Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1880 — ROPE JUMPING [ARTICLE]

ROPE JUMPING

’sfouisg Girla Take Warning anti Lay tlie Rope Aside I Dr. Pock, of the Surgical Institute, yesterday uorforuied a surgical ope ration on the leg of a young girl by ] the name of J onion, from Illinois, sent i here for treatment. The bones of both her legs will have to be partially re moved, anti the little sufferer will have I to submit to two painful operations. | 'llie cause o. her affection is from “jumping the rope,” a pastime rn- : gaged in generally by young girls, resulting in necrosis, or death of the bone. The doctor stated to tt reporter, in this connection!, that, similar cams were constantly occurring from ; this same cause, but more frequently i resulting in necrosis of the spine, and that there has not been a mouth pass* e l but more or less eases of thisehar- | aeter eotne to the Institute for treat- ; meat. He says that rope jumping produces continuous concussion ou the joints which iupinge upon the bone, causing at the 111 st stage periostutis, and liitallv resulting in the dea' h of the bone. He thinks that parents , and teachers should be warned of this dangerous sport, and eradicate it enI tirely from the playgrounds of children, as it is ruinous in its elects, and : is the prime cause of more cripples among the female portion of the eomi tuunity than probably any other one ! cause. He also added that during the j practice of his profession deaths had I been occurring, coming under liisobj servution, which were the result of this pernicious pastime. In eoncluj sian he said: “I would warn children | against rope jumping, and would advise parents ami teaeheis to [prohibit i it under all circumstances.”—lndianapolis Sentinel. <»>..

Many well meaning persons favor tlie adoption of the third proposed amendment to the State constitution because they believe a registry law would be a check upon fraudulent voting. If other States had not tried the experiment, and failed to aecompish the desired end, there might be some excuse for the enactment of a law of this character in Indiana. In many cases the legislation of voters serves as a cloak beneath which to stuff the ballot box. In Philadelphia recently the electiou officers of one of the voting precincts were convicted of ballot box stuffing. Their mode of procedure was this: After the polls* were closed they ascertained the number of voters win- were registered but had not voted and put the same number of tickets iuto the Dallot box.— Another practice is to vote repeateis in the names of registered voters and when the honest citizen approaches the polls to cast his vote he ie informed that he has already voted; he may deny his, but his name on the registry list is checked as having already voted, and all his protestations to the contrary avail him nothing, and if he escapes arrest od the charge of at tempiing to vote illegally he is indeed fortunate. To some it may seem that tho latter fraud cannot bo practiced successfully; but we have witnesseda score of times legal voters being deprived of the right of suffrage in the manner stated, and a half dozen instances saw a wronged citizen taken into custody and detained until an examination by a magistrate could be had. Of course we do not assert that such frauds necessarily accompany a registry law; but cite them merely to show that a registration of voters will not purify the bailot box, and if no good is to result, why put the taxpayers to the expense, and the voters to the inconvenience which would accompany the enforcement of a registry law?—Wabash Courier.

Monticello Herald: Variousrumois have been in circulation for the past week or two in regaid to an arrangement contemplated by the maoage-

meut of the I. D. & C. R. R. by which the road would be widened to the s an lard widtu and its extern- ion rapHhy completed. We me icli.blyinf< rated that sucdt.au arrangement has really been perfected, though neither “Jay Gotti I ” the “ Wabash Company,” “Lake Erie <& Western,” nor any of the other combinations of capital which have figured so largely in these flying reports, have any connection with the project. A contr. ct has b en entered into with a company which already owns a line entering Chicago, by which the work of changing the gauge ou the I. D. & C. is to be commenced at once and the road completed to Chicago within eight months from tne Ist of April, 1880. The contract provides that Col. Yeoman shall continue as Manager and tha’ the n w company shall operate the line in peipeiuity.

The Delphi Journal says: “All the arrangements are now perfected in the matter of a combination on tlie part of the Chicago and Western Indiana and the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railway companies to complete the latter road as v. standard gouge at as early a day as practicable; tind the earlitit-ss of that, day will depend alone upon the zeal and promptness of the people alo.ig th ■ unconstructed part of tin* road. Col. Yeoman returned from Chicago yesterday morning and assured us in all interview yesterday that work would be commenced northward from Rens-S'-hu r ju-1 as somt as 'the balance < f the aid promised in Jasper and Lake is voted and subscribed. An active and thorough canvass will be con - menced at once to raise the required amount of subsidy and it is confidently expeetc I 1 v the management that tilt* road will be opened from Delphi to Chieag) within eight months, and tie entire line from Indianapolis to Chicago within twelve months if there is concert of action and earnest work done toward raising the subsidies on the south end. The Journal earnestly hopes that the people in Burlington, and otlu-r points south at once buckle the harness on snugly and give a strong' steady pull toward the eon summation of this enterprise in which we all feel such a vital interest. The gauge of the line between here and Rensselaer will be changed to the standard, as soon as the necessary ar rangements can he made. Now hit’s have a fresh boom all along the line ”

The Indianapolis, Delphi -n<3 Clfcago road, when built, will be one < f the nearest air 1 ties running into the city. From Center township uoith line, forty milts north, there is no deviation, and between Michigantown and Delphi tile deviations from an air line are but slight. There is yet a possibility that tho company will make some arrangement to come into the city from Fail creek over the I. P. and C. road, instea-1 of striking Brightwood, and corning in? over the Bee Line.—lndianapolis Journal. Delphi Times: As will be seen by an advertisement tdsewhero, the manager of the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railroad wants 21,000 ties delivered by the Ist day of April next. At that time the narrow gauge system will be abandoned and the stanuatd width adopted. This is but the first step toward what it’s expected will dovt, lop within the year irilo a standard gauge through lino from Indianapolis to Chicago.