Going to Florida?

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A NATION OF DYSPEPTICS.

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The Doctors Disagreed.

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A Lost Child’s Protector.

With only a faithful dog for a companion, the G-year-old child -of Edward Klelntop, of Eldred Township, Monroe County, Pa., was lost In a dense woods for two days and two nights. The. little tot accompanied a party on a huckleberry tour, and strayed away. A searching party finally found the little fellow trudging along with the dog, about four miles from where he was first missed. / When happy in its mother’s arms the child said: “I sleeped all night, and doggie was close to me. I laid my head on him for a pillow. I did not have anything to eat, but I picked a lot of berries, and I am not hungry now.”

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How to Prevent It.

“Puffins answered an advertisement in which somebody offered to sell him the secret for preventing trousers from getting fringes around the bottom.” “What did they tell him?” “To wear kickerbockers?’—Tit-Bits.

Friendly Comment.

He—Yes, he called me a blooming idiot Him—As if any one could not see that you had gone to seed.—lndianapolis Journal.

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Dangerous Pigs.

A writer in the St Louis Republic says that the most vicious and fearless member of the brute creation Is the peccary, or wild hog, of' Mexico. This animal seems utterly devoid Qf fear, apd displays an Intelligence in fighting man strangely at variance with its apparently complete lack of mental attributes. Their ability to scent men is particularly marked. The only thing to do when they get after you is to run away from them as fast as a horse can carry you. And then there is no certainty that they won’t catch you. They are nearly as swift as a horse, and tihelr endurance is as great as their viclousncss. A friend of mine encountered a drove of them in a Wild part of Mexico a few years ago, and his escape was almost miraculous. He very foolishly shot and wounded a number of them. Then he took refuge in a tree. The peccaries kept him in the tree all that day and through the night. They circled round the tree, grunting and squealing their delight at the prospect of a feast He soon exhausted his ammunition and brought down a peccary at each fire; but this had no terrors for the beasts. Toward morning they began to eat those he had killed, after which they formed in line and trotted off. If they had not had some of their own number to devour they would have guarded that tree until my friend, through sheer exhaustion, dropped from his perch and allowed them to make a meal of him, The wildcats and tigers that infest the Mexican wilds flee from the peccaries with instinctive fear, and rattlesnakes keep out of their path.

Why He Got Mad.

“I admire a first-class idiot as well as any one,” remarked Dawson on his first trip down-town after a protracted illness, “but some people suit me too well.” . “Why, what’s tjie trouble?’ asked the drug clerk, as he wrapped up a bottle of tonic for the Invalid. f'Well, you know I haven’t been out of the house for six weeks until three days ago, when I managed to crawl out on the veranda for a little fresh air,” said the sick man, as he picked up the bottle, “and while I was there a neighbor came along and exclaimed: ‘Why,hello, old man! Been away, haven’t you? Have a good time? You’re looking well!’ Now, say, wasn’t that enough to freckle the disposition of a saint?’

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A Dangerous Secret.

By FLORENCE MARYATT.

CHAPTER XXIX. But after he is gone Delia comes to the conclusion that she has been very selfish. Why should she let this man, on whom she has not-the slightest claim, run about after her business, while she sits idle in the hotel? There is a cawing of rooks to fee heard from the Close, near at hand; and, lured by the sound, and the reports she has heard of the beauty of the grand old cathedral, Delia turns her feet after awhile in that direction, and, passing under the arch of St. Crispin, finds herself in one of those solemn, peaceful inclosures that surround most of the ancient ecclesiastical edifices in England. It seems as though in a moment she has passed out of the working world into a city of the dead; and she sits down on a fiat tombstone, almost awe-struck by the thought and the feeling it brings with it. Not everyone, though, is of the same opinion on entering the Cathedral Close. Two dirty urchins are playing ring-taw on a stone slab close to her, while a third is making the welkin ring with his melancholy howls. “What are ye cry in’ for, Bill?’ demands one of his companions at last, impatiently. “Mother’s ’it me!” “Why for?’ “ ’Cause I stoned an old beggar on Martyrs’ Worthy Road.” “What beggar?” “An old tfiief with a pack. I tried to hustle ’is pack, and ’e growled at me, so I ’it ’im with a stone; and then one of them wimmin in a black gound and a white cap come out of Frushwood Farm and blackguarded me, and I tried to ’it ’er; and she tuk ’old of me and led me ’ome to mother and got ’er to wallop me. And ain’t she done it neither!” continues the boy, and laments anew. Delia is listening to the recital with all her ears. “What’s the good of ’itting a beggar for nothin’?” demands one of the young philosophers engaging in ring-taw. “ ’Twarn’t for nothin’. I wanted a bit of the leather off ’is pack to cover my ball’. So I just give a grab at it, and the old feller come arter me; so I threw stones at ’im. But I got the bit of leather,” he adds, with a sly grin»of satisfaction, as he thrusts his hand into his pocket The treasure comes to light. It is a morsel of worn American cloth, just like that which covers old Strother’s parcel. Delia trembles all over at the sight. “Come here, boy!” she says to the blubbering urchin; “I want to speak to you.” The child appears very shy of coming within the range of her hand. Perhaps he anticipates another cuff; but the sight of a shilling has a wonderful effect in clearing up his doubts and allaying his fears. “Be that for me?” he asks, cautiously. “It shall be yours if you will answer me a few questions.” At this wonderful announcement all three lads stay their occupations and gather round her. “What was this old beggar like and where did you see him?” “He were a little un, all crumped up like, with white ’air and a big pack on ’is back; and I see’d ’im on the Martyrs’ Worthy Road ’alf an hour agone.” “If I give you this shilling will you take me to him?” says Delia eagerly. “We’ll all take you to ’im, mum,” cry the boys simultaneously, as, forgetful of tears and whippings and ring-taw, they prepare to form themselves into a guard of honor for the lady who has shillings with which to reward their services. Delia tears a leaf from her pocketbook and writes on it: “Follow me to Brushwood Farm, on the Martyrs’ Worthy Road;” then rising, she leaves it at the George Inn door for Mr. Le Mesurier, and prepares to follow her young guides wherever they may lead her. She has found the old clerk again. She feels sure and certain that she has found {him. The Martyrs’ Worthy Road appears to jbe.a long way off to Delia, dragged there [hurriedly as she is by her impetuous little outriders. ‘'“This is the shortest cut, mum.” “I don’t care which way I so so that you take me there as quickly as possible,” says Delia in her turn. On the road she makes the whipped boy repeat, again and again, his description of the old beggar. “And who was the woman who took you to her mother?’ she asks presently. “She’s a beast, that’s what she is,” replies the urchin determinedly. “I know ’er,” says one of the others; “she’s staying with Farmer Coombes at Martyrs’ Worthy. She’s what they calls a ‘sister.’ ” “I’d like to ‘sister’ ’er,” interpolates the injured boy. “But what became of the old man when the ‘sister* took you home?” says Delia. “Oh, she took ’im into the farm’ouse fust, and she’s there with him now.” “Only show me the house, and you shall have your shilling and be off. What name did you say?” “Farmer Coombes of the Brushwood Farm.” .Codmbes—Coombes! Where has she heard that name before? She has scarcely time to ask herself the question before she is there. > It is a large, spacious house, much added to and improved by modern skill, the house of a gentleman fanner rather than the every-day, business-like residence she had expected to see. But here, having arrived at her journey’s end, and the little lads being quite certain that the “woman with the cap” took the “old beggar” in there, she dismisses them with a shilling apiece, in the possession of which they run shouting back to the sweet-stuff shop. At another time Delia might have felt timid of intruding upon the privacy of strangers, but now she feels no repugnance, no fear ,only> the intensest desire to learn if her surmises are correct She walks straight up to the hall door of the Brushwood Farm, and rings the bell. It is answered by a country maid. “I beg your pardon,” commences Delia, in her sweet low voice, which even excitement is powerless to render coarse or common, “but is there an old beggar man anywhere on your premises—an old Scotchman, with a pack upon his back?” The girls stares at her. “I think you’d better see the sister,” she replies. She ushers Delia into the sitting room, where in a few moments she is joined by a lady in the garb of a Sister of Mercy—a lady in every sense of the word, from the calm yet respectful manner in which she receives her visitor to the courtesy with which she enters the room and demands the stranger’s business. “I hope I am not taking a great liberty,” says Delia, “but I have been told that you have a poor old man under your roof r-one whom you saw being stoned by some rough little urchin—and as I have come to Winchester solely in search of such a person, I considered myself entitled to make inquiries of you.” “Your end justifies the means,” returns the sister, gravely, .bowing her head. “It is true taat we have offered shelter to sinch a poor old creature as you describe, but I inust know more before I can identify him with the person of whom you are in search.”“Themafal mean is a Scotchman—very old and decrepit—not quite right, more-

over, in his mind. He has white hair and a freckled skin —wears a velveteen suit, and had a large parcel on his back con* taining books of great value.” “It has not been our province to examine the contents of his luggage, madam, but as far as the remainder of your description goes, I think I may say it tallies with the stranger at present under our roof. But pardon me for asking if this poor creature’s condition is of any moment to you?” Delia blushes. “I will be frank with you. His personal safety is of no more moment to me than of any other old man; but the contents of the parcel he has carried away with him •” “I see! Then I need have no hesitation in telling you that he is in a very critical condition. He had a fit outside our house, which was the reason I had him carried in, and the doctor, who is with him now, thinks very badly of him.” “O! how I wish Mr. Le Mesurier were here!” cries Delia, impulsively. The sister starts and looks at her earnestly. The action causes Delia to regard her in return. She is a very pretty woman, notwithstanding her unbecoming dress, and cannot have seen more than five-and-thirty years. But there are traces of past pain or sorrow upon her face which no comfort arising from the knowledge that she is leading a pure and religious life has had the power to efface. “Would you like to see the old man? He is unconscious, but it may be a satisfaction to you,” says the sister after a pause. “No, thank you. I would rather wait. But it would be a comfort to me to explain the reason of my presence to you.” And whereupon Delia discloses as much of her past history as is necessary to account for her present interest in old Strother, and the sister listens, as it is her mission to do, with all a woman’s sympathy. “There is no doubt that, under the circumstances, we shall be justified in searching the contents of this parcel,” she replies; “and how sincerely I hope it may prove to contain what you are looking for! You must have suffered greatly. Heaven send you the reward of your patience and affection.” Delia’s eyes fill with tears. At this moment the servant thrusts her head into the opened doorway. “If you please, sister, there’s a strange gentleman wants to see yer.” “Perhaps it is my friend,” suggested Delia; and at the sound of her voice Mr, Le Mesurier steps forward, saying: “According to your directions, Mrs. Manners, I ■” But as he has got so far a low cry from the Sister of Mercy arrests his sentence, and he turns hastily to confront her startled face. At that sight all composure deserts him. Delia, watching his countenance, sees it change with the rapidity ol lightning, as a dozen conflicting feelings pass over it in quick succession; then he darts forward, as though to clasp the stranger in his arms, but checks hlmsell suddenly, to exclaim in a low voice of bewildered surprise: “Adela, is it you?” “Yes, yes, it is I,” cries the woman. “But this meeting, as you must suppose was completely unpremeditated. Now lel me go without further questioning.” She attempts to leave the room, but he bars her exit. “I cannot-let-yufi go without an explanation. for fourteen years we have beer separated, and my existence has been i living grave without you. I have tried tc overcome my love for you without sue cess, and now that we have met again, il the past can never be renewed, at least let me have the privilege of counting you among my friends.” “It cannot be. You ask what is impossible. lam not worthy.” “Have our miserable, separated lives then, had no power to wash out unworthiness? You know how mine has beer spent. I see now how you have employed yours. I have forgiven. Let us both strive to forget.” “No forgetflness can wash out crime,’ she answers. “Mr. Le Mesurier, had I not bettei leave the room?’ asks Delia, to whom this scene, though inexplicable, is becoming very painful. “No, do not leave us. Adela, this ladj has been one of my best friends. To hei I have been able to confide a little of ths trouble which I have borne silently foj so many years, and she has sympathize**; with and pitied me. She will tell yot how, in consequence of our sad separation, my conduct has been misunderstood and maligned, and my life compelled tc be solitary and loveless. She, too, has known sorrow for herself. Shall she quit the room, or shall she stay and hear what I have to say to you?” “Let her stay. I can trust her as 1 would yourself.” (To be continued.)

Shot at Two Stars.

Bob Cunningham and two compan ions recently went coon hunting neai Pulaski. Coons can be found only a' night, and they are usually seen nea a cornfield. The trio, with their dogs had wandered about half the night when Bob suddenly pulled up witi “Hist! I see a big one.” lie became afflicted with a touch of the buck fev er, and danced about in a strange anti weird manner. “Do you see his eyes?” he asked. “I’m going to shoot.” The gun went off, and Bob said with many an adjective, "I’ve missed him.’ He loaded up again and blazed away and still he declared he saw the eyes None of the other parties could see thf first symptom of eyes, neither could they hear Mr. Coon rustling among thf trees. Bob declared that he could, anc he shot once more, but the “eyes” wen still there. He is a pretty good shot, and firing three times at so large an animal a< a coon made him think; so he walked over to the three where he saw thf coon and took a good look and then discovered that he bad been shooting al two stars that were peeping from between the limbs of the tree.—New Castle Courant-Guardian.

Bright Retorts.

The late Dr. John Ritchie, of Edinburgh, a keen total abstinence advocate, was forced by a heavy shower to take shelter in a roadside public house, where he met a number of carters similarly sheltering. He reiponstrated with them for drinking, and told them that drink was their worst enemy. Observing the doctor’s clerical garb, one of them replied boorishly that his kind told them to love their enemies. “Yes,” replied the doctor, “but not to swallow them.” A gentleman went to look over a house that was to be let furnished. He was piloted through the rooms by a very pretty housemaid. As he was leaving he turned to the girl, saying, “And are you to be let with the house?” “No, sir,” she replied; “I am to be let alone.” —London News., A soldier, fire and water soon makq all the room they want for themselves,

It Makes a Difference.

▲ New York surgeon, connected with one of the postgraduate medical schools of that city, was one day on the point of lancing a felon for one of Jhe students, a young Southern* physician. The patient paled at sight of-the knife. “It won’t hurt,” observed .the surgeon, with a sympathetic smile. ‘‘T sometimes think,” he added, “that it is Well for a surgeon to feel the point of the knife at least once in his life. “I saw my first hospital service in this city with Dr. 5.,” he went on, “and no better surgeon was there to be . found in America. He had a large dispensary clinic, and raely a day passed that one or more cases of felon did not appear. “ ‘lt won’t hurt’ was always his comforting assurance to the patient “The old doctor was very irritable if a patient made any outcry or bother over the lancing of a felon. ‘Put your finger down there,’ indicating the edge of the table, ‘and keep still? he commanded; and, truth to tell, patients, as a rule, made little fuss. “Time passed on, and in the mutations of life Dr. S. had a felon on his left forefinger, and it was a bad one. He poulticed it and fussed with it for about a week, and walked the floor with pain at night. At last it became unendurable, and he went to his assistant surgeon and said, nervously: “ ‘I say, doctor, will you take a look at my finger?’ “The assistant surgeon looked, and remarked, gravely, ‘That ought to have been lanced before.’ “ ‘Possibly—but ’ said Dr. S.; and then, with a long breath, ‘Perhaps you’d better lance it now.’ “ ‘Certainly,’ said the assistant surgeon. ‘Put your finger on the table.’ “Dr. S. complied, and with a face as white as paper watched the knife, ‘Be gentle,’ he cautioned; ‘that’s an awful sore finger!’ “ ‘lt won’t hurt,’ remarked the assistant surgeon, and the sharp steel descended. “There was a howl of agony from Dr. S., and with his finger in his other hand he danced about the room crying, ‘Oh! oh! oh!’ “ ‘Why,’ remarked the assistant surgeon. ‘I have heard you tell patients hundreds of times that it didn’t hurt to lance a felon.’ “ ‘No doubt, no doubt you have!’ groaned Dr. S. ‘But that depends on which end of the knife a man is at.’ ”

Burns Won the Dinner.

There is a story told of Robert Burns in his youth. Burns was living in the town of Ayr, and though still young had attained more than a local reputation as a poet. One day he was passing through the main street of the town, and saw two strangers sitting at one of the inn windows. With idle curiosity he stopped to look at them. Seeing him, and thinking thatfcthe rustic might afford them some amusement while waiting, the strangers called him in and asked Mm to dine with them. Burns readily accepted the invitation, and proved a merry, entertaining guest. When dinner was nearly finished, the strangers suggested that each should try his hand at versemaking, and that the one who failed to write a rhyme should pay for the dinner. They felt secure in the challenge, believing that their rustic guest would pay for the meal. The rhymes were written, and Burns read the following: “I, Johnny' Peep, saw two sheep; two sheep saw me. Half a crown apiece will pay for their fleece, and I, Johnny Peep, go free.” The strangers’ astonishment was great, and they both exclaimed: “Who are you? You must be Robbie Burns!”

What Cuba’s Loss Means to Spain.

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Before and After Marriage.

A couple who had been married six weeks recently rode twenty miles on a train without saying a word to each other. It was learned afterward that each was wondering what on earth an engaged couple sitting in front, who talked all the way, could find to talk about.—Atchison Globe.

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Sheridan, lowa.

Paternal Sarcasm.

“Dear Father,” wrote young Throggins, whd had gone to war as a lieutenant against the parental wish, “I haven’t anything to sharpen my razor on. Please send me a good strap.” “Dear Son,” replied the father, “sharpen your razor on your shoulder straps.”—Chicago Tribune.

What Do the Children Drink?

Don’t give them tea or coffee. Hare you tried the new food drink called GIIAIN-0? It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-0 you give the children the more health you'distribute through their systems. Graln-0 is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about' as much. All grocers sell it 15c. and 25c.

She Was Sorry She Asked.

Mrs. Beverly—What is meant by “carrying concealed weapons?” Beverly—Keeping your tongue between your teeth.—Judge.

It’s Your Own Fault.

How long have you had lame back? It’s your own fault. St. Jacobs Oil would have cured It promptly, and will cure It now, no matter how long it has remained neglected.

Legion of Honor.

More than 50,000 Frenchmen belong to the Legion of Honor. Thirty-two thousand oL these are connected with the army. The rest are civilians.

Don’t prolong a quarrel; make a fight of it and then quit.

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AN UNKIND RETORT.

What the Little Man’s Wife Said When He Spoke of Mrs. Gladstone. “No,” remarked the man In the car, “no, I can’it.say that I have my wife trained as perfectly as I could wish to have her trained, or that I shall be so fortunate as ever to have her so, but there is a good deal of pleasure in trying to. It at least gives her an Idea that slhe is not perfect, and as long as a man eon keep his wife In that state of mind it is almost as much of a comfort as it Is to have her just what he wants her to be.” “GechooMplns!” exclaimed the little man, with a pale-blue eye and a fidgety manner, “I wish I could only get my wife to your way of thinking.” “Did you ever try?” inquired the early morning man. “Did I?” chuckled the little man. “I should say I did. It hasn’t been half an hour since. I had something to stay to my wife on the lines you suggest, and was endeavoring to get an opening for my remarks, but she was talking to such an extent that I had no show at all. Finally, quite driven to desperation, but not wishing to do anything violent, I merely gave her a hint of the situation by telling her that when Mr. Gladstone talked his wife always listened in silence. And did she take it as I intended?” he asked of himself. “Did she?” inquired the other, with much Interest. “Did she?” chuckled the little man. “Well, says she to me, ‘I don’t doubt it at all, but think who it was that Mrs. Gladstone was’listeing to,’ and then she went right ahead with her conversation as if I hadn’t been within ten miles.”

His Illustration.

“You have often pictured to yourself,” said the man who had just re/turned from his wedding tour, “how places that you had heard of but never seen would look, haven’t you?” “Yes.” “And when you finally saw them you always found them to be wholly different from what you had thought they would be?” “Yes.” * “WelLtt’s/the same way with marJ. All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.—Juvenal.

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