Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — Page 1

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Addibos Pajikisok President GSC.K. JtOHLINGSWXfWTH, VtoePreaiisn t Emmet I. Cashier. THE (?OMMERGML BAXK OF REN ndiCLAEB. IND. Directors: Addison Parkison, James T. Randle, John M, V, asson. Geo. K. Ho.lingswoxth and Emmet L. Hollingsworth. This bank ie-prepared totransact a general Banking Business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Money loaned and good notes bought at current rades of interest. A share of your patronage is solicited. At the old stand of the Oitize js’Stateßanli AlfJloCld', T. i. MtCOY. t. K. flOPKlto, Pi'os'duit. Cnuhfer. Ass’t Cashier A,. IMCcCloy & Co.’s IMS, HENBSE AEB * • IND. ■i! es.millJmC»Diily » ESTABLISHED 1854. Transacts a General Banking P>u ness, Buys Notes and Loans Aloney on L' ng or Short Time on Personal or Be » Estate Security. Fay: and Liberal Treatment is Promised to All. Foreign Exchange Bought akd 80l Interest Paid on Tim£Deposits £_ YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLeCTTBD. A® Patrons Hoving Valuable Papers May Deposit Them for Safe Keeping."®*

"Take Down” model, 2z-iuch barrel, wc ght 4J ponnds. Carefully boied and tested. For 22, 25 ahd 32 rim fi e cartridges. A o. 17-Plain Open Sightss6.oo ! { o-iB-Targe[ “ 8.50 Ask yon* deale for the ”F '. VOEITE.” If he doesn’t keep it, we will semi' prepaid,on rex ip ‘of price. Send st mps io- completecataloguj showing our lull lihe. - J. tai ta M Co. CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS.

“TALKING SHOP” AT HOME.

.-rop Business as Far aa Possibly with Business Hout's, •‘Thvre are times when It seems that a man's house Is the best, and at time* It Is the only >lace far a business consultation of importance, and no wife will resent such occasions,” writes Edward W. Bok, in an editorial protest against “ 'Talking Shop’ at Home,” in the Ladles’ Home Journal. “Those fines are, however, rare, as every man knows, and they should be kept so. Business, at its best, Interests a woman simply because it interests her husband and because his Interests are hers. She has no Inherent love for it. She cannot have. It is not her sphere. And, therefore, to Impose business talk upon her uvery evening, or nearly every evening. <s nothing short of an imposition and au injustice. Men ought to be wise enough to see this. And they ought to he sensible enough to understand that, for their own interests, it is best »">'<• them to drop business matters, so far as possible, with business hours. A man's mind needs diversion; It requires excr cise in entirely different channels from those in which it has been running during the day. For this reason the proverb is so full of common sense that every man should have a personal hobby as far removed from the nature of his business as possible. A sensible hobby has saved many a business man from early collapse. The mind needs rest, arid a man’s home is the only place in all the world where such rest should *e given it. And American wives should jaore rigidly insist that this mental rest be taken by their husbands. It is not in easy matter in stray cases for th« woman of the home to 'iake such a stand and persist in it. But she can Jo it if she will. A woman can do al most anything with the man who loves her if she only goes about it in the right way. The trouble is that so many women choose the wrong way. The practice of ‘talking shop’ should cease it our American homes. Our wives are the ‘Surest which they take husbands’ business affairs. tad uence is frequently seen an<’ the business world. And it ii an Influence which every right-minded man respects, knowing, as be does, that a woman always acts for the best interests of the man she loves. In her interest and sympathy she is right. Nothing works as much good in a man’s capacity and enjoyment of business as his wife’s faith, interest and co-operation In that business, So long as she permits her interest and sympathy :o a<enly as a means of eucour;igem<>r»i' kt wise.”

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[?] INTER-OCEAN[?] CANA[?].

. R»ct» ay Whleh One Coaid Be Sueeedf fully Constructed 'The a’leged new route across th etlimus of Panama, separating tin n tlantic and Pacific oceans, is an old .me,” said an engineer lately. “It wm first di. ojvered by De Lachanne ir 18G0, was published in different maga tin -s a.d p: p?r» in 1869. in article! which ful.y sot forth the difficulties in the v,ay of c istrueting canals either across from I auama to Aspinwall, <r by the iouie of the Nicaragua C-ona*. rhe route was examined by Comraan der Selfridge ir. 1811, who made th* most favorable reports upon it. Tht route is know n as the Faya Route, and passes through the province of ’Lil boa,’ in which were sitnared the rich--Bft gold mines of the Indians corked by tno Spaniards in 1814. The length of the canal would be only fifty mile*, fourteen miles of which on the racifi* tide ai-e through alluvial soil at • level of V.;e sea, and upon the Atlant’ side six miles, the other thirty mile !)'■'. ering no difficulties The supply »’ water £ more than is necessary, as tht ianal would receive at the same leve> —about 1.0 fe. t above the level of ih< ica the waters of the river Tayra us lire Pacific side, arC of the ilvpr Caquirri pu the Atlantic side. Besides '•here is plenty of the best building ♦tone. Immense quantities of all kindi! timber suitable not only for th« > n-traction of the canal, but also for fto repair «r;d biiluingof ves. els. T.i« nate Is healthy and insect annoy-i.-.ce mncl. ies« than along the other fo-tes. “Ti c discovery of tl e new and ‘.o'tter r. uta is genuine, but it was dis.•oveied, as iated, a quarter of a cenI .ry ago ny De Lachanne, anti the plai > u-:t. therefore, new. It has beet J oiyht into prominence again anc this time I believe that is will be put tbmigh »u< iossfully.

GOSSIP OF SERVANTS.

A Practice that Is I.table t. I.e«<l to Much Trouble. O'l’len the m >st vicitms and mallciou, gossip is i .’eminated thnoirgb tht medium < f indictlve ana irresponsible torvants, who currj x avor witn tb«X new mi. ire by teiling tales of tbo.f tor when; they formerly worked, va i the New i rk /Advertiser. Lt is s le.-'B to rem nstrate that rea’ •.sdle.s ,wi 1 i at listen to the gossip o! wrvants, f • <-.ven ieal ladies are onb bmnan. a d. ala* it Is very human te ->♦ interested in the misbehavior' of Jthers. T?te wri m was told the other day cd * maid who has wrought Incalealab’.e h irm in n.lrnbe.vo* families, and whose talunjnm ara so beriou® thfit they ‘really i uyht Vo be punished. SL-a hat preadh O- ?vil alln&e •.>{ calumny eve ywhere whe eit will stick. Hairdressers are nuti rieus scandal-mongers, and K> are many nurse girls, and mazty 8 sle that has wrought ruii\ nd sorrow has had its evil beginnings in the kitchen or from the mouth of the pet i/atetio bfti dresser, who “amuses” hot adios w I e smoothing their plaits. In the outh our “hired help” is par ileularly rresponsible. Most of tl • sooks a u eke£ up in the streets ait were, a th-cdr temporary mistre; knows r.-it .er the name of their las employ r ii r even their own homos "Vhat sm<> ’t u eiturv may have to sa the i t “rnadame” has about >• touch i cr.d value with a fair-mind woman tl.- ..a anonymous letter—t a wurril r . ie u’thy stiletto that is tn weapon ' the traitor, whose decei• thus -in r<_a d by th® equal «t*in v'w a.xl i •

PERFUMING THE SKIN.

Another Parisian Fad That Will Soon Be Epidemic. From Paris comes the news that perfumes have been restored to favor. The use of hypodermic injections of violet extract is the latest freak of ths Parisienne. This method is said to impart lasting fragrance to the skin. It is aheady quite easy to select amonf. 'the women at receptions those who art addicted to this habit The plan originated with a Paris druggist who communicated It to a few well-known women. They confide ed in others, who In turn told ihelt friends. Now, it is asserted, half the society women In the gay city use the needle and the delicate extract This is all the more surprisina from the fact that, until recently, the UM of scents has been considered exceedingly bad form. Women of refined taste avoided everything in that Um except a delicate sachet powder, which was allowed to find a place in the handr kerchief box and clothes closet Moat Parisian whims find enthusiastic tupporters here, however, and it Is very probable that with the American morphine fiend and cologne drinker we shall have the perfume faddist. Extracts have increased in value and ixorbltant prices are asked for so-call-ed ‘’permanent fragrance." The favorite distilled odors are violet and lavender. Every woman who uses perfume of any kind has her favorite. The one rule is that there must be no mixing of odors. The contents of hypodermic syringes, sachet bags, atomizers, and toilet water bottles must be one fa*U* lar Darfiina*. FACTS IK FEW WORDS

Windsor Castle has been med fc* e royal resi enca 781 years The golden rod bio ms ear ier in the reason the further north it is. A house well built of first-c’asi brick will o itlast one constr cted of granite. Owing to the altitude, it is almost impossible to b<_il potatoes in the City oi Mexico. There are between 300 and 400 ed - sated female pharmacists in the Uni *ed States. Darwin asserted that there is insanity among animals just as there u uciong pe .pie Some of tbn largest ocean steamers ran be con eif/d into armed cruisers in thirty hour-: Analyses say that butter is the n >st nutr tious article of diet and that >acon comes next. A horse belonging to the New Ha< /on Conn, police department enjoys lothlng so much as chewing tobacco Tai. Zuyder Zee is to be drained at An expense of tIO<i,tOO,UOO, 72,75 j ao.e? of ground valued at SJ3O,OOQ,OCQ being reclaimed. The tallest man--of whom there i* authenticated measurement was Fun* □am, of Scotland, who was eleven feet and six inches in height. The statistics of life insurance people show that in the last twenty-five years the average of plan’s life bps to* jreased from 41.9 to 53.9 years To prevent lamp phimneys from .-racking put them into a kettle of cold vater, gradually heat it till it boils, *d tian M arniuol!.- >

Rensselaer Jaspei County. Indiana Saturday December 24 £B9B

«<rw Lubricating Oil I® Obtain®® la F®aar nylnnta. The lubricating oD field of French Creek, in Venango County, Pennsylva* aia Is one of the most curious spots in ill oildom. The business had its start in the well of Blacksmith Evans, at r ranklln, in the TO’®, and since then M ,00.i,' 00 worth of oil has been taken fr m the few miles square of territory where this oil alone & found. Around ts prescribed limits wells that yield argely of the regular Illuminati g oil nave been drilled, but none of that kind of oil has ever been found within ,he lubricating oil limits. This small but rich oil district extends into the village of Franklin, the county seat of Venango County, Lnd there are wells In many private yards in that place. The production has fal feu off greatly, though, and the price also. The monthly yield now is not more than T,OOj barrels, and the price is below 4 a barret The oil is refined at OP City, and eighty different commercial products result, be .ides the oil itself. Franklin en oys a monopoly of the heavy oil trade, but th? business is conducted on a much more economical basis than when Blacksmith Evam was getting his ~00 barrels a day from his pioneer well and rec iving $3 t barrel for it. There is little or no gas In tho lubricating oil rock, and e? ery well has to be pumpad. As jnany an fifty wells are pumped by one engine. This is accomplished by an ingenious device called the pumping rig. The wells to be pump 'd are connected with lucker rods screwed together, reaching out in all directions, frequently more than a mile from the engine. In the woods around Franklin these sucker rods may be encountered, working slowly back and forth with the regu lar motion of a piston, and no engine within sight or hearing. The same thing may be seen in the streets of Franklin, where the long arms reach in to connect with the wells in the village boundaries. Ihe wells are not pumped regularly, but by “heads. ” Twice a day there is sufficient accumulation of <4l in ths wells to be pumped out, aad then the many-armed engines are sta tea and k nt going until all the oil of that “bead” is pumped out Sometimes a new well will start off with a yie d ot ten or fifteen barrels a day, but this phenomenal yield does not last long. Taking is all in all, the lubricating ot. lorner of the petroleum fields is alto tether unique.

* OapL Wilaon, of the British ship Crocodile, has made a report to the Merchants’ Exchange describing a phenomenon witnessed on the way from Newcastle, New South Wales. Th® Crocodile left Newcastle June 22. In 145 degrees west longitude and 10 degrees north latitude the strange appearance of the clouds was first noted. They were crossing and recrossing >aeh ether with great rapidity. Th® 'tarometer fell from 2995 at noon to £9.87 at 7 p. m. The wind increased to c> gale In the evening, and at mid/ digit the sky was lighted by vivid electric flashes.- The sea reached a terrifizi height, and a great twisting, writhing celmnn came Into view, apparently bearing down on the ship, Lightning flashed frem this pillar and splintered Into sparks on the sea. It looked as If the Crocodile was certain to go to the bottom,' but the cyclone passed astern. Instantly, as it passed, every sail on the ship was ripped away from Its fastenings- The Crocodile keeled over until the water was almost even with her hatches. She righted, and a terrific wave washed over her fore and aft It was then discovered that her cargo had shifted. It took several days to right the cargo before the ship was ready to make sail.—San Francises* Chronicle.

WHAT A HICCOUGH MEANT.

to a Gallant Yoang Man It Brought Title and Lands. One es the grandest houses of tin Austrian nobility is indebted for iti princely dignity to a piece of courtier-like loyalty, performed by one of its members during the reign of Empress Marla Theresa. The august lady, during the midst ot some function, had had the misfortune to hlcgough in a peculiarly loud and aggressive'manner, not altogether Lr keeping with the laws of polite society, but which in Japan or Oriental countries would, of course, have been regarded as a piece of lofty breeding. Perceiving that her majesty showed traces of embarrassment—for even empresses are human—a young Austrian nobleman stepped forward, and, with a most clever assumption of intense mortification and humility, craved her pardon for his gross breach of manners. The empress received his apologies, not only graciously, but also gratefully, and from that time forth the Mung man’s fortune was made, and versre the empress died he had been promoted, uot only to the rank of count, but airy to that of prince, besides being genes ously endowed by his imperial benefactress with metves to support hit titles.-— Voston Harald

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•‘A FTBV ADHERENCE Tt (X-«iSECT PRINCIPLES.”

A UNIQUE INDUSTRY.

Lost All Her Sails.

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

. Kaiser Wilhelm has Issued an c: ler that the count chaplains shall 1 ni their sermons to fifteen minutes. Thomas A. Kirkpatrick, of San I'ran cisco, a naturalized citizen of the United Staten, Is a cousin of ex-Empress Eugenie. James M. Honson Jr., a brother of Lieut. Hobson, of Merrimac fame, has passed the preliminary examination for admission to West Point. Prof. Ernest Grosse, the eminent eth nologist, delivered a course of Jeeturea on art at the University of Frieberg last semester, in which he declared Jap anese art to be the most perfect in ex Istence.

W. E. Henley, one of the most con spicuous journalists In London, and also a poet of no mean quality, has been honored by Mr. Balfour with a peusioz of SI,OOO a year. A like sum was allotted to Tennyson in 1845, and the late laureate lived to draw it forty-seveK times. Mr. Gosse is so convinced of the cor rectness of the theory that great mer are the products of their time that he asserts that if Tennyson had been born In 1550 or in 1720 “his poetry, had he written in verse, could have scarcely a remote resemblance to what we have now received from his hand.” It Is reported that Rudyard Kipling has become a great admirer of Cecil Rhodes. During his recent stay in Lon don Mr. Kipling was asked by a woman at dinner if Mr. Rhodes was married, “Yes,” he replied, “to tens of thousands of square miles of British territory. England cannot afford to let a man like that marry 1n nry ~y»> The super I ice Episcopal Sunday vx c. .. o j, N. Y., recently read the najnes of the pupils who were absent, and when he came to that of “Joe” Powell the whole school broke out into applause. This somewhat unusual action Is explained by thq fact that “Joe” Powell is better known tc the world as Cadet Joseph W. Powell, who so pluckily stood by in a launch to add Hobson at Santiago the othei day. In his will the late Sir Henry Hav» lock Allen.i-bequeathed all the papers and correspondence of his father, Gen, Havelock, of Indian mutiny fame, am’ all of his own to Maj. Gen. McLeod In - ness, with £IOO, on condition that the letter write a biography of the testator i epecially placing before ttfb public ai exact account of the events that forces the testator out of the English armv.

PHYSIOLOGICAL.

Bearded women have been very nunevous. The most noted of the number was the famous Margaret of Austria. appointed by Charles V. to b® Governor of the Netherlands. She had a long, stiff, black beard, and conceiving the 4 idea that it added to the majesty of.her- appearance, was very careful of it, and so combed and trained it as to make It seem much greater than It was. The apparatus for keeping the eye moist is complex and efficient. It con> prises the lachrymal gland, which secretes the tears, the lachrymal caruncle, a small fleshy body at the inner angle of the eye; the puncta lachrymae, two snia 7 openings at the nasal extremity of the eyelids, the lachrymal ducts, which convey the tears tht uose, and the lachrymal sax*, a dilatlo® of the canal. An idea of the Importance of the perspiratory glands may be gained fron their number. On the back, breast and 'egs there are about 500 to the square. Inch; on the neck, face and back of th* hands, about 1,000; on,the palm 6f the hand, about 2,700. The total number in the human body is estimated at 2»‘ 300,000, and If the mijiute tubes were straightened, their total length would Oe over two and- a half miles. They form the sewerage or the human sy? tern. The must remarkable Instance of rapid growth was recorded by the French Academy in 1729. It was a boy 6 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches In height. At the age of 5 his voice changed, at t his beard had grown, and ne appeared a man of 80. He possessed great physical strength, and conld easily lift to his shoulders and carry bags of grain weighing 200 pounds; H!« decline waa fts rapid as his growth- At 8 his hall and beard were gray;-at 10 he tottered In his walk, his teeth fell out, and hla hands became palsied; at 12 he died with every outward sign of exl-M-tu® ok' igo.

California’s Public Schools.

Facts as to the development of the publlcschool system of California show that although it is only forty-seven years since the first schoolhouse wea jrallt Is. the State, yet now the annual expenditure for public schools is nearly $6,000,000, and 6,500. teachers are employed in instructing 240,000 pupils. Those teachers are ps.dd more liberally than in any other State, and they rank high in efficiency. The State University and its affiliated colleges have been very liberally endowed, and the competition of Stanford University has helped Instead of Injuring It The bequest of J. 0. Wilmerding of $400,000 for the establishment of a school in which boys may learn trades has fallen due and this new technloal school will b« under the State University, and every effort will (be made to render it efficient,

California’s Vintage.

California’s vintage- has begun, and trustworthy estimates as to the production are now available. In every 'district the outlook is more favorable than last year. The production of dry wine in the State will be about 20 to 25 pei cent, greater than last year, and will be from 12,000,000 to 13,000,000 gallons About 4,500,000 gallons of sweet wlnf will be produced, making a total wine production in California this year ol about 17,000,000 gallons. This is far khort of the consumption, and much less than the production of 1898, so Winemakers look for good prices and prosperous times. The average for dry-wine grapes will be about 115 1 tea. _

Mysterious Submarine Currents.

Ldttl® Shuswap lake is stated to hart * flat bottom, with a depth varying from fifty-eight to seventy-four fbai measured from the mean high watef mark. The deepest water found in tin Great Shuswap was 555 feet, about air Miles northward from Cinnemouser narrows, in Seymour arm, though the whole lake is notably deep. Adam’a lake, however, exceeds either »f th® Bhuswaps, as its average depth for twenty miles is upward of 1,100 feet, >.nd at one point a depth of 1,900 seek was recorded. In the northwest cor tier of this lake, at a depth of 1,118 feel, the purpose of the scientific explorer® wes defeated by the presence of mysterious currents, which played with the soutding line some giant fish, and prevented any measurement beiny taken. It Is a complete mystery how the currents could have been created at this depth, and scientific curiosity will no doubt Impel either public or private enterprise to send a second expedition to the scene this summer to endeavor to solve the riddle. As the height of the surface of this lake is 1,380 feet above the sea level, Its present bed, therefore, is only 190 feet above the sea, although distas 200 miles from the nearest part of the ocean. Dr. Dawson and hia associates believe that the beds of some of the mountain lakes In the Region are many feet lower than the sea level.—Vaneor rar World.

FORTUNES MADE IN A DAY.

Ulllione Came and Went in Petroleum’s Early Daye. "There never was a time In the commercial history of the world when so many men were making so much money as were the men who owned the big oil wells OP Creek in the year 1864,” says a pioneer operator in the petroleum field. “Incomes were talculated by the minute, and $1 a minute was a small income. There were men who were making from $5 to $lO a minute, day and night, in tnose days—and they seem like a dream now or some Arabian night’s tele—it was the well owners who made die money. They just sat around and let their wells spout and gathered in the returns as they came. “There had been astounding fluctuI fttions In the oil market ever since the business began in 1859. In that year petroleum brought S2O a barrel. There was no market for it yet, though, and not much was sold. The next year, in ipite of the fact that there was very little Remand for a product as yet almost unknown to the outside world, the wells then producing put on the market 200,000 barrels of oil. Yet the tverage price for the product that year was $lO a barrel, although It fell to W. 50 in January, 1861, and tumbled to a) cents a barrel by April “In 1861 oil tumbled to 10 cents a barrel, and an empty barrel was worth 15 times as much as tjie oil it could Hold. In less than-dT year 1,500,000 barrels of oil came from the ground Xiong Oil Creek, and more than half &f It ran to waste. Oil was so low in 1862 that very few operators shipped iny. There was a good deal of money made In 1863, as the price was about H at the wells, and about 8,000,000 barrels were produced, but 1864 was die star year for well owners. The price had gone to $5 a barrel in February, 1864, and before May was over |7. Some heavy wells were struck ibout that time, but by June 1 oil was telling at $7.50. By the end of th® month it had jumped to $11.50 a barrel. In those thirty days more men were making fortunes every day than ; ( believe ever before in the commercial History of the world. '‘The must notable year of all for luctuatious in the price of oil was 1865 Fhe average was something like $6 a barrel, while the price frequently went up as high as $lO and fell as low as $4 This year saw the end es the gashing lays in Oil Creek. All of the big spoutJig wells were things of the past Th itghest price oil ever go® again was In 1869, when it went to fl? a barrel, ffiver since then the price has steadily grown smaller, and «inc® 1878 has 'tiled h-jlow $2."

klra liauitliug' of Anttlewi&r ■ t has b en said :k*t ‘every rr-tn i var<l in the dark,’ but I Know or who was una le to comprelnz. i. fear is,” said D»vid E. bung. is name is John Junken, and «-■ were schoolmates in Indiana tali'j 7. urs ago—at a time when rattlesn k s •j a liters’ and other noxious ‘va-’/n ; ? w ere plentiful. (.no of John’s^avorit <■. use nents when a boy was to piwok. i atilesnake to strike; then, before ’ > •'< uld recoil, seize him by the tai’ i.n u Ida h.m like a whiplash, snap h. h. ad off. He could jerk a rattler' •xom hts body every time. He woid. •\imb io the top cf a tall hickory a •;ng and, with the assistance of i.i ompanions, bend it to the gro.a. A 1 would then let go but John, wb uouid enjoy the rebound.' When b years of age he outdid Israel P aam’s famous expolic by crawling 1. . 1 hoi ow log, dragging a panther o ; by the tail, and killing it with a hatch lie entired the army St the outbreak <. I,he war, and, while his gallant condu. wa« frequently commended it w_. ie -ed unwise to confer a com n'sr r >n a man entirely destitute of pruden Yfid who fairly reveled in reckless <•, 0 oils ” —St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

An English Court's Robb[?]

A qaost disgraceful miscarriage J’ justice was made recently in i ■ i nglish Court of Chancery. Two y ago a mechanic n girl who a ward in chancery an&hai-a forty... . The cost of the court for . ng that sum on her amo’iirted to A \ lew months ago she became ili wi.j ung trouble and her .sai i u d die if she were net removed to , v r. climate. The husband petitions court to use his wife’s money <j. bat purpose. The courttook six mon h 0 decide, settling the matter y, and charged S4OO so the judgment . eanwhile the woman had died, as tin lector said she would.

Red Sea.

The Bed fjea Is for the most part blue It g< ts its name from the fact that per liens of it are covered by minute am sialculte, which dye the surf a.-a of ih< Uer red where they float-

| JL>r. MOore, Give« great satisfacMon in hia trejH j ment of Conan ption, Bright's Disease, ahdmany of the Hear 1 / j troubles, formerly eon adored incurable. Office—First stairs 4 £ west of P. O. Hemo at Nowels House. Calls promptly an-5 j swered. Bf.kssbc.abb, Imd. I

Chris r mas exercises at the sev eral Rensselaer churches this eve* ning. Do you hear the Democratic slogan? “The arty is opposed to fusion with any other party ”.. lowa Democrats. On account of very -severe indies position during the past few weeks we have been able to dev »te bu' very little attention to the paper. We feel now that we will soon be all right again.

IOWA DEMOCRATS.

Issues Which AVill Be Incorporate ed in Next State Platform. Des Moines, lowa, Dec.>2l. .. About Hftv of the leading members of the silver democratic party of lowa held a conteience in this city today. Whi. en > definite res olutions w*u e passed declaring the principles of the party as they have been changed to meet new cundit ol's, an undei standing was reached as to ihe issues which will doubtless be incorporated in the next state platform. Briefly gemmed np t e declarations ac ceptable to a majority of those in c inference were as foPows Ihe party is opposed to fusion WITH ANY OTHER PARTY, The party is unanimously m fao r of bi metallism. The greenbacks should not be retired Ihe placing of the na tional currency in the hands o f private corporations or national banks is bitterly opposed The formation f trusts is con demned. The policy of it periaiism or of expansion and th i annexation of Cuba and Porto Bi co is unadvisa* bie. The standing army must not b e increased as is contemplated in th e Hull bill. The present army is sufficient for ull the needs of the government. The liquor traffic in lowa can best be controlled by the enact*inent of a local option law, the question of a license or complete prohibition being determined by each countv.

THE WALLAGE SHOW.

How Matters are Cared so at Win t ?? Quarters. .The VV allace show is now in win fief quarters at the Wal’ac farm 'ft<a > r Peru The tour last year em i’rrced nearly every state in the Union and tne season was a p.ofit b e one The an mals to understand their home coming.- Tfo e large 1 ions and tigers lay peaceful y in ’heir house, while the numerous olthers seem to wink and say ‘what’s, the matter with this?’ The cub catamounts which were obtained in California play all over the buildi g like d gs and have no fear of the men, and it is a frequent occur* rence to see men and animals in a mixed ud frelie on the floor, aD screaming and yelling as though it were the gi§ate.,t sport ever in* I Iged in., The huge elephants are happy and contented in their •varm quarters, while the camels, dramedaries nndg- tieanimals are turned out fn *he fleld w en pleas* ant. Hundreds of horses and po* ni s are glazing in the fields. Mr. Wallace’s winter quarters m’o beyond doubt the finest in the Unite I States. The farm former* ly belonged to the noted chief, Ga* Uriel Godfrey, and consisted of 210 cres, each of which is as level as the floor of a house. The farm is Io ated in the forks of the Wabash an Mississinewa rjveis, two afid a half miles east of Peru. lheland is part of the grant to the M ami Lnd’ans from the government, and is the most valuable in the county. Mr. Wa lace and assistants are already arranging the route and at* tractions for next season, when the »iicus is to i'€ still enlarged.

GREAT MUS COFFER.

Send us the nam s and address* cs of three or more performers on th piano or jrgau and twenty-.five cents in silver or postage a d we willnrail you 'he Latest andGreate t Songs, entitled “The Flow ?r J at Won My Heait,” now being si.ng with great success by the charming young actress Miss Lou* ise Montrose and a host of other popular singers; “Bring Our He n.es Home”, “Convention City March’ by Kud Knauer, and nine < tl er pa es of most popular and latest marches, two-Attps, songs, etc., full sheet music, arranged lor ; the piano end organ This is the 1 gre est offer of music ever made Ibyl ■ 7 bouse in m°rica Order at ente. Address Popueak Music Co, tilianapoiis, Ind. ; Sen-i'or I’u; bie’t ideas in regard to the con*t action of the Nicara gu . canal me co itet The pro post d hip can'd should be owned anc. <j i.lrdied by the United States No private corporation should be assisted in Its construction. Th) mortgage of §35,000 h ng* ing over the Presbyterian assmebly grounded Winona has been lifted through the generosity of Alexander Mcbo.ald, of Cincinati, John M- (Studebaker and others.

Number 50

HOLIDAY RATES. On account of the Christmas and Naw Years holidays the Koute will sell special excursion tickets ai a rate of one and one* third fare .or round trip Tickets on sale December 23,24, 25, 26, 30 a nd 31, 1898 and January 1 and 2, 1899. Good going only on date of sale, and good returning up to and i eluding January 3, 1800. W. H. BEAM, Agent. Firemen’s Ball, December 30th, Wm. B Austin has closed up seven long-time farm loans in the last seven daysi “THE CONTINUANCE OF THE PBESENT BOLD STANDABD IN THE UNITBD STATES ts NECESSARY TO THE SUPREMACY O» England’s commeroi’d do minion ov»b t be wordd."— London (England) TtmeS ——• Babe ack objects to the grade of tissue paptr usel in the toilet rooms of the court house. We understand the commissioners have under advisement a r reposition to set apart a booth in the “gents’ toilel room” in the court house for Bab’s soie use and keep constantly on hand a liberal supply of “cobs. ’ Ceplialotii® THE INFALDIBDE HEADACHE CUBE. It is universally conceded its equal does not exist. It is an <b* solute sure cure for the’ most obstinate case of nervous and sick headache, and will in any case give relief in fifteen minutes. Once tried you will never be without it. Price 10c. for paoksge of 3 pow ders or 3 pkgs, of 9 powders for 25c. Don’t fail to try it. Marsh Meg. Go. n 42 6m. 588 W Lake St,Chicago. Babcock’s hostility toward the erection of .the new court house is said to be grounded on the tact that the commissionei s did not stipulate that all material used in its construction must be procured from Bab. Judge Healy is ope ing cut an extensive new stock of Boots and Shoes, Rubbers of all kinds, school s' oes, etc , for the tall and winter trade, at the lowest prices, < Advertised Letters- Mrs. Edna Be r edic, G. Burlin (foreigh), Mr. Nic 1 exter, Harry F., Mr. Clem Furguson, George Hathaway, Mrs. Alice Harvey, Mr Elsworth Smith, Mrs Nina’Ulni, Miss Lib Wi tson, Henry Miller. The “Snowdrift,” manufactured by J. M. Gardner, of Monitor mills is rapidly forging to the front in public estimation. Try it, and you will want no other. Judge Healy has had long expo rience in his line of trade He is an excellent judge of material and workmanship You will simply ponsult your own interest in mak lug your footgear purchases from him

Sotico to Mshi. The State’of Indiana, 1 Jasper County. J In the Jasper Circuit Court, January Term, 1899. John Zimmer 1 vs L Complaint Nicholas Zimmeret al ’ No. 5695. Now comes the Plaintiff, bj Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie his attorneys, and files his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that Catharine Miller and Charles Miller her husband; Anna Johnson and Herman Johnson her husband, Muggie Zimmer, Margaret Zimner, Mary Zimmer and mma Zimmer are not residents f the State of In. iana.. Notice is th refore hereby given sa d Defendants, that unless they be and appear on the 16th day of January, 1899, being the 13th day of the next term of he Jasper Circuit Court to be h Iden on the first Monday of January, a. d. 1899. at the Court Ho se in the City of Rensselaer, in said Connty and Stata, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. In Witaoss Whereof, I hereunto set < , my hind and affix the seal j Seal. > of said Court at Renisel--1 ’ ter. Indiana, this 12th day of Decembir, a.D. 1898. W. H COOVE f, Clerk. Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, att’ys for Pl’ff. December 17, 1898- $6 50 THE COMPANION \ J<J ’.ll Bi Ll <1 18£fe , principal attractions offered bj The Youth's Companion for the r« mhining weeks of 1898 provide a fore, taste of the good things to follow in the n.-w volume for 1899. To the-first issue issue in November Frank R. Stockton w 11 contribute a humorous sketch entitled “Some of My Dogs,** and in the issue for the week of November 10th will appear Ru iyard Kipling’s thrilling story of the heroism of soldiers in the ranks, “The Burning of the Sabah Sands.”— In the seven Issues to follow there will be contributions to follow by Lord Dufferin, William D, Howells, J. E. Cham ■ beilin, the s American war correspondent, Mary E. Wilkins. Hou. Thomas B Reed, the Marquis of Lome, Mma, Lillian Nordics ana I. Zang will. Those who subscrile now for too 1899 volume will receive every November and December ssue of Thb Companion from the time of subscription to the end of the year Lee, the Companion Calendar for 1899 free, and then the entire 52 issues of The Companion to January 1, 1900. An illustrated announcement of the 1899 vol ume and sample copies will be sent free to any one addressing The Youth’s Companion, 211 Colambus Ave,, Boston, Mass