Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1884 — Page 8

An Admirable Address.

(New York Herald.) An address drafted by Hon. Charles W. Dayton, one of the Presidential electors upon the 1 Democratic electoral ticket of the State of .New York, has been issued to the voters of this city by the Harlem Democratic Club, of which Mr. Dayton is a member. The address, referring to the suggestion that the surdlus revenue be divided among the States, quotes from President Jackson’s memorable statement in the same connection. It says. The scheme of the Republican party to distribute the surplus of the TAeasuryfamong the States, without reduciug taxation is no novelty in the history of the country. Nearly fifty years ago a President of the United States said to ■ 1 . 'pie in prophetic words: “i> .’.signing politicians, to conciibte the favor of corporations and wealthy individuals, and to obtain the means of profuse expenditure will endeavor to seduce and mislead T > citizens of the several bud... y aiding out to. them the deceitful prospect of the benefit to be derived from a s : . revenue collected by r; ueral government and annually divided among the States * " * It is a system of hih;stice, and if persisted in vblJ inevitably lead to corruption, and must end in ruin

The surplus revenue will be drawn from the pockets of the people—from the farmer, the mechanics and the laboring classes of society; but who will receive it when distributed among the States, where it is disposed of by leading State politicians, who have friends to favor and political partisans to gratify. It will certainly not be returned to those who paid it, and who have most need of it, and are honestly entitled to it. “If the income of the government is found to exceed its wants, it should be forthwith reduced, and the burdens of the people so far lightened.” This note of warning is pregnant with meaning today. At no time is a people more in danger than when lulled into a feeling of security by evidence of prosperity. At such a time political duties become a burden to all except those who make a business of politics” by manipulating party machinery so as to control and fatten upon a listless constituency. A quarter of a century ago, the “Republican party,” led by true men, and having a great purpose, successfully appealed to the majority of our countrymen. That mission ac complished, one by one the leaders retired. For the last fifteen.years the camp followers of that once mighty host thriving upon a credulous people, have assumed this name their worthier predecessors bore, and prostituted the Nation’s fame. Frauds md corruptions unexampled n our annals followed in their tortuous path, and by ipenly violating official trusts they have sown broadcast the seeds of national decay, until anally, with honor dead and glorying in their shame, these amping-followers, yclept the Republican part y,” have ilaced at the head of their ticket an active participant ,md a chosen leader in methods abhorrent in the depavity )f their conception and disgraceful in the audacity of heir execution. Courts and juries have pass* ;d upon crimes commit:ed under the auspices •if some of the most prominent and favored champions of the recent organiza ion of that party, while uni- - /ersal execration has been isited npon many of its cherished members for offenses of he gravest .character. By these men, these methods, and “this party,” in its >atter days every artery of government has been poisoned, and yet you are asked to renew their lease of power. Thus the all important, indeed the only question now s: What shall be done to save he Republic from the. insidous control of such men and ’uch methods? There is but one answer— Reform rndpurify the adminstrat'on. (Tan tnat be done by the men and the methods

of the “Republican party” as it now exists? No blatant professions of a “foreign policy,” no deceitful appeals to r ‘labor” should serve to obscure this paramount issue. Fellow-citizens, whatever your past or present “party” affiliations, you who love your country and hope for the continuance of its greatness, we earnestly ask yon to press forward in aid of administrative reform! Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks embody in their careers the highest encouragement of the belief that, when elected, as we are convinced they must be, honest men devoted to honest methods will re-establish and enforce in every department of the government the doctrine that “public office is a public trust,” the only foundation upon which our Republic can confidently abide

From The White County Democrat

WHO POISONED ALVA SPENCER?

A QUERY THAT REMAINS FOR JUDICIAL SOLUTION. The Parties Accused of the Crime Admitted to Bail. The chemical analysis of Prof. Peters confirms the suspicion ihat Alva Spencer died from the eliects of poison. It does not appear, from the evidence given on motion to admit to oaiL, whether the poison was administered purposely or by mistake, or by whom. As announced in last week’s Democrat, Solomon Spencer was admitted to bail in the £um of SIO,OOO without preliminary examination. His recognizance jh signed by Dr. Wm. Spencer. Thomas and Lucy Keever gave bonds in the sum ol $5,000 eaeb, 6igr ed by H. 8. Stine, Andrew S. Culp, Robert Keever, jr., Jas. 0. Weaver, Ferry Gladden and John Keever. The following is tbe substance of the testimony given on the motion to admit Thomas and Lucy Keever to bail: Perry Spencer sworn: Am brother of deceased. Defendants, Thomas Keever and wife, were keeping house for him. First heard of his sickness in February, 1882. while here in town; went, home and called at his house same day. Hnd Dr * dark called and told him I wanted him to take charge of patient and it necessary to att.md thr o or four times daily. Employed Jacob Buchanan to wait on my other and at tended about half the time myself- Afte four or five visits, Dr. G ck dismissed my brother as convalesce . After this he seemed to be getting : ng all right but suffered two or In. relapses, :it which times Buchanan s.h .i s sent Geo. Fierce after me. About tho third time 1 was sent for in this way, my brother va< Very much worse, and defendant, Tno uas Keever, was cut fur Dr. Claik. jj> icturned and said that Dr. Clark had re fused to come, and after hurling after him a few parting oaths, had told dim to go home. He also said that he had told Dr. Robinson to come down. Deceased grew much worse; complained of pains in the stomach; told witness that there was a‘death-seed’ in bis stomach and said, ‘Ferry they have gotten away with me and they will get away with you too.’ Alva had asked witness to assist him in building in the summer of ’B2, and said that he had 1,000 and it witness would loan him $2,000 he could get along. After his death witness could'not find but about half of the SI,OOO which his brother claimed to have had. Had suspicions ot foul play at the time of Alva’s death.

Cross examination by Mr. Dale for defense: Did not commence this investigation until about two months ago when I employed a Mr. Johnson, of Pinkerton's Agency, Chicago. My brother Solomon Spencer attempted to have me indicted by the grand jury last February Hr the larceny of six head of steers belonging to tire estate ot my brother Alva. It was after this that I determined on an investigation. Robert Spencer sworn: Deceased was my uncle, am a son of Perry Spencer; my ui cle and I was fast friends and it was gererally known and understood that at his death I was to get nil his estate, Saw deceased at his home on Sat urdav night before he was taken sick. He showed me his gold which tie kept in a purse and which amounted to $55. My attention was attracted to a $lO gold piece which he always carried—it was a relic. This coin has not been found since.

Prof. Peters sworn: Reside in Lafay-, ette, Ind. Am (State Chemist. Some two weeks since, at request of Perry Spencer and in company with a number of gentlemen, I exhumed remains ot deceased and after removing the entire alimentary canal, the heart,!iver. kidneys, bladder aud part of the lungs, took the same in sealed jar 3to Purdue University and analyzed them. [Here ti.e professor relieved himself of some hundreds of technical and double hyph. enated words of from fen to sixteen svl* lables and after coming down to plain English informed the court that he had found arsenic in such quan dies as to produce death and that no one could have inserted the same afier he took possession of the remains. The body was in a remaikable state of oreserva tion and this arsenic lmd evidently permeated every tissue.] Dr. Clark sworn: Am Coroner of White county, and waited on deceased during his late illness. Gave him no arsenic nor poison of any kind, and when I dissmissed deceased from my care he was getting along very nicely. Dr. Cowger was here called and stated that he had called on deceased after Dr. Clark had dismissed him as cent, but had not administered any poison. Jacob Buchanat. sworn: I waited on deceased as nurse. When he was taken .worse I sent Thomas Keeyer for Dr. Clark, who returned and said Clark would not come, but that ho had «» cured ir- R bicson. I gave tle deceased no poison, »nd only the three defeudems,

Perry Spencer, his physican and myself ■ had opportcuity to do so. When dta ceased grew worse he turned on his back, stretched out his arms, and rolling Ida eyes back in bis head, asked witness If he could not get stomceh pump and get ‘it’ out of his stomach He afterward oecame delirious and tor nearly an hour laid on his back and repeated the single word ‘pump, pump, pump.’ Met Dr. Clark at posioffice in Monticello the day Alva was buried, and cursed him for playing oft on me and leaving Alva to die on my hands. Said, I believe you knew he was going to die when you left there and pimply wanted to get out of the case.’ Deceased, before death came to his relief, seemed in great agony and complained of pains in his stomach aud bowelsA. Conkling sworn: Am tenant of Perry Spencer. Deceased resided near me. The dependents, Thomas Keever aud wife, spent Sunday at my house some time in Mareh, ‘it wa3 before 1 began to plow for corn.’ Mrs. tveever again came to my bouse in Juue when /my corn was about so high,’(indicating height). She carried a small oldfashioned pocket-book which seemed to be entirely filled, but I did not see contents.

Oross-cxamined by counsel for defense; This last visit was in June, »hB2. ‘My corn wa3 about so lii£rh,’ (indicating height). A. G. Johnson sworn: Am a detec J five from t inkerton’s Agency, Chicago Have been in the business for 14 years, and have been working on this case for two m- nths. Have obtained most of my poiuts from Perry Spencer- Have had a number of interviews with all of dependents. Had a talk with detendant Mrs. Keever, when she told me she had given deceased a small white powder during his last illness. The manuer ot all defendants at these interviews lea me to believe they were guilty of the murder. At this juncture the State rested her case and the delense said they did not care to introduce any evidence Judge Gould stated that as this was but the evidence given on the motion to admit to bail any statement of what had been proven would be ill-timed, but that under the Clause in our Constitution, which ,provides thal#‘Murder or treason shall not be bailable when the proof is evident or the presumption strong,’ he considered it his duty to admit the deiendunts to bail, and fixed the amount at $5,0)0 each.

Keep it before t e people that the Democratic House at its last session passed bills to forfeit some 90,000,000 acres of unearned land grants and reserve them for the use of actual settlers, but the bills were choked off by the Republican Senate.

From the Monticello Herald.

POISON IN THE JUG.

A Foul Attempt to Poison Isaiah Bisliir by Putting Strychnine in His Bitters. * Another Chemical Analysis and More Light Thrown Upon a Myst-. rieir; Departure. Prof. W. H. Peters, the LaFayette chemist, upon whom White county now depends for its sensational developments, finds in this vicinity a rich field for his professional skill. Aside from the Spencer and Switzer analyses lie has lately been engaged in the investigation of another case of suspected poisoning, the particulars of which, so far as can be gathered, are as follows: Some months ago Mr. Isaiah Bishir, a bachelor farmer, who lives south ot towr, being in poor health prepared for himself a jug of root bitters of which be partook from time to time as occasion seemed to require. One day after iimbibing he suffered ao attack of illness marked by a twitching of his muscles. He at onoe attributed it to his medicine, and after recovering from the attack he let the jug severely alone lor several days. By and by, having concluded that perhaps he was mistaken or that his illness was caused by an overdose, he ventured to take another drink of the bitters. It was followed by the same result as before. He was now convinced that somebody had tampered with the jug, aud putting a number of circumstances together he settled his sus picions upon M- J. Julian, one of his neighbors, with whom lie remembered drinking from the jug a short time before his first attack, and to whom its place of concealment was known. He kept his own counsel and by a little observation was strengthened in his suspicion. Though his attacks of sickness were kept from the neighbors as far as possible. Julian seemed to haye heard of them aud made inquiry of Bishir about his condition He wanted to take the jag and have the bitters analyzed, which Bishir promptly refused, at the same time intimating that he knew that he had been poisoned and that he also knew the guilty party. Soou afterward Julian came to town and in conversation with Dr- Robinson, an officer of the A. O. U- W. lodge, expressed his intention to transfer the certificate ot insurance which he held upon the lile ot Bishir to some other beneficiary, as he feared that lie might be charged on that account with foul play iu case of the death of the insured- The siibseqent flight of Julian for parts unknown , as heretofore noted in the Herald, has given new weight to the abov3 suspicious circumstances, and a sample of the contents of the jug was lately submitted t > chemist Peters for analysis. On M» • day he reported the finding of strych nine in the bitters, and the community Is now on Uni al r. for f u-ther development*-

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HOUSEKEEPERS’ HELPS.

Pressed Veal. —Take three pounds of veal chopped fine, two pounds of lean, raw pork, also chopped fine, three eggs, a piece of butter the size of an egg; pepper and salt well; bake two hours. When cold, slice it thin. It is like pressed meat and is very nice. To Remove Paint.— One pound of soft soap, one pound of soda; dissolve in one pint of boiling water; lay a thick coat (while hot) upon the paint with a brush; leave it for one or two hours until it begins to soften the paint, then scrape off what you can and repeat. ■When all is removed wash thoroughly with clean water. Brunswick Black, thinned down with turpentine until it has attained the right tone and color, will, if a little varnish is added—about one-twentieth of the bulk of the black and turpentine —prove a stain for imitating walnut and teak wood. There is no difficulty in getting the mixture to dry hard, and. it will take a coat of varnish first class. Catfish in Batter.—Cut the fish in pieces about two inches in length and one inch in thickness, beat three eggs very light, adding salt, pepper, and enough Worcestershire sauce to flavor them; dip the fish in this batter, and then roll it in commeal or in cracker crumbs; fry in plenty of lard until it is a dark brown; garnish with lemon sliced, if no greens are available; celery tops, parsley or small and tender lettuce leaves are preferred. Rubber Caps.—One objection to the ingrain carpet is that the high heels which servants delight in wearing on thick shoes seem to catch at the threads and drag them out of place, producing a rough surface; another is that the legs of heavy chairs have the same effect. One way to save these carpets is to cover tho ends of the chair legs with rubber caps at a cost of about 17 cents. The servants’ high heels are, of course amenable to no such remedy. Pincushions.—An English pincushion will be found a very pretty addition to a toilet table. The cushion should be round, with an open space in the center for the reception of a flower- vase or glass, and <an be cither of simple oo oral paper muslin, covered with lace or muslin, or can be provided more elaborately with an embroidered or

painted silk and deep fringe or border-i ing to match. The glass supplied with a few fresh flowers is a great improves ment to the toilet table. Waste Paper Baskets.—The fashionable color for ornamenting waste paper baskets is a deep rich orange. Scarfs of silk of this hue are drawn carelessly about two sides of square baskets, or draped fropi the top of those which are round or oval. Orange ribbons are embroidered with daisies or corn-flowers, and drawn slantwise over one side of a basket or ran in and out of the meshes of the wicketwork in such a way that all the embroidery is fully shown. Why Are Ye Bald. Men become bald! Why? Because they wear close hats and caps. Women are never bald. Sometimes Pont tong continued headache, heat in the scalp, bad hair-dressing, and other causes, women may hate bare spots here and there; but with all these e-ius-es combined, yon never see a woman with a bare, shiny, bald head. Ami you never see a man lose a hair below where the hat touches his skull. It will take it off as clean as you can shave it, down to exactly that line, but iiever a hair below, not if he has been bald fifty years.

Tlie common stiff black hat, as impervious as sheet iron, retains the heat and respiration. The little hair glands, ■which bear the same relation to the hair that the seed wheat does to the plant above ground, become weak from the presence of the moisture and heat, and finally fail to sustain the hair. It falls out and baldness exists. A fur cap I have known to produce baldness in a single winter. A man with a good head of hair needs very little protection where the hair gro\\m v Women, who live much within doors, and who arc therefore peculiarly susceptible to tlie cold, oil their hair' and plaster it down hard and Hat upon their skulls, so as to destroy, ninetenths of its power as a non-conductor, have worn for years postage-stamp bonnets stiick on the back of their heads, exposing the whole tops of their skulls, and then, going out of furnace heated parlors, have ridden for hours in a very cold temperature without taking cold and without complaint. Man, with his greater vigor and hab- ’ its of outdoor life, and with his hair not plastered down, but thrown up loose and light, could on doubt go to the north pole, so far as that part of his person is concerned, without any artificial covering. And yet we men wear thick fur caps, and what amounts to sheet iron hats, and do not dare step out in a chilly atmosphere a moment lest we take cold. It is silly, weak, and really a serious error. The Creator knew what he was about when He covered a man’s skull with hair. It has a very important function in protecting the brain. Baldness is a serious misfortune. It will never occur in any man who will wear such a hat as I do—a commoh black high silk hat with five hundred boles through the top, so that there will be more bole than bat. This costs nothing; the hatter will do it for you when you purchase your hat. If the nap be combed back the wrong way, and if after the holes are made it be combed the right way, no one will ever observe the peculiarity. They will wear quite as long—the hatters say considerable longer—because it is dry instead of moist; in brief, there is not a single objection to it, while it will certainly prevent baldness and keep the nap of the head 0001, and prevent much headache. While discussing the subject of our hair, I would remark that the back of the neck should be protected hi the winter against cold and in the summer against great heat. Nothing can accomplish this uniformly and perleoily but the hair. The custom of shingling off the hair from the back of the neck is unphysiological.and it should in both sexes be allowed to fall low enough to cover the nape or meet the usual dress. —Dio Lewis’ Mofflhly.